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reinaka42 · 11 months ago

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Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花��间【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

燕双归【Yan Shuang Gui】 ➼ B link

拜云台【Bai Yun Tai】 ➼ B link

思华年【Si Hua Nian】 ➼ B link

承天【Cheng Tian】 ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Yi An Nan An + Shui Xu Hu Feng.

Vol 3: 数风流【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Yan Shuang Gui, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

#忘川风华录 #wang chuan feng hua lu #wcfhl #chinese music #vocasynth #vocaloid #synthv #vocaloid project #synth v project #synthesizer v #vocal synths #long post #this is the culmination of a 3 year brainrot #i will try my best

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10holmes · 3 years ago

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author self-rec game - tagged by @lady-of-the-lotus thanks for the tag! 💕

Rules: list the five favorite fics you’ve written, then pass it on to five other writers.

Puh... Basically this is me just tagging about every fic I've written so far, considering a lot are more on the nah side of things, but let's see 😂

1. Time is Our Worst Enemy

Recently I just recommended this fic to my super amazing and precious reader @impossible-stardust and realized this is - if maybe not my best or most popular - definitely my all time favourite XueXiao fic that I've written so far 💕

Basically it is me going: "The Yi City Arc didn't hurt enough - Let's make it even more heart-wrenching!" #peacewasneveranoption #IdontwantpeaceIwantproblems

2. Now That I See You

This fic is really dear to me because it is the most extensive one I've written so far and I spend like every spare minute thinking about it and plotting (if also often not always writing... #writerstruggles)

While watching the deleted campfire scene and seeing XY making heart-eyes at XXC and also his puppy-eyes during their final confrontation, I thought: "Gosh, what if XXC could have seen his expressions and had really had the time to understand and reflect on XYs story and past? And what if XY was more aware of his feelings sooner and less vicious & shaped by his past? This definitely would have changed things!"

Thus, this fic was born featuring a XXC, who still has his eyes, and a XY who's amnesiac after the assassination attempt. And, yes, I do take the slow in slow-burn very seriously here.

3. Fate is a Wicked Thing

Way before descending into danmei hell and becoming a Xue Yang apologist, I was an avid Loki stan and Lokane shipper and also very pissed with how his character was done dirty by Marvel. So I thought Screw canon! and went to write a canon divergence where the Infinity Stones are sentient beings and two of them always form a pair and they bond with their hosts and the pairing also extends to their hosts. So now we have Loki bonded to the Tesseract and Jane bonded to the Aether, which are a pair, and thus the two of them also find themselves suddenly developing feelings for one another and then having to question whether these feelings are influenced by the Infinity Stones or maybe their own after all...

Regrettably, I haven't finished or updated this in years as my interests and obsessions have shifted...

4. Down in the Black Sea

Are you even truly pan (or bi) if you haven't got a weird obsession with pirates and mermaids and Pirates of the Caribbean?

So yeah, I love mermaids, I love pirates, and I love the idea of combining that obsession with XueXiao. Thankfully I stumbled upon @memequeen1127 's fic collection and got permission to continue her opening chapter for what is now also one of my most beloved fics!

It's about XY, a mermaid hunter, being saved by XXC, a white mermaid of legend, with whose heart one can gain immeasurable power. So of course XY wants that power. But the growing feelings between them may yet change the tide of any ensuing betrayal...

5. Lone Wolf And His White Sheep Shizun

Take XueXiao but make it RanWan. As my obsessions shifted yet again to another pairing, but I can't quite let go of XueXiao (probably not ever again), I decided to just combine it and make it one huge obsession ✔️

But be warned: Updates are very slow for this one... #sorry

And now, I'm excited to get to know your favourite personal fics!

@bao-shan-black

@onlyonewoman

@unfortunatelycake

@the-ineffable-arvari

@zishustits

And anyone else who sees this and wants to join in 🥰

#self-rec game #just fic writer things #recommending your own 5 favourite fics #No #my obsession with XueXiao is not obvious at all...

