Chapter 107: A series of mystery novels
"Fujiwara, are you going to write about the social school this time?" Kazuhiko Itagaki asked.
Kei Fujiwara shook his head.
"What about the Benge School? Declension?"
Kei Fujiwara shook his head again.
Itagaki Kazuhiko was stunned for a moment, and said casually and excitedly, "No, Fujiwara-kun, are you planning to create a new genre again?"
A "White Night Walk" brought fire to the social faction, does he plan to be the patriarch of the sect again?
Kei Fujiwara said, "I don't want genres to limit me, I only care about whether the story is interesting or not, and as for what genre it is, it's not in my scope of consideration."
"If you can, it's not a problem for socialists, declensions, and benges to write together."
Kazuhiko Itagaki quickly shook his head, "Fujiwara-kun, are you planning to have three genres in one work at the same time? I advise you not to do this, a hodgepodge of works can easily go wrong. Each genre has its own advantages, but when you put them all together, the advantages become disadvantages!"
A hodgepodge is often a mistake that only newcomers make, and it's the dumbest kind of newcomer. I want to write everything, I stuff everything into the story, and the end result is that nothing is written.
The biggest problem for newcomers is that they think too much, and many newcomers have a problematic motivation for writing, they don't want to write a good story at all, but they try to "challenge the difficulty" and make readers praise their talent.
Kazuhiko Itagaki has a bit of a headache, why is Kei Fujiwara starting to make this mistake too? This shouldn't be!
"You're mistaken." Kei Fujiwara took a casual sip of tea and said, "It's really bad to have one eucalyptus having three genres at the same time. But a long story can contain an infinite number of small stories, not necessarily just one eucalyptus. Mr. Itagaki, I'm going to create a series."
I see. That's when Kazuhiko Itagaki understood.
Serial reasoning is very common in the world of mystery literature, which refers to letting the same detective solve different eucalyptus to form a story, and each story can be written as one.
For example, the Sherlock Holmes series, the Great Detective Polo series, the Detective Galileo series, and the most famous detective story Conan series of modern times.
One of the advantages of serial detectives over independent reasoning is that they are more commercial.
Once the protagonist of a series has made a strong impression on the reader, then the reader has a certain chance of buying other single books in the series, so that one of the many famous series is actually poorly written, but the sales are not low.
"Series......" Kazuhiko Itagaki thought for a moment, "It's a good idea, but Fujiwara, if it's a series, the narrative structure can't be like 'White Night Walking'. It's a whole new field of writing for you, do you struggle with it?"
"No, it won't." Kei Fujiwara smiled, "I'm confident in terms of story, it's just about the character setting, and I still want to discuss it with you more."
When deciding to create a series of detective stories, Kei Fujiwara's first thought was, of course, the famous "Detective Conan".
Why don't you write the story of that little man? As soon as Kei Fujiwara came up with this idea, he was dispelled by himself.
The reason is clear, that is, "Detective Conan" is not suitable for writing.
There are many reasons, first of all, there is a natural barrier between comics and comics, and it is relatively easy to adapt them into comics, but the achievements of comic adaptation need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.
If it's the kind of comic with strict logic, it's relatively easy to extract its plot and adapt it into words, but most shonen manga have exaggerated narrative techniques.
For example, in Conan, Maori Kogoro's neck that has been shot thousands of times is often ridiculed in the comics, but it will not affect the overall look and feel of the comics, but it will definitely make the reader feel inexplicable.
There is also Conan's scientific equipment that is not scientific at all, such as the pair of shoes that can kick the effect of cannonballs at every turn, according to the setting of the comics, the working principle of those shoes is Tong
The overcurrent stimulates the acupuncture points in the feet, thus exerting great power.
If this setting is written in it, it is estimated that readers will tear the book directly.
Not to mention, the humanoid Gundam Kyogoku Shin also appeared later in the manga. This kind of character who can blow a house away with one punch, as long as Kei Fujiwara dares to write, then he must be on the list of the top ten most disappointing writers of the 90s.
