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Okay, no prob but SPOILERS:

1. In the novel the doors and more violent, dangerous and cruel. (but the series is still horror-esque, so if that's not your vibe, be wary)
2. The series changes the roles of some characters in minor and major ways and over all develops friendly and close relationships between characters who don't have those kinds of relationships in the book, making it more relatable, sentimental and emotional when compared to the novel.
3. Ruan Nanzhu (novel) is not as nice as Ruan Lanzhu (series) in many aspects, he's colder and more cut and dried and curt. (and flirtatious and somewhat horny and handsy with Qiushi)
4. Qiushi (novel) and Jiushu (series) are actually more or less the same, no major differences there.
5. The series does not have all the doors mentioned in the novel, also it changes some major story arcs that deviate totally from the novel, such as:
- The series portrays that the Door World is a game, where as in the novel, The Door world is an alternative, real world realm.
- The series portrays that Ruan Lanzhu is an NPC from the virtual world who is akin to what might be called the 'Final Boss'/final door, whereas in the novel, Ruan Nanzhu is an actual real being who is not human and is sort of the 'God' of all the doors of his world, most prominently the 12th door and final door and Qiushi is essentially his love conquest.
- There is no Guo Dawei, best friend character at all in the book, that's an add on character to further the series' story.
- Other major characters in the novel don't appear in the series, while other characters are given more prominent and altered roles.
6. And uh, some other minor things here and there.
7. The ending is MAJORLY different (especially from entering the 11th door) and far superior (imo) but the changes can only be blamed on censorship, they really did their best to make it work.
8. The BL is acknowledged and established.

The ending is absolutely happy. That said, despite the wishy washy bitter-sweet ending, the series is really amazing. Different, but in really great ways and the casting and acting, cinematography and sets for the world of the book is all on point.

Also, it's only 'bromance' by forced censorship tag. The way Lanzhu looks at Jiushi right from episode 1 is nothing short of heated and attracted. They most certainly are not portrayed as just friends and some of the dialogue between them is just 🤌

I've only been seeing subbed small clips online, I'm following a Discord account waiting for English uploads to show up but so far nothing. Apparently it was on YT at some point but was removed for copyright strike. You got a link?

Me rn: Wondering when the wonderful fans will be finished subbing the audio drama while working on The Spirealm fanart ಥ‿ಥ

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MDL will not change the amount of eps unfortunately. They've rejected the change saying they will keep the episode count as it was originally released at 78 eps, despite all the official platforms broadcasting at 38 now. But yes, as stated, there is no difference in content.

Do you mean spoil you or you want to read it yourself? If it's latter, then here's the novel link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/kaleidoscope-of-death_26659051105826905
Jump to chap 130 and read through final door the end. The adaptation and the book are different in MANY ways actually, not just the ending.

Ah, I see, good spots.
Two of them are there though:

X organization boss: Marshal Zhang (plays Yan Ba Lang)

The one who went to obsidian to spy for X org? You mean the girl who went to Obsidian to spy for White Deer organization?
Yin Rui (plays Zhuang Ru Jiao)

The missing ones are:
Zhu Fu Run 朱富润 [he plays Xiong Qi (熊漆)
Yu Xi 俞俙 [she plays Xia Jie (夏姐)
Inghan Chen 陈婧涵 (she plays Xiao Ke(小柯)

I have submitted the missing cast to MDL. Please point out any others you notice.

Dubbing is generally necessary is many Chinese dramas because film sets are not always noise controlled and so the actors real time recorded lines are unusable. And sometimes it's because of accents not coming across clearly or matching the rest of the cast in a show (although that applies more to the Cn period/costume dramas).

In addition to needing the voice to match the character, sometimes they do offer the actors the chance to dub themselves. But the actors can decline that (like Wang Yibo did for The Untamed, he declined doing his own voice over), in which case they'll use a different person to voice over the actor.

In this case, XZG does sound young and less severe when compared to the voice over actor used for Ruan Lanzhu.

If you can specify an episode/scene/character, maybe we can help you find out who the actor/actress is.

There are so many 😭 who are you looking for?

This trailer just dropped with the actor of RLZ using his real voice (not sure why but it's great xD), and I thought of your comment. Here's the link:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1779301901986845180

I found that I can access it using a Turkish VPN of all places. But I really don't wanna watch it using a VPN. My biggest hope right now is iQiyi.

THANKS! I actually watched up to 32 so I saw the stuff you mentioned in the first few paragraphs of what you explained but I was kind of distracted when watching it and I was missing some subs, so thanks for explaining it all.

Thanks for taking the time to answer in such detail. I can't say I'm surprised by these 'twists' and character deaths, the reason I was getting bored was because it was becoming predictable that the main characters were all supposed to be the good guys in some way or another, even though they were 'on opposite sides' to begin with, which was where the interesting tension lied. Kind of typical for the main actors to all be 'good' in the end. Pity about SJZ though, legit liked her character. I could guess a major character death was coming, it was obvious, someone important has to die in this kind of show. But that's part of why I got bored too. They missed the best opportunity with STN, and then there was no need for a whole very long sad montage of STN's death for WRL and SJZ crying and stuff when the audience knew he wasn't dead. It fell quite flat because there was nothing to be sad about knowing he didn't die, at least for me. It might have been more poignant if viewers hadn't yet know he was alive and they'd done that imo. Not surprised SJZ and WRL found out he was alive either, at least, it might have been sadder if SJZ died thinking her brother had died saving her, but nah, they were too straightforward with confrontations and reveals. Also, that's a lot of content for 6 eps, wasn't it rushed?

The acting was really so good though, everyone really excelled in their roles. I really enjoyed and preferred the tension and suspense of what was unraveling before they got to episode 31-ish.
Anyway, sorry for sharing my unsolicited opinion xD

There's a trailer on Viki now, for The Spirealm. I can't share the Viki link because of the geoblock, but someone also posted it here:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1779301901986845180
AND YES, as the person who posted pointed out, THAT'S XZG'S VOICE, not the dubbed voice. I mean, it's not as deep as the dub voice, but he still sounds very Lanzhu-esque.

Edit: Someone just posted this about watching on Viki with a VPN:
https://twitter.com/mngwns/status/1779333359543451969
For anyone who is okay with watching on their phones.

Smart is relative though, right? Even educated people do dumb stuff 😂 but yeah, no, for sure propaganda is everywhere, China just has a bad wrap with the 'west', so people harp on about it more loudly 🙄

Oh nah. I meant Wang Yibo. I don't know the other actors by name. But real talk, ALL the actors are amazing in this. The story just dried up for me around ep30.

I just can't help but to point out that the only people who believe American propaganda are the dumb Americans, not even all Americans, just the special dumb types. The rest of the world is just down for the entertainment value in their films and shows 😂 Propaganda is everywhere, eating is up is the risky bit

Heeeeey, so someone please spoil the general-ish ending of this show for me. I'm a fan of WY but this show got boring af around episode 30 and I'm struggling to get through to the end. Tell me how it wraps up?

I noticed that, also for a second in the background of the internet cafe you can see Cheng Yixie's terrible hairstyle 😂 Unfortunately though, it actually further confirms the ending, that Jiushi was just dreaming the whole thing while he was unconscious, and that he spends his whole life trying to find the spiritual realm, and in the end of the series he's old by the time he manages to recreate a virtual world that was like what he dreamed.
The ending is so 😭 compared to the novel!

Nothing is different, only an intro and outro has been added to each episode, everything else is exactly the same :)