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Jun 10, 2022

Wan Jie Shen Zhu (Anime) add

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(2022) This series is so good I'm writing my first official review. I admit: it's going to be a bit tricky to write because I want you to discover the surprises for yourself. This is one of the very few anime that, while it does peripherally have a modern twist to it, they don't beat you about the head with it. In fact, they only pull out the references every 10\20 episodes or so. So when you see it, you're genuinely surprised! They also *slowly* lead you to discovery the MC's back story. They spend far more time having really meaningful explorations of what's important.

I ... will tell you that it took me multiple episodes that, also peripherally, this story is somewhat Dr. Who for a xanxia: he has female companions he deeply cares about, he uses his brain (and humor) to solve problems and the *space* he inhabits is (say it with me) bigger on the inside. And yes, he's a...wellll....you need to figure that one out yourself.

There is great character development across the board. MC tries his best to reason with those sent to kill him and, best of, he treats them right. Thus, he has one loyal band of followers because he isn't a {insert word here}.

Fun fact! He actually changes his outfit for *the right reason.* He doesn't wear either the same outfit for five seasons, nor does he change his outfit's color\keep it when he goes undercover. I really wish that the animators had actually shown a specific cross-anime shirt he referenced in the first or second episode.

Music: I have to hand it to the music director. It's not canned music from other animes. I've especially appreciated that he\she created *very thoughtful instrumentation* that complimented those deeper conversations. Even the "playful" pieces aren't ditzy.

If you gloss over this show, you're really going to miss some stellar, thoughtful interactions and plot development. Is it the best show I've ever, ever seen? Ehhhh maybe. I mean, I wish they had put this much thought (and upgraded 3DCGI) into Soul Land (eye roll).

BTTH has some of the same, thoughtful scenes (see the Gazebo in a rainstorm scene where MC is pouring his heart out to Dad while the storm crescendos and decrescendos as he lets it all out).

I'm surprised that I haven't seen this mentioned on more lists (esp. as I learned after the fact that it's one of the highest viewed shows in other parts of the world). It took me a *very* long time to understand and appreciate anime as I was long over screaming emo boys with spikey hair.

Now I spend my time loving and researching shows like this as I'm trying to write my own.

Pay attention to this one, and you'll be rewarded over and over.

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Apr 21, 2022

Dinghai Fusheng Lu (Anime) add

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I cannot believe this anime flew so far under the radar. I stumbled across Dinghai Fusheng Lu\Epic of Divinity Light by accident while looking through Billibili's general 3dCGIs. The first 15 or so minutes may confuse you as it's a little disjointed, but don't let that stop you. I'm not even a fan of zombie anime but this one is *totally* unique! It is a BL (and a slow burn at that) between Shu Xiang, a moody kick a** Clan Leader\warrior type and Xing Chen (or Chen Xing?), at 16 the last great exorcist. This is a prequel to Tianbao Fuyao Lu.

Magic ... has been silenced, and as a heart light has returned to the world through Xing Chen (and so have zombies), it foretells a great disaster is on it's way. Xing Chen must find his Guardian Great God of War (Shu Xiang - the Great Chayou [sp]) and work together to track down clues to restore magic\Qi and defeat evil. Of course, Shu Xiang is not up for the challenge at first. It doesn't take long, though, for him to answer the call (and take care of Chen). Chen also has a ticking time bomb over him which also adds impetus to the story\star crossed lovers.

This anime gets the pacing right: with the exception of the weird first fifteen minutes, every episode furthered the storyline perfectly. There really isn't 10 episodes of laying down the backstory and introducing the characters.

The CG art\animation is top notch. Full stop. One of the COOL things they do is 1) during the end credits they alternate between video of an artist actually qouaching\watercoloring in the storyboard or 2) showing you...um...landscape scenes from an important plot point. The cut scenes are either elements of period\historical items that were utilized in the show or storyboarding artwork for individual items used in the show.

How cool is that?

The last two episodes were, in a word, *heartbreak.* Like...some of the saddest plot lines I've seen to date in *any* anime (and I'm a Tang San\Wu fan for life\BTTH gazebo in the rain storm with Dad fan). They were total misdirects and I wanted to see more! Unfortunately, the machine translation for the webnovel is so horrific that it's kinda hard to pick up where this season left off.

So, here's the bad news: As good as this anime was, and as great as it's the prequel to Tianbao Fuyao Lu, it looks like it's on hiatus. What does that mean? No clue. Did COVID interrupt it? No clue.

I'd like to think that, because this anime wasn't on *one* list and wasn't promoted, perhaps people just didn't know about it? The studio didn't think it was worthwhile to continue?

Lesson learned: if you see something worthwhile that has been left off of everyone's radar, say something! :). Maybe if enough people watch this Season the studio may pick it back up?

I really, really hope so.

You should check this one out.

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