Don't Miss Your Deadline! (Manga Editor Quest)

[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)

[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
@zamin

How do assistants work here for this? I mean, sure, expectations are that Gendou will be an assistant to Yuzuki. The expectations are that he should be able to help regarding the story side of things... But does his full trait apply as an assistant? Mean, the last thing we want is to give her a poison pill. -10 over all arts rolls is harsh.

I mean, obviously, there's some penalty to be expected, but given he's doing this to learn art, I imagine Yuzuki will still handle the bulk of it, so I wondered how traits work out given this is the first time we sent a mangaka to be an assistant.

Nah, I'm not that mean. Assistants will give a +5 bonus to either Art or Writing as well as an additional +5 in another stat for each level they have over "New Mangaka" (so in Gendou's case, he'll give Yuzuki +5 Writing).

Also man I do want to read these proposed nonexistent mangas. Do they or something similar exist?

I made them all up, so while you can probably find something similar out there I doubt that there's anything exactly like it.
 
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[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
"Sorry Gendou-san, but I'm afraid that won't be possible," you shook your head. "I recommend that you focus on doing one full time job at a time instead of trying to juggle two at once."

"Yeah, I figured," he sighed, before shrugging. "Still, can't blame me for trying, right? At least it's better than working at the convenience store again…"
I kinda can. if we had been a too trusting rookie (instead of a pragmatic rookie) we might have accepted, and he WOULD have failed.

still, it's nice that he knows it was a long shot anyway.



the top 10 titles actually sound pretty interesting.

Number 2 actually sounds like the most boring one, but then again One Piece also wouldn't sound that interesting if you reduced it to a small paragraph.

the "give gamer powers to someone who never even heard of games" is surprisingly uncommon. Then again, gamer stories are all about the power fantasy, so it makes sense.

Number 5, Lunar Beast Hunters, remind me of this manga I read some time ago (that was axed pretty soon) about fighting werewolves and joining a Guild that focuses on that... except then you find out that the leader of that guild has a magical book which can change reality, and that when they tried to remove the werewolves from the story calamities always happen, because the world has to be interesting or the readers from another dimension would get bored and the manga would stop being serialized the world would stop existing...

ah, found the name
: The Hunters Guild: Red Hood. Only 16 chapters, sadly. it showed some promise in my opinion.

the dying elf reminds me a bit of to your eternity, though I haven't watched it yet.

[ ][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)

[ ][Aoki] Refuse and make him do a full length chapter (No stat penalty, but Aoki Akira will receive an extra level of Overwork)

[ ][Aoki] Delay this week's chapter until Aoki has time to recover (Lose 4 Favor, must speak to Editor-in-Chief to find a replacement for this week's chapter)

We can afford the favour I think, and this would let Aoki rest and think a bit about the future of his story.

Yuzuki Himari lives in an apartment building just outside Shinjuku. From the outside, the place looks fairly normal, if a little run down. If this were an anime, you felt like this would be the type of place where a teenaged main character would come to live alone while their irresponsible parents went overseas to work or something.

… maybe you should cut down on reading too much manga.
madness! you obviously need to read MORE of them!


"Of course. That's what I'm here for," you smiled, trying to look like you knew what you were doing.
she can't trust us if we don't seem trustworthy.

...all things considered though Maeda is doing a pretty good job. He's improving quickly, he's good at juggling the office duties and politics, he obviously cares (at least a bit) about the people he works with, and (thanks to us) he's actually pretty good at giving suggestions.


After some discussion, the two of you agreed that The Greatest Fake Teacher's next arc should focus on:

[ ][Yuzuki] The tournament arc. A shonen classic and a chance to show off the main character's skills… but it may also be a bit too soon considering the last one just ended a few chapters ago.

[ ][Yuzuki] The field trip arc. A chance to get out of the academy and explore more of the world.

[ ][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

[ ][Yuzuki] The emergency arc. An action focused arc where some kind of villain or villainous organization has to be defeated.

[ ][Yuzuki] The romance arc. A romanced focused arc where the main character develops a relationship with one or more potential love interests.

[ ][Yuzuki] Write-in


mh... last chapter was about the concert/festival, right? I think I'd like to go with an exam arc. Tournament arc should wait, field trip requires good ideas on WHAT to go visit...

[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

This arc would allow her to reintroduce the side characters and give some foreshadowing before the next arc.

@zamin I just want to ask, who was editor of my submitted work, Lived Once?
 
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[X][Yuzuki] The emergency arc. An action focused arc where some kind of villain or villainous organization has to be defeated.

Wasn't it tension that was lacking in the story? This should at least give magic a better chance at being a bigger part of the story.

I cannot decide what to vote for the Vamp. Can we even afford to have it to have -5?
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

Also man I do want to read these proposed nonexistent mangas. Do they or something similar exist?

As people mentioned Number 6 sounds a lot like Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
 
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] A field trip arc. A chance to get out of the academy and explore more of the world.

We also need to find a new series. I kinda want to do an Isekai, but somewhat original?

