Chapter 1449
The Japanese comics world was in disarray .
The entire industry had been shaken up .
At a small comics magazine publisher, a rookie cartoonist had come for an interview to submit his manuscript .
"Editor, please have a look at this . "
"Alright, let me see . "
"Uh, is it OK?"
"It's not too bad . "
"Th-Then can my work get serialized?"
"How many chapters can you update per week?"
"Ah?"
"Can you update at three chapters a week?"
"Nani?!"
"If you can't do three chapters, how about two?"
In the end, the rookie cartoonist walked out of the comic publishing studio in tears . Update three chapters a week? Two chapters? Even one chapter a week is already asking for my life! Who can fucking do three chapters a week!
Uh…other than those three lunatics!
Those three cartoonists are simply not human!
Aoi .
Ozawa .
Hatano .
Their blazing speed of release every week had whetted the readers' appetites and disrupted the rhythm of all the comics magazine publishers . It had muddied the waters of the Japanese comics world . Many of the comics magazine publishers these days were adding all kinds of new regulations when taking in submissions of manuscripts . They wouldn't accept cartoonists who drew too slowly and were looking for them to hit at least two or three chapters per week to qualify . It was easy to set these rules, but how many people in the entire comics world could fucking draw two chapters a week, much less three!
The readers were raising a ruckus .
"Hurry up and update the chapters!"
"This is so slow!"
"Martial King, can you make it?"
"There's only one chapter per week? Are you sleeping or what?"
"To the author of Yuki-chan's Dormitory, don't you feel embarrassed publishing just one chapter per week? Can you not be so lazy?"
Of course, there were some who didn't think that they couldn't do it .
For example, there was an author from POO Studios who clenched his teeth and increased his speed to two chapters a week . During the first week, everything still seemed pretty normal . But by the second week, that author was hospitalized and remained undischarged as of now . Then, there was a cartoonist from Shōnen Publishing who also tried to keep up with the pace of the times . Envious of One Piece, Naruto, and Detective Conan's success, he set off on a path of no return by releasing two chapters per week . By the second week, his comic's plot had fallen apart . It fell apart so badly that it became unrecognizable . It was such an earth-shattering failure that the protagonist's development had been written into a corner!
Chaos!
The entire industry could only be described as chaotic!
A lot of cartoonists started coming forward to denounce this trend .
"It was all started by them!"
"The readers have all gone crazy because of them!"
"We cannot allow such disruptive behavior to continue and mess up the industry any further!"
"Everyone, let's boycott this trend together!"
"Right, how can you demand speed when it comes to drawing comics!"
"Those three people are exceptions . No one else can do what they're doing!"
"That's right, there can't be another fourth person who can do three chapters a week!"
"Bring the comics industry back on track!"
Many cartoonists joined the cause .
Some cartoonists and rookies even held up signs in demonstration outside the entrances of the comics magazine publishers .
On this day, the readers and cartoonists went to war .
The two groups of people were quarreling over their disagreements .
Regarding whether a comic should have more releases per week, and whether it was possible to do so, everyone was trying to debate this to reach a conclusion . Finally, the industry insiders and editors calmed down a little and joined in the discussions . Everyone brought up a lot of examples, like the production process of a comic series, the time required to do it, the number of assistants required to work on it, the ideas, the drafts, etc . , all of which were to support the argument that drawing comics was not a task that could be rushed . It was a very time-consuming job, and it was impossible to finish drawing without putting in the effort to do so . Meanwhile, they claimed that those three crazy cartoonists were just an exception . People like them had never appeared in the past, and they were not likely to appear in the future . It was just a coincidence that these three speedy types had somehow gotten their comics serialized at almost the same time, so what they could do was not really something that any other cartoonist could achieve .
Only then did the readers reluctantly accept their reasoning .
The Japanese cartoonists could finally heave a sigh of relief .
The unhealthy obsession with increasing the weekly release rate finally began to ease off .
…
But right at this critical juncture .
China .
In Zhang Ye's neighborhood .
Zhang Ye, who was coming back from grocery shopping, heard the neighbors talking .
They were two housewives .
"I've got nothing to do at home recently, so I got into watching cartoons . "
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login