Salve I see lots making comments about this or over hyping so figured would read it then relate reality
. I know from personal experience when I started to write zones for MUDs it was a horrible journey for many reasons. I had a lot of politics to deal with, people were very jealous of me since my first zone was one of the most popular on any MUD it was ever on. I wrote that myself as a 3 part series, though I didn't know how to use the editor or anything so I had my friend do work on it as well. Everything was me as it relates to map, names, items, stats, he did the descriptions or other parts while we worked together on the color scheme to where we can agree. That started a lot of problems since they claimed my items or stats were too good, they even went so far as to alter our colors on various mobs or items. I was told newbie zone makers should stick to making newbie zones, even though it was instantly the most popular zone ever on that MUD. I told them to pull it, players went berserk, so some no name managed to get a high level quality zone against all those trying to prevent it. After that any zone I would do they would reject harshly, complain that items or stats were too good, anything even though it was better than 99% of any zone on the MUD. I knew every single item, zone, I would even confront them on stats causing them to downgrade their own over powered EQ against my wishes
. I took every single negative comment that had any validity to improve my making or structure of the zones to raise to a professional level. I followed every rule or protocol that was determined to make it where it should be even though other zones makers wouldn't but they were able to put in all these zones loaded w/ BS EQ... While every single item or stat I did was constantly changed or complained about causing me to edit zones over and over. Long story short it got to point anything I edited or released became a huge hit making other gods jealous saying it made them look bad or lazy. They got jealous so they conspired to get rid of me. It got to point they told me flat out we don't want you only your zones or work. Programmers who had never written a zone or had any idea what were doing were deciding to edit my stuff or do as they wanted. Not to mention making code to random drop EQ w/ insane stats but would go after every item I made
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I personally soured on creative writing never wanting to create something great somebody would edit or alter etc. I had people say stuff can't even imagine, I think the editor in this story was great... He did everything he could to tell this heartless guy what was needed to write or create the manga... Talent isn't enough you need to have character. I can tell from looking around his place he isn't creative, look at the guy from Hunter X Hunter in some famous pictures sometime. You would have all sorts of random papers or drawings all over the place, it would be a mess, nobody creative tends to be neat. Instead of gaining character, learning things about life, he kept looking for the easy win or waited for it to fall into his lap. I want to be clear I blame him for failing, before I get into a more positive comment relating to him.
He did learn something from all those times getting rejected just like me. He knew how to word things or structure them better than the female author would have. He had a better idea how to arrange everything, cut the words down or make it more compelling emotional etc... He had to cut down like 7 pages, he removed certain characters or scenes. Everything that he did might be the reason it was so well including having his friends help him make it better before it was published. Its like when I did my first zone, I learned a lot from my friend at the time to make the zones, do the colors, tricks to paste things to alter them later etc. I would often say something like the student has become the master the circle is complete to taunt him. She might have had a great concept that 10 years later was good enough to be in a manga that was missing anything he recognized in it. I'm not sure it would have been published right now, perhaps his changes made it better than her printed version. If you alter something enough its no longer stealing it... Black Clover has an issue where guy is clearly probably a mashup or The Blog/Toad from Marvel going back to Silver/Bronze/Copper era. Its different enough to where its not a big deal, writers do this stuff all the time including movies. You might turn 1 character into 3 when adapting a book for example to display the various sides in detail. I'll see if he can sustain his writing or stealing from the future
. It will be funny if the names change on them to reflect he is the author now
. I think one panel the manga eats the manga they leave for him?
That said I don't see this lasting as long as even the Bone Collection or whatever people are just laughing at me for even posting I'm sure
. I can see that in the next 10 years over this which will be really hard to sustain the story for 50-100+ issues. I think the art is pretty good, I'm not sure it will be something that can be kept up each week though? I personally looking at it would have a hard time doing it if I was an artist
. Is each week going to be him stealing from another author or just keep taking from this female's ideas 10 years later? The guy was getting the truth, if not willing to spend hours toiling each day or week then he wont make it in manga industry. People want to be a movie star, then they realize most of it is standing around a set for hours doing nothing. Making movies, doing animation, things that might love can be horrible to actually make or be involved in. The pressure will just build each week for him to keep things up or sustain everything. For people that want to write a manga, create them in any form, I would clip everything the editor told him and learn
. I remember in Escape from Damnaria or whatever the guy drew a picture of a dog that I thought looked great. The inmate teaching the other guy to draw or create art instantly asked him where was the light coming from or shadow whatever. People who can't write or draw lack depth even if on the surface it looks great to the casual observer who can't do it. I could be wrong, maybe it will end up the top Anime or Manga within 10 years
. Will this be like Quantum Leap or something haha, where its the same story each time only he leaps in the end usually always
? Is the story going to explain why this happens, is it going anywhere, is him altering the future gong to cause problems etc...