>>2656778This is probably irrelevant but I once wrote a very popular novel-length fic about a pairing I didn't really like when I started. I don't know if Si Mitsuru's thought process was the same as mine, but:
>popular idea is kinda vaguely interesting but most works associated with it are boring and/or full of the same tired tropes >joke about it being shit with friends>start to think "could someone make this good?" or "what if someone used the base idea in a different way?" >post a couple of ideas in a group chat or somewhere public>people think it sounds cool>expand the ideas a little>they still like it>holy shit, time to write/drawIt worked for me in a fandom. And as
>>2656779 says, there's money in it too. For a mangaka, especially one with popular friends and associated with a thriving magazine like Qpa, capitalising on the hype is a good thing. For what it's worth, though, Si Mitsuru does seem to really like these characters, so while the money helps, I don't think they're drawing something they're completely uninterested in.
