Big Manga

At Yenching University, three principals sat in a conference room and did a strange thing—reading cartoons.

They were all fascinated by watching it. It took a long time, and Xing Boxiang was the last one to finish watching. She showed a satisfied expression.

"How about this "Shakugan no Shana"?"

she spoke.

The other two vice presidents of Yenching University looked at each other and expressed their opinions respectively.

"It's not bad, the painting is very good, and the story is also very exciting."

"Although there is only one big plot, it feels very enjoyable to read the whole story."

The two principals said that this comic has a lot of weight, but it only tells one story in total. In addition to the protagonist and Shana, it is the plot of the Red Demon Lord Fariagni.

Fariagni is one of the top five powerful demon kings in modern times in the world of "Shakugan no Shana". He has a slender and weak body, but inside he is scheming and cruel to humans. However, such a Crimson World Demon King fell in love with a doll he made by himself, and the name of the doll was Marianne.

In order to make Marianne have a real life and existence, Fariagni carried out a crazy plan-to devour the city, he wanted to devour the entire city of human beings, turning them into a high-concentration force of existence to realize themselves wishes. However, his plan was obstructed by the fiery crusader Shana (the heroine), and he ended up being punished by the God of Punishment.

After reading the whole story, the two male principals admire He Xi's painting skills. The picture is really excellent, and the characters are well described. Even Fariagni, who is the villain, has a strong charm. It's a pity that since ancient times, it has always been passionate and bitter - people who are too infatuated often don't get a good ending.

"But principal, why do you ask us to read comics?"

asked a principal. They were suddenly called by Xing Boxiang to watch comics. Don't know what she's planning yet.

Xing Boxiang smiled. Instead of answering, he continued to ask: "What do you think of the characteristics of this comic? What will the follow-up development look like?"

The two principals were a little stunned. Is Xing Boxiang testing them? The two couldn't help thinking carefully——

"Recently, the school issued an application for early retirement. Does it mean that Principal Xing also wants to retire?"

"Principal Xing called the two of us here, because he must want to choose the next principal."

The male principals all thought in the same direction and came up with the result.

Their hearts jumped up excitedly, and then they lowered their heads nervously to look at the manga—this thing turned out to be a test paper that determined the future of the two of them?

"...Principal, I want to take another look."

"Me too. I wasn't serious just now."

The two principals quickly flipped through the "Shakugan no Shana" in their hands, and they knew that the one who answered first must have an advantage. A headmaster was fast. After reading it to make sure there were no mistakes, he said bluntly: "Principal, this is a comic with a novel setting. It contains the elements of campus love, fighting, and individual heroism that the public likes. The resolution of the incident also added some reasoning scenes, which is a successful commercial work."

He pushed his glasses, glanced triumphantly at the competitor next to him, and said: "But its main line is very simple. The content is the battle with the Crimson World Demon King, so the future development should be... other Crimson World Demon Kings appearing in succession. In front of the protagonist. Continue to fight and win."

"Do you think this comic is about fighting?" Xing Boxiang looked at the principal.

"Yes." The principal nodded: "Of course there will be love mixed in, the main elements are these two, commercial comics are all in this mode."

"What do you think?" Xing Boxiang looked at the other principal.

The headmaster had just finished reading, and a stern light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "I have different views on the future development of manga. In "Shakugan no Shana", the Crimson World Demon King and the Crimson World Heroes are positioned to devour human beings." monsters, this positioning makes them necessarily villains—but if they are pure villains, the author doesn’t need to write the enemies so infatuated this time.”

"So I think the follow-up development of this comic will not be limited to the battle with the Crimson Demon King. The author made Fariagni, the Crimson Demon King, very evil in the setting, but wrote him so in the story. Infatuation, that shows that the author's own concept of the Crimson Demon King should be different from that of the readers. The future stories of "Shakugan no Shana" will not only be wars, but there may be a battle between the concepts and consciousness of the Crimson Demon King, humans, and Huowu fighters... "

Although it's all conjecture, the headmaster thinks that he should be thinking well, and he will definitely pass Xing Boxiang's assessment.

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, are you stupid..."

The principal glanced at his opponent, and then heard Xing Boxiang's satisfied praise.

"Yes, I think so too." She said: "He Xi, the author of this manga, his recent works will put some meaningful thought elements into commercialization at the same time - "Shakugan no Shana" should also be No exceptions."

Xing Boxiang is very satisfied with this.

"Gundam Seed" is a war-themed sci-fi animation, but its theme is grasped in the yearning and pursuit of peace, which has a very positive effect on children's thinking. Not to mention "clannad", it is completely a family education game in the skin of a love game. Xing Boxiang was shocked and disappointed when he made a text adventure game for Meng Huo before, but after watching "clannad" Spoiler alert, she discovered that He Xi has such a warm family heart.

Although the current "Shakugan no Shana" has not come to the end, Xing Boxiang has already seen that it also contains positive thoughts that have not yet come out. These thoughts are very important, especially for a cultural creator. China is entering an era of cultural prosperity. In order to develop the depth and breadth of culture, the current government is very tolerant of works. Except for a very few taboos, novelists, cartoonists, painters, directors...etc. Make your own work as you like.

"I think you all know that there are more and more dark works in the cultural market." Xing Boxiang sighed: "Since the grading system was improved, creators have begun to do things willfully. Cultural prosperity is a good thing, but If you do anything for the sake of business and making money, more and more works with dark elements will appear, which will be detrimental to the development of the entire society."

"The Chinese cultural world is a bit chaotic. Violence, gore, pornography... All kinds of works that provoke human desires have appeared one after another. Compared with ordinary works, works with these elements are obviously more popular. Let me give you an example, text adventure games The market is a living proof, with the grading system and the advent of pornographic games, more and more 18-banned text adventure works, and it is easier to make money than ordinary works..."

The two principals admired Xing Boxiang's compassionate look. It turned out that this assessment had such a big background.

"Principal, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job in building the school's school spirit in the future, and I will resolutely not allow those crooked ways to erode our students..."

"Yes, principal, after you leave, I will unite with other scholars to submit a letter to the central government, and I will definitely curb the unhealthy trends in the cultural world..."

The two principals started talking good things about who the next principal will be. As long as Xing Boxiang hasn't said anything, they will fight to the end.

"Huh? I'm leaving?"

However, when Xing Boxiang heard what they said, he showed a look of surprise: "Who said I want to leave?"

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"Principal, you just asked us to evaluate comics..."

"Well, I want you to see it." Xing Boxiang nodded, and said with a smile: "Don't you think that He Xi, who can insist on describing positive values ​​in this period, is a very remarkable cartoonist? I read "Second Speed" I thought he was a good boy when he was in "Five Centimeters", as expected, after so many years, he is still introducing healthy and bright works to the society, he is worthy of my valued boy!"

Xing Boxiang's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Why is he in the third year of high school this year? How could Yenching University miss such a good kid? I decided to make an exception to admit him. You guys also watched "Shakugan no Shana". There should be no opinion on the matter!"

The two principals were speechless for a while, and after a long time, the reason why the principal called them here was not because he wanted to retire, but because he wanted to recruit a cartoonist?

The college entrance examination has not yet started, so she is too impatient! (To be continued..)