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

Chapter 468: Saint Seiya figures must be strictly checked!

"The number of subscriptions for the latest issue of "Champion" reached 12 in 3 hours!"

The technicians at Springfield Bookstore reported the data immediately.

For online subscription of Japanese comics, a thousand orders are considered a hot book, and ten thousand orders are considered a great book.

But "Saint Seiya" actually exceeded 10,000 orders in just one hour!

Even Springfield Books' official website felt the pressure, with as many as 5 people online at the same time.

Of course, not all of these 50,000 people will subscribe. Japanese manga magazine online pages have always had a tradition of partial reading.

Some websites even provide free reading, but the images are low-definition and you can only see the high-definition pages after paying a subscription.

For example, when you read the relatively famous NTR drama "Boku and the Human Gradient" online, you won't be able to see many wonderful scenes in the free part.

The keyword is the last word, and there is no end to the free readers.

"I told you that this work of Shingo's will be a big hit!" Mikami Saburo shook his fist fiercely, and then ordered his men, "Increase the publicity efforts, and have the navy stationed there! Pay attention to any bad trends and respond immediately!"

"Hi!" The subordinate immediately did as he was told.

Whenever a comic book becomes popular, haters will appear like mushrooms after rain.

Especially for comics such as Saint Seiya, there is always the possibility that someone will smear it by accusing it of promoting foreign doctrines or Western ideas.

Of course, Saburo Mikami didn't know that even in China on Earth, there were a large number of water army accounts that were discrediting the Saint Seiya.

In order to increase traffic and attract attention, many public accounts have disparaged Saint Seiya.

Although Kurumada's original work does have various problems, it is indeed a very excellent manga work in the aftermath of the Showa era in the last century, and has reached the level of Japanese national comics.

But they like to tamper with data, saying that the sales of Saint Seiya books and figures are not high, and that the so-called Saint Seiya craze is Chinese, not Japanese.

But in Japan at that time, almost everyone knew about Saint Seiya, which was beyond doubt. After Saint Seiya became popular, the original tarot cards used by the Witch Crystal House to predict luck were transformed into fortune-telling based on horoscopes and horoscopes.

The same was true in China at that time. The astrological concept of Saint Seiya directly changed some of the values ​​of the three perspectives of a generation of young people.

Astrology, which had originally been silent, began to gain popularity, and many opinions that the zodiac signs determine personality were everywhere, and the aftermath is still ongoing.

Of course, this is not entirely due to the Saint Seiya, but there is absolutely no problem in saying that it played a role in fueling the situation.

"Buyer, why is Oda-sensei's "Saint Seiya" so popular?" Assistant Okita asked his boss a little puzzled.

When he first saw the manuscript, he felt that the graphics were a bit outdated, the storyboards seemed a bit old-fashioned, and even the character settings were too bland and lacked depth.

In front of his subordinates, Saburo Mikami's analysis of the cause of the fire was slightly different from what he said in front of Shingo Oda: "There are many reasons. Mr. Oda was able to grasp the excitement of battle that comic fans care about most. I also think there is another important objective factor: the current comic market is too full of garbage!"

"Oh! That's right! You mean the protagonists of most comics, it's strange if there's no man, right?" Assistant Okita suddenly remembered that after the battle of Athens in the first episode of Saint Seiya, Seiya didn't talk much to Shaina at all. Saint Seiya, it seems, doesn't have a love story at all, no, it should be said that it's just flirting without development.

Unlike most comics on the market, several important male characters in Saint Seiya have never licked female characters.

A typical lickspittle Xiewu, who only pretends to be cool for three seconds before being beaten so badly that his mother can't recognize him. It's hard not to suspect that Oda Shingo did it on purpose. But the fans are very satisfied with it.

Among them, many anime fans are wondering whether Seiya and Saori Kido will develop a relationship.

San Shang Saburo added: "Your analysis is not bad. Saint Seiya is a typical example of using force to defeat tricks. It emphasizes the blood of men. All toilet paper comics will disappear in the passionate battle!"

The reason why Oda Shingo's current "Saint Seiya" is so popular is partly due to his personal accumulation of readers, but also depends on the current situation of the comics market where toilet paper is rampant.

Just like the problems with the previous works of Takeshi Gouda and Nobuhiro Arakawa, comic fans have read too many comics that are ostensibly about fighting in another world but are actually petty love stories.

It's either the harem or the party struggles. Whenever there is a single female protagonist, she has to kill people in the Shura field and be covered in blood in order to stand out.

Therefore, Oda Shingo's "Goblin Slayer" became an instant hit as soon as it was released. The way in which the adventurous girls were not treated as harem at all completely shocked the comic fans who were used to accepting them as soon as they saw them.

To put it another way, "Saint Seiya" does not treat men as human beings.

In the comic book market dominated by toilet paper, the male protagonists are all dragon-level existences. Even if they awaken a rubbish skill, it is just a BUG ability in a rubbish skin.

But as the protagonist of Saint Seiya, he is really not treated as a human being!

Whenever they started fighting, they would be beaten to the ground! After hitting side A, they would switch to side B, and they would just split their legs and kick their brother...

"Boss! Toei Animation Co., Ltd. contacted us and hopes to discuss the animation changes of "Saint Seiya"!"

"Sure enough, I knew it!" Mikami Saburo smiled as I expected, "Saint Seiya is as good as the Koga Ninja Scrolls, so why wouldn't someone negotiate for an animation soon?"

This time, the animation negotiations came faster than the surrounding ones.

What’s more, what came after the animation negotiations was not the most common stationery peripheral negotiations, but inquiries about cooperation on Saint Seiya figures!
In the past, the peripheral products of a popular comic book always started out as stationery products.

After all, students are an important part of comic reading, and their desire for peripheral products is very strong. Compared with the older 20-something consumers who prefer figures, teenage students prefer stationery peripheral products.

Compared to placing figurines in the room, it is more cost-effective for students to buy stationery peripherals. It is a very cost-effective thing to be able to come into contact with your favorite comic characters frequently while studying.

Therefore, among students, stationery accounts for more than 80% of the sales. For example, the erasers and pencils of Anya in "Spy Play" once sold 30 million copies a day.

Moreover, stationery peripherals require little investment and have a quick market response, so it has always been the fastest-acting representative in the peripheral industry.

Stationery and peripheral companies are known as "moths" in the comics industry, which comes from the story of moths flying into the flame. If a comic is popular, they will rush over to sign a contract, and then turn to the peripheral market like a group of moths.

"Figures? Saint Seiya figures?" Oda Shingo took the report from Mikami Saburo and touched his chin. "We must have a sample of the prototype before we can discuss! The corresponding licensing conditions can be relaxed appropriately, but ensuring the quality of the prototype is the most important thing!"

When Saint Seiya fans talk about the figures, they shed tears of sorrow that can flow into the Milky Way!
(End of this chapter)