Gotta Go the Healing Route

"That's right..."

Wu Shanyun turned his head, his eyes burning.

That fiery gaze made it difficult for Big Bear Longyi to look directly at him.

"The competition between Hei Shen Can's story and Wei Guangzheng's story."

"Since the birth of Wang Daoman, although the protagonist has experienced hardships, the real highlight is how the protagonist overcomes the hardships and grows. Instead of using cruel plots to directly crush the members of the protagonist group to death one by one."

Cruelty and depression may be the labels of evil ways, but they have never been reflected in Wangdao comics.

It's different now.

"I don't know what the follow-up story of "The Chainsaw Man" will be like, but according to Kazama-kun's narrative style, it will definitely not let the protagonist grow step by step."

Wu Shanyun seems to have seen the future, the great demon king of the evil way named Fengjianxi has already stretched out the dark tentacles named 'Zhiyu' to the bright place of kingly way.

"The love and justice hidden under the harsh reality, and the love and justice shown positively...depressed or healed..."

"This is a dispute of ideas!"

Chapter 170 The Road to the New Era

Through "The Chainsaw Man", if Wu Shanyun values ​​the battle of ideas, then Feng Jianxi values ​​the process of commercialization.

As I said before, it is extremely difficult to unify the artistic and commercial aspects of the story, but as long as the balance between the two can be grasped, a masterpiece will be born: "Death Note" and "Magic Girl Madoka Magica" "That's it.

If Kazama Xi had chosen other excellent evil works when he was serializing for the first time, he would definitely not be able to reap his current achievements and fame.This is also the reason why this time-space evil manga declined.

In Wu Shanyun's view, the kingly works full of cruel plots are a challenge to the traditional kingly way, but Kazama Xi didn't think about it at all.

The reason is also very simple. Conceptually, Kazama Xi, who has traveled to this different time and space, is decades ahead.He knows the process of the decline of traditional kingly stories in the future, and also how the new era of kingly works breaks through—it is this cruel plot of evil style.

For example, "Ghost Slayer: Blade" and "Spell Return".

As the two most representative royal and bloody comics in the new era of Kazama Xi's previous life, both of them are famous in the industry for their cruel plots.

The times will eventually change, even Wu Shanyun, who is known as a genius cartoonist in the field of kingship, cannot discover this under the condition of limited vision.

However, there is also a saying: half a step ahead is a genius, and one step ahead is a madman.

If it is not in the right soil of the times, no matter how advanced the concept is, it will not be able to take root.

But Kazama Xi is not worried about this.The solution is simple: strong personal style.

The style presented to readers by Kazama Xi's previous works has already laid the groundwork.Most readers also know in their hearts that this "kingdom work" of Yubiechao was born to break through the traditional kingly way.Readers are primed for whatever novelty The Chainsaw Man reveals.

Back to commercialization.

The commercialization achievement of "Chain Saw Man" is also the decisive factor for Kazama Xi to have confidence and step into the realm of kingship.

From the first chapter of "The Chainsaw Man", it can be seen that Fujimoto deliberately lowered the threshold for reading stories in order to take care of the feelings of young readers.And the later facts also proved that this was a correct decision.

Although in the later serializations, Fujimoto's nature could not help being revealed, but the overall framework of the story has actually been determined in the earlier stories.

No matter how free Fujimoto is, it is also within this framework, which makes the story logic of "Chain Saw Man" smooth and complete, unlike the previous "Flame Fist", which is so chaotic that readers can't figure it out.

And the self-promotion within the framework is also accidentally hit on the balance between "stylization" and "popularity".Let this work become a 'monster' in commercial comics.

Not only that, in fact, there is another key factor for the success of "Chain Saw Man"-the ability to meet the audience's psychological needs for pretense.

"Chain Saw Man" is positioned as a youth comic. Teenagers of this age are in adolescence, no longer naive but not mature stage of life.

Teenagers at this stage often have the characteristics of "little adults", that is, they are eager to make themselves mature, like adults.

There are many teenagers who smoke, not because they like smoking, but in their eyes, smoking is a kind of 'mature' performance.

And the story of "The Chainsaw Man" perfectly echoes the mentality of the young adult.

Really deep stories that teenagers can't understand.Restricted by age and experience, the aesthetic needs of teenagers have become "looks very connotative, half-understood."

As a kingly and passionate manga packaged in an evil style, the dark heroic epic "Chain Saw Man" can just meet the aesthetic needs of teenagers.

