Chapter Summaries

After the finale of “Your Lie in April,” fans complained that Fang Zheng had tricked them into another tearjerker. At A Company’s headquarters, Fang Zheng received an unsigned letter and wondered who had sent it.

• Fans argued over whether the ending of “Your Lie in April” was perfect and accused Fang Zheng of manipulating their feelings.
• The audience recognized Fang Zheng’s reputation for producing tearjerkers and joked about the emotional damage his works caused.
• Chen Xianting brought Fang Zheng a sealed letter with no sender’s name.
• Fang Zheng wondered who had sent the letter, briefly worried it might be dangerous, then laughed at his own suspicion.

Fang Zheng connected an anonymous fan’s letter to his recent work, Your Lie in April, and ordered Xianting to identify its writer. Meanwhile, Shen Anping learned that Ding Muyu was at City Center Hospital and collapsed as he remembered the day her behavior changed after a medical examination.

• Fang Zheng read an anonymous letter thanking him for helping its writer save a love she had nearly abandoned.
• Fang Zheng suspected the letter was connected to Your Lie in April and ordered Xianting to investigate the writer.
• Shen Anping ran through the rain to Ding Muyu’s home and pleaded with her father to let him see her.
• Ding Muyu’s father said she was at City Center Hospital, and Shen Anping collapsed.
• Shen Anping remembered that Ding Muyu had felt unwell three days earlier and that her demeanor changed after their hospital visit.

Shen Anping was devastated when Ding Muyu ended their six-year relationship and left their rented room. Alone and heartbroken, he sought comfort in an anime and was reminded of the cheerful girl he had lost.

• Ding Muyu told Shen Anping she wanted to break up, saying she was ashamed that he was only a food-delivery driver.
• Shen Anping left their room, hoping Ding Muyu had spoken in anger, but returned the next morning to find she had taken all her belongings.
• Ding Muyu rejected Shen Anping's calls, and he got drunk for the first time as he grieved their breakup.
• Shen Anping remembered the anime he had once loved and watched Your Lie in April to escape reality.
• After the anime's ending made him cry, Shen Anping thought of Ding Muyu and how her cheerful presence was gone.

After realizing Ding Muyu’s cruel rejection might have been a lie, Shen Anping rushed to find her and learned she had uremia. He reunited with her in the hospital, where they embraced and wept together.

• Shen Anping saw a scrolling comment about hiding love behind a lie and reconsidered Ding Muyu’s sudden change after leaving the hospital.
• Shen Anping ran through the rain to find Ding Muyu, fearing that her rejection had concealed a serious problem.
• Ding Muyu’s father told Shen Anping that she had uremia and that he planned to sell the house to pay for her medical expenses.
• Shen Anping entered Ding Muyu’s hospital room, where she tried to hide from him and begged him not to look at her.
• After changing into clean clothes, Shen Anping went to Ding Muyu’s bedside, and the two embraced and sobbed together.

Shen Anping comforted Ding Muyu as she asked to leave the hospital and travel while she still could, though both knew her treatment was unaffordable. After she fell asleep, her parents urged Shen Anping to stay with her through the end and then move on with his life.

• Ding Muyu apologized to Shen Anping for letting him see her in such a vulnerable state, and he held her close, insisting that loving her was his blessing.
• Ding Muyu asked to leave the hospital and travel with Shen Anping, and he promised to take her north for a snowball fight once she recovered.
• Ding Muyu told Shen Anping she could not catch her breath and worried that her treatment and rehabilitation would burden him and her family with impossible costs.
• After Ding Muyu fell asleep, Shen Anping left her room and found her parents waiting outside.
• Ding Muyu's mother asked Shen Anping to accompany Ding Muyu through her final journey and then find someone else, while her father explained that mortgaging their home still had not covered the treatment costs.

After learning that Ding Muyu’s parents had given up and would not hold her back, Shen Anping called his father for help, overwhelmed by the prospect of losing her. A young man appeared beside him in the rain, and Shen Anping recognized him as Fang Zheng, the creator whose anime he and Ding Muyu had loved watching together.

• Shen Anping left the hospital after Ding Muyu’s parents said they would not hold her back.
• Shen Anping called his father and struggled to explain Ding Muyu’s situation, relying on his parents as his last support.
• Shen Anping stood in the rain outside the hospital, nearing a breakdown as he thought about losing Ding Muyu.
• A young man spoke to Shen Anping about enjoying the rainy scenery and quoted a line about West Lake.
• Shen Anping recognized the young man as Fang Zheng and remembered watching all of Fang Zheng’s anime with Ding Muyu.

Fang Zheng visited Shen Anping after tracing his letter and learned how Your Lie in April had helped Shen Anping understand Ding Muyu’s feelings. He offered to help the couple, though Shen Anping did not understand what Fang Zheng meant by saying they should sell themselves to him.

