Parllel world Manga Artist: The Last Carnival [407]

The chance of this work being ill-suited for Japan is very small.

Miyu paused at hearing this, and only after a long while did she speak again.

"Rei, what do you think we will be doing ten years from now?"

"Ten years from now?" Rei's eyes flickered as he heard this, and he blurted out. "It couldn't be that all three of us will be in the study every day, rushing to finish manga manuscripts for serialization, right?"

Miyu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"That's very likely. By then, Hina will be sixteen. When you were sixteen, you had already officially debuted in the Japan ACGN circle and were quite famous."

"When she is sixteen."

"Maybe Hina is a manga genius even more impressive than both of us?" Rei said.

"Don't be so humble. It's almost impossible to surpass you." Miyu gave Rei a sidelong glance. "For a mangaka to create a work that surpasses the likes of the Big Three, Dragon Ball, Hunter, or Demon Slayer in a lifetime is being a genius among geniuses, plain and simple. I highly doubt that even if you were to start over with a new pen name, you could surpass so many of your works. Let alone our daughter?"

"It all depends on human effort."

March ended like that.

And ending along with it in the hearts of Japan ACGN fans was the Bleach anime.

Because Rei cut out the Fullbring arc, which had countless negative reviews and was incredibly boring in the original work, and pushed directly into the main storyline without any filler episodes, this anime concluded after only six years of serialization.

Ichigo slew Yhwach, revealing all the secrets of the Soul Society.

Then. Ichigo returned to the daily school life he had always looked forward to.

Among the Big Three works, Luffy wants to be the Pirate King.

Naruto wants to be the Hokage.

But Ichigo Kurosaki, he only wants to be an ordinary person.

If Ichigo hadn't met Rukia at the beginning of Bleach, he would have been in his ideal life from the start.

The story began with an ordinary boy, and at its conclusion, that boy returned to an ordinary life.

"Congratulations on the conclusion."

"Congratulations on the conclusion."

"I want to cry."

"Six years of companionship, from my first year of middle school to my first year of college. Thank you, Shirogane-sensei, for creating Bleach, a work that represents my youth."

"I watched the final episode of Bleach in front of the TV tonight with tears streaming down my face."

"Bleach has the relatively lowest popularity among the Big Three manga, but I truly like this work the most. I still remember watching Ichigo's Vasto Lorde form go berserk last year. I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night. But in the end."

"Ichigo's story has come to an end. I will also graduate from university in July and enter society."

"Yhwach's death at the end was a bit of a plot convenience, but the flaws don't overshadow the merits. Thank you, Shirogane-sensei, for giving us such a perfect anime work."

"At least it's better than Hunter. Hunter fans are still bitterly waiting for the ending of Hunter."

"To rate the entire Bleach series overall, I'd give it a 90. The final arc wasn't as good as the previous ones, and Yhwach's sense of oppression wasn't enough, so I can only give the Thousand-Year Blood War arc an 80. Shirogane-sensei did his best. At least until the last episode, I enjoyed watching it."

"Tonight is the last carnival for us Bleach fans. Starting next week, Bleach will withdraw from the battle for the number one anime in Japan. We can only watch Naruto and One Piece fans fight it out."

"And then there's the junior, Dragon Ball. Shirogane-sensei values this work so much. I wonder if Dragon Ball has a chance to surpass One Piece or Naruto."

"All good things must come to an end. Everyone. Hope to see you again if there's a chance."

"Don't make it so sentimental. Maybe Shirogane-sensei will create some Bleach theatrical movies someday, and then we Bleach fans will be resurrected on the spot. Finally, congratulations on the conclusion."

Across the night, trending searches related to the conclusion of Bleach hung on the homepages of major websites in Japan.

The reaction from foreign audiences was equally intense. Near the Shirogane Animation headquarters building, over a thousand Bleach fans gathered spontaneously to hold a fan farewell party for the conclusion of Bleach.

Looking down from the company's headquarters building, Rei could see the nighttime carnival of a group of Bleach fans.

Even within the Shirogane Animation headquarters, many people stayed at the company to handle the aftermath of Bleach's conclusion. Everyone ate late-night snacks and browsed the various fan comments online.

The company's internal staff knew that the plot of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc was not as exciting as the previous arcs.

Seeing that Bleach's reputation had landed smoothly and that the Japan audience did not blame them for it, everyone was excited too.

The night passed.

The official website covers of both Shirogane Animation and Illumination Animation were uniformly changed to Bleach posters.

Hoshimori Group announced that the release of subsequent Bleach tankobons would feature a manga conclusion event, held at a renovated venue near the Shirogane Animation headquarters, which Rei would also attend.

For two consecutive weeks, Rei was busy with the aftermath of Bleach's conclusion.

The advancement of the company's various businesses was not affected in the slightest.

On the first Thursday of April, the Dragon Ball anime was officially broadcast on Kyoto Television.

The classic theme song of Dragon Ball played for the first time within Japan.