Multi-Anime, I Stand at the Forefront of Popularity Supremacy

The top-ranked video was from a creator named Molotov.

Sparkle had seen quite a few people complaining about this creator in the bullet comments and comment sections before. This person seemed to have a bad reputation on the website, with most comments being negative. However, even bad publicity was publicity, and their complaints eventually landed them on the trending topics.

This new anime's review and guide seemed alright. Before watching the video, Sparkle scrolled down to check the discussion section and found no haters.

[This program is brought to you by everyone's attention and a quality triple like.]

[It's the new anime season again, I'm sure all the discussion groups related to anime are already buzzing with activity.]

[Let's see what everyone's discussing to find out which new anime will be the king.]

On screen, a person swiped their phone, and it was filled with some kind of chibi dragons. The bullet comments were flooded with "Tang wan le" and "Nai long."

After the skit, the creator began their review.

[As everyone knows, after the huge failure of "Tantiao Tianguo," the industry entered an era of animation degradation, voice acting flatness, and terrible direction.]

[The failure of original works, and with the conclusion of JUMP's pillar, One Piece, the entire industry has been in a state of stagnation for the past two years.]

[A demon, a light novel adaptation demon, has been lurking over the heads of the two-dimensional community.]

[Logical flaws, animation flaws, voice acting flaws – a few years ago, the production team would have had to apologize, you know?]

After a series of complaints, this creator, Molotov, finally turned their attention to the new anime.

The works that were specifically highlighted were two called "Shaoshu Qian" and "Di Fei Di." One was incredibly flawed in logic and direction, while the other featured a disastrous production process with elementary school-level key animation.

"Even One Piece has ended in this world. Has the industry really regressed this much without one more Naruto?"

After a round of new anime reviews, the bullet comments suddenly increased.

Comments like "Main feature" and "Jump successful."

[In this industry that has already gone downhill this year, another long-form anime has appeared. As everyone knows, what kind of trash was the last long-form anime that claimed to have a thousand episodes?]

[Bad anime at least have distinctive flaws that people can complain about, but this kind of long-form anime is just pure water with static frames throughout. Watching this is simply a waste of life.]

[So I refused when they asked me to watch the live broadcast. "Ninja Path" is such an uninspired name, it's not enough in a world where work titles are getting longer and longer.]

[Later, my friend posted again, vehemently criticizing the translation group's translation issues. I looked into it, and at the time I was thinking, what kind of perverted person came up with such a terrible translated title?]

[But then again, after so many years, everyone has become numb. When did translation issues become something that could be complained about?]

[Nowadays, people's requirements for translation are just that they don't translate "Starlight Breaker" as "Watermelon Circuit Breaker" or "The Elder Scrolls" as "Old Man Rolling Scroll." Anything less than that is a blessing. Something like translating Li Xiaolang as Wang Xiaoming, is that even a problem?]

[When the audience starts paying attention to the translation of a new anime, I know it must be a new anime that has exceeded general expectations.]

[It was from that moment on that I became interested in Ninja Path.]

[As everyone knows, long-form hot-blooded anime have been absent for a long time, and long-form hot-blooded original anime are even rarer.]

[This new anime's broadcast format is also unique: it's broadcast live first, and then the video version is released.]

[The live broadcast version cannot be recorded, but according to my friend Hachiya, the camera angles during the live broadcast are actually different from those in the anime version released on the website. The video version has optimized camera angles and BGM variations.]

[Good wine needs no aging; the old ones are the aged vintage.]

[Although I missed the live broadcast, the anime version officially started broadcasting a month later.]

[The first episode of Ninja Path gave me a big surprise. Just one word: "Stable."]

[How long has it been since everyone last saw a new anime without animation flaws?]

[Although there were no action scenes in the main part of the first episode, the OP at the end was full of action tension, and the long shot of being chased by a wild boar completely maximized the visual impact.]

[The most fun part is the plot. The first five episodes of the anime Ninja Path gave me the feeling that there were a lot of boomerangs. When a character speaks, those boomerangs would hit them back ten minutes later.]

[This was the case with Mizuki in the first episode, and it was also the case with the team leader Kakashi who appeared later.]

As he said this, the bullet comments were filled with "will vomit" messages.

These were Kakashi's words to the three before the exam, but by the time of the exam, it was Kakashi himself who wanted to vomit.

[Even I am like this. At first, I said I wouldn't watch it, but then I ended up really enjoying it.]

[The clown is me.]

[In today's industry that's going downhill, the appearance of such a stable new anime truly gives me hope for the future.]

[Never seen such a wonderful start.]

[Enjoy today's wine today, worry about tomorrow's mess tomorrow.]

[I'll release another video in a few days to introduce this new work, Ninja Path. The rating is 9.9, no lower than that.]

Author's Note:

This character was created by combining several UP creators from the real world. After all, the content of anime reviews can't be too extensive, so I merged them.

I'm trying to use the Honkai: Star Rail Sparkle from the previous chapter as the cover image to see if it passes.

Chapter 31: Change for Me, Change Quickly!

This creator's review is quite high.

However, below it, a flood of bullet comments were lamenting, telling the creator not to jinx it.

"Can videos like these help me gain popularity?" Hanabi asked.

[New anime videos can temporarily increase viewers' attention towards characters and new anime, indirectly affecting popularity points.]

"I get it, it's pretty much like KOLs driving traffic and buying exposure. But here, everyone's a 'self-driven water' who genuinely supports it."

"Although I can't see specific preferences, at least I can analyze that this period seems to be a slump for anime."

