1983 Past Life Manga King

Boys Magazine and Boy Heroes are companies of different sizes.

“Mr. Akagi. I’m begging you.”

-Yeah. Please speak.

“First, please collect some of those cartoons and send them to me. I’ll have to watch the manga first and think about it.”

-Yeah? don’t you think

“How will we respond in the future?”

– I think that’s something we’re going to do. Since we are going to continue to raise issues, wouldn’t it be better for the teacher to just focus on the work? Well, I know what to say in this situation, but,

“no. I don’t mean to do anything legally.”

– … … So what are you going to do?

“I’m going to do it as a piece of art. in their own way.”

– As a work?

***

a few days later,

An underground cafe in Tokyo city.

This place is famous as a place where comics, games, and military research groups gather.

But today, most of the people gathered at the manga-related research group.

Today, the story of ‘Zombie Samurai’ and ‘Samsara’ was their main interest.

“It’s really shameful. that’s so blatant I was disappointed with the boys’ magazine.”

“I was pissed off today, so I kept calling the editorial department of the boys’ magazine, but I couldn’t connect.”

“There must have been a lot of protest calls. I heard that the university manga research group also called a few people.”

“I want to call you today too.”

“By the way, aren’t those crazy guys being pushed back by Boy Jump these days?”

“Still, you can’t touch the boy jump side. Isn’t that a good thing because he’s like a boy hero? To be honest, it is true that Samsara is being serialized in less places than its name.

“Boy heroes are doing well these days.”

“Still, how do I compare it to a boys’ magazine?”

“right. In addition, it is almost thanks to Samsara that boy heroes are doing so well now. Most of the top-ranked works came out after Samsara came out. There are even rumors that even low-middle-class works are in the sphere of influence of Samsara.”

“It’s not just that. Big Hero and Spirit Hero, the same publisher’s magazines, are serializing comics that are part of the Samsara universe. To be honest, the whole publishing house is affected.”

“By the way, even the zombie samurai are really absurd these days. I made a few settings almost exactly the same, so the story also blows up the first part and the pace is almost the same as Samsara.”

Most people are talking excitedly, but some are also realistic.

“What do we do with each other? It’s an atmosphere that ordinary readers don’t care as long as it’s fun.”

“That’s right. To be honest, some people in the research group like it because there are more comics like Samsara.”

“Haha, I can only sigh when I see the comics that are flowing towards the real manga. Isn’t this really going back to the 70’s?”

“I know yeah.”

Contrary to the lengthy content in the end, the conversation was rushing to an empty conclusion.

***

I was looking at the ‘Zombie Samurai’ manga that Jiro sent me.

It’s easy to read because the volumes serialized in boys’ magazines have been well organized, cut separately and bundled into books.

No, it doesn’t matter now.

Anyway, the series so far has been a total of 9 episodes.

It was almost serialized and delivered to me two months later, so it’s hard to say that I noticed it early. However, considering the information flow system of this era, the closedness unique to Japanese society, and miscellaneous cases, I think it is worth it.

Anyway, in the first series, there are parts that are a little bit strange, except for the odd resemblance, so I skip it for now, but from the second story, I can smell it.

The screen directing is obviously different, but the atmosphere and progress are strangely similar.

The characters have different outfits and different names, but it looks like the same cartoon even if they just use the name that appeared in Samsara.

The character’s tendencies are almost the same in the first place, and the roles in the story are the same.

There are quite a few places where people put their heads down to avoid plagiarism.

However, it is clear that almost anyone who sees this manga can only remember Samsara.

“This is a funny guy. You must have been quite prepared.”

When I checked the name of the cartoonist, it was an unknown name.

Of course, there were a lot of cartoonists I didn’t know, so that was okay. Among the stories that have been told so far, I feel like I am boldly deleting the parts that are not essential to the story.

So, there may be parts of the story that people who see it for the first time do not understand.

But there is something odd here.

Even for first-timers, there is no difficulty in understanding Samsara if you have already seen it.

