Chapter 059. Episode 2
The discussion on the Internet about "Soul Eater: Zero" continues, which is somewhat unexpected by Xu Rui.
Later, he thought about it, maybe because there had never been such a rigorous propaganda fraud in this world, people subconsciously thought that this was a method of the animation production team, thinking that these protagonists would appear in the next episode, using clever means to solve the enemy.
Of course, there are also people who speculate that Kaoru Huangfu is the real protagonist, and everything is foreshadowing, but it was quickly refuted by people with the character introduction on the official website of "Soul Eater: Zero".
In addition, although "Food Spirit Zero" on the earth also adopted publicity fraud, but in the era of animation broadcasting, information exchange was not so intensive, even if it was Xu Rui, it was not the first time to watch the update at that time, but was recommended to watch it when it was almost over.
But this is different, the communication of Weibo forums has become a daily routine, and things rich in social attributes will be infinitely amplified on these platforms, and "Soul Eater: Zero" is such an animation full of gimmicks that can be mentioned as a topic in weekday chats.
Needless to say, some public accounts are fueling the flames in the back in order to earn traffic, anyway, they don't have to care about what the popularity is, whether it is "Soul Eater: Zero" or "Soul Eater: One" and "Soul Eater: Two", just follow the hot spots and make jokes.
There are also more discussion topics about "Soul Eater: Zero", due to the big V in the anime area, the question is basically the phantom sunspot and the brainless troll vs. the soul scientist and passers-by.
"I really didn't expect that Xu Rui, who was born in "The Voice of the Stars", would rely on this kind of curious gimmick to promote his animation, and he really fell off the altar."
"With such a strong start to this work, it must be difficult to end, I heard that Phantom Electric has been busy with a pot of porridge, and the second episode is likely to open the skylight."
"I have a cousin's classmate's uncle's son who works as a security guard at the company next to Phantom Electric, and he said that the Phantom Electric side is empty!"
All kinds of discussions have been raised, but Xu Rui only saw a few comments at the beginning, and then devoted himself to the intense follow-up production.
This time, due to the preparation, the animation production of "Soul Eater: Zero" went very smoothly, and by the time the first episode aired, most of the episodes had already been completed, so there was no need to worry about not being able to catch up with the schedule.
Just when the popularity of "Soul Eater: Zero" on the Internet has decreased, the second episode aired.
......
In the past few years, there has never been so many people waiting for an animation update, at this time, the first episode of "Soul Eater: Zero" has more than 10 million views, only one episode, but the popularity of the same period far exceeds that of "Iron Magician".
On January 13th, it was Sunday night, and even though he had to go to work the next day, Luo Ziang, a well-known troll on the A2 forum, still stayed in front of the computer, waiting for the second episode of "Soul Eater: Zero" to air.
He was bored scrolling through group chats and forums, Luo Ziang's January animation review was supposed to get many comments due to the war, but because he was shocked by the first episode of "Soul Eater: Zero", he didn't dare to write a review of this animation, resulting in this post being ignored, and he couldn't pull his face down to reply repeatedly, so he could only watch the post sink.
For this reason, Luo Ziang used anonymous trumpets to hack "Soul Eater" on various platforms, such as fabricating the collapse of phantom electricity, slandering the original author of the comic book by relying on unspoken rules, etc., because it was made up very much like that, it also caused hundreds of retweets on the Internet, in his opinion, it was anonymous anyway, no one knew that he did it, and he had the ability to beat him along the network cable.
For many people who don't like Soul Eater: Zero, the second episode is the one that can nail the anime to the pillar of shame, and they are looking forward to the plot breaking down, because in their minds, the ending of the first episode can't be continued.
The protagonists are all dead, how do you tell them to continue?
At eleven o'clock, Luo Ziang refreshed the page, only to find that there was no way to load it.
He refreshed it twice more and still couldn't load.
"Could it be that the production team really ran away?"
Luo Ziang was very excited, and posted on A2 without much confirmation.
