Why doesn't kishi just hire artists and release one manga a day?

bigfatloser

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This right here is the answer I wanted to see. It would be stupid if it was released every day. It would become pointless and the story would end TOO soon. Although I WILL say, he should at least STOP taking any more breaks and just keep it consistently weekly.

Okay, I guess in my mind, if kishi was to do a daily, or every other day, he would have each arc done in advance with story boards, and then divided up into sections and then further into chapters. then you'd do the writing and rough sketches over 1-2 days and then have your team draw the details.

I just want to point out to anyone who thinks something like this couldn't be done that MSpaint Adventures dude does like 7-8 images a day, with a story and writing leagues beyond anything seen in naruto. so at the very least, this could be done without sacrificing story quality.
 

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Um frankly. Because it's his story.

Why didn't J.K Rowling hire writers for Harry Potter so we didn't have to wait so long in between books?

That's completely different. It takes a long time to draw each panel, not to write the story, which he could still do. I mean, at this point kishi should have the rest of the story already planned so it's not like he would need help with that anyway.
 

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Are you kidding me bro? NO! ITs his manga he'll do what he wants with. Unless he needs an assistant then it fine but no. If Kishi ain't drawing Naruto then all the credit doesn't go to him.
 

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Are you kidding me bro? NO! ITs his manga he'll do what he wants with. Unless he needs an assistant then it fine but no. If Kishi ain't drawing Naruto then all the credit doesn't go to him.

Some people care more about creating something great more then petty details like who gets the credit for it when it's done.
 

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you have to understand that it takes more than a day to make a detailed manga chapter and maintain the story,plot, and character development....look how detailed and story wise superior monthly manga are compared to weekly manga
 

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But then every Wednesday wouldn't be Christmas for you. ^^

Seriously though maybe it's for bragging rights. When he's finished with Naruto, he can say that he and he alone drew the whole enchilada.
 

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Bakuman explains why this wouldn't work. And don't forget ever artist serialised in jump has assistants.
 

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You would think it wouldn't be that expensive to hire 7-8 other guys, and he could do all the rough drawings still. then you could tell a way longer and more detailed story or have an incredible fight without taking a year to do it.

Plus, I think a manga released every day would be way more popular then weekly shonens.

This thread has been made various times before and the answer is still the same.

First of, are you talking about chapters or actual manga volumes? Because there's obviously a difference between them. No mangaka can create an entire manga in a day, every day. Same goes for creating a chapter.

A chapter isn't made in one day. First of the mangaka has to make some drafts, a quickly sketched chapter showing what he would like to have happen in it. Then he goes to do his editor and the editor will decide whether or not the chapter is good as it is. If the editor finds fault with it, the mangaka has to redraw the drafts again and go back to the editor until it's approved.

Once the editor approves of the chapter, the mangaka (and his/her team if he/she has it) can start drawing the chapter for real. That includes adding background, shading ... which is usually done by the team if he/she has one.
Then the chapter can be send to the editor.

If you actually had taken the time to look up Kishimoto-sensei's schedule, you would realise he already has barely any free time with drawing one chapter every week (he has only around four hours of free time every day, which includes sleep). And you want him to release a chapter every day? That's impossible.

Weekly chapters are good enough. It's not like you have to wait long for a chapter to appear. I'm reading Black butler as well and guess what? That magazine only publishes one chapter a month. One chapter a month. Do the fans complain? No. Yet we have to wait a whole month (now even longer because there won't be a new chapter in April) for a new chapter to appear, which is longer than we have to wait for Naruto to appear. But for some reason I never see them complaining on that forum about the long wait ...

About hiring other people: a mangaka has to hire people from his/her own money. You have to have a really popular manga before you get a decent income (decent enough to only have manga drawing as your occupation -> that's the reason why most mangaka have another job as well, because they can't live of the money earned with their manga sale) which would make you able to pay other people.
Kishimoto-sensei does have a team; don't know how many, but too many would just slow them down. And yes, hiring them is expensive.

And if you really mean manga volumes instead of chapters, do you really think that releasing one manga every day (which again is impossible) would do the sales good? Already there are a lot of people who just read the manga online instead of actually buying the volumes, and releasing one manga every day would make people decide to just read it online instead of buying it because it would get too expensive for them then.
So no, releasing a manga every day would be really bad for the sales.

