Chapter 13 Sales Statistics (I)
Compared with the Crown of Sin and the Ancient City of Thorns, the former has more exquisite characters and more delicate brushstrokes, but in terms of world view setting, the two are actually very similar, both are works of "Apocalyptic Stream", the difference is that the virus that caused the "Annihilation" is called Apocalypse and Medusa. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
But in the same way, the angle from which the two cut into the story is completely different, the ancient city of Thorn King exaggerated the tense and terrifying atmosphere of the end of the world as soon as it came up, describing the characters in the environment, taking a suspenseful and somewhat terrifying route, while the Guilty Crown relies on the characters to promote the progress of the story, using the characters to lead to changes in the environment, with some futuristic sci-fi fighting style.
Of course, in the setting of the Guilty Crown, the story does take place nearly fifty years in the future.
In the future of 2029, RB fell into chaotic anarchy due to the sudden outbreak and rapid spread of the deadly virus called the Apocalypse, after which RB was forcibly intervened and ruled by a supra-state organization called "GHQ", and Roppongi, Tokyo, where the virus first broke out, became a lockdown area.
Because of the intervention of GHQ, RB lost the de facto power of an independent state, and was only given and was given ostensible autonomy, but at the same time the virus was superficially controlled, and people began to enjoy a brief period of peace.
Later the initial outbreak became known as the Lost Christmas.
And the story of the Crown of Sin begins ten years later, in 2039, when Sakura Manji, who is the protagonist, meets a girl named Kasuke......
In addition to the introduction of the worldview in simple terms, the first episode of the Crown of Sin mainly tells the story of Kasuki stealing a certain item and then being chased by an unknown organization, and finally encountering the protagonist Sakura Manji, but being captured by that organization.
Compared with the ancient city of Thorn King, which is full of thorny castles and dinosaur-like monsters that roam everywhere, the first episode of the Guilty Crown shows a modern city full of high-rise buildings, information transmission channels called "networks", various unaware modern communication equipment, and battles between robots......
In terms of story, Goto feels that the Guilty Crown is weaker than the previous one about the ancient city of Thorns, but this can't stop him from loving this work at all, and the attraction of science fiction-style high-tech comes out, and the painting of this work is too good, it can be said that the drawing skills of this manga artist named Bai Baimu Ghost Jing were not played at all in the previous one of her and her cat!
Especially in this large page, the injured Kaki sits on the floor of the old school building, Twilight shining on her through the window, her expressionless and delicate face facing her, and her hands facing the sun turning a bracelet...... Goto Shinji was killed in an instant, and he couldn't describe how he felt when he saw this page, and at this moment he was no longer just a manga character, but really came to life.
If it was Miyahara Shizune, he would definitely be able to accurately describe Goto's feeling, that is, to find his own life.
Unfortunately, the Guilty Crown is only thirty pages, ten pages less than a normal serial, and if you want to see the rest of the story, you'll have to wait until the next installment two weeks later.
Therefore, although the worldview setting is somewhat similar in nature, the ancient city of Thorn King and the Crown of Sin do not conflict, and in the comics, excellent works will have a higher chance of being able to sell well, but whether they can sell well, and to what extent, everything is unknown until they are really facing readers.
For example, EVA and Suzune,Regardless of the difference in expression,Both belong to the same stream of consciousness works,Although Suzune is very obscure, the story itself can't be said to be unexciting.,And it's also an ancestor-level work.,But EVA is popular all over the world.,But Suzune is almost unknown.ใ
Among the works of cartoonist Anda Chong himself, the later works such as the four-leaf game may be more exciting than touch, but in terms of the theme of baseball comics alone, Diamond Ace is also better than touch, after all, Anda Chong's work is not so much a baseball comic, more inclined to youth love, but in fact, touch is the most popular, the largest sales, the highest influence, when it comes to baseball comics, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is touch, when it comes to the hero and heroine of baseball comics, no one can bypass Tatsuya Uesugi and Minami Asakura.
The excitement of Naruto at the level of migrant manga in the early stage is not weak with One Piece, but the sales of the two are not at the same level at all, who is Kishimoto to reason with? Of course, there is no need to compare in the later stage, the collapsed ones are too unpresentable......
As long as readers don't buy it, no matter how wonderful the work is, it will hit the streets.
After turning over the Guilty Crown, the next one is Fate/Satynight, a work with a very strange title, and like the Guilty Crown, this work was also featured on the cover of this issue, and this time Goto is no longer worried, but full of anticipation.
He habitually glanced at the author again, and found out in disbelief that the author's column was still written with the words "Hundred Eyes and Ghosts".
Goto quickly flipped back to the table of contents, she and her cat, the guilty crown, and fate, in a manga magazine, the same author actually had three works serialized at the same time?
