Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist.

Because if a show ranks at the bottom for several consecutive weeks, the editorial department will judge it as lacking popularity and it will face being cut short.

This is the ironclad rule of Weekly Shonen Jump.

The rankings in the reader survey determine everything.

Works ranked lower, no matter how much effort the artist put into them, will be ruthlessly cut.

After all, Attack on Titan is being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump this time, unlike in the previous Attack on Titan series which was serialized in a monthly magazine.

Weekly Shonen Jump is the leading magazine for action-packed shonen manga in Japan.

Its weekly circulation is several times that of other magazines, and the competition is much fiercer.

And what are the origins of the works currently being serialized?

The top three are the three most famous shonen manga: One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach.

These three works have consistently held the top three positions for many years. The order may change occasionally, but no other works have been able to shake their status.

The next four through tenth places are... *Gintama*, *D.Gray-man*, *Katekyo Hitman Reborn!*, *Eyeshield 21*, *The Prince of Tennis*, *To Love-Ru*, and...

Although it has gradually become a regular occurrence to take breaks, it still occasionally resumes publication.

Eri Aragaki counted the names on her fingers, then thought about her own work, Attack on Titan.

Although the beginning and setting of Attack on Titan are excellent, compared to these works...

She analyzed it.

It's safe to say that before Attack on Titan becomes a hit with its anime adaptation, it's highly likely that all it can do is think about how to squeeze into the top six.

Making it into the top ten is already quite an achievement.

If it can maintain a stable ranking between sixth and eighth and generate enough buzz, the anime adaptation should be on the agenda after about a few dozen episodes.

Attack on Titan is now serialized in a weekly magazine.

In a sense, as long as she is hardworking enough and never takes a day off except when the magazine is closed for the Lunar New Year, she can accumulate enough episodes for the anime adaptation within a year by maintaining a pace of one episode per week.

Then comes the takeoff.

In particular, the influence of giants is global.

In Japan and Asia, it might not be able to overcome the three giants: Bleach, Naruto, and Sea.

However, in Europe and America, the influence of giants is very strong.

After all, audiences there really enjoy this kind of dark fantasy theme and storylines about humanity fighting back in dire straits.

After the anime aired, Attack on Titan's popularity in Europe and America even surpassed One Piece, topping the charts on major streaming platforms.

This alone is enough to show how powerful the giants' influence is.

Eri Aragaki felt incredibly happy just thinking about it.

Just then...

Erina Aragaki peeked out from the living room and said with a smile, "Nara-san, how about we go out and have some fun?"

"Why?"

Erii Aragaki tilted her head and said somewhat dejectedly, "It's too hot outside, I don't want to go out."

"But Nai-san hasn't gone out to play in a long time, has she?"

Erina Aragaki walked into the studio, stood next to Eri Aragaki, and said, "It's not good to stay at home all the time. You should go out for a walk every now and then."

Eri Aragaki was quite helpless. For her, the best thing to do in the hot summer was to stay indoors with air conditioning... and not go anywhere else.

But she glanced at Erina's expression.

It seems that Erina really wants to go out, after all, it's summer vacation.

Eri Aragaki sighed. "Alright, alright, where do you want to go?"

Erina Aragaki's eyes lit up, and she said, "Let's go to Shibuya. I want to buy some summer clothes and a new pair of shoes."

Eri Aragaki thought for a moment.

Shibuya.

It's crowded, lively, and has many shops.

It was a bit hot, but we were inside a shopping mall and there was air conditioning.

"Alright, let's go to Shibuya then."

Erina Aragaki clapped her hands happily.

Then she added, "Nai-san could also invite some friends to go out and have fun together; it'll be more lively with more people."

Eri Aragaki paused for a moment.

friend.

After thinking for a while, the only person she could think of was Ayane Takeda...

Eri Aragaki nodded and tentatively suggested, "How about I ask one of my junior colleagues from when I worked at the convenience store?"

"Sure! Of course, no problem!"

Erina, however, didn't seem to care at all and instead smiled and said...

So Eri Aragaki thought for a moment, picked up her phone, and dialed Ayane Takeda's number.

Soon, Ayane Takeda's voice came from the other end of the phone—

"Senior, what's wrong?"

……

"Boss... what... did you call us here for?"

Yosuke Murayama, accompanied by a dozen or so underlings, looked at Akane Natsume in front of him and asked very honestly.

You can't be dishonest, after all, who would have thought that this seemingly beautiful woman was once the boss of delinquent students who dominated the 23 wards of Tokyo?

Yosuke Murayama was once her subordinate, and he knew best how formidable Akane Natsume was, because he had initially overestimated himself and challenged her.

The result was... Natsume Akane took advantage of the moment he threw a punch and executed a flying armbar, which subdued him.

He has no choice but to comply. Once the armbar is set, there's no way to break it. If he doesn't comply, his hand will be broken on the spot.

Then, one day, as he witnessed it firsthand, Natsume Akane was surrounded by delinquents from other schools.

As a result, she faced seven or eight big men alone. Although she was also seriously injured, the delinquents on the other side were not much better off. Some had their hands broken off, and others were kicked unconscious by Natsume Akane.

After all, reality isn't as exaggerated as those campus action dramas, where someone can take on a dozen people and still be fine... You could say that such a person is even more awesome than Tyson.

Even if Tyson were to face a dozen or so strong adult men, he would probably only be able to run away, even though he was much stronger than them.

Natsume Akane isn't that amazing either.

She simply trains regularly and, thanks to her natural talent, has a muscular physique similar to those of female bodybuilders in biology textbooks, despite her seemingly frail body. In addition, she also knows Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and has learned some free fighting and kung fu.

Most of the time she was one-on-one... at most one-on-three, taking down the opponent, and then leading her subordinates, including Murayama Yosuke, to charge into the enemy's territory.

Afterwards, Natsume Akane led them to dominate all the delinquent students in all the high schools in Tokyo.

But that's all in the past. Now that Natsume Akane has graduated, she doesn't plan to continue in the underworld.

That's why Yosuke Murayama and the others were very puzzled as to why Akane Natsume suddenly called them out.

Natsume Akane has been a bit annoyed lately because ever since she found out roughly where Aragaki Eri's new house is, she has been wandering around there, trying to "bump into" Aragaki Eri, just like before.

So she couldn't sit still any longer.

So she looked at Yosuke Murayama and the others, took out a photo, and said, "I need you to go to Bunkyo Ward and find me a girl during this time..."