Save yourself the trouble. (spoilers about seasons)

persephone1 said:
i’m on a Donghua binge since discovering it - it’s amazing there are so many good ones (Tong Ling Fei, Xie Wang Zhui Qi, Link Click, Meng Qi Shi Shen!)

I came upon Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official’s Blessing) on a whim and LOVED it.

I know im gonna LOVE Mo Dao Zu Shi, but I really do prefer to watch shows once they’re complete and I can binge it all at once lol so i’m trying to hold out

……….but all the shows i mentioned above have current sequels in production so it never turns out that way anyway?!………..

screw it i’m going to start Mo Dao. 😆

as for the 3D stuff, idk, it’s too weird. like i’m watching a video game.

persephone1 said:
actually the ones i mentioned aren’t BL (except possibly Link Click?) but they are still fantastic.

Xie Wang Zhui Qi starts off kinda bad since S1 is just short episodes but if you stick around it’s worth it cause the story is killer.
Tong Ling Fei is friggin adorable and i absolutely love it.
Meng Qi Shi Shen is kinda silly but actually really enjoyed it.

My favourite Japanese BL is Given.
I also loved Love Stage and Super Lovers.

Saezuru no Tori wa is possibly my all time fave but it is rough and gritty (dealing with serious adult subject matter) and it’s a yaoi. But not a stupid silly yaoi.. It’s actually a masterpiece. Again, only for adults.

Konani said:


-from what i know, there were "only" four works of the author's made into donghua (chinese anime), all of them with similar setting but slightly different characters and story.
i can't say anything about spiritpact/Ling Qi since i haven't watched it,
i also haven't read anything from the author, just watched the adaptions;
as they are chinese donghua though, unfortunately they are "censored", as in; there can be no same-sex romancing on screen, but the animators and directors have left enough hints and clues for people to find, through the characters' behavior, dialogue, and also the opening/endings.


Mostly and mainly i would above all recommend Mo dao, to me it felt the most balanced with animation, quality, pace and the story. while focusing on the main characters, it also focuses a lot on the world and the people around them, their personal connection with others, and there are many ups and downs in terms of the overall mood of the series.
it also is the only "completed" adaption from this author, with all three seasons plus an extra chibi-series added to it, while the other three are as of yet unfinished with just one or two seasons out.

Scumbag System- is a 3D animated adaption which has some flaws, but overall is pretty decent. to me, the animation wasn't the worst, it certainly wasn't the best, but most of the character models are very pleasant to look at. -it focuses more on humor thus far (1 season, 10 episodes), so while not very romance-heavy, it's pretty fun as of yet. from what i know, the 2nd season is in production

Heaven's Official Blessing- to me, while the graphics were pretty, the version i watched was a probably early one, since it had some animation errors in one of the episodes, but i hear later versions has fixed those. it felt very slow in terms of the story, basically nothing really happens, and during the 11 episodes only 2 major events really happen. at the same time, between the main characters, a lot of things do happen, and there are some plotlines being laid out, so a lot of questions for season 2 to answer once it airs. it also has a special episode, an extra, which to me was the favorite. (2nd season's also in production)


-basically all the stories are a "slow burn" format between the characters; they don't instantly hook up for various reasons, so it's something that happens over a longer time.
they also all take place in a fictional ancient china with what i assume is some chinese-cultural standard for sorcery.


-so since there's only four different series i possibly could reference, i'd say they're all worth a watch, even if only one of them is finished as of current.
,if you choose to watch one, or all of them, i'll hope you'll find them enjoyable :3
,oh, i'd probably also mainly promote the chinese-dub version. Mo dao was the first one i watched, it was also the first donghua i ever watched, it was different, but enjoyable!

Ufckingweasel33 said:

Im so confused, as far as I know LING QI or spirit pact is not made by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu at all (Author of Heaven Official's Blessing, Scumbag Villain, and Mo Dao Zu Shi) where were yall getting at lol
ugh I want to watch the ling qi Chinese dub so bad

Konani said:
I went to try and find the original chinese dub with english subtitles online, i found some horrible-quality ones on youtube, and i found maybe two episodes elsewhere but the site had severe buffering-issues.
-From what i saw in a few googles, it looks like the chinese dub is more or less gone due to china's censorship laws having gotten stricter since this first aired, so i guess boys kissing on screen is too much for today's chinese censorship.

So likely, you'll only find the japanese version of this show.

In addition, apparently season 3 is cancelled, due to an argument between the author and the ones adapting the author's work, since the studios want to change the story too much, so if you don't want to watch a japanese dub of an originally chinese animation, which also is cancelled after 2 seasons, you might want to look for something else.

Sad, since i've been on a binge of this author's other adapted works in the past few days and was hoping to finish it off with Ling Qi/Spiritpact, but i'd rather not watch something that's not "completed" if i can avoid it.
(actually, might wanna disregard the previous statement, since i was under the impression author for ling qi was the same as for mo dao zu shi and tian guan ci fu, but i didn't check very thoroughly).

It's not that i couldn't try to find the original novel, translated (which i might for Mo dao zu shi, but i hear many versions of that one also are disappearing from the web thanks to chinese censorship), but if i'm not interested in the characters and story enough from the show to want to find out more, i won't.