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Ask me One Piece - May 2019 (Patreon)

Published:
2019-05-06 02:57:04
Imported:
2026-06

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It's that time of the month again, with May and Spring now in full bloom! Feel free to ask me any question you have about the world, characters or other aspects of One Piece and I'll answer it as thoroughly as I possibly can!

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Anonymous

With the new editor I was wondering what exactly they do in regards to helping Oda

thelibraryofohara

Good point, basically, an editor is the man within the editorial company that is responsible for being in charge of a manga that is being published. To put it more simply, each editorial magazine, like Jump, has a series of editors, who are responsible for taking in new authors (anyone can audition to present their manga without any prerequisites, though obviously you need to present a good work for them to take you into consideration) and then serving as the manager of the manga. An editor is responsible for both making sure the story is well written and up to quality for the magazine (if the quality drops, they’re the ones who need to take responsibility) as well as managing the brand of that manga as a whole. Kinda think of them like the manager of a singer. With how big One Piece is, for a long while it’s had two editors. There’s a story editor, which is the main type of editor for most manga, who is responsible for ensuring that the story is well written. Every week, Oda presents a storyboard for the new chapter to the editor and if the editor approves it, Oda will go and start drawing the actual chapter. If there’s something the editor feels is wrong, written awkwardly, inconsistent with the story or even something as small as a speech bubble not flowing well, they’ll point it out and suggest Oda to change it. Theoretically speaking a mangaka isn’t obligated to follow any of the editor’s instructions, but if they do so, when their story declines in quality, they’ll have to take all the blame (and perhaps even lose their job if their manga is cancelled), so it’s important to listen to their opinion. Story editors are also in charge of overseeing stuff like the typesetting, proofreading and publishing, though they don’t do the work themselves, they only oversee it. On top of that, of course, the story editor has many discussions with the mangaka about the direction of the story, how arcs will be structured etc. Editors are usually well versed into writing and the structure of the manga they’re publishing, so they can always be helpful in obtaining some feedback for how the manga is written, though on the other hand it’s also important to sometimes not listen to an editor and tell them their idea doesn’t work. That’s part of the decision the mangaka has to make. Aside from the story editor, Oda also has a media editor. This is something normally handled by the story editor, but since OP is that big of a franchise, they have someone else to take care of it. The media editor is responsible for deals with the anime staff, merchandising, figurines, advertising, brand management, PR, etc, etc. The way it’s worked for a long while is that Oda gets a new story editor every few years and that story editor then goes to become a media editor for a few more while a new editor takes his place. For example, originally Sugita was the story editor, but when Naito took over Sugita became the Media editor. When Takano joined earlier this year, Sugita stepped down all together and Naito became the media editor. That’s how they’ve been cycling all this time. So at this point, Naito is in charge of media and pr, while Takano is in charge of helping Oda with his story and guiding him through it. That’s basically the gist of it!