The online comments regarding this week's content of Fsn Episode 20 were also quite interesting.
"Great, it's a bad woman!"
"Lady Shiori is truly magnificent!"
"What's wrong with the person above, is it really that exaggerated?"
"I understand."
"Female characters with this kind of personality are the most interesting, whether they are conquered or become a 'losing dog'."
"Brother, you really get it."
"By the way, since Shiori is the Master, does Sakura know?"
"At the moment, it seems like she doesn't, but it's hard to say."
"Maybe Sakura is the real bad woman."
In short, besides a portion of people discussing the plot, there was a significant number of people going crazy over Matou Shiori.
"Tsk tsk tsk——"
Akira watched on, clicking his tongue in wonder.
He could only say that the 'gender-bending' move was just too overpowered; even Shiori has become Lady Shiori, who could keep a straight face?
Not only that, this week's shōsei results actually returned to 1st place; it seemed quite a few people really liked the character of Shiori.
He was already somewhat powerless to complain.
Another unexpected point was that this week's 2nd place was actually The Prince of Tennis.
So, he specifically took a look at the content updated by the other party this week.
The Prince of Tennis reached Chapter 19 this week, titled 'Kirihara Akaya'.
As the name suggests, in this chapter, the 2nd-year ace of Rikkaidai Junior High, Kirihara Akaya, made his appearance and briefly met with the members of the Seigaku protagonist group.
In other words, the other party's situation was the same as his; the ranking improved because the new characters that appeared were popular.
He knew Kirihara Akaya, who was a quite popular character in The Prince of Tennis in his previous life, but seeing him again this time gave him a bit of PTSD.
Because Kirihara Akaya's hairstyle was also a seaweed head.
He really couldn't keep it together.
Weren't there too many Shinji elements this week?
On the other side, naruto had also reached Chapter 9. Team 7 took on a C-rank mission to escort Tazuna back to the Land of Waves and was attacked by enemies on the way.
And this week, the other party's shōsei results also reached 7th place, starting to gradually improve.
However, compared to the announcement of the shōsei results, there was another more important matter these past two days—the date for the author dialogue session had been set.
Hisashi smiled and said, "The time is November 28th, which is the day after tomorrow."
"So soon?"
Akira was a bit surprised. After all, it was previously said that it wouldn't be fixed until the end of the month, but he didn't expect it to be set directly for the end of the month now.
To this, Hisashi explained with a smile, "According to the other party's editor, Oda-sensei drew the latest chapter of One Piece quite smoothly and finished it before the scheduled time, so the time for the dialogue session was moved forward."
"I see."
Akira nodded understandingly, then asked again, "But, with the time set so early, don't we need to prepare in advance or something?"
"The script for the questions to be asked and answered has long been prepared. As for other things, there shouldn't be anything special to prepare, right?"
Hisashi found it a bit funny and said, "After all, it's just recording a simple video, not actually recording a TV show."
And considering that both Akira and Eiichiro Oda were Manga Artists rather than professional entertainers, no one expected them to have any outstanding impromptu performance or generate any sparks.
It would be considered successful if they could honestly finish reading the content on the script when the time came.
"Alright then."
Akira felt that it indeed made sense.
The venue for the meeting was set at Eiichiro Oda's manga studio, which was also an unexpected pleasant surprise for Akira; he didn't expect to be able to visit the other party's studio.
But in that case, there was one more problem—
What would be a good gift to bring for the first visit?
Time quickly arrived at November 28th.
Before meeting Eiichiro Oda, Akira first met Asada Takanori, the editor currently in charge of Eiichiro Oda.
Next, the other party would lead him and Hisashi to Eiichiro Oda's studio together.
"Hello, I am Asada Takanori, the editor in charge of Oda-sensei. Please take care of me today."
"I am Akira, please take care of me."
While introducing himself, Akira sized up the other party with some curiosity.
Asada Takanori was the first editor of One Piece.
However, in his previous life, media reports on Shonen Jump editors were very few, so he didn't know much about this editor's situation.
Just from looks alone, it could be seen that an editor's work was indeed not easy.
Whether it was Hisashi or this Asada Takanori, both had already started to go bald.
But it could also just be a simple genetic issue.
At the same time, Asada Takanori was also sizing up Akira, feeling a bit surprised.
He had known for a long time that Akira was quite young, but what he didn't expect was that the other party was not only young but also a super handsome guy.
Was he really the Manga Artist himself, and not an idol?
In short, after the two sides exchanged simple greetings, Asada Takanori then led them all the way to Oda's manga studio.
Oda's studio was also located in a wealthy area of Tokyo, in a large flat on a high-end apartment building.
In his previous life, Akira had seen a variety show video where the program visited Oda's manga studio at that time; it was a super luxurious villa filled with various figures and toys.
Although Eiichiro Oda had been serializing One Piece for two years now, it wasn't until this year that various commercial projects gradually expanded.
Before this, his main source of income was still manuscript fees and tankobon royalties, so his financial power had not yet reached the point where he could easily buy a large villa in Tokyo like in later generations.
Of course, as the new pillar-level Manga Artist of Shonen Jump, the income from manuscript fees and tankobon sales royalties alone was actually quite substantial.
Asada Takanori knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened, and a young man with delicate features leaned half his body out from inside.
And Akira, relying on the pictures he had seen in his previous life, immediately recognized the other party as Eiichiro Oda.
In his cognition, Eiichiro Oda was undoubtedly a world-class top Manga Artist.
One Piece had been serialized for over twenty years and had not yet ended. During this period, it had gained countless achievements and honors, and he was an indisputable living legend.
Even now in 1999, the other party was the new pillar of Shonen Jump and his great senior in the manga industry.
However, on the real-life Eiichiro Oda, those intimidating titles couldn't be seen; one could only see a young man with delicate features who seemed to have a somewhat shy personality.
And not to mention, Eiichiro Oda at this time was actually quite handsome.
Having been in this world for so long, he finally met a living famous person.
And a living Eiichiro Oda at that.
Of course, the other party was also alive and well before he transmigrated in his previous life, it was just that he couldn't see him.
In short, at this moment, Akira had a more profound awareness of the era he was currently in.
The year 1999.