Masquerade Confidence: The Conman and the Girl’s Masked Journey
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I've got nothing against these mangas, which are web/light novel adaptations, but the pace of publication literally kills this kind of manga. 1 (full) chapter a month is either a rushed story that moves too fast to keep the reader's attention, or a story that moves too slowly and gets boring in the long run. Glaciel appeared in mid-April and at the end of July he's still there, even though he's the story's first enemy... he's not an antagonist who's here for a long time.
I have no doubt that once the manga is finished, the story will be more pleasant to read, but this kind of pace of publication and story management is more bad than anything else. How many manga adapted from novels that we find on mangadex are at a dozen chapters in 2 years of publication? And all with a story that's not moving particularly fast?
A manga that takes its time is a good thing, but a manga that takes its time with a rhythm of publication where publishers and authors know full well that the monthly rhythm is double-edged, it's very badly played.
Why don't publishers take the time to work with artists and authors to see how they can adapt the original novel (in a long-term vision before the publication of the first manga chapters)? How many mangas are killed because of publication rhythms that don't meet the standards, and how many are killed because they don't respect the original novel?
I'm aware of the difficulties faced by cartoonists and authors, but publishers should be aware that adapting a novel like this into a manga is no good in the long term, whether for digital or paper format. Betting mainly on the loyalty already acquired by readers of the novel is all well and good, but it still has to be passed on to readers who will discover the story through the manga.
Manga artists who adapt novels don't have to imagine the story from A to Z; their main job (and not their only job, I might add) is to adapt a story that's already well advanced, under the strong supervision or otherwise of the original author.
What annoys me is that the story looks and will be interesting from what I'm reading, but in a world where manga has been mainstream worldwide for half a decade now, this kind of pace of adaptation kills the possibility of more potential future consumers (manga having more visibility than novels).
Let's be honest, how many mangas have we started and abandoned in the middle of our reading because of the slow pace of publication and the lack of progress? How many of us have even forgotten the names of the manga we were reading 2 or 3 years ago? How many of us have rediscovered manga we read a few years ago, only to discover that the story only took 5 chapters (or 10 at best)? And how many of us have caught up on those 2 or 3 years in less than half an hour of reading?
I have no doubt that once the manga is finished, the story will be more pleasant to read, but this kind of pace of publication and story management is more bad than anything else. How many manga adapted from novels that we find on mangadex are at a dozen chapters in 2 years of publication? And all with a story that's not moving particularly fast?
A manga that takes its time is a good thing, but a manga that takes its time with a rhythm of publication where publishers and authors know full well that the monthly rhythm is double-edged, it's very badly played.
Why don't publishers take the time to work with artists and authors to see how they can adapt the original novel (in a long-term vision before the publication of the first manga chapters)? How many mangas are killed because of publication rhythms that don't meet the standards, and how many are killed because they don't respect the original novel?
I'm aware of the difficulties faced by cartoonists and authors, but publishers should be aware that adapting a novel like this into a manga is no good in the long term, whether for digital or paper format. Betting mainly on the loyalty already acquired by readers of the novel is all well and good, but it still has to be passed on to readers who will discover the story through the manga.
Manga artists who adapt novels don't have to imagine the story from A to Z; their main job (and not their only job, I might add) is to adapt a story that's already well advanced, under the strong supervision or otherwise of the original author.
What annoys me is that the story looks and will be interesting from what I'm reading, but in a world where manga has been mainstream worldwide for half a decade now, this kind of pace of adaptation kills the possibility of more potential future consumers (manga having more visibility than novels).
Let's be honest, how many mangas have we started and abandoned in the middle of our reading because of the slow pace of publication and the lack of progress? How many of us have even forgotten the names of the manga we were reading 2 or 3 years ago? How many of us have rediscovered manga we read a few years ago, only to discover that the story only took 5 chapters (or 10 at best)? And how many of us have caught up on those 2 or 3 years in less than half an hour of reading?
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