Tadokoro-san (Web Comic) - Ch. 44

[Lilliwyt]

You could replace this chapter by one shitposter online calling her art shit and lame and it would be 100 times more realistic than this.

It would yes but that's easier to ignore a shitposter on social media than an editor .

 

[Varler]

F*ck that guy, that's no way to act as an editor.

 

[firosahoge]

looks like Nikaidou is going to destroy Purgatory If Nikaidou has her own company she would only publish Tadokoro works lol

 

[lenteraneko]

Ah... it's a good day for an editor to die...

 

[SalmonDaddy]

If they wanted someone who could draw the popular style, then why not just hire someone that can do it in the first place?

They go out of their way to hire someone who doesn't do that style and give them an ultimatum? What kind of idiot is this editor?

If this guy was my subordinate I'd fire him for such moronic thinking.

@broadsword80
Hiring someone is more expensive than accepting first-timer.
then again losing 1 newbie doesn't even matter to them, since all they just wait 1-4 weeks for a new applicant comes, and choose one that fits their criteria.

If you got no audience/fame before entering publication, then you gonna have a very bad time
The publication is a business. not a playground like twitter/pixiv. all they have in mind is quick money.
*Trust me, I work in Publication comp. And thankfully not as an Editor

 

[Purplelibraryguy]

I guess the moral is, avoid submitting your work to a publisher called "Purgatory".

 

[NamelessGent]

Tatsubon venting about getting rejected by other publishers because of their art style?

 

[Ranzo]

Oh yes, we only publish the cutest boi's here at purgatory monthly hell dark. Oh? You thought we published edgy trash, well you couldn't be more wrong

 

[Serenata]

@NamelessGent Lol maybe that's what we're actually seeing here XP inb4 she post her work online and becomes famous that way

 

[APSINTHOS]

Pretty much what happen to every oneshot that turn into a series

Spoiler

P.S.: pls mind the exaggeration

 

[harryexplorer]

HAHA I CALLED IT BASK IN MY ABILITY TO SENSE A HIDDEN DARK PLOT

 

[Sharkexpert12]

@NamelessGent very very common in Japan basically all of the publishers chase trends then drop everything when the trend shifts and the cycle repeats or they just sit there and eat paste letting stuff like Fukka exsist (seriously who greenlit that dumpster fire). Or rarely pander to the western market and most of the time fall flat on their face hard.

 

[Ironclad]

You should listen to your editors. Rather if your artstyle is the only thing they dislike that's a huge compliment! Story, pacing, worldbuilding, characters, paneling, lettering are all up to the publisher's standards? Artstyle is in fact the easiest part to improve. Just keep drawing.

 

[Xystus]

Easy, just don't be an manga artist. Just do it as your hobby and marry Nikaido later.

 

[firosahoge]

@Sharkexpert12 yup, which is why they keep regurgitating out the same trash. Rather than stifle artists' creativity, they should give them a shot first. I almost didn't give the ugly drawings of Ping Pong a chance but now it's one of my favorite anime of all time. Also, look at the original drawings of one punch man and hunter x hunter :\

 

[emMeBi86]

Looks like that Purgatory is going to Hell soon...

 

[Midoriha]

@firosahoge
Crappy as it may be, you have to remember first and foremost that this is a business. Suits aren't gonna give everything the go just for it's uniqueness and it having a chance, just a chance, of actually doing well, rather than being something market tested and guaranteed to be a success.
Despite how this guy is portrayed here, editors aren't there just to tell you to make your original and unique special snowflake manga into a generic harem cheat powers isekai. There's a lot more than just that to their jobs, and their advice and pointers are nowhere near close to something like that is portrayed here either, as long as they're good editors that is. It's not like authors themselves always know what would be better for the story, George Lucas Syndrome became a popular thing to call certain things for a reason.

 

[firosahoge]

@Midoriha good point. I'm sure there are actually good editors, but I know that there are also rare gems out there that are getting stamped out because they're not the current popular fad. If editors weren't good and if they weren't getting results, they wouldn't be getting paid to do their job.
Unfortunately, the raw fire of a passionate artist often gets diminished in the face of the raw reality of money. However, just because something is "safe" (analytics point to it being profitable), doesn't make it a masterpiece. That's why I suggested giving it a chance, ie, let it run in online one-shot competitions or something.

 

[NinkNikkita]

Well.. that editor's as good as dead .

 

[jackslate]

Just self-publish. Isn't that how artists get started nowadays?