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

Chapter 179 I will never be a beast again.

After Sakurai Itsuki finished his school trip, things changed a little bit.

At first, Shueisha was skeptical about the so-called magical girl theme.

In everyone's eyes, Haruki Nagayama is a beast who burns his sister to charcoal and makes the protagonist's life worse than death every day. Your new comic doesn't show some darkness in human nature and explore the moral bottom line, but ends up with some magical girl comics where little girls play house with beautiful girls?

It's too far from everyone's expectations.

This is Jump. Even though everyone keeps saying that comics just need to be interesting, what boy would find magical girls interesting?
Therefore, Jump thought that since it was just a short story, they might as well do Sakurai Itsuki a favor and test the waters by letting him serialize it as a token of his appreciation.

After all, he has created so many hits in such a short time, so there is nothing wrong with just drawing what he wants and enjoying it.

Moreover, Jump has never had a comic with a theme like magical girls, so maybe this can be used to create some hype, and what if it really becomes popular?

However, because of this, Jump did not initially intend to invest too many resources in him.

Of course, Shinkawa Aimei defended the decision made by the top management.

It's true that that little beast Sakurai Itsuki attacks her personally every day, but her performance is real, and she has unconditional trust in Sakurai Itsuki.

So, under Shinkawa Ai's insistence, they decided to let Sakurai Itsuki draw a few more storyboards so that everyone could study them together.

Of course, Sakurai Itsuki had no objection to this.

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica" was popular in Sakurai Itsuki's original world because of the animation, but as a popular IP, it naturally has a comic version just like "5 Centimeters per Second".

So
Jump editors have a lot of things to consider, but Sakurai Itsuki only needs to copy and paste some stick figure sketches from his mind.

In less than an hour, this guy finished all the storyboards for the next six episodes at the speed of light and sent them to the editor.

The editor-in-chief and department executives were immediately impressed after reading his storyboard.

Wow, there really are magical girls like this? That's awesome!
The editor-in-chief of Jump immediately and decisively rejected the serialization request of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

Of course, it wasn't because they thought the story wasn't good enough for Jump, but because the editor-in-chief flattered them: "Why even serialize it? If you're going to publish it, just publish it as a standalone volume!"
The quality of this comic does not require the slow serialization of 17 pages per week, which will make readers feel tired and bored in the early stages of the story.

It not only wastes the serialization position in Jump magazine, but also wastes the huge shock that this first story twist brings to readers.

This requires readers to see the key climax directly in one breath, so that the full strength of this genius comic can be brought out.

Of course, Sakurai Itsuki nodded in agreement. Compared to the basic fee of 20,000 yen per page, the bulk of Shueisha's cartoonists' income still comes from the share of single-volume books and copyrights.

He naturally had no objection to publishing the book directly in a single volume to speed up the process.

Sakurai Itsuki couldn't help but sigh that the editor-in-chief of Jump was indeed quite capable. He was actually a little worried that the 17 pages of serialization per week in Jump's main magazine would not be able to reflect the work that created the "Three-Episode Rule".

In the original world, before the third episode was broadcast, the response to this work was actually mediocre.

As for this kind of promotion and release, Jump also had a unique idea. They used Haruki Nagayama's image as a villain on the Internet and the huge contrast between him and the term "Magical Girl", and prepared to bring up the topic in a way that was "like a prank".

As a result, we now have the situation where the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" single volume is suddenly sold and put on the shelves directly in bookstores.

Time returns to the present.

[Huh? Magical girl? Is this real? Is this Haruki Nagayama? Is this Jump? Where the hell are you from?]

People say that Flame Fist doesn't look like a Jump manga. Haruki Nagayama changed Jump, but the magical girl characters are so different! It's a completely different style.

In the topic of [#长山春树] on Twitter, many people expressed doubts.

Well-known anti-fans Yamazaki and Kumaichi Sakamoto even directly attacked Haruki Nagayama under the topic.

Yamazaki said: "There really are people who believe what this bastard says. When you get there, he'll burst into laughter and say something stupid like 'I've fooled you all, haven't I?'"

Sakamoto Kumaichi said: [Whether it's true or not, let's just curse this beast first. Cursing him won't be wrong!]

The two of them were still in the park, preparing to go to the bookstore later, but before that, after reflecting on their recent tragic experiences, they attacked Haruki Nagayama to vent their anger.

