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The furious roar of Director Li He still echoed in Su Bai's phone.

After hanging up the phone, Su Bai simply shook his head and chuckled.

He turned to look at the group of employees in the office, who were crying their eyes out but had expressions of being healed.

And then there's Shen Qingyue, whose eyes are red-rimmed but filled with complex thoughts.

He knew that Feng Zi's strike had succeeded.

......

Just as Su Bai had predicted.

When the Ibuki Fuuko arc is broadcast in its entirety.

Clannad's reputation experienced its first qualitative leap.

If the previous hilarious everyday scenes lowered the audience's guard and led them to define this animation as a stress-relieving masterpiece.

Then, Fuko's story allowed all the viewers to experience the bittersweet feeling of laughter for the first time.

Online discussions about Fengzi have exploded.

[I cried so loudly! You old scoundrel Su, give me back my tears! But why does my heart feel so warm?]

This is definitely the gentlest ghost story I've read this year. Fuko just wanted her sister to be happy!

I used to think that Su Laozei's healing methods were depressing, but now I understand that true healing is about being able to face the world with a smile even while crying.

I declare Clannad to be my absolute favorite masterpiece! It has the funniest everyday moments and the most touching miracles!

On major rating websites, Clannad's ratings, after a brief fluctuation due to the fraud, have actually increased instead of decreased.

The success of the Fuuko arc allowed this anime to completely shed its label as a simple comedy and acquire a depth that could touch people's hearts.

Viewers began enthusiastically recommending the film to their friends.

"Go watch Clannad! If you don't like it, hit me! If you don't make me cry, hit me! It's both funny and touching!"

Under this almost fanatical, enthusiastic recommendation...

Clannad's viewership and discussion reached an unprecedented peak.

At the height of this craze.

At the same time, Tencent Animation's big-budget production, Sword and Fairy Romance, with an investment of 500 million yuan, also officially premiered.

Thanks to the extensive pre-release publicity and the appeal of top idols, the premiere of "Sword and Fairy Romance" achieved considerable viewership ratings, at one point closely following Clannad.

Wang Hao and his team finally breathed a sigh of relief as they looked at the data in the backend.

However, before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, they were completely shut down by the market's real feedback.

Less than twelve hours after the anime aired, its reputation plummeted.

The initial audience reviews were remarkably consistent.

[That's it? You invested 500 million and this is what you get?]

[The plot is so unrealistic! Why does the male lead like the female lead? Why is the female lead so obsessed with him? It's all just sweet moments, nothing but sugary scenes, it's like chewing wax.]

The characters are too stereotypical; it's the same old domineering, aloof sword immortal and the naive, trouble-prone girl. I've been watching this kind of storyline for ten years.

If these are merely the disappointments of ordinary viewers...

Therefore, when countless well-made videos comparing and contrasting characters begin to circulate wildly online, that will be the true public execution of the Sword Immortal Romance series.

A content creator with millions of followers posted a video with a simple and direct title.

[Both Su Bai and Wang Hao offered assistance, but how significant is the difference between them?]

On the left side of the video is Tomoya Okazaki from Clannad.

He would complain about how troublesome it was, but he would quietly help Nagisa Furukawa put up the drama club's posters.

He would complain that Fengzi was an idiot, but at the same time he would accompany her and deliver the carved starfish to each of their classmates.

On the right side of the video is the male protagonist of "Sword Immortal Romance".

When the female protagonist's sect is destroyed.

He descended from the sky, instantly killing all the villains with a single sword strike, then tossed the female lead a bag of spirit stones and coldly said, "I'll protect you from now on."

When the female protagonist wants a magical artifact.

He barged into the ancient secret realm, defeated the guardian beast, threw the magical artifact into her arms, and said expressionlessly, "Take it."

There was no communication, no understanding, only simple and brutal giving.

At the end of the video, the uploader summarized it in one sentence.

"One makes you feel protected and understood, and you want to be by his side. The other makes you feel pampered, and you want to kneel down and call him 'Dad.' Which one would you rather marry?"

The comment section exploded.

[I choose Tomoya Okazaki! A thousand times over! I'd marry Tomoya Okazaki!]

[No comparison, no harm! The male protagonist of "Sword Immortal Romance" is more like an emotionless ATM, while Peng is a living, breathing human being!]

Su Bai is teaching us what love is; Wang Hao is teaching us how to keep a sugar daddy/sugar baby.

This is just the beginning.

Soon, more comparison videos emerged.

It's the same as friendship.

On one side is the Hikari-zaka comedy duo, Tomoya and Sunohara, who constantly prank each other but always think of each other in crucial moments.

On the other hand, there's the superficial brotherhood between the protagonist and his brothers in "Sword Immortal Romance," devoid of any real detail beyond their constant competition.

It's the same as family affection.

On one side are Nagisa Furukawa's lively parents, Akio and Sanae, a warm family built with bread and love.

On the other hand is the protagonist's father in "Sword Immortal Romance," who is always in seclusion and only appears to give a few words of advice when the protagonist needs the power of his bloodline.

The truth is stark and undeniable.

Clannad uses the most simple and everyday details to build a real and warm world.

The Sword Immortal Romance, however, uses the most gorgeous special effects and the most expensive investment to build an extremely empty castle in the air.

This war was never on the same level from the very beginning.

Tencent Animation headquarters, top-floor conference room.

The atmosphere was even heavier than when the Dango family suffered its last defeat.

Wang Hao sat there, his face ashen.

He stared intently at the rating on the screen, which had already fallen below the passing grade, and the screen full of negative reviews in the comments section.

His body was trembling slightly.

His proud data model and his unwavering belief in the supremacy of happiness were shattered by the subtle realism of Clannad.

"Mr. Wang, should we initiate emergency public relations?"

A subordinate asked tremblingly.

Wang Hao did not answer.

He slowly stood up, walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the bustling city below.

He really couldn't understand it.

Why did his perfect product, built with money, data, and top-tier resources, lose to Su Bai's seemingly ordinary daily life?

Why would audiences rather shed tears for a clumsy girl in an animation than pay for the epic love story it creates?

He always thought of himself as someone who defined trends.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized he might have been on the wrong side from the very beginning.

He lost this ideological battle.

They suffered a crushing defeat, utterly humiliated.