He counted them carefully, and found that not only were many of the familiar manga missing from this issue, but there were only fifteen of them.
Although the number of pages of Simariel has been maintained, why is there only fifteen?
If he knew that this Hayami Amber Lord and Hyakumi Ghost Jing were actually the same person, he didn't know what he would think.
Releasing the original work under the pseudonym of Hayami Amber and publishing the manga under the pseudonym of Hyakume Kishizu, Miyahara Shizune doesn't want to be too eye-catching, but from the current point of view, a Hyakome Kishi alone is enough to attract attention.
"What is the Hibiscus Society doing, have all the cartoonists run out?" He muttered quietly, not knowing that he had really hit the nail on the head.
The cartoonists of the Hibiscus Society have indeed run out.
However, he did understand why the words of the Guilty Crown were only thirty pages, and he turned back and found that sure enough, fate was only thirty pages, even if it was a short story, she and her cat were already drawn works, and the workload of Hyakumuki Ghost Quiet to complete two works a week with a total of sixty pages of original manuscripts was 1.5 times that of the average manga artist.
Shizune Miyahara's painting of fate is based on the most wonderful UBW line, that is, the Rin line, and the perspective of cutting into the story is also the same as the new version of the anime, and he introduces the reader to the story from the perspective of the heroine Rin Tosaka.
When the Fifth Holy Grail War was about to begin, Rin Tosaka, who was born in a family of magicians, forcibly summoned Saber of the three knightly ranks without a catalyst, but unexpectedly summoned Archer.
And the male protagonist Shirou Emiya, who witnessed the battle between the heroic spirits outside the school, was killed on the grounds that he "saw something that ordinary people shouldn't see", but was saved by Rin Tosaka.
Emiya Shirou then summons Saber outside his home, and the two become involved in a battle between magicians.
The last page of the first episode is the scene where Emiya Shirou squats on the ground and accidentally summons Saber.
Goto saw the feeling of the King of Thorns in the ancient city was that he liked it, and he liked the Crown of Sin very much, and after watching Fate, his whole body trembled!
You must know that he himself is a fan of Tolkien, and he is especially yearning for that magical world! And fate reminded him of the feeling he had when he stayed up late to see the Lord of the Rings!
Magician, Heroic Spirit, Master, Servant, he feels that a complete magical worldview is gradually being revealed, gorgeous characters and fighting methods, exquisite painting skills and different painting styles from the present, Goto Shinji has found true love.
In addition to the detailed portrayal of the characters, Miyahara Shizu's treatment of fate focuses on action scenes, in essence, the fate he wants to draw is a battle manga, and the picture must be able to move in the reader's impression, so the actions of the characters must also be vivid.
In fact, both the Crown of Sin and Fate have undergone Miyahara's secondary creation, and it is impossible for him to paint exactly according to the original.
For example, it is the protagonist Sakura Manji in the Crown of Sins, as the male protagonist of the shonen manga, Sakura Manji's cowardly character in the animated version is inappropriate, and Miyahara Jing needs to change the unpleasant parts of his personality, so that this character appears more confident and stronger, and must not let readers hate him as soon as they come up.
At the same time, he also made some modifications to Qi Qi's costumes, which should not be too revealing, "Simaril" is a teenager and girl after all, not an adult magazine, and too revealing clothes may cause disgust among female readers.
Let's talk about the crown of sin,Miyahara Shizu's fate is drawn according to the idea of juvenile comics,The first thing to do is to remove the original text adventure game color,**** and all kinds of magic can't be drawn,He takes the most exciting ubw in the game version as the main line,At the same time, combined with animation for comic creation,Instead of copying the comic version,The purpose is to ensure the integrity of the story of the work,And retain the gorgeous fighting styleใ
At the same time, Emiya Shirou is the protagonist of the shonen manga, and the strength he shows is naturally strengthened under the pen of Miyahara Shizun, so that he will not be so wasted.
Although Emiya Shirou is already a rare strong, even a strong protagonist, in the world of text adventure games, his ability and role as the protagonist of the shonen manga are still weak.
And his image has also been redesigned, at least not so that he can no longer be called a coyote by readers.
Each time it ends at the most critical point, Goto curses Summeryl as he turns to the next new chapter.
"I haven't heard of the name of the flower."
It's another somewhat odd name, but that's okay, it's an abbreviated title, followed by a super long subtitle:
"We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day."
After the explanation is done, it is the same as not being explained, because from the title and subtitle, it is impossible to tell what this is a manga about.
Goto cautiously glanced at the author's name, and thankfully, it was finally not a Hyakome ghost.
"Chito Isuzu."