Everyone agreed that it was always right to scold Haruki Nagayama first.

But suddenly, someone sent out a photo. It was a photo of an offline bookstore. In the most conspicuous place in the store, there was a poster of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" hanging on it.

The bookshelf is really full of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Volume 1)".

[Ah? Is this true?]

At that moment, Sakurai Itsuki, who was walking with three girls in the park, also posted on Nagayama Haruki's account. Nagayama Haruki: [Stop cursing, stop cursing. I'm sorry, I'm a beast. I just wanted to share the fun of drawing comics with everyone. It's just that you don't quite understand my fun. Sorry, there's something wrong with my brain, QAQ.]

Haruki Nagayama: "The reason I draw magical girls is because you all keep calling me a beast! You say my comics and my inner self are a bit dark. So, I wanted to draw something less dark!"

Haruki Nagayama: [They say that regardless of gender, everyone has a little girl in their heart, right? I want everyone to remember that little girl! So, please go watch this, please! It's really important to me.]

Watching Haruki Nagayama's speech, Yamazaki and Kuma Sakamoto, who were sitting in the park, looked at each other in confusion.

"What do you mean? Does he care if we call him a newborn?"

"No. Why should he care? It's totally unreasonable."

"This is over now. I've been scolded and changed the subject."

Although the two of them had cursed at each other before, they were actually looking forward to his new work.

But when they learned that his new work was really about a magical girl, their expectations immediately dissipated a lot, and what followed was regret and guilt.

Could it be that those beastly remarks made by Haruki Nagayama before were really just because he thought they were very interesting and wanted to share them to make everyone happy?
Come to think of it, it's really possible. After all, geniuses think differently from ordinary people.

So is it possible that he really doesn't know that readers will feel unhappy after reading his remarks?
Is it possible that he never refuted the insults, but was actually very sad and concerned in his heart, and even changed the choice of the subject of his second comic book because of this?

As the leaders of the black fans, the two suddenly felt like they were the perpetrators of a huge cyber violence, and the more they thought about it, the more uneasy they felt.

While online criticism of Haruki Nagayama's comments has indeed temporarily staved off, another important question is being raised: "Do Haruki Nagayama's readers actually read magical girls? Aren't these fandoms quite similar? It's still a little hard to believe."

Later, in response to this suspicion, Haruki Nagayama released some design drafts.

The style of the character design seems to be more child-oriented than most magical girl works, and looking at the character's costume, it is heart-shaped and girly pink, with a cute white mascot on one side.

Obviously, this is the most classic standard configuration of magical girls.

After seeing these manuscripts, everyone was finally convinced that he was serious.

The human DIO puts on a mask and is no longer a human being, but he is: I will turn over a new leaf and stop being a beast!

Although fans are always in the comments, let him be a human being and stop being an animal.

But when I really saw his attitude of turning over a new leaf and reforming himself, I felt a little uncomfortable.

[You'd better be a beast! No one will scold you anymore!]

[Yes, you can send knives all you want! Watching magical girls is so embarrassing...]

The audience of Flame Fist is mostly young readers, and most of them are male.

Looking at the cover of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" at this moment, I find it a little hard to accept. I always feel that it is too childish for me to watch magical girls at my age.

Isn't that stuff for kids to watch?

However, Yamazaki, feeling like a terrible cyberbully, stood up guiltily and said, "Let's give it a try. Let's go. Consider it atonement."

Sakamoto Kumaichi also nodded and stood up: "Well, go buy one."

At this moment, three girls and a boy, full of youth, passed by them.

Each of the three girls is stunningly beautiful and dressed up gorgeously, as if every tone of their voice is filled with beauty.

One can't help but envy the young man next to him.

However, the boy did not seem to take the initiative to flirt with the girls. The handsome boy was looking at his phone with an innocent smile on his face, as if he had no evil thoughts at all.

In such a youthful and beautiful scene, the two people who had just finished cursing someone online were envious at first, and then lowered their heads in shame at the boy's innocent smile.

Perhaps, the reasons for his misery have nothing to do with the so-called three beasts at all.

But it’s because I can’t be as innocent and kind as that young man, so I can’t live such a brilliant life.

On this side, Sakurai Itsuki did not notice the two uncles who were constantly emitting negative emotions.

He couldn't help laughing when he thought about the expressions of these people on the Internet after watching "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

(End of this chapter)