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Chapter 116 The Kubo Era is officially over!
Saturday morning, April 4.

Today should have been Earth Day, and it was considered a peaceful and stable day.

But... for Shueisha, it was a terrible day. The whole company revealed a low atmosphere. It should be said that it has been in this state since the day when it received the news that "Reaper" was about to be cut in half.

Anyone who has a little contact with the comics industry knows that the main comic publishing houses of Neon, Kodansha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan are called the three heroes of manga in the neon publishing industry.

It is also the three most powerful comic publishing houses in the world today!
Hakusensha, which has gradually caught up recently, should not be underestimated. In other words, the relationship between Hakusensha, Shueisha, and Shogakukan has always been a bit complicated since before.

Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha have almost the same influence in Neon’s home country, but if it is said that the publishing house with the greatest influence overseas is Shueisha without a doubt!

Every week, all neon... No, it should be said that it is the major comic fans all over the world. The number of people who have expectations for Weekly Shonen Jump has always been the most.

If you really want to ask the reason, besides the strength of Shueisha itself, the reason is that the influence brought by "Reaper" is too great.

Shueisha, which belonged to the Kubo era, had become an invincible giant in the manga industry at that time, created an incredible industry myth, and inherited the glory to this day.

Of course, even without "Bleach", Shueisha is still one of the three major comic giants in the world. After all, the fans and fame gathered over the years, as well as the world's top comic quality, are already unshakable facts.

Although Neon has thousands of comic publishing houses of the same nature, and once wanted to follow the practice of the three masters, it was just thinking about it in my heart, because what I said had no influence or capital.

If you want to say why, it is also very simple to explain.

The reason why the three masters are able to succeed is because they have years of accumulated background and credit capital that can be squandered at will.

In today's era, or in any era, the most valuable thing has always been not money, nor hard goods such as real money, but credit, which people are most likely to ignore.

Money can't buy it, but you can get it with it.

This is why other comic publishing houses, even if they have enough funds, cannot succeed in imitating the practices of the three masters.

Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha, undoubtedly the three giants in the manga industry, have already formed a virtuous circle, and the three parties only have each other in their eyes.

It can even be said that they have never paid attention to thousands of other comic publishing houses, and even if there are some comic publishing houses that have started to emerge, the three of them just took a look at them with a straight eye.

competitor?non-existent, non-existent...

Because the confidence of the three masters, apart from the top quality of the comics being serialized, is that they can directly cut down unqualified comics based on the opinions of the readers.

It sounds capricious, but it does meet the needs of the public, so it can be successful.

If other publishing houses cannot receive high-quality manuscripts and continue to do this, they will probably go bankrupt in a short time.

That is to say, the current situation in the comics industry, since the period when the three pillars stand together, competition has always occurred internally.

Shueisha will not worry about withdrawing from the ranks of the three masters, because as long as they don't kill themselves, their positions are basically firmly secured.

What Shueisha is worried about now is that without the phenomenon-level manga "Reaper", facing the other two gradually popular "Inuyasha" and "Fairy Tail", the leading position begins to loosen.

Especially "Inuyasha", if it is not from the perspective of the female protagonist, it may have become a phenomenon-level manga, but if the protagonist is changed, it may not be as good as the original.

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It was still the same room as last time, and the people sitting in it hadn't changed. The president Horiuchi Marue also held the meeting in person, but he didn't have the slightest intention to speak, and the whole meeting place was quiet and scary.

After a while, Horiuchi Marue had a gloomy face, sighed heavily, and said weakly: "Could it just end like this..."

"President... There is no other way."

After Editor-in-Chief Matsumoto uttered these words, the seemingly miserable figure instantly became even more lonely.

Everyone also remained silent, because the news reported by the major TV stations just now made this storm come down completely.

The author of "Reaper", Kubo Takeren, has already mentioned several times to cut the manga in half, and Shueisha has indeed released the news.

They still remember that as soon as the news of "Reaper" was cut in half, tens of thousands of people sat in and marched across the country to express their dissatisfaction.

Due to the helplessness of the society, Shueisha at that time went back and begged Kubo to lead people, and continued to serialize temporarily, so that the public opinion stopped.

Neither side would be like this if there were better options, or slightly worse options.

Takeren Kubo, as Taishan Beidou in the comics world, has no doubts about the success of "Bleach". It has gained great popularity and has become a phenomenon-level comic.

But in the later stage, the same repeated fighting plots and various routines, and various problems continued to appear, which has brought "Reaper" to an end.

Kubo Tairen was unwilling to continue drawing, and Shueisha also wanted to respect Kubo Tairen's opinion, but the news that "Bleach" was cut in half from the manga brought too much impact, and both parties could only temporarily compromise.

The senior executives of Shueisha knew that the price to be paid for continuing to serialize "Reaper", which had collapsed in a mess in the later period, was credit, and the overdraft was the future.

But from another point of view, there is also a gratifying place, that is the influence of the god of death!
I had to let "Reaper" continue to be serialized for a while. When the public opinion reached its minimum, Shueisha and Kubo Tairen finally made a decision to officially kill "Reaper" manga!
It's a pity, but the price of continuing to serialize "Reaper" is too expensive.

Once the official news came out, it still caused great excitement, but the commotion gradually subsided only when Kubo brought someone to explain in person.

Not long after "Bleach" cut the manga in half, another event that Shueisha had known in advance would happen, but when it really happened, I still couldn't help being silent for a while.

Just now, NHK, Fuji, TBC, ANB, TV Tokyo, etc..., as well as major network broadcasting platforms, are all promoting the same news.

The animated version of "Reaper"... cut in half, the era of Kubo, officially ended! !

(End of this chapter)