1983 Past Life Manga King

“In the past, would you honestly have decided to sell 2.5 million copies?”

“Yeah… well, it’s not.”

“Then Nakaya-san must be the variable.

At those words, the head of the publishing house frowned and put another cigarette in his mouth.

“I am anxious.”

*

The executives gathered in the conference room were astonished.

“Three million copies?”

“This is ridiculous! Three million copies, 2.5 million copies is not a small amount!”

“Yes! This is a bunch!”

“More than that, even if you make that decision now, it’s difficult to get an additional 500,000 copies!”

“You can’t make an irrational number to win a jump.”

“Can’t we just increase it by 1-2 thousand copies instead?”

“10,000 copies is enough, 10,000 copies.”

The executives were reacting in different ways, but the story was the same.

that it’s impossible

However, despite such a reaction, Izumi did not show any change in expression.

And she soon turned her gaze to her vice president, who was sitting closest to her.

“You think so?”

“After all, 3 million copies seems too much. Your boss will feel the same way.”

The president, Hiroyuki Mitsuda, did not attend the meeting.

He was now selling sales around Europe.

Thanks to the popularity of Mitsuda Shoten’s manga, especially Samsara, they were selling Machine Gun Jack while promoting other manga as well.

said Izumi.

“Okay, I called. I wasn’t particularly against it.”

“Yeah?”

“Sa, the boss didn’t object?”

“Is that true?”

When her executives asked in amazement, Izumi shrugged her shoulders lightly.

“Yeah. I said it seemed a little too much, though.”

“Does that mean you’re against it?”

“I feel the same way.”

Even in that atmosphere, Izumi’s expression did not change.

Rather, she looked at everyone with a more confident expression on her face.

“It was the nuance, the nuance. It wasn’t the opposite at all.”

“No, though….”

The vice president, who was listening then, opened his mouth.

“I think so. If you were against it, you would have been more active.”

At those words, the executives put on an expression on the back of the head by a person they trusted.

The executives shouted in furious voices.

“No, Vice President!”

“If even the vice president says that…”

“Three million copies make no sense to anyone!”

“The crowd! swarm!”

The executives trembled, but the vice president looked at Izumi without much change in his expression.

Izumi, who met the vice president’s gaze, raised one corner of his mouth.

“After all, there were people who believed in me, so I was able to travel around Europe with such ease.”

“You’re not very comfortable walking around….”

“Anyway, this has been decided. Well then, I am.”

Saying so, Izumi got up from his chair.

“No, if you just go like this…”

The executive who was talking with Izumi jumped up from his seat stopped.

because of her sharp eyes.

At that moment, others were about to say something, but they looked at Izumi and bit her mouth.

Suddenly, silence flows.

Izumi, who looked back at those executives, immediately moved her steps.

The sound of her footsteps echoed through the quiet conference room.

The eyes of the executives are twitching and moving around.

She said Izumi, who had arrived at the door.

“Guroda.”

The door opened.

An old man outside opened the door and stepped out.

As Izumi was about to go through her door, Izumi stopped her and looked around her conference room again.

The sound of swallowing was heard in the quiet conference room.

She looked at it with satisfaction, and then she turned back and went away, and she closed the door.

And as she moved away from the conference room, the room became noisy again.

Izumi left the sound behind and walked down her hallway.

She then looked back and she said to the old man.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Go back to the hotel.”

“Yes sir. miss.”

But suddenly, Izumi’s steps stopped.

The old man stopped her steps and looked at Izumi.

She thought Izumi for a moment and then she said.

“Oh, and call me now.”

“Where are you talking about?”

“that person.”

The old man nodded his head with a look of understanding.

“Ah yes. Okay.”

Then he immediately took the phone out of his little bag.

King of Comic Books (3)

“Three hundred… ten thousand?”

I opened my mouth.

I feel like my chin is on the floor like a gag character in an American cartoon.

