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this is a day in the life of a japanese
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manga artist living in a share house
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this is nobi 25 years old living in the
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outskirts of tokyo and he's just waking
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up
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he's originally from hiroshima but now
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living in this unique shared house
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reserved for only aspiring mangaka aka
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manga artist he lives with three other
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mangaka under the special program called
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tokiwaso project which provides a living
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space in addition to support to help
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develop a manga artist's career
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wow he's mixing natto mozugu seaweed and
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egg kind of a unique japanese quick but
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healthy meal
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do you eat this often
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you're so healthy
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despite not really drawing as a kid he
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started creating manga a style of
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japanese comic books six years ago under
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the name nobukitaro he enrolled in
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anabuki design college in hiroshima
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prefecture and studied manga and
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illustration for two years eventually
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moving to tokyo to pursue his career as
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a mangaka and recently received the
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bi-annual award for upcoming mangaka
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from chiba tetsuya the creator of the
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popular manga ashinojo
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good morning everyone i am back with
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another day in the life a lot of you
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asked me to do another manga artist so
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here we are but this time i'm going to
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be following an aspiring manga artist
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living in a shared house let's go see
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what nobi is doing right now so i just
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made it into the share house and nobody
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should be on the second floor
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he has a deadline in one week for his
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first ever publisher paid yomikiri a
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complete manga story that ends in one
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episode and he's still working on the
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story so it makes sense why he's just a
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bit stressed how far are you from
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finishing
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he says that one of the most challenging
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and time-consuming aspects for him is
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building the actual story for his manga
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it usually requires many redrafts and
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endless adjustments to get it flowing
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perfectly for example he said it took
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him two months to create his last manga
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what are you doing now
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in the mornings he feels that his mind
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is most clear so he typically starts his
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day creating manga but to ensure he
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works on all aspects of his craft
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throughout the day he maintains a
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schedule to keep on track and motivated
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and this morning it seems like he's
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starting to work on his story plot for
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his yomikiri so let me quickly explain
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what happens during the manga creation
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process after finishing the plot he'll
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work on the nemu a rough drawing layout
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plan for his yomi kitty which he needs
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to produce for his editor it looks like
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a bigger version of these tiny tiles
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with a lot more detail after getting
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feedback nobody has to repeat this
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process several times until the editor
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approves the content at which point
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he'll start working on his genko the
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final manuscript that gets submitted to
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the editor before publishing
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he's typing random words what's that
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so it looks like nobody's gonna be doing
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this for a while so while he's doing
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that let's do what we do and explore
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this place
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okay so let's see what's upstairs oh wow
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look at this room
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so apparently this is a free room it has
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everything you need it has a bed it has
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a desk and a place to put your clothes
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okay so let's see if anyone is in this
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room
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oh that's one of his housemates can i
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bother you for a sec
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what are you doing right now
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and cool these are their toilets with
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that typical old-school japanese home
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styling fairly clean for a shared house
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i guess nobody's done working on his
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manga for now and it seems like he's
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going outside
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as a manga artist there's a constant
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level of creative output required so
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nobody thinks it's important to get out
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once in a while to take inspiration from
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new experiences
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oh he switches backpack to the front a
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typical show of courtesy in japan when
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riding trains or when in other crowded
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areas
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nice he found a senpai aka mangaka
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friend who's more experienced today they
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decided to go to akihabara because
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nobody wanted to specifically take some
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photos here to use as background images
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for his manga apparently they don't
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necessarily need to draw all of their
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backgrounds but instead use photos and
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edit it in a manga production software
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like clip studio nobi what do you look
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for when taking photos
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of
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foreign
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in the past manga was strictly drawn
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with paper and ink but in this new
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digital age electronic tablets and pcs
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are becoming more and more the standard
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which is helping artists today produce
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content more quickly and efficiently
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it's lunchtime it seems that they've
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decided to pick up some wagyu burgers
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and find a place to eat outside so how
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did you guys meet
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he says that a publisher was looking for
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an artist on their social media who
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could create a manga centered around
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fencing nobody spotted it and told him
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about it
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when did you decide to become a manga
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what
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one of the main reasons why nobody asked
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to meet a senpai today is he wanted to
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get some advice about the plot direction
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for his manga so what do you think
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is
