Great Mangaka

Tatsuryū Publishing has taken a big step towards original manga. Will the future of the manga industry be led by writers?

Original manga have undergone a great transformation: they started with Hinotori Publishing and flourished with Tatsuryū.

Kazuki, editor-in-chief of Tatsuryū Shōnen Manga, felt relieved as he looked at the two newspapers in his hand. After long negotiations, the company's senior management finally agreed to his plan.

In the future, Tatsuryū Publishing will strongly develop the original manga industry. The development model involves novelists providing content and scripts, and then publishing serialized manga. This format is slightly different from manga adapted from novels. No novel is published before serialization, so readers will appreciate it more.

Japanese novelists are much better than mangaka. The number of novels published each year is hundreds of times greater than manga, and their quality is also very high. There are abundant copyright channels, such as movies and video games. Even the rise of manga is due to leveraging the value of novels. It can be said that the influence of the most popular mangaka is not as great as that of a mid-tier novelist.

However, novelists occupy a unique position at Tatsuryū Publishing, and their role far surpasses that of mangaka. This has led novelists, in general, to look down on mangaka and be reluctant to publish manga before the publication of novels.

To gain the support of the company and the novelist, Kazuki had to work hard. He agreed to distinguish the authors of serialized manga, placing the novelist first and the mangaka as an adapter second.

Although the mangaka would surely complain, Kazuki thought it was a good idea. He wanted to use novelists to attract attention. With them, he would gain readers. Furthermore, manga were not limited to original works, so manga magazine sales would inevitably increase rapidly.

This was a great achievement for Kazuki.

"How are the reactions from the media and readers?"

Kazuki asked the editor in front of him. The editor, enthusiastic, said: "It's surprisingly good, editor-in-chief!"

The media are reporting it widely, and readers are also eagerly looking forward to it. There are already over 1,000 online news articles, and the editors can't help but feel excited.

"There's another good piece of news worth sharing," he said with a smile: "Mirai-sensei will also launch a new manga next week, and it's a girls' manga! But such shocking news was overshadowed by ours, and all the media followed us."

This phenomenon is worth celebrating. Tatsuryū Publishing's approach is a revolution in the manga industry. To put it bluntly, the media doesn't believe a genius can change the manga industry! If the manga industry wants to change, a group of popular original manga must emerge, and Tatsuryū Publishing is clearly moving in that direction.

The prosperity of original manga in the future will surely be led by Tatsuryū Publishing, and Hinotori Publishing will be powerless against it.

"Mirai-sensei..." Kazuki laughed. He remembered the burning of Pokémon and shook his head: "That guy is nothing special. He only deserves to be our stepping stone."

At first, Kazuki was worried about Mirai-sensei's influence, but Pokémon proved that he was not as powerful as he imagined. Mirai-sensei must have been lucky to become popular. Even if the girls' manga he drew didn't fail, they wouldn't be as popular as Detective Conan.

"I heard you found clues about Mirai-sensei?"

Kazuki asked curiously. Although he gave up trying to convince Mirai-sensei, the investigation was still ongoing.

"Yes, Hinotori Publishing kept it a secret, but we found clues." The editor nodded immediately: "Mirai-sensei should not be a group member. He's a boy who lives with his mother and is about sixteen years old. The specific information will be discovered in the next two days."

"Sixteen years old!"

Kazuki was stunned. 'How could Mirai-sensei be so young?'

But it's no wonder. Young geniuses like him usually appear and fall sooner.

"Forget it, you don't need to investigate."

Kazuki thought about it. It was enough for him to know. By now, he didn't need to win over Mirai-sensei. He was only sixteen years old. If he exposed the information and it was finally revealed, it would be a waste of publicity for Hinotori Publishing and Mirai-sensei.

"You don't need to investigate? Okay."

The editor nodded. He was about to say goodbye and leave when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in,"

Kazuki said outwards, and two women entered. One of them was an adult and pretty woman, followed by a young girl with a childish air. The girl was beautiful and refined, but her expression was somewhat arrogant.

"Editor-in-chief Kazuki, what can I do for you?"

Kazuki stood up to greet her. The adult woman was Ayaka, head of the Female Department of Tatsuryū Publishing.

"Editor-in-chief Kazuki, I present to you Kaya Hoshino. She felt that no artist in the Girls' Department could draw what she wanted, so she came to ask you directly."

Ayaka smiled and introduced the girl beside her, Kaya Hoshino. Upon hearing this name, Kazuki's expression suddenly changed.

"It turns out to be Kaya Hoshino! Nice to meet you!"

Kaya Hoshino, now a very successful novelist in Japan, is known as the "Princess of Romance." She has accumulated a fortune of over 10,000,000 yen in the two years since her debut. Kaya Hoshino turned eighteen this year. She was only sixteen when she published her first novel, which she leaked to the media at the time.

"The happiest thing about being a writer is that I no longer have to go to school."

Then she dropped out of school and became a professional novelist. She attracted thousands of young people with her great talent and eccentric personality. She is a new star that Tatsuryū Publishing is striving to create. This time she was not invited to the original manga. 'Why did Kaya Hoshino appear here?'

Kazuki looked at Ayaka with hesitation, but Ayaka did not reply, and Kaya Hoshino spoke first.

"Please find your best mangaka, I want to launch an original manga." The girl proudly said: "I want to be the most popular mangaka!"

"Mangaka?" Kazuki almost fell to the floor upon hearing those words. He wiped his sweat and said: "Kaya Hoshino, you are only an original author, not a mangaka."

"What's the difference?"

Kaya Hoshino looked at him: "Do your mangaka not adapt our books? They are brainless idiots. I also draw well. You let me guide them in drawing. That means I am the mangaka and they are just assistants!"

Kazuki was stunned. He and Shiori looked at each other. 'This, this... doesn't it seem impossible?'

And 'isn't girls' manga the theme of Mirai-sensei's next manga?' Kazuki began to think. 'If the princess of romance publishes an original girls' manga, will Mirai-sensei be crushed by her?'

It's really possible...

On the other hand, Takumi also heard the news from Alice:

"Tatsuryū Publishing has launched an original manga."

During the break, he said while drinking water: "Isn't it interesting?"

"Interesting?"

Alice almost went crazy. She didn't find it interesting.

"Okay, don't worry." Takumi looked at her and smiled: "In fact, I assumed that Tatsuryū Publishing would do this. If they don't do anything, it would be too boring."