Su Ruo

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Su Ruo (苏渃)
Alias(es)	Sister Su
Gender	Female
Age	24 58
Affiliation	Ink Fish Manga Company; Mo Yu; GT Animation Company
Occupation/Role	Manga editor; later Vice President of GT Animation Company 2 963
First Appearance	Chapter 2

History

Ink Fish editor

Su Ruo worked as a manga editor for Ink Fish Manga Company. She recognized the potential in Chu Yu's debut manga, The Garden of Words, and signed him because the work moved her and demonstrated his future promise as a creator 2 3.

Her career was severely damaged after she repeatedly rejected Deputy Editor-in-Chief Song Jiayu's advances. Song used his influence to isolate her within the editorial department: her serialization proposals were rejected or relegated to lesser magazines, and five of the eight creators she previously supervised requested transfers within three months 4 6.

Despite this pressure, Su Ruo continued to support her artists. Three years earlier, she had carefully critiqued Zhao Qinyin's first submission and guided her through seven revisions until it was serialized, giving Zhao the confidence to continue drawing manga after its eventual cancellation 11.

Chu Yu's editor

The Garden of Words became a major success under Su Ruo's supervision, ranking first in reader voting for several consecutive weeks and restoring her standing at the company 11 33.

When Chu Yu mistakenly completed three full manuscript chapters of Rurouni Kenshin: Remembrance rather than a storyboard, Su Ruo recognized the work's compelling atmosphere and adjusted her approach to his unusually fast production ability 14. At the Man Ying serialization meeting, she openly challenged Song Jiayu's opposition, presented the planned titles for Chapters 4–9, and secured the serialization slot for Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal 23.

Song later had her removed as Rurouni Kenshin's editor, leaving her distraught enough to consider resigning from Mo Yu 82. Chu Yu publicly restored her credit at the Dragon Star Award ceremony by bringing her onstage and identifying her as the work's editor, exposing Song's suppression before the audience 88. Following the fallout, Su Ruo left Luo Province for RB Island to remain in the manga industry 91.

GT Animation Company

After four years working from the bottom at a manga company on RB Island, Su Ruo reunited with Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin 603. She left manga publishing to join Chu Yu's animation venture, investing more than 400,000 Dragon Country Currency for a 1.5% stake in the company 621.

She developed an interest in animation production and became GT Animation Company's Vice President. Chu Yu entrusted her with substantial operational authority, including the ability to approve company expenditures below 500 million using her own signature and seal 622 963.

Appearance

Su Ruo is a striking woman with a fair complexion, jet-black hair, and a notably curvaceous figure. Her professional styling contrasts with her relaxed, youthful appearance outside work; when dressed casually and without makeup, she can be mistaken for a girl around Chu Yu's age 7 664.

• Delicate eyebrows, crescent-shaped eyes, and dimples that appear when she smiles 7.
• Frequently wears polished office attire, including black skirts, high heels, black stockings, a hair bun, and decorative black-rimmed glasses while at work 664.
• Favors black dresses, skirts, and stockings in later years, particularly after learning that Chu Yu is drawn to that style 764 808.
• Has also worn light green floral dresses, white shirts with black skirts, kimono, and a white wedding dress 7 9 803 982.

Personality

Su Ruo is professionally serious and perceptive, but her private behavior is far more carefree. She speaks bluntly, enjoys teasing others, and often pushes Chu Yu into flustered reactions. Her emotions are especially easy to read when she is angry; even her posture and manner of walking reveal her mood 8 786.

She uses food and alcohol as emotional release. When unhappy, she tends to binge eat, and after losing her editorial position, she recovered from tears remarkably quickly after finishing pork cutlet rice and milk tea 7 82. Family pressure to marry remains a recurring source of frustration, including seven blind dates in five days during one Spring Festival visit 60 66.

Behind her teasing nature, Su Ruo is tenacious and deeply loyal. She endured workplace retaliation rather than abandon her artists, stood up to Song Jiayu in a formal serialization meeting, and fiercely defended Zhao Qinyin when Li Xiaoyun attacked her in a live forum 23 729.

Abilities & Skills

Editorial judgment and artist development

Su Ruo has strong instincts for identifying promising creators and helping them improve their work.

• Recognized Chu Yu's potential from The Garden of Words before his commercial success 3.
• Helped Zhao Qinyin revise her first manga seven times until it achieved serialization 11.
• Evaluated Rurouni Kenshin: Remembrance's opening manuscript and recognized its ability to make readers want to continue 14.
• Defended Rurouni Kenshin with detailed planned chapter material during its serialization vote 23.

Management and production

After joining GT Animation, Su Ruo shifted from manga editing toward animation-company operations.

• Invested in the company and received a 1.5% stake 621.
• Became Vice President of GT Animation Company 728 963.
• Handles major company matters as Chu Yu's deputy, with broad financial authorization 963.

Public speaking and verbal sparring

Su Ruo is an effective public speaker with a sharp tongue, especially when defending people close to her.

• Served as a host at Mo Yu's annual gala 53.
• Publicly roasted Li Xiaoyun during a live forum after Li targeted Zhao Qinyin, gaining additional popularity herself 729.
• Is notably more aggressive in public defense of Zhao than in ordinary daily interactions 730.

Relationships

• Chu Yu — Initially his manga editor, then close friend, business partner, lover, and later one of his wives. She supported his early works, and he publicly restored her editorial credit at the Dragon Star Award 3 88 804 990.
• Zhao Qinyin — Former artist under Su Ruo's guidance, close friend, colleague, and fellow wife of Chu Yu. Su Ruo treats Zhao with the protectiveness of an older sister and publicly defends her from criticism 11 729 867.
• Song Jiayu — Former superior and adversary. After Su Ruo rejected his pursuit, he used workplace influence to obstruct her artists and later tried to take credit for her work on Rurouni Kenshin 4 82 88.
• Pang Feng — Editor-in-Chief who supported Su Ruo's defense of Rurouni Kenshin at the serialization meeting and understood the purpose of Chu Yu's public recognition of her 23 88.
• Gu Yan — Chu Yu's first girlfriend and later fellow wife. Their early relationship was tense because of Su Ruo's feelings for Chu Yu, but the two gradually learned to coexist and bond within the family 730 887 990.

Notable Quotes

“If you want to be a righteous gentleman, go ahead, that's your freedom. But don't get in the way of me pursuing you properly.” 801

“I think you're great... I don't want to switch to another editor.” — Zhao Qinyin on Su Ruo's support 11

Trivia

• Su Ruo claims to be dieting, but admits she binge eats when upset and enjoys eating tempting food in front of dieting coworkers she dislikes 6 7.
• She is highly skilled at mahjong and says her family stops inviting her to play because she wins too often 887.
• She is a gaming novice and once lost more than 100,000 Dragon Country Currency worth of virtual currency playing Dou Dizhu 985.
• According to Zhao Qinyin, Su Ruo sleeps deeply enough to eat food placed near her nose without waking up 846.