　　When the popularity votes for Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance were counted this week, the cuttlefish, and even the entire Los Angeles comics industry, had no idea how to evaluate this work.
　　Although the news that Shui Xin is a male teenager hasn't fully spread, basically, people in the comics industry in Los Angeles have relatively well-informed news.
　　Newcomers, cartoonists, high school students... these elements are very eye-catching.
　　When everyone has recognized that the pen name Shui Xin, the boy whose real name is Chu Yu, is a rare genius in the comics industry in Los Angeles for decades.
　　Shui Xin once again taught the comic industry in Los Angeles a lesson.
　　The number of votes with more than 60,000 votes is not only a record of the number of popular votes for cuttlefish, but also a peak in the entire province of Los Angeles.
　　In the entire Los Angeles comics industry, faintly, more and more people have already used the title of Los Angeles's number one cartoonist to refer to Shui Xin...
　　...
　　This weekend, the entire Dragon Kingdom is immersed in joy. After all, the New Year's Eve is Sunday.
　　Compared with the lively city on Saturday, Mingcheng on Sunday is a bit deserted and lonely.
　　Basically everyone stays behind closed doors and stays at home with their families.
　　Even though he was only at home alone, Chu Yu still made a table of New Year's Eve dinner by himself, and after incense was given to his parents, Chu Yu was also quite content by himself.
　　On Weixin, Zhao Qinyin and Su Lu both sent him blessings.
　　The Cuttlefish New Year greeting messages were also sent, and even some comic writers who exchanged their mobile phone numbers at the Cuttlefish Annual Meeting also sent blessing messages.
　　It's almost as if I have really become a member of society.
　　Compared with the status of Chu Yu as a high school student, the current career of a cartoonist has undoubtedly a greater impact on his life.
　　At Zhao Qinyin's home, she and her grandma had a New Year's Eve dinner together and then turned on the TV, and watched the Spring Festival Gala with her grandma.
　　Although I feel that this show is getting boring year by year, and I haven't even drawn the comic manuscript in Chu Yu's house, but Zhao Qinyin still smiled, echoing her grandma all night and chatting with her.
　　...
　　It is different from Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin, a lonely and widowed person who lives with his grandmother. It is in Wangxian, another county more than 100 kilometers away from Mingcheng.
　　Su Lu and his family gathered together.
　　Her parents, uncle, second uncle, third aunt... all the way to the seventh uncle, and the aunts, their children, daughter-in-laws, son-in-laws, her nephews and nieces, and even grand nieces and nieces There were about forty people, with Su Lu's grandfather as the center, and a total of almost five people at the table were seated.
　　"Xiao Lu, it's another one to come back to celebrate the New Year this year!"
　　"What about boyfriend?" Su Lu's grandfather asked first.
　　"Where is her boyfriend! I said last year that I would bring it home this year. Look like this..."
　　"It's not that I said you, Xiao Lu. Three months ago, I called you to go home for a blind date at the Sun's house. The conditions in the house are good. After seeing your photo, they can't forget... How about you? I just don't want to come back. I think it's just in time for the Chinese New Year. I will ask someone out the day after tomorrow, and you will meet up... If it's done, you don't have to run to Mingcheng to be a comic editor in the future. They are all so old, and they are still inseparable from those little kids..."
　　it has started.
　　Su Lu's previously relaxed expression suddenly collapsed.
　　It's like this every year, can't you stop a little bit?
　　...
　　This year, everyone has their own feelings. At twelve o'clock in the evening, a new day and a new year have also arrived.
　　The Dragon Star Award selection official website was created by the Magic Capital Seven University to select the Dragon Star Award.
　　Quietly, one hundred and sixty-seven comics were put on the shelves.
　　On this New Year's Eve, even Chu Yu, Su Lu, and Zhao Qinyin were almost asleep at this time.
　　After all, the Dragon Star Awards, which lasted for a full six weeks, really don't have to watch the website if you really want to pay attention.
　　But there are always exceptions, just like most people like to watch the Spring Festival Gala with the whole family during the New Year, but there are also many people who like to stay alone in the room and play games.
　　For fans of the Dragon Kingdom, this evening, compared with the New Year, the start of the Dragon Star Award selection also made them excited.
　　The selection of such an award is not only a grand gathering for cartoonists, but also a grand gathering for their fans.
　　In the eyes of many comic fans, it has been "9012" and the Internet has become so popular, but the comics industry does not seem to be connected to the Internet.
　　Each province has its own comic company and its own sales channels.
　　Fans from neighboring provinces don't understand each other's popular comics. It's just too normal.
　　Logically speaking, under such circumstances, online publishing should be a channel for a comic company to expand the influence of its excellent comics.
　　However, the imagination is full and the reality is very skinny. The comic companies that try this way often not only fail to attract the attention of other provinces, but because of the online publication of the periodical buyers in their own provinces, they do not buy physical periodicals. Now, I went to watch the serialization on the Internet, which caused a huge decline in the sales of comic magazines, and the revenue of the comic agency plummeted.
　　With the failure of predecessors in the first place, the comic companies that followed were tacitly focused only on physical journals.
　　This has also led to the current situation in the Dragon Kingdom comics world.
　　It is also because of this that the comic recommendation section of Xinman.com has a certain popularity. Although the netizens above do not all want to read pirated posts on it, but you comic clubs have no promise in letting the original works be distributed to other provinces, so you can't blame people. Go to the Internet to see piracy at home.
　　Although those works are often sealed and posted when they look at it...
　　For the selection of the Dragon Star Award, UU Reading www.uukanshu. Com just satisfies the need of Dragon Manga fans who want to know what other province comics are like.
　　They are genuine, and they are basically the first-name comics of various provinces. The viewing experience is undoubtedly much better than the pirated posts of Xinman.com, and you can also complain and leave comments in the real-time comic reading on the website.
　　So every year, when the Dragon Star Award starts to be selected, the traffic on the official website of the selection will reach a terrifying value during the Chinese New Year.
　　....
　　At two o'clock in the morning, the Dragon Star Awards official website updated these comics two hours later.
　　One point into the Dragon Star Awards official website, Li Xing saw the ranking of that comic.
　　The ranking list of participating comics for the Dragon Star Award is calculated based on the number of paid readers of this comic.
　　The number one work is the popular masterpiece of Qin Province, Blazing Feather, which has only been logged into this website for two hours.
　　In the work information, after reading the first three free comics, the number of people who top-up and paid to read the subsequent comic chapters has exceeded 90,000. Even every time the interface is refreshed, Li Xing will find that the number of people paying for the work has increased rapidly.
　　The second-ranked work is still a popular comic book in Qin Province, Soul of War, and the number of paying people has just exceeded 80,000.
　　The third-ranked work is still a popular work of Qin Province, my teacher's secret, and more than 60,000 paid readers.
　　From the fourth to the seventh, they are all well-known cartoons in Qin Province.
　　Only the eighth-ranked work is the work of Jiangsu Province, Xia Zhimeng.
　　Although it is only a temporary situation, isn't Qin Sheng's work that actually ranks eighth?
　　Li Xing's eyes condensed, and he wrote down the name of this work. He will definitely come back to read this comic by then.

