"Is Shadow never going to draw manga again?"
"While I’m looking forward to the new work, I find it hard to accept that it’s at the cost of Shadow’s conclusion."
"Speaking of which, aren’t Shadow and Xian Yu good friends? What’s the age difference between them? If they’re about the same age, isn’t it too early for such a young artist to stop drawing?"
"I think it’s about stopping manga drawing."
"But my favorite is Shadow’s manga."
"I can only say manga is still not as valued as traditional painting, but I believe Shadow decided to stop drawing not because of this reason. After all, if he wanted, any piece from the Painting Soul series could be sold for a fortune, yet he hasn’t put them on sale."
"I love everything you draw!"
The initial reaction of manga fans was one of disbelief.
Shadow’s blog comment section was filled with reluctant messages—
Fans of One Piece and Naruto, Detective Conan’s fans, Slam Dunk fans, and even Doraemon fans, etc.
Shadows’ creations have amassed countless fans worldwide, all stirred into a frenzy!
Countless people were sharing the news with sighs, as if their youth was coming to an end as a result.
After all these years, many people, whether they love manga or anime, have encountered Shadow’s works in one way or another.
Lovers of different things still have their favorites.
Shadow had something for everyone, whether carrots or greens.
No matter how picky one is, if you pull out a list of Shadow’s manga works, you can find something to suit your tastes.
As the news became bigger and bigger, Lin Yuan had to use Shadow’s account to clarify:
It’s not that there won’t be new manga in the future, but due to energy considerations, he won’t be personally drawing anymore.
This did calm the readers and fans down a bit.
Though the sense of reluctance was still overwhelming.
And it was amidst this reluctance that the manga "Dragon Ball" was officially released.
Shadow put out a full thirty Chapters as the first wave!
It happened to be Children’s Day, although those first to open the manga were not mainly children.
Upon seeing the content.
The first thing that shocked readers wasn’t the content of the manga itself.
Because Shadow treated it as his final manga drawing work, Lin Yuan used his peak artistic skills to draw "Dragon Ball"!
Especially the combat scenes!
This made the quality of "Dragon Ball" in terms of artwork completely surpass the original!
In all the works of Shadow.
"Dragon Ball" had the best artwork!
Even among countless manga born all over the world over the years, the artwork of "Dragon Ball" was unbeaten, a textbook-level masterpiece!
Facing the textbook-level artwork of "Dragon Ball", the entire manga circle exploded!
"The artwork is just too good!"
"The muscle expression is superb!"
"I didn’t know panels could be drawn this way?"
"This is not something for readers, it’s clearly for our peers. It’s a work worthy for all manga artists to come and study!"
"I’ve already started studying."
"Without extremely high-level drawing skills, it’s hard to grasp the essence in many places."
"It’s not just the artwork, some panel layout ideas are also very worth learning from."
Readers were similarly amazed by the artwork of "Dragon Ball", but compared to that, they were more concerned about whether the story was exciting. After just a few Chapters, everyone was hooked!
"Hahaha, the protagonist’s name is Sun Wukong?"
"Shadow’s final manga creation turns out to pay homage to Chu Kuang the old rascal?"
"Don’t tell me the Sun Wukong in ’Dragon Ball’ has nothing to do with the Sun Wukong from Journey to the West."
"Of course it’s related, this Sun Wukong also has a tail, it’s clearly informing the readers."
"Why do I suddenly feel touched?"
"The Shadow God chose to end where he began."
"Back then, Shadow’s first manga ’Prince of Tennis’ was also adapted from Chu Kuang’s work."
"Now Shadow’s last manga, though originally created, still uses Chu Kuang’s protagonist name, and probably features elements of tribute in its setup, like the fighting stick which is obviously the Golden Cudgel."
"From start to finish, never forgetting the original intention."
"The story was initially serious, but it took a different turn when Bulma appeared, what’s with the slight eroticism?"
"No worries, Wukong is still a child, yeah."
"I feel this manga has the potential to surpass One Piece and Naruto, the art is so evocative, and each story arc is filled with anticipation!"
As the netizens said.
Back then Shadow adapted Chu Kuang’s novel "King of the Net" into a manga, marking his official debut.
Today, drawing "Dragon Ball", he completes his finale using the name of the Journey to the West’s protagonist Sun Wukong, from Chu Kuang’s currently most highly appraised novel on the internet.
That’s what starting where you began and ending where you began means.
Of course, if it were the original "Dragon Ball", it might not have this effect.
This version of Shadow’s was provided by the System, making the before and after plot more coherent and logical, and naturellement more exciting, not to mention that Shadow’s fame is greater.
Some elements of the original version were consumed, after all, when Toriyama Akira originally drew "Dragon Ball," he didn’t intend for it to be a combat-focused, hot-blooded manga; initially, it was a slice-of-life and humorous comic.
Similar to Toriyama Akira’s other work "Dr. Slump".
It was just that later sales weren’t good, the editor got anxious, and quickly asked Toriyama Akira to learn from the neighboring mangaka and create some more engaging manga plots.
Toriyama Akira began transitioning, even learning from the next door manga "Fist of the North Star," introducing martial arts, Qigong, and various adult humor plots, including the concept of Super Saiyan, which was an idea Toriyama Akira had only later on.
Unexpectedly, "Dragon Ball" took off like that, and the excitement of the battles completely overshadowed its comedic nature.
Take the start of One Piece for instance.
One of the esteemed Four Emperors, Red-Haired Shanks, actually got his arm bitten off by a weak sea creature.
Clearly consumed by setting issues.
The author probably hadn’t thought through some aspects at the beginning.
Therefore, the manga provided by the System will rationalize or directly cut and modify these narrative issues consumed by setting.
The most important thing is:
The original "Dragon Ball" didn’t have a conclusion yet.
Lin Yuan’s version, provided by the System, however, has a conclusion.
Sometimes having a long story isn’t a good thing; forcibly dragging it out can make the excitement become bloated.
Many people feel this way about "Dragon Ball," especially as the series has stretched longer and longer.
The System clearly wouldn’t let something happen.
Lin Yuan also liked it when things are wrapped up properly when it’s time to conclude.
And according to Lin Yuan’s update speed, it might take one or two years from start to finish to completely settle this "Dragon Ball."
Others struggle to update fast enough because their manga pace is behind.
Lin Yuan can make the animation production speed fall behind the manga.
From making animation to children’s songs and then from novels to manga, Lin Yuan has done everything for this Children’s Day.
Perhaps for everyone on Blue Star, this is destined to be an incredibly unforgettable Children’s Day.
More interestingly, in the blog’s voting event, Xian Yu, Chu Kuang, and Shadow were all ranked first together!
After all, it was an activity organized internally by the blog.
No one cared about fairness.
Just like the previous blade list.
Everyone voted just for fun.
This is an ending everyone found very amusing.
ps: There are quite a lot of loose ends to tie up, I need to slowly fill them in. These past days I’ve started running to the hospital again, maybe I’m just weak, right? So updates might be unstable, I should probably look into traditional Chinese medicine to properly regain my health at this conclusion.