Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Republic, the first volume of Attack on Titan had already gone on sale.

In the Orange Cat Translation Group's group, it was evening at this time, which is usually the most active time for the group.

The group member list was filled with a row of various anime avatars, including Luffy, Naruto, Gintoki, Lelouch, and a few characters from unknown bishoujo games.

At this point, the group members were completely free to speak their minds, and they weren't just talking about comics and anime anymore, but about all sorts of other things.

From discussing just how strong Whitebeard is in One Piece, the discussion veered off-topic to the fact that the food in their school cafeteria is spoiled; from questioning whether Itachi Uchiha is a good person in Naruto, the discussion drifted to whether there's any way to cure a roommate's snoring.

After all, that's how group chats are; group members dare to talk about anything, from what to eat today to witnessing the grandest events in history—there's no topic they can't discuss.

And just then, someone with the title of administrator suddenly appeared.

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Big Shot: Holy crap, that guy in the group was right.]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: Images]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: Shocking! The manga artist of "Attack on Titan" and "Wu Song" is actually a cute girl!]

The photo he sent was, of course, Eri Aragaki's headshot published in the magazine.

In the photo, Eri Aragaki is wearing a yellow denim jacket and a white shirt. After all, Attack on Titan hasn't been animated yet, so there aren't any related merchandise items available.

She just used a few clothes she bought to do a rough cosplay, but fans of Attack on Titan will definitely recognize it at a glance.

At this time, Xiao Nanliang was also chatting happily with his friends in the group.

He had just finished his homework; he hadn't solved the last big problem on his math test, so he handed it in blank. Now he needed something light to distract himself.

He was originally chatting with two other group members about whether Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit was more powerful or Buggy's Chop-Chop Fruit was more powerful.

He said Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit is one of the most practical Paramecia-type fruits, while Buggy insisted that the Chop-Chop Fruit is the underrated god-level fruit, and that even if someone were cut into a hundred pieces, they wouldn't die. The two argued back and forth for a long time, and neither of them could convince the other.

Suddenly, I saw Da Niu post a photo, saying that this is the manga artist of "Attack on Titan" and "Wu Song".

Xiao Nanliang clicked on the photo and enlarged it to view it.

The girl in the photo is standing in front of a white background wall. Her fair skin is very striking, and her features are so delicate that she looks like she stepped out of a comic book.

Soon, the group members all changed the subject and began to pay attention to the photos posted by the administrator, Da Niu.

"Huh? Really?"

"Is he really the author of Attack on Titan?"

Are there really female comic artists in this world?

"That's a stereotype. First of all, there's the genre of shoujo manga, which targets women, and secondly, there are plenty of female manga artists who draw action-packed shonen manga. Haven't you seen *Katekyo Hitman Reborn!*? Isn't Akira Amano a female manga artist?"

"That's true. There are quite a few female manga artists in Japan who draw shonen manga. Inuyasha was also drawn by a female manga artist, right?"

"Okay, I guess I'm really ignorant."

"But is this really the author of 'Attack on Titan' and 'Wu Song'? It doesn't seem like it. Could a girl draw such brutal scenes?"

"Exactly, Da Niu, you didn't just blindly believe some information that came out from somewhere in Japan, did you?"

……

There were many dissenting voices, after all, people's awareness of "women being able to draw hardcore and passionate comics" was not as high in this era as it is now.

In this respect, many people in the Republic have very serious stereotypes.

After all, it must be said that most comic book fans during the Republic of China era were readers of pirated copies. As for who the comic book authors were, apart from the more famous comic book artists, most people probably only knew one name.

The key point is that many female manga artists have rather gender-neutral names, such as a certain cow and Akira Amano, the author of "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!".

Without careful research, one might easily mistake them for male cartoonists.

However, some people quickly corrected these stereotypes.

Soon after, Da Niu replied, clearly anticipating that some people wouldn't believe him, and had already prepared a second screenshot.

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: Images]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: This is a text interview from last week's Weekly Shonen Jump, a promotional piece for the Attack on Titan manga. This is the photo that I, the author of "Don't Eat Pears," used as my profile picture!]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: As they said, "First of all, everyone is probably surprised that the teacher is a beautiful girl, she's really pretty." But you probably can't read Japanese, but the words "beautiful girl" are in kanji, you can understand that, right?]

The second picture he posted was a full-page photo of the interview, with the text Q&A below the photo, containing a few Chinese characters interspersed among the Japanese questions.

The words "beautiful girl" were circled in red by the big shot, and the evidence was conclusive: official interviews, photos of the girl herself, and even the magazine's stamp.

This immediately caused an uproar among the group members—

"Wow! By the way, what about that guy whose prediction I made last time? He actually guessed it correctly!"

"That guy isn't entirely right either. Even though he's a bishoujo manga artist, his other claims might not be accurate!"

"She looks really good without eating pears, and her posture, her movements, her clothes...it must be Mikasa, right?"

"Maybe she drew herself as the prototype for Mikasa? The hairstyle is quite similar too."

"I love it even more now! From this day forward, I will be a die-hard fan of Attack on Titan!"

"A beautiful manga artist...that's amazing!"

……

Seeing the flood of messages, Xiao Nanliang also posted a comment saying "It's really good," but then felt that his comment was too superficial, so he deleted it and retyped, "It's quite common for authors to project their own image onto the characters."

After posting it, I felt that this sentence was more appropriate and wouldn't be seen as a superficial fan who only cares about looks.

However, Da Niu then continued typing—

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: To be honest, people who don't eat pears might actually quite like our Republic's culture.]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: Images]

[Orange Cat Translation Team - Da Niu: In a text interview, Bu Chi Li Zi expressed that he really likes to eat dishes that resemble Chinese cuisine, and his favorites are Yu Xiang Rou Si (shredded pork with garlic sauce), San Bei Ji (three-cup chicken), and Gan Chao Niu He (stir-fried beef noodles).]

The third picture he posted was a screenshot from the interview regarding the question, "What do teachers usually like to eat?"

Below the question is the Japanese answer, and several dish names are written in kanji: shredded pork with garlic sauce, three-cup chicken, and stir-fried beef noodles, with the pronunciation in katakana next to them.

Da Niu even thoughtfully wrote a translation in Chinese below.