Chapter 339 – Volume 68 – Fear of the Unknown (4)
“Okay, this should be enough.”
I organized the illustrations I drew just now.
I twisted my body here and there as if trying to get rid of the accumulated fatigue.
It was physically tiring, but honestly, the refreshment of such creative outbursts made me feel good.
‘I’m glad it came to mind sooner than I thought.’
It’s not a perfect setting yet, so of course I’ll have to think more about it while drawing the first part.
First, I think it’s in a very plausible state right now, so I think we can probably just go with this draft.
I took the materials I had organized and went to Rika’s room.
“Uh, yes. Oppa. What’s going on?”
“I have something to tell you. Are you busy by any chance?”
“… I’ll be out soon.”
I heard something booming.
I opened the door, pressing down on my lower body with the pajamas that seemed to have been put on in a hurry.
Well, I guess I was having fun alone.
I guess I had bad timing.
“Were you busy…?”
“Oh, no. I was just thinking about my brother.”
“…”
Hmm, I decided not to dig into it.
If you touch me for no reason, they might wrap me in their tentacles like last time.
It’s a bit difficult for me, so I ended up running away, so it’s a problem I’d like to put off for now…
“So, what’s going on?”
“I have something I want to discuss.”
First of all, there were two things I wanted to ask Rika.
Well, since there is an order, let’s do it one by one.
The first was to ask, as one of the fans of my work, if I thought the setting of the new work was good.
“This is…”
“Like I said back then, I’m preparing a new work. I’d like to show you a draft and get some advice.”
“That might be a bit difficult.”
“Huh?”
“If it’s something my brother made, I’ll definitely like it.”
Is it not possible for that reason?
Still, I think there are some high points within what I have created.
I wanted to ask you how you compare to those kids.
“If that’s the case… It might still be my personal preference.”
“I’ll take that into consideration and listen.”
The title of this work is ‘Project Pass’.
It is an ordinary setting in which the world is attacked by demons and powerful people named passers defeat them.
Well, it’s material that can be used in a typical pretty girl light novel.
“Passer?”
“It’s a name with many meanings. The superficial meaning is that they are people who can help the world overcome crises.”
“Ah.”
However, if there is a setting that is a little different from the typical story.
Our reality is reflected in this setting.
… Every time a certain amount of time passes, enemies appear that are not effective against the abilities of the existing passers.
“Ah.”
“Then we need the next generation of passers.”
Existing passers decide on their next actions in the direction of retirement, strengthening security, and academy education.
Naturally, since this is a group that is serious about protecting the world, the academy develops tremendously.
Therefore, the main story will be about newly born passers receiving new education at the academy.
“Academy…”
“Probably most of the main characters will be students.”
With students who are not yet perfect.
A story of teachers who have already experienced the battlefield, but must leave the rest to their students.
The focus will be on dealing with that relationship.
“Are you okay? The keywords are teacher and student. I really liked the FFF level teacher at the academy.”
“Yes, I felt quite a bit like Rika when I was told about the production of a recent game.”
“Ah.”
Rika’s face suddenly turned red, and she laughed heartily.
It’s nice that people react honestly to my words in that way these days.
I have a strange feeling because I wonder if this is the atmosphere of brother and sister.
“Okay, the dangerous love between a teacher and a student.”
“Hey.”
“Hehe.”
Although sometimes he approaches me with an embarrassingly lewd expression.
As expected, I get the feeling that this is not a familiar guy.
To be honest, that is downright cute.
“And actually, there is one more concept for this work.”
“There’s more?”
“What is my most successful work?”
“Incarnate Series.”
Correct answer.
This is the starting point for my works, and an object that has received a lot of love.
And although the work uses the subject of naked bodies after transformation, it is a work that follows the clichés of modern magical girl dramas in its own way.
“To be successful, it is important to recycle popular elements from existing works.”
So what was recycled was the magical girl genre.
So, the moment you see the transformation scene in the new work, you will think of the existing incarnation series.
Naturally, fans will feel this work as a sequel.
“But since it is a completely new worldview, it can also attract new readers.”
“Oppa, isn’t that a bad idea? In the end, one of the reasons Siwoo’s artist attracted attention is his novelty. It follows the existing series.”
“No, rather, that is a blind spot.”
Noise marketing.
In general, it is a large-scale display of points that people would like to point out.
