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FireChick
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Man, it's so sad to read this, knowing what happened to Yako. They deserve so much better.
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Zhou-BR
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On one hand, I'm glad Gureishi doesn't seem to be deathly ill as I feared when Somali got cancelled due to their worsening health. On the other, it's disheartening to know they're in such a terrible financial situation that they can't afford to resume the series.
Since I can't see Somali becoming a huge sales hit anytime soon, I wonder if it would be possible for Gureishi to simplify their art style so that they can complete a chapter per month with no need for a big studio filled with assistants. |
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Saeryen
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I really hope they can resume the manga. I quite enjoyed the anime and I want the creator to be able to complete their story.
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The Not so Chosen One
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Sometimes I'm just not that clear as to what kind of health problems these manga authors suffer when they have to take hiatus, or in this case, to outright cancel their manga. Even Togashi's famous explanation about the burnout he felt during Yu Yu Hakusho's run didn't give a good insight to the usual health problems manga authors usually face.
If I have to hazard a guess, it would involve tendonitis, heart and back problems,and vision problems, and I'm not even sure I'm correct given that the internet doesn't have clear answers either. Maybe is Japan's working culture being naturally secretive about people having these issues, but other than that, I hope this author gets the help they need, and can finish the manga in time. It makes you think that manga publishers and the industry overall should take the american comic books approach, where they publish a story chapter once every month. |
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FireChick
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Didn't they already do that before weekly publishing became a thing? |
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lys
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Yes, plenty of manga IS already published in monthly magazines or serializations, outside some of the big shounen/seinen(?) magazines (I'm not sure how frequently this series ran new chapters, but it seems like it was a pretty slow pace if running from 2015-2020 produced 6 volumes). Still, a manga chapter (or a comics chapter) is a lot to produce for a single person even on a monthly basis. I'm guessing that US comics usually have the various positions (writer, pencils, ink, lettering, colour, and anything else) paid by the publisher, but because manga is more of an individual artist's work (which has its own merits) I guess that also has led to putting the burden of hiring additional help on those individual artists, which means a lot bigger up-front costs they have to bear and hope to get paid off if their work is successful enough. I get the impression web-serialized manga is especially unprofitable because publishers may offer those chapters to read for free, so it doesn't generate a whole lot of income even then. I appreciate this artist's transparency in calling attention to just some of the many challenges artists work through in creating the manga and other creative works all of us here love, and I hope this plea is effectual in reviving support for their work! |
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The Not so Chosen One
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I was talking about the authors that make weekly chapters, who are the ones that suffer the most from burnout and other related health issues. |
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SHD
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From what I see from the mangaka I follow on social media, answer is "pretty much anything", really. If they can't sit up straight, hold a pen/stylus, and/or can't properly see what they're drawing they must take a break. Same with anxiety, nervous breakdowns, etc. Thing is, they work so much, and push themselves so far that they often only take a break when they absolutely must, ie. when their health is already worse than it would have been had they taken a break and addressed their issues sooner. As for why the exact health issue is rarely mentioned, it's privacy reasons, mostly... but also it's nobody's business. Some mangaka will tell people what's wrong with them, most will just say they're not in good health and leave it at that.
Not every manga is weekly? There's a ton of monthly releases, or even bi-monthly. But that's still a lot of work. Also, many mangaka don't do just one job, they may do illustration work, or multiple series at the same time, etc. |
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Zhou-BR
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I just checked out Gureishi's Fanbox blog, where they posted some short comics about what they've been up to. In two of them, they mention taking medicine for manic depression. |
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MFrontier
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I'm sad to hear how difficult things are for them now, let alone to resume their manga, and I hope things turn out well.
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Crystalyn
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This might not be the full story of what Gureishi has been going through, but I did want to point out this sentence I wrote in the article, since it looks like many commentors here did not notice this part of the article:
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