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Old 2012-12-15, 16:29   Link #1095
Guido
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In this post, I'm reviewing about Nanamine's method for doing his manga.

The short summary he came up first with the main idea for Classroom of Truth, that whoever lies gets killed. It's a novelty idea that quickly draws in the readers.

For his published one-shot the idea came if a person in love gets anxious then he farts; another novelty idea.

Now to expand both the scope and the characters for his two titles he gathered around 50 different people from around the internet, creating a base network to supply him of a variety of ideas. Once he compiles all the ideas he agrees to with the other 50 people's agreements, then he starts to build them up by connecting them where it seems fitting one with another.

Now, according to Hattori's analysis after reading the one-shot, the characters became much fleshed-out and the art stylized but feels a bit of overlapping with Ashirogi Muto's PCP; the reason for this overlapping definitely will be explained in the next episode.

Now, let me review a few points that Nanamine made clear about his method:
- Nanamine through word makes his collaborators to keep quiet about what they are doing.
- Alledgedly, Nanamine takes credit for making both manga, in spite of using a vast array of ideas gathered from 50 individuals.
- There's a scene in episode ninth of the anime's third season in which Nanamine's seen talking to someone on the phone that he already made a deposit to an agreed account.

Depending if I decide to mingle ethics within Nanamine's stuff with the way he's doing things then his whole business falls between a gray area, although an unorthodox one:
- The people providing ideas to Nanamine did not sign a sort of formal or legal document relinquishing intellectual rights to their ideas. Instead, they got Nanamine's word about keeping quiet in public, although it looks like Nanamine is taking full credit for the manga.
- According to Nanamine, he can kick away anyone out from his circle of 50+1, if someone rises in protest of not getting credit for the idea he or she came up with or extorting for money about the matter.

In the world of strict business, Nanamine's doing following that practice wouldn't be either prosecuted or call illegal, as long as one of two conditions are fulfilled:
1) Him being his own boss OR
2) Not having signed any legal document expressively prohibiting him from disclosing anything that he sees, hears, does, or makes within the company to an outsider party.

The trouble with Nanamine's system in the legal area falls:
1. There is just words from Nanamine taking credit for the ideas and forbidding his collaborators not to disclose anything outside. However, the collaborators have the right to do so and even protest, because it is implied that they did not sign any formal papers granting their consent to give-up their ideas to Nanamine, although the anime vaguely suggests that Nanamine is paying whether be to the collaborators or artists he met online in the internet.

2. Because he did his one-shot for Jack and got published in the magazine, then that means Nanamine became a pro. Therefore, he should have discontinued or abandoned the use of that system, but he didn't. By continuing relying on the use of 50 unknown people for ideas to get his next manga serialized, in a legal context he has violated the law, breaching confidential information from Jack to unknown parties.

3. Anime and manga are not just the only narrative artworks out there that tell stories about the theme of one reaping rewards by honest, dilligent, and steady, personal efforts and hard work.
In real life, one gets a sense of personal fulfillment and an enriching experience by achieving what he or she dreams of through his or her own means, although it doesn't hurt to get advice and ask help from other people. Furthermore, if that personal accomplishment was achieved with help from others, then the due credit must be equally shared between oneself and with those who participated.

In Nanamine's case, his mindset is centered around the idea that people act only for money and can be purchased to hire their services or company. He likely also follows the mindset that if one person happens to patent, then sell a certain idea that originally came from another person, then the one who patented the idea first gets the credit.
Unfortunately, in the real world's business context any good idea that has potential to sell can be taken away by another person or party, if the original owner doesn't keep quiet about it, until he or she gets the patent for that idea first.

His way of doing things lack both a face and a soul, because at the end he doesn't get any sense of personal accomplishment or a positive experience. Instead, he's turning the whole manga business into a strict, money-making factory that overlooks or overrides the whole human resources that keep it running smoothly.
For example, his way of bypassing his editor to get the green lights on his next serialization clearly is another blatant violation of Jack's Editorial Department practices.
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