When Memories Fade Away

Initially titled When Memories Fade Away, I have decided that a title too long would make it inconvenient for people to remember, as well as making it hard to design the logo. And thus - today's title of Fading Memories was created.

Fading Memories follows a relatively stereotypical sci-fi time travel plot of 4-5 youngsters being teleported to the future. Sounds very cliché? I can't say it's not. You probably guessed it - these youngsters are medical students - preferably in final years, or those doing research-based studies, though it's not really a fixed rule. The 'probably non-negotiable rule' of these characters would be that these characters will be from different ethnicities and personalities ^_~

Man-made turbulent time flow caused chaos and collisions, and these unfortunate youngsters were dragged along, stuck in the parallel universe of time flow for weeks before finally escaping from the dimension - into almost half a millennium in the future.

If you half-expect the future to be 'futuristic' or star war-like, I'm sorry to disappoint you but this story takes a different turn. A reverse, in fact. They found themselves split up, in a world post World War III.

In a time far away from theirs, these youngsters found themselves to be attached to sanity and realistic only by a thin thread of faith. Fighting within themselves to accept the truth of reality, yet having to continuously struggle physically and psychological with the existences of the future; for the world arrive in, is a world like none of them have ever known.

These few youngsters who held very different believes and views, had to learn to put aside personal interests and their differences to survive the obstacles after obstacles placed for them. Gradually but definitely more progressive than ever would if they were to remain in the past, these youngsters matured and grew more capable. These 'used-to-be doctors-to-be' slowly opened their eyes to what it meant to be doctors, one who held the responsibilities to save others' lives in their hands.

In midst of all chaos, new friendships were formed. Joining up with a young man from future, they slowly learn of the time they were in, rescuing friends, trying to save mankind, and ultimately, trying to go back to the past - to the time and space where they truly belonged, before their memories of their original time become a mere shadow of the past...

In the beginning...

For years, I have been working on fantasy sci-fi stories. My mind has always been filled with endless ideas and dreams that I want put together into a wonderful piece of story, one that would touch and make a print on lives - and share it with as many fractions of the world as possible.

Stories after stories, I realised that perhaps graphic novels would be able to express my stories better; thus deciding to put all that I have into producing a manga （漫画）, or basically, just a comic/graphic novel with influences from Japanese artists/mangaka （漫画家）。

Since entering medical school, I have decided that I will produce a completed fantasy medical sci-fi manga - one with a proper settings and characters that are not too far-feteched, one that would be 'intellectual' enough to reflect its creation by a medical student. In doing so, I need to research on the sciences behind plot settings that I wish to bring in. I need to ensure that all characters are realistic, with flaws and believavle growths and development. Every single interactions and advancements need to be logical and applicable to the real life. I want the readers to be able to relate to the stories, and be more captivated.

However, barely working on the sciences and logics behind won't make my story appeal to readers. I need a plot, a climax, good and likable/hatable characters... things that make a story a good story. Not everyone can do that, and I'm definitely no expert. And thus, I started to ask around for opinions and comments. This has been going on for 2 years, though not continuously or intensively...

And now... I've finally decided to put an end to passive approaches and push for actions - to start working on the sketching, paneling, inking... you get the ideas - the actual production of the manga.

I shall post the basic story settings up soon, and please... critics and comments are much appreciated.

Character concepts and designs will be posted one by one, with 4-5 characters which I would like input from potential future readers from SGUL - as I would like to include real persons into the story. Confused? Perhaps you won't be after reading the basic story plot.