Shixiong A Shixiong Episode 13 Discussion

unresolved ending

pretty solid show. hopefully season 2 starts soon

7/10

oh wow, i forgot that they still haven't addressed the very opening scene in episode 1. that premonition that mc had

@HagePotPotato The season 2's coming. They've already announced it.

@destinical just added to the site. starts airing in 8 days. alright alright alright

@HagePotPotato Compared to other donghua series, the production value of this series is pretty high. I guess the studio put a lot of effort into it and hopefully they will adapt the whole novel (which ended several years ago).

@destinical I was used to watching small 5~7 min ep donghuas. So, from last part of 2022 to mid of 2023 , I didn't watch any donghua , hoping to binge watch when lots of eps add up.
I'm astonished to see so many donghuas came out meanwhile , now I can hardly catch up.
Back in 2020 or before , you could count in one hand , the no. of good quality donghuas.
Such isn't the case anymore.
I feel withing a few years, donghua will catch up in quality with j-anime. In a small scale obviously.

@lotus_eater The fact is many donghuas have already caught up with j-anime in terms of quality. Some of them are widely loved and considered masterpieces in my country. I have no idea why they got such low scores on MAL. Taken Hua Jianghu as example. An iconic Donghua, a solid 9 according to Chinese fans (it got many domestic awards this year) and people in my country, but only gets 6 on MAL. Our donghua fanbase is no smaller than anime fanbase, with many translated materials (most from weibo). It’s sad to see donghuas dont get the recognition they deserve here. Maybe language is a barrier. Our language is pretty similar to Chinese, so voices and lines from donghuas are just like poems to us. When they get translated in English, I would say that they lost 90% of their poetic nature.

@lotus_eater The fact is many donghuas have already caught up with j-anime in terms of quality. Some of them are widely loved and considered masterpieces in my country. I have no idea why they got such low scores on MAL. Taken Hua Jianghu as example. An iconic Donghua, a solid 9 according to Chinese fans (it got many domestic awards this year) and people in my country, but only gets 6 on MAL. Our donghua fanbase is no smaller than anime fanbase, with many translated materials (most from weibo). It’s sad to see donghuas dont get the recognition they deserve here. Maybe language is a barrier. Our language is pretty similar to Chinese, so voices and lines from donghuas are just like poems to us. When they get translated in English, I would say that they lost 90% of their poetic nature.

@destinical This Hua Jianghu ? https://myanimelist.net/anime/33305/Hua_Jianghu__Ling_Zhu

Hua Jianghu has many, many prequel,sequels ; according to MAL info.
Although I've marked it as "plan-to-watch" , it feels a bit troublesome to guess where should I start, something like "How should I watch FATE series?" if you know what I mean.

@destinical This Hua Jianghu ? https://myanimelist.net/anime/33305/Hua_Jianghu__Ling_Zhu

Hua Jianghu has many, many prequel,sequels ; according to MAL info.
Although I've marked it as "plan-to-watch" , it feels a bit troublesome to guess where should I start, something like "How should I watch FATE series?" if you know what I mean.