The Commotion

For Lannad fans, the latest four episodes had a storyline that was completely unexpected!

In Episodes 15 and 16, the increasingly popular heroine, Furukawa Nagisa, had suddenly died, catching her many supporters completely off guard!

Then Episodes 17 and 18 introduced Okazaki Ushio, a thoughtful child who made everyone's heart ache for her!

All told, Lannad fans had spent the entire previous night arguing fiercely over the story!

But by dawn, "Furukawa Nagisa's death" and "Okazaki Ushio" had both stormed onto the Mainland Weibo hot-search rankings!

Debates over whether Lannad was a Depressing Anime or a Healing Anime were also raging across the major forums.

Under Zhao Qinyin's Weibo posts, a huge number of fans were airing their complaints.

Some questioned why she had killed off Furukawa Nagisa, while others asked what was in store for Okazaki Ushio in the story to come!

The whole situation was a mess. In Japan Island, the fans' unrest was even worse. Many had gathered of their own accord outside the GT Animation Company building: some were protesting Furukawa Nagisa's death, some were supporting Zhao Qinyin, and others were hoping Okazaki Ushio would get more screen time later on.

In short, it was chaos!

Still, no matter how you looked at it, fans had taken the dramatic turn in this latest batch of Lannad episodes pretty well. At the very least, the show's rating among fans had jumped from 9.7 to 9.8.

Those who had sworn after Episode 17 that they were dropping the show and going to bed woke up, saw how the online discussion around Lannad had changed, and fell right into the Law of True Fragrance!

Major media outlets, news organizations, and anime critics were also full of praise for Episodes 17 and 18 of Lannad!

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