I just want to quietly draw manga Chapter 347

Code Geass’s final episode had ended. It had been only one hour, but comments were already flooding in. On Haruki’s account, and on the Evermark official account, every director who worked on the show, including the popular animators, had their accounts filled with angry comments from fans.

“Fk you Muzishiro and your cliffhanger.”**

“MUZISHIRO I HOPE BOTH SIDES OF YOUR PILLOW ARE WARM TONIGHT. No, that’s too light for you. I’m not that creative—roast him on behalf of me also.”

“I’m gonna find out where you live and mail you 10,000 letters that just say ‘WHAT HAPPENS NEXT’ every single day until June.”

“I THREW MY REMOTE AT THE TV AND NOW I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY WIFE WHY THERE’S A HOLE IN THE SCREEN. MUZISHIRO, YOU OWE ME ¥80,000.”

“Just remembered I have to wait 6 months and blacked out again.”

“I normally don’t condone giving threats online or giving a hard time to creators, no matter how bad or controversial it is, but this time you crossed the line. In all my 30 years I haven’t felt impatient like this. I can’t wait to know what happens next. I will join you guys.”

“Muzishiro, I survived your emotional stuff, and now you’re changing your strategy again. Do you really want to kill your fans that much?”

“The directors are going to do some promotion at public places. I will drive 3 hours if I have to, but I want answers for what happened next.”

“I also want answers about why they decided to end it there. Did they not feel like this was enough? Did they want to create more engagement?”

“Forget it. I know all of them say it was Muzishiro’s idea, and I believe it. It must be his idea. Now it makes sense, he did the earlier interview, and now he’ll hide until the commotion dies down. Classic Muzishiro style.”

“He sure knows how to survive the aftermath. Next time he comes public, even if the story isn’t finished, we have to ambush him. We know his work always has something that will anger us. Next time we won’t let him go unscathed, even if the story isn’t finished.”

“+1”

And after one hour, a new hashtag—#stopabusingfans—started trending and quickly reached No. 3 in Japan. By the next day it would surely reach No. 1.

Meanwhile, in Muzishiro’s old fan community:

“I can’t take it. I thought I adapted to cliffhangers, but Muzishiro has reached new heights. I am low on oxygen. I may not be able to watch with you guys next season.”

“Cliffhanger_enjoyer40003 has fallen. Press F to pay respects.”

“F”

“F”

“F”

“We had a watch party for the final Code Geass episode. I am the only survivor. They all had shock and went into coma, and left me suffering.”

“Lucky them. I wish I also had gone into coma until next year.”

“This is Cliffhanger_enjoyer40003’s wife. He’s not dead, but he won’t stop muttering ‘what happens next’ and won’t eat. Should I call a doctor?”

“Sorry ma’am for your loss. This is the last stage of cliffhanger syndrome. There is nothing we can do. My condolences.”

Conspiracy theories also started flying:

“THEORY: Muzishiro already animated season 2 and is just torturing us for fun.”

“I’ve analyzed every frame of the ending. There’s a 0.3-second shot where you can see [14 paragraph essay].”

“It’s not that deep, my guys 💀 it’s just Muzishiro things.”

The few people who had recovered enough started making memes to cope with the peak and the aftermath they survived.

“Muzishiro: finishes interview schedule before finale airs.

Fans: oh he knows something.

Muzishiro: [image of guy running away from explosion]”

“POV: You trusted Muzishiro to give you a normal season finale [video of clown putting on makeup]”

“Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Muzishiro: ‘What if I ended it RIGHT HERE.’”

“C.C.: [kisses Lelouch]

Shippers: REAL!?

Muzishiro: anyway here’s a death-threat standoff.”

“Me recommending Muzishiro’s work to my friend: [image of person handing someone a loaded gun].”

Hearing people yelling “touch some grass,” someone posted:

“I touched grass. Lelouch and Suzaku are still pointing guns at each other. Scam.”

On the other side, the somewhat rational fans, though not completely rational, had taken out their frustration elsewhere and now came here to discuss the plot, because no one was satisfied with where Muzishiro had decided to end season 1.

“The animation quality was so good I felt like I was having an eye orgasm.”

“Pause, how can you have an eye orgasm?”

“It’s a figure of speech. Why are people so dumb these days? They have to take everything literally and can’t understand a figure of speech?”

“Lecture him on your own time, this thread is about episode analysis.”

“The last episode coming together, with all the pieces moving and everyone doing different things and their past decisions affecting them, such good narrative.”

“The whole season was cooked to perfection. I think this is Muzishiro at his peak now.”

“Nah, Muzishiro’s like what, 22 years old? He just started drawing manga. I don’t think this is his peak.”

“I can’t wait for season 2. I want to skip the whole time until June. I have a feeling the show is going to exceed this.”

“And the last two episodes’ animation was so good. It was subtle but the quality went up. Not just a regular improvement, there’s some new technique being used. You have to notice it. It’s subtle but when the characters make expressions, it feels more alive.”

“I think wes had some breakthrough in animation. In season 2 we will see more of it.”

“Hey, what do you think of Code Geass becoming No. 1? Right now its rating is 9.5, and the all-time show from 2002 has 9.69. I think Code Geass has a chance if they produce season 2 as good or better with a perfect ending.”

“Just hope people don’t review bomb it. The show has been there for quite a while. Just don’t let emotional nostalgia drop the rating.”

“I think it will survive. Even after six months of trending, the fatigue is there, but it’s less intense compared to the way the show hits you in the face every time you open your phone. And one plus point is that the show is doing every genre, so it’s quite universal. If you want to achieve level of ‘best of the best,’ you either go deep into one popular genre or aim for universal genre to draw more people in.”

“I don’t think Muzishiro wrote the story keeping that in mind.”

“I know, I’m just saying if you want to achieve that level you have to do one of these two things. Like Godfather did pretty well with the family theme, even if it’s one genre, the theme is universal and appeals to a broad audience.”

While people were discussing all this, Haruki had already gone to sleep after hearing people around his building yelling “F**k.”