What is the secret to being a successful mangaka?
Hiatuses.
Shonen Jump.
Guts and hard work.
despair, depression.
>>137790454
Make your characters go onto a boat at some point
Be inspired by a lot of things. Mostly western influence.
Friendship Power
Money.
All the best mangaka are neet shut ins
I always thought it was excessive smoking. I can't think of a mangaka aside from Araki who doesn't smoke. Pic related is three packs a day since high school.
>>137790522
Isn't this what fuels Yusuke Murata?
>>137791037
>mangaka
>NEET
choose one.
>>137791037
You obviously don't know what NEET means.
fan service
>>137791037
You meant worst right? Because the good ones don't lose their jobs.They just die of cancer or something.
Idolmaster
>>137790454
not becoming one in the first place
>>137790454
Love Manga
Be good at drawing
Be good at writing stories
Do it all the fucking time
Autism and little girls and Dark Souls.
https://youtu.be/7_cWLxtcsNU
>>137790454
finding an audience and having a network of distribution
>>137790454
infinite harem like nisekoi
Ideally no next-of-kin
>>137790454
have a crazy work ethic.
>>137790454
why does she sit like that?
talent and willingness to be exploited
>>137790454
You don't. Go write a novel instead.
Good art for sure.
>>137791899
he's trying to catch Kira
Pandering to wide audience
>>137792055
You really think manga has as much substance as novels?
>>137790476
It worked for Clamp.
>>137790454
If you're not from japan nobodies going to want to read your fanfic tier manga unless it's porn.
Generally the way it goes for western manga artists, that or obscurity into limbo known as deviantart.
>>137792257
I'm just saying thay if you're in the buisness of writing fiction then writing books might be a better idea. There was a chart floating around of a mangaka's work schedule and it was insane.
>>137790454
ecchi, beeing a shut in, terminal diseases.
>>137791575
>I really want to live.
>>137792351
Don't most westerners usually focus more on the art side of manga? There are a few who became assistants for some already established ones. Leave the story telling to the nips.
>>137790454
Why is that guy in the picture pooling in the loo?
>>137790454
Read technical manuals in school, being obsessed with spiders, police brutality and oil.
Being poor for a long time while wishing you were dead.
Real answer, Giving absolutely no fuck.
>>137790454
write the most generic thing you can think of and pray
>>137792698
There has to be more to it than that, I'm not successful at all.
Be good at tracing photos while having a gender disorder in your marriage.
>>137792883
>My Little Sister is the Demon Lord in a Real Online Game?!
I'm not really sure about that but i know there's no major western manga. It's mostly american super hero comic books that we can do without being ridiculed. Which sucks because american comic book heroes is pretty much dead normie trash now with 0 innovation.
Most manga stories have become stagnant and cliche as well i believe. I think they're generally running out of creativity and talent in the story and lore department.
>>137792883
The only 100% correct answer.
Living in relative squalor does well by some.
>>137792883
>My sister is an overlord?
>>137792907
Asano doesn't have a gender disorder.
>>137792883
>it's a boy on a journey to be the best at x he ass pulls all his wins, give it an obvious love interest, then bring up an old friend turned enemy
Am I a hit yet?
>>137792924
and don't forget to fill it with as many tropes as possible
>>137793023
not yet, there is 20 other manga exactly the same as yours, now you have to pray yours will become the popular one
>>137790454
Stop thinking that manga is a full-time job
>>137792924
11/10 would watch
>>137790454
Drawing skills that are too good for any doujin to surpass.
Knowing your game and that's trolling the fuck out of your readers.
>>137791780
Those are my three favorite activities.
>>137793286
>The ability to draw one face and two bodies.
The real answer is draw for 100+ hours every week and pray that people notice your work before you die of starvation. Applies to the the east and west.
>>137792940
There are Sin City and Walking Dead releases in b/w, same that manga, but dont know other printed comics with that style. There are webcomics in manga style, but most are watamote copies
Poor your heart and soul into the story/art only to have the publishing magazine give you a short deadline to wrap everything up. This in turn will result is a rushed ending that leaves a sour taste for your fans and makes you extremely bitter about realities of the manga industry.
>>137793504
>poor
>>137790454
Western have zero drawing skills, they cant make wallscrolls for masturbation sessions (also >>137793286)
Look dan-gelbooru only have pixiv pictures because deviantart only care about OC Sonic and Ponies recolor
>>137791899
>Oda
>she
>>137793588
Ironically the typo still holds true to my post. The heart, soul, and the bank account of the mangaka become poor due to all the bullshit they have to deal with.
>>137790454
Gambling
>>137793749
ur inglesh iz bda
>>137790454
fearless masturbation
>>137793003
He was going to cut his dick off, didn't he?
>>137790454
more autism than all of /a/ combined
>>137793910
No, he wasn't. That's just a misunderstanding that came from ANN's shit-tier journalism.
>>137794413
Fuckers tricked me.
>>137790454
Talent, discipline, luck
>>137790454
>What is the secret to being a successful mangaka?
For starters, according to many Americans, you can't be white, because they'll never accept you as a mangaka ever.
>>137795024
isn't that a bad example? the manga adaption for that was made by a japanese person in japan, for japanese people. i don't think that shit is even getting released outside japan.
>>137792940
comics not only have been a dead media for decades they are managed by SJW.
>>137795100
Still. Start a thread about it here, and it's met by so many faggots whining and bitching about it.
>>137790454
You know, Felipe Smith did a manga (peepo choo), was popular at all over there?