The deeper understanding of the aesthetic needs of the audience and the improvement of the grasp of the market by cartoonists are also one of the main reasons why the stories of Wang Dao comics in the new era are more and more biased towards the cruelty of the stories.

However, the above things can only be confirmed after the story of "Chain Saw Man" gradually unfolds.In the early days of the new work, the focus of readers' attention is still on the setting of the world view and the characters.

It is undeniable that the image of the protagonist named Dianci shown to readers in the first chapter of "Chain Saw Man" is still very attractive.

While the second and third episodes that were published successively in that month further fleshed out the main characters, they also began to add new important characters.

The main characters of the second episode are Denji and a woman named 'Machima'.

Like the protagonist Denji, Miss Machima in "The Chainsaw Man" also broke away from the shackles of the traditional female role template, and seemed a bit bad.

At the first glance, Maqima rescued Denji who was exhausted and fell to the ground in the warehouse, put on clothes for him, and took Denji to eat in the restaurant. She was extremely gentle and kind.

But when she learned of the appearance of the demon, this Miss Machima immediately turned her face, and coldly gave the order to hunt and kill the demon.

The dialogue also shows the style of a bad woman:

"You forgot, you are now my dog. Just answer 'woof' and 'woof'."

"I don't need a dog that says no."

The hostess of the bad woman and the madness once again shown in the battle also make the readers of "Chain Saw Man" feel novel and interesting.

On the comics section of the online forum, this new work by Kazama Xi has once again become a hot topic of discussion:

"It's the first time I've seen a protagonist like Dianci...a bit naive, a little nervous, and not lacking in kindness. But when fighting, he immediately showed another style, which is crazy and ruthless. There are so many ruthless people."

"The main reason is that the character design of the protagonist in this evil style is really cool. Sometimes the protagonist of the slow-heated kingly works is too aggrieved. Moreover, Mr. Yu Biechao's story this time is fast-paced, and the storytelling is very fast. It is not sloppy, and there is a hearty feeling after watching it."

"The heroine is also very interesting. Before the second chapter, I thought it was another free-for-all heroine. I didn't expect it to be a bad woman character. It can be said that it has a certain charm. I like it very much."

"In the third chapter, I changed the map and came to Tokyo, and new characters appeared immediately. But... Do you fight when you meet? And this kind of fighting...'The war between men, the trick is to kick the crotch', Dianci It's really interesting, hahahaha."

"Although it's only the third chapter, it can be seen that this is really an interesting and novel work."

From readers' comments, it is clear that there is a strong interest in this alternative style of kingly work.

This trend of interest is also reflected in the Xiaozheng results of the second and third chapters: the Xiaozheng scores of the second and third chapters are respectively fourth and third, firmly biting in "Lingzhu" Behind the trip.

As a newly serialized work, and it is still a Wang Dao manga that has always performed weakly in the early stage, this achievement is already terrifying.

On the eve of the upcoming release of the fourth chapter of "Chain Saw Man", the new publication "Youth Jump" in charge of Akira Kitaoka finally came out and officially launched.

Serialized in this new issue, another manga prepared by Xi Kazama, "Flame Fist" has finally been able to meet readers.

PS: There is only one chapter today, and it will be added tomorrow.

Chapter 170 IX Flame Fist

In the previous life, compared to the popularity of "Chain Saw Man", "Flame Fist" seemed a bit unpopular. The most familiar thing about "Flame Fist" is the stalk of "use Yan Fist on him".

Of course, this situation is also related to the positioning of "Flame Fist".Also as the works of Fujimoto, "Flame Fist" and "Chain Saw Man" are somewhat similar in style, but the core is completely different.

After all, "Chain Saw Man" uses the framework of Wang Dao's passionate comic, and the expression of the story has been restrained a lot.However, "Flame Fist" completely let go of its personality, and tried its best to fully reveal a sick and absurd story to the eyes of the world.

If "Chain Saw Man" is a horse that Fujimoto specially took the reins for his own style, then "Flame Fist" is a fierce horse that has not been tamed and gallops recklessly.

"Yanquan" is somewhat similar to the works of the radio series, and the requirements for the audience are relatively rough.If the radio waves are not right, I just feel that this comic is very weird, and there is a feeling of ignorance.And if the radio waves match, you will think that this is a masterpiece from the bottom of your heart.