So it’s no joke that there are many people who think it’s the same story.

I just drew a different city for the background, but it feels the same, and in the end I have to do what I said to Jiro.

*

Park Sang-sik made an embarrassed expression.

“Edit story?”

“uh.”

As soon as I nodded, I scratched my head. And then he looked at me.

“Then you’ll have to grind all five of the storylines you’ve made.”

“Well, that’s something you can’t do.”

When I replied as if it wasn’t a big deal, I turned into a shocked expression.

Seriously, there are only five words, and considering the time and effort put together, it can be annoying.

Still, I can’t do anything about it since I’m making the story, and I’m sorry, but it’s unavoidable.

Anyway, Park Sang-sik, who had shrugged his shoulders for a while, took a deep breath and told me with a lost expression.

“Yeah, what. If you decide to do that, then you should. But let’s get to know why we made such a decision and then revise it.”

“Did you hear that a manga called Zombie Samurai is being serialized on Boys’ Sunday?”

Park Sang-sik’s expression twisted slightly at those words.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“okay. But what about that and editing… … , Are you conscious of that, and you’re going to change the whole story? Hey, then, this story will fall apart. Just ignore it and proceed as usual… … .”

“I should use rice cakes first.”

“white lead?”

I quickly understood the word rice cakes because I used to use them often.

Anyway, Park Sang-sik looks at me with a surprised expression.

“Yeah, I’m thinking of trying some fake rice cakes.”

“… … ?”

Let’s try (3)

Park Sang-sik looks at me with an expression that he does not understand.

But I patted the table without any explanation.

“Come on, let’s start with the story, and you will feel it as you do it.”

At my words, Park Sang-sik’s forehead pierces deeply.

“… … Can’t you just explain it to me?”

But I still focused on the story rather than the description.

“Well, this is the part that needs to be renewed, right?”

“you really.”

Park Sang-sik frowned slightly, then just smiled helplessly and slumped his shoulders.

Prepare a practice book and pen, knowing that there is no point in insisting on continuing the story. They seem to have decided that preparing to take notes is better for mental health.

As soon as Park Sang-sik finished preparations, I immediately started talking as usual when making a Samsara storyline.

“In this scene, my feet are turned off. Well, the width is about 5 meters in diameter. Right in front of it, there is no feeling like an earthquake, it just explodes! This feeling. Anyway, a new character has to appear here.”

Park Sang-sik is a little embarrassed because the development of the story was abrupt.

“A new character? It definitely feels different from the original story.”

“Yeah, it’s the bait.”

He nodded his head as if he was a little convinced by the word bait.

“… … bait And?”

“Here… … ”

As soon as I started talking, Seon-hee came to me as usual and listened intently to my story.

With candy in your mouth,

If you put sweet sugar in your mouth and listen to my story, you will understand better or something.

He’s not even an old man who’s fallen apart, really.

Anyway, after listening to my story, I usually work on the manuscript while watching Park Sang-sik’s continuity, because I also think that doing this will help my imagination more.

Anyway, Park Sang-sik diligently takes notes, and Seon-hee listens to it and is immersed in thought.

After a while, when the three-part story is finished, Park Sang-sik opens his eyes wide as he organizes them.

Then he looked at me and shook his head.

“How can I understand your statement that it is a fake rice cake? Isn’t this a development that was unimaginable in the original story?”

Did you really understand?

“Right now, the zombie samurai manga is being made by applying your development, so if you proceed like this, you can only predict the conclusion this way.”

As Park Sang-sik said,

In the end, it will be a story that is tasty enough to catch on if you are in a hurry.

Anyway, Park Sang-sik is satisfied with his smile and nodding his head.

Seon-hee, who was quiet at that time, thought about something for a moment, and immediately brought a paper and a pencil from her seat. Then he spreads it out on the table in front of me, and he paints with quick hand movements.

swish.

What I am creating with my fast moving hands is the ruined city scene, the place I just talked about.

