Funny how this thread wad made after the recent Mashima interview
>When he was starting out with Rave, it almost faced cancellation due to sub-par reader surveys, so he was forced to get to the interesting parts of the story (i.e., the stuff with Haru's missing father and the intended final villain) much sooner. This had a huge influence in why he based FT's story around what he thought would be most interesting at each given moment.
>As a writer, he recommends that if you ever get stuck between writing what you want or what the readers want, always choose the reader, even if you prefer your way deep down; also, try to be as objective with your editor as possible.
>Mashima always reads everything in fan letters and Twitter, including criticism. However, he will never disregard his own gut feeling on what he feels he should and shouldn't write.
>He feels fortunate to be someone who's gotten to write both what he wants and what the readers want, which is a struggle for many artists.
>He used to clash with his editor over his personal desires for his manga, but since Fairy Tail is rooted heavily in pleasing the readers, he's made that his biggest motivator in writing stories.
Should a mangaka prioritize what he wants to write or what the fans want him to write?
i think the mangaka should write what he wants, however a truly talented mangaka is capable of adjusting the future episodes to appeal to the audience without changing the main idea of the story, only the execution should improve based on feedack
Depends on who knows better. In most cases, it's the readers. Just not the retarded ones like shippers.
I've read somewhere that most of the edge in a story was an idea of editor. Without him it would be more like Star Strings.
The most amusing thing is I've never touched any of his works because they all look like boring trash.
Do you have a source for that?
It depens on what the mangaka angle is, a mangaka looking to make his readers happy might want to check out what his readers are looking forward to.
Sorry, forgot. Saw the initial link somewhere on Yas Forums, so maybe someone else knows.
Should a mangaka change the ending/twists if the fans predict it?
>the readers know better than the person who created the word and the characters
What kind of entitled bullshit reasoning is this?