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Initial D is coming to an end!

This news was like a wake-up call among the fan community.

"Is this ready to end?"

"Making a fuss? I just saw Tu Hai preparing to leave Qiu Mingshan! Why does it have to end?"

"Well, although I am also shocked that Initial D has ended like this. If it were any other cartoonist, a super-popular comic like Initial D with an average of 22 million copies would not be able to last forever and draw hundreds of volumes. But considering the plot, I also think that Initial D ends well here.”

"Why?"

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"Think about it, what will Tu Hai do after he leaves Qiu Mingshan? Rush out of the region, rush out of the island country, rush into the world? What's the point of this? If I want to see these top drivers racing, then I can just watch Formula racing. .Why bother watching a fictional character compete in a world championship?”

"It's true that Tu Hai is invincible because he competes in Qiu Mingshan. If he leaves Qiu Mingshan, he will definitely be very good, but it won't be that exciting."

"But I don't care. I still want to watch Tu Hai play again and again. I want to keep watching."

"But have you ever thought about a question, what is the final outcome of those long comics? There are countless examples of the collapse of combat power, unfinished work, and manipulation of intelligence in the later plots. So far, Initial D, except for my girlfriend Natsuki, Except for some problems with the plot, everything else is impeccable, but if the plot of Tu Hai leaving Qiu Mingshan is really detailed, I don’t think it would be interesting.”

"How do you know that old thief Xia Yan can't create interesting plots in the future? Are you him?"

"It can only be said that this is the consideration of old thief Xia Yan. The average sales volume of comics is 22 million copies. For example, a comic volume of six or seven chapters can be sold by old thief Xia Yan in one and a half months. There are more than 20 million copies, and the royalties for a single comic book are more than 20 million Dragon Kingdom coins. Why do you think someone dares to finish a comic with a monthly income of 20 million Dragon Kingdom coins? It must be out of a sense of responsibility for the work? Think about it! If you feel like you can’t create an interesting plot, just end it decisively. This is the ethics of a good cartoonist. Are you still here to criticize me? If you want to change it to another cartoonist, just leave this work Initial D. I won’t believe it until the end of time.”

"It's true what you said. If it were me, the monthly income of 20 million comics would be higher than the profits of 70 to 80% of the listed companies in Longguo. For this kind of work, it will be finished as soon as it is finished. Other than this reason, I think Not out.”

"But I can't bear it."

"What's there to be reluctant to give up? After The Magic Circle is completed, there will be cyberpunk edgewalkers, and after Initial D is completed, there will be better works!"

Just last day, the animation world was immersed in the news of the release of Cyberpunk Edgewalker theatrical version "Cyberpunk 2077".

The next day, the comics industry was completely overwhelmed by the news that Initial D was coming to an end.

In the next few days, relevant information about the two works basically occupied all the pages of major two-dimensional forums.

Xia Yan also had to cooperate with Xia Tang Animation and Beizhou Comics Club to attend events.

For example, regarding the ending of Initial D, Xia Yan attended a fan media interview with the staff of Beizhou Comics on Wednesday.

The meeting lasted nearly an hour.

The main thing the media asked was why Xia Yan finished this work so early.

Xia Yan answered truthfully, feeling that making this comic longer would lead to a decline in quality and make Initial D an anticlimax.

After getting a clear answer from the creator Xia Yan, fans were half-hearted.

If Xia Yan said so himself, then there would really be nothing he could do.

But a question from a fan at the scene brought the atmosphere of the meeting to a climax.

Since Xia Yan is not going to continue the follow-up comic plot of Initial D, can he reveal the final fate and results of the characters such as Tu Hai and Gao Liang in his imagination?

Xia Yan, who was at the press conference, spoke directly after thinking for half a minute.

"The protagonist Tu Hai was seriously injured and broke his leg due to a vehicle failure during a competition. He eventually fell on the road to becoming the world's top driver. Although he recovered after a long time, his legs and feet were also injured and could not support him to continue rallying. After a career as a racing driver, he finally retired and became a racing coach.”

Xia Yan, who was dressed in black and handsome, looked at the fans who asked questions and the dozens of reporters present, and said with a slow smile.

this.

On Friday afternoon, millions of fans who watched the live interview were embarrassed by Xia Yan's words.

Whose plot is this?

Is this a plot that humans can come up with?

Are you kidding us?

"I'm not surprised at all. This plot fits the character of Xia Yan, an old thief."

"Listen to me and thank you. Because of you, I finished Initial D earlier."

"If the plot is really going to develop like this later, then indeed, it would be better to end it as soon as possible."

