I, who tortured the readers, was knocked to the ground by them!

Chapter 165 Is the Magical Girl Serious?
“Speaking of which, even though I had seen the storyboards before, I was still shocked after seeing the final episode.”

In the cafe, Shinkawa Aimei crossed her legs and once again looked at the final episode of "Flame Fist" which was about to be released after a round of hype.

Still can't help but marvel.

Although "Flame Fist" is not short, it is not a super long manga like "One Piece" which has been serialized for more than 20 years.

After more than a year of serialization, the story of "Flame Fist" is nearing its end.

As Sakurai Itsuki's first work in this world, he received almost no resources from Jump in the early stages, but shocked the entire industry with his outstanding quality.

At the same time, it also made Haruki Nagayama, a cartoonist with extremely strange behavior on the Internet, a shining new star in the industry.

Nowadays, due to the limitations of subject matter and length, the influence of "Fist of Fire" certainly cannot be compared with the popular manga at the top of Jump.

But we have to take into account that it took him only one year to achieve this kind of visual power, and it was his debut work.

And he was only seventeen years old.

Even the top cartoonists in the industry would have to stand at attention and say with awe that the young people are truly formidable.

"You're right to be shocked. By the way, Shueisha should be very interested in the multimedia project I mentioned earlier."

The reason why Sakurai Itsuki, who had already submitted the manuscript early, was sitting here chatting alone with Shinkawa Aimei was naturally not simply to hear her thoughts on "Fist of Fire".

He had already witnessed the power of "Flame Fist".

The morning after finishing the final chapter of Flame Fist, the always sunny hot girl looked haggard.

They said they were so tormented by the ending of Flame Fist that they didn't sleep the whole night and didn't even have the mood to make breakfast, so the two of them had to make do with a few rice balls from Lawson and went to school together.

Hane Shion, who had seen the ending of "Flame Fist" through the back door in advance, was in a daze and did not scold him that day.

It wasn't until the next day, after daydreaming in class, that I finally logged into that Twitter account after school and started to rant about it again.

"Well, the higher-ups also approve of the policy of using multimedia to develop future plans, but they still need to carefully review what you discussed on the phone earlier."

Shinkawa Aimi nodded in agreement.

Whether it is Yanquan’s handwriting, the 5 Centimeters per Second video, or the song “one more time, one more chance”, they all brought huge traffic to the comics themselves.

It even made a number of related creators become Internet celebrities.

If it were just the comics themselves, given their quality, it would be inevitable that they would become popular.

But the speed of its rise and the ultimate influence it ultimately exerted were certainly not as fast as they are now.

Shueisha understood very early on that animation could boost comics sales.

Therefore, the plan proposed by this genius is not rejected at all, but some of Sakurai Itsuki's ideas are still too big and need to be explored slowly.

"It's okay. I expected that." Sakurai Itsuki was not in a hurry. He was still a high school student. There was plenty of time and he could wait.

Sakurai Itsuki took a sip of coffee and said, "I plan to serialize another short story under the pen name Haruki Nagayama."

"Open more? You really can't spare any time." Shinkawa Aimei didn't show an expression that was too surprised to everyone. She also vaguely guessed that Sakurai Itsuki would talk to her about the new serialization.

I really don’t know how he can always create stories so easily and efficiently.

This guy is a real monster.

Sakurai Itsuki said: "It's just a short story, it won't take much effort. But the quantity of the single volume is still enough, don't worry about it, it will make money for Shueisha." Although in the comics industry, cartoonists who draw long-form comics often make more money.

After all, it is not easy to create a good IP. Even an old cartoonist like Masashi Kishimoto cannot guarantee that his next work will be as popular as his masterpiece.

The most common choice in the industry is to write the story as long as possible and squeeze out more value from the IP.

But, Sakurai Itsuki is different.

He is hanging.

He has no idea what can't be popular.

For someone like Sakurai Itsuki, who can create a popular IP in a very short time, a long novel that takes several years to complete is actually less cost-effective.

This time is enough for Sakurai Itsuki to copy out more than ten or twenty popular IPs.

Originally, the top management of Jump hoped that Sakurai Itsuki could gradually transform into a long-form cartoonist and become the future mainstay of Jump.

But after seeing his ability to publish several books and have them all become huge hits, the people above him no longer gave him such advice.

If all the short and medium-length stories can become a hit, it is indeed no different from becoming a mainstay.

Shinkawa Aimi sighed. "I say, are you never going to let readers know that Nagayama Haruki and Sakurafuji Yoshi are the same person? Oh, and by the way, there's also the genius game script writer, Sakurai Itsuki."

Sakurai Itsuki laughed maliciously at this, "I don't have any plans for the time being. Isn't it quite interesting to see these two groups of readers arguing about who is more powerful every day?"

Shinkawa Aimi's expression was particularly subtle. "You really have a bad taste, but it does make me look forward to everyone's reaction when they find out that you are actually a trinity. Without further ado, when will your new work be released?"

"There's no rush. After a while, when my school trip is over, I can show you the first chapter." Sakurai Itsuki said, handing a stack of printed manuscript paper to Shinkawa Aimei.

"It's been ages since I last saw the word 'school trip'."

When Ai Mi Shinkawa heard this word, she clearly realized how young the person in front of her was and how abnormally strong he was.

She should have been used to it by now.

"In the blink of an eye? That's a bit too long. If you calculate it that way, I estimate the next blink of an eye will be enough to make the baby come. I hope that before that, Ms. Xinhe can find her first boyfriend."

Faced with Sakurai Itsuki's undisguised sarcasm, Shinkawa Ai was just like mud. Not only was she not angry at all, she even wanted to ask him with a smile which one he planned to have a baby with.

But since she had serious things to do right now, Shinkawa Aimei suppressed her gossiping thoughts, pulled out the manuscript from the file belt, and prepared to start reviewing it from the perspective of a jump editor.

When she saw the cover and title, surprise flashed across her face. "Are you kidding me? Jump is a shonen manga. Even on Jump+, the mainstream audience is male. You should know that. Are you serious about magical girls?"

Although Sakurai Itsuki always brought her something, she also expected that the work he gave her would always be shocking.

But magical girls were indeed a subject she had never imagined.

"Who says boys can't read about magical girls? There are a lot of male readers of Sailor Moon, right?" Sakurai Itsuki said. "Besides, don't you think magical girls give people a very healing and beautiful feeling?"

"Is this what you mean by healing under the pen name Haruki Nagayama?" Upon hearing this, Aimi Shinkawa's expression showed a strangeness.

When 5 Centimeters per Second was first serialized, he felt that it was not dark enough and did not fit the style of Haruki Nagayama, so he created a secondary account named Sakura Fujiye.

This is the work he intends to serialize under the pen name Haruki Nagayama, so doesn't that mean...
Ai Shinkawa looked at the girl on the manuscript paper. She had a broad face and looked very innocent and cute.

She began to worry about the future fate of these girls in the plot.

(End of this chapter)