Tunshi Xingkong

One day, an unknown RR virus appeared on earth, and the world fell into disaster. Infected animals mutate into frightening and massively attacking monsters. When humans face destruction, they build walls and build base cities as the last bastion of man. The trials experienced by mankind during this period of time are called the "Period of Nirvana." In extreme living environments, human power is also gradually advancing and evolving, and martial arts are emerging, and human power is qualitatively increasing compared to before. And the best of them is called the Warriors. Luo Feng, 18, also aspires to be one of them. Currently, she will take the college entrance exam and face a choice at a crossroads in her life, but suddenly a monster attack affects the trajectory of her life. Under the threat of powerful monsters, the inhabitants of the city are in danger, but the military is powerless. Only one soldier stood up and maintained the security of the base city. Luo Feng is infected by a warrior force, and secretly he decides to become a fighter to protect his loved ones. This is the beginning of everything, the starting point of Luo Feng's journey as a martial artist, and also the beginning of his legendary life. Luo Feng aspires to be a martial artist, but the road ahead is not smooth. The first thing he has to deal with is the influence of the outside environment that is not visible to him. Luo Feng's family's condition was alarming and life was difficult, his parents could not provide more help and could only rely on his own efforts. Ultimately, under constant hard work, Luo Feng continues to explore his own potential and is recognized by his increased abilities and self-improvement. Not only that, Luo Feng not only shouldered the burden of supporting the family, but also joined other justice fighters to face evil monsters to protect the homeland of mankind and for the better survival and development of mankind. In a desperate doomsday situation, can Luo Feng and the other soldiers drive away the monsters and successfully protect the human world?

(Source: Animexin)

Luo, Feng Main

Xu, Xin Supporting

Paulinus, Venina Supporting

Jiang, Feng Supporting

Yang, Wu Supporting

A, Dong Supporting

Paulinus, Candice Supporting

Yan, Jingshe Supporting

Lu, Gang Supporting

Liu, Xing Supporting

Zhang, Jie Theme Song Performance

Wo Chi Xihong Shi Original Creator

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Oct 19, 2021

ST63LTH

Recommended

Swallowed Star Review

Overview
Swallowed Star is a Chinese Donghua set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian metropolis where the outside world has crumbled as a result of the RR virus, capable of mutating the organisms on earth into man eating beasts. These beasts have a hierarchal system where each species has a King, General, Captains, Majors etc. and as the ranks increase the intelligence increases which is why humanity is forced into shelters. These beasts are scheming and territorial so humanity's plan of action was a modified superhuman army of Warriors and Spirit Masters.

Story
Luo Feng, a high school student with passion and strength always wanting to be a ... warrior but couldn't due to financial struggles proves himself worthy of taking the warrior-to-be test and finds his true talent. As his current enemies get eliminated thanks to his Martial Hall and eventually his overwhelming strength, he attracts big enemies of the major families after murdering a young master an God of Wars Luo Feng slips into big trouble. He is forced to reveal his hidden talent and is exposed to the major family of this young master and becomes a target as his home is raided by a cunning Dragon King.

The apocalyptic and mysterious nature of this science fiction donghua is what compelled me to write a review. A good overpowered main character that has a fairly powerful narrative is much better especially a chinese creation that isn't exactly wuxia or xianxia based literature. It has a fair amount of love interest and suspenseful fighting scenes, the series is a bit predictable after the Young Master and God of Wars were slaughtered by Luo Feng but the outcome was still satisfying.

Character
Luo Feng is a strategic, strong, diligent, finessing character with hidden talent which beats many OPMC series that rely on pure strength. Seeing him acknowledged as a genius in his exam and within his initial Squad was very satisfying as he developed because they didn't shrug it off as luck. I was surprised with the lack of filler content in this series despite being 26 episodes long, the first quarter is more or less character development and introducing the childhood antagonist. But as the story progresses, Luo Feng encounters many betrayals and even kills a few people himself to save himself, he also steals eggs from powerful dragons to make bank. His reputation in the training camp arc grew which was badass, good execution but was very short-lived.

Art & Sound
As a CGI animation, the quality is very detailed and character rigging is almost human-like. The beasts however, are a hit-or-miss for animation; sometimes they hit buildings and their character phases through or their character rigging is 'bony'. Nonetheless, when it comes to the big beasts like the dragon or the big monster from the beginning episode, it looks detailed and intimidating.

Sound design is pretty decent, nothing particular to say since it wasn't as memorable even soundtracks didn't really stick with me in key moments.

Overall
Sadly, this series isn't spam released like some wuxia Donghuas otherwise it would have been more popular even in the eastern world. Still highly recommended overpowered main character series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 14, 2022

Li_An22

Recommended

This show is incredible! I couldn't help comparing it with Douluo Dalu as I first found out about this show from the promo at the end of one of Douluo Dalu's episodes. The way the stories are presented are both similar. It's a cultivation story set in a dystopian sci-fi setting, not something I thought I would like initially, but I love it!

The story is engaging from the very beginning and Luo Feng is such a compelling hero. Sometimes I question his choices and he seems to lack some forethought and cautiouness when it comes to making decisions, and this lack of foresight sometimes makes ... Luo Feng seem a little immature, however, he never fails to impress!

One thing I will say about the story is that it moves very fast espcially in season 1. I don't have any background knowledge of the novel, but I know it's quite extensive. They don't really have a lot of time to let events unfold slowly so it moves very fast, but I found that also kept me engaged as I was never bored.

The characters are wonderful, though I felt like Luo Feng's relationships could do with some further development. He meets a lot of people, friends, colleagues and teachers but because of the speed of his advancement he never 'sticks around' for very long before moving onto the next group of people. Hopefully they'll have more time to develop his relationships in season 2 as there are double the number of episodes!

If you're a fan of Douluo Dalu definately give this show a watch you won't regret it!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Sep 8, 2024

WhiteZet

Mixed Feelings

This was the first 3D Donghua I personally liked, but this might be a hard sell for a lot of people.
I still think it's worth giving at least a try to see if you're into it. But don't go in with big expectations.

I want to touch a little on future seasons, so this review reveals what you can expect later on without going to any plot details.

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Visually, I think the artstyle is inconsistent. Some environments look way too empty & unnatural. At times it's like the characters are driving through barbie land with a couple of plastic trees on a plastic ground. Even texture quality ... is inconsistent.

Animations are very stiff, and the combat sequences are not that well made. It's especially bad when the main character fights beasts for the first time. You won't even see the sword making contact with them. After first 12 episodes there are some improvements I noticed though, since the swords start making cuts on the enemies.

Both the visuals & animation do slowly get some improvements as episodes pile on:
The scifi style is pretty well pulled off & the show gets more futuristic the further you go. Past first season most fights are done midair & it's a lot prettier to look at than ground combat choreography. Nice visual effects & the animation quality feels less relevant.

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The plot begins with humans defending earth from beasts, but future seasons eventually start to become more & more scifi & eventually there's even space travel & space combat.

I think the story writing is pretty terrible outside the major plot of winning the earth back. The subplots are always very surface level "You offended me, so I will end your bloodline" type of deal.

Personally I wasn't a fan of fighting overgrown beasts or dinosaurs & thought the subplots were cringe, so the future seasons with their scifi settings are where this show shines: dope armors, lots of nice visual effects during combat, nice spaceships, nice metallic interiors, lots of combat.

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Overall I'd say first 2 season are a 6/10 on average, but seasons 3-4 are a 7/10 for me.
It's cringe, but it's also fun.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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