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i would love to start a manga as i love them but i'm not japanese,i don't speak the languange and no nothing about japanesse cultures and history.p.s i am not good at drawing but i guess you can get people to draw the artwork for you..:hmm:.This is the story of the manga below.

In the beginning there was nothing no light or darkness but only it.It is neither dead or alive,male or female,it is known as the CREATOR,a neutral being.the creator had two powers the light power to create and the dark power to destroy.after creating always being bored used his light powers to create the first spirits who were blessed with the light power to create whose sole responsibility is to help the creator in building the universe.

The creator being neutral also created the first spirit with the power of the dark who was responsible for destruction of some creations to bring balance to the universe.but this creation was jealous of the spirits who could create and envied them greatly and thought the creator was more delighted with them.out of envy the dark spirit went on a destructive rampage,destroying the beautiful creations of the dark spirits and absorbed all the light spirits.The dark spirit who had the corrupted power of the light seeked to usurp the creator and rule the universe.

The creator having foreseen this decided not to destroy the dark spirit but give him a chance to redeem himself.since the dark spirit failed to do so the creator decided to strip him of his power and he was imprisoned in a black hole.The creator decided to create new beings who will have free will and reproduce.The creator used his power of light to create sentient life forms who were made of light and were mostly responsible for the creation of life on planets,while the dark power was used to create sentient beings who were where responsible for destruction and death thereby bringing balance once again.both races could choose to be either good or evil.The creator created a special home for the races(a giant black and white star which shone the brightest.the light beings lived on the white side and the dark beings lived on the dark side)and chose not to interfere with the world again.

The two races due to their opposing natures were always in conflict and ended up destroying their home along with themselves.The explosion of their star was so great that it destroyed the black hole in which the dark spirit was sealed thereby freeing him.But before their home was destroyed two new borns from the dark and light races were taken far away to a distant planet called earth where it took ten thousand years for them to awaken and the force of them awakening eradicated most life on the planet and created the ones known as humans.two beings from different planets were their protectors and they suppressed the powers of the babies and coated them with human flesh.with the protectors being the disguised as humans they began to live with the babies and train them as humans when the babies were fully awakened as their powers were fully suppressed to human level.while several galaxies away the freed dark spirit began absorbing the life energy of planet and stars to regain his lost strength.
The beginning of the manga starts with the boys as human teens who begin training to become lancers(humans who are able to manipulate the cosmic power in them to universal element they possess).the two boys are the protagonists.The main protagonist is the one with dark powers.i want him to be a cool,calm prodigious lancer(like sasuke)while the other is an hot headed idiot who isn't a prodigy but rises up to the occasion,both would be rivals who can't stand each other.
The first fights would be rivalry battles,a corrupt lancer academy master,a warlord who wants to take over,war between lands,invading species,then it starts to get interesting when minions of the dark spirit arrives in earth,then the dark spirit sends his second in command to fetch the great amount of cosmic power he sensed in earth,then the final batttle between the dark spirit and the protagonists. there will be nosebleeds,comic relief,funny moments,romance will take place,tragic deaths will occur and the protagonist will begin to advance in power as they face powerful villains until they reach their final forms.

what do you think about it good or bad..
 
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It's pretty much impossible for you to create a manga.

Try for something more realistic, like a novel.
Find a website for amateur novelist, join, start reading other peoples works and reviewing them. Then write your own.
Keep improving your story, then if you wan't look for an illustrator to draw for you, it won't be free though so save up money. Then you could create your own internet comic.
If it gets popular enough you could create an entire website for it and make it a web comic.
 

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I read a part of the story, too tired to read it al (sorry) but from what I read it does sound interesting, and just saying you don't need to be Japanese, know Japanese or know about Japanese culture to make a manga, since it doesn't have to be anything to do with Japan.

It's pretty much impossible for you to create a manga.

Try for something more realistic, like a novel.
Find a website for amateur novelist, join, start reading other peoples works and reviewing them. Then write your own.
Keep improving your story, then if you wan't look for an illustrator to draw for you, it won't be free though so save up money. Then you could create your own internet comic.
If it gets popular enough you could create an entire website for it and make it a web comic.
How is it even near impossible? Yeah it'll take effort and a lot of time for just him alone, but it's still very much possible for him.
 

