Chapter 931: Uematsuno and the Gate of Eternal Life
Yan Fei moved the "Gate of Eternal Life" she bought upstairs and asked the door of the studio to move the book to the elevator.
"The Gate of Eternal Life" has been serialized for 14 years, and the magazine has published 60 volumes.
Wang Wenhong and his assistants moved 60 volumes of comics into the office, and Shen Xin also took the opportunity to come to the assistants' work area.
"That's too much, isn't it?" Xi Muhan blinked, she rarely saw a comic book published so many single books, "Will the story behind collapse?" ”
"It's hard to say." Shen Xin shook his head.
As a matter of common sense, the longer the story, the more likely it is to collapse.
It is very difficult to keep a work within a reasonable range without revision.
This difficulty comes from many aspects.
For example, the weekly comics squeeze out the rest time of the cartoonist, and in an emergency, the cartoonist may only have more than ten hours off a week.
Under such high-intensity work, it is sometimes difficult for the work to justify itself, or even contradictory.
In contrast, monthly magazines are much friendlier to cartoonists, and authors have time to refine the structure of their works.
However, there are exceptions, such as Pirates, which, although it has been serialized to more than ninety volumes, is even better structured than some manga of more than thirty volumes. And it also has some bugs, the most famous is that the red-haired Shanks, who is the "Four Emperors", was bitten off his arm.
Of course, these bugs are nothing in front of the 10,000-year-old elementary school students.
"The Gate of Eternal Life" ......"
Isn't that the case?
Shen Xin picked up the single book of the first volume of "The Gate of Eternal Life" and opened the cover.
The title of "The Gate of Eternal Life" should represent the core of the entire comic, which is similar to "Dragon Ball" and "Pirates", and in China, there are also some similar works, such as "King of Rock and Roll".
This type of manga often puts up content related to the title of the book in the first episode.
In "Dragon Ball", after Bulma and Son Goku met, they mentioned Dragon Ball and the Dragon; Lu Fei also put forward "I want to be One Piece" in the first episode of "One Piece".
In the same way, "The Gate of Eternal Life" is the focus of this comic, but when Shen Xin really opened this comic, he found that it was not quite the same as ordinary comics.
The way of the alternate world of the comics in Zone 11 is actually very similar, and there are two most common categories, one is to alternate a world related to reality, such as "Death" and "Youyou Hakusho", they have the real world, and there are also the Death Realm and the Demon Realm. The other category is completely fictional, and mostly has a Western background - at least, in terms of names, such as "Demon Tail", "Steel Chain", "Black Clover", "Exorcist Boy", etc.
At this point, "The Gate of Eternal Life" completely inherits these characteristics, and Uematsuno also creates a new world, and the setting is more inclined to the late Middle Ages.
The original setting of the story is also very common, but anyone who finds the "Gate of Eternal Life" has obtained eternal life, but in this world there are two "Doors of Eternal Life", one can make people really get eternal life, and the years cannot carve a brand on it, and the fake "Gate of Eternal Life" can make people gain eternal life, but the body will age over time and maintain the appearance of aging.
No matter how many doors you find, you can only enter one in your lifetime, and these are the settings associated with the "Gate of Eternal Life".
At the same time, the story is also set up with two types of people, one is ordinary people, and the other is people with superpowers. After the death of a superpower, their superpower does not disappear, but can be attached to a weapon, or to the body of a normal human, to achieve the same effect. And those who have eternal life, once killed, their eternal life will also be taken by others.
As the story progresses, these settings are thrown out one by one, and the reader is more like an RPG player, slowly contacting and discovering this strange world as the protagonist progresses.
The protagonist's adventure is not all about the "Gate of Eternal Life", in addition to this goal, he also has a superpower attached to his body, and he wants to find the owner of this superpower......
"The direction of the story is so exciting." After reading one of the volumes, Xi Muhan sighed.
A sense of anticipation, a word that is often mentioned on the Internet, appears in this comic.
Considering that this is the best of the 11 District comics, it stands to reason that readers will have a sense of anticipation.
"The story is really amazing." Shen Xin quickly flipped through the first volume, and the second time was to revisit the storyboard and composition of the comics.
"The teacher said that Mr. Uematsuno's advantage lies in the macro scenes, especially in the later stages of the comics, after Mr. Uematsu's style matures, many of the spreads are breathtaking, and the pictures are detailed, which is similar to Mr. Shen's comics. But there is one point that is not as good as Mr. Shen. Hui Asai explained.
Shen Xin scratched his head when he heard the translation.
It's still a little uncomfortable to be said like this, especially when the object of comparison with him is a top cartoonist like Uematsuno.
"Mr. Yamagishi is talking about dynamic storyboards, right?" Shen Xin knew what Asai Hui meant.
In fact, Uematsuye's storyboard level is enough, and Shen Xin has three comic capsules, one of which is the experience of an Earth cartoonist, and with the capsule with the accelerated practice speed, he has a great advantage in storyboarding.
After hearing Yan Fei's translation, Asai Hui nodded silently.
"The Gate of Eternal Life has been serialized for 60 volumes, so it should be almost over, right? Maybe we don't compete with them? Wang Wenhong also flipped through two books, which he also found interesting.
"Three years ago, Mr. Uematsu said that the progress of the manga has reached 80%." Hui Asai said.
"See? "The Gate of Eternal Life" is still three or four years away at most. Wang Wenhong said with a smile.
"But five years ago, in an interview, Mr. Uematsu also said that he had already painted 80%."
“……”
The smile on Wang Wenhong's face instantly stiffened.
This...... How can you talk without words?
"Huh?" The muscles on Shen Xin's face also jumped twice, as if he had heard this statement.
But after thinking about it, Shen Xin can also understand Zhi Songye's words.
The length of the work is sometimes difficult for the author to control, especially the work that is serialized while updating.
When Shen Xin was still an online author, he had encountered this situation many times, whenever he announced to readers how many days were left to finish, but the real time was often postponed.
Some web writers wrote in their articles that it would end soon, but the last chapter was two years later.
What's more, a cash cow like "The Gate of Eternal Life" is reluctant to let it end.
"Looks like I've been busy these days." Shen Xin looked at the stacked single book and shook his head helplessly.
Only after watching "The Gate of Eternal Life" do you know the depth of "Shonen Leap".
He's confident in SLAM DUNK, but he's also keeping an eye on the competition.