1983 Past Life Manga King

“Hey! How’s my ranking? If you stop, you will get quite a lot of recognition in Japan. And this book sold quite a bit. Because you are with them, your eyes are needlessly high!”

After screaming like that, he immediately turned to Ryutani and asked in Japanese.

“You don’t think so?”

“······Yeah?”

Ryutani’s expression turned into bewilderment.

In the meantime, I’ve been working hard on Korean, so now I can barely understand the language I need for life and speak quite a bit.

However, it seems that most of them did not understand the words properly, thanks to the fast-paced chattering between the two of them.

Then, Daebong Lee kindly summarized and explained the story I had written in Japanese. Then, as she listened to the story, Ryutani made a strange expression.

Lee Dae-bong, who saw it, asked Ryutani.

“What is it? After all, I’m Japanese, so I’m embarrassed, right?”

“Oh, no. It’s not like that.”

“then?”

“I was a little surprised because it was a story I had never thought about.”

Having said that, he soon resumed speaking.

“Actually, I often felt that the screws in Japan today were a little loose. Things are going so well, it just feels like the whole country is going crazy.”

Oh, this guy has a good sense.

You seem to have noticed that now is the time when the bubble is slowly filling up.

“If you look at Blade Runner, you can see Japanese geisha on the big screen, and the Japanese color on the billboard is deep. It is clear that the United States is also wary of Japan through such films. And I’ve seen a movie before, and it also showed that American workers were angry with Japan. So, I thought it might be a bit dangerous as it is.”

“Well, if there are people who do well, there are bound to be people who are jealous of them. Could it be that you are too sensitive?”

“It may be. Anyway, I don’t think Japan will enjoy this kind of boom in the future. Like Akira in Otomo-sensei’s manga, I also think that a chaotic situation may come to Japan.”

It’s surprising.

I usually thought that the story of Samsara’s Gaiden had a lot of hopeless parts, but it seems that he has always had this thought.

“I don’t really want that to happen.”

I guess so.

Because there is no writer who really wants to perish just because he painted the future of destruction.

But looking at Ryutani like that, Daebong Lee laughed out loud.

“Why, why?”

“Usually, he doesn’t talk much, and he only does what Seon-hee and Kyung-hee tell him to do, so I didn’t think much of it. It’s surprising.”

“Hey, I dream of becoming a story writer.”

“Yeah.”

Saying that, Daebong Lee laughed.

Then Silver spoke as if tossing it at Ryutani.

“Even active story writers are stupid, so it’s difficult to be reassured about that.”

“Ah yes.”

“What? dumbass? Hey Silver you! Are you talking about me?”

“I didn’t mean to pinpoint anyone in particular, but if the thief gets mad.”

“Hey!”

*

From the next day, Seon-hee started working on the story in earnest.

Still, I personally checked the settings of the car, the city of the future, and the electronics that appear in the story in the middle.

While listening to my explanation, Seon-hee also draws pictures in the practice book for the setting book.

As soon as I started working on the storyline, I thought that I needed to make the story a little more detailed than I thought, so I re-edited a few places little by little.

Especially battle scenes that appear as scenes from the past, or military uniforms.

If Seon-hee tried to draw a car with a very bizarre style because of the idea of ​​the future, I helped make it a little more realistic.

As close as possible to the future I remember.

At the same time, some places added imagination to give the feeling of the future.

Thanks to this, Seon-hee had to learn the background settings separately from me.

Even the settings that you don’t know if they will appear or not.

However, it also depicts the realistic fact that there are many pachinko arcades as in Japan.

Since the setting work is carried out at the same time as the continuity work, there are surprisingly many places to touch.

It was me, of course, because it was the future I experienced, so I didn’t really think much of it, but come to think of it, there are many things that people of this age are completely unfamiliar with.

In particular, the computer is based on Windows, and the phone is also a smartphone.

