Chapter Summaries

Chu Yu promoted JoJo's Bizarre Adventure through a Code Geass interview, drawing attention from fans and the anime industry. The promotion spawned a wave of fan-made parody videos, and Chu Yu realized his embarrassing poses might make him an internet sensation.

• Chu Yu had Gu Yan and Yin Xiaoyin perform JoJo Poses in a Code Geass interview that aired after Shirley's death episode.
• Code Geass fans discussed the JoJo manga, and related topics—including Shirley's death and the Pillar Men parody—trended on Weibo.
• The anime industry's insiders noticed Chu Yu's bold promotion, while Code Geass's average playback volume per episode surpassed fourteen million.
• The next morning, Chu Yu found that fans had uploaded numerous parody videos of his JoJo Pose to Xin Man Net.
• Chu Yu recognized that the videos could turn his awkward expressions and poses into viral memes.

Chu Yu’s JoJo-inspired reaction image spread across Longguo’s internet, turning him into a meme despite his attempts to stop it. The chapter ended with fans asking for more JoJo content and reaction images while Chu Yu remained exasperated.

• After Code Geass aired, JoJo fans repeatedly watched Chu Yu’s interview and began sharing edited videos of him online.
• Netizens turned Chu Yu’s squinting expression into a reaction image and spread edits featuring him in films, television shows, and sports footage.
• Fans also used Yin Xiaoyin’s puppy-like expression in edits depicting her as someone bullied by Chu Yu, while they found no suitable meme image of Gu Yan.
• Online fans discussed Chu Yu’s sudden fame and connected his reaction image to JoJo’s Magical Journey rather than White Album 2 Season 3.
• Chu Yu asked people on social media to stop making fun of him, but Huang Ming laughed at him at the animation studio.
• Chu Yu read a fan message asking for a commercial sequel to JoJo and more reaction images.

Chu Yu’s JoJo promotion went viral, driving a surge in readership and sales as JoJo closed the gap with Blade Wind. The chapter leaves Liu Ling and Ye Chun fearing that JoJo could disrupt Tianji Manga Company’s long-standing rankings.

• Gu Yan teased Chu Yu with memes from Three Men Under the Moon, and Chu Yu blocked her before she called and asked him to unblock her.
• Fans spread JoJo poses and memes, prompting more people to read the manga and imitate its characters.
• Tianji Manga Company received a surge of JoJo feedback, and collected-volume sales rose at least seventy percent over the previous week.
• Qin Bei saw JoJo’s popularity closing in on Blade Wind and realized the company’s established rankings could soon change.
• Liu Ling regretted rejecting JoJo as Xuangui’s board criticized her judgment, while Ye Chun panicked at how close JoJo had come to Tianji’s top three.

A week after promoting JoJo, Chu Yu found himself becoming an internet sensation as fans clamored for more bizarre videos. He insisted he would continue promoting the manga and revealed that a JoJo song project was already underway, while Gu Yan looked forward to more viral material featuring him.

• Chu Yu and Gu Yan discussed breakfast, and Gu Yan teased him about being rich enough to hire a chef.
• Gu Yan asked Chu Yu about the upcoming fourteenth episode of Code Geass Second Season, then clarified that she meant his JoJo fans waiting for more videos.
• Chu Yu learned that his viral Moonlit Muscleman video had attracted internet celebrity followers, pushed his Weibo account past ten million followers, and drawn streaming offers that he ignored.
• Chu Yu told Gu Yan he would keep promoting JoJo because he had already edited videos for Code Geass and begun producing a JoJo promotional song.
• Gu Yan said she was happy Chu Yu would make more videos because they cheered her up, leaving Chu Yu questioning her enjoyment of the online jokes at his expense.

Chu Yu considered whether JoJo could overtake Era of Destruction before July and expected Code Geass’s coming episodes to boost its popularity. As the broadcast approached, fans gathered online to discuss Chu Yu’s works and JoJo’s bizarre story.

• Chu Yu worked at the manga studio while his assistants Lin Fan and He Sheng compared JoJo’s popularity with Era of Destruction and doubted it could close the gap in three months.
• Chu Yu remained confident that JoJo could surge in popularity through its upcoming showdown with Dio and promotion tied to Code Geass.
• Fans gathered on Chu Yu’s Weibo ahead of Code Geass Episode 14, anticipating the episode and joking about Chu Yu’s meme-making.
• Fans debated whether JoJo could be comedic, with one reader recounting Jotaro’s bluff against D’Arby as an example of the manga’s humor.

