Authors to see in Champion in 2020.

2020 has began and I have written various articles recently, mainly because I really want to write something everyday to practice and improve my writing.

So here is another post going back to champion after leaving it for a few posts.

Haitani Otoya -

Does it make sense for an author with a cancelled series to return within a year? It does, in fact he returned to the magazine in the space of a few weeks with a one-shot and a few weeks later with a short series. It is not too far off to expect him to return in 2020 again with something new.

He is a talented author, through Junior there was improvement in the panelling which made it easier to read and it also took quite a while for an actual match which might have hampered its chances. His other one-shots showcased different ways he could develop in his stories next. His first Ninja one-shot had a darker ambience and a a slight change in style fit well in a story with a dark undertone.

His short story, Jinx, also showed a lot more promise as it again a sport story of martial arts fight but it with a darker story. Not only was the action so much better in terms of panelling but the story just had more to it than Junior but it ended somewhat unsatisfactory because it did feel like it did not close out the whole but a part of it, it was of course tough to do this in just 3 chapters but this might just ambition in the face of the possibility of this becoming a proper series. It is this sign of improvement and his quick return from cancellation that leads to me that it he will appear in the pages of champion sometime in 2020.

Takumi Watanuki -

A two time winner in Next Champion with a clear development in his art being shown in his latest one-shot that won the grand prize this time. Story wise, it is hard to judge since they both had rather basic stories. Basic does not mean bad after all its a one-shot and usually being easy to understand and focusing on a single theme to built on. In series, this is not necessarily always the case but I do think most series that fail in my experience try to do too many things at once and end up doing everything poorly. I do not know if he will get a series in 2020 but I do believe he might pop up with a one-shot or a short series, it is his goal to get a series after the last one-shot and thats what he is gunning for and I wish him good luck.