Hanabi continued to scroll down. There were quite a few recommendations for new anime, and most expressed anticipation for Ninja Path.

However, while browsing the comments, Hanabi also noticed some opinions that had a lot of likes.

[Although the reforging of the passionate soul is fiery, I still hope for something different.]

[A nod to the old tropes is enough. The growth path of a shonen is always the same routine, I want to see something new.]

[How about a girl's growth path (laughs)]

[It would be more interesting if Naruko was the protagonist of Ninja Path from the start.]

[Female lead and second male lead? Isn't that a trope from female-oriented novels?]

[Didn't you say you wanted to see something new? How about Naruko and Hanabi getting close?]

[Actually, I'd rather see Hanabi and her sister Hinata get close.]

[Hanabi is dressed too warmly. I think the combat outfits of the ninjas from Demon Slayer could work.]

[Ninjas from Demon Slayer are also ninjas, no problem lol]

"The atmosphere is different too."

The online environment in the viewers' world was similar yet different from Hanabi's previous life.

And as for the concept of "ninja," it seemed that the more well-known one was the "Demon Slayer ninja" that good children shouldn't watch.

"Oh?"

Just then, Hanabi suddenly noticed that the live broadcast camera lit up again, and the view switched to someone else.

"You've started teaching those two to climb trees?"

Kakashi Hatake's voice came through.

"Greetings, Teacher Kakashi."

Hanabi greeted Kakashi Hatake.

Hanabi wasn't surprised by Kakashi's arrival, as the screen had shown some shots of Kakashi just moments before.

Kakashi had a conversation with the Third Hokage on screen regarding Naruto and Sasuke, after which Kakashi decided to check on his students.

The cheating effect of this anime live broadcast was even better than the Byakugan.

"Because Teacher Kakashi has to ponder the path of life every day, I can only do it," Hanabi replied.

"Ahem." Kakashi awkwardly shifted his gaze. "Well, your teaching is appropriate. These two indeed need this basic training. However, making Naruto transform before climbing the tree, isn't that a bit..."

"I think it's very suitable. Naruto has a lot of chakra, and I think he could even use Shadow Clone Jutsu to practice." Hanabi herself often practiced with Shadow Clones. "It's just that Naruto isn't proficient in using Shadow Clones yet, and overusing them now would easily overwhelm him with fatigue. So I plan to tell him about it later."

"And what about you?" Kakashi looked down at Hanabi's hands.

Hanabi was kneeling on the picnic blanket, seemingly meditating motionlessly. However, Kakashi noticed that her stamina was being consumed rapidly, and her clothes themselves seemed to have become a tool for some kind of training.

Moreover, Hanabi's hands were constantly held out in front of her, and Kakashi could feel waves of chakra passing through them.

"Ah, you mean this."

A sphere of chakra began to appear in Hanabi's palm.

"—?!" Kakashi was stunned by this sight. "Rasengan?"

"Teacher Kakashi, you are a disciple of the Fourth Hokage, and the Fourth Hokage's unique hand seal-less ninjutsu, the Rasengan, is very powerful," Hanabi said. "While teaching Naruto, I got inspired and wanted to try it. It seems to be going well."

This was a lie.

As the most detailed ninjutsu shown in the entire Naruto series, Hanabi had actually learned the Rasengan long ago.

"Trying to recreate the Rasengan yourself?" Kakashi was unsettled.

To be able to do something like this on a whim?

This genius was too outrageous.

"Not entirely. The Rasengan is attribute-less. I'm trying to integrate the nature transformation of Fire Style into it, which would be more interesting."

The simple Rasengan wasn't much. If she couldn't learn it with step-by-step guidance, then she wouldn't be able to get by.

But integrating nature transformation into the Rasengan could only be figured out through self-exploration.

Besides this, Hanabi was also trying to incorporate the power of planetary rotation into it, to create a Spiral Vortex, but that thing from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations was too esoteric, and Hanabi had no clue.

Kakashi fell silent.

If anyone else said this, Kakashi would think they were boasting. But if Hanabi said it, it was hard to say.

"In any case, we have a mission tomorrow, so don't overexert yourself."

Kakashi, whose thoughts were in disarray, could only leave with those words.

He still seemed to be struggling with something.

[A Whim]

[Why is Kakashi acting so strange?]

[There's something going on! There definitely is!]

[We still don't know how many more techniques Miss Hanabi Hyuga knows]

[This technique looks like the Fourth Hokage's, it seems quite complex, and then Hanabi said "on a whim," is this the confidence of a genius?]

[Where have you guys gone off-topic? Shouldn't the focus of this segment be that Kakashi Hatake was the Fourth Hokage's student?!]

The netizens were chattering and analyzing, and the first part of the anime series concluded.

"Hoo, hooo..." By evening, Naruto and Sasuke were both panting, their training for the day finally coming to an end.

"Naruto, you've changed back."

Hanabi noticed that Naruto had reverted from his transformation.

"But, but I'm all out of energy," Naruto weakly exclaimed. "Maintaining the transformation for this long is also very taxing."

"Indeed, for missions requiring long-term infiltration, disguise is a more practical method. But Naruto, you weren't infiltrating, you were training, understand?"

"Uh..."

Naruto scratched his head and changed back into the blonde, twin-tailed "Naruko" form.

[Overwhelmingly Positive]

[Transform again]

[As expected of my wife, I give this a perfect score]

[Speaking of which, Lady Hanabi's attitude towards Naruto is indeed a bit different, but there's also a sense of being close yet distant. Could it be that Lady Hanabi's orientation...]