Hokazono is a mangaka, or manga artist. That evening, he was bringing the latest page of his creation to life under the watchful eye of his editor, Takuro Imamura. Soon, the panels that Hokazono was finishing would be distributed to a million-plus avid Japanese readers of Weekly Shōnen Jump, the country’s most popular manga magazine. Many more would encounter them through the magazine’s digital counterpart, Shōnen Jump+, or on a dedicated app, where translations in up to nine other languages make the work accessible to some five million users around the world.journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter