Chapter 83: It's decided! Mahou Shoujo!
An anime has many elements: visuals, music, plot, and voice acting. This work clearly performed mediocrely in other areas, not standing out compared to other works. The only bright spot was the pacing of the plot.
As a light novel creator, he was already quite skilled in plot pacing, so he could naturally see how talented this scriptwriter was. This "Star ★ magical girl meruru" was entirely supported by its sense of rhythm.
At the end of the screen, he saw the scriptwriter's name—Aoi Makina.
He seemed to have heard this name before; she was apparently a very famous scriptwriter in the industry, and the works she was responsible for always became bestsellers.
Of course, he hadn't heard of meruru for the first time; he had known about it from an anime in his previous life, but today was the first time he truly understood it.
From a professional perspective, this was already a pretty good work in his mind; the points deducted were still due to his lack of strong preference for this style of work.
Aside from "puella magi madoka magica," which he watched out of curiosity, the only other magical girl works that left an impression on him were some episodes of "magical girl Sakura" or Illya that he watched as a child.
"Aoi Makina, if I'm not mistaken, isn't she the daughter of the president of the animation production company 'A2P Co., Ltd.'?" Mrs. Izumi suddenly asked.
"Hmm? And she seems to be Kyoka's direct superior?" Izumi Kotetsu also spoke up.
"I didn't realize there was this connection…" Sagiri's eyes also showed some surprise.
"But Auntie doesn't seem to be involved in the work," she said with some regret after seeing the production staff.
"After all, a production company can't just consider the production of one anime, especially an anime with a relatively low production difficulty, so Kyoka should be doing other things," Izumi Kotetsu speculated.
"Speaking of which, we haven't seen Kyoka in a month or two, have we? Let's find a time to invite her over for dinner and a chat," Mrs. Izumi suggested when everyone started talking about the topic.
"You can arrange it," Izumi Kotetsu said with a smile.
This kind of family atmosphere is really nice, Izumi Chihiro thought to himself.
Whether in his previous life or this one, a harmonious family was something that made one feel happy.
In such an environment, Sagiri, who was originally introverted and somewhat disliked school due to her birth father's death, gradually became much more cheerful.
These were all changes due to acquired factors.
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"Sagiri, what are your thoughts on magical girl?"
Izumi Chihiro was originally still in a state of confusion, but today, upon seeing this anime, he suddenly felt a bit eager to try his hand at something.
"magical girl? It's always the same, there's nothing new anymore, but even so, the work I watched today felt quite interesting."
Sagiri praised the work meruru, but her overall attitude towards current magical girl works remained unchanged.
"Is that so?"
Izumi Chihiro's gaze underwent a subtle change.
"Ni-san… are you perhaps thinking of…?"
Sagiri's expression froze.
Izumi Chihiro chose to tacitly agree.
"Ni-san, are you really planning to write a magical girl-themed work? That would be a truly hellish difficulty! I remember there hasn't been a single famous light novel of that genre recently… There seem to be some Isekai-themed ones, but they appear to be farming yuri, which probably doesn't fit Ni-san's goal, right?"
Sagiri analyzed this, which is why she was very unoptimistic about the prospects of this genre.
Works with a low Upper limit are easy to spot; even if you write them to the extreme, they can only reach a certain level.
Such works should not be needed by Izumi Masamune, who wants to reach the position of a light novel master.
"Firstly, the magical girl genre is not without an audience; on the contrary, it has a large audience, and there are also some potential readers, it's just that there haven haven't been any eye-catching works recently."
"Besides that, sales are actually a very mystical thing and are not necessarily limited by genre… Isekai may not sell well, and slice-of-life may not sell poorly; it mainly relies on the author's own ability. As long as there is a suitable writing style, it will naturally attract more readers."
He wasn't speaking wildly, but rather from his real experiences and insights.
He used to think that genre would be the biggest limitation on sales, but in reality, it was different from what he expected. Both Senju Muramasa's "fantasy demon blade chronicles" and Kani Nayuta's "silver season" changed his naive ideas.
The success of demon slayer further confirmed his thoughts.
Truly powerful creators do not follow trends; they create their own trends.
This is the future direction of this era.
If he was always confined by his own limitations, he probably would never be able to surpass these two and would only remain stagnant.
"Is that Ni-san's opinion?"
Sagiri lightly pinched her chin, lowering her head to ponder the meaning of his words.
It seems to make some sense?
But, it also seems like he just said some nonsense?
If you're strong enough, you can write anything? Isn't that just nonsense!
"Phew, if this is Ni-san's idea, then Sagiri will definitely support it without question."
The girl was only worried that her brother would go astray, but seeing him so full of confidence, she immediately understood something.
For creators, confidence is also very important.
If you're not confident enough, how can your plot descriptions be convincing?
Even for a hackneyed genre, she believed her brother could write it brilliantly, just like the previous demon slayer, or Senju Muramasa's fantasy demon blade chronicles. Even when they were no longer the center of attention in this world, they still shone with their own light.
After he decided on the genre, a new concern suddenly arose in his mind: the issue of illustrations within the genre.
If he wanted to capture some of the characteristics of puella magi madoka magica in a light novel format, then illustrations would certainly be an indispensable part.
However, that particular characteristic seemed to be still somewhat challenging for the current Sagiri.
Could Sagiri truly master that special style in a short period?
This was a very important question.
So, he, as the author Izumi Masamune, communicated with Sensei Eromanga.
"Don't worry, Izumi-sensei, no problem! Trust me, just learning another painting style is no longer difficult for me!"
Sagiri patted her flat chest and guaranteed.
At this moment, looking at the girl's confident appearance, a vague premonition of something bad arose in his heart.