1983 Past Life Manga King

“……”

Oh, too.

To say this is just a fanfiction is an overstatement.

But when I flinched, Jiro looked at me.

“The editorial department is thinking about uploading this as a short story…. Of course, it’s a matter that the two of you have to give permission.”

I am very careful about whether I misunderstood my reaction.

It seems that they think I was offended by infringing on the original.

Of course, I was surprised that there were fans who approached me in this way, but I’m still proud of it.

It was not enough to solve the setting part that I could not solve properly in this way, but the fact that I went to the publisher with the manuscript and made this request.

Personally, I just want to say thank you.

Also, the story itself is great.

The directing is good, and it’s also quite fun.

Perhaps because of these people, the manga Samsara will be known to more people, so there is no reason for me to hate it.

Of course, if Seon-hee opposes it, I would think about it, but while talking to Ji-ro, Seon-hee is by my side and continues to look at every single line of the manuscript.

And as soon as he hears Jiro’s story, he looks at me.

“Why?”

“I like this cartoon.”

“Yeah? So what do you think?”

“…if you decide, I’ll follow you.”

Still, it looks like you’re asking for permission,

“Well, I don’t think it’s bad either. Having a lot of comics like this actually helps to increase the number of fans, and I think it’s good for expanding the worldview that can be thought of as an original author.”

In fact, it was a common method in the Japanese comics world back when I was living.

When a cartoon hits the jackpot, another cartoonist draws the comic’s side story under the supervision of the original author.

In the case of the Kaiji series, as well as Dragon Ball, there were comics drawn by other people.

Of course, it’s just a pirate manga or a doujinshi in these days, but it’s surprising that the editorial department came up with something like this that is surprising.

Anyway, after hearing my explanation, Seon-hee shook her head greatly and said.

“Then, I agree.”

“I agree too!”

Even Kyung-hee, who was taking notes on the idea of ​​a new episode, raises her hand.

“Do you know what it is and agree with it?”

“I don’t know what it is, but if Seon-hee agrees, I agree.”

I’m not really funny

“By the way, you did a good job of verifying even the details. I honestly didn’t explain it well in the manga.”

“I was also quite surprised because it was a cartoon that depicts even the smallest details. At first, I thought that I might be friends with the teachers separately.”

If this is true, it is enough to agree with the saying that he is from the Samsara otaku group.

Speaking of gatherings with otakus, it’s normal to have conversations at a level that ordinary people can’t even imagine. On the contrary, there are cases where they sell in detail even to areas that even the original author does not know.

Anyway, I wondered what kind of reaction this short would have.

***

“Really?”

“Yes. The author gave permission directly. And you can put samsara in front of the title.”

“Thank you!”

At Jiro’s words, Kenji Mori bowed her head to express her gratitude. As soon as she received Yunhwan Lee’s permission in Korea, she immediately met Mori, who portrayed Samsara’s side story. Because Yajima, whom she first met, was not in charge of Samsara, Jiro took over.

Anyway, Mori was so moved that the author had given her permission to the point of bringing tears to her eyes.

“This manuscript will be uploaded as a short story in two weeks. The manuscript fee will be 7,000 yen per page, with a total of 20 pages, so it will be 140,000 yen. I will give it to you the week after the book comes out. When I said that I was from there, Mr. Sunny gave me this as well.”

Jiro said so, and held out an illustration depicting a scene in Samsara and a piece of paper with Sunny signed in English.

“Oh, thank you so much!”

In the end, the tears flowed.

She was 27 years old, which is not a small age, but she was a person with a more emotional feeling thanks to her small stature and a young face.

*

After two weeks.

Mori went to a nearby large bookstore during her company lunch break.

Her work was out of hand today because of her thoughts on her own cartoons all day.

The artist Sunny’s illustration, which was handed over by the editor of Boy Hero, was framed and hung in the house. It was a pleasure for him to see it every day.

How envious were my colleagues from the study group when they came to my house to play.

It still excites me when I think about it.

And today, his cartoon will be published today in Boy Heroes.

The uniform is ‘Samsara, the Dark King’.

Although it’s a short story, it’s a pity that there won’t be an opportunity like this in the future, but the fact that the story he wanted so much came out as a short story under the circumstances that the author gave permission was enough to satisfy him.

The only purpose of drawing his manga was to feel the work of Samsara with his own hands. He’d been a fan of comics for a long time, and even drew, but he’s become such a fan that he never thought he’d fall for a piece like this.

So, he spent a lot of time completing it, and how he got such courage, he took the manuscript and went to see him as a boy hero.

There he met the editor, though he was not in charge, and he was talking about something, but when he got home, he didn’t remember anything. It was that tense.

But in the end, a miraculous thing happened that the short story was published.

Mori, who had been immersed in all sorts of thoughts like that, soon arrived in front of a large bookstore.

“…!”

For a moment, Mori stopped.

It’s because he met people he knew in front of the bookstore.

“Huh? Mr. Mori. Hello.”

They are young college students who are members of the same Samsara Research Society.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Yeah, hello, but what’s going on here?”

“We live near here.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Oh, you said that Samsara’s short story was featured in this Boy Hero? I’ve missed the meeting before, but I’ve heard the story.”

At that, Mori laughed awkwardly.

Then she noticed a girl who looked like a high school student came out with a book and she bumped into them.

“Ah, Mr. Mori.”

“Huh? You’re here too.”

“Yes. Oh, this is Mori-san’s drawing, right?”

“Oh, well. That’s right.”

“Please sign here.”

Mori was taken aback by the girl’s words.

“What? Signs?”

“I’m going to keep this as a souvenir.”

“Oh, I need to get Mori’s autograph, too. You have to stay here without going anywhere!”

“Go with me.”

