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

Chapter 654: "Saint Legend" is a cash cow in the market
"You're welcome, Saburo. Congratulations on finally getting it." After receiving a thank-you call from Saburo Mikami, Oda Nobuo was also happy for his brother-in-law.

"Ahem..." Saburo Mikami really wanted to say that it wasn't there yet, but it was almost there, so he stopped communicating with him.

The two chatted about market development, but Oda Shingo deliberately changed the subject: "If you really succeed, you have to consider that one of you will have to leave Springfield Books."

Springfield Books is not a family-run company, and it is impossible for the Mikami family to own the bookstore, but the family name is Springfield. How could it be possible for the two powerful bosses to be husband and wife?

"...Yeah, I'm worried about this too." Saburo Mikami sighed.

"She has probably considered it. She can't make up her mind right now, so she won't confirm the relationship with you anytime soon."

San Shang Saburo said slowly: "It has to be solved."

Everyone has their own troubles, and Oda Shingo didn't say much after being reminded.

In fact, he had a rough idea in mind. Oda Shingo thought that Takano Ran would make concessions and might become a full-time wife after marriage. However, this was someone else's private matter, so he turned to talk about the later development plans of the Holy Legend.

"We have to be very cautious when making an animation? We'd rather pay a slightly lower licensing fee than hire a poor guy? I understand what you mean." Mikami Saburo chewed over Oda Shingo's words, "Because the biggest selling point of "Saint Seiya" is the art. If the production budget is insufficient, we will lose our biggest advantage."

"Yes, "Saint Legend" cannot lower its quality just for the sake of licensing fees. This work needs to be high-end, otherwise even if it earns licensing fees, it will also suffer losses in peripheral products and other aspects."

Oda Shingo was well aware of what the Holy Legend had suffered on Earth.

The two OVAs, Ice City Flame Prison Arc and Twin Cities Flame Thunder Arc, were released in 1991 and 1992 respectively, just before the collapse of Japan's bubble economy.

Unfortunately, these two productions did not reap the benefits of the crazy money-burning. The collapse and frugality of the animation pictures can be seen everywhere, and they are not as serious as the later pure love animation of Urushihara Tomoshi's stable.

But that was an era dominated by magazines, and the large number of negative reviews from fans did not receive timely feedback, and even for a period of time, the magazine was mainly dominated by flattery.

But the fans don't buy it! The main character's face is broken, so what do you mean by not drawing it seriously? ! Where is the atmosphere of the legend? Where is the style of the myth?
It's even not as good as the later fan-made mashups. The characters shown in the animation of Alice in Wonderland are more consistent with the original characters.

Even though the voice actors of these two OVAs worked hard, they could not hide the weakness of the works, and the result was a flash in the pan, or even a failure. Therefore, the manga of "Saint Seiya" has been reprinted many times in the past 30 years, and the price has remained high. The Chinese version has also appeared in an endless stream, but there is no sound of the animation being reprinted at all.

"The Legend of the Saint is a long-term cash cow in the market, but psychologically it is my beloved child. Sanlang, I am handing it over to you, but you must water and fertilize it carefully and don't force it to grow."

"Don't worry, Xinwu, we have been together for so long, do you still not trust me?"

"Hehe, I need you to remind Minister Takano."

"She? Is there anything she won't listen to as long as you say it?" Saburo Mikami joked.

After Oda Shingo hung up the phone, he spoke to Mrs. Yukino on the phone for a while.

Mrs. Yukino was very nice, but she was in no hurry to come back.

"It's been almost a year. We haven't seen each other for almost a year."

"There are still two months left." Mrs. Yukino smiled on the phone, "And will I have a place to stay when I come back?"

She seemed to be testing something.

Oda Shingo paused slightly.

"Don't worry, I won't compete with you for the new house. It's the new house you and them bought. I'm glad that you can let me come over and visit you often." Mrs. Yukino said in a relaxed tone, as if she didn't take it to heart at all.

