"He's the one, he's the one, that's him! The young hero, Little Nezha!"
"He soared higher than the heavens above, dove deeper than the seas below..."
The crisp voices of children rang through the streets and alleys of Central Capital City. Newsboys, each with two Nezha buns tied on their heads, ran through the streets and alleys, brimming with vigor.
Nezha!
Without a doubt, for the countless common folk, the hottest word of the past two days was none other than Nezha, the story character Chen Luo had spent three whole chapters depicting!
However, unlike the characters Chen Luo had written before, who had generally earned a unified opinion, Nezha's reception had split into two utterly extreme camps.
Those who liked Nezha loved the streak of wickedness in him to death. He was powerful, backed by a formidable background, dared to take responsibility, loved and hated with crystal clarity, and was rebellious to the bone... All of this struck straight at the hearts of children and even young people. Then came the bloody heroism and tragedy of cutting out his bones to return them to his father and slicing off his flesh to return it to his mother, which won him the affection of a large group of "mom fans."
The symbolism of his final incarnation in lotus form, especially, filled the charm of this character to the brim.
At last, the Human Race had an image that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Demon Race's Sun Wukong!
Those who disliked Nezha, meanwhile, were mostly the authoritarian, sanctimonious sort.
Their evaluation of Nezha could be summed up in one phrase: arrogant and rebellious!
He could not tell right from wrong, and beat the Third Dragon Prince to death—that was arrogance. He had shot and killed the child servant under