Although it is a basic form, it is a scene of a city, that is also a ruin, and it feels sophisticated like a movie set. It’s bloody like a landscape that just feels like it’s actually there.

No, it’s a scene I’ve seen a lot, so I’m used to it now.

Why are you drawing this all of a sudden?

However, I thought I had painted the background, but in the end, that is not the end.

This time I start drawing with a light line under the background.

perspective drawing… … Is it the same?

Anyway, I’m going to draw the picture under the broken hole in detail… … .

uh?

surely?

Seon-hee, who had finished painting, spoke in a quiet voice.

“If you have this, you will definitely get caught.”

“… … Are you strengthening rice cakes?”

Seonhee nodded at my words.

Originally, I thought it was enough just to have a new villain character appear, but it was also true that when I made the story, I felt that something was lacking.

However, Seonhee’s painting expresses the justification for this villain to appear.

It was something I could never get past the scenes that were repeated every time.

It seems to be the first explanation of why the protagonist Ken cannot safely take the Impact Stone with his abilities, no matter what he does.

Of course, this is an elaborately crafted fake situation, but

I have a feeling that Seonhee’s painting will make it more convincing.

“Is this good?”

“… … I don’t know.”

It seems that Park Sang-sik did not fully understand Seon-hee’s painting even after seeing it.

“I’ll add a little more from this scene and talk about it.”

Based on Seon-hee’s drawing, I started to add a story again.

“From the story down the aisle here… … .”

Park Sang-sik, who was listening to my story little by little, took notes, and soon his expression changed. Then he lifts his head and looks at me.

“this… !”

“Let’s focus.”

“Oh sorry.”

Park Sang-sik kept holding back what he wanted to say, and continued taking notes of my story.

***

a few weeks later,

Boy Hero’s editorial office.

“Hey, Akagi.”

Yajima approaches Jiro’s seat and shakes the new boy hero.

“This time Samsara, the real story that has made people so curious has finally appeared. In the meantime, I’ve been curious about this too, so I can expect it to be something that will definitely break through, but looking at the situation, I can’t see the way. But when the story of that part finally comes out, it’s really refreshing.”

“right.”

However, Jiro’s expression just looks dull.

Seeing Jiro like that, Yajima grinned.

“You mean you knew the story ahead of time because you were in charge? Hey, give me a hint though. Were you hiding something like this?”

“You know. That’s what the person in charge is doing.”

“That’s right.”

Saying that, she tapped Jiro on the shoulder.

“Then, please tell me that you are looking forward to the next story. Anyway, because of this story, Mukai-sensei will also give strength, thank you.”

“Yeah. Please do your best too.”

“uh.”

After answering that, she goes to her own seat, grabs her bag, and goes outside her.

These days, it seems that Yajima was also busy going in and out of her bookstore because of the material of the King of Jungwon Cuisine.

Anyway, now Jiro sighed in her relief as Yajima disappeared from her sight.

In fact, when Yajima just talked about Samsara, it was because she had a lot of trouble managing her facial expressions.

In fact, he already knew that the story had been modified a lot because he was in charge.

Names, which are usually completed in advance, were in a situation in which parcels were received and checked on a regular basis.

The editorial department has been complaining from time to time because of the zombie samurai, which is being serialized in a boy magazine recently, but there was no result.

Of course, when Lee Yoon-hwan said that he was going to solve it with his work, I thought he was just trying to compete with quality. However, when she saw the name that flew in a few days after the call, she realized that she had a different opinion.

Incredibly sophisticated traps.

She was preparing for it.

She is herself Some have heard about the story that will unfold in the future, and there is a rough continuity that I received in advance. Thanks to that, I was a little embarrassed by the appearance of a subtle character that I didn’t know if it was a villain or something that suddenly appeared.

This is because from the moment this character appeared, the story felt strangely distorted.

It’s quite difficult to move on to the story you knew originally by looking at the progress of the situation.