Episode 10 Name

A weekend without work, which he hadn't had in a long time, Chu Yu finally found time to rest. He excitedly thought about how he would spend the holiday he had given himself.

Go shopping?

Shopping?

Visit scenic spots?

However, looking at the heavy snow falling outside, the ideas that had sprung to mind gradually faded.

What could he do in this weather if he wasn't working?

After going to the cinema alone to watch a movie, he felt bored. He slept for two days at home, and finally, Chu Yu's weekend ended in idleness.

This was how he used to spend his weekends before embarking on the path of a manga artist.

But after this long-awaited idleness, on Monday, he actually looked forward to his upcoming manga work.

For a moment, he felt like something was wrong with himself.

However, he quickly dismissed this thought. By the time Zhao Qinyin and Su Ruo came to his house again on Monday, he, who found English class like listening to gibberish during the day, had already finished drawing the name for Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal Episode 10 during class.

As soon as the two entered and saw the name for Episode 10 on Chu Yu's desk, they didn't say much and eagerly sat together to study it carefully...

Kenshin and Tomoe, living in seclusion in the countryside under the guise of a married couple, spent the autumn together, and time moved into winter...

The scene shifted, and the two were walking in the heavy snow.

Kenshin walked ahead with firm steps, while Tomoe followed closely behind.

Tomoe, whose strength was failing, fell to the ground. But she looked up, and before her was Kenshin's outstretched hand, his calm face, and his clear eyes.

Tomoe just stared blankly at Kenshin.

At the young man who had killed her fiancé, the young man who was incredibly gentle to her when he wasn't killing, the young man towards whom she had gradually developed complex feelings after spending a long time with him...

"I will..."

Kenshin gazed at her.

"I will..."

"Protect you..."

Seeing this, Su Ruo and Zhao Qinyin's eyes widened involuntarily, and their breathing hitched.

Although it was just a name, not the official manuscript yet, Chu Yu's panel layout had fully conveyed the atmosphere of this scene.

This young lady's maiden heart!

Su Ruo cried out inwardly.

At this moment, Kenshin's words to Yukishiro Tomoe in the manga struck Su Ruo deeply, making her feel the impact of this character.

The next scene was Yukishiro Tomoe's inner monologue.

In this monologue, she personally admitted that she had approached Kenshin to assassinate him for revenge.

However, during her time with Kenshin, she had completely deviated from her original intention.

She had fallen in love with Kenshin...

And during their time together, Kenshin's icy heart, which only knew how to kill, had gradually been melted by her.

Red-hot charcoal, the two embracing in the winter night...

Even though it was such a scene, seeing it evoked no impure thoughts in the heart, but rather a sense of desolation.

In the early morning, Tomoe woke up early and left the place where she had lived with Kenshin for so long.

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal Part 3, the Yoshioka Plot ends here.

After reading this episode, Name, Su Ruo, and Zhao Qinyin were silent for a long time.

The serialization was cut off again at a crucial plot point, and each time it was more unbearable than the last.

Where did Tomoe go after she left?

And Kenshin? What would he do!

Moreover, in this episode, Su Ruo could feel that the character development of both Kenshin and Tomoe had been completely elevated...

Su Ruo looked up at Chu Yu, and after a pause, she spoke.

"Chu Yu..."

"What is it?" Chu Yu looked at her, "Is something wrong?"

"Is that Night Scene between Kenshin and Tomoe inappropriate!"

Chu Yu personally felt this episode was brilliant, but when he was drawing Name, he did indeed feel a bit awkward about that Night Scene between Kenshin and Tomoe.

After all, he had never drawn such a scene before, and this kind of scene would be viewed by hundreds of thousands of people on Man Ying.

But since it was from the original system, changing it would definitely not be appropriate, and Chu Yu also felt it wouldn't be good if he changed it.

However, if Su Ruo, as the editor, demanded he change this scene on the grounds of it being unsuitable for children, then he would have no choice.

