I’m Really a Superstar

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

An earthquake rattled through the Japanese comics world!

It was an unprecedented magnitude of an earthquake!

Ever since the inception of comics, there had never been such an earth-shattering event before. If it were one national cartoon that got canceled, that would have been fine. The loss of a national cartoon might affect them greatly, but it was still somewhat bearable. That was something that could be healed over time. If it were two national cartoons, they couldn't possibly accept it. If it were three, then that was something they couldn't even fathom!

Seven titles!

A good seven titles!

A full seven titles!

They were collectively canceled on the same day and at the same time!

The Japanese comics world at this moment could only be described as having 10,000 grass mud horses galloping across, then galloping back towards it, and then galloping across again—it was just that kind of a feeling!

"These scammers!"

"We must not reveal this! We have to keep it a secret!"

"Right, we can't let this news be leaked!"

"If word gets out, this will be a devastating blow to Japanese comics!"

"Quick, go and look for them! Locate the author!"

"Damn, I can't get through to their phone!"

"This is bad!"

"Something fucking bad has happened!"

The industry was in tears!

Many editors jumped in anger!

This cannot be! You all cannot do something like that!

In the end, the matter could not be kept under wraps. With something so big happening, it would be impossible to expect that no news would leak. Very soon, the Japanese media found out about it. Then the Japanese public found out about it. Following that, the Korean people, the Chinese people, and all of the other Asian people found out about it as well!

…

It blew up in Japan!

The people were so shocked they vomited blood!

"What?"

"Not drawing anymore?"

"One Piece, Naruto, Detective Conan, Gundam, all of their serializations will be stopped?"

"Fuck your sister!"

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"Motherfucker! Aren't all of you iron men? Didn't you all claim that you could do three chapters a week with no problems?"

"Publish more! Hurry up and publish more!"

…

The Korean comics and animation fans also went crazy!

"Where are they? Where are they at?"

"Stand forward right now!"

"Damn, can you people not be like this!"

"Heavens, I'm following all seven of the cartoons!"

"This can't be true! It must all be a dream!"

"This is outrageous! How could you all cancel the comics at their most crucial moments?"

…

The Chinese people were also stunned!

"Those bastards were still on a release rate of three and four chapters the past week!"

"Why does it have to be like this, fuck!"

"Evil! This is too fucking evil!"

"Th-This is such a scam!"

"I'm already addicted to reading them. How can you all fucking castrate them?"

"Who is it? Don't let me find out where you guys live!"

"Ahhhh, I'm going crazy! I've never come across such sinister cartoonists before!"

…

All of the Asian people were having none of it!

This was making trouble on purpose!

This was arousing the public's anger!

These seven people were evil as fuck!

If it was because the comics were not doing well, that would have been fine. If it was because the plot had fallen apart, that would have been fine too. Or if it was because you were really so slow at drawing that you could no longer draw, we could have let that slide as well. But no! It was none of those reasons! Did they perform badly? They were already fucking recognized as national cartoons! Did the plots fall apart? The plots of all seven cartoons were at the most exciting moments of their stories! Was it slow in getting published? The seven of you are all freaks of nature competing with each other on release speed! Some of you could even update at four chapters a week! If you were considered slow, then all of the other Japanese cartoonists might as well just die! Yet all of you actually canceled your series! How utterly inhuman!

Currently, there was great discontent among the public. All across Asia, people's hatreds were peaking at these cases of "castration." They were gritting their teeth in anger and hopping mad!

The media!

The industry!

The people!

Everyone was crying!

All of a sudden, quite a few voices started emerging from the anger.

"—Say, do you guys think that it could be just one person behind this?"

With these guesses coming out, many people received such shocks that they broke out in cold sweats!

One person?

Could these seven people be the same person?

The media was stunned!

The editors of the comics publishers were stunned!

The people gasped!

Without thinking about it, they didn't realize. But the moment they gave it some thought, it gave them a huge scare!

Starting off with the quality of the comics, the seven comic series' art styles and genres were completely different. But what was common between them were their heaven-defying quality. All of them were at the level of a national cartoon. In the past, there wasn't even a full-length national cartoon appearing once in six years. But now? Seven of them had appeared one after another in the space of just several months? This point in itself was very suspicious. How could there be so many national cartoons!

And then there was the release speed. The seven comics were published at an unheard of speed. Releasing two chapters a week was shocking enough, yet they could manage a stable release speed of three chapters a week. At times when there was an increase in speed, it could even hit four chapters a week. It wasn't just one of them, but all seven of them! This was really too coincidental!

And then there were the authors. Every one of the authors never revealed their identities. All of the comic magazines' editors had only met with the authors' representatives. At first, everyone did not know about this. Only when it was gradually revealed later on did the various comics publishers realize that the others had also only met with the authors' representatives. That would mean that whatever these seven people's names were, their true identities, or even which country they were from were all unknown to them. This was also one of the suspicious points!

Finally, the most crucial point was also the one that aroused the most suspicion. The seven cartoonists and the seven comic series had all been placed on indefinite hiatus at exactly the same time. Even the announcements were worded in the exact same manner. How could it be that great of a coincidence? This was no longer a matter that could be fucking explained with coincidence!

In fact, many people had previously speculated on the possibility of this. After all, there were too many doubts about it. However, a lot of them quickly dismissed it after giving some brief thought. They did not dwell on it further. Which was the part that stopped them from doing so? It was the release rate! A comic series that released three chapters a week was unheard of within the industry. It would basically require the authors to draw at an impossible speed. If this was the case for one series, what would it be like for seven series? In the minds of many, if those seven people were really just one person, that would mean that person would have to draw at least three chapters of content in a single day. The release rate of all the comics would have to be at least 20 chapters per week!

Other people could only do one chapter at most!

But he could draw 20?

How could there be such a person!

How could there possibly be a freak like this!

But right now, countless facts and logic had been presented to their eyes. It made them believe that Aoi, Ozawa, Muto, Hatano, and the rest of the seven cartoonists might really just be one person!

This discovery sent shivers down everyone's spines!

"One person?"

"That must be it! There isn't any other explanation that makes sense!"

"There can't be such coincidences in the world!"

"That's unbelievable!"

"Fuck, so it turns out that it was actually drawn by only one person?"

"Where did such a godly person come from?"

"Drawing more than 20 chapters a week? Which crazy person could draw that quickly?!"

"Who could this person be!"

"Motherfucker, show yourself!"

"Right, quickly show yourself!"

"This is a conspiracy! A grand conspiracy!"

"Your sister! Which immoral bastard is trying to scam us!"

"It's not too late to step forward. We'll consider it your surrender!"

On this day, countless Asians were clenching their teeth in hatred as they sought that person's identity!