So basically I love anime, manga, LN's and I've always dreamt of writing some kind of story. I probably go towards LN's because my artistic skills are exactly the best. Anyway what i need help with is which idea to go with. Also forgive me for I am terrible at names.
Idea 1:
The story is about a 16 year old boy named Kohl Tagashira, he suffers from depression and generally looks down on society. He is just your typical boy, fairly smart, adept at sport etc. However he is what people would call an outcast, loner or even a loser. He has absolute no motivation for anything and even has trouble waking in the morning for school (to the there is no point in it). He finds everyday life boring and repetitive. He would much rather spend his day sleeping to escape from such a pointless life. His father left the family when he was young, so he only lives with his mother. Unfortunately due to Kohl's attitude he has never really got on with his mother (although she still cares for him). So one day due to Kohl's bad behaviour/lack of motivation his mother gets the idea to send him to a government funded hospital named Saint Vincents hospital. The hospital aims at helping problem children get back on track in their life so that they don't cause any more trouble and enjoy life more. This is where the main part of the story will take place. It will focus on Kohl's transformation whilst spending time in the hospital, it will also focus on Kohl's interactions with the other in patients who all have their own problems and could also be considered problem children. Also his interactions with the hospitals nuns/nurses who range from strict to nice to weird.
Idea 2:
The story is about a group of thugs/thieves/gangsters and just general bad guys. However it focuses on a man named Kagati Iso who due unfortunate circumstances:
-having his family killed,
-accused of murdering them,
-sent to prison,
-whilst in prison made friends with a guy who had details on the gang that kill his family,
-after being found out innocent after time in prison he is set free,
-however he has no house due to it being destroy to build other buildings by some company and has received no compensation.
Whilst out at night with no money, he wanders the street looking for some shelter. He walks through an alley way only to be greeted by a gang. The gang charges at him with the intention of attacking or even potential killing him. However he pleads with them to not attack him and says he will do anything. The gangs decides decides to not attack him on one condition, he joins them. He accepts the offer and officially becomes a member of the gang. However his ulterior motive is to piece together the mystery of who murdered his family and kill him. The story focuses on Kagati's interactions with the other gang members, it also focuses on his climb in the gangs hierarchy also details on the hardships of having to follow the gang and do what they do (Stealing, attacking, gang wars, drugs etc).
In my opinion, both the ideas don't really fit well with the LN genres today, but the bit about the interactions in idea one seem to fit okay. Rather than a light novel, i imagine those ideas would do better as a dark manga or anime, or even a novel of sorts?
I mean, if you want to compare it to a LN plot i guess you can kind of tie it in with a Baccano type genre, except going into detail about the adult themes may cause the rating to go a bit too high for a LN....it could pass as a webnovel or a normal novel if it has to be a novel, maybe?
