Zongman: Why is your comic full of knives?

"Even though I’ve seen it once, I still can’t help but marvel at the gorgeous style of this teacher’s paintings!"

"The characters are so cute! In front of such a style of painting, I feel that the plot is no longer important.

Just the interaction between them is enough to attract me and make me want to watch it forever."

"Is it called"Warrior of Love and Hope"? Are you sure it's not a new account created by some old man?"

"Stupid, this is impossible! This kind of style can't be hidden, can't it be seen at a glance?

Besides, I've already met her in advance, and she's said to be a high school student?"

"Really? High school student?"

"Aren't monsters common in this industry? What's so surprising?"

"Editor-in-Chief Kobayashi, can you use a calmer voice? It will be more convincing when you say this?"

Everyone was flipping through the pages and discussing at the same time.

Such a careless performance was mainly because after flipping through dozens of pages, they found that there was nothing particularly eye-catching in the plot.

It was only out of trust in Minano Matoi that they did not stop.

Until everyone opened the taboo page!

It was as if their necks were strangled at the same time, and no one could make any extra sounds.

The wide-open eyes were full of confusion, and the slightly trembling body silently told the complicated mood at the moment.

Even though they had seen various works, they had never thought that in the magical girl theme known for its routine and childishness, they would actually see such a scene-death!

In comic works, the death of one or two characters is really normal. In those popular hot-blooded comics, the protagonist will be shown with a light touch. The story is about the fate of the defeated enemies, or the destroyed buildings, allowing people to imagine the ending.

In detective comics, there may be a Japanese person who dies in every chapter.

If it is a suit special effect, it goes without saying, just a large number of deaths.

Even if a popular character is suddenly killed, it is not unheard of for them.

But they have never seen this before!

It is better to say that they have never thought about it in this direction!!

Since the birth of this theme, the target group has been relatively young children.

Things for children to watch should of course be happy and cheerful, and it would be even better if they can have some educational significance.

As for giving characters knives?

Bastard!!

Do you want to destroy the future flowers of the motherland?!

So.

If it was before today, an author suddenly told them:"Magical girls can also die."

They will definitely sneer, saying that the other party is taking things for granted. They have even lost the most basic audience. Isn't this just making things difficult for themselves?

Then after today, they will seriously consider the feasibility of doing so.

At least no one in the crowd will deny it at the first time.

Instead, after a brief period of confusion, they will put away their initial carelessness, turn to the first page again, and read it again from beginning to end.

After they finished reading these 100 pages, an uncontrollable thought came to their mind - who said that the theme of magical girls must be for children!? Did we really understand magical girls in the past!?

「We both know nothing about magical girls, the meaning of longing for miracles and its price——」

Isn't the last monologue at the end the same as theirs?

I have never really thought about what a magical girl is!

This kind of dark interpretation always feels......It's so exciting!!

What direction will the plot develop in later?

I'm looking forward to it!

"Cough cough."

With the cough of Torishima and Guang, everyone came back to their senses from their thoughts.

"I think everyone has finished reading the content in their hands? Tell us what you think"

"Unlimited imagination, beyond imagination!!"

"It can be said that it directly breaks our conventional cognition"

"When I read it for the first time, the lines and expressions in many places seemed too dark.

I thought it was the mistake of the novice author. Looking back, I found that the foreshadowing had been laid at the very beginning!"

"This new guy is like a monster"

"This development can be said to have opened up a new branch of magical girls. If the follow-up can be as amazing as it is now, it may be expected to become a"masterpiece"」！！"

"Is this true? It is a magical girl after all, so isn’t it too much of an exaggeration to call it a"masterpiece"!?"

"I also said that we have to wait and see what happens next! ?

Besides, even if it is not a"masterpiece", it is already very remarkable to find another new interpretation of magical girls! Is this really something that high school students can do?"

"High school students! What did you do in high school?"

"study hard"

"Shopping, KTV, game room"

"I feel like I'm living like a dog at my age."

"Don’t compare yourself to these monsters, or you’ll cry!"

The heated discussion made the conference room look like a vegetable market.

The editor-in-chief did not intervene immediately, but waited until the discussion died down before taking over the topic:"So what are your opinions on the ranking of this work?"

"I think there is no problem with the selection"

"Seconded"

"Seconded"

"......"

After everyone except Minano Matoi spoke up and agreed,

Torishima Kazumitsu looked at her and said,"Editor-in-chief Minano, what's your opinion?" Minano

Matoi shook her head and said,"I don't have any opinion either." Torishima Kazumitsu laughed and shook his head, sighing,"Young people nowadays really like to embarrass an old man like me. They have to let me make the decision on such an important matter alone."

"However, such a work is indeed not to be missed. If I randomly assign a ranking, people will doubt whether an old guy like me can no longer understand comics."

"《Puella Magi Madoka Magica" was awarded the"Selected" award. Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, their eyes were incredulous.......「"Selected" Award! ?

Torishima and Hikari looked at the expressions on everyone's faces and said,"Why? Do you think this is a magical girl theme, so it's not worthy?"

"If I can't see the rest of the story and give a fair award, that's fine."

"If we know that there will be a twist later but still choose to ignore it, then it would be our dereliction of duty!"

"The Tezuka Award has always been based on"story" as the selection criteria!

Extending a new direction of the subject matter, this alone is enough to be"selected", not to mention the other aspects of this work, which are also extremely excellent"

"But readers won’t know this, and won’t understand why we selected this work as a"selected" award until we get to this part of the series.

In addition, other companies that have been keeping an eye on us may also......"

"You also said that it was before this part of the content was sent out, right?"

"It's just a temporary doubt, why bother about it?"

"When the following content is released, they will understand why"Puella Magi Madoka Magica" was"selected."

Torishima Kazuhiro smiled and said:

"I hope you can remember that Shueisha has never been able to reach where it is today by listening to outside opinions, but because we have always followed the principle of"strength is king".」！"

"So, who else has any opinions?"

Big discount for reading during Dragon Boat Festival! Top up 100 and get 500 VIP points!