Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 112: Single Book Battle!

The benefits of popular female characters are always a killer weapon.

Oda Shingo began full preparations for the single volume.

Specially designed large-format sister bowl feature pages are planned to be printed in full color.

Even one page is not enough, they also give you a insert poster.

Although Oda Shingo looked down on Gouda Takeshi's bear-dollar offensive, it does not mean that the blue and white bowl is completely outdated. The key is to see whether the blue and white bowl is stuffed with rice or is really delicious.

I believe that when readers see this kind of single volume and turn over the sincere inserts and interleafs, they will surely exclaim: It smells so good, hey, it smells so good!
At the same time, in order to enhance the welfare effect of the single volume, Shingo Oda has also further increased his efforts in online serialization.

Tornado and Fubuki both have a lot of close-up space, which is used on the cover of each episode.

This makes up for the problem of skipping chapters in the original Fubuki story, and the amount is appropriately controlled, not too much but not too little, which can be said to be just the right level of benefit.

"Teacher Oda, you must have had a lot of girlfriends in college. Otherwise, how would you know so much about how girls dress?" Fujido Kaoru said this with a hint of sourness as she looked at the latest comic strip.

She thought Fubuki's figure was too unfair, as it had the characteristics of both her upper body and Namikaze Yukaku's lower body.

"This is the voice of the majority of comic fans, and it has cast a shadow on my creative inspiration." Oda Shingo said seriously.

Fujido Kaoru expressed disdain: "Tsk, men's hobbies are all like this, and you even talk about it in such an artistic way."

The figure and looks of Takeshi Gouda's heroine, Ru Hainako, are so high that you can tell at first glance that you need to spend money to buy it.

But Tornado and Blizzard's figures and appearances are completely different, and you can tell at first glance that they require money to acquire them.

It feels like we are in a different era. For example, it seems that Uinako can always be found in real life, but even if I meet this pair of sisters in real life, I am afraid I will not be able to enjoy them.

On the website of Qunyingshe, there is no suspense in the voting for the best female character.

Tornado came out on top with an absolute majority of votes, nearly 30% more votes than the second-placed Fubuki, completely securing the spot as the number one female character.

Especially in the voting interface, she had a proud look with her chest puffed out like an airplane landing and her little mouth pouted, which was captured by countless people.

This is especially true in the "One Punch Man" community, where fans have provided various fan artworks. Although the quality cannot be said to be very high, their love for the character is evident.

The most popular one at the moment is a Tornado cosplayer: Yuzu is a Giant.

A cosplay page with over 15 likes, it only features her most standard tornado look.

Slender waist, slender figure, bright green hair, and big eyes.

More importantly, this cosplayer not only looks like the character, but is so similar!

Arrogance, domineering, pampered and noble are all concentrated in her.

Even if Oda Shingo saw it, he would have to say that this is the reincarnation of Tornado, right?
The name of this female cosplayer is [柚子是巨乳], which is very strange, and I don’t know where she got the inspiration from. But at least the photo shows her thoughts: I am a little short, but in your eyes, I am a giant!

Whether it is a giant or not depends on psychology. But whether it is a giant bear depends on physiology. According to some Tornado fans, everyone knows it: it is small and cute (*▽*)...

The more exciting ones, such as the cos scenes with hurricane special effects, were put in the fan area.

Only comic fans who have subscribed to the VIP paid version can see the most complete cos photos.

This was also what Oda Shingo had discussed with Yuzu before.

[Ah! I want to see her cosplay! I have always been a white-collar worker, but I will also subscribe! ]
[To support Tornado Goddess, I also subscribed! ]
Therefore, just this one requirement of fans to view cosplay photos has contributed thousands or tens of thousands of subscriptions to the website. There are two other hotly discussed topics in the community.

One topic is: Author Shingo Oda was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award! He is expected to win the Best Newcomer of the Year Award!
In this topic, all the comic fans expressed their congratulations, but no one expressed their expectations, because the vast majority said very objectively: With Kousuke Watsuki here, everyone can just go to bed...

Anyway, Kousuke Watsuki's fame is based on the official publication of "Jump", which is a generally recognized newcomer status. Moreover, his comics are indeed very popular, and he has occupied the top three positions in the popularity ranking of "Jump" many times.

Another topic is that the "One Punch Man" volume will be released soon!

"This must be news released deliberately by Springfield Books, right?" As soon as Oda Nobuo saw the time of posting, he knew it was them who did it.

It is understandable that this is a warm-up before the release of the single volume.

Some even swore that the first edition would include an insert poster.

Even though it’s already 2024, it’s still a rare practice to give comic books inserts with color posters.

The main reason: cost.

Japanese comics have always been primarily concerned with paper costs. After all, they were originally cheap pamphlets.

The historical lesson is too serious. Magazine SPECIAL was famous for its color pages when it was first published, but it failed the fastest, and YOUNG ANIMAL also died after its dying color pages.

Just look at how thick the black-and-white volumes of "Jump", "Magazine" and "Sunday" are, and you can deduce that the comic book company's principle of publishing is to provide large quantities at low prices.

If the print run is less than 5 copies, then you definitely don't want to consider color pages. If the print run is more than 10 copies, there will be horizontal color strips or inner color pages.

Only when the print volume exceeds 30 can we talk about sending inserts.

[Wow! Web comics can be published as single volumes? This is the first time I’ve heard of this.]
[Will One Punch Man have a single volume? Looking forward to it! I want to be able to hold Tornado in my hands and enjoy it!]
[I am looking forward to it! I want color pages! I want posters! I want to see colorful tornadoes and blizzards!]
Readers began to get excited.

An online survey was sent out: Will you buy the "One Punch Man" volume?
41% chose yes, 23% chose no, and the rest were neutral.

Shingo Oda asked Assistant Okita, and he found out that the purchasing desire was 41%, which was much higher than the expectation for a normal comic book volume.

Oda Shingo looked through the forum carefully, and then went to the manga forum of his rival Kousuke Watsuki.

The forum of "Sword of the Goddess" is almost entirely devoted to discussions of the plot, and seems relatively indifferent to the upcoming publication of the single volume.

After all, Kousuke Watsuki is a popular new star promoted by Qun-eisha, and his manga is also very popular, so it is very normal for him to publish a single volume.

However, Oda Shingo read the forum posts carefully and found a feature that was different from his own forum: readers were discussing the plot and expressing their opinions on which character was stronger, but few had any special interests in the characters.

This is the breakthrough point!

Oda Shingo became more convinced that his focus was correct.

At this time, Oda Shingo suddenly saw a tweet at the top of the "Sword of the Goddess" forum, which was a public announcement of the Twitter content sent by Kousuke Watsuki.

[Oda Shingo? He's nominated for the Rookie of the Year Award together with me? I don't know him! Ah, at least his fame and works are not worthy of my recognition! Hahaha! ]
Thousands of fans left messages and most of them responded with hahahaha laughter.

Oda Shingo also laughed.

Okay, I’ll let you get to know me this time.

(End of this chapter)