August 25th.
Inside Shadow's studio.
Jin Mu said to Lin Yuan, "The tribe wants to do a column interview for the cartoonists who are about to publish their works on the new website. It's a bit of a promotion for the new works. You don't need to show up in person. It's just a text interview. Can you take it?"
"catch."
Lin Yuan spoke.
Jinmu nodded, and soon after, a tribal comics editor added Lin Yuan's shadow account.
The editor on the other side was very polite: "We have already communicated with Teacher Yingzi's agent. Can we start the interview now?"
Shadow: “Yeah.”
Editor: "I am also a fan of Prince of Tennis. I am really sad to see the end of this manga, but I am also looking forward to the new work of Shadow Teacher. Can you tell the fans some information about the new work?"
Shadow: "The name of the new work is "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma", which is a manga about food."
Editor: "It sounds very appetizing! We know that "The Prince of Tennis" is the work of novelist Chu Kuang, so is the story of the new work written by Yingzi himself?"
Shadow: “Yeah.”
Editor: "Will you feel any pressure as a shadow teacher since this is your first time writing a story yourself?"
Shadow: “Not bad.”
Editor: "Teacher Yingzi is very confident. Since our website is just launched, what are Teacher Yingzi's expectations for the performance of the new work?"
"… "
The interview lasted about fifteen minutes.
The editor's questions were all standard and Lin Yuan didn't feel tired answering them.
But then the editor started gossiping: "Naughty, actually I have a personal question for Teacher Shadow. What is your gender?"
Shadow: "Male."
Editor: "One more piece of gossip, definitely the last one, you seem to have a good relationship with Xianyu and Teacher Chu Kuang, what are their genders?"
Shadow: “These are two questions.”
Editor: “Hahaha, sorry sorry cute.”
Shadow: "All men."
Editor: "I am so happy to see the gossip! Thank you Teacher Yingzi for your answer. It is a buy one get one free deal, n(*≧▽≦*)n!"
Shadow: "Why buy? You obviously didn't pay."
The editor paused for a few seconds before replying: "... Shadow Teacher is really humorous."
Shadow: "My friend said the same thing."
"… "
Twenty minutes.
The text interview is finally over.
Kaneki took a look, confirmed that there were no problems, and nodded, "The interview will be posted tonight. There are also text interviews with other cartoonists."
Lin Yuan nodded.
He didn't take it to heart.
However, Lin Yuan underestimated the gossipy nature of netizens.
That evening.
As the cartoonists' interviews appeared on the Internet, the comment section of Chu Kuang and Xianyu's blogs became lively:
"I told you, a threesome!"
"As expected, all three of them are boys~"
"It's not too surprising actually. Although Mr. Chu Kuang's writing style varies, he looks like a man anyway."
"I was not sure about Mr. Xianyu's gender before, after all, one of his songs was written from a female perspective. Now I understand, Mr. Xianyu has a girl's heart."
"You three are really good friends!"
"Congratulations to Teacher Yingzi for his new work being a big hit, otherwise he would be left behind by Xianyu and Chu Kuang."
"Come on, little transparent one!"
Many fans don’t know much about comics, so they mostly make jokes.
For these people, the greatest value of this interview is that it revealed the genders of Xianyu and Chu Kuang.
…
However, the same interview received a different response from some people in the comics industry.
"Shadow wants to go original?"
“Isn’t he a pure painter?”
"It seems like this is another cartoonist who is unwilling to be a pure artist. Every pure artist seems to have the idea of creating independently..."
“Isn’t the point of food?”
"If Yingzi's new work wasn't about food, I think there might still be a little hope for his new work, but the food theme directly kills 99% of the suspense!"
"Yeah, why would you choose delicious food?"
"Food comics were once very popular, but unfortunately no one is interested in them now. Simply put, this theme is outdated."
"I suggest that Yingzi continue to work with Chu Kuang, otherwise it would be a pity to waste such an amazing pure painter."
"… "
Not only people in the industry thought this was unreliable, even Shadow's fans were a little confused when they learned that Shadow was going to go for original creation.
"No?"
"Teacher Shadow doesn't want to be a pure painter anymore?"
"I think being a pure painter is great. I can focus more on painting and leave the story to the screenwriter..."
"Teacher Shadow, please wake up. The delicious food is out of season!"
"That's right, if Mr. Shadow really wants to create something original, why not just draw a sports-themed one?"
“I strongly recommend painting sports themes!”
"In the field of comics, sports themes still have some potential, and Prince of Tennis also proves that Shadow Sensei is best at this."
"Although I'm not optimistic, I will try my best to support Shadow Teacher."
"It's not like I haven't read the comics drawn by the original artist. The style of drawing is impeccable, but the story is a bit hard to describe."
"… "
Industry insiders and Yingzi’s fans don’t care about the gossip about Xianyu and Chu Kuang. What everyone cares about is Yingzi’s new work.
but…
Seeing that Shadow’s new work was going to go the original route and choose food as the theme, many fans felt like a bucket of cold water was poured on them.
A lot of shadow issues.
But before Shadow, many pure painters had tried to create their own original works, but most of them failed.
Of course, nothing is absolute.
There are also some who have taken the original route and have not failed, but the popularity of their works cannot be compared with the works created by these people as pure painters!
You know, "The Prince of Tennis" is the most popular comic serialized on the blog!
It is difficult for Yingzi to reach the same height through originality, not to mention that he chose the relatively unpopular food theme in the market.
But it's obvious.
Outside opinions cannot affect Shadow's determination.
It’s useless even if many people go to Shadow’s tribe and leave messages.
However, Luo Wei, who is the shadow assistant, is gradually changing her view on "Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma" -
Yes.
With the end of "Prince of Tennis".
Lin Yuan has officially started working on the creation of "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" with Luo Wei!
The creative process is difficult and a time-consuming project.
Because Lin Yuan is going to draw a full-color comic this time!
Only full-color comics can show the characteristics of "Food Wars!!"
What is glowing egg fried rice
How can readers intuitively see how tempting the food in “Food Wars!” is by using colorless gray lines
It was during this process that Luo Wei was attracted to "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma".
When she saw the storyboards and stories provided by Lin Yuan, Luo Wei suddenly felt that this comic might trigger a food trend!
Her passion for painting seemed to be stimulated by the delicious food in the story, and she worked extra hard!