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extraordinarilyextreme · 3 years ago

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Fic Writer Interview Game

thank you @jockvillagersonly for tagging me! you're the absolute sweetest 🥺💖

name: susu (苏苏)

fandoms: honestly, a lot. but of the works i've posted on ao3, the list includes the following: Qing Ya Ji (The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity), Dao Mu Bi Ji (The Grave Robbers' Chronicles/The Lost Tomb series), Zhen Hun (Guardian), Chenghua Shi Si Nian (The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty), and Good Omens

if we include fanart though, then there's also Shan He Ling (Word of Honor) and Chen Qing Ling (The Untamed)

two-shots: i genuinely didn't think i had any but here we are lol.

do not speak as loud as my heart: DMBJ & Guardian crossover 💙💚

i love(d) you: Star Wars AU for Good Omens ♡♥

in another time (UNFINISHED): TSOMD immortal!Ding Rong 💜❤️

and may we tie our hearts together again is technically part 1 of something too: red string AU for QYJ ⚫️⚪️

most popular multi-chapter fic: well, i mostly write one-shots haha! but by hits, kudos, comments, and bookmarks, it's a string of paper cranes (red string AU for TSOMD 💜❤️)

actual worst part of writing: i think just getting into the groove of things, trying to find enter flow state? i'm unfortunately really particular about the music i listen to when i write, so i tend to spend hours trying to find the perfect song to serve as my soundtrack instead of, you know, writing LOL

how you choose your titles: it's usually a quote lol no matter if it's a line from the show/book, a lyric, or from a poem (i've been doing more translation work recently so i take stuff from Chinese songs too). and on the occasions that i actually come up with something original... man, i couldn't even tell you how it happens; it's like when the DVD logo finally hits the corner of the tv screen and suddenly i have an idea once in a blue moon

do you outline?: yes. i've outlined for every fic i've written so far except the upcoming PingXie Exchange one (and for that reason, it was so much more difficult to write even though it's one of my shorter fics lol); i really need outlines so i won't miss any of the details i want to include

ideas you probably won’t get around to, but wouldn’t it be nice?: the thing is, i really think i WILL eventually get around to all my ideas, but i just have a lot of things going on :') but some of the stuff catching dust in my folder include an Orpheus & Eurydice retelling of CQL WangXian and some PingXie and Iron Triangle post-canon fluff. the Story of Yanxi Palace AU for TSOMD is still there, and i'm still not satisfied with the second chapter of "in another time" lol. other WIPs include a "Wu Xie dies but the DMBJ world has to continue on" AU and also the red string AU for QYJ from Qingming's pov. there's a huatubing (hanahaki) AU for RongZhi + focus on Wan Tong idea that i've discussed with @rongzhi too, and @naiwong-bao and i are of course still working on our QingYa derivative fic :)

and i'd love to write something for Xin Zhai Lie Ren (Psych-Hunter). the ending of that show left me so unsatisfied LOL

OH actually, i think the one idea that i'll truly never write is something for Shi Shen Ling (The Yin Yang Master). that movie... anyway, i just want to give all the characters so much more development dammit. it'd be post-canon; Baini and Boya become unlikely friends, and Qingming is still doing his stupid i-have-to-be-alone-to-protect-the-world nonsense or whatever. but he's always watching out for Baini and making sure she's safe.

callouts @ me: um... write faster? haha and... try to work outside your comfort zone a little more. try and write something without any angst at all. a rated-E fic maybe. and remember that even if only one person reads your story, even if that one person is you, then that's all you need.

best writing traits: i think i tend to have pretty strong dialogue. i'm good at showing love stories without necessarily an "i love you" in there. and, as much as i whine about it, i think i'm pretty good at making the "angst with a happy ending" pay off; it's exhausting to cope with the characters as they go through losses and tribulations, but i think i tend to handle it pretty realistically for the most part.

spicy tangential opinion: well, i don't think this is particularly anything newsworthy, but read what you like and don't read what you don't like. remember that most people are doing this out of an interest in the fandom, that it touched some part of them, and even if they're angry at the creators and writing fix-its out of spite, they're still doing it for free. so be kind to each other. and be kind to yourself; don't purposefully consume anything that will upset you.

