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Done with Joyful Reunion.

I don’t think I’ve felt like this in a long while after finishing a story. If ever? It’s quite novel to still feel devastated after a happy ending …

But overall I think I have to rank this pretty high not just on my list of favorite Feitian novels, but even in my top 10. Though that means I’ll have to bump something off the list then. But which one?

Story wise, I’m reminded a lot of Luan Shi Wei Wang because of the wars and imperial shenanigans. In terms of characters though, I think Joyful Reunion has an edge - LSWW has one of my most beloved MLs in Li Zhifeng, and I loved You Miao for his brilliance. But other than the leads, I didn’t get attached to any of the side characters. (In fact, I wasn’t a fan of Zhao Chao at all.) Now with JR … not just Duan Ling and Wu Du, but Li Jianghong, Li Yanqiu, Mu Qing, Chang Liujun, Batu, Zongzheng, Helian Bo, Xunchun, Ding Zhi, Master Fei, even Sun Ting and Shulu Rui … but most of all LANG JUNXIA. This may be the first time my favorite character from a story was not one of the leads. Without spoiling much, let’s just say that the angst I felt was because of Li Jianghong and Lang Junxia.

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Ah yes, nothing like making a donation to my child’s school with the purchase of Meatbun’s novels. 😆

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Now that I’m caught up with ORV webtoon, I’m jumping back into danmei with Joyful Reunion by Feitian Yexiang. This has been on my tbr for a while and now the Eng tl is complete!

While it only has 50 chapters, the translator broke down each chapter into multiple parts because … well, because it’s FTYX and it’s not surprising his chapters can go on and on and on.

I’m currently on Chapter 4 (part 2). Not much happening so far, still meeting and getting to know the characters. Duan Ling reminds me a bit of You Miao from LSWW, maybe because of the academics. Since DL was 8 when the story began and is currently only 13, there’s no CP yet so I don’t know who will be the ML (though I have a guess based on the cover arts). There’s a bit of touchy-feely stuff going on, which I do find a bit awkward, but I’m growing fond of DL so I’m looking forward to how his story unfolds.

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Took a quick break from danmei the last few days and binged Omniscient Reader on Webtoon.

SO. SO. SO. GOOD!

The story is very much up my alley (isekai’d into the hunger games) and the art is just gorgeous. And I do love the dynamic between KDJ and YJH … how Dokja will affectionately call Joonghyuk a bastard, while Joonghyuk’s murderous aura comes out every time he’s around Dokja.

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Spotted at my local Kinokuniya! Tempting, but $70! I’m not even sure what that book is, and … “Heaven’s” 😆

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… dusting the place off in case the bird house burns to the ground …

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Artist: 金太爷_ (repost allowed with credit)

these are too cute 😭

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I’ve been busy binge reading Can Ci Pin the last few days. I ended up getting a stye on one eye probably because of constantly rubbing my eyes as I read until the wee hours of the morning. And my brain is tired.

But my god that was good. As sci-fi space nerd, I was giddy over the mechs, and space travel, and artificial intelligence, and the political strife of galaxies far, far away. And epic SPACE BATTLES!

Gah! I’m kinda sad it’s over. At least there’s the donghua that’s supposed to air ... this year? (Though I feel a little iffy about the art and character designs, but maybe that’s because I’ve gotten spoiled by how gorgeous TBFYL is.)

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Episode 5 of Legend of Exorcism should be titled “Li Jinglong Being Soft for Hongjun”

BONUS! Big Bird has been replaced by Lu Xu in the mid episode break.

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I was watching episode four of TBFYL last night (and not understanding a lick of it since the English TL isn’t ready yet), but I just noticed something in the opening ...

They gave Zhangshi some stubble 😆

Also, watching that scene with Chong Ming come to life actually hurt more than reading it. Hongjun’s VA did a phenomenal job of breaking my heart. And if his cries wasn’t enough, then they gave us this damn tear from Chong Ming.

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After catching up to the current translated chapters of Liu Yao and Wu Chang Jie, I finally jumped onto The Legendary Master’s Wife. I was always putting this off because good god it has over 700 chapters! It started off kinda slow, but turns out the chapters aren’t that long, so after the story and characters got a bit more established, it’s going by quicker than I expected.

(Not a whole lot of art/fan art for LMW, and from the ones I did find ... I get that Momo is small and young, but why does he seem to be drawn looking like a child though??)

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When the little peacock saves you ...

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Spent all weekend bingeing Killer and Healer. What a roller coaster of a series! I yelled at the screen for people being evil. I loudly called certain characters as idiots. I even got to change my opinion on one character from negative to positive!

In the end, the bad guys have been defeated, and our two “best friends” share a long moment of lovingly gazing at one another amidst the bustling street. My mind is already imagining them visiting that old fisherman and his wife or going off to the mountains together ... but then, THAT happened ... all I can think of was ...

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Ancient Chinese gays continue to fall from high places ...

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Hold up. Xie Lian will have the same VA as Levi, Yato, and Kusakabe??

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After finishing TBFYL a few days ago, I picked up AND HAVE BEEN BINGE READING Wu Chang Jie.

In all the danmei I’ve read, if there is an emperor, 9 out of 10 time he’s a shitty bastard. BUT THIS! I’ve been seething over what an asshole the emperor is, but it’s not even just him, but even the empress and the concubines. WORST PARENTS EVER. After finishing a big flashback part, I wanted to slap every single character for being evil, naive, or just plain stupid.

Don’t get me wrong, I still highly recommend this. There’s xianxia, reincarnation, conspiracies, humor, and a hefty dose of angst.

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