Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?

Before the comics market fully responded to "Saint Seiya", Saburo Mikami had already noticed the unusualness of this comic.

Early in the morning, at eleven o'clock, when "Champion" was just published, Saburo Mikami ran to Oda Shingo's studio to express his feelings.

Saburo Mikami got the latest manuscript, which was later than the 5 chapters published in this issue.

"Shingo, this comic is amazing, really amazing!" He was a little excited and incoherent.

The manuscript that Oda Shingo handed over to the main publication of "Champion" had passed the Galactic War stage and reached the Dark Saint Seiya part.

Saburo Mikami was excited when he read it.

He even ran directly from the Springfield Bookstore headquarters to discuss the serialization method of this comic with Oda Shingo in person.

With many years of experience in comics, he saw at a glance that "Saint Seiya" was unusual.

Although there was the aura effect of Oda Shingo's winning, the atmosphere and appeal of this comic were indeed beyond reproach.

Many readers who have not experienced that era would say that "Saint Seiya" has a bad style, thin character design, and a simple story, but it has been popular for nearly forty years.

The version drawn by Oda Shingo now is not bad, but it is definitely not exquisite.

He did not even ask the main writer Fujido Kaoru to work too hard, but tried to focus on the update speed.

Of course, it will not be the garbage painting of "Saint Seiya ND". If it really uses that kind of painting, it will be criticized for not being attentive. Oda Shingo will not let his subordinates produce such a sloppy painting level.

"Shingo, I feel that your comic has really entered a new realm." Sankami Saburo is quite discerning and saw the strength of this comic.

"Yes, this comic is different from any of my previous works." Oda Shingo is very confident: I have abandoned all the character creation, repeated plot reversals, and deep connotations of the story. "

"I can see that your work is not a rigid storytelling, but a seemingly grand cause at the beginning, and then it will fall into a tense and exciting fight, which makes readers excited and unable to extricate themselves." Sankami Saburo said his feelings.

Oda Shingo gave a thumbs up: "This work is actually the simplest formula that truly adapts to the core of the market."

"That's right, you have grasped the core of the market's attention and know what the fans want to see. All the side details are omitted, and the rest are the core. There is a Chinese saying that describes it, great..."

"Great ingenuity is not elaborate." Oda Shingo added with a smile.

Mrs. Yukino, who had already retreated to the second floor, whispered softly: "Return to simplicity. "

She read the comic carefully and found that it did not have the problems that exist in many comics now, such as moaning without reason, and trying to elevate the emotions, improve the level, and enrich the characters.

It can be seen that Oda Shingo's skills have made great progress compared to half a year ago.

Mrs. Yukino is even more looking forward to the comic he promised to give her in the New Year.

Downstairs, Oda Shingo and Mikami Saburo seriously discussed how to serialize.

Oda Shingo vowed to guarantee that the weekly submission volume can reach 5 episodes.

"You mean you want to keep up the massive update of 5 episodes in the first period?" Mikami Saburo's eyes twitched when he heard it: "Is this possible while ensuring the quality of "Koga Ninja Scrolls"? ”

He originally thought that the 5 chapters in the first issue were explosive, but he didn’t expect that he could really do it continuously.

This issue was temporarily increased to 5 chapters because two comics happened to be suspended at the same time, and some chat stories and close-up beauties were reduced to squeeze out the number of pages.

If you want to continue serializing, you must apply for an increase in the number of journal pages like "RED".

"Yes. If you are worried, I can accumulate 15 chapters." Oda Shingo smiled, "In addition, "Koga Ninja Scrolls" is a short story, and it will be completed in no more than 30 chapters. ”

Saint Seiya has many problems. In fact, if it is just a copy of the original work, it can update 7 chapters per week. But 5 chapters per week is the best update volume.

This is the conclusion of the update speed drawn by Oda Shingo after making many changes to the original work. He made changes to the problems criticized by readers, such as Ikki meeting Shaka in advance.

The premature appearance of the Gold Saint made Ikki's boss status at the time very low, and even affected the value of the Silver Saint.

And Saori's dish, the situation of always being caught, was slightly modified by Oda Shingo. At least she is not the girl who always needs to be protected.

In many fan works, Saori is described as a person who gives away heads in a battle, which shows that the original work of Mr. Kurumada has plot defects caused by the rush to write.

For example, Japan on Earth has "Do you want to be Athena? "Such teasing words are a satire on the brainless act of giving away heads.

For Oda Shingo, who now has more years of experience and skills in comics, it is easy to modify these problems.

After all, comic scriptwriting skills have been fully improved after more than 30 years. And the times have changed, and there is a greater need for the incarnation of the goddess Athena who is a little domineering.

"Then leave it to me, I will open up all the ways for you for the extra pages! The last three issues in December, no problem!"

After making this promise, Saburo Mikami went to the Tokyo Regional Cultural Affairs Bureau to apply for an increase in the number of pages.

Everything went quite smoothly.

It is a very difficult period for paper magazines to survive now. Any increase in cost requires careful consideration by the company. In fact, there have been no applications for increasing the number of pages in the past few years.

At the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Saburo Mikami even found a small easter egg: the previous application was also from Springfield Bookstore, and was submitted by Takano Ran, who was serialized in the last issue of "RED".

"I didn't expect Minister Mikami to come to handle the procedures in person. It must be because of Mr. Oda, right?" The official from the Cultural Affairs Bureau who reviewed it even said directly: "Your company is very lucky to meet an author like Oda Shingo!"

"You are right, TOEFL TOEFL." Saburo Mikami bowed.

A chicken that can lay golden eggs, even laying double yolk eggs or even triple yolk eggs every time, what else can compare with it?

After leaving the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Saburo Mikami prepared to go to the parking lot.

Several children passed by, laughing and playing.

"Tianma Meteor Fist!"

"Lushan Shenglongba!"

Saburo Mikami was stunned.

The journal has only been published for half a day, and there are already children learning it?

Is the influence of Oda Shingo's comics so terrifying?

Just after entering the parking lot, Sankami Saburo heard such words again while walking through the narrow parking spaces in Japan.

"Your left chest is exposed!"

"You pervert!"

A couple just got out of the car with laughter.

Sankami Saburo got in the car, but did not start it immediately.

His hands trembled uncontrollably.

"Saint Seiya" seems to have more market potential than he expected!

Could it be possible to reach the level of national comics? !