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Looking for feedback on my shonen-style story (need honest critique)

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Hi. I’m a writer working on a story I’d eventually like to turn into a manga.

Before I invest time into artwork, I want to know if the story itself is actually interesting to other people, not just me.

It’s a shonen-style action story focused on:

high-level battles and evolving abilities

an intelligent, adaptive main antagonist and protagonist

a power system based on resources and strategy (not just strength)

The story is currently written as prose/chapters (no manga script or art yet). If you’re interested, I can share:

the opening chapter, or

a short excerpt (5–10 minutes read), or

a summary first if you prefer

I’d really appreciate honest feedback, especially on:

whether the premise is interesting

pacing and clarity

character appeal

whether you’d continue reading

Thanks for your time.

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u/futurelosst — 19 hours ago

What kinda vibe should I go for?

What kinda vibe should I go for in my future manga out of these images?

u/Iced_Coffee_16 — 2 days ago
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Looking for a manga artist usually digital artist and unpaid

Hello everyone watching my message,

I am a manga writer working on an original manga nowadays and now finding a digital manga artist , my manga is a dark fantasy manga. I am especially looking for someone who really wants to work with me happily.

Manga name : The Beast Hunter : Kemono no Kariudo. It is a Dark Fantasy manga

Also action manga

Also contain supernatural things. Shonen manga

Summary of my manga - The story is set in a world where there exist the beasts who usually threatens the humans for their hunger , the beasts mainly threatens the humanity. There exists an organisation called The Beast Hunter Force whose main purpose is only to protect humanity and kill those beasts from world. As they fights the beasts so they needs to unlock some thing called pulse , which make them different from normal human and helps to defeats beasts as that power makes the beast hunters to reach at the level of beasts , but not all are able to unlock it because there are various steps through which the human needs to get pass and unlock it.

World building completed

Story outline completed

The things I am looking for are:

Digital manga artist for my manga

Comfortable drawing actions and characters expression, with best arts .

Also interested in long term collaboration because the story i have thought is about more than 500 to 600 chapters but till the time I only need for one shot purpose.

This is currently only an unpaid collaboration because I don't have budget . If the manga ever earns money in future, so it's share will be definitely gone to my collaborator , he will definitely get it's share , but the thing is time , needs time for it .

Also I am fully serious about finishing this manga and I am mainly looking for the person who wants to grow as an artist while creating an original manga with me together.

If anyone interested then feel free to dm me or chat me or comment with your portfolio. Because I have faith that if this manga once created then will earn so much in future and become popular also if created well.

Thanks for reading

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u/Business_Pack3647 — 4 days ago

The Third World

I have an original anime idea and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The story takes place across three parallel worlds.

In the first world, there's a 17-year-old boy.

In the second world, there's a 17-year-old girl.

They have never met, never seen each other, and don't even know the other exists.

One day, without realizing it, both of them imagine the same person—a 21-year-old man. He was never born; he exists only because they imagined him. Since he was created in their minds, he already appears as a 21-year-old.

Without knowing it, the boy and the girl begin controlling this third person's body together.

At first, they constantly disagree. One wants to go left, the other wants to go right. The third person starts wondering why he always has two completely different thoughts at the same time.

Doctors eventually discover something impossible: he has two hearts, positioned so close together that they almost form the shape of ❤️.

The third world itself isn't perfect. About half of it comes from the boy's and girl's imagination, while the other half is automatically filled in by their minds. Because of that, the world feels beautiful in some places and strangely dreamlike in others.

This world has one unusual rule: thoughts don't arrive instantly—they arrive much later.

During an argument, both the boy and the girl sincerely think:

"I don't want this world to exist anymore."

But that thought doesn't reach the third world until about two months later.

By then, they've already reconciled, learned to respect each other, and eventually fallen in love—even though they've never actually seen each other.

When their old thought finally reaches the third world, it destroys both the world and the third person.

Heartbroken, they desperately search for a way to bring that world back.

Then they remember its rule: everything arrives late.

So they both sincerely wish for the third world to return.

Two weeks later, it comes back.

This time, however, they no longer want to remain inside the third person's body.

They both make the same wish:

"I want the third body to disappear... because I want to meet the person on the other side in my own world."

The third body disappears.

For the first time, the boy and the girl finally meet face to face.

They don't say a word.

They simply run toward each other and hug.

The End.

What do you think? Would you watch an anime with this concept?

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u/jaykhn — 3 days ago
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Should i abandon my idea because it has similarities with another manga

I’m making a webcomic below is the gist of the story

The name i have right now is Goldstar

Not set on a genre yet but obviously its about fighting

People from the hole a prison dimension that is 4x the size of asia so large that theres an entire society full of people and those who were born on the hole are treated as criminals and those people fight eachother for stars there are many kinds of stars but some of these stars are worth more than gold and if someone who was born in the hole who is also in the top 10 ranked prisoners on the island they can pay to get a device that allows you to leave or for some stupid reason enter the hole

the hole has some parts that are worse than others of course there are rich people and a hierarchy some areas are very normal looking some aren't the wasteland is huge there are factions, guilds, and promo companies all important for any young c who doesn’t want to spend the rest of their lives in a place where there are people capable of destroying entire cities just if they feel like it

theres another webcomic that did not inspire the creation of my idea its called fogland i feel like its not popular enough for me to get accused of plagiarism but don’t want to seem unoriginal 

Still worldbuilding so no writing link

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u/Nanosmiler — 5 days ago

Review

I made an original anime/manhwa story idea and would love some honest feedback

Hey everyone, I’ve been working on an original story called Silent Veil and wanted to share the idea to see what you think.

It follows Kaito Takamori, a guy who runs away from his powerful family after a hidden incident and tries to live a normal life. Nobody knows who he really is, and he keeps his past a secret while slowly discovering a mysterious power tied to a much bigger world.

Along the way, he meets:

The story deals with stuff like:

The world has spirits, hidden realms, and a bigger conflict that builds over time. I’m trying to make each arc actually develop the characters, not just throw in fights.

I’m still working on it, so I’d really like honest opinions: Does this sound interesting? What parts would you want to know more about? What would you change or improve?

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u/Old-Scallion9420 — 7 days ago

Hey I have a great story idea but I don't know how to draw well

I have a get story idea and I want to make a manga maybe about it I have a lot of ideas and I have not full written the thing but I have a good amount please comment to help me and collab with me please and thank you it's called whisper in a coffin the main character is Akio and her group Mika, Sora, Samira, Shukyo, Kaia and Koyuki basically they fight a bunch of vampires with different groups that not just there's to take down Nora the main villain and I will not be able to pay you so a free collab for a manga if that's ok?

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u/Master_Equivalent115 — 12 days ago