Becoming a famous mangaka is not easy for me.
The 6 stories about mangakas below will help you have a more general, deeper view and sympathize with the hardships of the profession of a comic artist:
1. Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece
According to Soranews, Oda revealed in a magazine article that his `normal` daily life is summarized like this: `Wake up at 5 a.m. and start working. Take a break from time to time.`
Unbelievable, right?
2. Masashi Kishimoto, author of Naruto
Naruto wasn’t supposed to be a story about the ninja world.
In the end, the story was completely changed from the original idea, Naruto became the boy with the Nine-Tails sealed inside.
3. Tite Kubo, author of Bleach
Imagine what it would be like for a series of a series that was once a candidate for the top three most popular Shonen comics in Shueisha, suddenly being informed that it had to end soon.
However, before that, this author was constantly taken to the hospital in the middle of the series, not to mention the super short conversations in the manga that made people doubt the truth of that explanation.
4. Hajime Isayama, author of Attack on Titan
The fight to complete the Attack on Titan manga has become a struggle for its mangaka, Hajime Isayama.
5. Yoshihiro Togashi, author of Hunter x Hunter
Yoshihiro Togashi is known by his fans as the `Lord of Procrastination` because he stops publishing his stories all day long.
6. Daisuke Ashihara, author of World Trigger
The World Trigger manga series by author Daisuke Ashihara is published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump magazine.
In short, even though your work was accepted at Weekly Shonen Jump – Japan’s largest comic magazine, it was still not entirely luck.