another work published by me {My Cartoonist Guide}

　Chu Yu, a senior two-dimensional fan, a dead house in the eyes of others, and a cheating comic book author in the eyes of readers!
On that day, he obtained the system that carries many excellent comic works on the parallel world earth... and
began his life as a comic artist who considered himself a legend, but was actually a silly comic artist!
Reader A, "Teacher, please, please finish drawing the full-time hunter first and then open a new hole? It's been three years, and three years later, three years have been opened for ten years. You want me Will my son burn me the full-time hunter's final chapter?"
Reader B, "Old thief Chuyu, you know what a fart cl. If you don't resurrect Furukawa, I will send you the blade tomorrow!"
Reader C, "Hehe, Xiangbei is down !" It's over in the top eight in the country? Chu Yu Lao Kengbi, do you want to pass by saying "the dream of youth is imperfect"? I swear, I will die for your works in the future, outside of death, from my house If I jump down, I won’t look at it again!"


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With the cash and watch in tow, the group drove off in their car.
Li Du kept the watch in little bug's black hole. He had the real deal, why would he wear
a fake? He could not bear to dump the imitation watch, but could not derive any
happiness from keeping it either.
They stayed another night in a hotel and the next day, they started their journey back to
Phoenix.　　
Amengda Mountain in South Africa had been purchased successfully, and Li Du was
free to go over to develop the area any time he wished.
However, Li Du wanted to let Carl arrange for the diamond inspection team to conduct
their checks first. He was not in a hurry to begin the development and was keener to get
an evaluation of Amengda first.
For now, he wanted to go and resolve the bet he had made at Harry Winston, Inc. He
had to obtain Carlston Fritz's shares!
Sophie had returned to the villa first, and the five little ones had set up their own base in
the spacious backyard. Each of them drew out their territory.
Little Flathead, Ah Meng, had the largest territory. The four little ones were unwilling to
provoke Ah Meng. The hounds were clever enough to notice the wariness of their four
bosses, and were even more cautious around the new family member.
The truck entered the villa's grounds, where Big Quinn's wife, Rosalind, was waiting for
him with their three children. Seeing their father, the children climbed onto Big Quinn
and hung onto him like monkeys.
It was a heart-warming moment: Godzilla brought his gifts over to Victoria, Brother Wolf
went to see his recovering daughter and Lu Guan was reunited with his Golden
Retriever.
Hans wanted to take the opportunity to leave as well, and said, "I miss my sister very
much. I want to visit her."
"No, the two of us have to organize these books," Li Du said firmly.
Hans instantly lost his enthusiasm and said lifelessly, "We have to do all that work?"
Li Du said, "What if there are valuables in this pile of books? We have to look carefully."
Big Ivan took the initiative to bring down the books from the car. Hearing Li Du's words,
he took out a comic book that had been preserved in pristine condition. He passed it
over to them and said, "That's right. Look, this book seems like it could be valuable."
With a smile, Hans took the book from Big Ivan. His eyes widened.
Hans held the book in one hand and his phone in another. Then, seeing that his mobile
connection was too slow, Hans yelled at Lu Guan, "Let go of your stupid dog and bring
me my laptop! Hurry!"
Li Du stepped over, took a look at the book and said, "Aren't you being too dramatic?"
The comic book looked like it had been around for some time. The red cover page had
turned dull. On the front cover, Spiderman carried a little boy and was about to swing off
a skyscraper. There were shadows of cars on the streets below him.
The top right corner of the comic book carried the numbers '1962', and the bottom left
corner was labelled '12 cents'. The word Marvel was neatly printed above Spiderman. It
was a Marvel book.
Hans said, "Dramatic? I am beside myself. This seems to be the first Spiderman comic
book from 1962. If it really is, this is very valuable."
"More than ten million dollars?" Li Du asked expectantly.
Hans rolled his eyes, "How can that be? But it might fetch a few hundred thousand or a
