If you classify Miyahara Shizune personally from the definition of his profession, it is very clear whether he is a manga artist or a publisher, because he is both a manga artist and a publisher. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is precisely because of this dual identity that he cannot be regarded simply as a cartoonist or a publisher.

This mix makes both of his identities less pure, and he pursues both the comics themselves and the magazine's sales.

When Hibiscus was still a weak chicken, Miyahara Jing had to consider many factors in the selection of works, but sales were the most priority, because at that time, in a sense, the publishing house was supported by him alone, and if they couldn't save the sales of the magazine, then they would all have to drink the northwest wind.

But now, Hibiscus has been able to achieve a basic foothold, and even in terms of sales, it can barely be called "powerful", so at this time, Miyahara Shizune can be more independent in the selection of corresponding works.

In other words, he can draw some of the things he wants without being too deliberate about sales.

Because he is not the only cartoonist who is the pillar of the Hibiscus Society.

That's why he serialized works like GOSICK on the monthly junior ME, which belongs to his personal preference, in itself, the monthly ME is on the second line of the Hibiscus Society, and the meaning of the existence of such a serial platform is significantly different from the weekly junior ME, and the weekly junior ME needs to pursue sales, the higher the better, and the monthly magazine obviously does not have such a high standard of requirements.

Because of the improvement of the situation of the Hibiscus Society, this made Miyahara Jing have the extravagant idea of "drawing comics, just be happy", if it weren't for that, he could still take out the works that sold well, and it didn't have to be GOSICK.

Therefore, in order to further maintain this "just be happy" mentality, and try to draw some of the things you want to draw in the future, Hibiscus needs more excellent works and manga artists.

In any sense, the pressure on Hibiscus should not be borne by the "manga artist" Miyahara Shizune alone, it needs more excellent manga artists.

This probably explains the reason why Miyahara attaches great importance to the Hibiscus Society's manga awards.

Because the first manga award was more rewarding, after all, there were works like Yu-Gi-Oh, and cartoonists like Kazuki Takahashi and Xu Feigang were harvested, so Miyahara Jing was a little too optimistic about the situation later.

As a result, there have been no top-notch works in the next two years of the manga awards, and the prize money of the big awards can't be stuffed into the cartoonists, which once made the hibiscus society a little embarrassed.

With such a high prize money, the last two editions of the Comics Awards, except for the first edition, are not awarded, which makes people easily doubt the "sincerity" of the Hibiscus Society Comics Awards.

The argument of "gimmick" seems to be convincing, otherwise why not award the prize?

This change can be reflected in the number of submissions.

Because of the promulgation of the big award, the number of submissions on the second Hibiscus Society comics reached a peak, and because of the quality of the manuscripts, there were no award-winning works this year, so the third manga awards received a decline.

In the third edition, there were no award-winning works.

Therefore, even though it has only just begun, the number of submissions is still decreasing.

This illustrates a very sad fact, new awards such as the Hibiscus Society Manga Awards, in essence, because of the lack of history and tradition, in fact, are still not attractive enough for manga artists, and the reason why they can get such a high number of submissions is mainly maintained by the prize money, once it is realized that the prize money is actually something that can only be seen but not touched, the interest of manga artists will be greatly reduced.

Even if it's just for this reason, the 4th Hibiscus Society Comic Award must have certain results, at least a big award, otherwise it is likely that the award will lose its effect in the future.

As the general anti-target, Shizune Miyahara attaches so much importance to this matter, and the editors below can't be ambiguous, and they use their strength to screen the manuscript.

But no matter how hard they try, what the editors do is nothing more than to select the manuscript, they are not the first creators, and they can't make good works.

But so far, there is no such work that can make people shine.

On this day, when Miyahara was painting the original manuscript in his office, Akizuki pushed the door in.

"Jingjun, excuse me, there is an original manuscript that we can't make up our minds, I want you to take a look." He made it clear directly.

"Can't make up your mind?"

Isn't the role of editors to judge the quality of the work, and what is the matter with not being able to make up their minds?

This makes Miyahara Jing a little curious, the quality of the original manuscript should always be able to be distinguished, right?

"Is there anything wrong with this manuscript?"

He cleaned his palms and took the manuscript.

It should be noted here that basically all cartoonists are mafia - literally, because they have been dealing with dipping pens and ink all year round, and it is impossible to expect them to have such beautiful hands, because there will always be ink sticking.

"The storytelling of this work has been unanimously affirmed by the editors, but the problem is the quality of the painting......"

"Painting?"

Hearing that it was a painting problem, Miyahara Jing directly flipped the original manuscript to the middle, and a certain temperament came to her face.

In an instant, he understood what Daisuke Akizuki meant, the level of painting of the author of this manuscript...... Well, it can't be said to be unsightly, but it's true that the level is relatively poor.

Probably Shizune Miyahara's storyboards are more delicate than this.

However, such a painting can also be affirmed by the editors on the other hand, which aroused Miyahara's interest, and he then turned the original manuscript to the front.

Here are the self-introductions of the contributors.

From the bottom up, the cartoonist contributor is a female *** magistrate.

Occupation is housewife.

She hadn't studied comics systematically before, and this was her first attempt at drawing comics.

Personal preference is Go.

So this is still a novice work?

If you look up, you can see the name of the work, "ヒカルの碁".

Miyahara searched for her own memories, not very familiar.

Looking further up, I found the author's name, Yumi Horita.

“……”

Wait, Yumi Horita?

Yumi Horita and ヒカルの碁?

Just after reading the introduction on this page, Miyahara Shizu's gaze shifted from the original manuscript to Daisuke Akizuki's face.

Until the other party was seen by him to be a little hairy.

"How...... What's wrong, Jing-kun? Is the quality too poor? ”

This level of manuscript is indeed a little different from the style of painting pursued by the Hibiscus Society, but it doesn't make you angry, right?

Don't forget that the foundation of manga is the story, so you have to think about the quality of the story before you think about the quality of the drawing.

“…… Nothing, I'll look at the original first. "Well, Miyahara knows what this work is.

ヒカルの碁

Literally translated, it is called the Go of Light, so it is also called the Go of Light.

It is also called the King of Chess.

It's also called Chess Soul.

Well, before the chess soul, wasn't Yumi Horita a housewife?