19 Days

Briefly about 19 Days Manga:

The introduction to the characters and their first appearance occurs in the wonderful collection “19 Days,” published in 2013. It contains short manhua by many wonderful authors. Each tells the story of a single day. You can read the stories here. The translation and edits are very old and leave much to be desired in places. But it is still possible to get the gist and enjoy the chapters. Among the nineteen days shown in the collection is a day with the unnamed characters of Old Xian. This day after and became a separate manhua. Old is part of the Mosspack Studio. Therefore, the creation and development of the project cannot be separated from the history of the studio itself. And since we want to understand what “One Day” is all about, we should start at the beginning.

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The example of the studio is unique in many ways. The guys didn’t just switch from print to online strips, but decided not to monetize their main projects. The studio provides all content for free. Making money from advertising strips, selling rights and other commissions. This is what allows authors to work on their stories without outside interference. Doing what they want to do. So, there is no clear chapter release schedule, no magazine format, no standard beginning, no numbering, no genre list. Each new chapter is not always a continuation of the previous one. Chaos and anarchy for some, but a fine-tuned and laborious process for the authors themselves. But perhaps back to Auld.

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Her manhua had no title, no names for the guys. In 2014 Auld publishes her first strip with her characters. She adds the tag “19 days” to this short sketch, referring to the collection, and writes One Day in the strip itself. That’s how a short story from a collection turned into the “19 Days – Once” strips, which have been out for six years now. During this time, some characters have changed their names (in the beginning Jian Jian and Zhamao, and now Jian Yi and Zhan Zhengxi), changed their drawings, and new characters have appeared.