I’ve heard of virtual worlds, but I don’t have any specific knowledge of how it works.

So I made that part as futuristic as possible.

Based on a movie based on a virtual experience I saw when I was living.

I work so hard on the storyline and setting, but Seonhee glances at me once in a while.

“Why?”

“Also, my brother is great. I can’t even think of it this way.”

I’m like the original

It’s just because I’ve had a lot of experience.

Still, I couldn’t say that, so I just laughed.

And it wasn’t until the evening of the next day that the storyline and the overall setting were roughly finished. Considering Seon-hee’s speed, it was impossible.

unacceptable future (3)

a few days later.

Jiro came for the first time after graduation.

She wants to hear about the new work and see it for herself.

It was the time when the 3rd episode was completed by drawing.

After reading the drafted manuscript three times, Jiro finally put the manuscript down on the table.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“The story is quite … unconventional. It was completely unexpected.”

Such a reaction was somewhat expected. Because Jiro is Japanese.

I didn’t really know how to use it, but after writing it, I thought it might have been influenced by something, so I thought about it, and I remember reading an article about a similar Japanese novel a long time ago.

Of course, considering the current era, it’s not a novel yet, but anyway, it was quite interesting because it was about the North Korean army landing on the Japanese mainland.

Of course, I didn’t read it, but the content is quite different. Anyway, I said that the book was quite shocking when it came out.

That was in the 2000s, so it may be more difficult to accept now that it is still in the 80s.

“Still, a story like this will get a lot of attention. As a person in charge, not a Japanese person, I think this kind of work is very good. Of course, there are many people who find it uncomfortable, but there is a lot of room for it to become an issue.”

At that time, Daebong Lee, who was listening to the story, intervened.

“Honestly, I think this is going to be a lot of swearing. Akagi-san thinks so too, right?”

“Oh, what. I don’t know. I think a lot of people still remember those days.”

Well, the time now was roughly 40 years ago, so most Japanese people in their mid-50s probably remember it.

“You mean that middle-aged people will feel uncomfortable? How dare you guys do it.”

When Lee Dae-bong spoke with a subtle expression, Silver intervened this time.

“Don’t talk nonsense, just stay still. Why do you keep interrupting the conversation between the two of you?”

“You don’t interfere. Anyway, this is going to be a big problem someday. It doesn’t go away if you keep hiding it.”

“Who is missing? I’m telling you to shut up now. Why are you making the atmosphere so heavy!”

Usually, silver makes it heavy and Lee Dae-bong makes it light, but today it was the opposite.

Lee Dae-bong clicked his tongue as if he felt that way.

“Sheesh.”

In fact, there is a reason why Daebong Lee is a bit sharper on this issue.

As I’ve heard at first glance, it seems that Lee Dae-bong’s grandfather was mobilized for forced labor in Japan during the Japanese colonial period, and was mobilized to Sakhalin, and has not returned since.

Although Lee Dae-bong is now disloyal from his family, he will still be sensitive to the history of his family.

Anyway, maybe that’s why he likes Japan because of manga, but on the other hand, he tends to take such issues seriously.

Is there any pain in Lee Dae-bong’s smile that always smiles?

Anyway, Lee Dae-bong, who had just set the blade, quickly returned to his original expression.

“Mr. Akagi. I said it without thinking, so don’t worry too much.”

Saying that, he smiled as usual.

“It’s a fact that you know everything you don’t think about, so you don’t have to explain it.”

“Hey, Silver! you!”

* * *

Boy Hero editorial board meeting room.

On the central table are several copies of the drawing manuscript.

The team leader and above gathered to talk about Sunny’s new work, and there was a heated debate for a while.

No, rather than an argument, most of them were against the serialization.

“It’s a little bit like this. I’d rather not know if it was the US or the Soviet Union who occupied it, but South Korea or North Korea…”

“Yes. And it’s our boys’ magazine. I don’t know if it’s rather lewd, but there are a lot of problems with this kind of story.”

