A few nights later, Ren was in the study preparing a comic. He was preparing to adapt a famous anime movie directed by Makoto Shinkai from his previous life.
Mentioning Makoto Shinkai brings to mind "5 Centimeters per Second," "The Garden of Words," and "Weathering with You."
However, even these may not be familiar to everyone, but his other major work, "Your Name," should be known to more people!
When "Your Name" is mentioned, many people might think of a particular scene:
The male protagonist waking up in the female protagonist's body and shouting "Hey!" Every morning, then clearing his throat, covering up and realizing the mix-up.
This anime film has left a deep impression on many people who are not necessarily fond of anime movies. It can even be said that it was one of the peaks in the anime movies that Ren couldn't miss in the years before his reincarnation.
While it was already widely pirated before the domestic release, it still earned 75.02 million RMB on its first day, guaranteeing the top spot at the box office in the first weekend of December with over 200 million in ticket sales in the first week. It even became the first RB movie in the mainland to have its release extended.
This clearly demonstrates the terrifying aspect of this anime movie.
So after seeing the three comics in the system, without hesitation, Ren decided to use this work as his debut piece.
Of course, it wasn't only because of the huge success of this anime film.
There was also the reason for Jada's weekly magazine.
Most of the readers of Jada's comic company's magazine are women, so works with a sensitive and beautiful art style are eye-catching to these sensitive female readers.
However, this work is, after all, an animated movie.
And there is no concept of shooting and music in comics.
Without background music and lively characters, it wouldn't achieve the same effect.
After all, the music in the film prompted many people to spontaneously watch the anime.
Therefore, Ren had to focus on the art style, striving to make every panel and shot as attractive as wallpaper to arouse the desire of many people to read this work.
However, there were many things that needed modification because this work is ultimately an anime from the previous life.
The system merely adapted the original work into a comic. Therefore, living habits and the names in the book remain as from the previous world. Although this world has a counterpart to the previous world's RB known as Japan, it's still strange for a person from China to use some elements from Japan.
So Ren changed the surnames to those of China, but the names mostly remained true to the original, such as "Mitsuha" and "Taki."
As for the so-called mouth-chew wine, Ren didn't change it, because like in his previous life, China still had mouth-chew wine.
Mouth-chew wine is said to have been created by a woman in China. The original explanation was mastication, originating from a mother chewing rice to feed a baby, using the amylase in her saliva to help the baby digest and absorb.
So Ren could depict mouth-chew wine in the comic.
But the most critical aspect was the female protagonist's background.
In the anime, the female protagonist is a descendant of a Shinto shrine and performs shrine maiden dances.
These are things found only in Japan. In China, most are temples and Taoist monasteries. Even if the female protagonist was from a temple or a Taoist monastery, how could she perform a shrine maiden dance?
"It's a bit tricky," Ren's fingers kept tapping on the desk. In his mind, he constantly pondered alternative methods, flipping through the internet.
Suddenly, his fingers stopped.
Right, RB has shrines, but there are also numerous things in China!
Ancient emperors from China would conduct sacrifices at suburban temples, and these sacrifices included dedicated dances.
Thinking about this, Ren searched for these things and unexpectedly found them!
Ancient emperors would make so-called suburban temple sacrifices, and these sacrifices would include dances. The dance was called "The Six Dynasty Dance."
Of course, it was not just a dance; it was also called "Six Music, Six Dance."
These were the dances used to sacrifice to the heavenly gods ("Yunmen"), earthly gods ("Daxian"), the four directions ("Dashao"), the mountains and rivers ("Daxia"), the founding ancestor of the Zhou dynasty, Jiange Yuan ("Dayou"), and the ancestors of the Zhou dynasty ("Dawu").
Unfortunately, he didn't understand these dances at all, and the images he found online were very blurry.
So he continued to search.
At that moment, the room's door opened.
A little girl entered, carrying her small pillow, with her big eyes wide open. She said, "Dad, it's time to sleep; it's very late."
Ren replied, "Okay, just a moment. Let me finish this." He smiled at the little girl.
The girl was sensible, nodded obediently when she heard Ren, walked behind him, patted his back, and said, "Dad, scoot forward a bit."
Confused, Ren moved forward as instructed. Then he saw the girl climbing onto the space behind his chair. Her chubby little hands started massaging his shoulders, saying, "Dad, you've worked hard."
Though she was young, she was quite clever. She realized that her dad had been busy studying for her mom's sake. Unable to help much, she could only massage his shoulders.
"Is it comfortable, Dad?" the girl asked.
Ren blissfully responded, "Of course, Yueyue is so amazing."
This sense of comfort wasn't due to the girl's massage; after all, she was just a child, a little girl with limited strength. It was her thoughtful gesture that made him feel content.
He used to hear that having kids would be headache-inducing, but looking at the caring little girl, wasn't she heartwarming? Truly his own blood.
"Hehe." <(￣︶￣)>
Upon hearing Ren's praise, the little girl instinctively stood proudly, continuing to massage his shoulders.
Ren relished his daughter's filial care while continuing his search.
Suddenly, his fingers stopped.
He found a place still promoting the etiquette of royal sacrifices from the Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, it appeared to have a family of musicians dating back to ancient times, performing sacrifices periodically.
"Perhaps I can use that as a backdrop?" Ren grew more excited at the thought.
Then, he turned to Yuta beside him and asked, "Yueyue, would you like to go out tomorrow? It's Saturday; should Dad take you out?"