After leaving Star悠 Talent Agency, Su Yu and Yukinoshita Yukino headed to Future Manga Publishing.
Sato Yumiko greeted them politely upon seeing Yukino.
After some brief small talk, she led them to a private room.
Su Yu had another task here—
Recording a Q&A video.
This session's questions would be randomly drawn from the five large boxes of fan letters.
Each box's envelopes were numbered, and Su Yu would randomly pick twenty questions to answer.
A makeup artist quickly touched up his appearance, and then—
The recording began.
Tamura Nanako was his co-host, explaining the rules before Su Yu nodded in acknowledgment.
He personally drew the numbers, while Tamura retrieved the corresponding letters.
The entire process was filmed continuously, ensuring authenticity.
Of course, the final content would still go through editing and review before release.
For example—
The first letter Su Yu opened contained a photo inside.
He glanced at it and shook his head at the camera.
The cameraman immediately understood—this part was unusable.
Tamura Nanako leaned in to look—
Her face flushed red.
"Get rid of this one. Move on," Su Yu said, passing the letter and photo to her.
She nodded quickly and set it aside.
Yukino, curious, peeked at the photo—
Her brows furrowed immediately.
Aside from the first letter, the rest were normal.
Some asked about his age.
Some asked if he had a girlfriend.
Some asked if the village in Yuuza actually existed.
One was even from a little girl, saying she wanted to be friends with Renge.
Su Yu thought that would be fun to answer with the voice actor.
—
Once the recording finished, Tamura Nanako went off to edit the video.
Noticing Yukino's presence, she wisely didn't linger.
Sato Yumiko then led them to her office.
She presented the new sub-magazine cover design.
Compared to Future Manga Weekly, the sub-magazine looked more like a modern magazine.
However, Su Yu wasn't satisfied with the cover.
"The sub-magazine doesn't need to be this flashy. Just put the ranking charts directly on the cover and update it weekly."
He suggested.
"Understood," Sato Yumiko said after a brief pause.
"The sub-magazine's main purpose is promoting new manga, four-panel comics, and light novels."
"But right now, the website's content isn't strong enough to support it."
"Let's hold off for a while and let the editorial team select and review content first."
Su Yu added.
"I was thinking the same thing," Sato Yumiko said, relieved.
They were on the same page.
"Future Manga Weekly itself doesn't need major changes. The real innovation should be in the sub-magazine, which will help promote the digital manga platform and our website."
Su Yu commented while skimming through the current Weekly issue.
"Su Yu-sama, the digital manga app is convenient, but won't it affect print sales?"
Sato Yumiko voiced her concern.
"That's easily solved—we'll introduce manga points in Future Manga Weekly."
Su Yu answered immediately.
"You mean… rewarding readers with manga points inside the magazine?"
She looked surprised.
"Exactly."
"One out of every 100 copies will contain a redeemable code, giving manga points worth 1/3 of the magazine's price."
Su Yu explained.
"I see! That's definitely feasible!"
Sato Yumiko smiled.
Games already used redeemable codes.
There was no reason Future Manga couldn't do the same.
It would be a bit more work, but it would also increase anticipation among readers.
"The magazine codes are just a gift for readers."
"But in the future—when we launch our game division—"
"We just need players to realize that playing our games can earn manga points."
"And that alone will attract tons of players."
Su Yu hinted.
"…Game division?"
Sato Yumiko froze.
"It's a future plan."
Su Yu didn't hide it.
"Comics, animation, games…"
"Su Yu-sama, if your vision succeeds, Future Manga Publishing will be just one piece of a much bigger puzzle."
She suddenly realized.
"Future Manga is an essential piece."
"With it, everything else falls into place."
Su Yu viewed Future Manga and Flash Animation as the cornerstones.
"That's why you bought Flash Animation…"
Sato Yumiko suddenly understood everything.
—
Leaving Sato Yumiko's office,
Su Yu finally turned to Yukino, who had been quietly listening the entire time.
"You've just been listening. No thoughts?"
"I've confirmed something," Yukino replied calmly.
"Your abilities are far beyond my expectations."
"If you took over the Yukinoshita family business, perhaps…"
She trailed off, not finishing her sentence.
Because she knew—
For Su Yu to control the Yukinoshita family, there was only one possibility.
"My plans are simply based on my interests."
"I love anime, manga, and games."
"If I can create any game or anime I want, I'll be happy."
"Beyond that, I'm not interested in anything else."
Su Yu understood what she was implying.
"You don't like meaningless power struggles, huh?"
Yukino smiled slightly.
"Exactly. The Yukinoshita name draws too much attention."
"If I were in charge, I'd have to scheme and counter-scheme against rivals."
"I don't want to live that kind of exhausting life."
"I don't want to become like your sister."
"I definitely don't want to turn into your mother."
Su Yu said firmly.
"If Nee-san is in trouble, will you help her?"
Yukino asked.
Su Yu sighed helplessly, saying nothing.
Yukino took a quick glance around.
When she confirmed no one was around,
She stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek lightly.
Her voice was soft and warm.
"If you help Nee-san, you're helping me too."
"What exactly did your sister say to you?"
Su Yu looked at her suspiciously.
It felt like Yukino was hiding something.
"This is a secret between me and Nee-san."
Yukino turned her head away.
"Fine."
"I'll just ask your sister directly when the time comes."
Su Yu smirked and walked ahead.
Yukino's face turned crimson—
She immediately understood what he meant by "when the time comes".
Watching him walk away, she quickly caught up.
—
They arrived at Hanada Yui's office.
After a quick introduction,
Hanada Yui showed them the new website layout.
Currently, Future Manga's website registrations had surpassed 500,000 users.
And the digital manga app had already reached over 2 million downloads.
Notes-You can read advanced chapters in patreon.com/Shadow_D_X, i have finished translating the whole story