Chapter 164: Face Card (2)
The reason for the post blowing up was linked to 2 simple events.
First was the release of episode 2, which was quite anticipated after the episode 1 cliff hanger.
Despite Ari being painted in a terrible light in episode 1 and being the top hated contestant as voted on community polls, in episode 2, when his teams full performance video was shown on TV in high resolution from the moment he spoke to the staff members to organize things to the pep(?) talk given to his teammates and weird beating of his chest, the minds of several people began to soften due to the quality of the team’s performance, especially when compared to other lower-ranked teams.
When the MC announced that the top two performance videos were between Benjamin’s team, which had several fan favorites, and Ari’s team, which nobody expected to actually do well, it helped turn some public opinion around.
- I mean, he was a bit harsh, but the result was good, right? If the tracking period had been longer, his team would have won.
- he’s basically like a drill sergeant I had when I did ROTC in high school
- Low key, my band instructor is 10x worse than he is. At least he didn’t yell?
- Guys, don’t fall for it! He literally said your opinions would change if the result was good!!!!
└ But it was a good performance (hides face)
└└ He may be a tyrant, but he can sing and deliver a good performance with his team (hides face).
Additionally, when it came time for team selection and they saw two of the popular contestants fighting to get him on their team, public opinion began to shift slightly, and people began to wonder what the big deal about him was.