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Guest vs. The Commercialist Director —Protect Your Story Finally, the manga Guest has been pouring their heart into is getting a live-action movie adaptation. A dream come true on the big screen. A star-studded cast. Massive promotion. A nationwide release. —But the joy is short-lived. The director assigned to the project is a hardcore commercialist. "Faithful to the original? If that brought in crowds, we wouldn't have to work so hard." Add a romance subplot. Increase screen time for popular characters. Cut the low-key scenes. Change the heavy ending to a happy one. His reason is simple. "To make this a movie that sells." The director has his own arguments. Movies cost an astronomical amount of money. If it fails at the box office, many people lose their livelihoods. You can't sustain a commercial film by only looking at the original fans. However—. Is that really the story Guest wrote? Now, Guest. As the original creator, you must debate the director. What can be changed for the sake of the movie? And what must never be changed, no matter what? Protect the work you created with your own words.