Great Mangaka

At noon, Miyuki, in an employee uniform, observed the sticker wall outside the store.

"Mirai-sensei's new manga, Inuyasha, is good, but I didn't expect it to be a work about time travel."

"This manga is really attractive, the characters are beautiful, and the setting is incredibly beautiful, but is the era the Sengoku period? Why did the miko wear ancient white costumes? Wasn't that determined by the Heian period?"

"The Heian period only set the standard. No one said that miko from the past couldn't wear white clothes."

"+1 upstairs, but I'm surprised that the male protagonist seems like a villain this time."

The sticker wall was buzzing about Mirai-sensei's new manga. Miyuki understood the meaning of Takumi's words from more than ten days ago. 'It turned out that he wanted to draw a manga with a miko, and she offered him this opportunity.'

It's hard for Inuyasha to be unpopular. Now those who were shouting "Jiang Lang's talent has run out!" were speechless!

Miyuki felt relieved. Shōjo Manga also launched a new series today, but its sales are much lower than Weekly Shōjo Manga's. She even suspected that this magazine would no longer be able to maintain its original leadership.

"Miyuki, are you looking at the sticker wall again?"

The manager of the manga section came out and said with a smile: "Are you so interested in the mangaka with the same name?"

After becoming a formal employee and getting along with him for a few months, Miyuki was no longer afraid of the old manager, not to mention it was still her break time. She turned around and said with a smile: "Manager, have the Weekly Shōjo Manga sales started?"

"Not yet, it might be sold out." The manager approached her and looked at the sticker wall: "I think I already talked to you. Do you think I was right? That mangaka is a big shot now."

The store manager nodded and said with excitement: "But the truth is, I didn't expect him to become famous so quickly."

In his career of over half a century, no star or figure had been able to achieve what Mirai-sensei achieved. It only took him two months to go from being ignored to being the center of attention, shocking the world. Genius is, undoubtedly, a terrible thing.

"Miyuki, what do you think of the manga Inuyasha?" the store manager asked. Miyuki thought for a moment and said: "The content is a little short, the plot hasn't developed yet, and I don't understand what the story will be about. The progress is too slow compared to Detective Conan."

She is a fan of Mirai-sensei, but her evaluation is very objective.

The store manager laughed and said: "But if you say so, how do you explain the sales of this manga?"

The store was full of excited female readers, and shouts could be heard from time to time.

"It's very simple."

Miyuki raised her eyebrows and confidently replied: "The image is very beautiful." Although it's not very impactful, the overall effect is excellent. Mirai-sensei's painting of mountains and forests is fascinating. His paintings are better than they were two months ago.

"Indeed."

The store manager nodded: "The images of the new work are better than those of Detective Conan. Tatsuryū Publishing has recently promoted content as king, but Mirai-sensei used paintings to tell the truth: manga are paintings, after all, and the quality of the images determines many aspects."

He sighed softly. 'In his opinion, Mirai-sensei has elevated his paintings to a very high level, which makes the story of Inuyasha no longer so urgent. It is worth noting that the excellent paintings give Mirai-sensei enough time to tell the story without having to complete the explanation of the first episode.'

The young author has ascended higher and higher in the field of manga, like strolling through a garden, snapping his fingers, and pouring out the beautiful scenery of elegant ink and wash. The beginning of Inuyasha is wonderful. It no longer tells a story, but shows a mysterious and mythical ancient world.

"Young people are always ambitious..."

The store manager shook his head. 'This new work showed Mirai-sensei's ambition. The young man definitely didn't want to be limited to the existing manga model. From the beginning, it's not difficult to find the main theme of Inuyasha. In the future, it's about combat, which is definitely not the content that girls' manga should focus on.'

"Detective Conan has many female fans, and perhaps Inuyasha will also have many male fans. Obviously, Mirai-sensei doesn't want to be limited by either genre. The reason it's not serialized in Weekly Shōnen is that the store manager suspects it's a countermeasure by Hinotori Publishing to balance the sales of the two magazines."

Any intelligent person can realize this, but it also means that Mirai-sensei needs to take risks. Inuyasha is his adventurous work, not only because he must get female readers to accept combat, but also to build a broad worldview in manga, which is much more difficult than telling a story.

Takumi certainly takes risks.

In the evening, he sat on a campus bench reading Weekly Shōnen under the bright streetlights.

The original Inuyasha manga wasn't good at first, and the drawing style was relatively poor, and it later became beautiful. However, Takumi's Inuyasha is perfect. He transformed the worldview and injected an aura into the manga with a mountainous landscape similar to the depiction of immortals. It is an ethereal and profound aura that also adds mystery to the story.

However, saying that the image is the reason for its popularity is a serious mistake.

The fairy-like miko, the war-torn ancient times, the beautiful landscapes, the handsome monster hero... all of these are elements that existing manga lack, and it is the new ideas and mystery that make the reader's gaze shine.

Novelty and mystery are Mirai-sensei's greatest strengths. These two elements are fundamental to attracting readers, beyond the story. The image is just one element to achieve this and, moreover, an easy place to mislead.

"How many people can see through it?"

Takumi thought. He closed the magazine and turned his head to look to one side: "Why didn't you say you were here?"

At some point, Shiori stood under the street light. She carried many gifts in her hands and had cream residue on her neck. Her birthday had just passed in class.

"I saw you were focused on reading, so I didn't bother you." Shiori smiled slightly. The image of Takumi reading crossed her mind. It was the first time she had found him so quiet.

"It would be great if he could always be so quiet..."

Shiori involuntarily thought. She found quiet boys particularly elegant.

However, the next instant, Takumi stood up, put the magazines in a bag, and handed it to Shiori: "Here, a birthday gift."

"Didn't I tell you I didn't want it?"

Shiori frowned slightly; she didn't want to use the money Takumi earned from working.

"It's not a big deal, a few drinks and magazines, less than 1,000 yen in total." Takumi put the bag in Shiori's hand and said goodbye with a smile: "I'm leaving, goodbye."

"Wait, how was your midterm exam?"

Shiori looked at his retreating back and couldn't help but shout: "Do you want me to help you with tutoring?"

Midterm exams are in the next two days. Shiori was very worried that Takumi would be expelled if he didn't do well on the exam, but Takumi waved his hand without looking back.

"Thanks, but no."