Because it was submitted to the Chinese censorship board for airing in the Chinese mainland. This means that when…
Because the license for Justice in the Dark was brought by a Japan studio after its ban in China. Immortality (and other BL shows like Winner is King and Eternal Faith) aren’t banned and still have their licenses held in China, with the original intention to air in China. As of right now those licenses aren’t easily obtainable by international companies / plus so much was invested into Immortality monetarywise. Immortality was slated to be a huge success before the BL ban, and the company doesn’t want to give that up.
With all she's been through these past few years, I'm hoping for the best for her and that she finds some semblance of peace and calm in the aftermath, whatever that looks like for her. She's such a talent in her work and seems like such a sweetheart away from the camera. Rooting for her!
I’m back again with more nickels to spend. if I had a nickel for each time one of Luo Yunxi’s characters has brought the deed to his girlfriends house so she can live in it, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but I seem to be collecting a lot of nickels lately 😂 The fact he also owns the deed to her business too so she can open up her cosmetics shop again is just making me nod and go ‘ah yes, Love is Sweet energy right there’.
If I had a nickel for everytime one of Song Yi’s characters has opened up a cosmetics shop for a secondary reason in a drama, I’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice! That part is giving me a lot of deja but to Destined!
This ending was stunning, and really just adds to how special this show is. It was a journey the steps made in Toranaga's journey towards becoming the Shōgun. We don't need to see the rest - the war, the outcome - because we already know the ending. Toranaga has won. He is a strategist, and he has been playing the game from the very start. We have been following is a silent battlefield showing how he moves every piece on the board, how he uses every person to his advantage -- even those closest to him. All for the end goal of an era of peace for Japan. The nuance of things in this ending is beautiful. Mariko is there, her presence is felt and touched by all the characters, because it was so large and impactful. Her death had meaning, yet the grief is not mistaken and is heavily felt. As for Blackthorne -- the title of the episode and his dropping of Mariko's cross into the water to me was the gentle nudge of telling us that he never did leave Japan in the end. 'A dream of a dream', and the moments of him as an old man were those dreams. Beautiful show. It'll be a while until we get something like this again, especially from being a show from the West.
Immortality (and other BL shows like Winner is King and Eternal Faith) aren’t banned and still have their licenses held in China, with the original intention to air in China. As of right now those licenses aren’t easily obtainable by international companies / plus so much was invested into Immortality monetarywise. Immortality was slated to be a huge success before the BL ban, and the company doesn’t want to give that up.
if I had a nickel for each time one of Luo Yunxi’s characters has brought the deed to his girlfriends house so she can live in it, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but I seem to be collecting a lot of nickels lately 😂 The fact he also owns the deed to her business too so she can open up her cosmetics shop again is just making me nod and go ‘ah yes, Love is Sweet energy right there’.
It was a journey the steps made in Toranaga's journey towards becoming the Shōgun. We don't need to see the rest - the war, the outcome - because we already know the ending. Toranaga has won. He is a strategist, and he has been playing the game from the very start. We have been following is a silent battlefield showing how he moves every piece on the board, how he uses every person to his advantage -- even those closest to him. All for the end goal of an era of peace for Japan.
The nuance of things in this ending is beautiful. Mariko is there, her presence is felt and touched by all the characters, because it was so large and impactful. Her death had meaning, yet the grief is not mistaken and is heavily felt.
As for Blackthorne -- the title of the episode and his dropping of Mariko's cross into the water to me was the gentle nudge of telling us that he never did leave Japan in the end. 'A dream of a dream', and the moments of him as an old man were those dreams.
Beautiful show. It'll be a while until we get something like this again, especially from being a show from the West.