Tried to watch it the best i could on bilibili with episodes being blocked together to 20m clips but they left…
To clarify, in case you made a typo, the official release on Bilibili consists of 40 separate episodes, with each episode being around 2 minutes long. After each episode, there are ending credits and music that can vary in length and may last up to around 3 minutes. There are no compilations consisting of multiple episodes on Bilibili.
For the YouTube release, they divided the story into three parts (1–10, 11–20, 21–40), and each part has the ending credits and music only once. They plan to release the series also on their own upcoming platform, scheduled to launch in October. There has been no information on how the series will be released on their own platform.
As for possible reasons for the original release style, they propably wanted to maximize the revenue from the monthly subscriptions. With the used release schedule, watching the series as it airs required subscribing to the channel for three months instead of the required one month if the series had aired as a single movie or compilation.
As I watched the new episodes right after they aired, I enjoyed the ending credits. They prompted me to reflect on the themes and events of the episode I had just seen, rather than immediately starting to do something else right after the episode ended. However, I understand that watching it after it has aired is different because knowing the next episode is available can make one impatient to see how the story continues.
On the FlickReels app, the summary is the following: "Human Ethan rescued Nyx, the lost princess of the Realm of Shadows—unaware her brother Gideon was lurking nearby, using him as the key ingredient to cure her fatal illness. Yet through their unlikely bond, the three transformed from enemies to family."
It can be watched on the FlickReels app, where its title is "Phantom Ties." On the app, the synopsis is: "Human Ethan rescued Nyx, the lost princess of the Realm of Shadows—unaware her brother Gideon was lurking nearby, using him as the key ingredient to cure her fatal illness. Yet through their unlikely bond, the three transformed from enemies to family."
Have you already tried iQIYI’s, YOUKU’s, and Viki’s subtitles? They are all different from the GagaOOLala’s, WeTV’s / Tencent Video’s, and YouTube’s subtitles. For more details, see the discussion "Ranking and comparison of English subtitles on different streaming platforms."
For the YouTube release, they divided the story into three parts (1–10, 11–20, 21–40), and each part has the ending credits and music only once. They plan to release the series also on their own upcoming platform, scheduled to launch in October. There has been no information on how the series will be released on their own platform.
As for possible reasons for the original release style, they propably wanted to maximize the revenue from the monthly subscriptions. With the used release schedule, watching the series as it airs required subscribing to the channel for three months instead of the required one month if the series had aired as a single movie or compilation.
As I watched the new episodes right after they aired, I enjoyed the ending credits. They prompted me to reflect on the themes and events of the episode I had just seen, rather than immediately starting to do something else right after the episode ended. However, I understand that watching it after it has aired is different because knowing the next episode is available can make one impatient to see how the story continues.