Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 402: Competition and Tap Water
The new anime "Akame ga Kill!" became an instant hit. At least judging from the performance of the first episode, it has the potential to become the dominant new anime.

Especially, the title of this new anime has the name [Original work: Aoyama], the most famous cartoonist of the new generation in recent years!

The influence of Lin Qingshan's pen name in this world is probably equal to the name of Lao Xu in his previous life.

Once the name "Qingshan" is used, if this anime shows any signs of taking off in the early stages, it will be touted as a masterpiece that will surely be deified in the future!
Lin Qingshan's achievements since becoming a cartoonist have undoubtedly given the audience a shot in the arm.

崩？
It's impossible for it to collapse. This is the work of the old thief Qingshan.

Mr. Aoyama has created so many works. Even though he went to the special effects field and created a new work called "Kamen Rider Ryuki", there was no sign of collapse. Instead, it took off in the end.

Moreover, "Kamen Rider Ryuki" has become another masterpiece in the history of the "Kamen Rider" series!

It can't collapse at all!

Lin Qingshan’s comic fans are quite confident. After all, in this situation, most people prefer to see their favorite creator maintain his undefeated record.

There will even be fans who, even if they know that their favorite creators have come up with something shocking, will still stubbornly defend them.

This is probably the origin of the term "filial son" on the Internet.

But this is not incomprehensible.

Most people prefer that their favorite creators and works are nearly perfect, and they also hope that the things they like can be liked by others.

That's why people are overwhelmed by this kind of love and cannot distinguish right from wrong.

The same goes for Lin Qingshan's comic fans. It has to be said that his love for being close to his fans, coupled with the fact that his works have never suffered any setbacks since his debut, has led to the birth of a group of extremely loyal and hardcore fans among him.

This is not to say that it is a bad thing, because... as a plagiarist, Lin Qingshan is unlikely to make mistakes.

It is impossible for this group of die-hard fans to be stubborn and make excuses for him - because it is impossible for Lin Qingshan to create a work with extremely bad reputation and have to make excuses for it.

However, these die-hard fans will experience a different situation.

That is……

“‘Akame ga Kill’ is definitely the new anime king! No doubt about it!”

"Don't forget about Chainsaw Man. Oh, I almost forgot. That's also an animation based on the manga by Aoyama. That's fine."

"Hhhh, what a happy trouble. Fortunately, the update time of the two series does not overlap."

"It must be another Fengshen Fan. I'll just sit back and watch. It's a work that has a blast at the beginning, and Qingshan Laozei is the original author. Is there any need to question this?"

"That doesn't need to be said. As long as that psychopath Qingshan gets serious... he will be invincible!"

"The ruthless are afraid of the stupid, the stupid are afraid of the desperate, the desperate are afraid of the crazy! As long as the old thief Qingshan is unscrupulous, to be honest, there is no creator of the same level who can rival him."

"Take off, take off! Never had such a wonderful start!"

……

And "Kill! Akame ga Mikoto" is not only enthusiastically pursued and praised by Lin Qingshan's die-hard fans, but also fueled by C Station. After several years of development, C Station has already cultivated a group of UP hosts in the animation chat area.

Every time a new series comes out, they will release videos to tell the story before it starts, during the first episode, in the middle of the show, and finally at the end.

Among them, as the number one representative of the abstract school and the representative of the foul-mouthed animation gossip area, Penzijun also posted a new video to talk about the new anime after watching all the new anime including the second season of "Chainsaw Man" over the weekend.

As for the second season of "Chainsaw Man" and "Madu Ghoul", he is still very conservative and said that he has to wait and see how they perform in the future.

But when it comes to "Kill! Akame ga Kill", Nabon-kun is not conservative at all.

"The first episode of Akame ga Kill is so good. I won't believe you if you tell me it's not aiming to be the best new anime series."

"Back then, Qingshan the Old Thief became a god with his battle with 'Edgewalker', and I said you can always trust Qingshan the Old Thief!"

"You may not know what it means to have a comic book with less than 40 chapters become the best-selling comic book in the Republic in the past decade."

"We usually only use one word to describe this kind of person: genius!"

"I often say that Qingshan Laozei was able to become a legend with the animation "Edgewalker", so it won't be a problem for him to continue to create masterpieces that can become legends!"