Code Geass’s success made Dragon Country’s animation professionals envy Chu Yu, while the series’ average views rose past fifteen million after Shirley’s death. As the fourteenth episode began, fans debated whether Lelouch would take revenge on Rolo and who else might die.

• Code Geass’s average playback volume passed fifteen million per episode, drawing praise for Chu Yu and concern about the industry’s future.
• Animation professionals envied the series’ long-term earning potential, while Chu Yu continued rejecting rights and merchandise partnerships.
• Fans gathered for episode fourteen and argued over Lelouch’s likely response to Rolo killing Shirley.
• Viewers speculated about Nina’s role and feared more character deaths as the opening played and the episode began.

Lelouch avenged Shirley by attacking the Order, but Charles transported him to the Sword of Akasha as the episode ended on a cliffhanger. Chu Yu promoted JoJo with an elaborate Dio-themed video that turned him into a meme, then focused his attention on Gu Yan as she laughed at him.

• Lelouch plotted to destroy the Order and kill Rolo after Shirley's death, while Suzaku suspected Lelouch and interrogated Kallen.
• The Black Knights massacred researchers at the Order's base, and Lelouch, Rolo, C.C., and V.V. fought until Cornelia attacked V.V. and Charles transported Lelouch to the Sword of Akasha.
• Chu Yu filmed a JoJo promotion claiming his Stand drew manga for him, then revealed himself as Dio and urged viewers to read JoJo and support it.
• Viewers shared screenshots of Chu Yu's dramatic Dio pose, and Chu Yu worried that his campaign was making him a meme even as it drew interest in JoJo.
• Gu Yan laughed at Chu Yu's embarrassing video, and Chu Yu watched her sprawled across the sofa and resolved to stop her laughing.

JoJo's popularity surged after Chu Yu's awkward Dio performance in Code Geass went viral, drawing new readers and industry attention. Tianji Manga Company raised JoJo's promotional budget to match its Three Great Manga, while Qin Bei believed Chu Yu could make the work legendary.

• After Code Geass's fourteenth episode aired, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dio, and Stands became trending searches, and creators increasingly recognized the manga's inventive Stand abilities.
• Chu Yu accepted that fans were making memes of him, since the videos were also promoting JoJo and bringing in readers who had not known the manga or Chu Yu before.
• Tianji Manga Company's research report said JoJo could reach the top three but was unlikely to surpass Star of Calamity or Era of Destruction within a year or two.
• Qin Bei dismissed the report's cautious prediction and told his assistant that the company had agreed to raise JoJo's promotional budget to match the Three Great Manga.
• Alone in his office, Qin Bei watched JoJo meme videos and hoped Chu Yu would make the manga and his own story part of the history of great manga artists.

Chu Yu enjoyed a rare day off at home with Gu Yan, who worried when she found him awake unusually early. Before leaving for work, Gu Yan asked him to watch the latest episode of White Album 2 Season 3 with her that night.

• Chu Yu woke before dawn, tidied up, and spent the morning browsing news about the animation and manga industry.
• Gu Yan found Chu Yu on the sofa and checked whether he was sick, then teased him about getting up so early.
• Gu Yan asked Chu Yu to watch the fourth episode of White Album 2 Season 3 with her that evening, hoping its story would reveal his views on love.
• Gu Yan kissed Chu Yu before leaving for work, and Chu Yu promised not to go anywhere that night.

Su Wei caught up on Teacher Shui Xin’s JoJo manga and eagerly watched the fourth episode of White Album 2 Season 3, joining the fans’ faction war before the episode began. As the episode started, the arguing stopped so viewers could focus on what happened next.

• Su Wei finished reading the JoJo volumes and celebrated how much she enjoyed the manga.
• Su Wei looked forward to the fourth episode of White Album 2 Season 3 after watching Touma Kazusa and Kitazono Haruki grow closer in the previous episode.
• Su Wei hurried home after work, ate a deluxe jianbing guozi, and opened her aging laptop to watch the episode.
• Su Wei joined the Danmu debate between the Setsuna and Touma factions as the episode’s opening played.
• When the fourth episode began, the fans stopped arguing to watch closely.