few million."
Once he laid his hands on his laptop, Hans quickly made an internet search. Then, a
piece of news flashed on his screen. There was a picture of their comic book on the
news website.
The headline was, 'Spiderman' Snapped Up At Paris Auction. Comics Connection Pays
1.2 Million.
The news article described the story of that comic book. At an auction in Paris last year,
that first issue of Marvel's Spiderman comic was brought out, and Comics Connection
bought it for 1.2 million. It was actually exhibited in its town hall!
After reading that piece of news, Hans carefully removed the packaging to examine the
comic book more closely.
Having read the publishing details, he could not help but pump his fist in the air. He
yelled, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! This is awesome! It's this book! One million and 200,000 !
One million and 200,000 US dollars!"
Shocked, Li Du asked, "Really? Someone would actually fork out over a million for a
comic book?"
The most expensive books that Li Du had come across were the set of National
Geographic magazines he kept. They were priced at more than ten million.
However, that was ten million for more than a thousand magazines. Besides, most of
those were the only existing copies in the world. Also, from his perspective, National
Geographic magazines represented parts of history. It belonged to the narrative of all
humankind, and was not something that comic books could compare to.
Now this comic book disrupted his understanding and knowledge of magazines and
their value. A comic book, one that was published only fifty odd years ago, could
actually be worth more than one million?
A million was not the most they could earn from the comic books, however. As they
continued to organize the stack of comic books, they found a few more that were as
precious or even more so.
One of those was the first issue of Superman. On the front cover, Superman was
wearing his iconic red cape, blue spandex top, and red pants. He was running away
from a storm, looking as cool as ever.
In the middle of the front cover were the words 'Action Comics #1'. This meant that it
was the first issue.
Hans caressed the dated comic book and said, looking punch-drunk, "This is history.
We are looking at history. Buddies, this was the start of it all, the birth of American
heroes! We are looking at a baby photo of an American hero!"
Li Du asked, "Is it very valuable? Run an online check, how much can it fetch?"
Hans said, "There are no trading records online. At most, there are only ten copies of
'Action Comics #1' in the entire world. Even DC Comics Company don't have it… oh,
they had it previously, but it was stolen!"
Li Du was optimistic, "Then it should be worth a lot, right?"
"Let's put it this way, don't talk about money, brother. This book is priceless!" Hans
exclaimed. "There are no trading records of the original copy of this comic. However,
the re-released copy was sold for 1.8 million US dollars!"
Li Du was shocked. "A re-release version can fetch such a high price? Are those comics
collectors crazy?"
Hands said, "The high price is due to the main character. Superman is iconic, it is the
first superhero in human history!"
Li Du shook his head, "At the time of the Ming dynasty, we already had a superhero
named Sun Wu Kong in China. This is the first superhero in our history."
Hans called out, "Who cares who came first? Anyway, this comic is very valuable. It is
very, very valuable!"
Li Du carefully took the book out of the wrapping paper.
There was a price indicated on the front page. The comic was published in June 1938,
and its selling price had been ten cents.
As Hans continued to call out, 'careful, careful', Li Du checked the information related to
that comic book. 　　
The first issue of Superman comics, 'Action Comics #1', was the holy grail in the comics
industry. It was said that there were fifty copies of it in the world, but there were less
than ten registered on the official records. They were sitting either in huge publishing
houses or in the hands of billionaires.
Besides, Li Du also found a hand-painted copy of the 'Fantastic Four' that had Stan
Lee's autograph on it. That comic book was also worth a lot. Comic books hand-painted
by Stan Lee were typically exhibited in the gallery of Marvel Comics. Few of them were
found in the possession of individuals.


