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Here's something I've been wondering about.
Just how much power does a manga editor have over the mangaka? Let's say that this oh, mangaka is in the middle of doing a popular manga series... So how big a role does an editor's "advice" affect the mangaka's intentions with regard to the story?
I'm thinking along the lines of:
editor: "Hey, this character is very popular right now. Put him/her in a new story arc, etc. etc."
mangaka: "Um, okay. Sure."
There's a chapter from Genshiken which dealt with this—if I'm not mistaken—but I was wondering just how significant this reality is and also, if this is common for all authors. For instance, can they actually convince the mangaka to change the outcome of his or her intended story?
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