Chapter 287 The Depth of Parasyte

The plot development of "Parasyte" makes the whole work go in a direction of depth again.

When the comic fans saw it, they all shouted "It's back!", and the taste of "Edgewalker" and "Fire Fist" is back.

Because the plot of "Chainsaw Man" is more inclined to commercial long comics.

Only in the last Makima chapter of the first part, there seems to be some deep meaning.

But "Chainsaw Man" is still Lin Qingshan's more commercial work in everyone's senses.

Compared with the two works "Edgewalker" and "Fire Fist", the daily plot seems more "relaxed" and "happy".

Even the comics are really crazy, and the scenes in the back are like movie montages and sudden plots, which make people unable to hide their sad emotions.

As for the depth of "Chainsaw Man", it is probably the concept of Makima, the truth of the gun demon, and the "human completion" part brought by Denji's two rebirths.

That's about it.

Compared to the reflection on the trampling of life, human rights and freedom in the future capital science fiction world of the cyberpunk work "Edgewalker", the nihilistic exposition of anti-beautiful science fiction fantasy utopianism.

Compared to the exploration of education, civilization, life and death, existence and nothingness in "Flame Fist".

Just... "Chainsaw Man" is not deep enough compared to the above two works.

But now the recent serialized plot of "Parasyte" seems to have that flavor again.

It seems that the exploration of the meaning of life, race and human existence itself is back!

It's just that everyone is starting to get scared again.

"Oh no, is Qingshan the old thief's illness going to flare up again? This Parasyte... why do I feel like it has the flavor of Fire Fist?"

"But... this is clearly the flavor of Edgewalker."

"That's right, compared to the opening lightning strike of Fire Fist, the village being destroyed by Demacia, and Luna being burned to death, Parasyte is obviously more like Edgewalker."

"Qingshan the old thief: Haha! I'll show you a show of first up and then down!"

"Early on Edgewalker is a typical hot-blooded boy's comic, but it's obviously wrong after the 20th episode. This is the same with Parasyte. After the male protagonist has Xiaoyou, he carries the car, becomes popular in school, and gets a beautiful girl. But now it's obviously wrong."

"It feels like the story is going to be sad again in the middle of the later part, but it depends on who is being hurt..."

" The heroine may not die so early, but the hero's friend, and the hero's parents... can only be said to be very dangerous! "

"I am more concerned about the origin of the parasitic beasts. From the way they seem to fall from the sky, it feels like a biological weapon released by aliens."

"Is it going to be a battle between the protagonist and the aliens later?"

"I don't think it's very likely... Aoyama Laozei's style is not very good at playing this kind of alien invasion. In "Flame Fist", everyone thought that the Ice Witch was the ultimate villain at the beginning, and everyone in "Chainsaw Man" thought that the villain was the gun demon. I always feel that... the existence of parasitic beasts actually comes from humans or the earth itself."

"That's right. In fact, if you really think about it from the perspective of alien biological weapons, shouldn't parasitic beasts be designed with the ability to reproduce? Continue to reproduce the next generation of parasitic beasts Beasts, and then continue to expand the number of parasitic beasts, so that the battle plan of human extinction can be better completed. "

"I think it should be like in "Flame Fist". In the end, the real enemy is not alien creatures or gods, but humans themselves. Parasitic beasts are species created by humans themselves, and they reap what they sow. "

"The style of Qingshan Laozei has always been like this. From "Edgewalker" to "Chainsaw Man", the biggest enemy has always been humans themselves. "

"Edgewalker" and "Flame Fist" are all okay. Isn't the final villain of "Chainsaw Man" Makima? "

"Makima can become a villain, in fact, it is also caused by humans. The power of the devil comes from human fear. Isn't it that the forces behind Guangxi made a deal with Makima because of their greed, so that Makima can get The ability to be almost unkillable, and finally the fear that the entire human history is the history of domination, can make it so powerful. "

"After the gun demon was killed, guns were still rampant in various countries, and everything was blamed on the gun demon. This can also be seen. What Mr. Aoyama has always liked to portray is that humans are their own biggest enemy. "

"I actually think... Parasitic beasts can only hide in front of humans to survive. Isn't this just fear of humans? If the parasitic beasts really expose their existence, then the offensive and defensive forces should be changed. "

"That's right, no matter how powerful the individual parasitic beasts are, they are insignificant in front of the thermal weapons invented by humans. "

"Don't think too much. Parasitic beasts are enemies of humans, so they are born villains. Facing such monsters, killing them all is the best result. "

"To be honest, the only thing wrong with parasitic beasts is that humans are on their menu. Otherwise, in nature, their behavior is just the normal law of the jungle..."

"Although I agree with your point of view, as humans, we can have sympathy and compassion for other creatures, but we must always put humans first. No animal, even protected animals, can be above humans."