• Fang Zheng told Shen Anping that he had traced the letter and discovered their real-life love story.
• Fang Zheng said he wanted to help Shen Anping and Ding Qiaoyu avoid losing their love because of money.
• Shen Anping thanked Fang Zheng and bowed, crediting Your Lie in April with helping him understand Ding Muyu’s breakup had been a lie.
• Fang Zheng told Shen Anping that he and his little wife should get ready to sell themselves to him, then walked toward the hospital.
• Shen Anping followed Fang Zheng, thinking about how Ding Muyu was a loyal fan and more like a little chili pepper than a gentle Jiangnan woman.

Fang Zheng visited Ding Muyu in the hospital after arranging her organ transplant, and her family reacted with overwhelming gratitude. The chapter left the room in chaos as Ding Muyu’s parents tried to thank him.

• Chen Xianting told Fang Zheng that the hospital had arranged a matching organ and could begin Ding Muyu’s surgery at any time.
• Fang Zheng entered Ding Muyu’s room and found her embracing Shen Anping.
• Ding Muyu recognized Fang Zheng and called him “Pipi Shrimp,” leaving him speechless.
• Ding Muyu’s father rushed in, grabbed Fang Zheng’s hand, and repeatedly thanked him.
• Ding Muyu’s mother tried to bow to Fang Zheng, so he asked Chen Xianting to stop her.

Fang Zheng paid for Ding Muyu’s organ transplant and reassured her family after her parents learned she would be saved. He asked Ding Muyu and Shen Anping to work for him for life in return, then reflected on how he had tormented his single fans with romance-themed content.

• Fang Zheng and Chen Xianting calmed Ding Muyu’s parents after her medical crisis.
• Ding Muyu’s parents told her that Fang Zheng had paid her medical expenses and arranged for the best doctor to perform her transplant.
• Shen Anping knelt before Fang Zheng to thank him, and Fang Zheng quickly helped him up.
• Fang Zheng asked Ding Muyu and Shen Anping to work for him for the rest of their lives in exchange for his help.
• Fang Zheng saw the couple’s affection and reflected on the romantic anime he had recommended to his single fans on Valentine’s Day.

Fang Zheng offered Ding Muyu and Shen Anping work at Anime Production, and they eagerly accepted. As Ding Muyu pushed Shen Anping to prepare a contract, Fang Zheng's assumptions about southern girls crumbled, while Chen Xianting laughed at his failed threats; Ding Muyu's mother then rebuked her daughter for disrespecting him.

• Fang Zheng realized his fans would tolerate even more teasing and decided to push them further.
• Ding Muyu and Shen Anping gladly accepted Fang Zheng's offer to join Anime Production.
• Ding Muyu urged Shen Anping to print a contract for Fang Zheng to sign, leaving Fang Zheng stunned by her forceful manner.
• Fang Zheng threatened to take away Chen Xianting's bonuses, but she laughed and reminded him he had already done so.
• Ding Muyu's mother told her daughter not to be disrespectful to Mr. Fang.

Fang Zheng helped Ding Muyu and Shen Anping arrange a path to work at A Company after Ding Muyu’s surgery, framing his financial help as an exchange. Unable to get a flight from Hangcheng to Modu, he spent the day sightseeing with Chen Xianting, whose photos caught someone’s attention.

• Fang Zheng told Ding Muyu to recover from surgery, then train at Shuchiin Academy and pass A Company’s graduation exam before joining the company.
• Ding Muyu and Shen Anping agreed to Fang Zheng’s offer and felt deeply grateful for the help he had given them.
• Ding Muyu’s shameless teasing drove Fang Zheng to flee the hospital.
• With flights to Modu unavailable, Fang Zheng toured West Lake, Sudi, and Chenghuang Temple with Chen Xianting.
• Chen Xianting took photos with Fang Zheng and posted them to her friends circle, where someone understood their significance.

Fang Zheng returned to Modu with Chen Xianting after learning that Ding Muyu’s surgery had succeeded. Zhang Siyu and Yang Li met them at the airport, and their strange attention toward Chen Xianting hinted at tension Fang Zheng failed to notice.

• At A Company's headquarters, two women reacted furiously to photos Chen Xianting had posted on social media.
• Fang Zheng and Chen Xianting enjoyed Hangcheng before flying back to Modu the next morning.
• Fang Zheng learned from Shen Anping that Ding Muyu had recovered from her successful surgery and had moved to a regular ward.
• Zhang Siyu and Yang Li greeted Fang Zheng and Chen Xianting at the airport, both focusing their attention on Chen Xianting.
• Fang Zheng returned to A Company's headquarters, settled into his office, and asked Chen Xianting to make him coffee.

Fang Zheng dealt with Chen Xianting and Zhang Siyu arguing over whether to make him coffee or tea, while fans continued to discuss and rewatch "Your Lie in April." He admired their willingness to revisit the emotional series and released his new work, "That Time I Turned into That Certain Slime."

