Jin Zhan Fashi

I wasn't expecting much honestly, but it's surprisingly fun. Not as smooth as King's Avatar, but if you enjoyed that, you'd probably enjoy this too. The 3d cgi of the game's world bothers me a little, since I'm definitely more of a fan of 2D animation than 3D, but it's enjoyable enough anyway. admittedly the animation quality itself might not be as good as some others in the 8 tier, but I had a lot of fun watching, so it deserved higher than 7

Premise is that the MC is a college P.E. teacher who really love martial arts, super dedicated and passionate, but he struggles ... getting others interested in it in the current day and age. one of his initial students gets him into the game, binding him as a mage - and then he proceeds to do martial arts instead. shenanigans happen. ye xiu-brand chaos ensues.

The characters are fairly fun - the interactions between the Elite Guild, as well as the MC and his ducklings/students are fairly amusing. I gotta say, Sword Ghost (jian gui) is probs my fave character - he's so cute and his va did *such* a good job.

fair warning - the sub translations can be kind of iffy at times - most of the time, they do get the point across, albeit some nuances might be lost if you don't understand Chinese, but at some points they don't make that much sense, so keep that in mind

All in all, this is a pretty decent donghua to binge, but don't really expect too-complex plot like bungou or the like

update: just realized the original novel was also written by butterfly blue, which definitely explains why I kept getting king's avatar vibes

This Donghua is really AWS ✨

At first it might seem meh, but gradually the plot and the characters together blend into a very nice combination of Awesomeness.

The MC is not like other Protagonists who chases after a girl or gets chased by any girls, he's hellbent on practicing more of his Martial arts and promote it than actually playing it. He's new to this simulation game so he's like a total novice in case of gaming. But with time he gets to understand certain functions but his main aim remains same that is sharpening his skills as a Martial Artist Teacher.

OST - Imma give ... 5/10... 5 because sometimes ost is beautiful and maximum time it's average.

Characters - For MC till now it's still 8/10.. 2 points deducted coz, he's too stiff, although I like characters like him, but a Lil flexibility would be great. And yes, 1 point still in my hand coz, it's not completed yet.

Other characters. The only one I see worth mentioning is the White haired Guy from the Moonlight Guild. Well, ofcourse because he's a nice leader, but also because, After the MC entered into the picture he is like less spoilt reach young master and more human being who enjoys his youth with his friends.

I'll add more if I see any other characters with good character sketches ✨

Skip it if u don't want to be spoilt!!

!! Spoilers Alert!!

There's a White Haired Guild leader Healer Mage, whom the MC calls beautiful at first sight, so probably there's a hint of BL? Or bromance since the white haired kinda seems like his interest only peaks when it's involved MC, but he's a badass Mage too.

There are Girls, and maybe some may like the MC too, but from what I've seen, the MC is not really interested in any of them, nonetheless he's really a gentleman to them.

There's this guy called Coward? Since I watch it with English subs 😅, so he's like a dedicated student of MC who is really genuine about learning Martial arts from him.

And the Antagonist, oof! I really sometimes feel irritated because of him, because he's just a game developer, and according to him MC is like a bug, because he's not following his aligned functions as a gamer😑...and yes, his avatar in the game was helped by MC at first, and the MC really holds no ill will rather he trust this game developer as in avatar form. Also the Actual Boss also doesn't have any problem with the MC but this developer guy is really annoying.

It's evident from the opening song that He's like a MC who would supersede the rules of the game and make a name for himself and his beloved Martial arts.

!!Spoilers end!!

If you think it's BL, it's not, I just said it's giving such vibes, but Anygays, it's really an AWSTASTIC Action Donghua that I always wait for a week to watch each episode ✨

Thank you for reading 😊❤️