Entertainment to the death, make a tokusatsu film that will crush the entire internet.

The Land of Light released the first episode of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" when everyone was completely unprepared.

At 2:50 p.m. that day, Starlight Video's homepage banner was changed to a brand new poster.

"We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day."

The overall atmosphere is very gentle.

Even seasoned viewers who have seen it all couldn't find the slightest clue that there might be a knife involved.

At 2:59, the countdown on the playback page reached zero.

At 3:00 PM, the first episode of Anohana was officially released.

The moment it went online, on the Starlight Video backend monitoring screen.

The number of concurrent requests in real time has surged.

Within three seconds, the data curve broke through the first warning line, and within five seconds, it broke through the second one.

The technology department's capacity expansion plan was activated in the eighth second.

The temporarily allocated backup server cluster was connected to the load balancing pool in the fifteenth second.

The barrage of comments was filled the moment the screen lit up.

"First! I've been waiting since the PV was released, and it's finally here!! The white-haired loli is here!!"

"Ah Guang, please have some decency. This art style is so gentle, please don't hide a knife inside. I really will believe you."

"I came for Menma, Menma, my Menma, my destined wife!!"

The first thing that appeared on the screen was not Menma, but a boy.

On a summer afternoon, the boy was playing a video game, constantly muttering, "Die, die, die!"

Jinta, a high school dropout who stays at home.

At the same time, there was a white-haired girl beside Jinta.

It was none other than the mianma from the poster.

"Menma!!! She's appeared!! The real white-haired loli!!"

"She looks so well-behaved."

However, Jinta doesn't seem to care much about Menma's existence.

Even though Menma kept harassing Jinta, he didn't react much.

It turns out that no one except Jinta could see him.

Jinta believed that it was a hallucination caused by his own psychological stress.

She then recalled that among her childhood playmates was a little girl named Mianma, and the two looked very similar.

That day, Renta's friend Anming came to visit, and Menma pounced on Anming.

Anming only felt something pressing down on her, but she couldn't see or hear Mianma.

Anming was one of my childhood playmates, but their relationship wasn't as good as it used to be.

The two people stood in the entryway, with a visible distance between them.

Menma hoped that Jinta and Anmei would reconcile, and Jinta reluctantly agreed.

The plot continues to unfold.

Mianma was playing on the railing when, by accident, she swayed.

Jinta remembered the misfortune that happened to the girl named Menma when he was a child, and suddenly went crazy and desperately tried to catch her.

Although he didn't catch it, Mianma wasn't injured.

He didn't catch it.

"Su Hai, what are you doing?"

A voice came from behind Jinta.

They were his other two childhood playmates.

Yuki-atsu and Tsuruko.

Both of them had already entered top-tier high schools, and their walking pace carried the dignified air characteristic of good students.

Just as Jinta was about to go back, he unintentionally called out "Menma".

Yukiatsu and Tsuruko's expressions changed. Yukiatsu put on a villainous face and mocked Jinta, who had dropped out of school.

"I heard you failed the high school entrance exam, went to a third-rate high school, and don't even go to school. You're always complaining about food. Have you lost your mind?!"

Jinta didn't answer, he just ran away quickly.

The plot didn't stop, and the scene went back to a few years ago.

In summer, at our secret hideout, the sun shines so brightly it's dazzling.

Six children came together, and their group was called "Super Peace Busters".

The captain is that once lively and cheerful Renta.

They played together every day, went on adventures together, and ran wildly through the streets, as if the summer days would never end.

That day, several friends gathered together without prior arrangement, and Anming asked Renta a question.

"Jinta, you like sesame seeds, right?"

The expressions on everyone's faces varied.

Shy Jinta didn't dare to tell the truth, saying he didn't like ugly women, and then ran home.

Jinta thought that a simple apology to Menma would suffice.

However... he lost that opportunity forever.

The scene shifts back to the present, and Menma is back at home.

Dad is reading the newspaper, and little brother Xiaocong is eating curry made by Mom.

Meanwhile, the pockmarked mother was offering something.

It's Menma's favorite curry.

"If you're dead, you won't eat anymore, right?"

Xiao Cong said.

"Don't say that. Your sister is so confused, she might not even realize she's dead."

"Mom said gently."

"I know, Menma knows she's already dead."

With tears in her eyes, Mianma spoke her heart.

The barrage of comments exploded!

"My face mask? Gone? This huge white-haired loli is gone?"

"Seriously, bro, they're already throwing in a knife in the very first episode?? Are they even going to stop acting???"

"It's a knife, it's a knife!!!! Damn it, I genuinely thought this was a heartwarming slice-of-life story, Hikaru, and you're telling me this is heartwarming??"

"Holy crap, I made a solemn promise to my friend that the Land of Light would definitely not kill anyone this time, but the first episode slapped me in the face."

"Help, I'm too scared to watch anymore, but I really want to keep watching. Am I sick? Am I a masochist?"

A viewer with the ID "Today I'm Eating Knives" posted a comment that quickly went viral and received many likes.

"Everyone, don't panic. Let's analyze this calmly. Maybe there's still a chance to salvage it. Clannad had a happy ending!"

On the trending topics list, the hashtag #AnohanaEpisode1# unsurprisingly topped the list.

The second most popular topic was #Ah-Kuang, you call this healing#, and the third most popular topic was #Menma#.

Of course, there were also netizens who had a premonition that something was wrong.

Or rather, the veteran fans who have gained experience from being tormented by A-Guang.

A user with the ID "President of the Light Country Knife Victims Association" posted a status update under the topic.

His tone carried the pride of someone who had been there before.

"Hilarious! I warned you guys to be wary of Hikaru's slice-of-life anime, but you didn't listen."

You cried during the first episode, didn't you?

Welcome to the Land of Light Knife Victims Association. There is no membership fee, and it will automatically renew every time a new game is released.

But you think that's all?

The first episode is full of violence, and the second episode will only be more violent.

Ah Guang never uses only one knife. He always stabs you first, and when you're clutching your wound and thinking the worst is over, he stabs you a second time from behind.

Menma is dead, the tone of the story has been set, and every episode from now on is just rubbing salt into that wound.

Good luck, everyone.

In the repost section of this post, someone summarized their prediction of the future trend of this animation in four words.

"Holding a knife, watching and crying at the same time."