: Learning from the shortcomings

The short and turbulent week passed quickly.

The popularity of "Chainsaw Man" continues to grow in the market, and readers are eagerly looking forward to the release of the next weekly issue.

The editorial department of "Young Undead" has been busy and happy lately.

After a few days, the results of the reader survey of "Chainsaw Man" were successfully compiled.

It's both unexpected and reasonable.

"Chainsaw Man" ranks undisputedly at number one.

Even though only one episode has been released so far, it has still been awarded this title by readers who fell in love with the work at first sight.

On SNS, topics related to the work, such as "Denji", "Bochita", "Women with Circled Eyes" and other keywords, are also spreading at a viral speed.

Compared with traditional hot-blooded comics.

The super expansion plot of "Chainsaw Man" is more interesting and humorous.

Its sketch style is solid, simple, and the images are impactful.

The plot is very simple, lively and easy to understand. There are not even any particularly complicated lines, plus the humor is thrown away quickly and accurately.

This kind of comic narrative technique is very consistent with the current communication thinking, making people eager to watch the next episode.

And this result is truly reflected in the sales of comic magazines.

According to the internal calculations of the Undead Manga Department, the sales volume of this issue of "Shounen Undead" is a total of 650,000 copies!

It is difficult to say whether this number will increase in the future, but at least for the Immortal River Comics Department, this is an excellent result that has not been achieved in the past seven or eight years.

The old editor-in-chief Suzuki is in a good mood recently, and very good.

According to the information he learned, Shogakukan, one of the top three comic magazines in the world, has sold only about 700,000 copies of "Shounen Sunday" this time.

Based on this comparison, if we round our own sales of 650,000 copies a little, wouldn't it be pretty much the same?

When the gap between us was doubled, you were over there mocking me as much as you wanted, but now I can touch you just by tiptoeing, so I asked you if you were panic?

The old Suzuki editor-in-chief became happier and happier as he thought about it. He took his thermos cup to the window, stretched out his hand to open a gap in the folding curtain, and observed the situation outside.

The office is very busy.

Making phone calls, reviewing drafts, revising drafts, everyone is working hard.

Just looking at this kind of style makes people feel very energetic and think this company is good.

It's not like a small company that is too idle to fish, giving people a feeling of being lethargic and about to go bankrupt.

Seeing this scene, the old editor nodded happily, put down the curtain, returned to his desk and sat down. After taking a sip of tartary buckwheat tea, he put the thermos cup on the table with a bang, and laughed.

.

Comfortable!

What's the saying?

It seems like dead trees are blooming and old trees are blooming?

I never thought that at this age when I was about to retire, I would encounter a work that was expected to become a hit.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel grateful to the little girl who wrote the light novel.

According to what Okimura told him in detail later, it seemed that the teacher "Fujimotosuki" originally wanted to contribute to "Shōnen Jump", but later it was the teacher "Kasumi Shiko" who kept him.

This situation makes people a little helpless, but it is also human nature.

After all, the size of the two families is there, and the difference is more than just a little bit.

As a leader in the industry, "Shounen Jump" has rich resources and broad channels. It cannot be described as simply as 1+1.

Therefore, as long as new cartoonists have some confidence in themselves, they are basically more willing to submit their works to the three major cartoonists headed by Shueisha.

It is precisely because of this that the editorial department of "Shounen Jump" receives more than 100 manga submissions every month, so there is plenty of room for selection.

As a result, we have higher review standards, and because of the high standards, we have created a good market reputation and response, and a steady stream of popular works have emerged, thus establishing our leading position in the industry!

This is a series of virtuous ecological cycles that increase layer by layer! Without any link in it, this effect cannot be achieved.

Works are the basis for a comic magazine to survive and are also the most basic vitality.

Good works determine the upper limit of a comic magazine, while the number of its works determines the lower limit.

Unlike "Shounen Jump", the Fusugawa Comics editorial department can barely receive less than 50 manga submissions every month.