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

Everything's a cycle, you know?
The first weeks that after they basically fired me from the hotel, I started to look for a new job. Again. I sent my resume to whatever job opportunity I could find. Again. I felt extremely stressed and anxious every time a company showed me they were interested in me, but I still manage somehow to get job interviews. Again.
But, when I had a job interview scheduled, I started to think for excuses that would make me believe having that job was a bad idea. Things like: "they'd pay you too little," "your workplace would be really far away, and I don't like this neighborhood. I don't want to leave my car here, unprotected, all day long," "your workplace would be one of the most depressing ones I've ever seen," "you don't really know or care about this place," "really? Sales? You, the most introverted person you know, think you'd be good at sales?"
And so on.
Also, I feel sometimes, during the job interviews, I was too honest, and sometimes too dishonest.
And sometimes I just simply forgot about the interview. Well, one time I remembered it… 5 minutes before. And when that happened I wasn't shocked or sad or had a mini heart attack, I was just like "well, it seems I'm not getting that job. Anyway…"
So, yeah…
But then, after I saw some starting publisher was looking for comics and manga artists, I decided to distract myself from my constant failures learning a new useless ability. Again. So I bought some how-to-draw-manga books, some mechanical pencils, a sketchbook and a couple specialized pens for the inking and started to watch some how-to-draw tutorials. 
As the time passed by I began to understand how precise drawing is—a line half a millimeter to the left or right, or a slightly sharper curve could make the different of a really neat drawing or a piece of garbage—and how complex is the world we live in: reality could broke down in infinite shapes that are combined in infinite ways—and it's really important to understand them well to get the light and shadows right—how incredibly complex is the human body, and how incredibly well artist understand it; how artist must understand extremely well what they're drawing, and how you need to practice anything you're drawing—not only any object but parts of the human body, like hands (they're so free and active and important there's an infinite amount of ways to draw them, and an infinite amount of ways to get them wrong, but I like to draw them, though,) legs (they're a little complex because the shape of both the thighs and the calves are a little asymmetrical and change depending on the perspective, and the knees are slightly tilted and pointing outwards,) body proportions (it's just hell to get everything right,) hair (there are an infinite amount of hair types and styles, and you need to make hair strands a little bit varied to make them look natural but I always end up making them exactly the same or extremely similar, so they end up looking weird,) eyes (there are a lot of shapes and sizes, so I always end up drawing the same ones, and I'm really avoiding drawing pupils because they end up looking like serial killers,) eyelashes (believe it or not, I have some problems when it comes to make them look right and not like ugly thorns coming out of someone's eyes,) arms (because they're not just cylinders, they change slightly in size and shape especially in the elbow area,) feet (I have problems to draw them in some specific angles and viewpoints;) and different other things relating to a character, like expressions (there are so many of them, and a lot are so similar it's really easy to draw the wrong one, and at the moment you're about to draw them, you realize you only have a vague idea of how they are, so you start making those expressions while looking at the mirror, or the front screen of your phone,) body language (same thing as the previous one,) and clothing (there are so many different types and styles, and I have a really hard time drawing folds that look natural and express how tight or loose the clothing is.)   
Also I began to understand inking is extremely precise and, for most of the time, a pain in the ass—even if you're the most careful you can be, the chances you'd draw a wrong line and screw everything up are really high, especially with hands. 
It doesn't matter how much time you spend making your drawings as best as you can, they'll immediately look like shit.
Also, I don't know why but, once you inked your whole drawings, you then realize the arms are too long, or the hair was placed too high, or the eyes aren't that aligned, or the eyebrows are too thick, or the nose is a little too big, or the torso was too thin, or too thick, or the legs were too long, or etcetera.
And also also, since I wanna draw comics, I have to choose the size and shape of each panel (and this is more important than you think because it can help your storytelling and the rhythm of it,) the scene, the viewpoint, the character's poses, the backgrounds and etcetera.
What I'm trying to say here is that there's A LOT of variables when it comes to drawing, and I have to master ALL of them.
Anyway, for the next month or so I spent most of my day reading—mostly manga and comic theory books by Will Eisner and Scott McCloud—writing, learning how to draw manga style, watching anime and taking screenshots of characters I wanted to draw—maybe because of their expression, their hairstyle, the light and shadow on their faces, their hands, the folds in their clothing, their body pose, and so on.
Nothing else happened, but at least I haven't felt that happy since ages—I never really thought I could survive as a comic/manga artist, to be honest, but it was nice to forget about everything else and draw.
But I still needed a job, especially when that starting publisher struggled to sell all the comics they started printing.
So I started to look for a job. Again.
Then, one day, I was buying some groceries and, in my way to the checkout, I stumbled with their Funko Pops on sale. Now, I'm not a really big fan of those figures, but I had more than a couple of them at home, so I decided to check them out.
There I found some Yu Yu Hakusho figures—Botan, Kurama, and Hiei. Now, this last one caught my eye because of that "Special Edition" sticker.
Just out of curiosity, I took my phone and checked how much it was selling online—they're normally cheaper there.
