YMMV / Ne Zha

• Fan-Preferred Couple: There are a lot of fans of Nezha/Ao Bing, possibly because of the Ho Yay between them.
• Fridge Brilliance: Given the film's theme of Screw Destiny, the eventual outcome of Nezha and Ao Bing's clash ending differently makes a lot of sense. What better way to do so than to befriend and spare the very person that is supposed to be your enemy?
• Harsher in Hindsight: The ending of this film portrayed Nezha and Ao Bing making peace with one another and dying together as friends at the end. Two years later, another unrelated Nezha film produced by the staff responsible for White Snake (2019) would portray Nezha and Ao Bing's relationship to be more true to the original source material (read:sworn enemies on first sight). Fans of the Nezha/Ao Bing ship in here were no doubt caught off guard by the enmity between the duo over there, usually due to not reading up on the source material or were hoping for a similar outcome in 2021 film.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: Like most depictions of the deity, Nezha here has bangs and Odango Hair which can make a viewer or two mistake him for a girl at first sight. Although in the movie itself, he is shown to have a penis in his birth scene and his One-Winged Angel form has him fully shirtless, sport a Bishounen appearance and a much deeper voice. This is even lampshaded in a crossover promo video with Monkey King: Hero Is Back where Liu'er asks Wukong what gender Nezha is before seeing him use a urinal.

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