Chapter 228 : Detective Conan World - What I Support Is God Lai Studies!
Detective Conan World.
As the new Jujutsu Kaisen series plot entered its later stages, recent manga updates had been full of ups and downs, making people very anxious.
Most manga fans kept watch over manga update times and physical edition release dates, preparing to purchase at the first moment.
"Please, please, don't let the new series kill so many people in the later stages like the previous original version." High school student manga fan Komura Rina clasped her hands together, praying to the air.
After a second's pause, she remembered that several of her favorite characters weren't human, so she quickly added: "No deaths for non-humans either!!"
"Especially my beloved God Lai... Ah, if One-Eyed Cat gives God Lai some knife at the final moment, I'll definitely transform into a vengeful spirit in red and send blade letters." Komura Rina muttered.
On the shelf beside her sat many, many God Lai merchandise items.
The top few limited edition God Lai figures included one of long-haired Lai from a thousand years ago, one of Lai in dark blue kimono with fox mask, and one of modern arc Lai in windbreaker. These designs were all very exquisite, official premium figures.
These figures were all protected by glass cases. The transparent glass cases were very clean, looking like they were carefully wiped every day.
The lower shelves held other types of merchandise like keychains, badges, pendants, holographic postcards, etc. These weren't limited to official items, but also included many doujin goods.
Among them, most doujin goods came from an online shop called [Brothers in Harmony].
Komura Rina had been following this shop for a long time. It went online shortly after the new series began serialization. This was also the earliest shop selling God Lai doujin goods.
Although this shop's name was very strange, it had to be said that this shop's doujin goods were particularly high quality, especially the God Lai goods that made up the majority.
The shop owner's username was [Silver Snake Green Eyes], usually very aloof in style, answering customer questions with brief, plain language.
But when releasing new God Lai goods, the recommendation descriptions were always very long.
Komura Rina's reaction to this was: Worthy of my beloved God Lai, to make even an aloof shop owner write such long recommendations!
That shop owner [Silver Snake Green Eyes] seemed very busy, with online times that were very irregular.
Fortunately, the shop later added a 24-hour customer service called [Noah's Ark], which made responding to customer inquiries much faster.
Recently, this shop launched a novel merchandise item called [Brain Stress Relief Putty].
As the name suggested, it was stress relief putty in the shape of a brain with teeth, modeled after Brain-kun's true form, which people could knead at will.
Usually this shop's merchandise was expensive, but this [Brain Stress Relief Putty] was very cheap, even cheaper than normal stress relief putty on the market.
Although the price was cheap, the quality was not compromised at all. It used the safest, most environmentally friendly materials.
So this merchandise quickly opened up sales channels. Many people bought [Brain Stress Relief Putty] to take home and play with in various ways.
Komura Rina naturally bought one too. After rereading the manga and seeing the Supervisory Committee's various inhuman operations, when emotions ran high she would grab the brain stress relief putty and squeeze it hard, as if she could transmit this resentment across dimensions.
Besides this, accompanying the [Brain Stress Relief Putty] release was [God Lai Prayer Charms]. This merchandise consisted of finely crafted talisman papers with vivid printed designs, also selling very well.
Shop owner [Silver Snake Green Eyes] stated that these two merchandise items weren't for profit, but just to add buffs for their beloved character before the approaching decisive battle, as a warm-up.
The shop owner's bias was very obvious, clearly supporting God Lai. Customers didn't need to ask to understand this.
Komura Rina bought many [God Lai Prayer Charms], placing them next to the Ebisu god statue at home. Before going to school each day, she would go there to symbolically pray, silently reciting: Respected great Ebisu god, please bless my beloved character with success in all things!
At this moment, Komura Rina routinely logged onto the official website to check, and after finding no notice about taking a break next week, she exhaled with relief.
"I'm just afraid they'll start taking crazy breaks near the decisive battle. I hope this diligent update frequency can continue. Otherwise getting stuck halfway would be too uncomfortable."
She muttered to herself and habitually opened the Japanese language manga forum for the new series.
Since the manga plot showed signs of approaching decisive battle, the number of forum posts had been increasing daily. Speculating about decisive battle situations and ending directions had always been the hottest focus.
Komura Rina glanced at the titles of several hot posts pinned at the top.
【#Shocking, Brain-kun's Fatal Flaw! The Mount Shichi Incident Brings Earth-Shaking Changes to the Jujutsu World, Victory and Defeat Already Decided! Click Here to See Akutami's Hidden Ending Predictions in the Manga, Details 99% of People Didn't Notice! (hot)】
This was a very clickbait marketing-style title, but it indeed had eye-catching effects. Especially with the yellow [hot] tag floating behind it, indicating very heated discussion.
