Chapter 26 – Volume 6 – Hwashin Passion (1)
“Hmm…”
The story of Hwashin Passion, the follow-up to Hwashin Advent, begins with Nigredo’s proposal that came to Albedo at the end of Hwashin Advent.
Nigredo suggests that Albedo also go to Magnum Academy, where girls who can transform into incarnate bodies gather.
Albedo, unable to bear the thought of returning from an extraordinary life and becoming a normal self, accepts the offer.
In fact, Magnum Academy is an academy, a military organization where incarnated girls gather to train to fight together and respond to erosion.
Even the girls have to hide their identities, so there is a setting that they wear plain clothes without any uniforms, so it doesn’t feel like an academy anymore.
“Anyway, there are a lot of new characters, so I’m worried.”
Roughly, how to run the main episode for each character has been decided.
When those characters are not the main characters, it feels like the worries about how to make them appear naturally and how to convey the character’s characteristics without being awkward will last longer than expected.
Well, it’s unavoidable because 2 people suddenly increase to 3 people and become 5 people.
‘Well, it’s because there are three horses, and Negredo also lacked an explanation in the last cartoon.’
So, if we were to cover a little bit about Nigredo, in fact, this work could be seen as a work that mainly introduces characters while mixing daily life and battle little by little.
It is a part that naturally tells each character what kind of heart they are fighting with and what kind of personality they are, so that they can attach affection.
Only then will more people be able to sympathize with and enjoy the hardships and adversity that will follow.
If Hwashin Advent was a build-up to show the character of the main character.
Hwashin Passion is a build-up to show the character of the other 4 people.
Well, there was nothing to worry about because these parts were things that started to come out in moderation.
However, the one thing I’m most worried about right now is that it’s completely blocked, so it’s a problem.
“First…”
The main character, Albedo.
She is an ordinary girl with white hair, and has a personality that can’t stand her ordinary self.
So, she is rather looking forward to participating in the fight against erosion, which is an extraordinary event.
A recently awakened newbie incarnation that fights using white flames.
Nigredo, also known as Nig-chan.
A black-haired girl with a chic personality, she first appears after rescuing Albedo, who was about to be attacked by erosion.
However, he has a surprisingly cute personality.
It is an incarnation of a somewhat stagnant person who handles black flames.
These two characters are the characters that appeared in the existing Hwasin Advent.
To be honest, no matter how monochromatic the manga was, it wouldn’t have been difficult to embody the characteristics of fire as long as it was white and black.
To be honest, even at a cursory glance, the flames of Albedo and Nigredo are bound to give different feelings, right?
This is natural because the colors are so different from each other.
‘The problem is that the three people who will be added this time in Incarnation Passion.’
Chitrinitas, commonly known as Chit-chan.
She is a beautiful blonde girl with twin tails and a tsundere high-ranking aristocratic gimmick.
In fact, if Rosaria had not turned into a megadere, she would have been very similar.
It is an incarnation that uses yellow flames like a whip.
Viriditas, also known as Viriditas.
Even though she’s a girl with green hair and glasses, she has a lot of personality traits that deserve to be rejected.
She is a timid bookworm character who has the old-fashioned setting of being a super-beautiful girl the moment she takes off her glasses because her glasses are sealed.
It is an incarnation that uses a very trap-like attack using green flames.
Rubedo, also known as Ruby-chan.
He is a hot-blooded red-haired character who always fights with confidence.
He pretends to be strong on the outside, but he is a bit weak on the inside, so he will show a lot of reliance on Albedo.
It is an incarnation that shows an exciting fighting style while surrounding the body with red flames.
A total of three new characters appear like this, and I think the personalities and personal colors are very well-balanced.
The problem is that this was the setting for a work that I had prepared to draw in color at first, so it became strange when I suddenly wanted to draw it in black and white.
Of course, it is easy to distinguish characters by keeping their appearance characteristics alive, but it has become very difficult to use the concept of fire for each character in a battle scene.
“It’s not even this. I don’t like it even though I draw it myself.”
Of course, I tried to utilize the color expression of the flames by using different screen tones.
Unlike what I expected, it was difficult to find a suitable screen tone when I actually tried it.
The ratio of the painted area is increased in the order of yellow, green, and red, so that yellow is the lightest and red is the darkest gray.