At least, no overpowered Characters with cheats and harem. The genre has gotten stale
 
the top 10 story that piqued my interest most was Illamu's thousand year journey

[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

As for a new series, I only have the idea of something along the lines of a mixture of Columbo and House. We don't see any thriller or mystery series there so there won't be much competition on that front, and if we can come up with some twists/red herrings and details, we should be able to turn each case into 4-5 chapters or even more. The first case I can think of has the killer is trying to make "corrections" that come about from traumatic events each victim suffered in their childhood. I don't know how, but one of the twists I'd like is to make the specific cause of death be a pun about some type of candy that they liked, and the detective only catching on after they are able to save the third victim from dying. Since they are alive, the victim can make some mention to a detail they overhear from the detective talking with the nurse, which reveals the true connecting thread of each of the victims so far. If that is too dark, instead switch killer to thief and the victims to local businesses.
 
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[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] A field trip arc. A chance to get out of the academy and explore more of the world.

We also need to find a new series. I kinda want to do an Isekai, but somewhat original?

At least, no overpowered Characters with cheats and harem. The genre has gotten stale
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

An original isekai? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Ba dump pish. I'll be here all week folks, don't forget to tip your waitress.

Seriously though, I'd probably jump on an original isekai if one came our way. I'm even willing to accept cheats or a harem. Those tropes may have gotten stale, but they can still be utilized well if you're smart about it. Numbers three (give conflicts where the cheats aren't useful), nine (harem of friendship not love), and one (adversarial harem) on the top ten list are great examples of ways to do so. Personally though, I'm a big fan of the "if everyone is OP nobody is" school of storytelling.
 
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[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

An original isekai? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Ba dump pish. I'll be here all week folks, don't forget to tip your waitress.

Seriously though, I'd probably jump on an original isekai if one came our way. I'm even willing to accept cheats or a harem. Those tropes may have gotten stale, but they can still be utilized well if you're smart about it. Numbers three (give conflicts where the cheats aren't useful), nine (harem of friendship not love), and one (adversarial harem) on the top ten list are great examples of ways to do so. Personally though, I'm a big fan of the "if everyone is OP nobody is" school of storytelling.
I think Re:Zero, and maybe even Tanya the Evil/Youjo Senki were pretty original when they came out.

Konosuba might count too, though less so, in how it basically has a cast of "worst best people" as main characters, and while Kazuma is clever he's not really overpowered.

there ARE original isekai. they're just the exception, less than 1 in 10.

Ya boy kongmin, drifters, ascendance of a bookworm, devil is a part timer, Iruma-kun, Overlord, Log Horizon, the reincarnated as a spider/slime one, shield hero... each one adds a small (or big), original twist to the formula, which adds something making them interesting, at least for some people.

Now, not all of them deliver on their promise, of course, but they usually have at least a good start. Overlord and Log Horizon had pretty strong season 1s, though they slowly (or quickly) go down in quality with following seasons.

...THEN there's all the utterly mediocre to bad ones. reincarnated with a smartphone, Leadale, sage with worst crest, reincarnated x-y-z,
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

Exam arc can also introduce some conflict that would be centered around the main character, rather than just the students - given that he's supposed to be a fake teacher.
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

I think some solid slice of life relationship-building is just what Yuzuki needs to build up her manga's existing relationships rather than throwing in more characters. Plus, it might help Gendou get his footing. Light novels can be surprisingly good at characterization.
 
I think Re:Zero, and maybe even Tanya the Evil/Youjo Senki were pretty original when they came out.

Konosuba might count too, though less so, in how it basically has a cast of "worst best people" as main characters, and while Kazuma is clever he's not really overpowered.

there ARE original isekai. they're just the exception, less than 1 in 10.

Ya boy kongmin, drifters, ascendance of a bookworm, devil is a part timer, Iruma-kun, Overlord, Log Horizon, the reincarnated as a spider/slime one, shield hero... each one adds a small (or big), original twist to the formula, which adds something making them interesting, at least for some people.

Now, not all of them deliver on their promise, of course, but they usually have at least a good start. Overlord and Log Horizon had pretty strong season 1s, though they slowly (or quickly) go down in quality with following seasons.

...THEN there's all the utterly mediocre to bad ones. reincarnated with a smartphone, Leadale, sage with worst crest, reincarnated x-y-z,
I agree completely with all of this. I love it when writers take an old formula and twist it in fun and interesting ways. I was just making a crack at the common perception of isekai manga as being all the same.
 
[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.

Since the 'Our Daughter' chapter will be a different POV anyway, having it be a bit shorter isn't a terrible idea.

the "give gamer powers to someone who never even heard of games" is surprisingly uncommon. Then again, gamer stories are all about the power fantasy, so it makes sense.

Legends Never Die has a similar premise, only Viking-based.
 
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[X][Aoki] Agree to accept a shorter chapter this week (All stats for Chapter 4 of Our Daughter is Actually a Vampire will suffer a -5 penalty)
[X][Yuzuki] The exam arc. A slice of life arc focused on the relationships between the main character, his students, and the other teachers at the academy.
 
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