The fourth chapter of White Album 2 brought Touma Kazusa and Kitahara Haruki closer through a neighborly setup and a day spent together, upsetting Setsuna’s fans. Afterward, Chu Yu reassured Gu Yan that the anime’s plot did not reflect his own intentions and urged her to keep watching.

• Touma Yoko rented the apartment next to Kitahara Haruki’s for Touma Kazusa and arranged for him to receive a key through the News Club.
• Kitahara Haruki returned home and found Touma Kazusa waiting outside in the cold, and the two spent the night unable to sleep in apartments separated by a wall.
• Kitahara Haruki accompanied Touma Kazusa for an interview, hid her from recognition on the train, and helped disguise her after they got off.
• Setsuna Faction viewers condemned Kitahara Haruki as he grew closer to Touma Kazusa, while Setsuna remained unaware of their new closeness.
• Su Wei messaged Teacher Shui Xin to praise the episode, while Chu Yu defended the story to Gu Yan and told her the later developments would explain it.

Chu Yu returned to work as Code Geass and White Album 2 dominated the summer animation market. Code Geass Episode 15 revealed the nature of Codes and left C.C. with lost memories after Lelouch rescued her from Charles.

• Chu Yu resumed his busy routine as White Album 2 Season 3 drew attention despite Lelouch's overwhelming popularity.
• Code Geass Episode 15 revealed that a Geass user could take a Code, become immortal, and render Geass ineffective against them.
• Charles killed V.V. and inherited his Code, leaving Lelouch at a disadvantage.
• C.C. revealed that she wanted to die, but Lelouch stopped Charles from taking her Code and insisted she wanted to be loved.
• Lelouch escaped with C.C., who had lost her modern memories and remembered only her time as a slave.
• Fans rushed to preorder a planned slave girl C.C. figure as Code Geass's episode views continued climbing toward sixteen million.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure chapters featuring the Emperor and Oingo sparked a viral tongue-trick imitation challenge that boosted the manga's popularity. The trend spread beyond the 2D community, and Chu Yu saw it reach even Gu Yan and uploaders from unrelated sections of Xin Man Net.

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's popularity surged, bringing it close to overtaking Blade Wind on Xuanjing Journal's rankings.
• Chapters seventy-three and seventy-four showed Polnareff's antics foiling the Emperor and Oingo's predictions, ending with Oingo more gloomy after Iggy bit him.
• An uploader on Xin Man Net posted a video imitating Polnareff's tongue tricks, and it quickly topped the daily trending list.
• JoJo fans copied the video format, turning Polnareff's tongue tricks into a widespread imitation challenge.
• Chu Yu saw Gu Yan trying the tongue tricks and later found that uploaders from lifestyle, technology, and food sections had joined the challenge.

Chu Yu watched the Polnareff imitation craze bring JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to a wider audience, while fans debated whether it could fulfill his ambition of reaching the top of Tianji Manga Company. The discussion ended with supporters arguing that Shui Xin had repeatedly exceeded expectations, though others doubted JoJo could surpass three established series before July.

• Chu Yu saw fans imitate Polnareff's expressions and tongue tricks, and the viral trend drew more people to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
• Fans in a discussion group praised JoJo and compared its momentum with Shui Xin's earlier manga, including Initial D.
• Group members criticized Tianji Manga Company's long-running top series for feeling padded and mocked Xuangui Editor-in-Chief Liu Ling for rejecting Shui Xin's work.
• The group debated whether JoJo could overtake Blade Wind, Star of Calamity, and Era of Destruction to reach the top by Shui Xin's July deadline.
• Supporters cited Shui Xin's successes with Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, White Album 2, and Code Geass as reasons to believe in him.

JoJo’s popularity surged nationwide, while Chu Yu discussed its success and promotion plans with Huang Ming. Huang Ming also described the backlash over White Album 2’s latest episode, and Chu Yu reflected on the fan wars and Gu Yan’s suspicions.

• JoJo’s sales and promotional campaign expanded as bookstores sold out and advertisements appeared nationwide.
• Chu Yu told Huang Ming that JoJo’s success pleased him, while Huang Ming praised Chu Yu’s chances of reaching the top of Tianji Manga Company.
• Huang Ming said the JoJo theme song was still in production and would take up to two weeks to finish.
• Huang Ming explained that Setsuna fans had flooded Copycat Animation Studio’s Weibo after Kazusa kissed Kitahara in White Album 2 Season 3, Episode Five.
• Chu Yu remained amused by the rival fan factions but worried that Gu Yan had become suspicious of him because of the episode.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's popularity and sales continued to soar, drawing attention across Dragon Country's manga industry. As its seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth chapters were released, fans anticipated that it would overtake Blade Wind and challenge Xuanjing's Three Great Manga.

