Shueisha is a general publishing house in Japan. The name of the company has the meaning of "Wisdom Collection". It also belongs to the "Hitotsubashi Publishing Group" along with the Shirasensha and Shogakukan.

In addition to magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump and Non-no, this comprehensive publishing house also publishes books such as literary books and novels. But Shueisha's most famous is Weekly Shonen Jump.

Weekly Shonen Jump is currently the highest-circulation manga magazine in Japan. Along with Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen Sunday", it is the first of the three major shonen manga magazines, and it is also a Japanese phenomenon manga magazine.

At this time, the editorial office of Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine was holding a meeting in the conference room.

An old man with gray hair was sitting in the center of the conference room, wearing glasses at this time, his eyes were like eagle's eyes, scanning the editors on the left and right.

Horiuchi Maruki, President of Shueisha.

Shueisha's most famous "Weekly Shonen Jump" is a manga magazine that they attach the most importance to the publisher.

And the regular meeting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, as the president, Horiuchi Maruki, as the president, has to travel every Monday, expressing the great importance he attaches to the weekly Shonen Jump.

As for the third and fifth two times, they are presided over by the editor-in-chief.

"A brief report on last week's comics. Horiuchi Maruchi's voice was soft, but his face had a majesty of his own.

Monday's regular meeting was basically to check out the details of last week's Weekly Shonen Jump, as well as some of the main discussions about the magazine's manga this week.

This discussion is mainly about the editor-in-chief's evaluation of the manga and whether it is worth it to keep the manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump this week.

The most important thing is the comments and letters from those readers who read the magazine last week.

In general, comic magazines only take the opinions of readers as a reference, and the main decision is the editor's gaze, which is determined by the internal selection of the editorial department.

This situation is relatively unfair, and it will also appear shady, and the probability of editors being bought cannot be ruled out.

Of course, this is a little easier to operate, and it is also a little more relaxed.

However, Weekly Shonen Jump is different in that they follow a survey-oriented approach, focusing on the opinions of readers, and placing great importance on the opinions of readers as an indicator of popularity. The rules are based on the 10 issues after the new serialization debuts, and the opinions of readers in each issue of the period are synthesized to determine the fate of the work.

The data for each issue will be reflected in the front and back of the comic layout, but the first one will often be reserved for the pillar or the work that has experienced a special moment.

If the popularity index continues to rank at the bottom, regardless of the quality of the work, it will be cut in half, giving way to new serialization, resulting in many short-term serialized works with only 10 to 20 issues.

Of course, for some slow-burning works, the magazine also made some adjustments in the early years, even if the popularity is super low, the new serialization will be treated loosely for about one to two months.

In other words, in the course of the weekly magazine, two months, or eight weeks, are given at the latest for the reader to decide the fate of the comics.

And each issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" is guaranteed to be about 20 works, as long as the ranking below the top 10 is the middle and lower level, and the comics at the bottom of the comprehensive ranking will definitely not escape the fate of being cut in half.

At this time, when Horiuchi Marue's words just fell.

""In the Name of Food" is sure to be cut in half!"

"The Grim Reaper of the Health Room is sure to be cut in half!"

"Lilian Tar the Clever Dog" is to be determined, and another issue can be serialized depending on the situation!"

""The King Under the Stars" took the initiative to cut it in half!"

When the last sentence was spoken by an editor, the atmosphere couldn't help but be sluggish.

Generally speaking, it is not up to the editor to make the decision, and it is important to know that every manga that can be serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" is approved by the editor.

Being able to pass the review shows that the quality of the manuscript has been recognized by many editors.

After all, a person is optimistic, it does not mean that it is good, a bunch of people are optimistic, as a professional editor, then the quality must be passed.

The editors present had some impressions of the comic "The King Under the Stars", and they seconded it at the beginning, and they were more assured of the quality of the original manuscript.

Of course, the rest of the serialization was reviewed by the editor who proposed it at the beginning.

At this time, Ayano Iida, who was sitting in the center of the left side of the conference room, had short hair, was wearing a black professional skirt, and her eyebrows were slightly frowned, "Sanada-kun, I remember that the overall ranking of this book is tenth, how could you take the initiative to cut it in half?"

Generally, the decision to cut in half is in the hands of readers, and "The King Under the Stars" can be ranked tenth comprehensively, indicating that the popularity is still passable. Now the author himself has decided to cut it in half, which is all too rare.

The other editors also looked curious, while Megumi Horiuchi sat in the center, her eyes closed.

He only came to Zhenchangzi to express his importance to the magazine, and the main meeting was presided over by the editor-in-chief. After all, as president, he has too many things to do every day.

When Sanada Mujian heard this, he showed a very crying and laughing look, "I can't make it up!"

"Huh!?"

"Poof......

"Nani?"

I thought that Sanada Mujima would come up with a convincing reason, but when this reason came out, the editors couldn't help but look funny.

Even Ryo Yamazaki, as the editor-in-chief, couldn't help but show a speechless look.

However, he said that he had already started preparing a new manga, and that he would definitely think of an outline for this one. "Sanada is also very helpless.

And when they heard this, the editors were stunned.

took the initiative to cut in half, obviously because he was not sure about the next plot, or he would definitely jump.

Yu made the reader's opinion become a decision to cut it in half, and now he takes the initiative to make a good impression in their eyes, and then prepare for the serialization of the new manga.

After all, they all took the initiative to cut it in half, and as long as the quality of the new comics passed, it should be easy to pass. For old authors, they will get certain preferential treatment from the editors.

Ayano Iida rolled her eyes and said nothing.

And at this moment, a crisp and monotonous bell rang. Instantly attracts everyone's attention.

You must know that in general meetings, everyone's mobile phones are turned off, and even the editor-in-chief can only vibrate. So there is only one person who can directly turn on the ringtone of the mobile phone.

President Megumi Horiuchi!

After answering the phone, everyone noticed that the expression of the president, Marue Horiuchi, had changed, and then spoke solemnly for the second time.

"Just now, the director of NHK TV called and asked to cut the animated version of "Bleach in half". ”

When a sentence came out, it was like thunder, and all the editors and even the editor-in-chief were a little stunned!

"Bleach is the Grim Reaper"! The most phenomenal manga in Japan, "Bleach Blaaper", which has set off a world-class frenzy, is about to be cut in half?

How can it be!

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