• Chen Xianting prepared to make Fang Zheng coffee, but Zhang Siyu arrived and offered to brew tea instead.
• Chen Xianting and Zhang Siyu argued over what Fang Zheng should drink until Yang Li poured him plain water.
• Fans continued mourning Kaori and discussing the ending of "Your Lie in April," with many watching the series again.
• Fang Zheng reflected on how painful he found rewatching "Your Lie in April" and admired the fans who did so.
• Fang Zheng released "That Time I Turned into That Certain Slime" instead of giving fans more romance.

After finishing Your Lie in April, Fang Zheng decided to tease his fans by announcing a new work featuring a slime. His post enraged some readers and left others dismissing slimes as weak beginner monsters, while A Company's official Weibo account rushed to follow his lead.

• Fang Zheng decided to invite King of Shadows and complete the Quartet of Another World lineup after already inviting Old Bone and Tanya.
• Fang Zheng drafted a post saying Kaori's departure had left him in tears, then teased a new work inspired by those tears and featuring a slime.
• Fang Zheng published the post, prompting fans to curse him over Kaori and argue about what a slime was.
• A Company's official Weibo staff immediately monitored Fang Zheng's post and prepared to keep pace with his updates.

Liu Jingjing and the official Weibo team rushed to respond after Fang Zheng posted an update about his latest work. They published their own announcement for the same release and rallied to protect the account’s reputation.

• A staff member told Liu Jingjing that Fang Zheng had posted an update, and she was shocked by its popularity.
• Liu Jingjing urged her team to publish the information Director Zhang Siyu had provided and worried that Fang Zheng was undermining their department.
• The official Weibo girls complained that Fang Zheng kept taking their work and attracting far more followers than their account.
• Liu Jingjing rallied the team, and they posted an announcement for Fang Zheng’s latest work, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, airing at seven.
• Liu Jingjing felt relieved that Fang Zheng’s post had not revealed too much and left the official account room to respond.

Liu Jingjing tried to make fans accept her team as the official Weibo girls, but they focused on mocking the claim instead of discussing Fang’s latest work. The girls turned their attention to eating and dieting, while fans eventually began talking about the new anime, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

• Liu Jingjing planned to use Fang’s latest work to establish her team’s identity as the official Weibo girls.
• Fans mocked the team’s claim and called them a marketing account, leaving Liu Jingjing frustrated.
• Liu Ruoruo told the girls to eat as much as they wanted in the cafeteria at noon.
• The girls worried about gaining weight and decided to buy slimming tea.
• Fans stopped teasing the official Weibo girls and began discussing Fang’s new anime, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

Fans eagerly awaited Fang Zheng’s new work, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,” while doubting that its weak slime protagonist could survive the dangerous New World. The premiere opened with a devastating fire, leaving the audience wondering how the slime would endure.

• Fans discussed the announcement’s reincarnation and slime keywords and questioned Fang Zheng’s choice of protagonist.
• Fans waited impatiently for A Company’s new anime to premiere.
• “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” began with a New World engulfed in flames.
• The audience watched people flee and a human girl get swallowed by the fire.
• Fans doubted that a slime could survive in such a dangerous world and joked about confronting Fang Zheng if the protagonist died immediately.

The anime introduced Satoru, a thirty-seven-year-old A-Studio employee who reflected on his peaceful life and lifelong singleness. As the audience joked about Fang Zheng advertising his company and teasing single viewers, Satoru’s story remained poised for the reincarnation promised by the title.

• The anime shifted to modern Kyoto, where Satoru strolled through the peaceful city and admired its calm atmosphere.
• Satoru described his ordinary life, including graduating from university, joining a large ACG company, and earning a good salary.
• Viewers recognized the company as A-Studio and joked that Fang Zheng had inserted another shameless advertisement.
• Satoru said he had been single for thirty-seven years, prompting viewers to complain that the anime was teasing single people.

Viewers mocked A Company employees for being single, then eagerly reconsidered when one claimed the company had many pretty women. The anime showed Satoru meeting his junior colleague and the colleague’s girlfriend, leaving the audience grumbling about being fed couple affection.

• Viewers used Fang Zheng’s Valentine’s Day post to tease him and mock A Company employees for being single.
• An A Company employee claimed there were many pretty women at the company, and the viewers quickly changed their tune and sought to befriend him.
• The audience thanked supporters and begged the Big Shots for more support.
• Satoru greeted his junior colleague, who was accompanied by his girlfriend.
• The girlfriend introduced herself to Satoru, prompting viewers to complain that Fang Zheng was feeding them dog food.

Satoru was stabbed while protecting his junior colleague, and a mechanical voice began granting him resistances and altering his body. As Satoru lay bleeding, he asked his colleague to erase the contents of his computer before appearing to die.

• Satoru pushed his junior colleague out of the way of an attacker’s knife and was stabbed in the back.
• A mechanical voice announced that Satoru had acquired heat, thrust, and physical attack resistance.
• As Satoru feared he would die from blood loss, the voice granted him pain nullification and created a body that required no blood.
• Satoru told his junior colleague to erase the contents of his computer’s hard drive and urged him to make his girlfriend happy.
• Satoru smiled on the blood-soaked ground, leaving the audience to wonder whether he had died.