cocoa2blossom

Thank you!

Poor Li Bing had so much powder thrown in his face starting from the first episode. I don't even remember anyone else getting a face full of powder xD

I love your description, I feel like I'll probably agree with you if I watch it xD
Do you mind telling me what his curse is? The description says some kind of disease?

I'm quite proud I managed to resist for over a year haha xD. I will say I don't regret watching it, just mournful over its untimely end T-T

Hahaha! Omg, I loved the first episode. I really like the ML and the mischievous expressions he makes and how he carries himself. Like the FL so far too, but he's definitely my favorite. Together they're chaos though and it's great. Don't think I've ever watched anything with either of them in it, so it's nice to see new (to me) faces. I've been watching too many dreary serious things, so this is exactly what I needed to refresh my brain. Hopefully this keeps my interest. Sounds like the book is quite good so I'll have to look into that after.

It's rare we get a cool and collected rider, so I'm glad you appreciate him too!

Uuuuh, watch it at 2x speed or whatever you can tolerate? Play a game on your phone or something to fiddle with like coloring or crafting that doesn't require much attention so you can still tell what's happening in the show? That's what I do when I'm struggling but am still interested in the plot. It was pretty slow without much plot progression until around episode 15 which is when the coming-of-age ceremony happens, so try and get to that point? Things are still going strong up until episode 22 but I can't tell if that will last or if it will slow down again. Good luck! Hope this helps in some way, but sometimes you just need pure willpower to power through, or just give up and accept it's not for you. Regardless, best of luck~

I really don't like how often they make the words echo, makes me nauseous and disoriented for a moment. I'm already halfway so I doubt they'll stop doing it, but I really wish they would stop anyway. It actually feels like they're increasing the frequency, why? T-T

Thank you!

It's definitely upsetting, I'd hate to work so hard on something that I want to share with others only for it to be locked up....off topic, but may I know what your profile pic is?

I wish they would at least release internationally so that the people who worked so hard making it can get some form of payment. It's one thing if they block it from being made, but to block it completely once it's already fully filmed doesn't seem right. I'm sad :(

I finally lost my battle in trying not to watch this. I was hoping if I kept waiting they'd eventually release the rest and I could binge it, but I got tired of waiting as a fan of the book. I wish they made it as far as the explosion, I really liked that scene and the following bits.

!!! Only needed that first sentence to know what book this was, what a shocking drop, yay

It's times like these I'm glad I have passable Japanese, because those subs were quite terrible. Sometimes they were fine, but other times they were so off base that they changed important meanings. I was also confused about how many of the names were wrong since they're phonetic, but I don't know how the translations were made so maybe that's a normal issue? Dunno. Interesting storyline, but could have been executed better. The colors were a bit too dark for me, and I could hardly see anything during fight scenes in the dark unless I turned the brightness all the way up and hid under my blanket. Kakeru's persona and overall character design kind of remind me of Poker Face from The Grave Robber's Chronicles, so that was fun.

I agree that it was giving off a bit of a Tokusatsu feel, I was getting Garo vibes specifically

With two of you now mentioning it, maybe I should go back and rewatch it after all. But no, too painful....Hm, maybe if I just watch the final arc it'll be fine, skip all the beginning and middle torture. I'll eventually rewatch the whole thing though! One day

Oof, thank you so much! I haven't been able to handle a rewatch because I feel too bad for the ML, but the first watch I really enjoyed. Can't believe I wiped that all from my memory, I was about to say I still couldn't remember anything, but then thinking about their child made everything come rushing back. So there we go, now I can say there is at least one xianxia that doesn't do the cliché ending, maybe because they technically already had that separation and angst....was it 9 lifetimes? So it was about time they got to be happy. xD

Weird, I definitely watched that one but I only remember up to that steamy kiss scene at the very end 🫣 any interest in reminding me of its end?

Agreed, and you make a good point with Untamed, they were happy and together in the book at the end and as the drama was downgraded to friendship there was no real reason to separate them at all. Also, you mentioned kdramas, I noticed that too. Especially with the ones I was watching. A lot of times they'd do the same thing and have the MC (usually male) die, or at least it certainly seems that way, and then have them show a maybe back view of them in the last minute and have the FL looking shocked and happy. Or the weird airport time skips. I always really hated that, but it seems they've stepped away from that in the last few years. Really hope China gets on board too, I feel like they'd be a lot more popular abroad (more so than now) and compete better with the top Korean/American/UK shows if they had more cohesive endings. (Clearly I'm a glutton for punishment though because I keep watching them anyway T-T) I'll have to thank Japan because they seem to always be unapologetically themselves(no catering), and most of the stuff that's in my preferred genre has had good, concise plots, and logical endings.

I finally did it, only took me half a year and watching the last two episodes at 2x speed, but I did it 😭 So glad I'm done, it's not a particularly bad plot, but it's so draggy with a lot of annoying moments. Honestly wish I'd discovered the 2x speed button sooner.