nanowrimo_lj | Hi. Anybody read manga? (Reply)

Apparently--and I say apparently because it may do another morph and change again-- my plot is about a manga and its ensuing enterprises with strange supernatural ties that have resulted in a couple of kids and adults going missing. I don't know if they are dead yet or just stuck in another dimension.

Often,the victims are "enemies" of the last person to have read the manga and have used certain instructions in the manga to "make your troubles disappear". Generally,bullies,mean bosses and pushy family members go missing,end up dead or mysteriously stop bothering you,random promotions,money faliing into your lap--stuff like that. I don't know where the instructions are found or if they were subliminal through-out the whole thing or how potent yet subtle they would have to be to make people keep buying it across the board and not notice the effects.

My MC has had first-hand experience with it(his deadbeat father suddenly dies and leaves him money for his shop. He owns a comic book and game shop that he built himself.) and when the manga resurfaces on the market he is compelled to try and buy it and stop anyone else from using it. Apparently (Again,with the morph warning),there are certain side effects to using the instructions...which I happen to be at a loss for. The author is very apparently either dead or without an identity in a mental facility.

Now,I'm vaguely acquainted with the concept of a manga,it seems like a Japanese version of comic books. I'm not deeply familiar with comic books either,but thanks to the internet it wasn't so hard to turn into a plot idea. So,I apologize if it's not terribly realistic.

Cheers!