On this basis, we have to ensure that the content is substantial. Sometimes we have to include some unsatisfactory works, but how can we compete with Yusanjia like this?

During his long career, the old editor-in-chief Suzuki had long seen this clearly, but he was helpless.

After all, those excellent comic book authors have been snatched away by other companies, and only some second- and third-rate comic book authors are left on our side.

Even so, it still has to be treated as a treasure. Chunchun is the general among the dwarfs - taking advantage of the shortcomings!

However, the strong will always be strong and the weak will always be weak. This is the reality of society.

Take the work "Chainsaw Man" as an example, if Yusuke Kato originally submitted the work for "Shounen Jump".

Even based on its basic circulation of each issue, there are still 2 million copies, which means that the work can be seen and paid attention to by more people.

This is far beyond what "Young Undead" can match.

Because of this, people become demoralized.

The old editor-in-chief Suzuki couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, and the bitter memories of the past came to his mind involuntarily.

When he was young, he also had ideals and ambitions, and he was also high-spirited.

It was only later that the cold reality smoothed the edges and corners, and I had no choice but to become Buddhist.

But now, the situation is different!

He saw a handsome black horse!

Homemade! Domesticated! Pureblooded!

Well, since it was brought here by Teacher Xia Shizi, it is my own hard-earned horse!

As for Gosanke, Shueisha (delete this article), Kodansha, and Shogakukan, sooner or later they will push you to the ground and rub them!

Thinking of this, the old editor-in-chief glared, raised his hand and slapped the table with "Pah!", and shouted with a flushed face——

"Those kind of useless guys have no choice but to fight. Let's all work together to defeat them!" (That kind of useless guy, let's work together to defeat them!)

Just when he was excitedly speaking out of his hometown Fukui accent...

——Squeak.

Kimura, who was holding a document in his hand, opened the door and walked in, and saw all his actions intact.

Kimura: "Σ(дlll),——!?"

Suzuki: "╭(°A°`)╮,——!"

At this moment, the air seemed to suddenly freeze...

The two stared at each other for about ten seconds.

The old editor-in-chief Suzuki coughed slightly, reached out to pick up his thermos cup, lowered his head and blew twice, took a sip of the cooled tartary buckwheat tea, and asked in a high tone:

"...Why don't you knock on the door when you come in?"

Kimura opened his mouth, swallowed the words "I knocked it, but you didn't hear it" in his throat, and then bowed his head.

"Yes! I'm really sorry, editor-in-chief, because there is something I need you to review. I'm really anxious. Please forgive me!"

His tone was respectful and apologetic, which made the old editor's face soften slightly and he hummed without emotion.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's about the sorting of Mr. Fujimoto's works."

"Huh? This matter has already been discussed at the meeting. According to the results of the questionnaire, "Chainsaw Man" will be given the first place."

"Actually, I forgot to tell you something, editor-in-chief." Kimura straightened up and explained.

"The first issue of the issue to be released on Monday will naturally be "Chainsaw Man", and the printing company has already made arrangements. The problem is the arrangements for the next issue. There is another work that happens to be serialized on its first anniversary."

After hearing this, the old editor-in-chief Suzuki also thought about it and suddenly said: "Oh! You are talking about the otherworldly movie "My Toe is the Holy Sword!", right? Is it already the first anniversary?"

"Yes, it's the first anniversary of the next issue."

"Then as usual, the first place in the next issue will be given to "Toe Sword Master"."

Saying this, the old Suzuki editor picked up the thermos cup and prepared to take another sip of tea. However, he smacked his lips and put it down again. He felt like he smelled a smell of feet.

Kimura asked as if to confirm: "Is that arrangement really okay? Editor-in-Chief."

"Um--??"

Facing the old editor's slightly raised tone, Kimura said worriedly:

"Although maybe I'm overly worried, that teacher Fujimoto is a newcomer after all, and he's so young. I'm worried that this arrangement will cause him dissatisfaction and have any opinions on our editorial department..."
To be continued...