In short, if the chainsaw man represents that Fujimoto wants to take a step closer, the exploration of commercialization.Yanquan is the foundational work of Fujimoto's style, a work that expresses thinking and thoughts.

Kazama Yuki absolutely did not dare to serialize this manga on "Shounen Jump".The reason is also very simple, "Flame Fist" is not the kind of comics to cater to the market.If it is really serialized on the juvenile jump, even if it has a previous reputation, the possibility of sudden death is very high.After all, like philosophy, things that are too obscure are always rejected by most people.

Kitaoka Akinari's new publication for young adults just gave Kazama Yuki the opportunity to present this work to the world.

After all, the discussion of life and society in "Yanquan" and the analysis of human nature are always stronger for young adults to accept and understand.

It is precisely because of her love for this work in her previous life that Yu Kazama pays so much attention to the release of this new publication by Akira Kitaoka.In the previous incident with Wu Shanyun, he was willing to help without even thinking about it.

Although readers in previous lives have basically the impression of "Flame Fist": this comic is very complicated, and there are many things involved.

Indeed, the background of the end of the world, supernatural beings, class, religion, and even homosexuality, many seemingly irrelevant elements are reflected in this work, no wonder readers feel confused.

However, the main line of the whole story of "Fist of Flame" is very simple: the story of the protagonist's revenge.Focusing on the main line of revenge, it describes all kinds of beings and many contradictions in the last days, and explores the ultimate philosophical issues of life and death.

In short, Kazama Xi was excited, with a hint of anticipation, when he copied such a work in this different time and space.

In terms of expectations, Kazama Xi's expectations for "Flame Fist" even surpassed "Chain Saw Man".

In fact, Kazama Xi is not the only person who is looking forward to "Fist of Flame", those die-hard fans of Kazama Xi are also looking forward to this work.

..............

'Rain farewell to the orthodoxy in the youth weekly jump. '

I don't know if Akira Kitaoka has become the navy recruited by the publicity, but there are indeed such voices on today's Internet forums.

With the growth of age and the increase of experience, in the face of the cold reality, the blood of the teenagers who were in the second grade will gradually dissipate after they grow up.Compared with the hot-blooded Wang Daoman, such adults will prefer evil man.Especially after the dead pen, this evil work has awakened many people's love for evil.

The Chainsaw Man is indeed very good, even readers who don’t read Wang Dao comics will find this work very interesting after reading it.

But compared with Kazama Xi's representative evil works, these readers still look forward to and love Kazama Xi's orthodox evil manga.

In fact, there is another kind of psychology at play here.

Human psychology is really a very ingenious thing, a truly profound work that can touch people's hearts, even if the story is abusive, readers will accept it calmly and even look forward to it.It's similar to that, who abused me thousands of times, but still feel that it's not unacceptable, but instead feels inexplicably refreshing.

For example, works like White Album 2 from the previous life, I feel my stomach hurts after watching it for the first time, but the deep love in it is so unforgettable that people can't help but swipe it twice and swipe it three times.In the end, I was thinking about the feeling of 'stomach pain', and desperately wanted to find those works of 'bitter love'.

Although there is no White Album 2 in this world, "Magic Girl Madoka Magica" seems to have opened this door for readers.

It's better to be deep, there is no problem with abuse.In other words, the combination of the two is the best, and what readers who love evil ways are pursuing are profound works.

Yi Dazhigang is this type of reader.

Yi Dazhigang is 28 years old this year, and he is a social person who is about to rush to the third year.As for his occupation, he is a psychological counselor who has just entered the industry, also known as a psychiatrist.

People often say that studying the law, the cold rules and regulations of the law can easily dehumanize people.But in fact, the psychology is not the same.

Psychology requires an in-depth analysis and observation of human nature, and it must be from an extremely objective perspective.This also leads to psychology learning to become more and more indifferent to human nature and emotion.

In fact, since college, Yi Dazhi just didn't think much about jump.

He did like the stories of kingly blood and blood when he was a child, but looking at those stories from the current point of view, they are a bit too beautiful and too fake.

As for why he became Kazama Xi's reader, it was because he saw "Death Note" by chance.

Originally, he used to read comics as a way to relax and reminisce about his beautiful youth, but after seeing the dead pen, he couldn't help but become addicted to it, unable to extricate himself.

The plot of the dead pen's battle of wits is very exciting, it is undeniable.Most of the battles of wits belong to the level of psychological warfare, which requires readers' logical thinking ability.