Shonen Leap has been decided, which issue of the rollpage will be given to SLAM DUNK?

It's a good thing that he can have plenty of time to prepare.

"Which issue?" Shen Xin invited the two of them into the room and closed the door casually.

"January Issue 3." Wang Wenhong took the pad and sat on the sofa with Yan Fei.

The New Year in District 11 falls on New Year's Day, and when the third phase is released, students have just started school, which is a good time for "SLAM DUNK".

"Not bad, either." Shen Xin glanced at Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei, and said with a smile, "Brother Wang, Sister Yan, the two of you come over together, and the number of times is not very many." ”

"Ugh." Wang Wenhong sighed, with a wry smile on his face, "Do you know which comic is the color page in the volume of the same period?" ”

Shen Xin looked at the two again, Wang Wenhong had a helpless smile on his face, and Yan Fei had a solemn expression, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart, and asked tentatively: "Could it be "The Gate of Eternal Life"?" ”

Wang Wenhong nodded, "It's Teacher Uematsuno's "Gate of Eternal Life". ”

Shen Xin's eyebrows raised.

"Shonen Leap" is also not out of the box, "SLAM DUNK" and "The Gate of Eternal Life" are in the same issue of the magazine, serialized color pages......

How so? "Shonen Leap" is purely about eating melons and not being afraid of big things, maybe I just want to watch two comics and fight it.

It's really hard to get the privilege.

Shen Xin shook his head.

"That's just one aspect." Yan Fei answered again.

"Huh?" Shen Xin's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly had a bad premonition, "Is there something else?" ”

Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong nodded in unison.

At this time, Xi Muhan came over with a tea set, filled a cup of tea for everyone, and sat on the sofa with Shen Xin.

"It can't be a bad thing, right?" Xi Muhan was a little nervous.

"Not good...... Not really. My Japanese is not very good, this time it is Yan Fei and the leader of the group of Kotani who communicate, let Yan Fei speak, right? Wang Wenhong aimed at Yan Fei.

"In addition to the third issue, the headlines and coloring pages of the second and fourth issues were also determined. The frontispiece of the second issue of Shonen Leap is "The Age of Steam", which is generally ranked third on the small book list. The color page in the volume of the same period is "The Strongest Pitcher" by Haruka Tamagawa. The fourth issue of the front page is the perennial second-place manga, "The Sin of Falsehood", a color page in the volume, which is said to be a short manga of Yoshito Yamagishi.

That is to say, starting from the second issue of next year, "Young Leap" will be like a Shura field, and the competition is cruel beyond many people's imagination. To be honest, even "The Gate of Eternal Life" may not be able to fight out of it. ”

Shen Xin took a breath and frowned.

The coloring pages of the three issues of the magazine were all cut out by the top five of "Shonen Leap", and the only manga that was not the top five was also a short story by Yoshito Yamagishi.

IF THE PLOT OF "SLAM DUNK" IS FULLY UNFOLDED, SHEN XIN WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE AFRAID OF THESE WORKS.

Whether it is the follow-up battle of Xiangbei and Xiangyang, or the battle between Xiangbei and Lingnan, Dafu Middle School, or even the game with Sanwang Heavy Industries, these plots are very exciting, and they have the opportunity to win other comics. However, the plot of "SLAM DUNK" has not yet unfolded, and there are still two important characters who have not yet come out.

In this case, the probability that "SLAM DUNK" can overwhelm the four long-form comics that are working is really too low. What's more, there are also short manga of Yamagishi Yoshito, eyeing him on one side.

"What the hell is Shonen Leap trying to do?" Shen Xin rubbed his chin, puzzled.

China Kotani said that Murakami wanted to take the opportunity to return "Shonen Leap" to the reader's field of vision and strive to increase the sales of "Shonen Leap". For this reason, the top five works can be collected in January next year. To put it more bluntly, it's just creating a gimmick. Yan Fei explained.

"Gimmick?" Shen Xin rubbed his temples.

In many cases, the story will be delayed, for example, in a certain issue of the magazine, a comic gets a headpiece coloring page, but it does not mean that all the wonderful content is over in this issue, but in the following episodes, the excitement will be continued.

AS A RESULT, SLAM DUNK WILL ALSO BE INFLUENCED BY THE PREVIOUS MANGA.

AFTER SOME MANIPULATION, SLAM DUNK IS STILL RANKED FIFTH...... To say that there is no pressure is certainly a lie.

Wang Wenhong, who had been looking at the pad, suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Xin, "I suddenly found something, I don't know if Murakami Toru did it on purpose." ”

"What's the matter?" Shen Xin asked.

Yan Fei also looked at Wang Wenhong suspiciously.

Wang Wenhong put the pad on the coffee table, and Shen Xin, Yan Fei and Xi Muhan immediately gathered around the pad.

The screen shows a table, Shen Xin does not understand Japanese, but can understand English, "SLAM DUNK" is in the middle line of the table, and the space in front of it is written "3".

"This is the list that Shonen Leap made in January, and did you see any patterns?" Wang Wenhong asked.

Shen Xin shook his head, "I can't read Japanese." ”

Xi Muhan tightened his mouth and forcibly prevented himself from laughing.

“……”

Wang Wenhong was a little speechless, he forgot about this stubble, Shen Xin didn't know Japanese.

"That is to say, the 2nd and 4th issues are both high-ranking comics and got the headpiece color page, but in the third issue, it was "SLAM DUNK" that got the headpiece color page, and the higher ranking of the small book "The Gate of Eternal Life" is the color page in the volume with a slightly worse recommendation effect." Wang Wenhong explained.

"However, the volume is still the headpiece color page, not necessarily according to the ranking, right?" Xi Muhan interjected.

She didn't understand how Shonen Leap worked, but Comic Future wasn't exactly based on results.

"That's right. But the recommendations before and after are all based on rankings, except for the third issue, what will readers of "The Gate of Eternal Life" think? ISN'T "GATE OF ETERNAL LIFE" AS GOOD AS "SLAM DUNK"? In particular, if Shonen Leap treats this series of activities as a big topic, readers will see the three issues of the magazine as a whole? Wang Wenhong explained.

Halfway through Wang Wenhong's speech, Shen Xin thought of the possible results.

Many people will think that the authors are all otaku and otaku who stay at home and don't leave the door, and only fools have time to compete.

Shen Xin doesn't know where this idea came from, and can only say that these people think about the "industry" simply.

Any industry is a mess, and if an author wants to be recognized, he must step on the shoulders of other authors.

How did the author's worth come about? Is it just by the works? You have to compare yourself with other cartoonists.

The same two authors, one has won an award and the other has not won an award, and the two are definitely not worth the same.

Don't talk about cartoonists, let's talk about online authors, there are also cases where they compete for a big prize.

Of course, this is only the author's side, and there are also different readers for different works, just like the two manga "Naruto" and "Pirates", each of which must have more supporters for their favorite works.

In this case, the arrangement of the magazine will make the readers of "Eternal Gate" dissatisfied with "SLAM DUNK".

"Young Leap" is not watching a play, this is doing something.

Shen Xin finally understood the intention of "Young Leap".