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

Chapter 269: "GANTZ" is popular, and the usage rate of pink software has decreased!

"GANTZ" is a representative work that began in 2000 and is a manifestation of the gradual trend of comics towards fast-paced, exciting and personalized protagonists.

Since the beginning of the new century, the protagonists of Japanese comics have clearly begun to get rid of their cowardice, gentleness and virginity, especially the heroines, who have finally begun to get rid of the feeling of being just vases.

Compared with the model drama represented by "Ah, My Goddess", the heroine Bai Meirou has gradually become outdated, and comic fans are also tired of watching it.

This type of female character was absorbed by later harem novels in another world and became the representative of the vase-type pleasure.

Moreover, compared to the comic works of the same period, the female characters are finally no longer the type that would be a drag and be captured by bad guys, and they have even become consumables that may die at any time!

This was definitely an innovation that stunned comic fans at the time.

Although there have been some comic works with similar operations before, when it comes to influence and market diffusion effect, "GANTZ" should definitely be regarded as the representative.

"Mr. Namikaze, the key to this work is that people dare to die! And they die when they say they will! There will be no revolving lanterns before death, no pendants or other souvenirs, and no flags raising up saying that the cherry blossoms in the hometown will bloom!" Oda Shingo told Namikaze Yukaku about the plot idea of ​​the comic.

When they were in the workshop, he still addressed her by their work relationship rather than by Youhe's nickname.

"Oh." Namikaze Youzuru nodded continuously, taking notes from time to time, "I noticed that, apart from the male protagonist, there is very little psychological description of the characters."

Although she is the main painter other than the female characters, it is necessary for her to grasp the tendency of the storyline.

"So the comic "GANTZ" is aimed at the unique group of "RED", and is also the most easily attracted to the grassroots comic fans, who are particular about wind, forest, fire and mountain!"

Fenglinzan? Namikaze Youhe was puzzled: "Isn't that Takeda Shingen's flag?"

At the same time, she muttered in her heart, in history, we are mortal enemies with your Oda family...

"No, it comes from China's Sun Tzu's Art of War. It is swift as the wind, slow as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain." Oda Nobuo corrected.

What he thought in his heart was: the wind was blowing very wildly; the forest was deadly; the fire was inciting passion; the mountain was wearing as little clothes as possible...

Simply put, "GANTZ" first uses dark and dark colors to attract comic fans, and then slowly engages in big thinking about human nature and life.

However, Shingo Oda also thought of the many comments on "GANTZ" in the comics industry on Earth, especially the places where the author mentioned in some magazines that he did not draw well.

For example, the vampire who killed the GANTZ hunter for no apparent reason, the protagonist's younger brother who died without playing any role, the birth of the black ball was not satisfactory to the readers, and the lack of oppression in the war in space, etc...

Generally speaking, "GANTZ" has many shortcomings, but it also has many advantages. I dare not say that it is a masterpiece, but it can definitely shine for a while.

And Shingo Oda knew that this comic was most in line with RED's consistent policy.

"By the way, Namikaze-kun, the female character Kojima Tae is an exception. She is the ordinary girl that the protagonist truly loves in the end. I'll leave it to you to draw!"

"...Hi!" Namikaze Youhe was stunned for a moment, then agreed very happily.

Oda Shingo's thoughts: I now have the bonus of female character drawing skills, but Kojima Tae is set as an ordinary person and is not suitable to be coated with a system-enhanced halo.

Namikaze Yukaku's thoughts: Shingo must have thought that this character was born from me, right? So he gave it to me to draw, this is really...

Death! Why hint so obviously? Namikaze Yuzuru glanced at Oda Shingo.

Shingo Oda's "GANTZ" has started a new serialization, and many of his colleagues are also keeping an eye on it.

Although he was very reluctant, Takeshi Goda still paid for "RED" and returned to his studio where he no longer had an assistant.

The second comic book was cut short right at the beginning.

Now he can no longer afford to support an assistant, so he fired his female assistant Lingzi and others.

Now Takeshi Gouda is sitting alone in the studio, looking at "RED" with a blank expression.

The beauty on the cover is extremely charming.

"Shame on you!" Gotada Takeshi snorted, "To make money, you actually drew this kind of picture! Oda Shingo, you've also fallen, and you said I only knew how to use marginal techniques and lacked a plot!"

He tore off the plastic wrap and began to read. More than eighty pages of updates, doesn't this guy feel tired? And his inspiration won't run out?

"Why has his painting skills improved so much?"

Although I know that he has his own main writer, the level of the storyboards can still be seen. Moreover, among the main writers of the comics, there is actually the name of Oda Shingo, which means that he participated in the drawing of the characters.

The basic style of the entire comic is similar to One Punch Man, and it is indeed created by the female assistant named "Crane".

"The female character... seems to have been drawn by that guy..."

After all, Gotada Takeshi was a professional who had been painting for more than ten years. After noticing that the main painters included Oda Shingo, he quickly discovered the subtle differences.

The difference does not affect the overall painting style, and it is a joint creation that has been deliberately unified in style.

Of course, Takeshi Gouda knows the necessity of a unified style for comics, and he also knows that this is very difficult.

If someone told Takeshi Gouda that this was the result of a day and a night of coordinating the painting styles, he would definitely not believe it!

"Forget it, regardless of the style!" Gouda Takeshi started reading the comic attentively.

From the protagonist's explosive death, to the mysterious room, followed by the sexy beauty, and then to life and death again.

The stupid little alien was slaughtered with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and the adult Onion Star people appeared angrily.

It was not until the next page showed other comics that Takeshi Gouda was shocked to realize that he had finished reading them so quickly.

I looked at the time and a quarter of an hour had passed.

But it felt like only a few minutes had passed.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Gotada Takeshi threw RED fiercely out: "Damn it!"

With a bang, the comic was smashed against the wall and then slid to the floor.

Gouda Takeshi also collapsed weakly.

This is no longer an opponent that I can hope to defeat...

Damn it...

Not only Gouda Takeshi, but Hyakki Hayato, Koyama Noritaka and others also had similar reactions.

The enemies are sad and the loved ones are happy.

Saburo Mikami flipped through RED and sighed with regret: "Brother-in-law is too much. How could such a good comic be given to RED? Wouldn't it be better to serialize it in Champion?"

But, it can’t be considered as giving it to outsiders, right?
Saburo Mikami smiled.

He has a good relationship with RED's supplement director Ran Kono.

Takano Lan invited him to dinner, and the two had a great conversation and even made an appointment to go out and chat on the weekend.

The fans' reactions can be seen on the forum.

[GANTZ is really good!]
[Strongly agree, I am nodding, and my second brother is nodding too!]
[After watching this, not only the bottom is hot, but also the top! Congestion + blood rushing, the best combination! ]
[This is the kind of comic that RED should have!]
The market heats up on the first day and is hot on the second day!

On the first day, only about 40% of "RED" was sold.

But the next day, it was hard to find a copy of RED on the market!
Obviously, word of mouth among comic fans directly promoted sales.

What is more shocking is that a big shot revealed a little secret:
[Shock! After Oda Shingo's "GANTZ" was serialized, the usage rate of pink software dropped by 12% on the first day! And dropped by 26% on the second day! ]

(End of this chapter)