• Bookstores across Dragon Country prominently displayed JoJo manga alongside Chu Yu's other works as its popularity spread.
• JoJo's collected volumes surpassed three million copies per volume, while the JoJo Prequel passed one and a half million.
• JoJo climbed to fourth place in Xuanjing Journal after seventy-four chapters, putting it close to overtaking Blade Wind.
• The seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth chapters were released as industry insiders watched to see whether JoJo would topple the established manga rankings.
• JoJo fans congratulated Chu Yu online and celebrated the series' expected rise to third place.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure overtook Blade Wind and reached third place in Xuanjing Journal's popularity rankings, leaving Sun Man in fourth and Chu Yu disappointed that the achievement earned no system reward. The industry celebrated Chu Yu's record as the youngest artist to reach that ranking, while its continued growth pointed toward further competition.

• Sun Man, Wen Jue, and Liu Cheng discussed JoJo's rapid rise and its threat to Blade Wind, Star of Calamity, and Era of Destruction.
• Liu Cheng showed them the latest Xuanjing Journal rankings, revealing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in third place and Blade Wind in fourth.
• Chu Yu received no system response to JoJo's new ranking, then shared a late-night meal with Gu Yan and said he planned to aim for second place next.
• The next day, the manga industry learned that Chu Yu had broken the record for the youngest manga artist to reach third place in Xuanjing Journal's rankings at age twenty-two.
• Industry data showed that JoJo's popularity was still growing without signs of slowing down.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure rose to third in the Xuanjing Journal rankings as Chu Yu pushed through the manga's final battles alongside the climaxes of Code Geass Second Season and White Album 2 Season 3. Code Geass Episode 16 aired to an excited response as Lelouch founded the United Federation of Nations and launched its campaign to reclaim Japan.

• JoJo fans celebrated the manga's rise above Blade Wind and praised Iggy's fight against Dio's pet falcon.
• Chu Yu began drawing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's final stage while working longer hours on it, Code Geass Second Season, and White Album 2 Season 3.
• Chu Yu's assistants and animation staff worked through increasingly demanding schedules, with Huang Ming sleeping at the office and Gu Yan facing longer recording sessions.
• Code Geass Second Season Episode 16 aired, showing Lelouch unite oppressed nations into the United Federation of Nations and move to take Japan back.
• Fans reacted enthusiastically to Lelouch's new alliance, while the JoJo promotional skit continued drawing viewers toward the manga.

Chu Yu watched the JoJo promotional opening at the studio and tried to avoid watching White Album 2 with Gu Yan, but Huang Ming started the new episode there. The episode ended with Yanagihara Tomo warning Setsuna that Haruki was a traitor, setting up a coming confrontation.

• Chu Yu approved Huang Ming's JoJo promotional opening and planned to release it before the climactic fight with Dio.
• Chu Yu delayed going home to avoid watching White Album 2 with Gu Yan, but Huang Ming began Episode 6 at the studio.
• Touma Kazusa told Kitahara Haruki that their kiss should go no further and that she would return to Vienna after the concert.
• Yanagihara Tomo recognized Touma Kazusa as Haruki's neighbor after seeing her at an underground concert.
• Yanagihara Tomo called Haruki a hopeless traitor while Setsuna continued to trust him.

Fans discussed the latest White Album 2 episode and the expected endings of Chu Yu’s current anime seasons. Chu Yu told editor Zhang Jing that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure was nearing its end, then said he would rest before starting a new manga.

• Fans debated White Album 2’s love triangle and speculated that Shui Xin would put them through more heartbreak.
• Fans discussed the planned June endings of White Album 2 Season 3 and Code Geass Season 2, as well as JoJo’s future after Dio’s defeat.
• Chu Yu told Zhang Jing that he planned to end JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, surprising his editor.
• Chu Yu explained that JoJo’s prequel and main story together would exceed 140 episodes and represent his longest manga work.
• Zhang Jing asked what Chu Yu would do after JoJo ended, and Chu Yu said he would take a break before starting a new manga.