Chapter 82: Too many themes, hard to choose
"I have a slight idea, but I still can't finalize it."
Izumi Chihiro shook his head gently.
"That's true. For a creator, choosing a good theme is a relatively important matter. Anyway, "demon slayer" has just finished, and Izumi-sensei, you still have plenty of time."
Machida Sonoko said with conviction.
"Hmm…"
He pondered, falling into deep thought.
He was currently considering two directions.
One was to continue the style of "demon slayer," following a healing and battle-oriented route. This would help boost the popularity of the new work and allow for a good start.
The other was to choose works of a different style for a breakthrough, such as slice-of-life or romance. If written well, he might achieve a greater breakthrough, but the problem was that he might not be able to write those kinds of everyday romance works.
Although his writing ability in handling empathy had improved, it was still not quite enough for the emotional changes in daily ambiguous situations.
To put it bluntly, he didn't have enough confidence.
A few days later.
"Forget it, I'll stick with the first path. If it's written well enough, it can also attract more attention."
After much deliberation, Izumi Chihiro finally decided not to take the risk.
He was worried that his romance stories would completely fall apart in the later stages. For this, he first had to try his hand with the "white album" game to improve his skills in this area. If such an opportunity ever arose, he would create suitable works.
After making the first decision, the next step was to choose a good work to draw inspiration from.
Due to his impressions, he could only draw from the anime and manga in his memory as a foundation, and then create works in the form of light novel themes.
Whether in his previous life or this one, he could be considered a connoisseur of two-dimensional works, so after searching his mind, he immediately recalled many healing-style works.
Of course, they could also be called works that lead to depression.
For example, "puella magi madoka magica," "Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light," "Higurashi When They Cry," "Akame ga Kill!" "Your Lie in April," "Clannad," "Hell Girl," the "Monogatari" series, "Future Diary," and so on.
However, although they were all depressing in style, the degree differed, and their characteristics also varied.
Of course, the specific degree still depended on how he himself would maneuver it, as he was the nominal creator in this world.
Recalling too many things at once, he felt a bit tired. He rubbed his temples, lay on the sofa, and rested for a while.
"Ni-san, are you tired?"
Sagiri came out of the kitchen, holding two glasses of iced Sprite.
"I'm thinking about what to write for the next work, but no matter how much I think, I can't make a decision…"
Izumi Chihiro said, taking a sip of the drink. A cool sensation permeated his heart, instantly invigorating him.
"Ah, so refreshing~"
Recently, it had gradually entered midsummer, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Everyone's clothes were also getting shorter.
Because she was at home, Sagiri was wearing red short-sleeved pajamas today, revealing her small, lotus root-like hands and feet.
His sister's small figure looked much younger than his current childhood friend due to her age.
"Is it hard to choose? So Ni-san was worried about this. I thought Ni-san was struggling to come up with a story…"
Sagiri breathed a sigh of relief.
"I won't run out of inspiration that easily. The direction I currently need to improve is my writing ability. As for Ni-san's creativity, Sagiri, you don't have to worry."
Izumi Chihiro gestured for her not to worry.
With memories from his previous life, he didn't lack direction in writing; in fact, he even had some decision paralysis, his problem always lay in his fundamental abilities.
The higher his skill, the better he would naturally be able to create those works, and the more support he would receive.
"Hmph, Ni-san is getting arrogant," Sagiri hummed softly.
"This isn't arrogance; it's confidence," he said calmly, raising a finger.
"Alright, alright, I get it, Ni-san is the best! I'm going to draw now, see you tonight!" Sagiri turned and left.
During this free time, Izumi Chihiro took a moment to look online to see what people thought about the previous interview.
However, after reading a lot, he found that there wasn't much substantial content, just teasing and more teasing.
Of course, there were still people leaving comments below, looking forward to his new work, which made him quite pleased.
Evening arrived in the blink of an eye.
The Izumi family gathered together again for dinner.
Sagiri, as the sole authority, picked up the remote control and switched the channel to one she liked.
"That anime finished, and I heard a new one is airing today. I hope it's something I like…" Sagiri said with anticipation in her eyes.
After the commercials ended, the screen suddenly changed.
It was an anime called "Star ★ magical girl meruru."
The story structure was also very simple.
One night, a meteorite fell into Akahoshi meruru's room as she wished on a shooting star. From the cracked meteorite emerged a strange rabbit-like creature named "Comet."
Comet was an alien species from the Cute Star, a super warrior who came to Earth in a meteorite-shaped spaceship to fight villains called "Demon Stars."
"That's right! meruru, please lend me your power!"
"Oh, okay~"
And so, the story unfolded.
In the explanation of the first episode, powerful magic only resides in pure souls, so the dumber a person is, the stronger they are. This setting was quite subtle, clearly fitting the theme of a magical girl work aimed at children's animation.
This wasn't surprising; magical girl works of this type were basically formulaic. As long as you didn't make mistakes and maintained consistently high viewership, similar works appeared almost every month, one could say it was very prevalent.
"Another magical girl work, how boring. I'm tired of them," Sagiri's eyes clearly showed disappointment.
She had eagerly hoped for a work with a novel style, but with magical girl themes, no matter how brilliant the scriptwriter, it was hard to show differentiation, right?
However, this seemingly childish and highly homogenized work quickly captivated the girl.
"It's amazing, this rhythm…" After watching the entire episode beside her, Izumi Chihiro finally exclaimed in admiration.