"Why, why is the inner world of old thief Xia Yan so bizarre? If a fan hadn't suddenly asked this question, we wouldn't have known that the old thief had actually arranged such a tragic fate for Tu Hai."

"I'm dizzy, I'm really dizzy!"

"Broken leg, serious injury, forced to retire and then retire as a racing coach. I cried to death. Xia Yan, the old thief, knows how to create. If a work can let readers guess the plot direction, then half of the work has failed. The plot of the old thief, Who can guess?"

"No wonder the old thief wanted to finish Initial D. I really thank him for not letting us see such a tragic ending of Tu Hai."

"Anyway, I laughed while watching this press conference."

"You guys really take it seriously! As long as the settings in your mind are not serialized, nothing will come true. What the old thief Xia Yan said was an imaginary ending and not the real ending of Tu Hai. To put it bluntly, there are many people on the market Those popular supporting actors and actresses, the creators have probably stabbed them many times in their hearts, but the fans don’t know.”

"That's true. As long as the plot is not created, it can't be counted. Okay, I will forget the content of today's interview with the old thief Xia Yan.

"It's all false. Tu Hai will definitely become the number one in the world. If he is seriously injured and retires to become a coach, just pretend that he has never heard of it."

A live broadcast of a press conference ended the Initial D comic that had been noisy for several days, and the topic shifted in a strange direction.

Everyone's attention was focused on why D should be ended from the beginning, to whether it would be a good thing to end it if it develops according to the plot described by Xia Yan at the meeting.

In the past two days, Xia Yan has continued to pay attention to fans' discussions on the ending of Initial D. Judging from the results.

Not bad actually.

There was no big commotion like when Dragon Ball ended in the parallel world.

As for fans complaining about the later plot of Initial D, this is why Xia Yan finished Initial D so quickly.

Because this is how the story goes in the parallel world.

Of course, this is not directly mentioned in the original Initial D comic, but the final fate of Fujiwara Takumi mentioned in another Initial D sequel comic by the author.

Another popular manga character, Ryosuke Takahashi, fell in love with a girl later on. As a result, the girl had a fiancé. In the end, the woman committed suicide out of guilt and could not bear the moral condemnation.

Ryosuke Takahashi, the most handsome driver in the entire game, also carries out the consistent fate of all the drivers in this game. "A driver does not need a woman, and there is no true love! If there is, then his partner will either cheat or be unlucky!"

Xia Yan also considered that if he threw out the ending after a few years of serialization and was scolded by fans, it would be better to end it neatly now.

Then there is

Xia Yan looked at the two piles of new plans on his desk.

He has been busy every night this week until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night before going to bed. The purpose is to prepare for his company's new animation and the new comics promised to Beizhou Comics Club.

During the period of serializing Initial D, he also made many achievements in Yuan Qing's memory, leaving aside some works that he felt were not of high quality compared to his current position in the industry.

The two works he finally selected

In comics, he is a full-time hunter.

As for the rebellious Lelouch in animation.

Both works are top-notch works in the fields of comics and animation of the parallel world island country.

The name of the full-time hunter was actually the name of Xia Yan's work that she often saw when she browsed the Internet in that world when she had just obtained Yuan Qing's soul fusion.

But all this time, Yuan Qing has only heard of the famous name in his memory, but has not seen the true nature of the work.

It wasn't until three months ago that I finally watched it in my sleep one night.

Moreover, Yuan Qing's memory is also very powerful. The randomness is not like it was a few years ago. It only took Xia Yan one month to "finish" this work in his sleep.

Of course, chasing after it is a bit exaggerated.

After all, even Yuan Qing has not read all the plots of this work. She has only caught up with the latest chapter of the comic.

So Xia Yan knew very well that Hunter's work was not finished, but even so, after thinking about it for half a month, he decided to serialize Hunter's comics in Dragon Kingdom.

For no other reason, even if this work never ends, it will still be a top masterpiece in the history of comics.

This can be seen from the fact that any Hunter fan will only scold Togashi for not working hard, but will never regret reading this incomplete manga.

Yuan Qing's memory is still being updated, and maybe she will make up the ending of this comic for Xia Yan at some point.

Furthermore, even if Xia Yan serializes the Hunter manga to a certain extent, Yuan Qing’s memory still hasn’t filled in the follow-up plot, so he can just imitate Yoshihiro Togashi and use the reason that he wants to play games or mahjong to this work. Just stop updating indefinitely.

Anyway, he has become the Dragon Kingdom's version of the Warrior of Love, and he doesn't mind inheriting the title of King of Games and Mahjong King.

