My daily life with the Shiina sisters

Imagawa Kaede is full of confidence in the manga "Yu-Gi-Oh!". Its plot and story may not be as good as some manga series such as "Straw Hat Boys," but the commercial value of this manga can be very high.

It is in line with Imagawa Kaede's current needs, and its story is not bad. On the contrary, it can be said to be quite attractive. The history of the game is mentioned at the beginning, which can be traced back to the ancient Egyptian period five thousand years ago. This mysterious plot is still very attractive to the audience.

What’s more important is that it’s not just a comic. How much money can you make by buying comics? Physical cards, adapted into games, etc. are the way to go. Let me ask you, are the card decks from that time still around today?

In fact, according to Imagawa Kaede's idea, if Nintendo here hadn't already made Pokémon, he would have planned to draw it first, Xiaoxia! Use water spray, these...

When Machida Sonoko came back again, there was not much shock. The first few chapters didn't tell any story at all. It was normal for the comic editorial department to simply regard this comic as a mainstream hot-blooded comic.

However, for Imagawa Kaede, it doesn't matter that they don't pay much attention to it. Anyway, Imagawa Kaede holds the adaptation rights of "A Certain Magical Index" and other works in his own hands, and he will definitely work alone in the future. However, for these simple publications, he and Kadokawa can only be said to be mutually beneficial, or in other words, Imagawa Kaede needs Kadokawa's channels to promote these works.

After the pen name "白日の枫" became popular, Imagawa Kaede actually no longer needed Kadokawa's help. Instead, it was Kadokawa who came to them and begged Imagawa Kaede to publish with them.

For these chapters of comics, Fujimi Shobo charges 8000 yen per page of drawings, which is a relatively high price for newcomers. As for royalties, well... this is not a single volume.

To put it simply, many comics are put into one magazine, and some of the unattractive ones are cut off based on readers' feedback. If there are any better ones, they will be published as separate volumes in the future.

Only then will there be royalty income, just like Togashi, the old thief, who takes a break every day but can still make money from copyright and royalties. Popular cartoonists do not make money from manuscripts. Sometimes their weekly royalties are not enough to pay their assistants' hourly wages.

I chatted with editor Machida for a while about "Magic Index" and found out that the sales of the first volume in the first week were not that impressive, probably just over 9k but less than 1k. After all, Imagawa Kaede has never participated in any light novel awards, and not many people know much about the new author "白日の枫". It can be said that if it weren't for Kadokawa's vigorous promotion, the above results would be a bit shaky.

However, since the second week, the results have obviously improved a lot, there have been a lot more discussions on the Internet, and the number of fans on Little Blue Bird has gradually increased. Now the second week has not ended, but everyone thinks that it is not a problem to double the number of fans in the first week.

Imagawa Kaede also decided to wait until the second volume and use the reward he got from the last [Ding~] (see Chapter 66) to cheat.

After declining the lunch invitation from editor Machida, Imagawa Kaede went to Ginza to keep the appointment. It is worth mentioning that Imagawa Kaede's comics affairs are currently also handled by Machida Sonoko. According to Kadokawa's idea, your job is actually not very important, just accompany this gentleman well.

As the car slowly stopped in front of a Japanese restaurant called "Kiriya", Imagawa Kaede followed the waiter into the private room and saw Longzhu Tao putting her cell phone back into her pocket and picking up the tea in front of her.

After the waiter served all the dishes and left, Long Zhutao spoke:

"you are late."

Imagawa Kaede looked at Longzhu Tao who was obviously getting upset and felt a little amused, but he still said deliberately:

"Yeah, if I don't come earlier than Taozi, I'm late."

This statement seems like an admission of guilt, but it is actually a bit irritating, especially when the combiner Imagawa Kaede arrives earlier than the agreed time, making it seem like Longzhu Tao is being unreasonable.

Longzhu Tao naturally understood what Imagawa Kaede said, but she didn't say anything like "Isn't it normal for you to arrive before me?" Instead, she said:

"You arrived at 11:58, but by the time the food was served and we started talking it was already 12:04, so you were 4 minutes late."

Upon hearing this, Imagawa Kaede couldn't help but sit next to her. The private room was designed in Japanese style, with tatami inside and a small table in the middle that could probably seat four people at the same time.

Imagawa Kaede didn't say sorry, nor did he promise to come earlier next time. Instead, he smiled and said:

"I went to Fujimi Shobo this morning. The sales of the first volume of that light novel were not very good. I drew a comic called "Yu-Gi-Oh" using the same pen name, hoping it could be used as a gimmick to boost the sales of that light novel."

Hearing this, Long Zhutao looked into his half-smiling eyes, and the slight dissatisfaction in her heart seemed to disappear. The last time Imagawa Kaede called his mother, she knew that the light novel was written because of her.

(Mahiru thought that Imagawa Kaede pursued his career for her, so she naturally thought that it was written for her.)

She also read the novel and thought it was very good with an attractive story.

More importantly, she knew the secret in the pen name. According to Imagawa Kaede, the "白" in "白日の枫" refers to peach (Japanese peach is white peach). So, putting it before "日" proves that she is much more important in his mind than Shiina Mahiru. After all, Shiina Mahiru is just a fiancée who dropped in unexpectedly, while she is the one who has always been by his side.

As for what Mahiru thinks, Imagawa Kaede is naturally...

Although a young girl far away in England is still asleep at this moment, she still can't help but say that she is going to use Plan C against a certain unscrupulous little loser. If you want to prevent him from appearing, just change the title of the book, why do you have to share the little foreshadowing with others?

Little did he know that this was all Xiao Pujie's protection for him. Why did he come out so early? Did he really want to be cheated by Imagawa Kaede?

Imagawa Kaede said the reason why she went to Fujimi Shobo in the morning was actually very simple. Girls don't want to hear anything like admitting mistakes and making promises. To them, all of your things are equivalent to "definitely next time". Instead of admitting mistakes and making promises, you might as well give some reasons and excuses. Of course, the premise is that your reasons and excuses are related to her.

It's like being late for a date. You can buy her something she likes, such as food, before you come, and then say that you were stuck in line when you bought it for her, or that you took a detour and were stuck in traffic. Of course, it's not like you're admitting your mistake or guaranteeing that it's not good. You're just learning and applying it.

"In fact, the sales volume is already very good. There is no need to tire yourself out. How about I ask them to buy some?"

When Imagawa Kaede heard this, he thought of a group of burly guys each holding a copy of "A Certain Magical Index". Tsk tsk, forget it.