Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 530: The Explosive Heat After the Conferred God
Even though this world has so many imperfections, human beings are a devilish species that is full of sin and always carries original sin.

But the world still has a beautiful side, and human beings still have a kind and pure side.

Such a world and such human beings still have reasons to continue living and to continue to exist.

Therefore, those humans who accepted the completion in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" returned one after another.

What Rei Ayanami said was that only those who want to come back on their own and restore their human form through their own strength can come back.

Perhaps this can also be considered a story of Noah's Ark. Only those humans who still want to continue living in this imperfect world can come back in the end.

As for those humans who are still immersed in the world of completion, they can never come back.

This is the choice that "Lilith" and "Adam" let Shinji Ikari make, and it is also the choice that they let mankind make.

In any case, all decision-making power is actually in the hands of humans themselves.

The audience was also very satisfied with this ending because... humans at least have choices instead of being forced to accept the verdict of God or the protagonist.

The ending of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is not the dark and cruel type, but instead makes people feel warm and healed.

Because they personally felt the fragmented inner world of Shinji Ikari and Asuka, but healed and completed themselves at the end.

Although many people died in the finale, such as Misato and Ayanami Rei.

They can never come back. Misato is dead, and Ayanami Rei has become one with Kaori Nagisa.

But the plot in which the protagonist finally grows up, heals his own heart, and saves the world really makes the audience feel healed and saved.

……

In the apartment of a popular new generation cartoonist who has recently caused a sensation.

"Sbarasi!"

Naturally, when the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was updated, Yuta Akutami immediately watched the entire finale.

After watching it, he was so excited that he shouted, "As expected of a teacher! This ending is really sublime! It's really great!"

When he watched the relatively dull plot at the beginning of "Neon Genesis Evangelion", he fell deeply in love with Lin Qingshan's new anime.

Although he has always claimed to be a die-hard fan of his teacher, he thinks every anime series starring Lin Qingshan is great.

But "Neon Genesis Evangelion" gave him a completely different feeling than before!

He thinks that "Edgewalker" and "Chainsaw Man" are Lin Qingshan's best works, and he thinks that "Tao Weird Immortal" is Lin Qingshan's culmination.

But when he saw "Neon Genesis Evangelion", he felt as never before...

This is Lin Qingshan's best work!
Especially when the plot progresses to the summary of episode 14.

He even had a strong premonition that he wanted to pay tribute to it and design a similar related plot.

However, this was rejected by Lin Qingshan later, which made him very disappointed.

Now, after watching the most ups and downs and climax of the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion", he felt even more disappointed.

Because... "Neon Genesis Evangelion" can really be enshrined as a masterpiece!
This anime series, with its large number of religious metaphors and depictions of the inner world, is really great!

"Since the teacher won't let me pay tribute... then I'll draw a similar theme for my next comic!"

Akutami Yuta suddenly thought of this in his heart, and then he said excitedly, "This is also a tribute to the teacher!"

……

He was not the only cartoonist to express such sentiments.

And there is... Yang Shuzhun.

Although "Protoss" was cut short, his talent is indeed unquestionable.

Although his "Jiuzhoulu" was not favored by many old comic fans, some even avoided him like the plague because of the things he did in the later period of "Protoss".

However, the popularity of "Jiuzhoulu" is still extremely high. The brand-new oriental epic narrative plot, the new Chinese style comic style, and his outstanding talent have brought "Jiuzhoulu" back to the top five in the overall popularity of comics.

At its peak, it was even ranked second, just after Lin Qingshan's "Tao Wei Yi Xian".

However, he no longer has the possibility of surpassing Lin Qingshan.

The main reason is that Lin Qingshan’s popularity is really too high now.

If you think about it carefully, this is a cartoonist whose every product is a masterpiece, whose popularity has been rising steadily for eight years, and who has been the most popular cartoonist in the past three years.

How high is his popularity and reputation?