But there wasn't anyone selling them in my country—except for some really sketchy post of buy-it-now-and-we'll-order-it-from-China-and-in-a-month-or-two-you'll-receive-the-totally-legit-not-fake-funko-you-ordered.
For me it seemed like a really good business opportunity.
So I bought it and sold it online in two days.
I tripled its price.
But I could totally sell it at a higher price.
And considering taxes and commissions, I didn't get that much, but I still got a good deal, though.
So I had a bad business idea.
How about I started checking everywhere for opportunities like this. Or how about I started buying Funko Pops that were common now, but will definitely increase they value in a year or so—like that Spike Spiegel Funko I decided not to buy a couple years ago, and now it's worth like ten times its original value or something.
Think about it: a business specialized not in selling the same Funko Pops everyone's selling, but the rare ones, the discontinued ones; the kinda place collectors would get the figures they can't find anymore.
It could be a good business opportunity—even though the fact it could be doesn't mean it will be. 
Anyway, I was excited with the idea, so I started dedicating all my mornings to look for rare and cheap Funko Pops—and all my afternoons to read, write and learn how to draw. 
The first day I visited some convenience stores. Some of them had a few ones, but they weren't that interesting—all of them were sold even cheaper everywhere online.
I also visited a geek store near there. They had A LOT of Funkos. Walls and walls of them, so I spent a lot of time looking for the ones I didn't see everywhere/knew they were basically worthless, taking pictures of the interesting ones, looking for them online, asking the clerk about their prices, and getting disappointed because they were expensive. 
Except for one: a Guillermo del Toro Funko Pop!
I didn't know that existed, so I checked online, and they were some on sale, but at a really high price.
When I asked the clerk for the price on that one, he told me it was on clearance.
So I obviously bought it.
I sold it the same day—even though I was almost certain no one would want it.
Then I start buying more and more of those Funkos. At first I just bought the ones that were cheaper than other places and may increase their price in the future—like a SSJ Goku glow in the dark, a Darth Maul, a Jackie Chun Limited Edition.
I then realized I spent a considerable amount of money—but nothing to worry too much about; I just used a big part of my emergency savings, and not my life saving (which I'm not gonna touch for this.)
So I decided to start thinking a little bit more about my investments. I checked online for all the offers available for the franchises that seemed promising to me—you know, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Disney, Evangelion, Naruto, Star Wars, and so on. And when I say all, I mean all—we're talking the bottom of the barrel here.
I found a cheap Cowbow Bebop collection—everything except Spike and Ed with Ein—at a really cheap price—but when I bought it the seller backed down because he solved his financial problem that made him offer that part of his personal collection, and I was happy but sad about it.
I also found a cheap Evangelion collection—Summer Convention Asuka, regular Asuka, Shinji, Rei and a bloody Eva Unit 1. The limited Asuka had a little bump on the bottom, but considering the price it was worth it.
Except I already had a bloody Eva Unit 1.
At first I was like: "It's Evangelion, it's a safe investment. And those are exclusives. They're gonna increase their price in no time."
And then I was like: "Maybe, but I don't need two of them. Besides, the Eva I have right now has a free change or refund warranty from the site—the country's equivalent to eBay." 
So I bought that guy's collection.
Then I waited its arrival—all the figures were in really good conditions, even the Convention Asuka, whose bump wasn't that big of a deal—checked both Evas and returned the one in the least great condition—which was the one I had in the first place. 
The company that sold me the first one asked me why I wanted the refund, and I said I didn't need it anymore or something like that. Then they just texted me: "well, we'll losing money for the return shipment, but it's fine."
That same day, I received a couple Funkos I bought online from different sellers—a Rock Lee and an Itachi. The last one even came with a protector box—you know, the plastic and transparent ones that are supposed to keep your Funko in pristine conditions. 
But underneath the protector box I could see the Funko's box was kinda broken.
Irony, I know.
When I tried to return it, I realize this one didn't have the free change & refund warranty, so I had talk to the seller and convince him to change my product for free. 
And the seller was none other than the one of the passive-aggressive text.
So, I sent them the most apologetic message I could write.
They just told me to return the Funko and gave me a refund.
And that was that.
Then I came to the conclusion I still wasn't investing and managing my improvised store smartly enough, so I made an Excel file with all the items I considered interesting from all the stores and sites I visited: it had their price; the lowest price I could sell it in different sites—the eBay equivalent, Amazon (I'm currently working to be a seller there, but it's not that easy,) Facebook Marketplace, and maybe eBay (I still have to check out everything about that site, though, but it seems really worth it)—considering taxes, shipping and the site's commission; the suggested price to sell it in each site with a moderate profit margin; the profit margin I would be earning depending on the price I decided to sell it; the lowest prices from the competitors from each site; the profit margin I would be making if I sold it at those prices.
Also the file had my inventory and all the data about profit, competitor's prices, suggested price, etcetera.
It also has a simple calculator with all that data so I could check really quickly if an offer was worth my interest or not.
I know, I know, that's what Excel's for, and most people could do something way better in a blink of an eye.
But this is something I made with no job experience in that regard. 
I haven't used Excel since college.
And I think I did pretty well, so I'm proud of myself.
Anyway, when I finish preparing this improvised business maybe I'd need to get a job to get some money to invest—and to recover my previous investment, and to save a little... if I can.

