Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 125 Fans’ support is here!

At the signing site, the changes in the flow of people are becoming more and more obvious.

"That's great." Namikaze Yukaku looked at the growing line for the One Punch Man autograph session with great satisfaction.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect that Mr. Oda has so many fans." Fujido Kaoru was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She grabbed Oda Shingo's arm from behind and shook it.

"Hey, hey, I'm still signing." Oda Nobuo grinned. The girl was too strong.

He communicates with readers very seriously and is never perfunctory when signing.

For enthusiastic readers, Oda Shingo would even write some ancient Chinese poems: [Set sail to cross the vast ocean][Soar up to 90,000 miles][The path to the mountain of books is made through diligence][The boundless sea of ​​learning requires hard work][A person with a belly full of poetry and books is naturally elegant][Reading so much that one does not realize that spring has already come][The ancients spared no effort in learning]…

The Chinese characters written out one by one made the comic fans' eyes widen.

"Oh! Mr. Oda, you can write such complicated Chinese characters?"

"Teacher Oda, please write for me too!"

"It turns out that Mr. Oda is very knowledgeable!"

In the Japanese concept, people who know a lot of Chinese characters are knowledgeable. No one would have thought that a cartoonist could write so many Chinese characters and they all look very stylish.

Some people took out their mobile phones to check and found that these were all Chinese poems. They immediately exclaimed in admiration.

Namikaze Youzuru's eyes glowed as he watched.

Fujido Kaoru also praised him: "Teacher Oda can write Chinese characters so well, even better than our Chinese teacher!"

It is a pleasant surprise to be able to write, and it is even more surprising to write well. In the eyes of the Japanese, Oda Shingo's writing of Chinese characters is quite good...

In front of the "One Punch Man" signing table, the people in line have already started to line up in circles under the guidance of security personnel!

The number of people queuing has exceeded hundreds!

"That's not right? It's 2024 now, how come there are still people lining up like this to buy comic books?" The old shop owner couldn't believe it and even suspected that he had returned to the Showa era.

He was standing there watching the fun before, but now he is busy.

Because more and more fans are buying One Punch Man, the 500 comics that were shipped in have been reduced by half. Judging from the time, it may not be enough!
This is because it is a book signing point, so they sent so many books. If it were other bookstores, 5 or 10 books would be a common quantity.

"Hurry up and call the transfer station! Transfer the goods from nearby. Don't make a mistake, it's not "Sword of the Goddess", it's "One Punch Man"!" He urged the clerk to make the call.

"The call is not connected!" the clerk shouted quickly.

"Call the backup number! Aren't there three phones there?"

“All lines are busy!”

"Really? I'll do it." The old shop owner had been in business for decades and knew some people. He immediately called the familiar number of the Qun Ying Society Book Transfer Station.

"Moshimoshi..." After asking twice, the old shop owner exclaimed, "What? One Punch Man is in demand everywhere? Are you kidding me? No, I don't understand either!"

How long has it been since this happened? The last time there were so many people signing books was during the Showa era of the last century. Also, why were there not many people at the beginning, but now there are suddenly so many fans.

After careful observation, the old shop owner figured out what was going on.

Some comic fans took out signs and held them up, and began to express their support for Oda Shingo while in the queue.

The sign reads: [Support not compromising with capital! You are a cartoonist with the style of Showa!]
After Japan's economic recession in the Heisei era, the nation is now entering the turbulent era of Reiwa, causing many people to begin to admire the Showa era.

Those artists who are unsociable, aloof and unruly will all be glorified as possessing the Showa style of nobleness and beauty.

The old shop owner guessed: "It must be that public opinion has aroused the emotions of the comic fans, and they spontaneously came to support the suppressed new comic artist!"

He guessed correctly. Under the cyber army offensive launched by Mrs. Yukino Fuyuki, public opinion that "One Punch Man" was suppressed by capital and the author was retaliated by the minister has become overwhelming!
Many cartoonists who had been excluded by Qun Ying Sha or had their manuscripts eliminated began to actively promote this matter.

After all, Minister Hyakki has been in charge of this department for many years, and he must have offended many cartoonists because of his personality.

Many people who are not comic fans also know about this matter, and even many comic fans who do not read web comics noticed the release of the "One Punch Man" volume, but it was suppressed and retaliated against.

More and more netizens took the initiative to forward the message, and it even went viral!

[The main publication department of Qunyingsha relied on its market-leading position to do such an ugly thing!]
[Jump is no longer just a comics publication! I was right to give up publishing for so many years!]
[No, I'm going to buy a set of One Punch Man!]
[I subscribed to the web version, but I decided to buy another set now! This is an attitude! ]
[Yes, I will buy it too. I haven’t seen the web version, but I just want to support it!]
[Less than 2,000 yen, just to support new cartoonists!]
[Just for my Tornado! I'm going to buy ten sets! One for home, one under the bed, one for the tailor, one unopened, and the rest to give away!]
More and more comic fans began to rush to bookstores with emotions.

Then in the bookstore, they began to spread the news to people around them.

Virality + emotional guidance + Showa-style nostalgia, multiple factors come together to make the release of the "One Punch Man" volume go viral.

Many media accounts have also started releasing short videos.

[The talented author insisted on his principles and was maliciously suppressed by capital!]
[Today's trend: Do you miss the Showa style? Listen to this story of "One Punch Man".]
[The main publication of "Jump" is completely broken, such a good comic was maliciously blocked from being put on the shelves due to a bug!]
In fact, Oda Shingo and the Showa style have nothing in common at all.

However, many fans who attended the book signing posted the Chinese poem written by Oda Shingo when he signed his autograph online, which gave the author a gilded image.

A young author who can write so many Chinese characters in the Showa style!

"What's going on?" Kousuke Watsuki looked at the situation at the scene and began to wonder.

The number of fans of Oda Shingo's comics is increasing, even three or four times more than mine? !
And there were many people holding signs, and some even looked at me unkindly?
He pretended to go to the restroom, went to the rest corridor of the shopping mall next door, took out his cell phone and called Minister Hayato Hyakki.

[Beep—beep—]
But the phone rang for a long time and no one answered.

The uneasy intuition in Kousuke Watsuki's heart became increasingly difficult to suppress.

Sweat came out.

Kousuke Watsuki wiped his face, something was wrong!

He didn't know that Minister Hayato Hyakki was sweating profusely now!

(End of this chapter)