Although Oda Nobuo was not very good at understanding the psychology of men and women, he felt that there was something else behind her words.

The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

Oda Shingo walked to the bedroom door and looked at the room at the end of the corridor.

The empty room was now filled with all sorts of miscellaneous things belonging to the three female assistants, and a sign saying "Utility Room" was nailed outside.

He couldn't help rubbing his forehead.

I blame myself for not being able to resist the temptation. If Mrs. Yukino is unhappy and needs me to bear her anger, then let me do it.

Oda Nobuo accepted his fate.

Since he was not good at relationships, he decided to focus on his expertise in comics. Oda Shingo soon returned to painting.

While he was concentrating on his creation, the discussion about "Saint Legend" in the comics field became increasingly heated.

"Since we are talking about the demon sword Harumasa, we have to mention Oda Shingo. This popular cartoonist who has been working hard in the comics industry has been releasing swords very frequently recently."

This is the content of a chat TV show on TV Tokyo.

During the conversation among the guests, the situation of Oda Shingo's swordplay was mentioned.

Oda Shingo really earned a bad reputation for killing people in the comics.

There is also a female singer who is quite famous in the entertainment industry and published her own blog post.

"Oh my God, my life is so miserable! I haven't read comics for years, and after being tricked by a beautifully drawn comic, I realized I was on a pirate ship!" The female singer took advantage of a break from work to publish a lengthy analysis of several thousand words in a complaint-like manner.

But she also expressed her feelings very objectively: "The bloody paranoia, the love of life and death, the blurred boundaries of good and evil, the inescapable fate...they are integrated into the ethereal piano music, woven into the fluttering ribbons, mixed with the secret and fantastic religious colors, forming the beautiful and tragic "Saints"! "

"I don't regret watching "Saint Seiya" and I declare that I will be a fan of Oda-sensei from now on! I have already purchased all his works. Although many of them are not my favorites, my family seems to enjoy watching them."

This is just a special and conspicuous existence among many fans. More comic fans also express their various opinions on the legend on forums or blogs.

More and more comic fans are beginning to become interested in "Saints of the Underworld".

Yahoo Comics also released the market sales report as soon as possible.

[Shocking! Yuri has reached a million sales in just five issues, and the sales volume is an astonishing 120 million copies! ]

【A historical record of comic magazines for women! 】

[No comic magazine targeting women has ever had such high sales, and no comic magazine has ever achieved such an astonishing growth rate in just five issues! ]

[Oda Shingo, not only carried Springfield Books on his shoulders, he was like a superman, lifting them up and flying like a rocket! ]

Soon, the sixth issue of "Yuri" was published.

Long lines formed again in front of the comic book stores where "Saints of the Underworld" could be purchased.

As in the past, girls played the leading role, while male fans still looked like they were here to accompany others or to watch the fun.

Anyway, male comic fans will never admit that they like to read comics aimed at women.

The story of "Sacred Legend" continues.

However, it's becoming more and more like an accident...

In the latest plot, the Gandharva King and the Heavenly King were watching the sea of ​​flowers together, but they encountered Soma and his group and pursuers.

In order to remind Soma and others to keep the secret, the Gandharva King was a cute and pitiful musician one second ago, and then turned around and said to Soma calmly the next second: "You'd better kill all the pursuers."

When the comic fans saw this, they all laughed out loud, and many male fans couldn't help but shout that they loved it.

"This kind of sinister character is so satisfying to watch. I just like this kind of flavor!"

"Decisive and unyielding, I admire this kind of Gandharva king."

"I threatened that third party before. Sorry, I forgot the name of that female character. She was the one who coveted the king of pop. I scared her so much that she couldn't move. Hahaha, I was so happy!"

However, the fans soon stopped laughing.

"What? Ashura killed Xiaolong?!"

The sunny boy Dragon King was actually drawn to death by Oda Shingo?

(End of this chapter)