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You say that like Legend of Fei was horrible to watch and was a chore to sit through o.O

Thanks lol, was about to get my hopes up, you've saved me some disappointment ^^

Awww man that lil cutie gets slaughtered? (only up to ep 30)

I gotta keep away from the spoilers on this page...

Are we really expecting it to be a finished product so soon?

Sleuth of Ming Dynasty was brilliant. Highly recommend it. Tang Fan is such a nag. ;D

Thanks for the other suggestions!

WeTV seems to be region blocked on this one, because it doesn't bring the show up for me when I search for it (Australia).

I'm really enjoying this one. Even with the occasional noticeable over-dubbed voice and skipped scene. Zhao Liying and Wang Yibo interact great together. I wouldn'tve even thought Yibo didn't come from an acting background (I'm assuming his background is a boyband one) if this had been my first time seeing him. Kind of have this feeling that I've seen Oscar Sun before but have no idea where. None of his previous credits ring a bell to me.

I don't think I'll mind if the ending is a sad one, as long as they end it well.

I send a suggestion in to this site's support email address. I'd really like a function that keeps track of music pieces, not simply because my memory is too poor to keep track of my own favorites, but because I'd also like to get tips on pieces that I might've missed from other MDL watchers.

Probably a region block thing.

I've been thinking about the one particular thing I think this site is missing. They've got those fantastic features like the watchlist, the calendar, that little box to note which sites/channels are currently showing various series. All these great things make this a great website.

However ... what we don't have is some sort of function to keep note of great theme songs or tracks from those series. I don't know if it should be like a ongoing poll rating people's favorites (it would need to allow multiple voting, because I've got more than one) or something else, but we need to keep note of noteworthy efforts.

This being an anime, I don't know if it would be included on this site in such a mechanism. Would be great if it could.

Things like the introductory theme from Ashes of Love, the theme song that played on the end credits of the Legends, the instrumental theme from Legend of Fuyao, 'Wish' from Under the Power. Such great efforts in music made for these series shouldn't be left behind in the mists of time.

Edit - adding a few links to the songs I've mentioned above:
Legend of Fuyao, instrumental (don't know the name sorry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYCtHwEwdmM&list=PLJPEeeYnyQkkxAYDNedSJNS2mVgEfBGzt&index=10
another from Legend of Fuyao,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMhuVyXiyK0
Hell, I'll just say it, the entire Legend of Fuyao soundtrack was wonderful.
Under the Power, Wish, Charlie Zhou Shen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0rSBvGtY0M
Ashes of Love, Upwards to the Moon, Sa Dinging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmpA8Ohj8DQ
The Legends, A Far Journey, Ding Ding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa1k5CeU-AA

and finally, a happy little bonus I stumbled across while searching for these links...
Charlie Zhou Shen and Sa Dinging dueting 'Upwards to the Moon' at the 2020 Mid-Autumn festival gala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1KwPqbPP5o

aaah, I forgot the song that started this conversation:
Heaven Official's Blessing, No Separation, He Qi Hong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDpBpURhkuU

(1) idk who Luhan is so I'm probably missing a whole fan thing here; and
(2) I don't understand Chinese, so I'm missing all of the meaning; and
(3) the link you've provided has been taken down and I only found this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir31MkLnWRY so idk if it's even the song you're referring to; but, all in all..

I've really loved the first season theme song (purely from the sound alone coz, again, don't speak Chinese), and this 2nd season theme song is kinda 'meh' to my ears in comparison.

But hey, if someone of note (they mention 'Luhan' like he's somebody) is taking this much of an interest in the theme song alone, it's all good for Heaven Official's Blessing. ;D So I'll just round off with, 'good onya Luhan'.

Cheers!

Just wanted to comment on how much I'm really enjoying the anime.

It's mostly a very faithful adaption of the novel. Season 1 seems to basically be volume 1 of the novel.

The opening theme is exquisite. I really wished I understood what he was actually singing ^^ but regardless it sounds absolutely beautiful.

I could respond to all the 'maybe you's you put out there, but I don't really see the point. I'm interested in the story, not how it relates to my personal sexual identity or life experience. Seriously babe, many people have an identity crisis or feel abnormal in some way ... it can be thought of as normal to feel abnormal. You have no idea who I am or what (or even whether) I've experienced hardships in my life. Why make this about me?

Most times I enjoy a story for the sake of that story. Stories I take a liking to don't have to be related to how I see myself. Most don't. For the sake of your mental health I kindly suggest you consider the same.

I appreciate why for you the issue is personal which is why you might be coming across as fairly defensive in a passive aggressive way to me here, it's just that I think you're fighting a losing battle with this and are ultimately going to be disappointed to a greater extent.

We're talking about _china_ censorship here mate.

Have you noted what standards and limits they've imposed for even non-LGBT issues? We're talking about one of the most stringent control states in the world.

After the huge success of 'The Untamed' and how it got under their radar, those censors are going be taking a spy glass to their viewings of any upcoming series that are even vaguely BL adjacent. If you personally have expectations regarding representation you'll likely end up disappointed ... so from a mental health perspective why don't you adjust your expectations to the point of this series being completely wall-papered over with only hetero represented relationships, that way if Immortality ends up being a strongly subtle representation of LGBT a la 'The Untamed', you'll end up being pleasantly surprised..?

Getting yourself all upset over this is only going leave you in a down place mentally. It's not going to make the world change any faster.

{Cue 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin}

This discussion really makes me feel like rewatching the Untamed again now. It's been a month since the last re-watch, so it's about time.

Slightly confused about your combined irritants of being fetishised about because of being LGBT and having 'your representation' away. Mainly because a regular complaint I've seen LGBT people make about the fetish-ish BL literature out there is the issues of rape, controlling behaviour, abuse as love type relationships in such literature. This novel in particular most of the sexual scenes are of that nature (or at least it seemed so to me).

Personally I love the novel more because of the epic fantasy plot. The romance is an interwoven part of that plot progression, sure, but for me it doesn't really matter what gender the two romantic leads are. I see it as an epic fantasy story, not a BL story. Am curious as to how they edit the visual telling of the story to get around the censorship while staying true to the story being told. Especially since those abuse/control issues are so deeply embedded in that plot, regardless of gender depicted.

(@SuibianX)The danger of internet communication is that you're conversing with people who don't know you personally, can't see your facial expressions, nor hear your tone of voice, so the way you phrase things that people who know you might accept (because they know you) strangers will take offense to.

You really came across as condescending and arrogant in your earlier comment. Just something to keep in mind.

The person who's already rated this needs to be permanently barred from rating anything ever.

It seems that basically your friend cut it into chronological order. Why not just watch the special edition then?

It kind of depends on what it was about 'untamed' that catches your fancy. Can you describe any particular aspect(s) of it that attracts you?

It's a necromantic wuxia horror fantasy epic that has gained a lot of fans on a superficial level because of the whole gay subtext thing that it has going on. However I think personally I became a fan because of it's combination of epic fantasy story telling and it's very charismatic portrayal of the characters.

The danger is that it's become so beloved that the hype has become overblown and new viewers starting it cold might be left bewildered at why it's popular. Also the whole multiple names thing can be confusing, as well as the time jumps. Try the special edition if you want to watch the story unfold chronologically.