"It's still a question of stance. In many things, right or wrong is not important, stance is the most important."

"Thinking carefully, Qingshan Laozei's "Parasyte" seems to be a lot more normal."

"I've thought too much. I think that although Parasyte looks normal now, it is even crazier under its calm appearance. Crazy people who look like crazy people are not scary. Only those crazy people who look very calm are the scariest."

"And how do you know that Parasyte won't give you a few ruthless blows later?"

"Haha! I didn't expect that there are still people who think Qingshan Laozei is a normal person. Newbie, right?"

...

The popularity and discussion of Parasyte began to rise continuously, but the popularity ranking remained stable at seventh place.

It can only be said that although the depth of Parasyte is very good, the overall work was also an absolute masterpiece in Lin Qingshan's previous life.

But it is indeed a lot worse in terms of commercial nature.

The real commercial comic masterpieces are "Attack on Titan", "Ghoul", "Dragon Ball" and "Dead Fire Sea".

But after all, works that are well-received but not popular, and popular but not well-received are the norm.

Works that are both well-received and popular only appear every few years.

Like "Attack on Titan", which opened high in the early stage, didn't it still fall apart in the end?

But Lin Qingshan hasn't thought about "Attack on Titan" yet, nor does he care about the current popularity of "Parasyte".

Because...

The sales of "Chainsaw Man" have been high in the past few months, and he is starting a nationwide tour to book signings.

Although the first part of "Chainsaw Man" has been completed for a while, more and more people are joining the pit.

After all, the reputation is here, word of mouth among comic fans, plus a work that is "completed" and has a good reputation, of course, it is safe for people to join the pit.

It's just that everyone who joins the pit is very uncomfortable. "Chainsaw Man" is good to look at, but the knife is really a knife.

While the comic fans cried after watching "Chainsaw Man" and cursed Lin Qingshan as a mental patient, they still had to praise "Chainsaw Man" as an extremely excellent comic work.

Therefore, the sales of "Chainsaw Man" are getting higher and higher. Relying on the vast territory of the Republic and the huge market created by the huge population, the sales of "Chainsaw Man" have directly exceeded 50 million copies.

But this is not the highest sales volume of a single volume in the comics industry of the Republic.

The real highest sales volume of a single volume is still Feng Yiyuan's "Purple Air from the East", after all, it is the "One Piece" of this parallel world.

Feng Yiyuan's "Purple Air from the East" has exceeded 530 million single volume sales, which can be said to be a record that "Chainsaw Man" can't see the back of at this time.

But... after all, there is a long way to go.

Lin Qingshan's popularity is also very good now, and all he needs is time to settle.

And his current single volume sales have exceeded 50 million copies, and are heading towards 70 million copies, so the comics industry has held many autograph sessions.

This is no longer limited to the surrounding areas of the Magic City, but also to other regions.

For example, Lin Qingshan will go to Qilu for a autograph session next.

So this time he needs to take a flight by himself to Qilu for a autograph session, which can be regarded as a vacation for himself.

The three assistants and Ito Ayumi will not participate at this time, after all, they have their own work.

The key is that the serialization of "Parasyte" cannot be interrupted. This time, Lin Qingshan will draw the characters and briefly explain the plot, and then let Akutami Yuta and the other three to complete the rest.

Then hand it over to Ito Ayumi.

It will be serialized in the magazine smoothly on the weekend.

So Lin Qingshan can leave, but the three assistants and Ito Ayumi can't.

It's just... Gu Qianli happened to be free, so she followed Lin Qingshan to Qilu for a book signing.

...

Qilu.

Wang Renfei rested on the bed for a while, turned on his mobile phone, and saw the news from the QQ group that Lin Qingshan was going to Qilu for a book signing.

He immediately sat up excitedly, picked up the "Edge Walker" single volume on the bookshelf next to him, and said, "Wow! Teacher Qingshan is coming to a book signing!"

In fact, Wang Renfei wanted to attend the book signing event of "Edge Walker" in Shanghai before.

In these years, his mother has also taken him to travel around the country.

It was just that his mother didn't have time to travel with him at that time, and his body didn't support going alone, so he didn't go to the book signing event for "Edgewalker".

After that, Lin Qingshan was busy with the serialization of "Chainsaw Man", and the length of "Edgewalker" also limited its single book sales.

So there were basically few single book signing events.

Now there is news that Lin Qingshan is going to come to Qilu to hold a book signing event, and it is not far from the city where Wang Renfei is.

So Wang Renfei was instantly tempted.

"No matter what... I want to get Mr. Qingshan's autograph."

Wang Renfei made up his mind and said with some excitement.

It is definitely something that can make him very happy to meet the author of his favorite "Cyberpunk 2077" and its original work "Edgewalker".