In Japan, the popularity of "Edgerunners" continues to grow due to the deaths of Maine and Dolio.
At least it's very popular in the manga world, similar to Ren Amamiya's previous life's "Spy x Family".
Some outside the circle know about it, but it actually remains unknown most of the time.
It can only be said that manga are like that. The real time to break out of the circle and become popular is when the animation is produced and becomes a big hit.
However, the fact that "Edgerunners" has become more popular by 'sending knives' to popular characters has attracted the attention of many colleagues in the industry.
Can popularity really... increase this way?
For a while, there were more and more manga that 'sent knives' to popular characters that fans liked.
But...
what puzzled them was that their 'knife-sending' plot not only didn't increase the popularity of their works, but even attracted criticism from fans.
It wasn't the kind of abuse that was more positive or appealing to the work itself, like "Edgerunners", but actual abuse.
It can only be said that their 'knife-sending' plot was too rigid and unexpected.
And there's no point in 'sending knives' to popular characters.
There's a certain beauty in "Iron-Blooded Orphans".
Yusuke Sato also had some reflections after watching the plot of episode 23 of "Edgerunners".
"Maine... the end has come."
He's also a fan of "Edgerunners". Seeing Maine go at that moment, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Mainly because what Maine said in the previous episodes made him feel very good.
After working for so long, Maine was unwilling to give up his prosthetic, which was becoming increasingly heavy.
And Yusuke Sato has also worked hard in the manga industry for so many years and is unwilling to give up his dream of becoming a mangaka.
Simply, Maine is for the responsibility he takes on and for his companions.
And Yusuke Sato is fighting for his own dream.
Seeing that Maine lost Dolio in the end, but at least protected David and Lucy, Yusuke Sato felt quite moved.
But after lamenting the plot to kill Maine,
Yusuke Sato looked at "Edgerunners" in front of him: "It seems "Edgerunners" will continue to be cut, but its popularity is increasing instead of decreasing."
"Do manga fans of this era like this tone?" he muttered to himself. At that moment, a bold idea came to his mind.
However... he didn't intend to use "The Psychic" to experiment with it.
Even if "The Psychic" started to be cut now, it's estimated that it wouldn't be able to reach the popularity of "Edgerunners".
Judging by the current popularity of "Edgerunners", Ren Amamiya is probably the most terrifying and unknown newcomer in Japan in the last ten years.
Didn't you see that the works of the well-known mangaka, who ranked third, were relegated to the background? Even if "The Psychic" learns to draw like "Edgerunners", it's estimated that it will never be able to compare with it.
And, in short, both "The Psychic" and "Edgerunners" are mid-length works participating in the debut competition.
"Edgerunners" has a maximum of 17 chapters, and "The Psychic" has a maximum of 20 chapters before finishing.
It's impossible to catch up with "Edgerunners" in such a short time.
So... Yusuke Sato decided to look forward to his next manga! Simply learn from the plot of "Edgerunners" and specifically choose popular and established characters to 'send knives' to and increase their popularity!
Background... Just like "Psychonauts", it's better to set it in a university, but since "Edgerunners" is set in the United States, it seems everyone is still quite pro-Western.
Then, let's set it in an American university.
But the protagonist must be Japanese! As for the power system... let's create one similar to magic and swords...
Yusuke Sato began to think of ideas and prepare for the setting of the next manga.
"I was so looking forward to you coming to clean out the closets!"
Ren Amamiya hummed a widow's song and slowly entered Hyperion Game Development.
"What song are you singing, Amamiya-sensei?"
Kenji Nakamura took the initiative to greet Ren Amamiya and said with a mocking smile: "I feel good...".
During this time, Ren Amamiya has had an exceptional performance.
His skills are so advanced that Kenji Nakamura can no longer appreciate his level.
Just a small movement makes him feel like it's the limit of his life.
But thanks to this, he has learned a lot.
Working with a top boss, you always learn something from him.
Moreover, Ren Amamiya did not hide anything and taught everything he knew. It depends on how much you can grasp.
Therefore, Kenji Nakamura and the programmers in his development department have made great progress in their skills in the past two months. This is equivalent to half of their teacher, so it's not normal for them to be disrespectful.
After all, it's not shameful to be respectful when learning skills that will lead to promotions, salary increases, and money in the future.
"This, then it will be radio music in the game."
Ren Amamiya said indifferently: "And it will also be the main theme of the next "Edgerunners" animation!"
"Huh? Music... let's ask those professional singers to create songs. It's not convenient for us to do that."
Kenji Nakamura scratched his head. "We're not very good at music...".
Japan's ACG culture has developed for so long, and it has developed a very standardized industry chain and process, just like Japanese animation of old.
Even so-called voice actors and ACG singers have been born.
"It's fine! We don't have to do everything ourselves. I just said I participated in the lyrics and music for this song," Ren Amamiya said.
Of course, he knows it clearly. Professional things must be done by professionals.
He can only compose the music and lyrics, at most, and then let professional singers do the arrangements and singing.
"Uh... okay."
Kenji Nakamura blinked and said helplessly.
After all, this is Ren Amamiya's work, and the game was created by him. If he wants to add a song, he can add it.
Anyway, although this song sounds mediocre, it's not bad.
I guess by then no fan will care about this mediocre little song.
Just add it to the game.
"Alright, the game engine is almost developed, how's the progress?" Ren Amamiya asked.
He completed the core code and some of the more difficult parts of the game engine.
But he also said at the beginning that he wouldn't be a social animal, much less 996; even 9 to 6 is impossible! Normally, two hours of work a day, a maximum of four hours of work, and the extra two hours include the time to find him online.
If this maximum standard is exceeded, Ren Amamiya will be directly out of contact.
The rest depends on Kenji Nakamura and others, or waiting for Ren Amamiya to appear the next day.
However, during this period, the game engine was practically finished.
At the same time, the plot of "Edgerunners" continued to advance and was serialized up to episode 25.
Ren Amamiya, casually, named the game engine "Cyber Game Engine", which was originally conceived as the engine used to create "Cyberpunk 2077".
As for the revenue sharing of the game engine when it's available online, Ren Amamiya and Haruto Yamamoto also signed a contract with a 70% split:
Ren Amamiya receives 70% and Hyperion Game Development 30%, a very reasonable revenue distribution.
After all, Ren Amamiya is the fundamental core of this game engine's development.
Without Hyperion Game Development, another company could also collaborate with Ren Amamiya to develop it.
But without Ren Amamiya, a hundred Hyperion Game Development companies together couldn't develop a new game engine.
"It's almost finished, it's in the testing phase," Kenji Nakamura declared. "Then we can officially start developing the game."
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