New Fanfic Idea - Frat Boy Generation X

[Tai]

It has always been my dream to create something amazing. But since I live in America, I can't really make my own manga, nor do I have the money or resources to do that. So, this is my new fanfic - Frat Boy Generation X.

This is the story of an 18 year old boy, Akamira Shinnosuke. He is an incoming freshmen in Japan's largest and most popular college, Japan University. As he enters the school, he makes both friends and enemies, until one night he is caught up in a fight between greek life fraternity brothers.

After that night, Shinnosuke catches the eye of Japan University's most well-known, strongest, and popular fraternity - Sigma Phi Epsilon. As he enters the world of fraternities, he will go through many adventures, as well as "pledging" and brotherhood.

[tigerlilly]

@Tai:

It has always been my dream to create something amazing. But since I live in America, I can't really make my own manga

Huh…? I do not understand the logical connection between you living in America and you not being able to draw your own manga...? Do you speak of the technicality of a comic having to be drawn by someone from Japan to be called a Manga? If you have the patience and passion to put your story to life, what does your location on earth have to do with you doing it?
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So, this is my new fanfic - Frat Boy Generation X.

This is the story of an 18 year old boy, Akamira Shinnosuke. He is an incoming freshmen in Japan's largest and most popular college, Japan University. As he enters the school, he makes both friends and enemies, until one night he is caught up in a fight between greek life fraternity brothers.

After that night, Shinnosuke catches the eye of Japan University's most well-known, strongest, and popular fraternity - Sigma Phi Epsilon. As he enters the world of fraternities, he will go through many adventures, as well as "pledging" and brotherhood.

At the moment this just sounds EXTREMELY cliché, but a good Shonen manga lives, in my opinion, mainly from vivid characters. If can fall in love with the main character, there's much I can tolerate when it comes to cliché story telling. But well, not much to judge here when it comes to your characters right now. Also I don't know if Japan actually has fraternities comparable to the ones you have in America. Might want to do a bit of research there! And what exactly is this a fanfic of? I don't recognise the original material.

[ChesCa]

Lilly's pretty much said it all but I'll break it down.
@Tai:

It has always been my dream to create something amazing.

Don't worry about that or else you're gonna' burn out from trying to hard. You'll more likely to succeed if you love your work for what it is rather than trying to make it the best thing ever. You'll only frustrate yourself with the slow progress.

But since I live in America, I can't really make my own manga, nor do I have the money or resources to do that.

Make your comic in your own style and just use pen and paper. I only use a tablet and Corel program (which is what I've always had) and I've progressed tremendously from when I started out. Focus on your art and the tight budget will nary make a difference. Hell, even in the 'big leagues' low budget series like Digimon went miles ahead with interesting characters and premises (at least the first season). Even Pearls Before Swine used minimal art to succeed.

This is the story of an 18 year old boy, Akamira Shinnosuke. He is an incoming freshmen in Japan's largest and most popular college, Japan University. As he enters the school, he makes both friends and enemies, until one night he is caught up in a fight between greek life fraternity brothers.

After that night, Shinnosuke catches the eye of Japan University's most well-known, strongest, and popular fraternity - Sigma Phi Epsilon. As he enters the world of fraternities, he will go through many adventures, as well as "pledging" and brotherhood.

This by itself….doesn't really interest me, sad to say. We're open to new ideas in the Art and Writing section, but overall we respond a lot better to progress rather than just concepts. We can give you a lot more feedback if you show your work.
Good luck with your comic.

[Kitsune Inferno]

How is this a fanfic exactly?

And Japan University? Really? Have you done any research or is your knowledge of Japan limited to what you've learned from anime and manga?

And why must everyone forget there are like 200 other countries in the world? Just because you're trying to imitate Japanese style, why must you set your story in Japan and follow Ryu Lalilulelo through blah blah blah?

I don't know, it just feels lazy to me. It tells me nothing of your skills as an author other than you seem to be quite the Japanophile.

Oh and where's the story?