Chapter 101 The Second Player
What’s going on with these players?
Saikai Haruto said he couldn't understand it and was greatly shocked.
Is it that he has fallen behind the times? Are people's tastes changing so quickly nowadays?
No matter how he looked, he couldn't see how the picture of the boy and the cursed spirit vaguely overlapped in the comic book made him look "more handsome" or "excited"...
Could it be that the audience of this comic actually prefers the type of cursed spirit? Ah... Could it be that if he chooses to become a "cursed spirit", it would be more to the audience's taste?
I don't understand the word "sense of contrast" - a combination similar to "Beauty and the Beast" will only make people feel more exciting. Xi Haiqingdou fell into deep thought for a while.
...Not sure, let's wait and see.
In the comic, the conversations between him, Gojo Satoru, and Geto Suguru in the dessert shop, including the moment Gojo Satoru lost his temper and took out a card with 500,000 yen in it and gave it to him, and then his immediate change of attitude and Gojo Satoru's immediate departure...all were drawn in great detail.
No matter the facial expressions while speaking or the body language and movements, not a single one was missed.
The person that the bullet screen paid most attention to during this scene was Gojo Satoru:
[One shot is half a million... I'm jealous, let me in and grab the money! (No)]
【wtw, so generous! The boss is so generous!!】
[Jay's expression is like saying: Wu has started spending money again, and I have given up trying to persuade him... I am dying of laughter, wtw how can you be so skilled! ]
【？ ？ Huh? Only 500,000, wtw are you bankrupt? Ahahahahaha I am laughing】
【I belike the shop assistant: Someone is giving me money for free! Okay, boss! No problem, boss!】
...Yes, at that time his name had not yet appeared so the comments were affectionately calling him "shop assistant".
However, most of the audience didn't think that he would really be a nameless "street kid"... Xi Haiqing Dou guessed that maybe it was still a matter of "appearance" or something like that - but now he didn't know or was not sure whether the audience now valued the appearance of "Igarashi Yuuki" or the appearance of "Cursed Greedy Beast".
Then he took off his uniform and changed into his own clothes. Gojo Satoru bought a cake in the store, and then the four of them left the dessert shop together.
After finding an empty place, Gojo Satoru asked him the question again - is he a cursed spirit or a human? After that, the two sides "failed to negotiate" and finally decided to fight first.
This section is interspersed with jokes from several people, as well as the casual chatting and explanations of Kagyu Geto and Hanayamain Haruna standing aside - in a sense, these are also explained in the manga through Kagyu Geto's mouth and to the readers of the manga.
Just when he said, "Boss, you seem very rich... I don't need to lose money, right?" and "I might lose".
Most of the comments on the bullet screen were not very positive, with the evaluations of "Igarashi Yuuki" and Gojo Satoru being two extremes.
[Fuck, you're talking so arrogantly... Shop assistant, please be careful. I'm really worried that you'll be beaten to death by wtw if you say that.]
[It’s over. I can’t bear to watch this anymore… How dare he say that? Is he really not afraid of death? It’s a pity to lose such a handsome face.]
[Gojo Satoru: How dare someone say he has never lost in front of the strongest? Oh wow! Wait for the clerk to get slapped in the face. Watch the show.jpg]
[Fuck, you two should stop telling crosstalk while you’re fighting! I’m dying of laughter and it ruins the atmosphere]
[Shopkeeper——The strongest hell is ahead——! ! !]
[Igarashi: Danger, danger, danger, danger, danger, danger, danger]
[Fuck, even a scumbag cat who says he is the strongest is so handsome!!! Wu cat, let me kiss you!! I will kiss you to death]
One is extreme contempt and pessimism, the other is complete trust and "love".
Then the two of them started fighting - the comic's battle storyboard took up two or three pages, with a full sense of impact, rhythm and action, and the pictures were smooth and neat, fully demonstrating the cartoonist's storyboard drawing skills - the atmosphere of "equal strength" between the two people, and even "Yuuki Igarashi" having a slight upper hand, could not be better expressed.
Then the two of them separated temporarily, and Gojo Satoru couldn't help but send out a "Cang". Then, the boy at the back, who was still confused about the situation, suddenly stopped and imitated Gojo Satoru's action and sent out a "Cang".
Two identical, mirror-inverted "Cang"s collided with each other, almost overflowing from the screen.
The comic generously uses two large frames here, taking up half of the entire page, which well expresses the shocking feeling that the comic content wants to show.