Creeping as a few people ran into the bookstore like that, Mori started to sign the girl’s boy hero.

However, their appearance caught the eyes of the young people who were leaving the bookstore.

“Huh? What? Are you a cartoonist?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s the Samsara Gaiden that came out this time.”

“Really.”

They also had a boy hero in their hands.

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“Didn’t you just say autograph over there?”

“Uh. I heard that too.”

“Then, maybe that person…”

“Are you a cartoonist who drew short stories?”

“Hey, let’s go.”

“Good.”

More and more people began to gather around Mori.

And someone asked Mori, who was signing the autograph, as she opened the magazine.

“Are you the one who drew this short story?”

“Ah yes.”

When Mori replied with a nod of her head as if a little embarrassed, the crowd murmured.

“Oh, I think the author of the short story is right.”

“I guess. Are you lucky?”

“Can’t we sign autographs too?”

“Yeah?”

“Can’t we just do it for a few people and finish it?”

“……”

“Let’s do it too!”

As people flocked to the entrance and it became noisy, the bookstore staff came out.

“Hey, I’m sorry, but if you gather like this, it’s going to get in the way.”

“This is the cartoonist teacher who drew this manga.”

“Yeah?”

“Aren’t you having an autograph session here today?”

“Sa, an autograph session?”

“People are flocking here to get this guy’s autograph.”

As more and more people began to gather, the staff panicked not knowing what to do with this situation, and then ran into the bookstore.

And after a while, out of nowhere, an unplanned street autograph session was held in front of the bookstore.

*

The short story ‘Samsara Dark King’, which was a little experimental, received a better response than I expected.

It is because there were enough people who deliberately wrote Samsara the Dark King and sent them to the reader’s postcard questionnaire even though they were completely absent from the works that ranked them.

Thanks to that, he was ranked 11th in the unofficial questionnaire rankings.

Considering that it was a work that was not written in the first place, it was a huge achievement.

So, at a meeting of the boy hero editorial department, there was a talk about whether this work should be continued.

There was a reaction like this, because it was something I couldn’t just bury.

Because there are very few people who can achieve this kind of popularity with the lack of writers.

Of course, it was clear that even with the original manga, he had talent.

But the author’s intention is the most important thing.

So Jiro asked Mori, who had drawn the short story, his intentions.

“Are you talking about serialization?”

“Yes. After a little bit of preparation, why don’t you try serializing it in a biweekly or monthly magazine?”

“…Me, that would be great. If I could continue to draw Samsara. But, Mr. Sunny….”

“That part has already been approved. Of course, story supervision for the serialization is absolutely necessary. Of course, since it’s a side story of a manga with an original work, part of the manuscript fee will go to the original author’s teacher. How about?”

Mori immediately nodded her head at those words.

“Yes. I want to try.”

Once the serialization was decided, the preparation proceeded in an instant.

First, he searched for a place where he could draw a manuscript, and together he gathered fish.

Although he was a rookie whose foundation was not well established yet, the decision was made to provide some support from the publisher, considering the reaction of the first short was hot.

And the magazine that will be serialized is ‘Spirit Hero’.

Spirit Hero is a bi-weekly boys’ magazine with less than 100,000 copies sold. This is a magazine that serves as a gateway to entering the Boy Heroes, the most recent magazine of Mitsuda Shoten.

Writers with good grades here are moving to boy heroes.

There, Mori decided to serialize ‘Samsara Dark King’ with her new editor, Eri Nakada.

and after a few days,

After moving to a new studio, Mori started working on the manuscript for ‘Samsara Dark King’ in earnest.

And when the news that the serialization of the Dark King was decided in Spirit Hero was made known to the outside through Weekly Hero and Spirit Hero, the manga world became noisy.

In particular, the case of expanding the worldview by serializing one cartoon by another in this way is similar to the way Marvel and DC, the large American comic magazines, do.

There was a lot of discussion about this issue at the Manga Research Society meeting.

“Isn’t it interesting? It could be an infinite expansion in this way.”

“Isn’t it hard to see that the worldview created by a single artist is as consistent as it is. The worldview is increasing, but it’s welcome from a standpoint like us.”

“Look at Rageverse. It was made by one person, but there are more loopholes in the setting than I thought. So, that’s not a problem. Rather, what you should be worried about is that if any one of the works causes a problem, the entire universe will suffer a lot.”

“Well, isn’t it up to Sunny or the publishing company to manage it well? American hero comics already have a history of about 50 years.”

“It’s a little different. It’s totally a form of company treating cartoonists like employees.”

“Anyway, I think it’s a good try.”

“Me too. If this method succeeds, you will be able to watch more successful cartoons for a longer time.”

“I’m the opposite. It’s honestly hard to imagine someone else painting Samsara.”

“What do you mean? The original is Sunny’s work anyway. You can think of the rest as an event.”

“That’s it.”

A lot of opinions were exchanged, but in general the atmosphere was welcoming.

That’s because Samsara was a cartoon that provided a lot of talk to the people of the Manga Research Society.

Of course, the problem is that the actual sales do not reach that level as much as it gets the attention of people from the research group.

***

“Yeah. I think you only need to edit the scene from the cut on page 5 as I said.”

-Okay. Then we will tell you that.

After finishing the call with Jiro, I checked the copy of the Dark King again.

Although it is called a continuity, it is quite meticulously worked, so I am quite surprised.

Like a storyboard in a cartoon movie, there are written descriptions of the scenes in detail.

By the way, it is really surprising that a story like this was created by combining the background and the mentioned words that appeared briefly in Samsara.

To be honest, it’s true that it’s a bit lacking in terms of fun, but I have to admit that it’s really great as far as the setting is concerned.

I think I’m making my own worldview in detail, but this Dark King is really great enough to be called the definitive version of the Deokhu Manga.