Märchen Crown Chapter 1 Discussion

If my reading of Kaguya and Oshi no Ko has taught me anything, it's that I shouldn't easily buy any intriguing or promising stuff from Aka without doing my due diligence and carefully following the story. Especially if it has some kind of edgy element. Otherwise, I might just get tricked and be disappointed once again when Aka just loses interest and ruins everything to get rid of the stuff faster.

@Fabris Considering that Aka has a supervisor this time, I bet someone will slap his hands every time he tries to break toys. But who knows?

@IzanaSolos Yeah. The guy really damaged his reputation and trust after Oshi no Ko, so I'm not going to buy his offer so easily this time.

@RobertBobert What kind of supervisor are we talking about?

@Oblomingo In addition to Aka and the illustrator, the creators of this manga also include a supervisor who is responsible for the composition and conceptual development of the title. https://myanimelist.net/people/83512/Aoikujira He is listed here as a second writer, but other media describe him as being in charge of composition.

@RobertBobert And what's that got to do with it supervisor? He's just responsible for certain elements in the story.

@Oblomingo This is not what supervisors do. Their job is to monitor the progress of work and make sure that everything is done correctly within the scope of the tasks. For example, Aka worked as a supervisor during the writing of Oshi no Ko by another author, ensuring that the novels stayed within the framework of the lore and meaningful narratives he wanted.

@RobertBobert that is, Akasaka writes, and this person just checks that everything is going according to plan (checking that there are no discrepancies in the plot, in case something is forgotten). His task is just to remember everything about the plot, am I right?

@Oblomingo This is a business matter, so we obviously can't say for sure how it all works. But presumably this person is responsible for making sure that Aka's work is properly developed within the given framework and does not lead to any plot holes or unwanted implications. The reason why he needed a supervisor for the first time depends entirely on your imagination and the degree of sympathy you have for Aka.

@RobertBobert Well, apparently we have different opinions about the reason ;)
But who cares for what reasons (romantic, cynical, and so on) a reviewer has been added, the main thing is to get a good manga ;)
If it makes the manga better, then I'm only glad, it's unlikely that this title will fall into the same place as Kaguya for me (and I love her with all my heart), but let her try (maybe she'll be next to ONK, I like her for the most part, even considering her flaws).
I'm already glad it's something else, I love it when people experiment. And what happens next, only time will tell us. I don't want to make plans for success or failure, there are more important things to do (and who am I, an ordinary person from the Internet with my taste for manga/anime).

@Oblomingo Depends on what the reason was. We may never know, but it's possible that the official supervisor of his new manga is doing some sort of damage control in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the disaster that was the ending of Oshi no Ko. Or they simply felt that Aka no longer deserved the creative freedom he had while writing the aforementioned title. If that's the case, then Aka is effectively on probation now and a lot depends on how successful this will be.

@RobertBobert here, everyone decides for themselves which reason seems more plausible to them. The main thing for me is that I personally like the manga, the rest is secondary. If the Aka itself has decided to hire a person, ok; if the publisher, ok.
I like Akasaka as a mangaka, but I also understand that he is just a person who can do something wrong (no one is immune). If such a move doesn't ruin the manga, then that's fine (and if it makes it better, then it's fine). So personally, I don't see anything wrong with this decision yet (it was just interesting to find out the role of a third person). And we'll see what happens next in the future (at least no one will take my Kaguya away from me, so even if Aka falls in my eyes as a mangaka... well, I'll still be grateful to him for Kaguya).

@Oblomingo That's why I say we don't know the real reasons behind it, so you can make it up yourself. Whether it will be useful or not is another question. I have my own thoughts, but I don't want to be a hater and wishing him failure.