Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Faced with the sharp sword light and perfect special effects, Fengjian Manye gritted his teeth, raised his two swords and advanced instead of retreating.

Even so, he still couldn't completely catch Hijikata Toshizo's secret technique, and was stabbed in the shoulder, with blood splattering into the sky.

Not caring about their injuries at all, the two completely crazy people started another round of terrifying fencing.

"A fake name like 'Black Rakshasa' is not worthy of your life..."

"You are already a Rakshasa. I grant you the name of the Rakshasa clan..."

"…The ghost of the chrysanthemum."

Kazama Manye, whose body was covered in blood, was breathing heavily. His golden animal eyes were filled with admiration as they reflected Hijikata Toshizo, who was also hunched over and gasping.

"Higata Honmeitenjo: She appears! The famous scene that earned her the title of 'Zanjukuki'!"

"Master Kazama, please use your strength: It appears! The famous scene that gave the name 'The Broken Chrysanthemum Ghost'!"

This "famously named scene" represents the mutual recognition between mortal enemies. Its classic level is comparable to the high-five scene after the score is reversed in a certain basketball movie. Naturally, it aroused fanatical resonance among representatives of both factions.

"But I haven't fought until now for your approval. There's not much time left. Let's end it now."

"Of course, I'll kill you with one blow."

The duel was not over yet. The two men straightened their bodies and rushed forward again...

Manyo Kazama was like an evil ghost on earth. He threw the short sword in his left hand into the sky and collided wildly with the long sword in his right hand with Hijikata Toshizo's "Izumi no Kami Kanemasa".

The two passed each other, and the fatal dagger came down from mid-air towards Hijikata Toshizo who had no way to avoid it...

When it landed, it was so dangerous that only the corner of his clothes was scratched.

Chapter 139 The Audience's Choice

2024-07-13

"Master Kazama, please use your strength: Did you see that? The actor who played Manyo Kazama reproduced the secret technique that only existed in the comics, Rakshasa's Broken Horn, in one take!"

"Harada attacks everything: It's too exaggerated. There is no camera cut at all, and the dagger is not a special effect. How many times does it take to succeed once?"

"I am a great young master, but I am not as skilled as others..."

Manye Kazama lowered his head, his palms were red like a spring, watering the sea of ​​chrysanthemums.

"Canju ghost, from now on, make good use of your limited life."

He looked at Hijikata Toshizo, who had fallen to the ground exhausted, and Chiyo, who was guarding beside him, with a complicated expression...

"Ah, I'll show you how to do it."

Hijikata Toshizo raised his head and looked at him with a smile.

"Humph."

The final episode of "The Withered Chrysanthemum and the Sword" ends with the scene of Kazama Manye's rebellious figure disappearing in the depths of a brilliant sea of ​​chrysanthemums.

The subsequent story is explained through simple narration, including how Hijikata Toshizo faked his death and lived a secluded life with Chiyo.

"Master Kazama, please use your strength: The most frustrating part of the Hijikata line is this duel! Hijikata Toshizo was clearly exhausted, while Master Kazama only had a hand injury that could be recovered in a few minutes. But he deliberately missed his last secret move and chose to admit defeat. What a boundless love!"

"Hijikata Honmeitenjo: Although I support Hijikata, I have to admit that Kazama's self-sacrifice here is not only to fulfill Chiyo's love, but also to make Hijikata Toshizo give up the idea of ​​being buried with the Shinsengumi and avoid repeating the tragedy in history. He is a very qualified villain and male supporting role..."

"Master Kazama, please be strong: villain and supporting actor? Do you want to check out the plot of Kazama's line? A character named 'Hijikata' didn't even have a chance to appear in the second half..."

"Harada attacks everything: By the way, aren't we here to find fault? Why are we arguing over the plot again?"

I don’t know if it’s because the content is too exciting or because of insufficient funding and limited time, but the representatives of the "Canju Tianzhu Project Command Group" always felt that they were still not satisfied when the credits of the final episode were almost over.

"Saito didn't say anything: Um, now that we've finished watching the show, what's next? Are we still going as planned and giving the member rating of 0.1?"

"Harada's All-Powerful Attack: The previous episodes were so bad, why do I feel guilty and can't finish them after watching the final episode?"

It was late at night, and most of the fans who had been playing the game idle had already gone to sleep and would only start rating as planned the next morning.

Those who have stayed online until now have basically watched the final episode verbatim and are waiting for the "rating instructions."

Each character in the play has made their own choices about their feelings and missions...

Now, it's the audience's turn.

"Master Kazama, please use your strength: Sorry, everyone. After internal discussion among us sisters of the Kazama faction, we believe that the performance of Kazama Manyo in the final episode is so faithful that it breaks the dimensional wall, and the plot is also very exciting and consistent with the original work. We decided to give it a score of at least 9. The 1 point deducted is for the ending of the 'Hijikata Line'."

After a moment's silence, the Kazama faction was the first to speak out.

"Hikata's Destiny Lady: Kazama Manyo's performance was outstanding, and it also better set off Hijikata's tragic and resoluteness in the last scene. I really can't bear to give it 0.1 points..."