The problem was that the atmosphere of the fire changed a lot depending on the shape of the area being painted.
I feel like I can’t help it because the current screen tone is more specialized for expressing hair or clothes color than fire.
I think I have no choice but to look for or develop more screen tones while thinking about this more.
Well, it’s natural because it’s not a problem that comes to a conclusion right away just thinking about it right now.
“Well, it’s important to save the details of the battle, but there’s nothing to be in a hurry because there’s a lot of other parts left.”
It’s not too late to think about it after you’ve finished all the manuscript’s stories and lines.
It’s not like I have a deadline right now, so I have to meet my schedule like crazy, right?
If I just handed over the manuscript, I was supposed to announce the last date for reservation and set the release date of the work according to the manuscript production schedule, so there was no big problem even if I worked until a satisfactory one came out.
“Actually, there are parts that are going well to my liking, so I shouldn’t worry too much.”
For example, the unique costumes worn by the characters were also very important elements in this work.
It’s not like a magical girl outfit, each one has a pretty and matching outfit set one by one.
This part is already showing very satisfactory results because there was no problem in creating the right atmosphere with the current screen tones, unlike anything else.
And this part actually has a reason to work in such detail…
In this work, there is a setting that the clothes are all burned the moment you transform, so there is also a setting that you take off your clothes before transforming.
You can’t burn your clothes every time you transform, can you?
‘Even thinking about it now, it’s like an idiot’s setup.’
A mechanical magical girl who has to manually take off all her clothes and transform.
To be honest, it was an unbearable setting for me, who prefers to draw scenes of taking off clothes one by one in manga.
So, instead of uniforms with common clothes, I chose plain clothes with the characteristics of each character.
It feels like the uniqueness of each character has been supplemented by adding various scenes where they take off their clothes, which can be less embarrassing because the transformation scene is focused on fire.
So, it was important to draw the design of the clothes and the behavior of the character taking off the clothes in detail and beautifully.
Not to mention the pounding you feel every time you unfasten the buttons one by one, or the texture of knee socks sticking to your legs when you stretch out your arms all at once.
The pleasure of unraveling the part that is tied with a string should be expressed by drawing so that the viewer will naturally admire it.
Of course, this is the realm of ordinary clothes, but even inside the clothes, what people wear remains.
Expressing the beauty of breasts that sway as soon as they come off by unhooking the bra is the most important thing.
It is safe to say that the panties that are caught on the legs as they go down the legs are a must-have.
“Hu, it’s fun because it’s been a long time since I’ve saved details from clothes to underwear.”
Certainly, the setting of taking off the clothes you were wearing and becoming naked seems to be a bad thing.
As the concept of this work is a naked magical girl, isn’t it a godsend to have the clothes set up in detail?
I don’t think like this because it’s like self-praise, but I wonder if Kim Si-woo’s genius is perfectly displayed in this work.
“Carly?”
“Uh, uh? I’ll be leaving soon!”
Rosaria’s voice suddenly knocked on the door, so I hid the things I was working on hastily.
Rosalia also knew that she would be busy working on her comics today, so in the meantime, she wanted me to do some work too, so she stayed in the room.
Apparently, Rosaria finished her work and she invited me to dinner.
Well, that’s how time gradually turned out to be.
“Wait a little bit and it’ll be done, so sit there and wait.”
“Yeah, thank you. But lately, isn’t it just for you? Soon I’ll…”
“It’s because I want to do it. You say you feel happy when you’re cooking for Carly?”
“Um…”
She had said it the other day, but she was told not to deprive her of her own happiness.
If you’re okay with it, it’ll be okay, but no matter what, I’m sorry for something.
It’s not like you’re not doing anything, you’re busy drawing comics too…
“Kek, kok, kok, kok!”
“Carly!? Are you okay?”
Damn, it’s a surprise
She was drinking water and waiting for Rosaria to come to her table.
I was so taken aback by Rosaria’s clothes approaching this way that I almost died from a gasp.
Suddenly, he ate something wrong again, so he’s messing around like that?
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“You-you know why, so your face is red! No, why are you suddenly dressed like that…”
Even the appearance of Rosaria in her white apron is nothing special, as we have seen her several times during her mealtimes.
If there was a problem, she must have lost all of her clothes except for that apron.
In other words, the present Rosaria was in her naked apron.
