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You ever meet anyone who’s never read a copy of Shonen Spirit? It might aimed at hyperactive kids but there’s a reason it’s the country’s most popular manga anthology; go out on the street and you can see housewives picking up an issue on a trip to a convenience store or salarymen on the subway reading one they’ve hidden underneath pages from a financial newspaper. Even if you don’t read it you can’t escape the franchises that were born from it, they’ve been made into anime, toys, merchandise, games, stage plays, even theme parks. That’s the way it’s been for decades now and for most people under fifty, manga from Shonen Spirit isn’t just part of pop culture, it’s part of their childhood, tied to nostalgic memories. It’s gone international, too; thanks to international licensing people all around the world from the Americas to Europe have come to know and love series from Shonen Spirit, to the point that creators from all over the world have dreams of joining the team at the magazine.
The public laps up the drama within the pages of Shonen Spirit, but few know about the drama that happens behind the scenes. Even during it’s best years the people behind it could only be described as eccentric and poorly organized, now things are even stranger. Sales have been dropping after their most popular title just ended it’s long run, and pressure from the corporate leadership is not letting up. The magazine is hungry for new talent, eager to see if anyone can meet their high expectations. One thing that is still true is how the staff get along. Shonen Spirit and the other manga periodicals published under it’s umbrella not a place of bland corporate dogma, it operates like a family, a big, screwed-up family, but a family nonetheless. From the artists to editors to the marketers to the accountants, they’re all along for the ride, wherever it may go.
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The concept for this is a slice of life RP about a manga magazine. It’ll focus more on character interaction and hijinks, any plot stuff is just there in case people are looking for some additional inspiration. I’m hoping for a variety of characters, there’s a lot of potential roles at the magazine, related periodicals, and characters who are in that circle. It’s going to be set in Japan but characters from any country are welcome, the magazine’s parent company is a multinational conglomerate. If this gets some interest I’ll make an OOC for this RP.
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