"Higata Honmeitenjo: Sorry, this is an emergency. Our Hijikata faction has been infiltrated by the evil traitors of the 'Higata Fencing Faction'! They have begun to spread AI face-changing real-life horseless fencing GIFs in the group in an organized manner. We are currently purging them internally... If you can't reach a consensus for the time being, sisters from each faction can freely rate according to their own feelings."

The representatives of the mortal enemy Hijikata faction fell into "internal division" for some strange reason and stopped expressing their opinions.

Hijikata Toshizo's role is originally the most "normal" in the play. After acting opposite the even more outstanding Kazama Manyo, he fully demonstrated the highlight moments of his character. In fact, they are the group with the least reason to receive "bad reviews".

"Souji's Widow: Damn it, the two factions with the largest number of people surrendered first. Where can we, Souji, avenge our "eating shit"?"

"Saito said nothing: You, the 'Souji faction', were the ones who gave the most malicious negative reviews earlier, and that's about enough to make me feel better. Although this last episode was obviously underfunded and had a shabby vibe, the quality is indeed impeccable."

"Fujidou Kazuma said: Yes, the production quality of the final episode is great, the camera language is perfect, the atmosphere is well-created, and the war scenes are also very realistic. I checked and found that Director Nakano, who took over halfway, is from the 'SUN Advertising Company' that boasts movie-level shooting standards and only shoots high-quality amateur commercials. It seems that he is quite capable."

"Harada attacks everything: The performances of the main actors are also very wonderful, not to mention the two talented actors of the new generation, Shirakawa Rika and Sakamoto Shu. But the most unique one is the actor who plays Manyo Kazama. He is very good-looking, his acting is impeccable, and his swordplay is solid. In just two scenes, he makes the character come alive. It's like he is a special actor of 'Manyo Kazama'."

"Master Kazama, please use force: Just a reminder, the above recognition is only for the final episode. We refuse to acknowledge that the previous episodes have any relationship with "The Broken Chrysanthemum and the Sword". The negative reviews of individual episodes will continue to be posted."

The two factions with the largest number of members have shown signs of decline, and the other factions, with the previous episodes as a comparison, were also conquered by the quality of the final episode and did not have many opinions.

The "Canju Heavenly Punishment Plan" that was originally planned with great fanfare came to a halt and fell into a chaotic state of "people can comment on it however they want".

"Master Kazama, please use more force: By the way, this little brother who plays our Master Kazama wants to 'push', but it seems that he has never seen him before. Does any sister know this person?"

The word "推" was originally a professional term in the fan circle, and later it became popular for two-dimensional characters and voice actors to express the degree of "more than likes but less than fans".

"Harada's name in the cast and crew list is 'Xia Fan', but I can't find any relevant information on the Internet. It seems that he has never acted in a TV series before."

"Saito said nothing: Impossible, with this kind of looks, acting skills and skills, how could he be a newcomer who has never filmed a drama?! Then what were those 'vases' before, fertilized eggs?"

The change of the director and production team behind the scenes cannot be felt directly. The quality of the final episode is very different from that of the previous ones. Subjectively, it is all supported by the charming villain "Man'e Kazama" who made a brilliant appearance and performed well...

Therefore, as they recalled the exciting content of the final episode, the fans' attention naturally fell on the actor who played "Manyo Kazama".

Chapter 140 This document is for internal learning and communication only

2024-07-13

"Higata Honmeitenjo: We have a sister who is good at 'network technology' and has dug out relevant information about 'Xia Fan'! She claims that this is a 'treasure amateur' comparable to oil, and has decided to 'promote' him! The information document she made public is attached, for internal learning and communication only..."

The representative of the Hijikata faction suddenly threw a document titled "Xia Fan's Personal Information - Top Secret - Internal Study Only" into the group.

"Master Kazama, please use more force: What, this efficiency is too scary! Tech geeks, perverted and fanatical female fans are really a very scary creature..."

The person who created this "intelligence document" is obviously a fujoshi who is very proficient in "network information collection"...

After searching the search engine for "Xia Fan" to no avail, she used her self-programmed AI crawler software to dig up all the information related to "Xia Fan" deep in the Internet...

First, in the reposts of Rika Shirakawa's personal account, a newly registered account named "Actor Xia Fan" was found. It reposted the broadcast notice of the final episode of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", but there was no more information.

Then, the name "Xia Fan" was also found in the cast list of "Matsumoto Kiyoshi Israel Binilai Dead Sea Black and White Mud Mask Commercial" directed by Director Nakano.

"Hijikata Honmeitenjo: You must be surprised! This funny facial mask commercial that's been popular recently is actually starring Xia Fan. I even queued up to buy that facial mask."

"Master Kazama, please try harder: I really can't tell. Although the topknot and blood stains can't hide his handsomeness, it doesn't match the abstinence-style makeup of Kazama Manyo at all."