and also. if you are not the intended audience for which a work was originally created and you're unfamiliar with the socio-historical and cultural context of the work, i am telling you not to speak over the voices of the fans who do belong to that culture. i am not asking nicely anymore. be respectful, do the proper research, and ask questions. if you are genuinely willing to learn and be educated, then people will be excited to answer. REMEMBER. you are a guest.

tagging (only if you want to!!! and if you've already done this, i'm so sorry for missing it): @naiwong-bao, @rongzhi, @lqcoups, @astarlitwishforyou, @aloverdestroyed, @ftw-wolvie, @inrainprose, @laireshi, @thosch3i, @a-universe-of-almosts

#tagged #ask meme #be kind to each other everybody

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andoqin · 4 years ago

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C-Novel Rec

So, I have a Deep Abiding Love for Chinese Webnovels, but not often do I get one that actually gets me deep in my heart in a way where I think about it after I’m done and so I wanted to talk about it a little here.

The novel I want to talk about is called Rebirth of a Star General (重生之女将星) , by Qian Shan Cha Ke (千山茶客). If you’ve read (hetero) c-novels, you might know her name, since she also wrote the novel Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage, which is almost a classic in this kind of rebirth genre.

This Rec/Review/overlong essay is going to contain spoilers, so if you’re completely allergic to those I’ll just give you my TL;DR here: I preferred it a lot over RMEML.

Now to my endless wall of words:

Rebirth of the Star General is pretty much what it says on the tin, main character He Yan, is a famous general in her own right, but no one knows about it because she was only the stand-in for her sickly brother. When her brother grew up and was no longer sick, the family decided that he should receive the military honors she had earned and she would be married off. This was possible thanks to the fact she had always worn a mask, so as not to be discovered.<o:p></o:p>

He Yan was not entirely happy with this decision, but she thought she would make the best of it. Of course, it gets worse because not even a year into her marriage she is first poisoned and then blind as a result and later murdered by her cousin, a concubine of her husband.

She gets reborn as He Yan, beloved and spoiled daughter of a city guard and vows revenge, both on her former husband and on her family, but most of all she longs to become a general again, but this time under her own name and with acknowledgement of her being a female general.

If you want your rebirth novels to include lots of face slapping or intricate revenge plotting, this is not the novel for you, since soon after she is reborn, she kills a guy out of self-defense and when his family and the city guard are after her she uses this chance to enlist in the army, disguised as a man.

This is where she meets her arch-rival in her previous life, a man so gorgeous, once again entire paragraphs are filled trying to describe his magnificent beauty - a hallmark of this author if I ever saw one. She decides she will use this chance anyway, her knowledge of military tactics and her knowledge of her rival (and former classmate) possibly being beneficial in this case.

The author makes it a point to emphasise that He Yan struggles initially to keep up with the military training, since she is now inhabiting the body of a woman who does not have experience with hard work and that she has to work twice as hard to be even mediocre, in the beginning. Obviously mediocrity does not lead to quick military advancement, so her getting incredibly fit very quickly anyway is not very realistic, but even before she had enlisted, He Yan had trained her new body and she has many years of experience as to how to get better and fighting experience, so I gave the novel a pass on that one.

Up to this point the novel was entertaining, but it didn’t really grip me too hard, although I was impatient enough to MTL it, but as the story goes along He Yan really developed into one of my favourite c-novel heroines ever. So often in novels like this, the female character is treated as exceptional and all other women are dumb bitches, often just in the way of our main couple and dispatched accordingly. But He Yan does not treat other women like this and over the course of the novel builds lasting connections with all sorts of women.

And then there is the scene that made me go: okay yeah, this is going right up the favourite list.

He Yan meets up with the Second Male Lead (who never really is a serious threat to the OTP, He Yan only ever sees him as a friend and somewhat nice guy) and he tries the “oh you’re so unique and special, no other woman is like you” speech, but He Yan stops him and rips into him and the patriarchy in such a beautiful way, that even MTL doesn’t hamper:

"A-He is very different from ordinary women."

He Yan looked at her, "What's different?"

