In an interview at Japan Expo , the creators of Shangri-La Frontier , author Katarina and illustrator Ryosuke Fuji , discussed various aspects of their work's creation. They also revealed the process of blending the real world with the game's story.
Shangri-La Frontier – Creators discuss the complexity of its story
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Originally, the interview took place in Paris, but it later reached Brazil as well through Crunchyroll . The creators are then asked how the idea of bringing the real world into the game affected their creative process.
Katarina : Each character hides something, and that's a big challenge. The simplest of all is my character, Sunraku, because he plays for fun and that's all. For example, the heroine Rei Saiga is quite shy in real life, but she's very strong in video games, and she does that to get closer to Sunraku because she has feelings for him. And that's also the case with the people behind the company that develops Shanfro; they have some rather complicated ideas in their manga. So I try to have different characters and do different things in both worlds.
Fuji : I separated real life [in the manga] from the Shanfro video game world. For example, in the video game, I try not to use too much black and I don't fill in the boxes and drawings in black to save it for the monsters. And in the daily life parts of the manga, I use black more often. It's my way of differentiating the two worlds.
Synopsis:
Rakurou Hizutome, a second-year high school student, is only interested in one thing: finding "crappy games" and beating them. His gaming skills are unmatched, and no game is too bad for him. So, when he's introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best: maxes out and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But will even a skilled player like Rakurou be able to uncover all the secrets the game hides?
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Source: Crunchyroll
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