Rather, it is similar to a marketing method that uses it as a stepping stone to a solution by attracting people who want it or resolving the controversy through subsequent events.
The school genre and the magical girl genre are genres that have been used before.
But what if you use it in the same way in a new work, but spend a huge amount of money on advertising?
There may be a rumor going around that artist Siwoo has lost his original intention.
“No, rather, they are spreading such rumors.”
But are these works really the same?
If the existing incarnation series followed the trend of modern magical girl stories with deadly pests.
This work is close to a transformational heroine that uses the gimmick of a magical girl.
Unlike the one that fixed the transformation state in the form of flame.
This work properly depicts not only the shape of the clothes but also the accessories.
Each one of them will have a proper meaning, so this part is much more magical girl-like than the previous work.
Speaking of the story of a teacher and a student, the Academy’s FFF level teacher.
It was a story about a ‘good teacher’ who leads his students to a proper future.
However, the method used in this work is slightly different.
I said it was a story between a teacher and a student.
In any case, it is just one of the elements of individual stories that sometimes occur.
Because it is definitely not the main material.
“Huh…?”
The purpose of this work is for the ‘warrior’ to awaken and save the world.
What we need is itself the purpose of this worldview.
Therefore, ‘awakening’ becomes more important in this work compared to other works.
In works that contain passion, such as the Incarnation series, this theme of awakening was very important.
So, since the previous work dealt with that subject several times, you might think it’s the same.
Clearly the two are different.
“The characteristic of this work is that anyone can become a passer. Even a passer who already has strength can awaken to a new transformation at any time and become stronger.”
Because the Avatar series was set up to borrow the power of God, even awakening came at a high cost.
In the second half, to reach a happy ending without any consequences.
Many readers solved the problem by carrying the burden.
“But in this world, will determine everything.”
Just like the current reality.
The events and situations the child experienced, and the beauty of the will that bloom there.
And even the transformation scene where the clothes themselves are transformed into shaped clothes.
“Does it matter? In the end, I guess we’re fighting to protect the world and our comrades.”
“That’s right, because it’s that kind of worldview.”
The fundamental content is the same.
A story of good guys trying to save the world and protect their friends.
However, this work is different in that there is no need for that.
“Rika, you were trying to protect us and the world, right?”
“Huh?”
“That will make you a warrior, but…”
Not everyone can do that.
If you have a strong will and memories that push it.
This is a world where new awakenings can be achieved no matter what the conditions.
“Wait a minute, that’s…”
“Yeah, it’s similar to a world without heroes, right?”
It creates a world called the Academy and shows many things that happen within it.
The format also follows the style of the game called A World Without Heroes.
“Then this isn’t noise marketing or anything.”
“That’s right.”
The story is told using only materials that have already been used.
A person who has often come up with new forms of expression or story development.
What if we weave together numerous materials as if we were aiming for it, and only take out what we used?
“If only one thing is similar, it’s not special. But what if it overlaps a ton of times?”
“Rather, it becomes special in itself…”
If it’s just a strange setting, it’s a stupid mistake, and it’s a mistake.
If you intentionally add a lot of such settings and add them again.
It becomes something special in itself.
“Oppa is a real genius…”
… Well, even this is just a method I saw somewhere and copied.
Like Schrödinger’s thought experiment where he wanted to ridicule quantum mechanics by saying that it was stupid.
Or like a writer who became a huge hit by creating a work full of clichés about other worlds, depicting other world stories as stupid.
To criticize it for being strange, filling it with something more than ordinary…
For those who love it, it is rather an innovation and a revolution.
I was declaring that I would now plant it in my work.
“You brought something this huge and asked me if I was okay. Are you a fool?”
“Ahaha… Is that so?”
“Yes, the kids drawn here are very pretty. I want to see the short descriptions and stories in comics right now.”
That’s a good thing.
In fact, rather than the style of work that talks like that.
I wanted to hear praise for the core characters and story.
You pointed out exactly what I wanted to hear.
“Okay, then there will be no problem with the new work. I will trust Rika.”
“Sounds fun…”
“And, it’s the next item on the agenda.”
In some ways, this agenda is the main one.
I closed my eyes for a moment and gathered my thoughts.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“Rika. Would you like to take charge of running a world without heroes from now on?”
“…!?”
As soon as she heard my question, Rika’s eyes were filled with confusion.
