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I've seen it time and again that a mangaka just stops what he/she is doing as
he / she loses interest and starts the next project instead.

A very big example includes here "Candidate for Goddess". The Mangaka who
created it was and is known for doing that time and again.

What really surprises me is that they just get work again and again despite
their tendencies (and they even being KNOWN for that). In other branches
(programmers as example) you are a goner from the market when you start doing
that.

So my question here is is there any infos available on WHY Mangakas who are
known for not finishing their work and instead starting something anew get
work again and again seemingly very easily? (is it something cultural I'm
overlooking here, or is it something else at work here?)


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How is it that non reliable mangakas get work again and again?


Business-wise, that is not very important because as long as these mangaka
still sells, publishing companies would still like to sign a deal with them.
To stop these kinds of mangaka from keep having jobs, then the market must
reject their new project. Only then would a publishing company be unwilling to
sign them.

Now, most readers are just casual readers. They just read when they like it
and are not that attached to a series very much. Only hardcore fans would
follow and know everything about a series. Thus for most reader, whether this
mangaka is known for being such a person is not very important.

In fact many don't bother knowing who the mangaka is. My sister, who is not an
otaku although she ocassionally read manga, knows Naruto, Fairy Tail, Bleach,
One Piece, and many other mangas. But if you tell her Masashi Kishimoto, Hiro
Mashima, Kubo Tite, Oda, then she'll say, "who's that?" The only mangaka she
knows is Fujiko F. Fujio (because it's Doraemon). What they need to know is
just the title of the manga and whether it is interesting or not.


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