Even in the midst of this, I think

me too

By the way, Izumi on the other side of the phone answered with a voice that ate her laughter as if she liked my reaction.

-Ok.

“No, but 3 million is too much, isn’t it?”

It’s not overdone.

go too far.

So much so that I think it’s crazy.

– Did you hear me? The story of boy jumping.

“no.”

But the moment you say jump, there is nothing to be expected.

That’s Dragon Ball.

– It’s Dragon Ball.

Also.

This is probably the moment when the 17th volume is about to be released.

Volume 17 is the part that moves on to Dragon Ball Z.

So, the story begins when Goku is an alien and his older brother, Raditz, comes to Earth.

Well. That part was fun.

The fight with Freezer that follows is probably the part that I personally enjoyed the most.

However, as far as I know, it must be a little less than 2 million copies.

– Aren’t you curious?

“I think I know a little bit about it.”

-uh? Really? Did you know that it sold 2.5 million copies? Information is fast.

“Yeah?”

250 million copies?

Really?

As far as I know, I knew it was less than 2 million copies.

“Is it really 2.5 million copies?”

-Ok.

“Are you sure?”

-Well, to be precise, tens of thousands of copies may have sold a little less… Is more accurate than that? The fact that 2.5 million copies were printed and almost sold out is important.

“·················ogue.”

It greatly exceeded the number of copies sold for the first edition of Dragon Ball that I remember.

To be honest, it wasn’t that Dragon Ball hasn’t changed at all.

Because there were some scenes that were different from my memories in detail.

However, overall, there was little difference in serial speed or content. Therefore, the sales volume was not much different from memory.

But suddenly, from 17 volumes to 2.5 million copies.

“Then why did you decide to buy 3 million copies?”

-Yes. That’s because we pulled out 250,000 copies from that. We have to go further. There were quite a few pictures taken before.

“At that time, you were doing a little too much advertising. And it wasn’t even sold out.”

-It’s your own work, so why aren’t you confident?

“Yeah?”

– It’s more fun than last time. But why are you so scared?

Are you afraid?

It’s ridiculous and I laugh out loud.

“I have confidence in the story. However, this is no gamble. Isn’t this business? Does it make sense to just shoot for fun?”

-Business is our specialty. Why are you worrying about that over there?

“It’s a business, so let me ask you one thing.”

– Try it.

“What do the publishers say?”

-Yeah…

Suddenly, Izumi hesitates.

A development that is almost understandable.

“Are you against it a lot?”

– Well, I won’t say I didn’t. No, I did a lot of what you said.

Also.

-But the people who opposed it are mostly executives who don’t know much

“Isn’t Nakaya-san an executive too? And I am not an expert.”

– But the owner did not object.

“Are you the boss?”

-Ok. It seems like you thought it was possible enough, like me.

It’s surprising.

President Hiroyuki seemed pretty cool about his business.

Maybe he was just as reckless as Izumi?

He thought again and shook his head.

Because it never felt that way.

-Anyway, it was decided that way, so I called you to know in advance.

“·················ogue.”

-By the way······.

Suddenly, Izumi’s voice became harsh.

-Isn’t that too much?

“What do you mean?”

– That’s right. It’s a challenge for 3 million copies by acknowledging that manga, but what if the person in question opposes it like that?

Suddenly there is nothing to say.

I heard it and it’s true.

– It is the company that takes risks and ventures. You just have to work hard on drawing cartoons. Oh, I’m not drawing. Anyway, you can make it work hard. Am I wrong?

“Whatever it is, though.”

– Look. Thinking so myself.

“But I mean, because a decision that is too reckless can damage the company……”

After a moment’s silence at my words, Izumi opened her mouth again.

– Aren’t you ignoring me too much?

“Yeah?”

-I’m afraid I’ll go bankrupt if there’s stock?

Of course not.

From her point of view, it would be like a joke with pennies.

Still, from her point of view, what I’m doing doesn’t make sense.

Of course, I don’t know exactly if that’s for me.