I'd say he already has a pretty detailed story, considering he's been drawing it since 1997.
 

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There's a lot of theory behind it :-

1) Coz him his fortune coz prolly the aritstes will demand high payment.
2) the editing job can be frustratingly overwhelmed.
3) not every artistes are well naruto-versed, some of them maybe bleached or fairy-taled away from naruto shippuden.
4) we will see lots of plothole everytime kishi made a late payment.

Well, i could only thought of that, you could add as well.
 

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sure, and then when the series finishes too soon you will all be crying... the series won't even last longer then a year already so be happy
 

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Nobody has money to buy a daily manga, the quality of pages and series overall would go down, and their would never be for that thrill of a theory or prediction. Plus, that'd be roughly 60 pages every 3 days.

Tldr- too many negatives.
 

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Even if he had the resources to do a chapter a day, I don't think he can even write that fast.
 

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Because it's his story; trust me, if you ever write or do anything artistic, you wouldn't want anyone else touching your stuff either.

To a person who has created something, the first thought is usually 'if you tamper with my work in any fashion I will cut you.'

It's all about individual possession. Plus, once a week helps build suspense.

(Editors are an exception.)

True that, i guess you just have to be either and Artist or writer to understand
 

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Kishi believes in patience in the key to success
 

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This thread has been made various times before and the answer is still the same.

First of, are you talking about chapters or actual manga volumes? Because there's obviously a difference between them. No mangaka can create an entire manga in a day, every day. Same goes for creating a chapter.

A chapter isn't made in one day. First of the mangaka has to make some drafts, a quickly sketched chapter showing what he would like to have happen in it. Then he goes to do his editor and the editor will decide whether or not the chapter is good as it is. If the editor finds fault with it, the mangaka has to redraw the drafts again and go back to the editor until it's approved.

Once the editor approves of the chapter, the mangaka (and his/her team if he/she has it) can start drawing the chapter for real. That includes adding background, shading ... which is usually done by the team if he/she has one.
Then the chapter can be send to the editor.

If you actually had taken the time to look up Kishimoto-sensei's schedule, you would realise he already has barely any free time with drawing one chapter every week (he has only around four hours of free time every day, which includes sleep). And you want him to release a chapter every day? That's impossible.

Weekly chapters are good enough. It's not like you have to wait long for a chapter to appear. I'm reading Black butler as well and guess what? That magazine only publishes one chapter a month. One chapter a month. Do the fans complain? No. Yet we have to wait a whole month (now even longer because there won't be a new chapter in April) for a new chapter to appear, which is longer than we have to wait for Naruto to appear. But for some reason I never see them complaining on that forum about the long wait ...

About hiring other people: a mangaka has to hire people from his/her own money. You have to have a really popular manga before you get a decent income (decent enough to only have manga drawing as your occupation -> that's the reason why most mangaka have another job as well, because they can't live of the money earned with their manga sale) which would make you able to pay other people.
Kishimoto-sensei does have a team; don't know how many, but too many would just slow them down. And yes, hiring them is expensive.

And if you really mean manga volumes instead of chapters, do you really think that releasing one manga every day (which again is impossible) would do the sales good? Already there are a lot of people who just read the manga online instead of actually buying the volumes, and releasing one manga every day would make people decide to just read it online instead of buying it because it would get too expensive for them then.
So no, releasing a manga every day would be really bad for the sales.

I'd say he already has a pretty detailed story, considering he's been drawing it since 1997.

Hey quick question, so does that mean after kishi finishes his weekly chapter . he immediately starts the next one
 

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For the sake of the manga obviously! He needs a lot of time to think about what he's going to draw next.
 

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Hey quick question, so does that mean after kishi finishes his weekly chapter . he immediately starts the next one

Probably, though I think he takes a bit of free time before he starts again. Working the whole time is bad for the health after all, so he needs the free time he can get. But seeing as the chapter is released weekly, he probably doesn't have much free time between the chapter being published and preparing the next one.
Sometimes he even has a bit more work when his serie gets the turn to have a coloured page in the magazine
 

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Because he has a contract with Weekly Shonen Jump, the most popular manga magazine in Japan.

i agree, plus if he releases one everyday he won't have time to think of plot to far ahead. I would like more then once a week as well, but once a week means it last longer and its something to look forward too!
 
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