Originally, the target was . But animation is slow. Add a global pandemic that shuttered studios, and 2021 came and went without the little demon lord on screen.
Instead, 2021 gave us Raya and the Last Dragon and more Jiang Ziya discourse, but the fandom kept looping back to the 2019 original. Memes, "Ao Bing x Ne Zha" fan edits, and reaction videos kept the flame alive. ne zha 20192019 2021
"I am the master of my own fate. I am the master of my own destiny. The demon or the god—it’s decided by me, not by heaven." Originally, the target was