It doesn't matter if he gets a certain degree of notoriety in the later period. The point is the process. The joy that fans feel in the process of chasing the full-time hunter is the biggest reason why Xia Yan is still working hard in the two-dimensional industry.

I want to share the happiness I feel in Yuan Qing's memory, and of course, the pain too.

Xia Yan sorted out the storyboards for Chapters 1 to 3 of the "Hunter Hunter" comic and prepared to hand it over to Mo Ran in the evening.

As for another work Xia Yan is preparing to produce, Lelouch of the Rebellion.

There is nothing much to say about this work. If it hadn't been released earlier in the parallel world, it would probably not be worse than The Magic Circle in terms of commercial value and influence.

In the parallel world in which it was born, 2006 was a golden year for the animation industry in the island country.

This year, the Fate Saty Night animation was broadcast, but this year, the animation adaptation of Fate, a big IP, was just a younger brother's work.

Because other works are more exaggerated.

This year...

There is an animated adaptation of the melancholy light novel by Haruhi Suzumiya, the otaku masterpiece.

The anime "When the Cicada Cries" is aired!

There is a love masterpiece, the comic sales even surpassed that of Naruto, defeated One Piece, broke its six-year comic book sales record, and won the annual comic book sales champion Nana's revised animation!

The animated version of the comedy Gintama was also born this year.

In addition, two works recognized as intellectual masterpieces in the animation industry, "The Lion King" and "Lelouch of the Rebellion" will be released and updated together in October this year.

As for works such as Tutor and Zero's Familiar, they were actually not very popular that year, and compared to other works, they were relatively mediocre.

And this year's annual hegemonic animation is "Lelouch of the Rebellion".

This is its gold content.

This is also the reason why Xia Yan chose to make it succeed Cyberpunk Edgewalker and become his fourth self-produced animated work.

Xia Yan thought for a moment and called several leaders of the company's production department over the phone in the room.

"Hello, Director Xia."

"Hello, Chairman."

"Chairman!"

Four or five people walked into Xia Yan's office together with somewhat nervous expressions.

Xia Yan would never interfere with their work on weekdays. If there were any problems, he would directly hold a meeting. It was rare to call them all to the private office like this.

So everyone looked worried.

Xia Yan looked at the people who entered the room.

They were basically talents from major animation production companies in the Dragon Kingdom before, but their development prospects in the original company were blocked, or the treatment given by the original company was too low. When they met Xia Yan, who had more than one billion dollars in hand and was in urgent need The talented people who joined the team naturally failed to stop Xia Yan's money offensive.

The animation industry of Dragon Kingdom is a little better than that of the island country in the parallel world. Although the blockbuster works in the two-dimensional industry can easily earn hundreds of millions in revenue, those things have little to do with the members of the production team. They only get some project bonuses and works. It cannot be said that there is no dividend, but the proportion is too low, which is better than nothing.

"I came to see you for something very important." Xia Yan coughed and went straight to the topic without giving in.

"I conceived a new animation."

After Xia Yan said this sentence, the expressions of the five people opposite him all changed.

Xia Yan, you have a new work?

So fast?

The five people all looked a little confused.

They only joined Xia Tang Animation Company this year. They had not experienced the production period of Magic Circle and were not very aware of Xia Yan's speed.

After getting a copy of the new script from Xia Yan, several people started reading it at Xia Yan's signal.

An imaginary world, huh?

Become an island nation in Area 11?

An island country again?

The boss really likes this island country setting!

The hegemonic country of Britannia, the revengeful prince Lelouch

In fact, these things are nothing new, they are just an abstract world view.

But, looking further back

The female protagonist cc, and the giant robot.

Manipulate other people's abilities geass

After a few minutes, several people were immersed in the world of the script.

Xia Yan also gave a few people the scripts of the first three chapters of this work. Compared to Lelouch's work, it can only be said that the world view has just been revealed.

Their feelings were just okay and they found it quite interesting.

However, Xia Yan called them here not to ask for their opinions, but to give them a task directly.

"Just take this script and study it. This animation will be a super-long chapter animation with a length of more than fifty episodes. You can contact the people in the cost control department and study the investment amount. Then, employees Our vacation period is over." Xia Yan looked at the people opposite and said with a smile.

But several people were stunned for a moment after stopping, and it took them a long time to react.

This is

Did the boss directly give an order to start this project?

There is no need to hold a meeting to discuss plot flaws or discuss market trends in the next year. The boss directly decides on its project?

Several people who have worked in other companies for many years, this is the first time they encountered an animation screenwriter and boss who did this to Xia Yan!

There is another chapter later, which will come later.