minami

But the amount of compartmentalization I sometimes have to do to make my silly comics at times feels untenable. or maybe it feels like the act of making silly comics itself is? But entertainment and art exists to give a reprieve and hope and escape so...I guess...

I think what is happening on a personal level with me is that the state of the world is so dire I keep feeling this urge to lash out at myself because it feels like it's the only thing I have control over. But that isn't helpful to anyone or anything and is frankly self-centered so

I want to draw comics so badly but I really need to make a dent in this translation…but I wanna draw…

Mad bc what Zeztz is doing is interesting but the lead up to it was bad so I am, as always, thinking of the potentially good show it could’ve been

That said, the second half will probably be a lot better than the first. But the first should’ve and could’ve been really good!

Ariel and Jasmine????????

I’ll admit that I’ve only really been as far as the entrance of Kabukicho so being that deep into it was weirdly new despite how long I’ve lived here

Also why are hosts naming themselves after anime characters now. What do you mean your name is Himura Kenshin

Just came back from dinner in the armpit of Shinjuku and I swear it feels like an entirely different world there

I can do this, right? I need to keep believing I can do this…

before sharing information

1) read the article
2) examine your source (what else has the reporter done? are they real? what else is on the website?)
3) check whether any other outlets are reporting on it

ESPECIALLY IF

- it makes you feel something
- it confirms something you already believe

THANK YOU!!! This would be the best comeback ever after last year…

#読み切り 根なし 草 - 間門マモのマンガ #漫画 #オリジナル漫画 #ファンタジー - pixiv 楽しんでいただければ嬉しいです！婚活をたくさんやってきた者なので、ファンタジーと婚活だったらどうかなと…思いました。

I finally uploaded a comic from 2024 onto Pixiv! (In Japanese)
Please enjoy if you are bored 🥺
It was inspired by me trying to find a husband while in Japan lol.
www.pixiv.net/artworks/141...

If any of these projects come to fruition I’ll have to reserve some time to talk about the entire experience but for now I’m going to focus on what needs to be done

Looks like I may be able to resurrect my failed pitch with another publisher…I’m so happy, I liked my ML so much…

A lot will change and we’re starting with a oneshot (mainly bc I’m busy with the Jun and May series pitch), but I’m going to make it so it can possibly be extended

the two things I need to do this week are my taxes and beginning the draft for the May and Jun comic and both are really daunting...

Notice Regarding the Translation and Publication Structure of Seven Seas Entertainment and MEDIA DO:

English: mediado.jp/wp-content/t...
Japanese: mediado.jp/info/15595/

Writing is hard. Writing is great. Writing sucks. I love writing. I wish I could stop writing. I cannot stop writing. Please help. Please leave me alone, I have another 3 pages to get through. Please read my work. Please never perceive this garbage I've created. Respect me. Ignore me.

You should. But also, RIP.

A purple haired elf knight wails on her guitar,, I hope you’re ready to be destroyed 🎸🎸🎸 Prepare yourself for more of my bard warriors 😁💕

Bard Knight 01 🛡️
Dost thou shred? 🎸

I was digging through some very very old files of mine and found some short stories I wrote way back...y'know, I think I've always had a way with words! lol

GIVE US THE LAYERED CSP FILES IF YOU WANT MANGA LOCALIZED FASTER

Media Do AI takeover of Seven Seas, then Shogakukan editorial dual wielding pedophiles, one of them being the fucking act-age guy!!!! is sending me

The manga industry is a trip. One of them Mondays huh

are there any other ways to have a newsletter aside from substack since everything I've heard about it isn't great lately...

I think I want to write up a series about manga composition, or at least my method of doing it

looking at my schedule and weeping...i have too much to do...

So at least when it comes to the older generation of male editors, I still feel a bit on edge and sad that I’m not even too surprised about aspects of this awful scandal.

He gave some half-assed apology about the example he used, but I just couldn’t believe that someone like that could work for a shoujo magazine. I’ve had my share of rough times with editors but to this day that was the worst.

I remember leaving feeling really defeated that day.

He gave an example of how I needed to put more conflict in my work, making a hypothetical story about some fictional version of myself who is promised she’d be published, but in return finds out that she has to sleep with her editor for it to happen. I was shocked.

He had bragged about the aspiring mangaka (keep in mind this was a shoujo magazine) he had brought to tears, and said that at my level, I’d only be embarrassed to see my work next to real professionals. Which, maybe was true, but it was what he said next.

The truth is, a little more than 10 years ago when I was still in manga school I had one of the worst editor meetings I’d ever had for a magazine that is now defunct. It was a male editor and not only did he insult me, his “advice” was basically thinly veiled sexual harassment.

I still can’t stop thinking about the Manga One situation. Maybe I’m naive, but I wanted to believe that the editorial environment had gotten better over the years. Maybe it has, at least with younger editors. The ones I’ve met recently have been a lot more considerate than 10+ years ago.