On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Friday, people in Luo Province's Manga Industry were thrilled to see Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal break into the top ten of the Dragon Star Award's fan rankings.
For years, the best any work from Luo Province had managed in the Dragon Star Award voting was twenty-first place in the first round.
Among Dragon Kingdom's more than forty provinces, Luo Province's Manga Industry had always had a rather weak voice.
You could tell from the fact that hardly any of Modu's famous manga artists hailed from Luo Province.
Modu's Manga Industry was the benchmark in the hearts of every manga artist in Dragon Kingdom. When talented artists felt they'd hit the limits of what local manga companies could offer and couldn't expand their work's influence any further, they often left their hometowns and headed to Modu to seek new opportunities.
Among Modu's famous manga artists, apart from those who were born there, the largest number came from Qin Province.
As for artists from Luo Province, honestly, there were a couple, but none of them were famous.
Artists from neighboring provinces even mocked their Luo Province counterparts about it whenever they met.
But today, when they saw Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal break into the Dragon Star Award's top ten, everyone was cheering the series on—Mo Yu, Feng Yu, and the artists at Dragon Fang Comics alike.
Quite a few of them even called on their fans on Weibo to vote for Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal on the Dragon Star Award Official Website.
After all, breaking through the first round of voting in an award like this was enough to excite the entire Manga Industry in Luo Province.
Of course, while Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal had drawn a new wave