“Isn’t it the same in the youth magazine? If it’s Sunny’s new work, people would welcome it with open arms and legs, but if it’s something like this, I think they would react similarly.”

“This new work does not fit the readership, and even the right people will feel uncomfortable. Right now, I am very uncomfortable with this cartoon.”

Then the deputy editor flashed his eyes and said:

“I am not asking for your position. Think about it and tell me.”

“Ah yes. Sorry.”

The deputy editor, who saw that, looked back at the editor who was sitting in the center. The editor just folded his arms and closed his eyes.

He looked at him and carefully opened his mouth.

“Anyway, this new work is a bit harsh in my opinion. It’s just material that won’t be well received by the young or adult media. Especially when our boy hero is growing up like now, it’s a little bit too much to serialize a manga like this…”

Hearing the story, the editor opened his eyes. Then he looked at his side.

Jiro looked at him with a nervous expression.

The editor opened his mouth.

“Everyone says this is what they think, but what about you?”

Jiro, who had been silent until now, answered the editor’s question with a firm expression.

“As a manager, I think it’s worth doing. Of course, it will be a big shock, but I think there should be at least one such work.”

Then the other team leaders intervened.

“This is not just a shock. Self-esteem, self-esteem. As I said before, if it becomes a colony, I will understand that, not South Korea or North Korea. So, the manga becomes uncomfortable for the readers.”

“I think there should be inconvenient cartoons.”

“Still, I wonder if Sunny should do it.”

“Is it because you’re Korean?”

“…not necessarily like that.”

Then the deputy editor came in.

“Come on, calm down. And why are you leaving? Now, the editor-in-chief asked Team Leader Akagi.”

“······Sorry.”

As he bowed his head slightly, the deputy editor looked back at the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief asked Jiro again when the meeting room became quiet.

“Team Akagi, if that’s the case, would you have thought so if you weren’t in charge?”

Jiro nodded his head at the editor’s question.

“That’s right.”

“okay?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, so am I.”

At that time, everyone’s eyes turned to the editor.

“Still, most people think this way, so it’s difficult to draw conclusions easily.”

Having said that, the editor fell into thought again.

* * *

A few days later, I got a call from Jiro.

However, there seems to have been some talk within the editorial department about this new work.

In fact, it was quite noisy, not a little.

– There was a lot of objection among the team leaders, saying that the background setting was too radical. The editor-in-chief and the deputy editor have different opinions. I was still judging that this was too unreasonable to accept.

“So, has the conclusion been drawn?”

– Yeah.

“how?”

Jiro, who paused for a moment at my question, opened his mouth again.

– It was difficult to serialize, and it was decided that we should only do it as a short story. Of course, there were many objections, but it was decided as the editor-in-chief decided that.

“A short story?”

– Yeah. And it’s about making a decision after seeing the reaction.

If the results of the short story are good, we will decide to serialize it.

However, there was such an atmosphere within the editorial department just by setting the background of the content, and it is questionable whether this will lead to a serialization.

Why not be satisfied with just one short story?

“Then this manga has been rejected.”

– Rather than a companion…

After saying that, Jiro stopped and immediately sighed.

– Yeah. I think so. To decide to serialize a manga with that scale into a short story…

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Because I didn’t think that all the new works would be accepted.”

– ·········.

Of course, being rejected like this is not a very good feeling.

Anyway, I was well aware that there were still some difficult stories to tell.

“I understand for now.”

– No facets.

“You don’t have to, Akagi-san. To be honest, my problem was that I didn’t expect this to happen.”

– Sorry.

After finishing the conversation and hanging up the phone, I took a deep breath.

And even though I am a successful cartoonist now, I have come to know for sure that there are many limitations.

Silver was staring at me like that.

“I mean, that’s unacceptable.”

“I will. Probably because they think that they have an absolute advantage in economic power or anything, even in a country that was once a colony.”