"So, is there a problem with the illustrations?"
When Jaden arrived at the address Machida gave him, he once again saw the illustrator named Sawamura Spencer Eriri there.
This was Jaden's first reaction.
And...
To be honest, he felt that if there were a few more problems with the illustrations, he would probably start to get annoyed.
At first, he published the novel to make money, but after he truly established a relationship with Erina and decided to be a fighter, he no longer cared so much about money.
Especially now that Totsuki also consumed the Toyo Electric Power Company. If this acquisition is digested, Totsuki's influence in this country will surpass the local influence of the Sanzenin and Togami families, leaping to become the country's long-vacant fourth largest conglomerate.
The wealth from a lifetime of writing bestsellers would likely not match this scale.
And the core reason Jaden was still submitting manuscripts was-he didn't have to write them himself.
His books were already written, and later, because he was afraid of trouble, he even gave the entire first volume of A Certain Magical Index to Machida, telling her to find an opportunity to publish it herself.
This part wasn't troublesome, but if there were always other troublesome things every few days, Jaden would consider stopping publication after this book was finished.
After all, he really wasn't short of this money now.
"Ah, no."
Machida waved her hands repeatedly when she heard Jaden say this.
"I have received all your manuscripts, and your illustration issues are being resolved well-in fact, because the subsequent parts of your book were provided in advance, the character designs for your illustrations are easier to establish, so it's basically impossible for problems to arise."
"And this time is mainly a personal request of mine..."
Machida glanced at Eriri beside her, seeing her lowering her head and not speaking, so she could only brace herself and speak.
"Kiryu-sensei... you see, you have finished your current work, so if you have time, could you perhaps mentor this child a little?"
Hearing Machida say this, Eriri also looked at Jaden with some expectation.
The situation now was different from when she first saw Jaden.
At that time, she was anxious to start her career, so she came to draw illustrations for a newcomer, and Jaden was just a newcomer with some connections at the time.
But now, A Certain Magical Index has become the number one best-selling light novel, and her status as a newly established illustrator has also risen.
She has gone from actively contributing popularity to now getting a boost in popularity.
Moreover, she is arguably the third person in the world who has finished reading the entire first volume of A Certain Magical Index; she truly felt that Kiryu-sensei in front of her was very talented.
She also knew that if he was willing to help her, her path to success would be smoother.
However...
He had no reason to help her.
Although they have the relationship of a light novel author and an illustrator, this was only their second meeting, their relationship wasn't good, and his illustrations weren't obligated to be drawn by her-if she stepped aside, there would be plenty of people rushing to draw them, and Kiryu-sensei himself could even draw illustrations.
This made Eriri feel very awkward.
"Guidance... are you planning to write a novel too?"
Jaden was a little confused.
"Ah, no..."
This time it was Eriri who waved her hand.
"I want to draw a manga... but while I am somewhat confident in my drawing skills and paneling, my plot is too weak... and the manga I plan to draw itself lacks sufficiently captivating points, so..."
Eriri's voice got softer and softer.
In the end, it was Jaden who finished her sentence.
"So you plan to ask me for some advice on the plot of your manga, right?"
"That's roughly the idea... but the situation might be a bit more troublesome."
Machida shook her head.
"She plans to draw a fighting manga... but fighting manga, besides having a period of popularity a long time ago, has been somewhat problematic in terms of current popularity. Secondly, this type of manga format also makes it difficult for her drawing skills to be fully utilized, and on top of that, although the setting for this type of manga is easy to conceive if you do research, it relies heavily on the plot, which is her weakest point..."
Although Machida spoke with reservations, her current tone indicated her lack of optimism about the subject Eriri chose.
Eriri quickly explained now.
"Ah, I just didn't know what to draw. I had a slight idea recently after hearing my father talk about a fighting match, so if it's really not suitable, changing to a different subject is also..."
Before Eriri could finish her sentence, Jaden reached out to her.
"The setting, the pitch document, if you have anything like that, let me see it."
Eh!?
Eriri paused for a moment, then looked at Jaden with some excitement. She wanted to say something, but didn't, and instead took out a pitch document and handed it to Jaden.
Jaden took the pitch document, apologized, and quietly read it.
As someone who had awakened memories of his past life, he actually had a good understanding of many works.
The ACG industry in his past life also developed completely differently from the ACG industry here.
So, that is to say, the famous works from his past life don't exist here.
Jaden himself no longer intended to be a plagiarism artist, only occasionally passing on a few books, so if he had the opportunity, he didn't mind sharing these ideas with others.
For example, famous works from his past life, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, etc.-or classic card anime, or even Duel Masters, which led to a world-class card game called Magic: The Gathering. Even for fighting anime, there's Dragon Ball... well, maybe that doesn't count, then there's Baki, Fist of the North Star, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, and so on.
Even without these, Jaden felt that adapting his experience in Kengan into a fighting manga would be good, and he even had a name for it: Kengan Demon Spear Legend!
Jaden read Eriri's setting with this thought in mind.
Then he paused for a moment.
The reason why...
Because Eriri's setting is essentially Kengan Demon Spear Legend... She said the inspiration came from a certain fighting match her father mentioned-so her father was also on Ganryu Island at that time.
And...
The protagonist in Eriri's pitch... seems to be Jaden!
Or rather, the prototype should be him.
The title is also the Demon Spear.
Only the name was changed; it's not Jaden, but-Jaden!
However, in order to blend into the timeless hot-blooded trend of this country, she weakened his strength, gave him a process of evolution, and the overall work was transformed into a less remarkable hot-blooded fighting manga.
Seeing this pitch, Jaden nodded.
Then he looked at Eriri.
"Your pitch is interesting... mainly because the protagonist is to my taste, but it's too cliché."
Saying this, Jaden suddenly smiled.
"Compared to this kind of protagonist who slowly transforms, since this is your first manga anyway, why not be bold and try-make the protagonist invincible from the start?"
Eh?
Eriri paused, and then Jaden, from his own perspective, modified the parts Eriri didn't know or changed them towards reality, adding some artistic embellishment.
And Eriri, and even Machida, felt as if a new world had opened up for them.
And Jaden even came up with the name of the manga for Eriri.
"Your original manga title is too ordinary. Why not change it to Kengan Demon Spear Legend?"
"Then you put these few words on the cover: Kengan Demon Spear Legend, now running!"
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