1983 Past Life Manga King

what is this sound?

feel it

“Then you mean you knew we were Koreans for a long time?”

– Yeah. It looks like that. I think there have been rumors that I’m Korean before. Of course, most of the fans seemed to think the rumors were false.

“Ah.”

If so, did most people dismiss it as a kind of conspiracy theory?

Still, it was surprising that there were people who were suspicious of Koreans from early on.

After all, when a lot of people gather, it seems that there are also unexpectedly talented people.

– He also said that he didn’t look Japanese in some parts of the manga. Well, for example, it’s a scene that appeared at the beginning of a city scene, but it’s like a scene where the car was running in the right direction… Most of them seemed to feel it was a simple mistake. In my case, it’s a scene I honestly didn’t capture. Anyway, I think there were some minor scenes other than that.

“Ah······.”

This is the story of the beginning of the story where a lot of details were missed while focusing on the story.

To be honest, both Seonhee and I lacked a lot in the beginning. Thanks to that, it seems that there were some errors in the manuscript.

In the end, it’s my fault for not reviewing properly.

In the case of Seon-hee, I just drew almost as instructed.

– Anyway, I don’t know if it’s because there were rumors like that from the beginning, or if they weren’t interested in such a fact in the first place, but most of the fans say that after a few days, it’s nothing special.

That’s good, but it’s also hard to understand.

“But the editorial department still gets a lot of calls.”

– That’s right. Although it has decreased a lot these days, complaints are still coming in. In addition, the results of this questionnaire were not good.

“By the way, there is little change for the fans, what do you mean?”

– It is still difficult to confirm whether this is the case, but most of the fans I meet are like that.

then? What does it mean to keep getting complaint calls?

What else did the rankings drop?

But Jiro immediately brought out the story as if he had read my thoughts.

– Again, the people making the protest calls are mainly magazine subscribers, so it’s not just Samsara’s fans. Of course, this is only speculation, and it’s not something to be talked about out of the mouth, but it’s possible that you might not be a fan of Samsara. Maybe you are a fan of other magazines and competitive comics. It’s a rumor, but there are also rumors that cartoonists are among them. Of course, it won’t be accurate.

Long story short, but after all, those words are Jiro’s brain-fiction.

The credibility is low, but I’m grateful because I’m speaking for myself.

“These rumors are everywhere.”

– I think so. In addition, the mood has been reversed as articles of support for teachers Samsara and Sunny have been published in each magazine recently. To be honest, it seems that there is still a lot of antipathy among general subscribers, but it is rather popular among passionate fans. In previous surveys, it was even said that Samsara’s books sold less compared to their popularity.

Perhaps because of the good results, Jiro is always excited and talks a lot.

Anyway, it’s strange.

Not long ago, I heard that a lot of books were selling, but this time there is no change among the fans.

After all, is Samsara a maniac manga?

– Anyway, I’m glad things are going well.

“i See.”

After finishing the call with Jiro, Silver looked at me with an indifferent face and said:

“Is it rather a phone call?”

“Perhaps it is like that. Even after he decided to reveal that he was Korean, I honestly worried a lot.”

Silver’s brow furrowed at my words.

“what? So you mean he really thought he might break down?”

“Honestly, yes.”

“Still, I thought he was going strong because he thought there was something he believed in . . . I’m really It’s ridiculous.”

Silver looked at him like he was embarrassed and took a deep breath.

“But I was lucky.”

“Yeah.”

“·················ogue.”

“Ah,” said Silver, who once again made an absurd expression.

I think something came to mind.

“I went to Itaewon yesterday.”

“Huh? Itaewon? Why are you there all of a sudden?”

“Why, as usual, I went to get Japanese books.”

“If you have a request, you can tell Akagi-san. Why did you go to Itaewon on purpose? There will be few kinds if you go.”

“Because I’m not the type to ask.”

“Well. But suddenly, what is the story of the book?”

Silver gave a strange expression to my question.

Oh, it looks like I stopped talking and made that kind of expression.

Anyway, Silver looked at me for a while, then sighed lightly and opened his mouth.

“I saw something interesting at a foreign book store I frequented.”

“Is it fun? what is that?”

“There were a lot of Samsara books all over the place. Multiple copies of the same book.”

“Really? Why all of a sudden?”

“I asked the owner there, and he seems to have received a lot of orders recently. So, they brought in a little more.”

Most of the people who buy manga there are working in the manga industry or have goals in that direction.

When I was living, most of them were e-books and the Internet, so I was exposed to a lot of Japanese comics. However, at this time, it is difficult to purchase it at a foreign bookstore.

However, it is extremely rare for the same manga to be published in multiple quality even there.

However, there are many samsaras, which is a bit surprising.

“I do not know?”

“What?”

“I mean, it has become a must-read for people in the Korean comics industry to study drawing. In fact, even the boss said that it is common for manga artists to buy from the studio.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“·················ogue.”

At that moment, I remember when Seon-hee first received a full-fledged education from me, when I bought Akira and Dongmong from Otomo-sensei and used it as a textbook.

Not yet, but in the next few years, Akira’s pirate comics will be sold in earnest in Korea, and since then, expensive Japanese books will come to Korea on a large scale and will be used as textbooks by many authors.

That was going on from the late 80’s to the 90’s

In the end, Samsara will take the place before that happens.

It is said that it is slowly starting to influence the Korean comics world.

Thinking that it might be a piece of history, I get a strange feeling.

* * *

a few days later.

