God Descends the Second Element

Time passed slowly, and Wednesday arrived in the blink of an eye.

For Wang Hao, these days have been very peaceful and uneventful. Everything he has to do is progressing smoothly according to plan, and little news from the outside world has reached his ears.

In Shueisha's editorial department, in addition to the original editors, there was also an uninvited guest. Masahiko Ibaraki, the current editor of "Jump SQ", was invited to the meeting as an exception today.

In the middle was Shueisha's current president, Horiuchi Marue. He glanced at the time on his watch, then raised his head and scanned the people sitting in the conference room. After confirming that no one was missing, he said calmly: "Today. There are two pieces of good news and two pieces of bad news. Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news?"

"President Horiuchi, please start with the good news."

Editor-in-chief Matsumoto raised his hand and expressed his opinion. Horiuchi Marue nodded. Seeing that no one had any other expressions, he continued to speak slowly: "The good news is that last week's weekly jump sales were higher than when Bleach was being serialized. It’s not bad at all, and even sells a little more.”

Hearing this, everyone showed a look of relief. The sales crisis of Weekly Jump has been a big problem recently.

Although it seems that sales should be related to cartoonists and have nothing to do with editors, this is not the case.

Comic sales also represent the performance of editors, especially in Shueisha, the industry's leading editorial department, where there is never a shortage of excellent editors.

If an editor's performance is very poor, there is no doubt that he will be transferred to another branch by Shueisha, and may even face the crisis of being fired, because to a large extent, the editor in charge and the cartoonist himself have no relationship. They all have an inseparable relationship with comics.

Why does every cartoonist need a dedicated editor? This is just to allow the editor to ask the cartoonist to work hard and discuss the next content with the cartoonist!

It can be said that one is prosperous and both are prosperous, and one is deprived of both.

If the cartoonist's cartoon quality is not good, then what awaits the cartoonist is that the cartoonist's work will be cut in half, and the editor responsible for his work will have points deducted in the impression of the leader. If the editor's performance at Shueisha has not improved for a long time, then it will Was transferred to other divisions.

Relatively speaking, if the editors of other branches perform well, they will be transferred from the branch to Shueisha. Ayano Iida is a good example. She performed well in the original branch and was quickly transferred to Shueisha. Department, and all the way to the position of editor-in-chief.

Horiuchi Marue turned to look at Ibaraki Masahiko and Ida Ayano next to him, with a faint smile on his face, and said: "There is another good news related to Editor-in-Chief Iida and Editor-in-Chief Ibaraki. I think everyone knows it. "Jump SQ" serialized on the 4th of this month, the sales volume reached 500%! It is five times the usual "Jump SQ", let us give you the warmest applause!!"

Snap, snap, snap—! ! !

As soon as he finished speaking, Horiuchi Marue took the lead in applauding, and the other editors present also applauded without hesitation. As the parties involved, Iida Ayano and Ibaraki Masahiko smiled and bowed to everyone.

Ibaraki Masahiko is really happy. Since he voluntarily left Shueisha's weekly Jump and transferred Shueisha's editor-in-chief, Ibaraki Masahiko has concentrated on being the editor-in-chief of "Jump SQ", and "Jump SQ" is in his hands. The popularity is also much better than before.

At least many comic fans know that the fourth of every month is the day when "Jump SQ" is serialized.

"Jump SQ" serializes many themes and has good-quality comics, but the sales volume has always been at an above-average level. This time, because of the serialization of the 5 Centimeters Per Second comic version, the sales volume of "Jump SQ" has already broken through the sky. The sales volume has increased five times, and the results are incredible. It has almost caught up with Weekly Jump. The sales volume between the two is actually about the same. You must know that this week's Weekly Jump has a full-time series by Mr. Yoshihiro Togashi. Hunter, and Weekly Jump itself is Neon’s best-selling comic magazine.

To be able to catch up with this sales volume, you can imagine how terrifying the sales volume of "Jump SQ" this week is.

In fact, the fact that "Jump SQ" was so popular on the 4th of this month was completely beyond Masahiko Ibaraki's expectations. Even all the editors present did not expect it. Now many Shueisha editors regret it.

It is precisely because of this terrifying sales volume and the demand of the majority of comic fans that Masahiko Ibaraki contacted the printing house and published several subsequent batches of "Jump SQ" for sale.

The reason why "Jump SQ" is selling so well is everyone's guess. It can be said that most of the people who bought this issue of "Jump SQ" are going for the 5 Centimeters Per Second comic version. This is absolutely true. exaggerate!

Moreover, the age distribution of the readers who buy it is also very exaggerated. From elementary school students to senior citizens in their 60s and 70s, they all come to read the 5 Centimeters per Second comics.

This comic attracted great attention as soon as it appeared. Not only in Neon, but also in areas such as China and America, everyone knew about this comic adapted from the novel.

With its unparalleled, dreamlike and beautiful painting style, coupled with the plot that makes people feel suffocating and melancholy, the comic version of Five Centimeters Per Second is currently in the industry. Everyone has almost forgotten that this is a comic, and some people even Consider it a work of art! !

It can be said that the storm of the Second Five comic version has spread to the world. These days, the sales volume of "Jump SQ" in China, the United States and other regions is several times that of Neon. This is also the reason why Shueisha did not expand the foreign market well, otherwise the sales volume It can be doubled several times.

The foreign market is more than ten times or even dozens of times that of Neon, but it is difficult to break through. Even Shueisha can only open up a small part. However, the overseas sales of this small part are already several times that of Neon's local market. Twice! !

However, there are two creators of this work. One is the original author of Second Five, Mr. Kamizhu, and the other is Mr. Shiina Mashiro, who drew Second Five by hand. Why Second Five is regarded as a manga like a work of art? To a large extent Xanadu is related to the name Mashiro Shiina.

In fact, on the day when Second Five was released, the total number of searches for the name Mashiro Shiina had already ranked first in the world!

People who knew Mashiro Shiina in the past naturally sighed, and other people who knew Mashiro for the first time already regarded her as a goddess. It is true that the works of Second Five are beautiful, but everyone who followed Mashiro on Twitter saw those very daily photos and After reading the previous works, I discovered that the beauty is not only the work, but she herself is like an elf coming out of nature! !