The serialization of One Piece!

The next day.

Tokyo.

At Shōnen Publishing.

The number of comic publishers in Japan was as many as the amount of hair on a cow. However, of all the comic magazines out there, there were always three publishers who led the circulation of such weekly serialized magazines targeted at teenage boys.

Shōnen Publishing.

Shūkansha.

POO Studios.

And Shōnen Publishing was the one with the highest circulation figures.

—#1 in Japan, #1 in Asia, #1 in the industry.

In the editorial department.

Seto Kyoko looked down at a comic manuscript with a complicated expression. She had been thinking over it for several days. Her breakfast placed on the side had already turned cold. She hadn't even taken a bite from it yet.