![]() You can be incredible and get passed over for bigoted reasons you can be lucky and jump into a career while still learning. While it's still technically possible to succeed under those circumstances, it's a gamble - at the end of the day it comes down to luck, not talent or hard work. The atmosphere in Japan can be really difficult for women and non-Japanese people, you're right. I’ve also thought of first getting my story serialized on webtoon for now and then go on from there but I’m not really sure where that path may go and if it will take me to the level of success I want to achieve. So I’ve been looking for an alternative that is quite alike and something that doesn’t take away my everything in the process and I thought maybe you guys can recommend a couple or two that you may know. It makes me feel really bad because I really wanted this job but I also don’t want to sacrifice my whole life and not even be able to spend time with family or friends or even for myself knowing the unbearable schedules that these manga artists have. I only know a couple of women who actually got their mangas to be one of the top ones, whereas all the other huge manga artists are men and well, as we know they’re all from japan. I’m from Iran and a girl and i have heard about what a bad time people from the Middle East may have in japan as well as how hard it would be for me to rock it in that industry as a woman even if I was Japanese. Until recently when I met my boyfriend who lives in japan I have been hearing about how japan really works and I think with the racism and sexism and all the hard work and volunteer slavery it’s just absolutely impossible for me to get there. My art is actually good (I won’t go ahead and say I’m a professional but I got my wits about me) and have had a 20 year plan of how to get there. ![]() A year and a half ago I started getting into anime and manga and ever since it has become a dream of mine to become a mangaka.
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