Just like that, two months of frenetic campaigning swiftly passed. Under the vigorous propaganda by the "Anti-Sakura Alliance," the number of people paying attention to the issue grew and grew, igniting a wave of public opinion throughout East Sea City.
Everywhere discussions were held about whether the new drug "Sakura" should be banned before it became widely popular.
The "Anti-Sakura Alliance" had demonized the substance, offering a series of predictions—some papers speculated about the societal evolution following a Sakura proliferation, where humans would revert to their most primitive animal instincts, social morals would decay, ideals would be lost, and even the ideological consciousness of students in schools would be polluted.
"...The original cultural atmosphere of East Sea City will no longer exist!"
"We will utterly lose the spiritual heritage left by our ancestors! Completely lost!"