There is also one of the most important problems, that is, when Fujiwara Kei crossed over, "Detective Conan" was not finished, and he didn't know the biggest suspense of the main storyline, so he finally decided to give up the story.
Although Kei Fujiwara has seen a lot of detective series in his previous life, the work must be written to meet the tastes of readers in this era, so the scope is narrowed all of a sudden.
Fujiwara Kei summarized the detective characters he knew in his works and wrote the following names:
Kaneda Ichiyi - "Kaneda Ichizan Collection"
Yukawa Manabu - "Detective Galileo Series"
Kyoichiro Kaga - "Kyoichiro Kaga Series"
Kiyoshi Shimada - "Pavilion Series"
Mitarai - "Genius Detective Mitarai Series"
There are many classic detectives in the history of reasoning, and there are definitely more than these few, but after Fujiwara Kei combed through it, taking into account the aesthetic tastes of readers in this era, he finally selected five candidates.
Kei Fujiwara set the characters of these five detectives and briefly talked to Kazuhiko Itagaki, who looked at these five names and touched his chin and thought seriously.
"Hmm...... Kanedaichi is the grandson of the Great Detective; Yukawa is a physicist and an amateur; Mitarai is an astrologer...... It's all fun."
Kazuhiko Itagaki fell into a long exam, and Keiya Fujiwara thought about it while drinking tea.
Since it is a series, once the character of the protagonist is determined, the use period will be very long, so it is necessary to be extra cautious in the early stage. And this character setting should not be too complicated, and the background should not be too much, otherwise it will be very troublesome for Kei Fujiwara to string other classics into this series.
Suddenly, Kazuhiko Itagaki raised his head and asked, "Fujiwara, I feel that each of these characters is good, but each one is a little worse, how about integrating the character settings?"
This is what Fujiwara Kei is thinking about, and this is also his idea, so he nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."
The two deliberated and finally decided on a portrait of the main character.
First of all, in order to give the protagonist room to grow and be more popular with the younger readership, the protagonist should not be too old, but a college student in psychology.
At the same time, his grandfather is a famous detective who has helped the police crack many eucalyptus cases, and he also discovered his outstanding talent for breaking eucalyptus because of a reasoning in high school, so he became a secret adviser to the police.
Usually gentlemanly and gentle, but once it touches the eucalyptus, it will change its temperament and become arrogant and crazy, and it will not return to its original appearance until the eucalyptus is resolved. The pursuit of truth has reached a level of non-relenting.
And there is a childhood sweetheart's girlfriend, the girlfriend's father is a policeman, and the girlfriend's father sat on the shoulders of this prospective son-in-law and was promoted all the way.
The combination of several detective settings, while also adding new ones, meant that Kei Fujiwara had to be original to a certain extent.
While making the setting, the two kept overturning it, and the two discussed it from day to night, and finally determined the image of the protagonist.
Kazuhiko Itagaki tugged at the collar and looked at the manuscript paper that covered the desktop, already sweating.
Fujiwara drew a portrait of the protagonist through the character that the two had discussed—a young man with messy hair but a delicate face, and a tear mole in his left eye.
Kazuhiko Itagaki looked at the manga portrait and said with some surprise, "Fujiwara, your drawing is also good."
Kei Fujiwara smiled and said, "This is a necessary skill for storyboard painting, a director."
Kazuhiko Itagaki craned his neck to look at it again, and said with a smile, "I don't understand, but I think it's beautiful."
"The setting of the protagonist is so decided, but Fujiwara-kun, in addition to the character design, whether a work can sell well or not, the story is crucial, but I can't help you with this very much."
"I've got a good story." Kei Fujiwara said.
"So fast? What's the name of the story?"
"It's called ......," Fujiwara Kei was about to say, but Kazuhiko Itagaki suddenly looked down at the portrait of the protagonist on the table, "Wait, you better name the protagonist first, what do you want the protagonist to name?"
Kei Fujiwara looked down at the portrait for a moment, then at the five names on the manuscript paper next to him, thought for a moment, and said, "It's called Mitariya."
"And the first eucalyptus he solved was called 'Bandage Freak Murder Piece'."