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Even if Lin Qingshan's "Dao Wei Yi Xian" is temporarily suspended, it is estimated that its popularity will remain high like "Hunter x Hunter" in its previous life, and it may even top the list.

Once the publication is resumed, it will definitely be heavyweight news in the industry, and all comic fans will be overjoyed.

The title of the new uncrowned king of the Republic's comics industry is becoming more and more real, rather than just a title.

Because if Yang Shuzhun's "Jiuzhoulu" or other cartoonists' works want to surpass "Daoguiyixian" in popularity, what they want to surpass is actually not "Daoguiyixian".

What they want to surpass is the popularity and reputation that Lin Qingshan has accumulated from creating more than a dozen excellent works or even masterpieces.

It's like in an arm wrestling competition, what you want to knock down is not the opponent's arm, but the opponent's muscular body that has been trained by years of fitness and is as strong as a human diamond...

In fact, due to the unpleasantness that had occurred between Lin Qingshan and Benya Rothschild, the promotion of "The Tao of Immortal" is now almost suppressed.

If it weren't for the Republic's Propaganda Department asking the comics community whether they still wanted to continue, "The Tao of Immortals" would probably not have received any publicity at all.

But even so, the popularity of "Daoguiyixian" has always been number one thanks to word of mouth and tap water from comic fans.

This is enough to prove that Lin Qingshan’s current popularity and reputation... are ridiculously high.

However, Yang Shuzhun no longer intends to compete with Lin Qingshan. He is now completely convinced by Lin Qingshan.

Especially after watching the finale of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

To be honest, there has always been a saying on the Internet that "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is likely to be a brand new script created by Lin Qingshan based on the plot of "Protoss".

Of course, there are no exact similarities between the two. We can only say that they are similar, but there is no such thing as plagiarism.

At most, the two works are actually half of the same genre.

The reason why it is half is because "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is actually a science fiction mecha series, although the EVA machine is essentially a biological creature rather than a purely mechanical creation.

But biological mechas are still mechas, and the audience thinks there is no problem with that.

And "The Protoss" is actually classified as... a fantasy boy's hot-blooded comic.

Although there is also science that deconstructs the gods, in essence, gods, spirits, and alchemy are still fantasy.

The reason why the two works are said to be works of the same half genre is that they have many similarities.

For example... there are also many religious metaphors.

"Protoss" is based on the more primitive native European mythology of the Nordic mythology, including the world tree, the three goddesses of fate, Valhalla, Jörmungandr, the goddess of death Hela, the black emperor Nidhoggr, etc., and there are also some other local mythology elements.

For example, the fire god Zhurong, Izanami, Izanagi and Yamata-no-Orochi in Japanese mythology, and Leviathan that appeared later, etc.

But "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is based on the myth of the Holy Bishop, which is currently believed by more people on Earth.

Both also have many religious metaphors.

The second is the male protagonist. If you don’t say that he and Shinji Ikari have no connection at the beginning, you can only say that they have very similar personalities.

They were all neglected by their parents and had withdrawn personalities. They were portrayed as seemingly cowardly but actually violent and fierce.

They are all ordinary people who are not welcomed, but are forced to shoulder the responsibility of saving the world.

Therefore, many viewers of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" think that Lin Qingshan is diss Yang Shuzhun.

There is even a saying:

"Watch out, Itchy Mouse. This is how the cowardly male protagonist is portrayed!"

Lin Qingshan was a little confused when he saw this sentence. Could it be that Sensei Isayama and the Giant have already appeared in this world?
However, he looked for it and still found nothing.

All we can say is that netizens just happened to play out a well-known hot topic in advance.

Yang Shuzhun was not angry. Instead, he was very curious about how Lin Qingshan would be able to turn such a cowardly male protagonist into something magical.

Then he watched the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and was immediately filled with emotion.

"Qingshan...it turns out that your talent is far superior to mine."

Yang Shuzhun said with some envy, "In the end, the hero completely accepts his own imperfections, accepts the imperfections of everyone, and then grows up?"

