Chapter 67: You need citizenship
Avni knew that Aric must have done something to make his cheeks red, but she didn’t ask. Aric, after coming back from school, went straight to his room and bolted it. Then, he went to Echorysia. It had been many months since he had uploaded songs, which had given him enough credits to make a living on his own.
He had thought about it a lot and had decided to up his game. After extensive research and help from Apis, he realized that there were other literary works in this universe that could help him gain a giant foothold.
And that was comics. There were great comic strips and companies with multiple fan followings across all species, not just humanity alone. Of course, there were novels too, but his choice of novels couldn’t be large.
It was because most of the great novels were based on societies of the past and present, and whatever representation of the future was in books like the Dune series or the Warhammer series was inaccurate and didn’t hold ground in the interstellar world.
Even when it came to comics like Marvel and DC, they wouldn’t be well received because the interstellar world didn’t put humans at the forefront. And Earth wasn’t even advanced to begin with in the comics. So there was little chance of their success. After much contemplation, he had decided to field two comic strips.
Or rather, manga series.
Getting the downloaded manga was quite easy from the internet, though it took some time with the slow speed. But after some days of waiting and with the help of Mira, he was able to download the manga and also ask Mira to color the manga pages according to the color panels drawn by the mangaka (manga authors) [A/N: Manga is the Japanese name for drawn comics, usually in black and white].
The first manga he chose to serialize was Fullmetal Alchemist. He wanted to go for Death Note, but it was based on the Earth world, and though it was a thrilling story, it might not be very acceptable to the society of the interstellar world. But Fullmetal Alchemist had promise. It had the potential to be famous because it was a world that had just started its journey in science and had an extra gimmick called alchemy.
The story was touching, and hopefully, it would touch the heartstrings of people around the universe. After coming back to Echorysia, he asked for Apis’s help to publish it.