So maybe I'll have to start the job-looking cycle once again.

Becoming a hikikomori has nothing to do with rejecting society or having trouble adapting. It’s about emptiness.

With the end of book one, I will be taking a week off to focus on story planning and some other things...Like editing, yeahhh :( a number of my early chapters weren't edited. So I will be editing them. However, don't expect some top of the line shit, perfect shit. 
As none of you know, I live in Canada and after next week College starts up again. When they do I will be doing 3-5, CHAPTERS A WEEK! (maybe more if I'm free...huge maybe.)
No, I will not drop this book I have worked too hard to quit now. However, I will be focusing more on school and Gym (the gym's a big part of my life)…on the Brightside schools online and that means… I CHEAT :D
ON TO STORY THINGS: starting book two, I will be changing DIVINE AURA TO DIVINE ENERGY because it acts more like an energy than aura and is meant to one-day rival Darkseid's Omega Effect which is also a type of energy. Also, divinity is tied to the seven great energies so calling it aura is just plain wrong!
PABLO I KNOW YOU READ DC… DON'T POST ANYTHING RELATED TO WHAT I TYPED ABOVE OR BELOW!
CHARACTER CHANGES:
1) As you noticed above, I changed Loki spelling to Lokee. In Norse mythos, the gods have different spellings of their names, and in Dc comics, they used this to create different characters. I will expand upon this later.
2)  Fire, water, light, and most techniques will become OBSOLETE because the energy will encompass all of it.
However, if need be, he could still use them without relying on his energy, after all, he's hybrid between old and new gods. And the old gods can control anything related to their divinity thru the power of faith...Mc does not have faith energy, just limited control.  It's one of the reasons you only saw him use stronger techniques when his divine energy was out.
3)  Although most techniques will be obsolete, his stronger stuff stays intact but will be changed for various reasons, so no worries. This is just an attempt to clean up the story a bit.
#An: on the Brightside, I never showed you all most of his stronger stuff so that's a win.  #
  4) Geralt's and Katherine's divine energy both need their own name so please post something down below. It is preferred if that the names are Nordic, to match character themes. However, I will make acceptations to really cool.
Some of you must be wondering why I canceled the three kingdoms arc…well the reason is simple. There were too many plot holes and I didn't want to fill them...

MMA champion Geralt “The All-father” Reinhardt has gained divinity from the last of the First All-Fathers! ODIN! Follow his story and the Dc comic book story!!!


