Chapter 53: I Don't Approve

Tuesday night at 9 o'clock, part-time book reviewer and detective novelist Miyagawa Yosuke sat on the sofa at home. He closed his eyes, rubbed his eyebrows, and then put down the "New Novel" in his hand.

In order to write a book review for Akiwara Yuto's "Poem of Facing the Sun," he spent a lot of thought; it can be said that every word was carefully carved.

He knew that this move could bring a lot of benefits to the other party, but he didn't have the idea of letting Akiwara Yuto repay him; after all, his own purpose was to let the next generation of the literary world grow up smoothly.

Besides that, as a book reviewer, he also has to consider the readers' thoughts; after all, not many readers want to see the same articles, and over time, many readers might give up the hobby of reading.

He closed his eyes and rested for a while, then heard someone knocking on the door. He didn't get up, just said lightly: "The door is not locked, come in."

The sound of opening the door came, and a man in a loose gray suit walked in. Miyagawa Yosuke opened his eyes and found that the person was his disciple Nakata Keito.

Miyagawa Yosuke glanced at him, signaled him to sit down, and then asked: "Keito, is there anything?"

Nakata Keito heard the teacher's question and said respectfully: "Teacher, I want to ask you a question."

"Say it." Miyagawa Yosuke waved his hand.

"Why write a book review for that Akiwara-san? Is his article really that good?" Nakata Keito lowered his head, hesitated, but still said his doubts.

As a disciple of Miyagawa Yosuke, he has been studying with him for a full 8 years and was recognized by "April Youth" 3 years ago to debut.

But in the 3 years since he debuted, the teacher has never written a book review for him even once.

He was very unconvinced in his heart.

In terms of circulation, his works are serialized in "April Youth," with a circulation of over 120,000, far exceeding "New Novel." In terms of qualifications, he has won various newcomer awards many times, which is not something Akiwara Yuto, a newcomer, can compare to.

Miyagawa Yosuke didn't respond directly to Nakata Keito's question. He turned his head and looked at his disciple seriously.

"Have you read the works of Akiwara Yuto in these few issues?"

"I have already read them."

"Then talk about your own understanding."

Nakata Keito opened his mouth, but still answered the teacher's question.

"The other party writes very interestingly, but as a detective novel, I don't approve."

This sounded like being stubborn, but it was indeed his thought. The series of works written by the other party is completely under the name of a detective novel, but there are not many detective elements.

Compared with it, "Searching Footsteps," another serialization in "New Novel," is a proper detective work, although the story conflict is slightly weak, it includes a series of processes such as murder, solving cases, and arresting criminals.

Miyagawa Yosuke didn't respond to his disciple's answer and asked another question: "Then what do you think are the advantages of his work?"

Nakata Keito hesitated for a while and said uncertainly: "Strong story?"

Miyagawa Yosuke was a bit disappointed after hearing this answer and shook his head.

"It's human nature."

He sighed and explained actively: "Now in the detective novel world, it is basically based on the honkaku school. But it has fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, it increasingly pursues the gorgeousness of tricks and mechanisms, ignoring or templating the criminal's criminal motive, causing a phenomenon of being all the same."

He paused and continued to add.

"Therefore, although Akiwara Yuto's work has few detective elements, just because of the description of human nature in his work, I also think it is worth writing a book review."

He also had one point he didn't say, which was that he very much appreciated Akiwara Yuto's talent and believed that he would inevitably rise in the literary world.

After all, as far as he knows, Akiwara Yuto has only debuted for 2 months, and he grew up in a place like a welfare home, basically not receiving much literary training.

But under such a premise, the other party broke through the thorns and opened up a new world, walked out of his own style, which made him couldn't help but think of several masters in the literary world.

Perhaps, this is a genius destined to be favored by heaven?!

He felt something and had other ideas, feeling that since the other party is bound to rise, it is better to make friends with the other party now, which can be considered a favor.

However, he didn't tell his student about this point, so as not to hit his self-confidence.

Nakata Keito lowered his head and fell into silence.

For the teacher's statement, he didn't fully agree in his heart. In his view, isn't the original meaning of a detective novel to pursue tricks and solving cases? Hard to force human nature and so on, it is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse.

Besides that, isn't the social school using this set of human nature in novels? What's so strange about this.

He was very unconvinced in his heart, but didn't question his teacher, instead silently making a decision.

He wants to join the Mantan Society and defeat Akiwara Yuto head-on with the popularity of his articles. He wants to prove that the teacher's view is completely wrong!

At the same time, Akiwara Yuto didn't know that someone wanted to challenge him. He was studying the sales data of the first day with Asano Aiko at this time.

After the new issue was released yesterday, the first-day sales data of the seventh week of "New Novel" was only 17,000 copies, slightly lower than the 20,000 copies of the previous issue.

It seems that the gap is not large, but in fact, this is a worrying sign, meaning that the upward trend of "New Novel" has come to an abrupt end.

He frowned and could only force himself to accept this fact.

After all, a considerable amount of time has passed since the little boy incident, and it is difficult for the magazine to continue riding that particular wave of popularity.

In addition, the "Poem of Facing the Sun" he published in the latest issue is very different from the style of his previous novels.

Before this, his works such as "Little Decoration and Yoko," "Seven Rooms," etc., were generally themed on horror and weirdness, and then used the death of one party to highlight the climax of the story.

But this time, "Poem of Facing the Sun" turned the pen, using the perspective of a robot girl as the main line to describe the discussion about the topic of death after the extinction of mankind.

In terms of horror and weirdness, it is far inferior to previous works. It does not rule out that some readers, after learning about the general idea of the story on the Internet or from others, gave up buying the magazine.

However, there is nothing to regret; after all, the market trend and readers' tastes are difficult to figure out, and blindly catering to readers is not necessarily the right choice.

He thought for a moment, put down his concerns in this regard, and prepared for the downward trend of sales in this issue. He picked up his chopsticks and ate the bento brought by Asano Aiko.

He did not know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that his editor had seemed more concerned about him lately.

After the meal, Asano Aiko left with the bento box and the manuscript for the next issue, while Akiwara Yuto sat at the table and continued to write hard.

Since the downward trend of the magazine's sales has become a foregone conclusion, don't worry about this aspect anymore; doing his own work is the most important thing.

But to his surprise, on Wednesday, Asano Aiko brought new news about Tuesday's magazine sales, which shocked him... ===== CHAPTER 54 =====