A Shocking Journey To Combine Coding With Manga (MUST READ)

Ceci est un article sur une histoire. Une histoire de croissance, de poursuite de rêves et d'expériences impensables menant à des résultats époustouflants. C'est l'histoire d'un Coding Manga.

A manga about coding — Yes, you read that right. A coding manga. Now keep reading because you won’t believe what’s coming up next.

Tout d'abord, deux déclarations.

Le manga et l'anime atteignent des sommets dans le monde entier. Des centaines de pays, chacun avec une démographie d'âge élargie, sautent dans le train (Mugen) que nous, fans de longue date, apprécions depuis des années.
Le codage atteint son apogée dans le monde entier. Des centaines de pays, avec des personnes de tous âges, sexes, ethnies, origines et horizons, ont de plus en plus accès à des programmes gratuits, des cours et des encouragements pour commencer leur parcours de programmation.

Cela ressemble-t-il ?

That’s what one man named Blu-kun realized. Blu-kun, who happens to reside in a space between both worlds (think Itsuki from Yu Yu Hakusho), decided to pull a Kuwabara and link the two worlds that he loves so much.

3 min — Le pote OG. Homie à plein temps et trancheuse dimensionnelle.

So who is this Blu-kun person? Well, it’s me. Surprise! Blu-kun here.

Blu-kun - Author of a coding manga called Blue Screen — Un rendu photoréaliste de l'auteur.

I’m working on a shonen manga you won’t find anywhere else. It’s called Écran bleu. I’m thankful to Silvercrowv1 for the opportunity to write about chasing my dream, what I hope to achieve, and to convince you that Blue Screen won’t just become a hit – it’ll become a phenomenon.

Coding Manga - Blue Screen — Blue Screen’s protagonist, Kai Uchiumi (内海海), striking a pose for the camera.

La trame de fond

First, about me. I’ve been writing and drawing since I could hold a pencil, and manga is the love of my life. Some of my favorites are Gintama, 3-Gatsu no Lion, Natsume Yuujinchou, and Higurashi (if you count VNs). I’ve followed Shonen Jump for more than a decade. After all, your inner boy (少年) never dies!

gintoki reading shonen manga — Just like Gintoki, no matter how many times I try going cold turkey, I’ll always be a Shonen Jump reader at heart.

As a kid, I drew manga nonstop. By Grade 6 I’d drawn forty volumes of manga. For some reason there were Chunin exams and a talking radio in them, but that’s a story for another day. I loved drawing manga but didn’t think too much about going pro. But then I found Bakuman, one of the most inspiring manga out of the thousands I’ve read. Of course, even if I’d never heard of Bakuman, I know I’d still draw manga. But Bakuman is what lit a fire under my ass. It helped me cement my goal: “I will become a mangaka.”

mangaka working — Deux de mes mangaka préférés, travaillant dur sur leur prochain chef-d'œuvre.

Arc de codage

Puis au lycée, je suis tombé amoureux pour la deuxième fois - cette fois, avec le codage. Mon lycée avait un club de codage avec toutes sortes de personnages farfelus. J'étais un Hikigaya poussé dans une pièce remplie de Hayatos, sans parler des Madaras, des Katakuris et des Saitamas. Tous ces personnages excentriques de Kuroko no Basuke ou Prince of Tennis existaient d'une manière ou d'une autre dans la vraie vie, et j'ai pu les rencontrer chaque semaine après l'école.

8 min 1 — Au début, j'étais comme un poisson hors de l'eau, ou comme un Hikigaya hors de sa maison.

And all of us fought each other in dire combat, with competitive coding. Y’see, there are websites where you can face off with millions of coders from hundreds of sites, all in real time. And so, my fellow club members and I went through countless battles, intense training arcs, and worked hard to climb the leaderboard. We aimed for the nationals and even the internationals – all the while facing ever-stronger foes from powerhouse academies.

9 min 1 — Nous avons dû affronter des équipes folles et intenses comme celles de Haikyuu, chacune avec ses propres vibrations. Ce fut une période incroyablement amusante de ma vie, et je veux partager avec vous le battage médiatique que nous avons ressenti à l'époque - via Blue Screen.

Pas étonnant que j'adore les shonen sportifs (Hikaru no Go, Act-Age, Haikyuu, Slam Dunk, Ashita no Joe, etc.). J'en ai littéralement vécu un.

So that’s my backstory arc, and now it’s time for a timeskip. But don’t return to Sabaody yet, there’s still a bit of this article left and it’s just as good, if not better.

Luffy with fakes min — You’re going to look as silly as the two on the left if you skip the rest of the article!

Le but

So what’s the “point” of creating Blue Screen, a manga about coding? Le plus important sera toujours de créer un manga intéressant. As a former chief editor of Shonen Jump said, “A manga just has to be interesting.” Those words are etched into my soul.

10 min — > tfw le rédacteur en chef ENTRE

But of course, there’s more to it than that. CS education is booming, and I want to make it boom even bigger. I want kids and adults and retired elders, and people from all races, and of all socioeconomic classes; people with all kinds of varied, diverse and interesting identities to know that they too can code.

kids learning coding — A bunch of young whippersnappers coding their first “Hello, World!” program.

Le but

So my first goal is, I want people to read Blue Screen, and get excited about coding! That’s my goal, and I will UNITED STATES OF SMASH that goal with All my Might.

My second goal is to show off a lot of cool coding concepts in Blue Screen, and make them interesting to every single reader! You’ll get to discover the world of programming through a one-of-a-kind lens! Just like I used to enjoy MinutePhysics and channels like that growing up, I want to provide the same kind of edutainment to my fans.

anime girl coding — Blu-kun est représenté ci-dessus, pensant à quelques concepts de codage sympas. À côté de lui se trouve Futaba.

Le fait est que vous aussi, vous pouvez aimer la programmation !

Here’s a diagram of a function that sums it all up, which we coders love so much.

14 min — Entrée et sortie, les fondamentaux de la programmation.

TL;DR: I’m making a coding manga, and I’m inviting YOU to join my mangaka journey!

Le rêve

Et maintenant, enfin : je suis tout embarrassé et mal à l'aise quand j'écris sur des trucs personnels comme ça, mais voilà.

I’m regularly putting 10+ hours per day into creating Blue Screen, whether it’s writing, drawing, designing, communicating, managing, planning, outreach, and more. (It takes a lot of time to create a manga as a team of one!) And it feels great, because I’m chasing my dream at full speed every day. But still, you need money to keep going in this society.

15 min — Je n'ai l'air à moitié aussi cool que Mashiro lors du meulage des pages, mais sinon, la description ci-dessus est exacte.

So, I’ll just say it straight up. Please help me draw Blue Screen full-time. I promise I’ll continue Blue Screen until the very end (and I have a ton of great stories planned out). You’re literally making my dream come true, and there’s exclusive bonus manga, artwork, live streams, polls, and more on Patreon. It costs just the price of a coffee to become a Patron.

https://www.patreon.com/bluescreen_off Chaque $1 compte.

Thank you for even considering helping make my dream come true.

Vous pouvez vous gaver de Blue Screen maintenant !

https://mangadex.org/chapter/94a0e2f1-0891-4f9a-b4fa-b46d26d68084

Rejoignez l'armée de l'écran bleu !

https://discord.gg/TGHw3m4Nsn

There’s all sorts of cool stuff including a voiced, animated trailer here:

https://linktr.ee/bluescreen_off

Instagram :

https://www.instagram.com/bluescreen_off/

I’m always happy to talk. Shoot me an email at bl************@***il.com pour toute demande ou juste pour dire bonjour !

That’s all for this article. Thank you for reading.