Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 559 Street Singer

Kuroko's attitude towards Shingo Oda's new work "Naruto" is that he thinks the current market boom is due to the early hype.

When many comic fans saw this sentence, they subconsciously began to refute it.

"Is this the end of the Naruto craze?"

"Don't you know what the results of Mr. Oda's work are? This is just the beginning!"

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? This is only the third serialization. Can't you see that Mr. Oda hasn't made any progress yet?"

There were many objections from anime fans, but this black fan UP calmly gave a picture showing the popularity comparison between "Naruto" and previous "GANTZ", "Goblin Slayer" and especially "Koga Ninja Scrolls".

Previous works, after reaching a certain level of market popularity, have all developed steadily, and the curves are very similar.

The current popularity curve of "Naruto" has just reached the ceiling of many previous works.

[See? The data speaks for itself. Don't talk nonsense to me. Don't use your shallow knowledge to challenge my ability to judge this job.]

[The popularity of Oda Shingo's "Naruto" has reached its peak. Do I need to compare it with "Spy Play" and "JOJO"? 】

Some fans who are good at data took out their own data collection tables and found that there is indeed a similar market ceiling effect.

After a comic work reaches a certain level of popularity, it will remain stable for a period of time and then slowly decline.

This is caused by readers' reading habits and market saturation. The quality of the works themselves may not necessarily decline, but old readers may eventually stop reading for various reasons, and there are not enough new readers entering the market.

Unless there is one possibility, the animation of comics is the most common shot in the arm.

For example, the animation of "JOJO" on Earth directly rekindled the popularity of this classic work from 20 years ago.

The data-savvy comic fans are worried:

"No way, it seems to be true? Did "Naruto" really reach its ceiling due to the early hype?"

"It seems like we are really at our peak right now, and it will only go downhill from now on..."

But soon someone brought out the data chart of "Cells at Work!" as an example: "Look, the ceilings of "Cells at Work!" and "Cells at Work!" are even higher, and "Naruto" may have a new high ceiling!"

However, this view has not been publicly expressed, and was rejected after a brief discussion in the fan group.

"That's because of the promotion by the Ministry of Culture. After all, Mr. Oda worked for the Ministry of Culture at the time. The official promotion by the Ministry of Culture was all over the country, and the education system also praised it in various ways. This level of promotion is not applicable to Naruto."

"That seems to make sense. Without official promotion, it's really hard for a comic to reach new heights."

At this time, the market data came out.

The sales volume of the new issue of "Champion" was 136 million copies in one week. The data is actual market sales data and does not include purchases such as distribution, inventory and libraries.

If we include those imaginary numbers, it would be no problem to reach nearly 180 million in a month.

This achievement is slightly behind Qunyingshe, but it is definitely something to be proud of. It has clearly entered the threshold of the first-tier big-name level, and it can even be said to have surpassed the level of the comics and magazines of the three major schools, Ziguan and Lecture Club.

Even compared to the previous time when three sets of comics of "Champion" were released simultaneously, the sales speed is even faster and the upward curve is more dramatic.

But everyone can see the bottleneck.

The market expansion of "Champion" cannot be achieved in a day or two.

There are also a large number of idle or potential market customers, those who do not pay much attention to anime news, and only occasionally buy comic magazines. They have not yet bought the comic magazines of Spring Bookstore. When they are idle and suddenly remember to pass by the bookstore, they will directly ask for a copy of "JUMP" published by Qunyingsha, and will not give "Champion" any chance.

Yahoo Comics invited well-known comic critics to analyze the market and finally came to a conclusion.

[Oda Shingo wants to make Spring Bookstore a leader by his own efforts, but it is not something that can be done overnight, nor in one or two years. ]

[I believe in Mr. Oda's ability, but I think this matter is like going to Kyoto during the Warring States Period. It may take ten or even twenty years to settle down.]

After reading the market analysis report, more and more fans of Shingo Oda fell into confusion and contemplation.

Could it be that Mr. Oda’s bold words about conquering the world are really going to fail?

While all kinds of analyses were being made on the Internet, Oda Nobuo was on his way home from looking at a house when he saw a commotion on the roadside.

"Hi! Let's go now! Let's go after we finish singing this song!" A young girl with a guitar kept bowing to a patrolman.

Japanese street singers are part of Japanese street culture.

Street artists are active near major transportation hubs such as Tokyo Station and Shinjuku Station. There are dense crowds of people around the stations, and artists performing here can get in touch with more people from different backgrounds and increase their exposure.

Many famous singers in Japan started out as street performers, such as the Yuzu Band, Kawashima Ai, Uemura Kanae, etc. But this is just a way to pursue dreams, and there are actually very few successful ones. A magazine has counted that there are about 3 to 4 street singers in Japan. Although it is not very stable, it is rare for them to become famous.

Now this girl performs alone on the street with a guitar on her shoulder and a rechargeable speaker at her feet.

It's still winter, but the girl is just wearing a big red down jacket.

The down jacket was very large, and when it was opened, it revealed that the girl was only wearing a red T-shirt and sports shorts.

But the girl was still sweating all over, and faint sweat stains could be seen on her forehead.

"Why is she still sweating?" Fujido Kaoru asked Oda Shingo.

Yuko Mikami was also curious: "She is wearing so little, isn't she cold?"

"Maybe it's because of the singing and dancing." Oda Nobuo guessed.

Just now when he got off the train, he heard some singing, the sound was very loud. And it was not the sound from his portable speakers, but the singer's powerful singing.

"You're making too much noise!" the patrolman said impatiently.

Most of the time, Japanese patrolmen don't bother to deal with these street performers. This time, it was obviously because she was too loud, which may have attracted a complaint.

"There are still a few lyrics!" The girl stubbornly played the piano again in front of the patrolman and sang loudly.

Oda Shingo was delighted when he heard this.

"'Summer Showers' is your song." Namikaze Youhe whispered.

Fujido Kaoru was like someone had stolen something from her and tugged at Oda Shingo's sleeve: "She infringed my rights! She must not have paid me, right?"

"Let him go." Oda Nobuo didn't take it to heart.

The girl's unbridled singing reminded him of a singer from another world, except that singer wasn't as miserable as she was.

(End of this chapter)