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I read a part of the story, too tired to read it al (sorry) but from what I read it does sound interesting, and just saying you don't need to be Japanese, know Japanese or know about Japanese culture to make a manga, since it doesn't have to be anything to do with Japan.



How is it even near impossible? Yeah it'll take effort and a lot of time for just him alone, but it's still very much possible for him.
i would love to start a manga
What he should be saying.
i would love to start a comic
Aside from Japanese being considered racist/very well known for not accepting
"outsiders" of people not being born there, he'd have to learn an entire new language,
considered reallly complex, improve drawing, have worthwhile content, and funding....
 

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I read a part of the story, too tired to read it al (sorry) but from what I read it does sound interesting, and just saying you don't need to be Japanese, know Japanese or know about Japanese culture to make a manga, since it doesn't have to be anything to do with Japan.



How is it even near impossible? Yeah it'll take effort and a lot of time for just him alone, but it's still very much possible for him.
Effort isn't even close, he has to dedicate his life to it non-stop 24/7 to even get noticed.
OT: Are you still in school? How busy is your schedule? How serious are you about this? Making a manga well test your patience, stress, physical and emotional fatigue.
I suggest a novel to start off and get a grasp of writing, developing characters, good pacing, etc
 

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Effort isn't even close, he has to dedicate his life to it non-stop 24/7 to even get noticed.
OT: Are you still in school? How busy is your schedule? How serious are you about this? Making a manga well test your patience, stress, physical and emotional fatigue.
I suggest a novel to start off and get a grasp of writing, developing characters, good pacing, etc
i'm still in school but i don't plan to start now maybe when i'm 26 i could start focusing on it,i could learn some of the japanese words and history.maybe the drawer would know the japanese language and write in kanji.
 

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it take a lot to even get the chance.. it a lot of rejection..

in japanese there are events that you can summit your work to many publisher.. where editors look at your work an judge it.. if you win you get some money an move on to the next stage.. of the competition it an weekly to monthly event.. the second stage where you compete with other artist to get the chance to get your one shot mange published in publisher magazine... it more of monthly or several months of the year.. for the winner that is.. from that you get the chance to work with an publisher.. to do weekly or monthly series..

where you get assign an editor at first ..when the manga work hit off as being popular you get an assistant... an team to work with you..
where you also get an veteran mangaka to give you advice on your work on how to do this an that..traineeship.

you might be the artist, the writer or both..in the end if you are successful you become an editor..

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doing work in japanese is to sticking with the genre of content.. it can take up to ten year of trying to get an chance or work in the field.. as it best to start it when you are young ...as kid or teen an hope for best for adult..

pretty much have to tell an story.. that fit in age group 8-18... it pretty much life lesson using sources from variety of thing.
each chapter has to convert story writing an meaning.. that link to the next chapter so far..

pretty much have to storyboard story arc.. in advance to see where you heading too.. an it not always your decision to made since you have to please your editors an the company... to keep your job.. it long hours.. it best that you devote yourself to it as way of life an close of from everything else.. it lead to stress an death at young age..:( success come late in life when your manga become as famous as Dragonball.. dr slump.. hunter x hunter.. one piece.. naruto.. other from different genre..
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in the western world... doing comics is possible.. require talent doing drawing or writing for such company as.. Marvel, DC, Image.
higher chances to work in that field then in the east..

it alway good to have skill in other design field.. as such animation, to get the grasp of how things works,,,
 

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it is a really good plot
but making it into a manga is going to take a lot of time and has a big risk
it is better to read other people's works and get a grasp on how write characters and the plot a lot better
Also as someone said before japanese people are racists so they won't accept a foreign mangaka easily
It is better if you write it in your own language or sell your story
 

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Why needs a manga? If you feel to have problems because you're not Japanese, you can simply write a comic. All in all, is the idea that matters, "manga" and "comic" are just words
 
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