Chu Zhao continued to walk forward, his voice still soft: "Most women, even though they are faced with such a predicament, are already numb and indifferent, and do not think as much as Ah He does. If A-He is thinking about them now, it is very likely that they wont enjoy it, and they will even complain that you are meddling in their affairs."

He laughed: "This sounds a bit condescending."

Chu Zhao smiled, "Why do you say that?"

"The court is a man's court, the world's affairs are a man's world affairs, even when studying in the battlefield, it is men who are the only ones who have the grace. It is so unreasonable that men take advantage of the world, but in turn blame women for being numb-minded and unmotivated, what is this if not superiority?"

"Brother Chu thinks that I am different from ordinary women because I have studied, I have left the house, and I even went to the military camp. But if you let those women be like me, who have seen the snow of Liangzhou Wei, the water of Jiyang City, the long moon of the desert, the rivers and mountains, do you think they would still be willing to be trapped in a jealous mansion, would they still be complacent and numb and foolish?"

She smiled a little bit like Xiao Jue, "I think the men in the world are worried about this, so they have set up many ridiculous rules to bind women, breaking their wings with the three rules and five rules, and using those unwarranted 'virtuous wives and beautiful women' to judge them. The more foolish they are, the more reassured the men are, and the more they say, 'See, the women are shallow', when they are the ones who caused it!"

"Because they also know that once women are given the chance to 'choose', they will never become a vase in the harem with their hands outstretched waiting to be fed by their husbands. Those good women would become generals, chivalrous men, scribes, staff, and compete with them for the grace of the world, and they, in turn, might not win."

The girl's eyes were as clear as the water in the springtime of Ji Yang City, transparent and clear, seeing clearly and distinctly, as if they could reflect the most splendid daylight.

He was always able to speak well and would not bring the atmosphere to an awkward point, but at this moment he did not know what to say. It was as if there was nothing he could say to refute the person in front of him. It was clearly a ridiculous, insouciant, naive and annoyingly righteous statement, but it shone out the shadow of a human being, with nothing to hide.

He was also uneven in his heart.

Although pretending to be "He Ru Fei" had brought her a lot of pain in her life, it had also taught her to see sights that many women would never see in their lifetime. If she hadn't pretended to be "He Ru Fei", she would not have known that men could do so much more than women. If you were talented in literature, you could be a bachelor with a full belly, if you were skilled, you could be a general with a good war record. Even if you were mediocre at everything, you could still be the most ordinary man on the street. To put it mildly, even at the Raketongzhuang, women were gambling prostitutes and men were gamblers.

It was only because she later became "Madam Xu" and worked as both a man and a woman that she realised that the world treats men and women so differently, that it is not that men do not suffer, but their suffering can be the basis for judging themselves. The women, on the other hand, spend their lives waiting for the men's affirmation of their hardships.

It is obvious that they are both born as human beings, but who is more noble than the other? It is ridiculous that some men still look down on girls from the bottom of their hearts, which makes people speechless.

and this is when the author pretty much states why He Yan would never be with SML

Chu Zhao and Xiao Jue were, after all, not the same. With women, they both considered them weak and unable to protect themselves. But the former's judgement had a hint of negativity and condescension in it, while the latter, as evidenced by the treatment of the female corpse in the Sun family's backyard in Liangzhou City, had more to do with pity.

And I loved that so much??? Yes, both the ML and SML have patriarchical attitudes towards women, but for He Yan there is a subtle and important difference. And this continues to be a theme throughout the book. One woman later keeps telling her son “Don’t underestimate women!” to later add, after He Yan has become a female general in her own right, under her own name, that He Yan might not be the only female general, there will be two, three or even more.

The romance is of the very, very slow variety and the main couple doesn’t even get together until the last quarter of the novel, officially, but before that we have all sorts of delicious fake relationship, cohabitation and other delightful tropey shenanigans.

The slow romance and relatively easy way the revenge is dealt out might mean this is not for everyone, but if you’re into a nice novel about a woman realising her goals, with a man who will always support her by her side, this might be for you.

And yes, she continues to lead armies after they are married :D

#rebirth of a star general #i read stuff #rec #novel rec #het novel

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confinedmadness · 6 years ago

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Love O2O

This is about the 2016 Chinese drama starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang. I have not read the original novel. I have not seen the movie.

