Great Mangaka

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Hinotori Publishing:

"This forum event was a complete success!" Genji placed the tea on the table and said with a smile: "I thought you'd be much calmer after the trip, but I didn't expect you to cause trouble at home."

Takumi's event boosted "Fate/Stay Night" game sales and, at the same time, increased Mirai-sensei's home forum's influence. Genji was surprised. He hadn't expected such a miracle to occur online. Takumi's appeal was truly astonishing.

"What have you been doing at home lately?"

Genji asked, seeing Takumi drinking tea.

"Nothing, just drawing...", Takumi replied lightly. He didn't tell Genji about One Piece because he wasn't sure when or how the manga would be released.

That wasn't the reason for his visit to the company this time, so after listening to Genji's complaints, Takumi bid farewell and headed to the office after drinking tea.

Mirai-sensei's home forum character contest lasted two weeks. The final winner was Saber, and the work with the most votes was Mad, from the Older Sisters Alliance. The total number of votes for the King of Conquerors and Archer was the same, and the characters' popularity tied for second place. However, second and third place in the individual work voting were not them, but two relatively unpopular characters: Illyasviel von Einzbern and Medusa.

The voting rate for the man and girl's video was surprisingly high. If the total number of works hadn't been less than other characters, perhaps they would have become the big surprise.

Takumi saw Alice in the office and told her about the prizes for the forum winner, namely, the Older Sisters Alliance.

"No problem, I'll ask others to help color it." Alice nodded. Takumi wanted to draw a Saber character. And it had to be very large. This type of drawing is quite arduous. Several people are needed for post-processing.

And the mangaka are the most convenient to help.

Takumi drew a portrait of Saber in the office. In the portrait, Saber appeared in the dim light with a sword, as if she could move, dignified and beautiful.

"To the Older Sisters Alliance: Thank you for your continued support, Mirai-sensei." After signing the painting with his pseudonym, Takumi seemed very satisfied. He asked the members of the Older Sisters Alliance on the forum what blessings they wanted, but the replies were too many and confusing, so he finally opted for this simple phrase.

After finishing it, Takumi asked to stamp Hinotori Publishing's brand before sending it.

Alice nodded and called some mangaka to help him. Takumi left. He wanted to see the current situation of the video game production department. But as soon as he entered, he saw many people lying on the table indifferently, and even not far from him, there was a mangaka playing a handheld console with his back turned.

"Mirai-sensei!"

As Takumi entered, others approached in surprise, and the mangaka, with his back to him, quickly reacted, turned off the handheld console, and approached...

"What were you playing?" Takumi asked, frowning.

"Uh... It's a pet fighting game,"

the mangaka replied awkwardly. Lately, employees in the video game production department have been waiting for Takumi's new configurations. They usually get bored at work.

"Pet fighting?" Takumi asked, moved: "Bring it, I want to see it."

The mangaka was a little confused. He turned around and brought the handheld console. Takumi moved it up and down. This handheld console looks a bit like a PSP, but it feels a little different. He turned it on and took a look. The game it contains is a bit like a 3DS game...

Takumi played for half an hour, and his expression gradually became happy.

"What's this handheld console called?"

"Win, it's called Win, it's the most common handheld console right now in Japan." An artist replied: "Since it's very cheap, many people will buy one to play."

Win, this handheld console is an open gaming platform, and the software and games it contains can be produced by third parties. At first glance, it's similar to a smartphone, with its own game store and you can pay to download games. In addition, it's cheap, easy to carry, and extremely popular. It's the most popular handheld console in Japan.

"Win... can you create games like the one above?"

Takumi showed the pet game on the handheld console and asked: "Who can do it?"

This question made the artists look at each other in confusion and shake their heads, saying: "Mirai-sensei, we can't create games." But other game designers nodded: "We can do it. The kind of pet game you're making isn't difficult to make, but it will take longer...".

"Can you do it?"

Takumi was surprised. If it were true, he could transfer Pokémon.

Pokémon, that is, the game version of "Pokémon", or in other words, Pokémon is the orthodox original work. Takumi had never paid much attention to it, as he knew that Pokémon took several years to develop and was based on the Game Boy console in his previous life.

This world doesn't have this kind of gaming system, and if it becomes a computer game, Pokémon might not be popular. Seeing the Win handheld console, Takumi was very surprised. Although its system is different from Game Boy's, it's very similar to the 3DS, and the 3DS is also suitable for the Pokémon game type.

"This is a good opportunity..." Takumi felt that the opportunity had arrived. If Pokémon could be launched, in addition to generating as much money and sales as in his previous life, even if it only achieved a third of the market share, Hinotori Publishing would be extremely rich and even have the opportunity to compete with Kanto Manga Company.

This huge pie was placed in front of Takumi, but he was a little hesitant. Would it be okay to sell Pokémon based on another console? And if this game developed successfully and became popular, would it shake the foundations of Hinotori Publishing?

What was most important to Hinotori Publishing? Of course, manga. Manga hadn't taken off yet, so how could he create a more powerful industry? What would the consequences be?

Worried, Takumi discussed with the designers for an entire morning, and in the end, he realized he was worrying too much. All Windows games were 3D. Even if you knew how to create them, such a game would take at least half a year, and even several years.

There's still a long way to go until Pokémon's launch. But it's worth mentioning that Windows, like the Android system, constantly updates its software. As long as there isn't a major technological revolution in the future, it will have a long lifespan, and it's not too late to start creating games now.

So Takumi made a decision. The game production department was already inactive, so before deciding on the next galgame, he asked them to try creating Pokémon. With dozens of artists, he was able to perfectly create game characters and elves.

This work became a long-term job for the production department. If Takumi wanted to launch a galgame, Pokémon's development would temporarily stop, and everyone would prepare to create it.

Takumi planned to launch Pokémon in a few years. He wanted to boost Hinotori Publishing's manga industry in the coming years to avoid the possibility of putting the cart before the horse in the future. He didn't want to turn a good manga company into a game company.