He understood immediately, and at the same time he was thinking, if Lin Qingshan had joined in the subsequent creation of "The Gods", this would probably be how he would shape the protagonist's growth.

After everything has fallen apart, I recall the only remaining good things from the past and finally let go completely.

then……

"Die like a man."

Yang Shuzhun suddenly thought of this plot and murmured.

Yang Mingfei will still be a loser, but that doesn't stop him from dying like a man, just like... Tatsumi in "Akame ga Kill!"

Pity……

He was too arrogant at the beginning and did not accept Lin Qingshan's suggestions.

Now that "Protoss" has been cut short, he will never have the chance to make up for his regrets.

Yang Shuzhun recalled the regret and pain that Shuai felt when he lost Eri in the Black Moon Tide chapter of "The Gods"...

Maybe it's the same thing.

But in the end, it can only be... "This hatred will never end."

……

the other side.

Ning Zhizhe also watched the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" with excitement and submission.

He did not watch anime with his teacher Feng Yiyuan. After all, he also had his own personal time.

But in fact...he finally completed his debut work this year.

With the support of Feng Yiyuan's connections, his debut work will be serialized in the comics industry next year.

Ning Zhizhu was quite confident, but after watching the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" tonight, he began to doubt himself again.

"Will my work be a great success if it is serialized?"

Ning Zhizhuo said anxiously, "Compared to Neon Genesis Evangelion and the works of that genius cartoonist Aoyama, what's so special about my work?"

When he thought about it, he found that... the "Sacrificial Gods" he created with the help of his teacher did not have any outstanding features.

When Ning Zhizhe thought of this, he couldn't help but envy Lin Qingshan.

"There are indeed some people in this world whose talents are beyond the reach of ordinary people no matter how hard they try."

He said with some sadness and envy, "I am actually just an ordinary person. In front of Lin Qingshan, I am really too ordinary."

He lamented over this.

It wasn't just him. The next day, his teacher Feng Yiyuan also watched "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and couldn't help but sigh, "Qingshan's talent... is really too enviable."

……

On the second day.

The popularity of the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is still rising.

After all, only a few people can stay up late on Friday night. Most people are so tired after a day of work or classes that they just go to bed at night.

And because of the barrage mechanism of C station, there will be more barrage if you watch it later, and the viewing experience will be better.

The next day, Saturday, was also a good time for the audience to catch up on the anime.

And before the video even started playing, the comments started to appear on the screen——

"Congratulations! You will see another masterpiece by Qingshan the old thief!"

"One episode made him a god! You can always trust the old thief Qingshan!"

"Congratulations on the completion! It's a masterpiece!"

"It's destined to be a masterpiece?! It's already a masterpiece!"

"Watch the time! Watch the time!"

"An episode lasting almost fifty minutes?!"

"Awesome! I'm starting to understand everything!"

"Finished scattering flowers! Thanks for your company!"

"Young man! Go and become a legend!"

……

In fact, the viewing experience is better when watching it with barrage.

Some viewers even finished watching it last night and watched it again the next day. This time, they felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction when watching the barrage of comments.

And then after the audience finished watching it, needless to say, they also felt that because of the ending... "Neon Genesis Evangelion" became a masterpiece!

Originally, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was an older anime series set in Lin Qingshan's previous life, so the plot was quite old and the routines were a bit old-fashioned.

So the previous plot is quite boring.

But once the finale of the theatrical version comes out, things will be different.

With full funding, a plot led by Hideaki Anno and animation produced by him, the viewing experience is truly amazing!
Even the audiences in this world who are used to seeing many masterpieces could not help but admire the plot of this masterpiece and the pictures and storyboards that are full of artistic pinnacle.

They could only sigh and say:

"You are worthy of being called Qingshan Old Thief".

The popularity of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" on the Republic Internet has therefore been rising steadily, but it is not only the Republic Internet...

Because the internet out there is also booming!

(End of this chapter)