So Komura Rina couldn't help but click in to take a look.
This post's original poster's username was [Sunglasses That Can Blow Smoke Rings]. Although the title had a strange marketing flavor, the analysis content inside was surprisingly high quality.
[Sunglasses That Can Blow Smoke Rings] meticulously picked at details, explaining from various angles of the manga plot how much information Brain-kun's Supervisory Committee versus God Lai's group currently possessed.
Pointing out that God Lai's group, who had prepared early and performed according to script, had already reversed the situation of "enemy in shadows, we in light," successfully becoming "enemy in light, we in shadows."
Afterward, [Sunglasses That Can Blow Smoke Rings] started from this Mount Shichi livestream incident involving Kuroi Misato, emphasizing that after Little Sheep Watanabe's live broadcast, the jujutsu world masses who had been kept in the dark might very likely have become aware of the Supervisory Committee conspiracy.
The original poster was very good with words, with language that carried natural persuasive power.
Besides this, the thread also had a floor master nicknamed [Racing God on Akina Mountain] who made witty and rational supplements, making the entire speculation seem even more realistic.
The reason it became a hot post was largely due to forum users' overwhelming agreement and praise for the original poster, jokingly saying they wanted to award him the honorary title of "Analysis Emperor No. 002."
The reason it was Analysis Emperor 002 instead of 001 was because the forum's honorary title "Analysis Emperor No. 001" was permanently held by a user nicknamed [The Truth Is Always Just One].
This [The Truth Is Always Just One] user could accurately predict foreshadowing from minute details every time.
Moreover, he sometimes helped forum users who posted requests solve various troubles, solving cases just through the internet, truly deserving the title Analysis Emperor 001.
After Komura Rina finished reading the analysis by this sunglasses user who was crowned "Analysis Emperor No. 002," she was also convinced by this long analysis and left a comment with a thumbs up.
"If these speculations are correct... Brain-kun's defeat is inevitable. My beloved God Lai's faction will definitely win." Komura Rina muttered, a smile spreading across her face. "Great, it looks like One-Eyed Cat has sincerely repented and plans to take a mentally healthy route!"
Thinking happily like this, Komura Rina's gaze swept over the other pinned hot posts.
【#Sincere Blessings Never Change, Sincerity Has the Power to Cross Dimensions. Let's Accumulate Blessings for God Lai Together!# (hot)】
This was obviously a blessing check-in thread. The original poster [Cat Whiskers Twitching] was also an active forum user.
This poster's forum style was relatively gentle, with posts all related to blessings for God Lai.
Another user who frequently posted blessing threads was [Celery's Hello], but this user commonly posted blessing threads for Little Sheep Watanabe. Also very calm, peaceful blessings.
However, users who followed up in the thread always unknowingly twisted the style, after all this was an anonymous network where freely expressing love for one's favorite character was normal!
Of course, the blessing intention was essential. But in the next paragraph after blessings, they would add some fan screaming and various chain emoticons, sometimes even posting self-drawn doujin art.
Komura Rina was naturally no exception.
She first properly left a blessing, then couldn't help adding another paragraph:
【Ah, my beloved God Lai!! The strongest and gentlest divine lord, please keep walking forward firmly and create the most wonderful ending with Satoru and the others!
I believe you'll definitely reunite with your family members in the end. [Origin], [Birth], and your good little brother (I don't know if you want the bratty little brother) will all be together!
Super looking forward to the perfect Jujutsu Kaisen ending you all will bring >0<~~】
After leaving her comment, Komura Rina took a deep breath to calm her excited, rapidly beating heart.
She exited this post and looked again at the real-time refreshing forum page.
On the refreshed page, although there were still posts holding pessimistic ending theories and "Jujutsu Kaisen is just Brain-kun's story," there were more opinion posts believing that "Brain-kun's hasty activation without popular support will inevitably lose, the Supervisory Committee's planning has flaws."
At the same time, various prayer posts for God Lai, for Gojo Satoru, for Geto Suguru, for Ieiri Shoko, and for the first-year trio plus many others sprouted like mushrooms after rain.
Looking at the forum's rich, momentum-building decisive battle speculations and blessing encouragements, Komura Rina felt her heart also bubbling with excitement.
She sincerely loved the characters in the manga and genuinely believed the manga world was a truly existing parallel world, so she was genuinely moved and inspired.
I wonder if you can feel it, the best, best God Lai. Komura Rina silently recited in her heart, the girl's eyes sparkling brightly. We're all cheering you on from the other side.
Komura Rina was both an individual manga fan and one among countless fans with the same mindset.
These sincere wishes and firm beliefs were like firefly light points. Though each was small, when millions gathered together, they combined into a magnificent starry river bridge capable of crossing dimensions.