Chapter 746 - Death-seeking Hatred (2/2)
“That pretty face would not save your terrible wife. I’d rather have a pretty yandere than your wife who does not treat herself as a human!”
“I did not think that morals would matter in fiction. Compared to a scientist like Zhang Yanwei, I feel like a saint. If there was such a scientist, in reality, I would shoot him myself. ”
“I’ve never wanted the mysterious power of Su, The Great Deity to come true, any more than now. This is a character who is rotten to the core, why can’t she just die?”.
Yes, in the first two hundred thousand words, readers who liked to tease Su Li about the mysterious power of “death Illustration” even raised money for Su Li to paint illustrations for Zhang Yanwei, the most abominable character ever. They hoped that her mystical power would kick in. It was obvious that they could no longer tolerate the existence of this woman.
If Master PhD could create a character so intense that people wished her dead, she had succeeded. This supervillain was a success.
If Su Li had not heard from Lady Zhao and Master PhD about this character, she would not have played her “instrument of death.” Wouldn’t it be humiliating, if her magic was a dud?
In the beginning, Su Li was reluctant to be blamed for any character Master PhD suddenly killed. Now, she was worried that there would be no chance for her to perform her magic.
Of course, Su Li chose to illustrate “Zhang Yanwei.” She purposely drew her in a pure and innocent manner, as if she was not an anti-human person, but a savior who would save humanity. Let’s stir things up even more.
Readers who saw Su Li’s illustrations doubted if Su Li had read the contents of the novel. Zhang Yanwei’s actions were depraved and unspeakable. How could she even make demons look like angels?
Readers did not stay angry for long. Master PhD used two hundred thousand words to flesh out the evil image of Zhang Yanwei. Now, she decided to use the last hundred thousand words to cleanse the name of Zhang Yanwei, the character so many readers wanted to die.
Authors loved using “cleanse the good name of a villain” as a final plot twist. Most of the time, this would start off as a random thought, therefore the cleansing would be absolutely insufficient. As a result, readers would only be disgusted by the author’s decision. The author had played them like a fiddle, and this fiddle did not enjoy it in the slightest. Sometimes readers would rather have those characters stay as villains forever. For example, Dio Brando in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” by Hirohiko Araki was a lexicon of unforgettable, iconic lines. [1]
“Within my mind is but one simple thought. Just one! To be victorious and rule! That was all. That was all I need to feel satisfaction! How I do it, does not matter! ”
Master PhD had been preparing to cleanse the name of Zhang Yanwei for quite some time. Everything was going according to plan!
Translation Note:
[1] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004 before being transferred to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. The current story arc, JoJolion, started in 2011.