Chapter 122: The Kubo Era Is Officially Over!
Saturday morning, April 22.
Today is supposed to be Earth Day, and it is a day of peace and stability.
But...... It was a terrible day for Shueisha, and the whole company revealed a gloomy atmosphere, which should be said to have been in this state since that day when they received the news that "Bleach " was about to be cut in half.
Anyone who has been in contact with the manga industry knows that Neon's main manga publishing houses, Kodansha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan are also known as the three heroes of the neon publishing industry.
It is also one of the three most powerful comic publishing houses in the world today!
The White Springs Society, which has been catching up recently, should not be underestimated, or since the past, the relationship between the White Springs Society, Shueisha, and Shogakukan has always been a bit complicated.
Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha all have similar influence in the neon homeland, but if you talk about the publishing house with the most influence overseas, there is no doubt that Shueisha!
Every week, all neon...... No, it should be said that the major comic friends around the world have always had the most expectations for the weekly shonen jump.
If you really want to ask the reason, in addition to the strength of Shueisha itself, the reason is that the influence of "Bleach " is too great.
Shueisha, which belonged to the Kubo era, had become an invincible giant in the manga industry at that time, creating an incredible industry myth and inheriting the glory to this day.
Of course, even without "Bleach Resper", Shueisha is still one of the three major comic giants in the industry, after all, the fans and fame that have been gathered over the years, as well as the world's top comic quality, are already unbeatable.
Although Neon has thousands of comic publishing houses of the same nature, and they also wanted to emulate the practices of the three major companies, they only thought about it in their hearts, because there was no influence and capital when it came to it.
If you want to say why, it's easy to explain.
The reason why Sanjia can succeed is because of the credit capital that can be squandered at will with the foundation accumulated over the years.
In today's era, or in any era, the most valuable thing has always been not money, nor real money, but the credit that people are most likely to ignore.
Money can't buy it, but you can get it with it.
The reason why other comic publishing houses, even if they have enough funds, can't succeed in following the practice of the three major families, is because of this.
Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha, the undoubted three giants of the manga industry, have long formed a virtuous circle, and the three parties only have each other's existence in their eyes.
It can even be said that there are thousands of other comic publishing houses that have never been taken into account, and even if there are some comic publishing houses that are starting to emerge, the three of them are only looking at it with a straight eye.
Competitors?non-existent, non-existent......
Because of the confidence of the three families, in addition to the top quality of the comics in the serialization, it is to be able to directly cut down unqualified comics directly according to the opinions of readers.
It sounds capricious, but it does meet the needs of the public, so it can be successful.
If other publishing houses fail to receive quality manuscripts and continue to do so, it is estimated that it will not be long before they go out of business.
In other words, the current situation in the manga industry has been taking place internally since the time of the three-legged period.
Shueisha will not worry about quitting the ranks of the three major families from now on, because as long as they don't die by themselves, their position is basically firmly secured.
Now Shueisha's concern is that without the phenomenal manga "Bleach ", in the face of the other two increasingly popular "Inuyasha" and "Fairy Tail", the position of the dragon head will begin to loosen.
In particular, "Inuyasha", if it weren't for the perspective of the female protagonist, it might have become a phenomenal manga, but if the protagonist is changed, it may not even be as good as the original.
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It's still the same room as last time.,The people sitting in it haven't changed.,It's also the president Horiuchi Maru Megumi who holds the meeting in person.,But I didn't have the slightest intention of speaking.,The whole venue was quiet and a little scary.。
Halfway through, Horiuchi Maruhui's face was gloomy, she sighed heavily, and said weakly: "Is it going to end so simply......?"
"The president... There's no way around it. ”
After Editor-in-Chief Matsumoto said this, the figure that originally looked like vicissitudes of life instantly became more lonely.
Everyone was also silent, because the news reported by the major TV stations just now made this storm completely come.
Kubo Obito, the author of "Bleach Death", has already mentioned the manga several times, and Shueisha did release the news.
They still remember that as soon as the news of the "Grim Reaper" was cut in half, it immediately triggered a sit-in of 10,000 people across the country and various demonstrations to express their dissatisfaction.
Forced by the helplessness of the society, the Shueisha at that time went back and begged Kubo to bring people, and continued to serialize it temporarily, so that public opinion stopped.
If there was a better option, or a slightly worse option, neither side would be like that.
As the Taishan Hokuto of the manga industry, the success of "Bleach Reaper" is undoubted, and it has gained great popularity and has become a phenomenal manga.
But in the later stage, the same repetitive fighting plots and various routines, and various problems continue to appear, which has brought "Death" to an end.
Kubo Obito was also reluctant to continue drawing, and Shueisha also wanted to respect Kubo's opinion, but the news of "Bleach Death" cutting the manga in half brought too much impact, and both sides could only compromise temporarily.
The senior management of Shueisha all knew that the price to be paid for the continued serialization of "Death", which had already collapsed in the later stage, was credit, and the overdraft was the future.
But on the other hand, there is also a gratifying place, and that is the influence of the Grim Reaper!
had to let "Bleach " continue to be serialized for a while, and when public opinion was drawn to the minimum, Shueisha and Kubo Obito finally made a decision to officially cut the "Bleach manga" in half!
Although this is regrettable, the price of continuing to serialize "Bleach " is too high.
As soon as the official news came out, it still aroused great impulses, but it was only when Kubo took someone to explain it in person that the commotion gradually subsided.
Not long after the "Grim Reaper" slashing manga, Shueisha already knew in advance what would happen, but when it really happened, he couldn't help but be silent for a while.
Just now, NHK, Fujifilm, TBC, ANB, TV Tokyo, etc...... , as well as major online broadcast platforms, are all promoting the same news.
Bleach Animated Version...... Half cut, Kubo era, officially ended!!