"But let's be conservative for now. Everyone calm down. There's no need to be so exaggerated right now. The series "Akame ga Kill" is set to be a masterpiece."

"Just be steady with your backhand, and when it's finished, I'll definitely be crowned a god... What? You think I'll fail? Impossible, alas! A true UP host must dare to make professional judgments!"

"I'm just a special effects Medusa, and when has the old thief Qingshan ever been praised by me?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"A truly powerful person will not be afraid of poisonous milk. The old thief Qingshan has never been afraid of poisonous milk!"

"What? What do you mean by flipping it? Are you going to settle the score with me if the latter part of Akame ga Kill is a failure?"

“I can only say, how could the work of the old thief Qingshan be overturned by me, the poisonous grandmother? Can I overturn “Kill! Akame ga Mikoto”? If I, Penzijun 512, can overturn “Kill! Akame ga Mikoto”, I will! Eat this computer screen right now!!”

……

Then this video was spread, and countless people began to care about the follow-up of "Kill! Akame ga Kill"

Will it start strong and end weak, or will it continue to start strong and end strong as always, or will it be like "Parasyte", with good reputation but gradually declining popularity?
It can be said that "Kill! Akame ga Kill" immediately received a lot of attention.

Together with the more anticipated and much-anticipated second season of "Chainsaw Man", it supports all the traffic of C Station's New Year drama series.

The first episode of the second season of the "Chainsaw Man" animation has been aired, but this is mainly because the plot of the second season was also relatively bland at the beginning.

However, unlike "Magto Ghoul", "Chainsaw Man" is a comic-adapted animation, which has the bonus of popularity. Coupled with the success and exceptional popularity of the first season of the animation, the second season is very popular.

Even though the plot of the first episode was bland, its popularity is incomparable to "Mato Ghoul".

And after the first episodes of all the new anime series were aired after the New Year, the top three in terms of popularity and discussion on the entire network happened to be "Chainsaw Man Season 2", "Dragon Chosen Season 7" and "Akame ga Kill"!
"Mato Ghoul" performed a little worse, ranking seventh out of the 138 new anime series of the season.

If it weren’t for the fact that the original author was marked as Lin Qingshan, and if Station C hadn’t invested a lot of promotional resources, its popularity might have been even lower.

But... the audience doesn't know that Lin Qingshan's expectations for "Madu Ghoul" are higher than "Akame ga Kill!"

The plot of the TV series "Akame ga Kill!" is meant to be sadistic, so even if he tried his best to make some hair-slashing changes to optimize the plot, the ceiling is still not high.

He chose Akame ga Kill in the beginning just because of this series. Although it is not a masterpiece, it has many highlights in the beginning, middle and end stages, which can support the traffic of Station C and attract more new users.

This can make up for the slightly lackluster early popularity of both the second season of "Chainsaw Man" and "Magto Ghoul".

The game "Kill! Red Eyes" has indeed attracted a lot of attention, which has obviously brought a rebound in the number of users and clicks of C Station. At this time, Youdou.com, as a competitor, began to get anxious.

……

Youdou.com headquarters office building, conference room.

"C Station has become more popular recently, which has caused our traffic and active users to drop significantly."

Dong Hongtu looked at the PPT projection made by the technicians behind him and said seriously, "Now everyone can clearly see that this is our life-and-death battle!"

"There's nothing we can do about it, Chairman... We have tried our best to block any cooperation in the animation series that Station C is mainly involved in over the past six months, but..."

One of the executives said with a pale face, "It seems that the other party has given up on the animation subculture, but the short video mode and live broadcast they launched later have maintained their popularity for the past six months. And this month they launched their own animation series..."

"I know this, but I don't understand these things."

Dong Hongtu waved his hand and said directly, "I only know that only by destroying this C station can we continue to develop!"

"What about animation, subculture... I don't know about these, but since blocking them is not possible, we have to use some common commercial means."

He said dissatisfiedly, "Find those professional studios to lower the reputation and popularity of the commercial dramas they are promoting. Do I need to teach you this?!"

"Yes... Chairman..."

The Youdou.com executives present immediately spoke in unison.

After the meeting, which was known only to insiders, many different opinions on the second season of "Chainsaw Man" and "Akame ga Kill" appeared on the Internet.

