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The Handmade Tale

Originally an item found only in The King’s Avatar, a novel and anime TV series about a fallen esports player who becomes the manager of an Internet café and returns to online glory, the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella, the signature silver weapon of the evil character Lord Grim, was deemed by fans as impossible to recreate in real life.

However, Helenar Liu, a content creator on Bilibili, China’s YouTube equivalent that mainly targets Gen Zs, used her creativity to bring this fictional item to life. At the time of writing, the video recording her creative process from start to finish had been viewed over 2 expressing their praise in the comments.

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