A/n:  by my own admission chapters 29-37ish can get a bit rough...not my best work

So...boring...
I'm sitting in front of this stupid television for hours. Just now, dad went out as he got a call from his superiors. I jumped from where I was sitting and took my phone from the table and closed my room. I settled on my bed and opened my phone, as usual, nothing from Jake. He must have slept.
Poor guy...
Oh gwaaaad why do I like him this much!!!!
I opened Instagram and swiped over the pictures of my friends. Nora put her new profile pic and another as a feed. She colored her hair, and it's shortened too. But it looks great on her anyway. I am happy for her.
And then... April !!!
April...is so April... She put a story. I opened it.

"Lies are like the ocean. It doesn't matter how small or harmless it seems because it can still kill somebody."

Seriously, when I read it. I burst into a laugh. This girl is so...lame.
I started to reply to her :
Sharlow: like really, April? Get over it, girl. He doesn't deserve you. If u r 'kay .... I'm ready for a relationship w/ u. I will not complain about a sexy girl is my gal!
April: Am not Lesbo!!!!
I couldn't hold back my laugh. She's so cute. If I ever saw that Lee asshole, I will kick his butt.
I don't know how much time I spent online. I didn't realize time went by... because it's 10:30 pm! Damn!!!
"Sharlow, do you want anything to eat?" my mom asked, opening the door.
"Uhhh.......nope."
"It's been days since you ate something, young lady!" mom raised her eyebrow.
"So sleepy mom....; I am going to sleep. Goodnight." I shut off my phone and switched off the lights. Mom stayed some more time there. Then she left. This is the only way to make them sleep early. I already know that dad came home. That's why I shut off my phone. But... my eyes... are... slowly drifting off by the time they slept.
* * * * *
I think it's almost midnight when I woke up. I took my cell phone checked the time. Yup!!! It's 11:55 pm. 5 more minutes to midnight.
My notification panel was full. Fuck!!! I forgot to off my data! Shit...
I opened my Instagram and gone to the direct.
April: I AM TRYING TO FORGET HIM. AND YOU ARE TEASING ME!! It's NOT HELPING SHARLOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jake: You were online and didn't even text me! Wow!! So happy... Shaar!!!
Luke: Mrs.Leotard, how's it going?
Luke is Luke. He's a dirty-minded prick. But at the same time, he's a nice guy. I like him a lot. After me, Jake is close to Luke. And sometimes that pervert flirts with me too!! And I will be furious with him. A typical character he is.
I texted Jake first.
Sharlow: Hey, it was April there. I just answered her—Tat's ol. And I knw you were sleeping. So.....
Then I texted April.
Sharlow: Okay, WOMAN!! Don't have to shout. I get it. Ring me if you needed any help. Okay.....
Then to Luke, the pervert.
Sharlow: Huh?
After that,... I just run through everyone's stories. Some are funny. Some are like... Geez... Terrifying...some are interesting... But none will be boring. Then I went through someone's story.

"People around you don't care about you. Better care for yourself. They can do theirs by themselves"

I didn't understand what the fuck that meant. I replied to it.
Sharlow: Huh....could you explain what is this?
But then I noticed the profile name.

 It was his!! 

It was Aiden freaking Cage!!!

The guy I am crushing from the second I saw him!

OMG! Why didn't I noticed it earlier? I thought about deleting the message. I selected the message, but then I thought again... 
I never had the confidence to message him just a 'Hey". This happened suddenly, accidentally... 
Moreover deliberately... 
However, I messaged him anyway. So why I am undoing it. Let it be. We can see what he'll reply...
Then, I continued what I was doing.. swipe, swipe, swipe,...
It took him 3 minutes, 55 seconds to reply.
Yes! I counted!

Aiden: moral of it is..."don't care about others."
Hmm...
Sharlow: Then you could write that!
Simple!
Aiden: I didn't write it. I typed it.

Huh... I wanted to continue the conversation. But I doubt he'll get bored of me. I typed various messages... but I couldn't send one. So I finalized on one.

Sharlow: Whatever. I took back what I said.
Aiden: Good

That's it. That's what all you got?. Just a 'good'? Goooddd... why I am always expecting too much!!.
Shut up and move one, Shaarrr... My inner voice said to me.
Then I again, I continued to go through the stories... Finally, I couldn't resist, I put a story of an anime. I watched the show recently. But I didn't know what happened after... its season ended there abruptly. Still, I like it. So I opened Pinterest and Searched for it. There were lots of pics. I was confused about which to choose. So I have decided it's an anime comics page. It wasn't complete. But still... I chose them. And put it as my stories.
***
It's around 12:36 am. I guess! I am still online. A message popped on my Insta Direct.

Aiden: do you know what happened after this?

It's him! Uh... should I reply...What if he thinks that am a wanker? Wait! He won't text unless he wants to talk. God, please let it be right!

Sharlow : nope . . .
Sharlow: Uh... do you know?