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it's understandable that he wants to
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start his career with credibility now
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equipped with the senpai sage advice
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nobody has regained much of its focus
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what are you going to do now
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right
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so nobody found this job through his
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friend on social media and now he works
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for the company remotely and sometimes
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at their office he usually works about
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three to four hours when he works from
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home but since he needs to work on his
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name today he's only gonna work for
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about an hour the average starting manga
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artist's annual income in japan is
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around two to four million yen about 17
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to 35 000 us dollars so to supplement
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living costs that many take on part-time
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or assistant jobs
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are you done
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foreign
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he's using a welcome screen tablet
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apparently wacom is used by many manga
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artists in japan and is one of the most
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popular brands for its ease of use and
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precise drawing tools oh and that's his
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shortcut keyboard
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cool where are you going noby
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now he has his take amanda a counseling
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meeting with an advisor from the
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tokiwaso program scheduled regularly to
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discuss how his manga is developing in
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addition to how he's living in the
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shared house in fact there are many
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young artists living in tokiwaso's
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shared houses throughout tokyo and often
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mangaka starting a new career face many
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roadblocks so advisors visit to share
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and guide all of them in industry
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knowledge and know-how so that the
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artists have as many tools as possible
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to help continue them on their path and
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to increase their chances of success
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when nobody hits a creative wall with
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the stories or simply needs to get some
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fresh air he takes a walk along the
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river by his house novi so how's your
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story coming along now
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by the way are there any new ways to
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earn income aside from going through
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publishers
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he says there are so many types of
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digital manga and ebooks available these
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days it's giving way to ebook agents
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that will help release a mangaka's work
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to hundreds of platforms for a fee at
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the same time this new digital era has
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also given opportunity to mangaka in
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niche markets like dark manga that would
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have never been approved by established
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publishers
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oh he's back on his tablet
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what are you doing now
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in the past to build any sort of career
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as a mangaka an artist's only option was
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to work with a publisher to earn a
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living which required them to do a
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walk-in interview or get recognized by
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winning an award but this practice has
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slightly changed in japan as social
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media has provided mangaka alternative
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ways to promote and earn a living with
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their manga aspiring mangaka can now be
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discovered online and some can even earn
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a living by publishing their manga on
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various online platforms but working
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with a publisher even to this day
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remains a prudent path to a lucrative
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career so what did you upload
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so nobody's been involved with an online
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group of manga artists for the last two
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years where every saturday a topic is
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announced and each member is required to
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create their own two page manga when
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he's done with it he posted on twitter
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and pixiv which is the largest social
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media platform for manga artists and
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illustrators in japan he makes a point
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to update his fanbox which is like a
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blog space every day by the way do you
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think going to school to learn about
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manga gave you an advantage
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he says that the skills he learned at
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school in two years can probably be
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learned in half a year working as a
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mangaka assistant but the largest
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advantage was the opportunity to meet
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other aspiring mangaka his road wasn't
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easy though as he realized that many of
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the other students were more talented
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than him so after graduating he
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realistically took a job working at an
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electronic store for three years but
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later seeing one of his younger
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classmates get their manga published
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reignited his passion to re-pursue his
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mangaka career
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oh i guess he's cooking his own dinner
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now
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and there's his housemate i guess he got
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some udon from matsuya smells so good
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nobody's fairly close to his housemates
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so when there's a chance they eat
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together and naturally they often
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discuss manga
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right now nobody's showing him one of
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his latest manga to get his feedback
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it's one of the benefits of living with
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other manga artists nobi says that he
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appreciates living in an environment
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where others share a common love for
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manga while also having a different
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perspective in life
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if
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now that he's bathed it's time to
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refocus on the plot he's been struggling
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with all day
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be honest do you think he can finish the
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storyline
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so it looks like nobody will be doing
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this the rest of the night as he has to
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finish this nemu by the end of the week
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he'll probably go to sleep later tonight
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at midnight and then after that who
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knows he has the rest of the week but
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that's pretty much a day in the life of
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a japanese mangaka living at a share
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house let me know what you thought in
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the comments and if you guys want to see
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more of these videos or anything related
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