"Our Manga Company isn't that stuffy!" Su Ruo said with annoyance.

"I just want to ask you, how did you come up with this kind of plot?"

"If I'm not mistaken?"

"You've never been in a relationship before, have you!"

"What gives you the right to portray such delicate emotions?"

Zhao Qinyin looked at Chu Yu with an expression of agreement.

Both of them were curious, could Chu Yu, this blockhead, really conceive of such a tragic love story?

This was completely inconsistent with Chu Yu's usual demeanor!

"Cough, cough, cough." Chu Yu felt a bit embarrassed.

"This kind of thing can only be attributed to talent!"

Talent?

Su Ruo was speechless.

No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't see how the usually somewhat dull Chu Yu possessed such talent.

In this episode, Ba's inner monologue was not only emotionally delicate, but Kenshin's portrayal also reached its peak of manliness.

Even Su Ruo, who basically had a laid-back attitude towards love, was moved. And Chu Yu actually attributed it to talent?

"I really can't tell!" Su Ruo shook her head.

"Someone once said that the protagonists in an author's work often carry a shadow of the author themselves, but I don't see any common ground between you and Kenshin."

"If you had half of Kenshin's manliness, you probably wouldn't be single right now!"

"Being able to create a character like Kenshin can only be attributed to talent!"

Chu Yu looked at her strangely. Why was he being dragged into this!

He thought for a moment.

"Cough... Stop talking about these irrelevant things. Our job is to finish this manga, not whether I, a high school student, have a partner."

"And if we're really going to talk about it, the person who should be most worried about this issue isn't me, but someone being pressured by their parents to get married!"

Chu Yu didn't give Su Ruo a chance to retort.

"Since Name has no issues, I'll draw according to this plot. It's work time now, so I won't say anymore. I'm going to work!"

Chu Yu finished speaking and walked alone to the manga desk.

Zhao Qinyin couldn't suppress a smile and glanced at Su Ruo before also going to start working.

Only Su Ruo, who had intended to tease Chu Yu, found her sore spot poked instead. She looked at the two of them working, stomped her foot, but didn't go over to disturb them. She just made a mental note of this grievance...

A few days passed quickly.

Ming City in January was swept by a biting cold wind, with snow already ankle-deep.

On the Friday of the second week of January, the sales of Man Ying, a magazine in Luo Province, or rather, its sales figures, were incredibly hot.

Even in such snowy weather, a crowd of fans still went to major bookstores and newsstands to queue up and buy Man Ying.

Many bookstore owners found it strange that Man Ying, which based on their usual stock and experience wouldn't sell out even by evening, was completely sold out by noon this week.

"Quick, call the supplier and tell them we need to restock!"

This was the decision made by bookstore and newsstand owners across Ming City during this period.

"I'm sorry, Man Ying is already sold out. We might get more stock this afternoon or tomorrow. You could consider other similar magazines; Fire Dragon and Tian Yin are also quite good..."

Gu Yu, the owner of a medium-sized bookstore in the east of the city, smiled as he replied to a customer inquiring about Man Ying.

But despite his smiling face, he felt quite uncomfortable inside.

After all, he knew that even though he told these people he would restock in the afternoon, most of them wouldn't wait that long once they left his store.

"Sigh, this is the third store already, and they're still out of stock..." A student in front of Gu Yu prepared to leave with a look of disappointment.

"Uh... right, I wanted to ask..." Gu Yu called out to the student.

"Did Man Ying have some kind of promotion? Why have more and more people been coming to buy this magazine these past few weeks?"

"Promotion?" The student shook his head.

"There's no such thing. I mainly buy this magazine to read a work called Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal... As for what you're talking about, I don't really understand."

The student left after speaking.

(This episode was written while watching IG play FPX, it seems a bit disorganized. I'll check it myself. There's another chapter being written tonight, but it might be very late, or perhaps the author can't fight off sleepiness and will update in the morning. You can all go to bed early!)