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Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga

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If you find a theme that interests you and connects with you on a personal level – even if you think that theme may be too dark to sell – you should resolve to create your manga around that theme. Your manga's success will not depend upon a seemingly salable theme. Whatever your theme is, if it feels right to you, and you layer upon it characters and story that move you, it will undoubtedly be an interesting work, and one that readers will welcome. Araki Sensei: I'm extremely grateful for all the support from the fans. There are new, younger fans being introduced to the original manga after experiencing JoJo through anime and other mediums. The fact that there's a new generation of readers is the core of what JoJo is about passing the torch on to the next generation. I was initially drawn to the Japanese edition of Hirohiko Araki’s Manga in Theory and Practice because of the two dudes looking like they were about to kiss, on the cover. They looked like sophomore versions of the Joestar family Araki is best known for creating, and I thought this was a pretty major coup of transition from homosocial straight to homosexual as far as mainstream manga was concerned. Manga have become so popular in Japan and throughout the world, that an increasing number of young people aspire to become mangaka, or manga artists. As its title suggests, Hirohiko Araki’s Manga in Theory and Practice is a how-to guide, designed to help young artists find their way. Araki says, “I want this book to be a kind of map in which are recorded the many different roads to creating manga. It’s a map for climbing undiscovered mountains. It’s a map for exploring undeveloped and undiscovered lands.”

Any manga that can be considered famous, as well as any novel or movie, will share certain story beats that will never stop captivating audiences. The basic version of this structure can be summed up as ki-shō-ten-ketsu, or introduction (ki), development (shō), twist (ten), and resolution (ketsu) [...] Whether you’re working in long form or short, when it comes to the story, the two ironclad rules are that you follow the ki-shō-ten-ketsu structure and that your protagonist is always rising. Even if you’re changing up the structure to ki-shō-ten-ten-ten-ten-ketsu, through each ten your protagonist must always be growing." No hay truco. Ni talento ni genio ni excepcionalidad. Sólo el trabajo duro, metódico e inteligente de ir generando un diccionario cada vez más grande. Aprender lo que funciona, y explotarlo, aprender lo que no funciona, y evitarlo. Observar no hasta que la narrativa y el arte sean nuestra segunda piel, sino hasta que lo sean la curiosidad y la necesidad de observar. You worked for several years with a weekly deadline as part of Shonen Jump, until transitioning to a monthly deadline when JoJo's Bizarre Adventure moved to Ultra Jump in 2004. What are your feelings on the weekly vs. monthly model of creating manga?

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Overall if you are interested in writing manga, this would be a good book for you as it contains a lot of information when it comes to arranging and creating your manga. It is also an interesting look into the author's life and motivation when it came to creating their own work. Though I am not part of this audience, I did find these points interesting and a neat insight when it comes to the creator of JoJo. One that I had a difficult time with (not artistically, but rather in terms of plot and story development) is ‘ Killer Queen’ in Part 4. I felt that I may have made it too strong. It wouldn't have been a surprise if Josuke was not able to defeat it. Are among the reasons Araki is one of the best mangakas of all time. He's a honed automaton with more emotion than most, and you can feel it from the drawings, his expression through figures in passionate motion - he's always having fun, and keeping his love of art afloat. I don't think I've seen a truly, truly lazy drawing from him. Especially in his later years.

Aún explicando la necesidad de los cuatro elementos regidores de toda narración —personajes, historia, escenario y tema; en ese estricto orden de importancia— Araki siempre acaba poniendo algo de sí mismo entre líneas. Cual es el método que él utiliza, o ha utilizado, para llegar hasta sus conclusiones. Y en ese arranque metodológico, es donde deja ver lo obvio: consiste no en hacer, sino en mirar. He gives a passage from a Hemmingway story and claims that it tells us information that it really doesn’t. I have to wonder if this is a mis-translation of what he was saying the passage was supposed to be giving us. There may be nothing more beautiful than a person who pursues something important, regardless of society’s approval, and even if it means standing alone." reminds me of The Pledge, Turn, and Prestige employed by magicians and improvisors. As well as, of course, the three act structure, heroes circle, and kabuki theatre, among other frameworks. Araki denotes the importance of 'motion' in a character, as well as rooted sense, and a feeling that they are evolving in some form by the conclusion, even across long running works (stagnation found in The Simpsons, and their clumsy attempts to fix it, are indicative of this).

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Also, he then goes on to explain how, because of this philosophy, he developed Hamon and Stands - "while Hamon made superpowers visible, Stands took the next step and made them into characters." Implementation, Example 2 - How to Create a One-Shot ( Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Millionaire Village) The chapter that puzzles me the most is the one about characters. I agree with Arawi that they are at the core of the plotting, more than the story itself. But the view on the subject of the author feels quite strict. Arguments are of the kind: Genuinely inspiring. "“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” - Haruki Murakami

Is worthwhile advice given to many children but often forgotten later down the line, especially in writing. It shouldn't be outwardly apparent all the time, sometimes illusionary, but they are the words that glue together intrigue. The through line in all successful franchises, to Araki, is a strong goddamn character. This cannot be over-emphasized. The emphasis reflects Araki’s success with the dynastic narrative of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, if also the general direction toward which the manga paradigm has shifted. He goes so far as to say that in extreme examples, “compelling characters negate the need for story or setting.” As someone who has only ever failed to explain Araki’s storylines to the uninitiated, I daresay Araki doesn’t lie. COVER Corporation Announces hololive English VTuber Gawr Gura Collaboration with Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium

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Araki Sensei: I think it can be applied, but I'm not too familiar with American/Western comics so I can't give specific examples. However, I believe that detailed, precise manga panel development designed to depict intricate emotions is the defining feature of Japanese manga, and that approach can be applied in various forms. Steel Ball Run took an interesting approach to battle manga by focusing on a positive portrayal of a hero with a disability. What inspired you to create Johnny Joestar? The Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu story structure he outlines is a good one for short story writers to keep in mind, and simple and flexible while still offering a straightforward way to structure your stories. (One of his two Implementation chapters acts as an example in great detail, which is also nice. Although after you read it, you can look at any Shonen comic and see it in action immediately.) Qué quiere decir eso? Que el método de Araki es puramente observacional. Todo lo que nos da son tres reglas —la necesidad de calibrar los cuatro elementos regidores, que la historia tenga un orden ascendente y que el tema sea importante para nosotros como individuos— y todo lo demás que nos dice es «el resto es observar». Observar todo.

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