A middle school cartoonist

Cutting off six comics in one go, and then replacing them with six new serials... This is undoubtedly a move with great impact for the weekly "Shounen Jumk"!

Makoto Takahashi successfully convinced the editor-in-chief of Bottle, and then the editor-in-chief of Bottle also successfully convinced all the editorial staff at the serialization meeting. The attitude shown by the cartoonist and editor during this period can definitely be modified with "confidence" ...However, when the issue of the weekly "Shounen Jumk" that serialized six new comics actually started to go on sale, the editor-in-chief of Bottle did not behave as calmly as at the previous serialization meeting!

Although the statistical results will not be known until a week later, there are still other ways to judge that this decision is reasonable! For example... During the week of waiting for the statistical results, you can specifically speculate on the success or failure of this decision by observing the changes in weekly sales!

If the sales volume of the weekly magazine this time is significantly higher than before, then it can be judged that this decision was not wrong; but if the sales volume of the weekly magazine is significantly lower than before, it means that this time it was targeted by someone. The second cartoonist tricked not only the editor-in-chief of Bottle, but also the editorial side of the entire weekly magazine!

So although the editor-in-chief of Bottle still looks the same as usual today, maintaining the state of [Silent Facial Paralysis] as always, every member of the editorial side who came to the editorial headquarters this morning can clearly feel the atmosphere of the office. It was too repressive... In such an atmosphere, every member on the editorial side moved cautiously and cautiously! And those who accidentally make some noise will not only feel the malicious eyes of their colleagues around them for the first time, but also because of the intimidating gaze of the editor-in-chief of Bottle, the duration of the entry is not very clear [ In the state of being on tenterhooks] or [big horror]!

The few editors-in-charge, who are well aware that the editorial base camp has fallen into such an atmosphere, have neither the ability to change the status quo nor the way to invigorate the atmosphere. Therefore, they can only, like other colleagues, try to remain quiet and immersed in their work while still thinking in their hearts. Keep giving yourself hints such as "This situation will only last for a week at most" and "Just endure it for a week"!

If everyone on the editorial side is trying to understand how painful [the agony of waiting] is, then the situation on the reader side... is much more complicated!

Among the readers who bought this issue of the weekly magazine, there are many who have thoughts such as "Is this new serial really good?" and "Is that new comic really interesting?"... After all, everyone This will happen every time a new serial is published!

If the comics that the readers observe are not as exciting as they expected, they will feel disappointed. In more serious cases, they may even start to produce problems similar to [a decline in the level of cartoonists], [weekly magazines], etc. The editor did not review it carefully] Ah and other disgusting feelings!

No matter how excellent a comic is, there will still be readers who hate its existence. In the same way, no matter how much criticism and complaints a comic has from readers, there will still be some fanatical believers! So even though the six works that were cut in half are relatively low-popular comics in the weekly and ranked at the bottom of the readership survey...but please don't forget the number of readers the weekly has! Therefore, even if a comic is not popular, there will naturally be some strong supporters among the huge reader base!

So on the day when the weekly magazine went on sale, some readers found out that instead of continuing to publish their favorite comics in the past, they began to serialize new comics. They were a little emotionally conflicted, and that's natural!

However, there are also readers who, after observing the comics, feel that the comics are more exciting than they expected, and then start the [no regrets] mode to follow the comics...

After Ryo Taniguchi picked up the latest issue of the weekly "Shounen Jumk", he did not eagerly open the package and flip through the comics like most readers did, but chose to carefully observe the catalog of the weekly... This is Ryo Taniguchi's habit. Every time before observing a weekly, he will check out the new comics in the weekly!

"Eh? What's going on with this issue of the weekly magazine? There are so many unfamiliar names, all... new serials?" When he looked through the catalog, he saw several unfamiliar names, which briefly surprised Taniguchi Ryo. After that, he closed the weekly "Shounen Jumk" full of doubts and wanted to check whether he bought the wrong comic magazine through the cover. "They actually released six new serials in one go. The editorial department of the weekly is really generous! But these new comics Can serialization really support this issue of the weekly? It seems that the reason why "The Demon Count", which I thought was pretty good before, was hastily finished last week is largely because of this issue. Make room for the new series!”

Why does Ryo Taniguchi know so much about these things?

You must know that many readers are not very familiar with the serialization rules of weekly magazines! There are many issues such as the requirements for serialization of new comics, the conditions for comics to be cut in half, the reasons for the hasty ending of comics, etc. Every time they encounter these situations, the editorial staff have to ask the readers to be patient over and over again. Analysis... However, this situation has changed a lot after the completion of a certain comic series!