Then, the author of the document, through facial recognition technology, found traces of "Xia Fan" on the "KKC Hamburger Promotional Flyer" and the "Eleventh District Campus Singer Competition Dongyi Competition Zone Promotional Poster".

"Saito is silent: He looks so handsome and cool in his daily makeup. I can't stand it..."

"Harada Attacks Everything: Xia Fan, a Dragon Country descendant, 19 years old, a freshman in the Department of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts... Are you kidding? It's okay for an amateur who hasn't debuted, but he actually has this kind of academic nerd character. I want to promote him too!"

In the second half of the information document, two short videos with high views and popularity appeared...

"Tokyo Summer First Love", which was auditioned for the campus singing competition, has now reached 600,000 views.

The full chorus of "Sakura" in the qualifying round has been played over five million times because of the popularity bonus of Hoshina Hanami.

"Higata Honmeitenjo: What a cool electronic keyboard performance, Xia Fan is so cool!!"

"Soji's Widow: From what I've read in the documents, it seems like he's a trainee signed by a company under the Burning Department. No wonder he was able to invite Hoshina Hanami to be his backing singer."

These female fans who prefer pretty boys automatically blocked out the performances of Horie Tsubasa and Hoshina Hanami in the video, and focused all their attention on Xia Fan, who was concentrating on playing the piano and occasionally singing harmony.

In addition to his extremely high appearance and superb acting skills, he also has a background as a top student in a prestigious university, strong keyboard playing skills, and is a trainee in a major production company...

Xia Fan is like an inexhaustible oil mine, making them unable to stop in the forbidden pleasure of digging out hidden information about the "pushed person" on the Internet.

"In addition to the information in the above documents, Xia Fan has more explosive 'undisclosed intelligence'. I will set up a support website dedicated to updating Xia Fan's information and publish it regularly. Sisters who are interested can register as members. The advance notice website link is as follows..."

At the end of the document, the anonymous author left these words and a URL.

This kind of "personal support website" privately established by fans will regularly publish photos, schedules, videos, unofficial information, etc. of idols, which is very common in fan circles.

"Higata Honmeitenjo: It seems that in addition to the above 'legal' information, this woman has probably used shady means to dig up more information about Xia Fan. Is she going to announce it on the support website? It seems that many of the sisters of the Hijikata faction are waiting for the website to be built and preparing to register..."

"Master Fengjian, please use your strength: We, the sisters of the 'Fengjian School', have also decided to love little brother Xia Fan well. Even though he has not yet made his debut, we will promote him as our life!"

"Saito said nothing: This is the training system, you are really playing with it. Xia Fan does have great potential, so I will reluctantly let him join..."

"The widow of the General Secretary: Let's go together."

Soon, this intelligence document, which was "for internal study only", was widely circulated among the major fan groups of "The Withered Chrysanthemum and the Sword".

And the website link that has not yet been built has been visited silently countless times.

Even the number of fans of the whiteboard social account named "Actor Xia Fan" began to increase at an exaggerated rate.

……

Four hours after the final episode of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" was broadcast.

It was early in the morning, and a dim light was still on in a high-rise apartment building in Saitama Prefecture.

"I want to take you away. I don't need your consent."

Xia Fan's voice rang out in the room.

In a dim room filled with all kinds of figures, posters, and puppets, four huge monitors are simultaneously playing the scene where Kazama Manye "wall-bangs" Chiyo.

"Take me away... um... Xia Fan..."

In the center of these screens is a petite woman about nineteen years old, wearing thin-framed glasses.

"Yes, you don't need my consent... just take me away... take me... away..."

Curled up in the huge furry recliner, she stared at Xia Fan's unruly and handsome face on the screen with a flushed face, her hands wandering unconsciously under the thin quilt.

"What's wrong with this look, woman? Are you dissatisfied?"

"What are you dissatisfied about... I am dissatisfied with many things... I am very dissatisfied!"

In the close-up shot, being stared at by Xia Fan's aggressive bloodshot eyes, her hands moved faster and faster.

"Take me away, Xia Fan, take me away!!!"

She let out an uncontrollable low hum and her whole body trembled for a long time before she sat up.

The thin blanket slipped off quietly, revealing the long black hair like a waterfall, wrapping around the naked, petite and slender, yet exceptionally curvy body.

"It's only been a while since I cast the spell, but the URL I posted has already received nearly 100,000 requests for visits?"

"Humph, these women keep claiming to be fans of BL dramas and the second dimension, but when they meet a handsome guy who can break the dimensional wall, they can't close their legs?"

Her eyes were extremely clear as she quickly typed on the keyboard. The contents of the four screens in front of her changed like flowing water.

"Xia Fan's personal support website has been built and can be launched at any time..."

The playing of "The Withered Chrysanthemum and the Knife" was paused and the woman clicked on a song.

"I've been waiting for the day when I can meet you again, on the road where cherry blossoms are dancing..."

Hoshina Hanami's pure voice, accompanied by a melodious and gentle melody, began to echo in the room.

The song is, surprisingly, "Sakura".

Chapter 141 Xia Fan, Take Me Away

2024-07-13