[Sky Dog]: Haha, I knew that the production team of Soul Eater Zero didn't know how to complete the plot and ran away. [Screenshot] [Screenshot]
As soon as he finished posting, Luo Ziang saw several replies.
[Raid Leader]: Your computer is broken, right, I'm looking good here?
[Green leaves don't fall]: You're stuck on the net, I've been here for two minutes.
[Stark & Theo]: I'm afraid that there are too many people watching it, and your page is collapsing?
Seeing these replies, Luo Ziang thought of this possibility, he disconnected the network, restarted the router, and it took a while to reconnect the network, this time, you can click on the second episode.
He minimized all the groups and focused on the second episode.
Originally, Luo Ziang was still curious about how to explain the group destruction in the previous episode in the second episode, but at the beginning of the second episode of "Soul Eater: Zero", except for a few seconds of flashbacks in the previous episode, there was no mention of those protagonists at all.
The shot is the same as in the first episode, also overlooking the city, telling the story through intercom-talkie dialogue, and the camera finally jumps to a car.
"Is this a reset?"
Luo Ziang asked subconsciously, but found that the people in the car and the protagonist's team were not a group of people at all, they all looked strange, and they didn't have the appearance of the protagonist.
Then, the plot develops on a trajectory similar to that of the first episode, encountering crises and resolving them by various means.
At this time, a girl with short hair and wearing a junior high school uniform appeared.
She wields a long sword and fights evil spirits with exquisite swordsmanship, and her paintings are relaxed, and the cube-like explosions are shocking but not chaotic, which is addictive.
"Li Leshen?"
Luo Ziang heard the girl's name, and saw that she soon met the long-haired woman who killed all the protagonists at the end of the previous episode, and at this time, Luo Ziang knew that the two had known each other for a long time, and even had a good relationship.
The battle between the two unfolded in the subway, the girl's softness and fierce sword light were intertwined, suffocating, and this performance even made Luo Ziang feel like a martial arts movie, and he once forgot that he actually wanted to hack this animation.
The two of them fought from the ground to the ground, and as a result, because of Li Leshen's inner entanglement, she made a mistake and was affected by the explosion, and then she was bitten on the arm by the huge spirit beast Randy Red Lotus summoned by Huangfu Xun.
The petite Li Leshen was lifted up, and Huangfu Xun raised his knife and gently cut through Li Leshen's clothes, revealing a looming, undeveloped body, making Luo Ziang's face close to the screen, as if he wanted to see more.
"Why is this happening, Sister Kaoru......"
In the screen, Li Leshen, who was tortured by the spirit beast for a while, lost his eyes, looked at Huangfu Xun in front of him and said.
"The first time, with someone I like, for the first time, with someone who can be friends for life, two happy things coincide together, and these two happiness bring more happiness, and what I get should be a happy moment like a dream, but why is this happening......"
At this time, the lines have changed from pronunciation to background sound, to show Li Leshen's mood, the burning subway reflects the fire on the faces of the two girls, and the whole composition seems to be split from the middle, with a gray and cold world on one side, and an angry burning catastrophe on the other.
Luo Ziang was a little touched, and then, he saw the camera turn to Huangfu Xun, the black long straight beautiful girl with an expressionless face, and raised the long sword in her hand.
"Don't ...... Call me sister! ”
The knife fell, the screen went black, and the Soul Eater: Zero Three big characters appeared in the pitch-black picture, just like the first episode.
???
What?
Luo Ziang originally thought that after watching the second episode, he would be able to start hacking this animation to his heart's content, but now that he has watched it, his mind is still a mess.
"All of them are all gone?"
Luo Ziang was stunned in front of the blackened computer screen, unable to say a word.
Until, a doorbell woke him up, and Luo Ziang came to the door.
"Who?"
He asked.
"Open the door and check the water meter."
The person outside replied.
"Oh."
Luo Ziang opened the door, and at this time, he suddenly realized something.
It's eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and the water meter at home is downstairs.