Boy Hero Editorial Department.

someone shouted

“A questionnaire! Questionnaire!”

The staff rushed to the place where the voice was heard.

“Give me where!”

“I also!”

“Here you are.”

When the papers were handed out, the staff quickly received A4 papers and checked the rankings.

This time, it was because I wondered how much Samsara had fallen.

However, everyone’s eyes widen at the unexpected result.

“uh? what? 4th place?”

“Yeah, the rankings went up!”

“Look where. Really? Why did you go up 3 levels? Although the number of complaints has decreased, the number of complaints is still there.”

“The complaints are still on the postcards.”

“You mean the rankings have risen? How did this happen?”

“It’s a mystery.”

“Isn’t the counting wrong?”

“I can. This one was especially careful.”

“By the way, did you get this result? What’s going on?”

Then Jiro enters the editing department.

The employee who was handing out the questionnaire hurriedly approached Jiro.

“Mr. Akagi. This is a questionnaire.”

“Ah, thank you.”

Jiro checks the questionnaire and he nods his head without changing his expression. Then he goes straight to his seat, grabs the manuscripts, and goes outside.

“uh? what? The ranking has gone up, but there is no change in expression? Did Akagi know beforehand?”

At that, the employee who was handing out the paper shook his head with an expression that he would never do that.

“This is just the final ranking. I could not have known in advance.”

“Then why are you so calm?”

“I do not know? Are you just not interested?”

“Hey, since books are selling more these days, it means that you are not interested in such questionnaires.”

At that time, one of the new recruits asked with a surprised expression.

“Isn’t the questionnaire the most important thing?”

“It doesn’t matter. However, if you’re a manga artist who sells well in books, this ranking doesn’t really mean much. In addition, Samsara, who is now selling unrivaled sales, is even more so.”

Then he nodded his head to see if he understood.

“I think so.”

“right. So it means that we are not human beings in the same world.”

“Ah.”

At that time, one of the team leaders clicked his tongue when he saw the crowd of employees.

“Are people talking about it at such a busy time?”

As the members of the staff gathered at those words looked at each other, the team leader was impressed.

“It’s your job to help the teachers in charge create the best work. Move quickly!”

Then the employees were startled and scattered from there.

unexpected remake (1)

Just when Seon-hee and I revealed that we were Korean, I thought that something huge was going to happen, but in reality, there was nothing that could be called a crisis as much as I thought.

Of course, it is said that the questionnaire rankings fell, and they received calls and postcards to protest.

The problem is that this only happened in Japan, so nothing really touched me.

If there was an internet, I would have grasped the atmosphere by reading the current situation or even Japanese comments.

Of course, if it had been the mother site where far-right Japanese people resided, there would have been many demeaning scenes of Jo Sen-jing on a fictitious day.

However, since everything about Japan was blocked in the first place, all I had to say was information I picked up from people I had connections with like Jiro, Michiko, or Sumire.

Hearing that, it only happens to people who are interested in the comics side, but it doesn’t seem to be well known to the general public.

To be honest, because of this incident, I hate Hallyu…, isn’t this what it is?

This is not the time when the word Hallyu was coined.

Anyway, I was worried that there would be books about Korea being published because of this, but I think it was a useless worry because I was not interested in Korea itself at this time.

Anyway, things were going like a single happening.

*

“·················ogue.”

I’m sitting on the sofa, thinking about the new episode of Samsara, and taking notes, and I can see Seon-hee’s face on the desk since before.

Huh? Why are you doing that? What’s going on?

Normally, it is rare to sit on the sofa because of the manuscript and look at Seon-hee’s face. Because he spends so much time working on it, sometimes he doesn’t even have a presence.

But for some reason, I’ve been doing that for about 2-30 minutes since before.

The expression on his face also looks like he’s having a hard time with something.

I don’t know the exact circumstances here.

For some reason, I got up from the sofa and went to Seon-hee’s seat. Then, he still asked Seon-hee with a strange expression.

“What are you doing?”

“…Ah, yes.”

Something vaguely responds to my words.

What?

However, on the desk of Seon-hee, something white furry is creaking.

“uh?”

I poked my head straight for something, and it was Seolgi, a white cat.

I haven’t seen him lately, but he showed up after a long time, and it seemed like he was urging Kyung-hee to eat a lot in the kitchen, but he’s already here. However, the problem is that, unlike usual, this guy is lying in the middle of the desk.

Watching him sleep upside down, licking his tongue, is terrifying to the point of loss.

“Hey, why are you doing this here? I usually sleep in the corner or on the floor.”

“·················ogue.”

“I have to clean it up.”

Saying that, he stretched out his hand to Snow White.

By the way.

Nyaan!

“Aww!”

The guy he thought was sleeping showed his teeth and swung his front paw at him.

His claws were slightly scratched as if he hadn’t set them up properly, but the sudden attack made him feel absurd.

Nevertheless, Beksulgi is spread out on the desk again.

what? sleep talk?

You furry bastard, are you trying to insult me?

By the way, why is this guy doing this today? I’ve seen a lot of things scattered like that before, but I’ve never interfered with Seon-hee’s work.

“Hey boy, why are you here? It sounds like you’re playing peek-a-boo?”

He looked at Seonhee and said.

Then Seonhee just shrugged her shoulders and spoke in a small voice.

“Hey, for some reason, I don’t think you like my drawing today.”

“What?”

what is this sound. you don’t like it

I’m not asking you to play by looking at me.

Just like a normal cat, I have no idea what this guy is really thinking.