/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Very interesting meeting. I met with the editor for Black Clover. He was very very impressed by the art and character design for both. As well as the camera work, particularly in the action scenes.

He preferred Alice over TS, by a lot, and was adamant about a Shounen Jump debut, as for what he recommended, but he said Alice was too long, to cut it down to 45 pages, same exact one shot, and make Alice "more empathetic for the Japanese feeling."

Another obstacle he cited was my Japanese, he said I have to improve a lot more before I can become a mangaka, but that Visa status wouldn't be an issue if I got rensai. He suggested I continue to work as an English teacher until I finally debut, that way my Japanese improves and I continue to make manga. He said to come back with the ideas better worked out, again being very interested in Alice, and he gave me his card.

He also said, other foreigners have come to Shueisha before, but they've all been instantly rejected due to their lack of Japanese, but he said given my current level, and how quickly I got to this level, as well as how high the quality of my work was, they're willing to give me a shot. Age is a factor though, he said I'm on the borderline given the intense workload, but he said, Weekly Jump debut is what he suggests.

Aight, well the script for Alice is 100% finished if you guys wanna read it. It's also been translated (and actually reads better in Japanese imo). The name is... about 70% done, I'm at the fight at the climax now, should be done by Tuesday maybe? I'll dump the pages for that once we hit bump limit though, just cause I don't wanna be selfish and use up the last few remaining bumps ITT for that.

Here's the script if anyone wants to read it though, 22 pages total:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A69KUFbDZtwvT8CVBz9THr39BzR-F759ytTf-tLnFvU/edit?usp=sharing

That aside, the script for Tiger Square is coming along well, and the name is like 70% done, as is the script. It'll be a lot shorter, and a lot more comedic, clocking in at about... 25ish manga pages total I'd say.

I'll be hanging out with Daisuke on Monday, and I'll be making the app for Shueisha then, either Wed the 2nd or the 9th. See what they say and so on... Since I have it in Japanese too, I'm gonna pass the name around a few friends, see what they think, etc... I'm pretty excited desu, let's see how this plays out.