Manga Sakura needs ideas!

[sakurasuka]

[SIZE=1]Alright, I'm working on a new manga. I don't know what to call it yet, but I'm sure I'll think of a name eventually.

What I need help with is the story-line. I have the basic building blocks, but I'm having difficulties coming up with much else.

I also need names of characters. I've got a few, but I've used them all in past series of mine, and they feel kind of worn-out (To me, anyway).

The story beings in sometime around the present. The first scenes will be in a classroom. A girl, we'll call her Yumi for the time being, is sitting in her desk, chewing on the end of a pencil. A piece of paper hits her in the back of the head. She looks behind her. A cute guy with dark hair, we'll call him Shota, is innocently looking around the classroom.

Yumi opens the ball of paper. Inside it is written something like 'Meet me after school', 'I have something you'd want to see', 'Meet me at 4, I have something for you', or something along those lines.

A few random (unimportant) pages later, she's walking home with him. There's a few things that let you know they're good friends.

Anyway, while they're walking home, he shows her this super-uberly big worn book. He explains that it's something from ancient japanese history, blah blah blah. Yumi's pretty excited about that. Shota says something like 'I saw it at -random store- and thought you'd like it. I know you're interested in that stuff...'. It turns out to be a diary from some ancient lord.

Okay, I'll spare you the details, but it turns out the book takes them back to some paralell universe. They meet up with people that look just like Shota, Yumi, and a bunch of other people they know from thier time.

Later they find out that the diary originally belonged to the Shota-double, who was some really important dude.

There ends up being a load of incidents where Shota decides he has a thing for Yumi, but the Yumi 'double' openly likes Shota, and petends to be 'present-time Yumi'. A strange and confusing love-triangle if you've ever seen one ;)

Upon looking over my original sketches, I realized that it was far too much like Fushigi Yugi. Can you guys help me out with that?[/SIZE]

[ScreamSin]

My thoughts immediately turned to Fushigi Yugi. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to come up with original ideas...however, I would change the object from a book to something else. Books have been done to death. Dont use an amulet either...go with something original, but not too strange. Like an article of clothing, or even something completely random that is actually from another universe. Maybe change the parallel universe to something more like the current universe became warped through the objects power. As for names, I can't help you unless you gave me more on the characters. If you want any help on this, I would love to offer my assistance. Just ask.
Good luck!

[pandaninja008]

I think it sounds a lot like Fushigi Yuugi, but don't fret my friend. All you'll need to do is make adjustments. First of all, don't use a book to transport your characters. Do something along the lines of an ancient necklace or ring bought at an antiqe store. And as for names, it would help a lot if you told everyone what type of personalities your characters were. It would make naming your characters sooooo much easier. If you want any more information or any suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me at [email]Pandaninja008@aol.com[/email].