Since noon, after Slam Dunk's seventh episode aired, people in the animation industry and anime fans across Dragon Country had watched the series' reception transform. Before the broadcast, it had been met with endless criticism. Just over an hour later, the mood had completely shifted, and praise was pouring in.
By afternoon, discussion of Mitsui Hisashi had taken over every major website. By evening, Xin Man Net's uploaders had caught wind of the excitement and begun making fan-made music videos featuring Mitsui. More and more of them appeared, until, by the early hours of the morning...
The name Mitsui Hisashi had shot straight to second place on Weibo's trending list!
Many anime fans across Dragon Country watched it all unfold in bewilderment, especially those who had dropped Slam Dunk early on because its plot seemed slow or because they'd been swayed by the haters.
In the space of a single afternoon and evening, Slam Dunk had completely turned around its reputation. Its fan rating on Xin Man Net had leapt from 8.6 to 9.1 in less than half a day!
Anyone with eyes could see that Slam Dunk was about to take off.
Just like Zhao Qinyin's Kimi ni Todoke back then, or that night after the Final Episode of lanand aired.
But this was just too outrageous!
The next day, the impact of the latest episode of Slam Dunk finally erupted in full.
"How did this happen? The public opinion changed in just one day!"
"Go watch it and you'll understand. I admit, Slam Dunk's early plot had some serious problems, but I bet you couldn't find a single scene in a hundred episodes of Lan Feng that would move you as much as Mitsui Hisashi kneeling on the ground in agony, wanting to play basketball!"
"Exactly. I watched