Comment on how do mangakas get ideas?

Susaga@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Once, a manga editor saw a note one of his creators had written that said “Grudge vs Ring was a cool movie”, and he essentially said “go off on that”. That’s how we got DanDaDan.

A mangaka wanted to make a horror battle manga. Since there was already a lot of fighting manga, he decided to focus on competitive games instead. That’s how we got Yu-Gi-Oh.

A mangaka wanted to make a death game series, but there was a gap in the market for casual romcoms instead. He then merged the two ideas together and had two tsunderes in mind games for romantic affection. That’s how we got Kaguya-Sama.

There is no method to making good ideas. It’s blind luck, flexibility and creativity, coupled with skill in executing whatever slapdash ideas you have.

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