"It's really boring. Isn't this plot predictable?"

"This Lace must have deliberately approached the male lead? Isn't this too cliché? The key is that the male lead is really stupid, and he didn't even notice this."

"I'm suffering from idiocy. Who on earth is watching this stupid male lead?"

"A cold female protagonist with long black hair, a tsundere female supporting role, a female supporting role that looks cold but is actually cute, and a silly and innocent male protagonist... This setting is really boring."

"The scenes are so bloody, what if it corrupts children? Report this kind of bloody and violent animation, otherwise what if it corrupts children and teaches them to fight and kill?"

"This animation teaches young people to admire bloody violence. Why don't you take it off the shelves?"

"It's the Empire and it's corruption. What are you implying?"

……

As soon as these negative comments about the second season of "Chainsaw Man" and "Akame ga Kill" appeared, they quickly attracted the attention of many viewers and anime fans.

However, normal audiences and comic fans just patiently argued at the beginning.

But until they realized that it was completely useless to argue with these people, the other party still used their own unreasonable arguments.

Soon, they spontaneously began to fight back.

"Denci just hasn't received a normal education. He's just a little ignorant of human affairs. If you like to watch smart male protagonists, can't you just find something you like?"

"You're nitpicking here. Denci wasn't designed to be a smart protagonist. Why are you complaining about him being stupid? You're the one with a problem in your brain, right?"

"You can tell from your God's perspective that Lacey was just getting close to Dianci on purpose. You are so awesome, you must have never been cheated in real life, right? Do you think you are so smart?"

"You call this a cliché setting? I like to watch clichés, and I like to watch characters with this kind of setting, is that not okay?"

"You said you were afraid your child would learn bad things and report bloody violence. How old is your child? He doesn't even know what is allowed and what can only be seen in cartoons? If he doesn't have the ability to distinguish, I'll send your child to electrotherapy!"

"You can even hint at another world? Almost all the characters have foreign names and are white, and you can even relate this to reality... You're invincible, kid."

"I didn't expect that in the 21st century, there are still people planning to engage in literary inquisition? Making groundless accusations is just a direct hint, right?"

……

The ACG circle is not interested in this kind of deliberate smearing behavior. In this circle, real gold, no matter how dark it is painted, will still be dug out by passers-by.

A good work doesn’t even need any publicity, passers-by will spontaneously become fans.

The so-called three fine traditions of ACG are preaching, Amway, and pushing people into the game.

When people see excellent works, they are very enthusiastic to help promote them.

What smear? For those who like his works, these are simply unbelievable.

Soon, the popularity of the new anime on Station C increased due to the counterattack of passers-by and loyal fans across the entire network due to the deliberate smearing by the internet army.

In this situation, Station C won the game.

The number of users surged, and the number of clicks and views began to grow explosively again.

But they did not dare to neglect it at all.

After all… Whether the popularity can be maintained and whether these surging users can be retained depends mainly on…

Whether the animation series produced by Station C this time can maintain its reputation and popularity and land smoothly.

In this way, these users will continue to look forward to the second season of "Magto Ghoul", or even stay for more new self-produced shows on Station C.

But this problem is not a problem at all in Lin Qingshan's view.

The rest of "Matou Ghoul" might be said to have a bad ending or just barely landed, but the ending of the first season...

That’s part of the plot of Conferred God!
There is no need to say much about "Akame ga Kill". Although the overall plot of abuse for the sake of abuse made the final reputation of this show slightly worse, it is still a good work.

So this issue will definitely not be a problem in the future.

However, Lin Qingshan began to think about which previous animation works should be selected for C Station's subsequent self-produced animation works.

It would be best if the reputation and popularity are very good, then...

"Neon Genesis Evangelion"?
"Cowboy Bebop"?
"death Note"?
"Maze Rice"?
"Made in Abyss"?
"The Burial of Frillian"?
"JOJO's Bizarre Adventure"?
Before "Matou Ghoul" and "Akame ga Kill" were successfully released, Lin Qingshan had already started thinking about which masterpieces from previous lives to choose for his next batch of self-made animations.

However, just as he was thinking about these things, the comic plot of "Daoguiyixian" once again ushered in a legendary explosion point.

(End of this chapter)