Within seconds he replied.

Aiden: Mm. It's a simple story. That guy will beat the hell out of the villain, as he's the most powerful person on earth. But the villain wanted to be the one, so he tries to find various ways to kill him.
Sharlow: What? That's it?
Aiden: I just said the summary. There are a lot of scenes, just like the other seasons.
Sharlow: Hmm... But how do you know that?
Aiden: I read the manga. That's where I know.
Sharlow: Oh, the comics? Which site?
Aiden: Wyt, I will screenshot it for you. So you could read it whenever you want!
Sharlow: Mm.. 'kay...

After a minute, he sent the screenshot, and I looked over the page in Google. Yup! I got it. But it was more than I thought. I could read it thoroughly. He again messaged me.

Aiden: Got it?

I gave him a thumbs-up as a reply. He just said, 'Mm.' I think he doesn't speak that much. But he's always online till 1:30 or something. Maybe not interested in talking with a girl like me.
Stop. Now. It's late. Go to Sleep. My mind said to me.

Aiden: y r u still up?

Wow! He messaged again!
OMG!!
Did I mention my heart stopped for a beat?

Sharlow: Huh... I don't sleep much. That's why.
Aiden: So definitely something's wrong w/you!

Uhhh... Yup!

Sharlow: There is something wrong w/ me. I still don't know. I need to find it out.
Aiden: Ha!!! Go to sleep. Girls need their beauty sleep, don't they?
Sharlow: Yeah, maybe. But I don't!
Aiden: I didn't know you weren't a girl!
Sharlow: ha ha ha... hilarious!
Aiden: You said it
Sharlow: but u knw what I meant!!!

He replied with a smirking emoji! I don't know why I was smiling over it.
I was still stupid enough to keep that smile till I sleep!

Falling in love with someone was unexpected for Sharlow. She thought they were fooling around. But somewhere, she lost track. Fall into something she never intended to. He wasn't ready for anything serious. Neither was she. There was something in him that pushed Sharlow over the edge.

He hated girls. His heart was broken once, and after that, he decided her get into love. He thought it was deep shit. 

Until her. 

She's younger than him. But her character says more than her age. Moreover, they got more than they bargained for.
It all started with a simple game. And now they need to find a way out of the mess they created together. But neither of them was complaining about it.

I have finally decided what I want to do with this journal. A mind journal. I'm gonna write EVERYTHING that goes on in my mind. Yes, mom, everything. It's gonna be awesome. Since it has a 'Subject' label I could do something stupid like: Stupid Tik Tok Ideas I'll never do. The whole just. Maybe I'll write about internet boys because all my class are online. I'll have a section called: "Do not read means do NOT read! (mom). That seems appropriate. I know that she'll read it anyway. That's just a thing loving mothers do. It reminds me of that one IJ episode where they read out of their daughter's diary. I'm not gonna try to doodle but knowing me I'll draw eyEBALLS everYWhere. I think the next page will be a disclaimer. Mostly for mom and/or Justin. Just incase and naughties get ahold of it and wanna blackmail me. If I was texting I could add emojis, I would've added the shrug emoji after that last sentence. If I started drawing comics would Jesse and Ryan think I was cool? It's weird not using quotation marks when I write. I never write in first-person and about myself. Maybe one day this will be posted on reddit and I'll be famoose. *hair flip emoji*

Life can change in the blink of an eye. One second you can be enjoying a car ride to pick your little brother up from school, the next you're moving across the country and away from your brother to escape the memories.

Hey there! So.. as you might've read, I planned on writing a chapter last month however I wasn't in a good... mental space is how I'd put it? Not to mention, I start online classes next week and life's been hectic with last minute registrations and such... ㅠㅠ

However, I still plan on keeping this updated as this is my only story that really popped off despite the terrible writing and minuscule planning involved...
＿|￣|○  

I'm not really used to romantic encounters personally but you'd think it'd be easier to write with all these romance novels and comics I read- 

Welp, hopefully I'll have something out this month or the next as my mental health slowly gets better. //sigh// it'd be easier if I had someone to write with me and give tips but I'm too embarrassed to ask my friends~ (ㅎㅁㅎ;) 

Anyway, see you when I have the balls to write again...

(Still alive, just on hiatus, sorry)
Jake was working at the convenience store when suddenly... one of the hottest guys from his college confesses to him? 

“Y-you don’t have to give me a reply right now, Ill see you at school tomorrow!” He rushed out with a bright red face.

“Is... is this a joke..?” Jake mumbled with a dazed look on his face.

(Slow updates)
(May be some frisky scenes in future uploads~)
(Cover drawing by yours truly ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ)

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