Great Mangaka

Tatsuryū Publishing's action caused a stir in the manga industry, while novelists who were about to publish manga were proud.

"What rivals? Are there still rivals in the manga industry?!"

They had already claimed victory before entering the sector. For them, the original manga industry is a bottomless market, lacking narrative content. As long as they offer content, they can be invincible.

When someone talked about Mirai-sensei, they didn't take it seriously.

"Mirai-sensei's talent has run out. His Detective Conan cannot stand out in the novel industry. He only created a sales miracle when the manga market was empty."

Novelists firmly believe in the concept that content comes first. The first batch of five novelists from Tatsuryū Publishing will begin serialization next week. A boys' and girls' manga will be published each week. The first batch of original manga will be completed in a month, and there will be a sixth mysterious mangaka.

Before the first week, Tatsuryū Publishing hosted a grand banquet. The novelist, about to launch his first manga, frankly stated that the popular Detective Conan was vulnerable.

"If I take action, Mirai-sensei will flee in panic."

Later, Tatsuryū Publishing announced that the launch of their original manga would be synchronized with Hinotori Publishing's, which brought a new surprise, and the hostility was evident.

On October 15th, Tatsuryū's original manga magazine, Shōnen Manga, and Hinotori Publishing's Weekly Shōnen were published simultaneously.

Some media outlets waited by the bookstore to witness this historic moment. They had even prepared reports to report on the incredible sales of Shōnen Manga.

However, when the bookstore opened its doors, everyone was stunned...

Many readers, who should have bought Weekly Shōnen, bought Weekly Shōnen, and those who didn't, leafed through Shōnen Manga and turned around to buy Weekly Shōnen.

"What's going on?"

'Don't readers know that the novelist has launched an original manga? Impossible! Newspapers are flying everywhere! But why didn't the scene imagined by the media appear? Could it be that Tatsuryū Publishing's actions don't represent a change in original manga?'

"Sir, wait!"

a reporter exclaimed, no longer able to contain himself. He stopped the reader and asked, "Today's Shōnen Manga is out. Why aren't you buying a copy of Shōnen Manga?"

"It's boring. I flipped through it and found it quite boring." The reader replied in an expressionless tone: "I still think Weekly Shōnen is more interesting. Many friends read Detective Conan. If you don't read it, you can't follow the topic."

Perhaps many readers share the same opinion. According to preliminary media observations, the sales volume of Weekly Shōnen in each bookstore is four times higher than that of Shōnen Manga, which has led many booksellers to complain to journalists.

It's all because news and newspapers are out of control. "We ordered the same amount of Shōnen Manga and Weekly Shōnen. Now, Weekly Shōnen has sold out as usual, but there's still a lot of Shōnen Manga left. We're losing money!"

But there are also booksellers who gloat over misfortune.

"I've known for a long time that you can't blindly trust reports and news. When have they not spoken ill of Mirai-sensei? But his strength has been tested by the market. Only a fool would believe that Shōnen Manga can suddenly surpass Weekly Shōnen. Yesterday my wife scolded me for not keeping up, but today she has nothing to say."

One day after the launch, Shōnen Manga in Osaka and its surroundings faced Weekly Shōnen and was defeated without even making a sound. The situation in other cities in the following days is not expected to improve much.

The media exclaimed in surprise. This time, Tatsuryū Publishing made a big joke. Before its launch, it promised to surpass Mirai-sensei with publicity, but in the end, it didn't even succeed. The enormous publicity and expenses were used as a dowry for Mirai-sensei. No one dared to deny the strength of Detective Conan as the first original manga.

But these media also sighed. The reason for Weekly Shōnen's triumph was that Detective Conan took several months to increase sales. This detective manga was in a mature serialization phase, and it was truly very difficult to surpass it.

However, Mirai-sensei had run out of ideas, and the female manga he launched was in danger.

Everyone believed that Mirai-sensei would never draw a manga as good as Detective Conan again. Tomorrow, his new manga will be published simultaneously with Tatsuryū Publishing's first female series. This manga does not have the inherent readers of Detective Conan, so everything had to start from scratch. Sales of Shōjo Manga from Tatsuryū Publishing initially surpassed those of Weekly Shōjo Manga by 20,000 copies, and the winner was already decided.

Many admired Tatsuryū Publishing's good strategy. It lost ground in the boys' manga section today and regained it in the girls' section the next day. How ingenious!

The next day, October 16th, both manga were published simultaneously.

Kazuki obtained Shōjo Manga and Weekly Shōjo Manga through a special channel and read them in the office.

Yesterday's boys' magazine sales greatly disappointed him, and today he had to see how Mirai-sensei completely failed. He read Shōjo Manga for the first time. The new series was very interesting, and it could be said to be the best of the original girls' manga.

"Not bad,"

Kazuki nodded with satisfaction. He opened Weekly Shōjo Manga again and found Mirai-sensei's new series, Inuyasha.

The next instant, the joy on his face turned to horror: "This is impossible! How can he draw like this?!"

"This is impossible," thought the bookstore owner, and he looked at the university student in front of him in surprise: "Miss, what did you just say?"

"Three books, manager, I want to buy three copies of Weekly Shōjo Manga!"

The manager flinched: "No, we've ordered few copies, and each person can only buy one."

"What? You can only buy one copy?"

The student was very dissatisfied. She took out her cell phone: "Hey, Aoi, are you and Kiko still sleeping? Stop talking nonsense, go buy Weekly Shōjo Manga... You're not buying it? You'll regret it if you don't buy it now, you surely won't be able to buy it tomorrow!"

After hanging up the phone, the university student took the magazine and left. The customers queuing behind her approached.

"Manager, can I really only buy one? Can't you be flexible?"

The bookseller shook his head. He was furious and would never trust newspapers again!

"Those damn guys left me with a pile of Shōnen Manga that didn't sell yesterday, and today there was a shortage of Weekly Shōjo Manga...".

'Isn't this the same scene as when Detective Conan was released a few months ago? No, it must be said that it's even worse now than then: the queue for Weekly Shōjo Manga has reached the store's entrance!'

"Who was the first to say that Mirai-sensei had run out of ideas?"