Although he had sounded so full of fighting spirit on the phone with Hisashi earlier, the pace of life that followed suddenly became steady and calm.
Regarding manga, aside from the unshakeable weekly serialization of FSN, all that remained was the drawing for 'Weathering with You'.
As for music, he himself didn't have much to do.
And with the broadcast of 'HEY^3' as a milestone, Rin likewise had nothing to do until the monthly sales statistics for 'Marigold' were out.
However, as a singer, she still had to perform vocal training and play instruments every day.
Furthermore, according to Rin, even though she might never reach Akira's creative heights in her lifetime, she still wanted to keep exploring her own creative potential.
Therefore, studying music theory and practicing composition were also essential.
In her remaining free time, Rin would come over to help him complete the drawings for 'Weathering with You'.
The rhythm continued like this for the next two weeks.
With the passage of time, issues 41 and 42 of 'Weekly Shonen Jump' were released, and Chapters 10 and 11 of 'Fate/stay night' were published accordingly.
Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 were subsequently published.
Including the previously published Chapter 9, the main content of these three chapters covered the core combat arc where the protagonist group battles Illya and Berserker.
At the beginning of Chapter 10, the camera returns to the church, where the priest Kirei Kotomine is conversing with a mysterious blonde man, seemingly discussing the battle Emiya Shirou and the others encountered.
Then the scene shifts back to the battlefield, where Saber and Berserker are facing off.
Realizing she absolutely cannot compete with Berserker in an open space, Saber instinctively turns her gaze toward Illya, seemingly planning to end the fight by killing the Master.
But for some reason, Saber hesitates for a moment.
Berserker seizes the opportunity of this momentary hesitation, violently swinging his massive, door-like cleaver to send Saber flying, and continues to pursue in the direction she was thrown.
Illya also leaves her spot, moving toward the location of the two Servants.
Seeing this, Tohsaka Rin chases after Illya, telling Emiya Shirou to escape quickly before she leaves.
But after a period of internal struggle, Emiya Shirou also chases after the direction where Saber and Berserker went.
Meanwhile, Tohsaka Rin catches up with Illya in the woods, and a battle breaks out between them.
Tohsaka Rin is shocked to find that the opponent's strength is far greater than she anticipated, and she gradually falls into crisis during the fight with Illya.
The end of Chapter 10 freezes right there.
Akira didn't change much of this plot, mainly agonizing for a while over Saber's attitude toward Illya.
According to the original setting, Saber actually doesn't know Illya.
However, in a series of subsequent works including FZ and FHA, the setting was changed so that Saber knows Illya.
Furthermore, FHA provided an explanation for this, saying it wasn't that Saber didn't know Illya, but rather she mistook her for a mass-produced homunculus, which is why she didn't react.
After some consideration, he decided to change the setting so that Saber knows Illya, which led to the series of reactions in the manga regarding whether Saber should attack Illya.
Because Saber has a strong desire for the Holy Grail, rationally, for the sake of victory, she would instinctively think of attacking Illya.
But emotionally, because she knows Illya, she falls into hesitation.
To be precise, it's not just because Saber knows Illya, but more because Illya is Irisviel's daughter.
Irisviel is Illya's mother and Emiya Kiritsugu's wife.
But in FSN, she is only briefly mentioned without detailed description; she was only fully fleshed out in the novel 'Fate/Zero' written by Gen Urobuchi.
In 'Fate/Zero', she was fully fleshed out.
And in the controversial FZ, Irisviel is also recognized as a relatively successful, almost original character creation.
Speaking of FZ, no matter what, he would definitely still have to write or draw the story of the Fourth War.
But there are also quite a few things to change in FZ, and plus FSN has only recently begun serialization, so this matter can only be slowly pondered later.
In short, from whether Saber knows Illya, to the existence of Irisviel, and then to the plot of FZ—pulling one hair moves the whole body.
This is also the most troublesome part of adapting the fate series.
However, he has one major advantage—
He is the original author in this world.
Even if he really can't manage the changes later and contradictions in settings appear, he will only be mocked by readers as 'the damn author retconning again' rather than being nailed to a pillar of shame and flamed to death.
This is the privilege of being the original author, dammit!
Of course, his goal is definitely to avoid retconning settings entirely, but that is truly difficult.
After all, even Gen Urobuchi couldn't make everything perfect; he didn't dare make any guarantees either and could only say he'd do his absolute best.
Returning to the manga itself, there were a few other changes.
For example, the fight between Tohsaka Rin and Illya actually comes from an original segment in the UBW anime version; it wasn't in the original game.
But this original scene was indeed quite good, so he decided to include it.
The reaction to this chapter online was also good, and the subtle reactions Saber and Tohsaka Rin showed toward Illya finally sparked discussion among netizens.
At the same time, the brief appearance of 'Mr. Gold' in the church also gained a small amount of discussion.
However, the ranking for Chapter 10 ultimately only achieved 2nd place.
1st place was 'One Piece' again.
In the previous chapter, the Straw Hat Pirates had just crossed Reverse Mountain and encountered the whale Laboon blocking the path, and were swallowed into Laboon's stomach.
This chapter tells how, after being swallowed, the Straw Hat Pirates discovered that Laboon's stomach actually contained a whole different world, and they also met Crocus, the doctor of the Pirate King Roger's ship.
Crocus told them Laboon's story and its promise with a certain pirate crew.
Seeing this, Akira couldn't help but feel emotional.
One must realize that the plot of One Piece has only progressed to Chapter 103 now, while Brook's debut won't happen until Chapter 442 in the future.
The two plot points are more than 300 chapters apart, which in reality is a time interval of over six years.
Even if Brook was a character conceived later, being able to connect self-consistently with a foreshadowing left six years ago already proves Eiichiro Oda's formidable creative ability.
After all, cases where authors try to fill in early foreshadowing with later characters only to end up with more contradictions and problems are everywhere.
And if Brook's setting was already decided at this moment, then he can only say it's too insane!
Man, if you draw like this, who can possibly outdraw you?!
Fortunately, he had never thought about competing head-to-head with Eiichiro Oda, so he remained very calm and didn't think there was any problem.
If anything, the fact that 'Fate/stay night' could actually trade blows with 'One Piece' in the rankings up to now was already a surprise that far exceeded expectations.
Compared to the rankings, what he cared about more was the release of the upcoming Chapter 11.
Because in this chapter, another famous Type-Moon scene would be born—