In the next frame, three people were clearly drawn, each with a different look of surprise.
——Of course, then on the next page, the scene changes, and the boy who just typed "撼" changes his calm and sharp expression to one of surprise and then gag.
[What the hell!!! What did I see??? Two rounds of blasting?! How did they do that? Is Igarashi also a six-eye?!!!]
[Wocwoc, I'm sorry, the shop assistant. I thought you were exaggerating, but I didn't expect you were telling the truth. You are really that good at fighting... I am the ugliest one...]
[I apologize, I'm sorry I spoke too loudly just now... It turns out that the clerk is actually a sweeping monk (no, so handsome and cool!!]
[Wow, am I seeing this right? Gojo Satoru has never been defeated in a fight?! Is the shop assistant that strong?? Is this true? Wow, you can’t be the strongest, right? (Very loud)
[Ahahahahahahaha Igarashi, what’s wrong with you, Igarashi!! What do you mean you’re only handsome for three seconds? Hahaha, are you trying to make me laugh? Give me back the handsome guy that I just fell in love with!!]
...Sure enough, in boys' comics, having strength is the quickest, most effective and most direct way to impress the audience. Strength is the best "ticket".
Xi Haiqing Dou was calm and was not surprised by this result.
Empty talk and declarations of victory without any strength will be scorned by the audience as a joke, and are arrogant, ignorant and ridiculous; but empty talk with strength is not empty talk anymore, it is called "confidence and pride with strength and confidence", the loveliness and honesty of "telling the truth".
And such a reversal, appearing in boys' comics, obviously would not disgust the audience - as the name suggests, boys' comics are comics about "boys", and the elements are naturally "fighting" and "passion". Who would be disgusted by a boy who has strong power and confidence for no reason?
The preferences of the audience of boys' comics are very straightforward - the premise of most preferences is "strength". People without strength are disliked and criticized in every way; even if people with strength have some shortcomings, people will subconsciously tolerate them, and there are rarely any exceptions - it is so straightforward that it is even a bit "cruel".
However, this is obviously not bad news for Saikai Haruto, and it can even be considered half good news - the strength of "Igarashi Yuuki" is obviously one of the best, and she is undoubtedly the "top combat power".
——Of course, he also has to thank Gojo Satoru for fighting with him. Having him as his opponent, who is known as the "strongest", obviously raised his strength level.
The battle was forced to interrupt, and Gojo Satoru in the comic also stopped and began to discuss the special features of "Igarashi Yuuki's" body. It was quickly concluded that Igarashi Yuuki was in an extremely rare situation where his body and the cursed spirit were fused into one.
The comic explicitly uses the phrase "half human, half cursed spirit" to describe it—these words are even magnified and bolded in the comic.
There were a lot of different discussions on this new description in the comments.
By the way, the comic is interspersed with the thoughts that flashed through the minds of Gojo Satoru and Geto Kagome after hearing Igarashi Yuki's frank answer, which made Saikai Haruto laugh dumbly - no wonder he felt that Gojo Satoru and Geto Kagome's reactions were a bit strange at the time. It turned out that they regarded him as that kind of noble person who only cared about the safety of others and even ignored his own?
What followed was Igarashi Yuuki's serious explanation, which was completely opposite to what the two had guessed.
The comments were obviously all amused by these contrasts.
...Wait, the character design that Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru had in mind...seems quite interesting too?
Saikai Haruto took note of it thoughtfully.
After the discussion ended and the group separated, Gojo Satoru and Geto Summer Oil discussed and decided to "kidnap" Igarashi Yuki to the Tokyo school.
In the last two frames of the comic, on one side, Gojo Satoru and three other people are walking leisurely and chatting happily under the beautiful and clean sunset sky; while in the other frame next to them, Igarashi Yuki is walking alone on the street side in the cloudy and rainy sky with a black umbrella in his hand, his face unclear.
...It was as if there was some other meaning in this picture - but he knew that it was just the fact.
It's just that wherever he goes, he always encounters some unexpected and extreme, low-probability events, such as this sudden heavy rain.
Xi Haiqing Dou silently complained.
...But overall, he is still very satisfied with the image of "Yuuki Igarashi" presented in the comics.
Maybe it can be considered a good debut?
Saikai Haruto closed the comic in a good mood, and then leisurely opened the forum again.
Then I browsed for a while and clicked on a post.
【Ten reasons why I hate Yuuki Igarashi】