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Su Bai on the other end of the phone simply let out a very soft laugh.

The sound of that laughter sent chills down Li He's spine.

"Old scoundrel Su, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you, Master Li, for overthinking things."

Su Bai's voice remained as calm as ever.

"Pure and innocent love, a promise kept."

"That would be best."

Li He muttered something to himself, but the unease in his heart just wouldn't go away.

After hanging up the phone, he looked out the window and muttered to himself.

"Please, please don't let anything else go wrong."

......

The day that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived – the day Clannad officially premieres.

That night, the same scene played out in countless homes, university dormitories, and single apartments across the Dragon Kingdom.

People were already waiting in front of their televisions or computer screens early in the morning.

As soon as the time came, the familiar opening sequence of Dragon Country TV ended, and the scene immediately cut to the next segment.

The somber color scheme, the boy sitting by the window, and that familiar monologue.

"I hate this town."

Although they had already heard it in the PV, the familiar sense of oppression still made many viewers' hearts jump when the actual video appeared.

Here it comes, Su Laozei's classic opening.

I'm so panicked, I'm really so panicked.

However, before the audience could even build up their tension, the plot took a sharp turn for the worse.

On the cherry blossom slope, the adorable girl who kept calling out for red bean buns and dumplings to cheer herself up, Nagisa Furukawa, appeared.

The male protagonist, Tomoya Okazaki, although he complained that it was troublesome, still subconsciously spoke up.

He awkwardly encouraged the other person by saying that all they needed to do was find things that brought them joy and happiness.

Then comes a series of hilarious everyday campus comedies that will make everyone laugh until their stomachs hurt.

The depraved nature of Okazaki Tomoya, this delinquent youth, was fully exposed.

His best friend, the blond idiot Haruhara Youhei who seemed even worse than him, became the biggest victim.

He was tricked into shouting "I love you" downstairs at the girls' dormitory, only to be doused with a bucket of cold water by the dormitory supervisor and left soaked to the bone.

He was tricked into the girls' dormitory, and the next second he was treated like a pervert by a group of upperclassmen and underclassmen, beaten up and thrown out.

Tomoya is always the mastermind, but he always manages to put on an innocent expression as if he knows nothing and calmly stand aside and make sarcastic remarks.

[Hahaha! This is hilarious! Sunohara is so pitiful!]

[Tomoya's so naughty! But I love him!]

Are these two going to perform a stand-up comedy routine? They've provided me with laughs for a whole year!

The first episode ended in this hilarious atmosphere.

Episode 2, seamless transition.

Just when the audience thought this was just a simple comedy, the core of Tomoya's personality began to emerge.

He seemed indifferent and nonchalant about everything.

However, he was the first to discover that Nagisa Furukawa was in dire straits because he was frail and sickly, had few friends, and couldn't even recruit a single member to rebuild the drama club.

He might complain about how troublesome it was, but he would quietly help Nagisa put up recruitment posters.

When Nagisa's poster was ruthlessly torn down by the student council, he was the first to stand up and argue with the student council members using his twisted logic.

Even though he himself was an isolated delinquent, he clumsily protected that girl's small dream in his own way.

This tenderness hidden beneath the seemingly useless exterior instantly stirred up huge ripples in the hearts of female viewers across the internet.

That evening, a completely new topic unexpectedly topped the trending search list.

#The most desirable useless male lead in history#

Clicking through, you'll find nothing but female viewers' passionate declarations of love.

I declare that Tomoya Okazaki is my ideal type! He may not be the most handsome or the most outstanding, but he will be the first to stand by your side when you need him most!

[That kind of gentleness—saying no but doing the right thing—who can resist?! Marry someone like Tomoya Okazaki!]

Other male protagonists are like dazzling suns, but Tomoya is like that unreliable male classmate of mine. He'll skip class with you, get scolded with you, and be the first to stand up for you when you're bullied. This realism really resonates with me!

The character Tomoya became incredibly popular.

He subverted the stereotype that male protagonists in traditional animation are either overpowered or heroic.

It gave countless viewers a completely new experience of being protected by a reliable but useless person.

The ratings report was released the next day.

In the office of Healing Animation, an employee rushed in with a report, his voice filled with unbelievable elation.

"It's a hit! President Su! President Shen! The ratings have exploded!"

"Clannad's premiere ratings beat all other variety shows and dramas airing at the same time on the same channel! It was three times that of 'Sword Romance'!"

The entire office was instantly filled with a huge cheer.

All the employees were hugging and screaming.

They succeeded!

They used a seemingly ordinary campus animation to completely crush Tencent's S+ level masterpiece with an investment of 500 million yuan!

The outcome of this war was decided from the very beginning.

Only Shen Qingyue, standing amidst the revelry, seemed somewhat out of place.

She stared blankly at the screen.

Okazaki Tomoya, who was being scolded by the teacher for speaking up for Nagisa, still looked completely indifferent.

Looking into his eyes, which held a gentle tenderness.

An indescribable sense of unease reached its peak once again.

She knows Su Bai too well.

The more effort he puts into creating a perfect person, a character that everyone loves, the more it shows...

He was going to prepare the cruelest ending for this person.

Holding her tablet, Shen Qingyue walked through the jubilant crowd to the man who had been sitting calmly in the corner, watching everything with a smile.

Her voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.

"Su Bai".

Su Bai looked up at her.

"He's such a good person."

Shen Qingyue clenched her fist tightly.

She pointed at Tomoya on the screen, almost pleadingly confirming his identity.

"You wouldn't harm him, would you?"

Su Bai looked at her face, which was filled with fear and unease, and did not answer.

He just smiled and looked at him calmly.

That gaze, as deep as ever, seemed to see right through everything.

"I promise that the story will remain a bright and pure love story until the anime ends."