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>I think unironically people are starting to turn on Senbonzakura even more now exactly because of that, when back then majority was thinking "wow cool song"
I think there's always been a bit of controversy surrounding it (eg its exclusion from korean releases of diva games). the idea that everybody just saw it as "wow cool song" is because you spent your childhood in english youtube comment sections.
As VOCALOID becomes more of a phenomenon outside of Japan its natural that cultural differences to this degree happen. Though I'll say I don't think people care enough about historical grievances like this to cause zako level controversies, considering it's still in project sekai in everywhere but korea and thats where all the whiny new fans get all their music