>>137790454
suck some old man dick
Writing a manga about pirates that appeals to young boys, apparently
for the comics I read. I think what japanese artists have that the west struggle with is the ability to take a relatively mundane activity (gardening, playing a sport or game, being in a club, hobbies, etc.) and makes that subject interesting to read a story about without always having to pull out a genre trope in it. The author really pinpoints his or her interest and crafts a story that's character driven, informative (not necessarily educational) and still accessible to people who didn't have a clue about the subject going in.
Eyeshield 21 is my favorite example. It has surrealist aspects but they're used to show the intensity and strategy being played out on a football field. Compare that to Chris Sims/Bowers/Kowalchuk's Down Set Fight! We uses Football as a backdrop to a revenge/action story about punching mascots.
>>137790454
fanservice and moeshit
>>137792351
>Generally the way it goes for western manga artists, that or obscurity into limbo known as deviantart.
I know at least one exception.
>>137795727
Was honestly pretty surprised at how this nigga kept the art looking faithful to the source.
>>137795727
Adam Warren isn't exactly what you'd call successful, even he'd say that. Better off that Fred Perry and Ben Dunn, but he still has a real job to make ends meet.
>>137795779
He actually found doing it super boring, which is why Dirty Pair ended up the way it did.
>>137790454
Getting into iDOLM@STER
>>137795861
Yeah, I can imagine how aping someone elses artstyle would get boring.
Did he do anything after Dirty Pair?
>>137795916
He did some stuff for Marvel, what ended up being the last good Gen 13 run, and for the last decade or so he's done Empowered, which I understand actually has a small following in Japan.
>>137792940
A manga can be generic or cliche but get millons of views in batoto, meanwhile there are no-cape comics that nobody read because have zero marketing .
Tomboy is western manga, if want no-capes
>>137796369
It's also not very good.
>>137796369
>those finger proportions
wwwwww
>>137790454
really really good assistants
Mediocrity.
Vegetables
I thought about a story,
Amphetamines
Coffee
Passive Income
Probably some other boredom related addiction like cigarettes or sweets
>>137790454
Giving your soul to satan.
killing yourself whit work like every other japanese men
>>137790454
I have those same sweats.
>>137795525
This is probably my favourite thing about manga, they've really nailed the 'formula' for creating hype in terms of art, panelling, dialogue, pacing, etc and it can be applied to nearly anything they choose.
Get great at drawing, create a manga that will appeal to one of the larger fanbases, spend most of your time drawing it.
>>137799906
As someone who's trying just that, make that basically every waking hour not spent fapping/eating. No assistants = ~16 hours of work every day for a decent upload schedule.
>>137792924
subscribed.
Learn from Kurumada sensei's starkness
>>137790454
It's just luck really. Some good stuff gets ignored but some trash is super successful.
>>137800347
I wish there was some sort of English comic that didn't rely on the 2 cool 4 u crowd to get the ball rolling. I've tried to give SAGA a try since a few people recommended it but it has that shit that I hate in western media where every important character was a sarcastic piece of shit and/or psycho and thus I could barely get through the first few chapters. I'm probably biased though I don't really like actions stuff.
>>137792883
A Kono Shima clone with one woman and five men
>>137800480
Have you tried Craig Thompson's works?Sageing because off topic.
>>137800480
Saga is the girl version of Batman, you don't get much more mainstream. If someone recommends Saga to you, never listen to them because they're straight up proletariat filth.
>>137800519
Thanks I'll give his stuff a try.
>>137790454
Story writing skills, drawing skills, teamwork/leadership skills, dedication, artistic creativity/confidence
>>137790454
Carpal tunnel
>>137790454
An interesting story or gorgeous art or both. But most of all, luck.
>>137790454
Try not to copy Kubo Tite.
Make marketable characters.
![[Over-Time] Blue Blazes - 02v2 [9BB95A05].mkv_snapshot_09.32_[2016.01.21_12.18.01].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/muq8Rnw.jpg "[Over-Time] Blue Blazes - 02v2 [9BB95A05].mkv_snapshot_09.32_[2016.01.21_12.18.01].jpg")
The courage to put everything on the line.
>>137790454
chrome nibs are for amatures
titanium nibs are the very thing for successful pros
>>137801609
Or, y'know, the cheap disposable Sakura shit that most mangaka use?
>>137790454
Just ask Hamada on his feed then.
>>137800934
Is he not successful? I don't think I've ever heard of him smoking or working really long hours until exhaustion like other mangaka do.
>>137790454
>>137790454
Being a lucky, born genius. Come on bro, it's about [not] being a "Gambler" or Baku-man, explained through the whole manga.
You're either a have or a have not, mah brodah.
![Hyouge Mono - 03.mkv_snapshot_00.10_[2016.02.05_18.27.03].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xipxHWJ.jpg "Hyouge Mono - 03.mkv_snapshot_00.10_[2016.02.05_18.27.03].jpg")
>>137802134
Hard work and guts.
>>137793293
So you're either a Kubo (trickster troll) or an Oda (lucky genius)?
>>137802134
I don't have it...
SO I'LL WORK FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!`!!!!
>>137793501
>webcomics
oh yeah, there's MegaTokyo that was printed. Was weird seeing that on a bookshelf in euroland.
>>137790454
Good hand for porn or a stupidly hungry fan base.
>>137791870
>have a staff of underlings who do your work for you who have crazy work ethics
>>137802217
But Miura has more GUTS than anybody and Berserk's KNOWN for being under lovedc:
>>137802327
Lots of webcomics put out books.
>>137790454
Writing popular manga
