DC Comics President Jim Lee says that Japanese manga and anime is "incredibly powerful":
"I often find myself wondering, 'What is missing in Western comics, and why aren't they able to achieve the same flavor?'
I think manga has an advantage over American comics, which are mostly about superheroes, and that's where the majority of sales and readers are concentrated.
In Japan, it's closer to 'literature,' and anyone can read it, and it's not just hero stories. There's a much wider range of genres, like stories about cooking and soccer. You can draw stories from that.
So I'm very happy that the manga has been so successful, because it gives me a goal to aim for."
(via: @NIKKEIxTREND)
If I can remember correctly, the author said the plan wasn't to kill her off so early. The problem came in writing the character, it was almost like her having a mind of her own and as the author continued to write her she would have figured out Kira early on, so the author had to kill her off.
I get what the author means, when I am writing a script for my comics and developing characters, sometimes a specific character will go off the beaten path or make things more complicated for the story as you further develop them. They can sometimes lead you down paths that you did not plan for the plot, depending on what kind of story is, you can either course correct or kill them off. You have to course correct as fast as you can before said character makes things worse for you narratively down the line. That's how you end up with retcons, plot holes, and all kinds of story element mixups.
If I can remember correctly, the author said the plan wasn't to kill her off so early. The problem came in writing the character, it was almost like her having a mind of her own and as the author continued to write her she would have figured out Kira early on, so the author had to kill her off.
I get what the author means, when I am writing a script for my comics and developing characters, sometimes a specific character will go off the beaten path or make things more complicated for the story as you further develop them. They can sometimes lead you down paths that you did not plan for the plot, depending on what kind of story is, you can either course correct or kill them off. You have to course correct as fast as you can before said character makes things worse for you narratively down the line. That's how you end up with retcons, plot holes, and all kinds of story element mixups.
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we’re definitely in an “i just don’t like you, but i’m too self-righteous to admit that’s what’s going on, so instead i’m gonna invent a moral-sounding reason to retcon the reason for my attitude” epidemic