To put it simply, since the serialization of that comic ended, readers have a new understanding of the weekly serialization method! Not only do we no longer ask the same questions again and again as before, but sometimes the analysis given by the editorial staff is more professional and detailed!

That's right, that comic is based on Ajou Mumenha's inspirational comic depicting the cartoonist - "Dream Eater"!

By observing the comic "Dream Eater" many times, not only did the number of manuscripts received by the weekly "Shounen Jumk" increase every week, it also made many readers familiar with the weekly serialization model... If it weren't for a certain middle-level comic If your family is too capable of causing trouble, maybe the magazine will give you an award or something to express your gratitude to Takahashi Makoto!

By the way, I would like to emphasize that the following sentence is the original words of the editor-in-chief of Bottle and editor-in-chief Sasaki!

So all this is Steins;Gate... No, it's because of the influence of the comic "Dream Eater"!

Since the weekly magazine dared to publish six new serials in one go this time, it means that the six new serials are all very interesting... So Ryo Taniguchi, who was full of curiosity, only after a brief surprise, began to struggle with which one to read first. A new series!

You must know that releasing six new serials at once is definitely a malicious act for readers who have difficulty in choosing... By the way, Makoto Takahashi definitely did not consider this at the beginning. Emphasis on the request to have six comics serialized at the same time!

However, when Ryo Taniguchi finally made up his mind and set his sights on the first new comic series, he accidentally discovered something horrifying!

Turning directly to the serialization part of the comic "One Punch Man", Ryo Taniguchi saw a unique cover page! Different from other comics, the cover page of the comic "One Punch Man" does not reveal any appearance of the protagonist. Instead, it shows a huge fist wearing gloves... For this comic to use such a strange cover page that is so different from the past, Ryo Taniguchi's curiosity was naturally aroused. However, just when Ryo Taniguchi was about to start observing comics, he discovered that in the comics author column, the name of the cartoonist filled in was [Phoenix-in Murder]!

"Hey! This new serialization of "One Punch Man"... is actually the new work of the cartoonist Phoenix Institute! By the way, isn't that guy's most recent main battlefield in the monthly magazine? Why is it in the weekly magazine again this time? Are you planning to come to last week to dig holes in people again?”

In recent years, every reader who has observed the weekly "Shounen Jumk" naturally knows that among the cartoonists serialized in the weekly, there is a cartoonist who enjoys killing readers!

There is such a legend among readers...

A certain cartoonist's favorite and most disgusting thing is that every time he starts to serialize a comic plot that has a plot, he will wear a white coat and wander around the streets on the day when the weekly magazine is released, observing the people [who are attracted by him] The reader's side of the comic plot is full of tangled expressions to gain pleasure!

And the cartoonist who has become the urban legend "White Coat Demon" is the author of the first work in this weekly series, the comic "One Punch Man", Phoenix Academy Fierce Man!

According to common sense, a cartoonist with such a bad character like Hohoin Kouma would have been punched to death by readers long ago, or he would have been boycotted by readers because of his too evil behavior... But this guy happened to The comics created are quite exciting, and it is easy for readers to indulge in them inadvertently!

Therefore, every large-scale team activity organized spontaneously by readers to "conquer the devil in white coat" would turn into an internal fight due to the influence of the comics, and eventually had to be abandoned...

So it’s understandable that when Ryo Taniguchi saw that the manga artist was the Hohenin Murasaki, he would be surprised and turn on the [full of resentment] complaint mode! All of these are the sins of a certain middle-class cartoonist when he was young... No, it should be Steins;Gate!

The beginning of the comic "One Punch Man" is full of explosion special effects... No, those are not special effects!

There was a violent explosion in the city. The city that originally looked very prosperous with tall buildings turned into ruins in the next picture! As for the human beings living in the city... I'm afraid it's best to describe them as "dead bodies everywhere"!

And after the villain who caused such a tragedy appeared on the scene, Ryo Taniguchi almost scratched his eyeball! It’s not that this villain caused another explosion after appearing on the stage and wiped out many humans... but because of the appearance of this villain!

"Holy crap! Isn't this guy Piccolo the Great? Is he really a real man who let the Devil Piccolo wander in at the beginning of the comic? Hey, hey, hey, this comic of Phoenix Academy... is it "Dragon Ball" or "One Punch Man" "ah?"