Chapter 208: Whose Fans Are They?
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In the Sakura Garden Community, Tomato and Kenji were studying the new plot of "Detective Conan", while Takumi took some time to pay attention to the forum's situation.
The popular posts that appeared before his eyes made him smile wryly: 'What's wrong with that man? And the students are also coming to play fan creation?'
"Why are these works at the top of the list?"
Takumi shook his head and sighed. What astonished him even more was seeing an inappropriate content post about Rin Toosaka and Saber (yuri). As soon as the post appeared, the number of votes drastically increased, but shortly after, "This post has been deleted." The forum administrator issued a statement: "Pornographic works are strictly prohibited."
Seeing such decisive management, Takumi was very happy. Miyuki controlled the forum very well.
He saw a reader's post complaining about voting for the inappropriate content, but the post was deleted and the recommendation votes were not returned. A girl snapped: "You deserve it...".
Takumi also wanted to slap, but he felt that his appearance might attract the attention of curious onlookers, so he continued to look at other popular posts. The current popular posts are all very curious. Among them, there is only one serious one: a video of a little girl playing the piano.
The role she chose was Rider, Medusa, a Greek demon. She played the piano to ask for votes; her movements were very strange and clumsy, and she wanted to cry several times, but she finally finished. Her perseverance made many people, with overflowing affection, vote for her.
"How cute, it's rare to see such a thoughtful work, I vote for you."
"Honey, don't cry, my sister will vote for Rider."
"I'm not a loli controller, haha... I voted silently."
"I'll vote for you too, you're the same age as my daughter. Incredible!"
The girl won many votes thanks to her effort and pretty face. Even more than that man. Logically, Takumi should be satisfied. But the girl seemed very familiar to him, just like the one who jumped into the river at the beginning. His eyelids twitched, which was not a good sign.
'Let's wait and see...'.
Takumi rubbed his eyebrows and then returned to the studio to see how the two assistants were working. They adapted well to the new plot, and the characters they drew also met Takumi's requirements. In the afternoon, Tomato and Kenji left. In the evening
, Takumi re-entered Mirai-sensei's home forum and this time he encountered an unexpected surprise. "Announcement, I hope everyone votes for Archer!"
The most popular post was this: "Unlimited Blade Works" is the second route title of the game "Fate/Stay Night", translated as "unlimited swordsmanship": this is the protagonist and Archer's strongest move.
Of course, this was not the reason why it surprised Takumi. What surprised him was that the post contained a video of madness.
The video consists of clipped scenes from the game. The initial scene shows Archer standing in a red desert full of weapons, flames, and huge gears, with countless sword gravestones on the ground.
"This body is the bones of the sword,
the body is steel and the flame is blood.
Blood flows like iron and heart like crystal.
There are over a thousand handmade swords.
Fighting in countless battlefields without defeat
...".
The video begins with a chant and then enters a fierce battle scene. The background music is passionate songs selected from "Fate/Stay Night". Just watching it excites people.
"How exciting! I'll vote for this one!"
"The Unlimited Blade Works lines are so cool and so pretentious. I didn't expect Mad to join the battle so soon. I also recommend it!"
Takumi was very excited. He finally found a fan work he was quite satisfied with. Mad is a very good direction for fan creation. The key is that it can have a great influence. For example, this type of character-based madness can pique the interest of those who haven't played "Fate/Stay Night" by recreating the atmosphere and revealing some basic settings.
The video's influence is enormous. Takumi also discovered that the third post is also a video, and it's about the madness of the golden hero king. The authors of both videos are members of the Older Sisters Alliance.
Does that female fan group support different characters?
Takumi checked and found it was true. There were many posts marked with the Older Sisters Alliance, belonging to different characters, and the number of votes was not low.
However, this is strange. Since the Older Sisters Alliance has disbanded, why don't other groups take the opportunity to defeat them? For example, the Order of Knights, with most of its members being boys, and as far as the capital of madness is concerned, Saber's story moves others the most.
Why hasn't Saber's video been published yet, but other characters have appeared first? It's impossible to say that few people like her. Saber is the only character in Mirai-sensei's home forum who has her own section.
With doubts, Takumi entered the Order of Knights forum to find out.
The result he saw surprised him a little. The Order of Knights was also in internal conflict: Saber's followers were divided into two factions and were fighting, and no one allowed the other to use materials to launch into madness first.
The Order of Knights is different from other fan groups. It was recently established and was jointly created by forum readers. It lacks a leader. So far, it hasn't fully formed a management system. It seems brilliant on the outside, but it's a mess on the inside.
This event at Mirai-sensei's home has become the best opportunity for these members to confront each other and compete for a future. No one is willing to let others escape.
"Seriously, isn't it just a group of characters...",
Takumi shook his head with a wry smile. The internet is a microcosm of society.
Even if it's an unattainable group, there will be many who want to be the trainer, not to mention others who might develop in the future. However, if civil conflicts persist, if there's no unity, if the front is delayed, and if the most promising saber is taken from the first candidate, it will undoubtedly be a tragedy.
Fortunately, the situation's development exceeded imagination. Just as Takumi was worried, Saber's madness appeared out of nowhere. However, its creator was not the Order of Knights, but the Older Sisters Alliance.
Everyone was stunned. What surprised them even more was that the titles of the Unlimited Blade Works and King of Conquerors madness videos, as well as the works of the Older Sisters Alliance, were changed, and a phrase was added at the end: "Please vote for Saber!"
Takumi was confused. Female fans supported Saber. Shouldn't they be of the same gender and reject each other?
This was the reply of several women who celebrated by high-fiving on an Osaka website.
"Haha, we did it! Now we have to end the division and work together to crush all enemies!"
"With Saber's popularity and the number of members, 99% of the victory will be ours!"
"Akari, thanks for reminding me, we almost forgot the most important thing." A girl smiled and said: "As long as we get Mirai-sensei's autograph and blessing, it's worth sacrificing a little bit of fandom!"
The Older Sisters Alliance is not a fan of "Fate/Stay Night", but of Mirai-sensei. For the prize, they can use their most powerful force!