>Torishima: Character creation is actually a very simple thing. Even a child can do it. Around the world, there are lots of manga with complicated themes but not very simple ideas. They don’t make you want to read them.
>Another example: I once spoke with someone from a publishing house in Germany. He told me that Attack on Titan made a lot of noise, but in the end, the paper manga didn’t sell well. The thing is, once the anime ended, the manga no longer sold. But if you look at Dragon Ball and Naruto, they keep selling even after the anime ended. So what’s the difference?
>The difference is that in Dragon Ball or Naruto, you get a shonen style where the reader sees the story through the character’s eyes and discovers the world with them. It’s not the plot that matters, it’s the idea that the reader is swept away by the character.
>Thanks to this simple character-driven construction, you can appeal to both kids and adults. “You drink Coke or Fanta because it tastes good, but when you’re really thirsty, you drink water.”
Literally Tortoise ans the Hare. Shingeki no Kyojin was a smash international hit that threw everyone off-guard but when the anime ended the series died. And this was after they split the final season into multiple parts and even made a movie.
Kind of like what Demon Slayer is doing right now. Split a 40 chapter arc that could be a season into a movie trilogy (from what I hear about it, the direction and pacing is trash). When the anime is gone, Demon Slayer will die too.
Dragon Ball and Naruto won by playing the long game. That's why they still smash after they ended.
