Why I Started This Journey
I started this project with a clear goal. I wanted to build something long term. I wanted to create a manga built on consistency, trust, and shared effort.
I am an author first. Story drives everything I do. Characters, pacing, emotion, and structure matter to me. I care about worlds making sense. I care about scenes landing with weight. I care about respecting the reader’s time.
This journey did not start easily.
I reached out to many artists. I spent weeks sending messages, explaining the vision, answering questions, and laying out expectations. Most said no. Some never replied. A few listened. Fewer stepped forward and committed to a full year.
Those artists matter. Their decision matters.
Making a manga takes more than drawing panels. It takes planning. It takes revisions. It takes late nights fixing pacing issues, redrawing panels, adjusting dialogue, and aligning story beats with visual flow. Every chapter costs time, focus, and energy.
Artists pour hours into anatomy, lighting, backgrounds, expressions, and motion. Authors spend hours structuring scenes, refining dialogue, and fixing story gaps. None of this appears accidental. None of it happens fast.
Many readers see the final page. Few see the work behind it.
If you enjoy a story, support the people who make it. Share it. Like it. Talk about it. Tell friends. Support funding efforts when possible. Every action matters. Each one keeps the project alive.
This journey exists because a small group chose commitment over comfort. It continues because readers choose to care.
If you are here, reading this, you are part of it.
Why choose Undercurrent first?
I chose Undercurrent as the first story to make public because it reflects patterns you see every day. You see how people act under pressure. You see how fear shapes decisions. You see how power shifts behavior. The story focuses on human nature without soft edges. It shows selfish choices, short sighted thinking, and the urge to take before understanding consequences. The ocean setting matters. It represents distance from responsibility. What people cannot see, they ignore. Animals become resources. Ecosystems become obstacles. Damage becomes acceptable as long as it stays out of sight.
Undercurrent forces you to sit with those outcomes. It does not excuse them. It does not rush past them. It shows how small actions stack over time. A net dropped once. Waste dumped once. A life dismissed once. Those moments build collapse. I wanted this story first because it asks you to look at behavior without comfort. It asks you to question how often convenience overrides care. It asks you to notice how easily destruction feels normal when profit or survival enters the conversation. This story sets the tone for everything after it. It tells you what kind of work I want to put into the world. Honest. Uncomfortable. Grounded in choices people recognize, even when they do not want to admit them.
What kind of author I am?
The kind of author I am is intentional. I do not write empty stories. Every project carries meaning. Sometimes it focuses on mental health. Sometimes it looks at family, loss, or connection. Sometimes it confronts environmental damage or human behaviour. Even when the surface story feels simple, there is always something underneath it.
I work on my stories every day. Writing is not a side task for me. It is discipline. It is revision. It is choosing better words, stronger structure, and clearer emotion. I think about how scenes land and how characters change. I pay attention to what the story asks of the reader.
I leave a part of myself in every project. My values shape the themes. My experiences influence the emotions. I do not separate who I am from what I write. The work carries pieces of my perspective, my questions, and my concerns about the world.
If a story makes you pause, reflect, or feel unsettled, it did its job. I want my work to stay with you after you finish reading. I want it to mean something.
Thank you!
Thank you for choosing to start this journey with me. Your trust matters more than numbers or reach. Some of you believed before there was proof. Some of you stayed when progress felt slow. Some of you placed your hopes in a project built on effort, patience, and long nights of work. I do not take that lightly. This path asks for consistency, discipline, and honesty. It asks for time, energy, and focus every single month. Knowing people care gives weight to every decision I make.
It pushes me to respect the work, the artists beside me, and the readers who show up. Whether you share a post, leave a comment, read quietly, or support the project financially, your presence counts. You chose to stand behind an idea still forming. You chose to believe in where it is going. I will continue to show up, build carefully, and treat your support with the respect it deserves. Thank you for walking forward with me.
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