I finished the drama yesterday and enjoyed it a lot. When I watched the first episode, I actually thought I was watching the wrong video because suddenly I’m seeing all these people in traditional Chinese attire with all these weird powers. But I really grew to love the in-game scenes. I’ve described this drama as quirky when I was finished with a third of it and I still stand by it. It’s fun and refreshing and weird in all the good ways.

Wei Wei and Xiao Nai’s relationship was really nice to see. The trust in each other and their willingness to communicate despite awkward beginnings. I also love their mean streaks and just how coordinated they are in teasing others. Not to mention, I love their partnership both in-game and in real life. Xiao Nai lets Wei Wei fight her own battles, believing completely that she can handle it herself. The one time he intervened, he even apologized to her. I like how when Wei Wei decides to depend on Xiao Nai, it’s always because she knows she’s not alone rather than because she wants to take it easy. And I like how when Xiao Nai depends on Wei Wei, it is because he trusts her and not because he has no other choice.

I found it funny while watching and I still did after I rewatched it just now, but I also realized Xiao Nai’s stalker tendencies are pretty disturbing. Hahaha Though I do love how he uses his computer genius to protect Wei Wei and her reputation.

I like the fact that even though she usually calls him “Master”, Wei Wei uses Xiao Nai’s real name when she is serious. She used it when asking Xiao Nai how he knew about her, and when she was upset because of the “fight” with Er Xi. It’s the same way she also used “Nai He” in-game when she sincerely thanked him for cheering her up.

But no matter how cute they are, my favorite relationship in this drama -- romantic, platonic, familial, what-have-you -- is actually Wei Wei and Ban Shan’s. Perhaps it helps that the actors really did so well in bringing out a sense of comfortable friendship between them. They banter easily, both pretty chill and can be savage, and they care for each other. I don’t know. I love their scenes together so much even if they are pretty short. One of my favories is when Wei Wei brought up Ban Shan’s jacket (polo?) over him while he slept.

I came to really like Yang Yang because of this drama. However, I don’t know if it’s connected to me liking Wei Wei and Ban Shan’s friendship, but Niu Jun Feng stole my heart in this drama. <3 It’s okay, he can have it. <3 <3 <3

I’m pretty sad that Wei Wei is mostly just portrayed as a gamer in the drama. I’d hoped they would have shown more of her programming skills as well, seeing as she’s considered a genius student in computer science. She’s usually either just talked about as a great beauty or a skilled gamer. It’s a shame that her intelligence, which I thought they were trying to highlight in the first episode, was only very shallowly touched upon since.

Also, I hope this drama didn’t (doesn’t) perpetuate the mistaken belief that CS students learn about fixing laptops and computers. :| While it is true some CS students can do that, it’s mostly because of their self-study. Hardware isn’t really what computer science is about, even if it may be related.

At first, I liked Cao Guang. But he really became an annoying character. I was clapping so hard when Wei Wei finally put him in his place and made him realize his stupidity and selfishness. It was because of this that I didn’t even enjoy his romance with Er Xi. Plus, Er Xi was pretty annoying that one time, which didn’t help. Though I liked her overall.

The most annoying character for me, however, is Nana. Not only is she a fake, she also consistently caused heartache for Yi Ran and twisted her views. Yi Ran, for me, was very pitiable. She had absolutely no idea how to handle her feelings and was just dragged around by people who took advantage of her.

Another annoying character is Sleeping Butterfly. I didn’t really have much of an opinion about her right until the end during the clan meet up when she used Wei Wei. I said and I mean “used”. She lied to Wei Wei and used her to take some petty revenge on the other girls in the clan just because her boyfriend is a useless, unfaithful, womanizer. Wei Wei never wanted to show her identity. If I were Wei Wei, I would have stormed out. The hell I care if the rest of the clan think Butterfly was lying if that’s how she’s gonna treat me.

During their college days, I loved Wei Wei’s interaction with Ban Shan, Hao Mei, and Qui. Loved that they call her “Third sister-in-law” and I found it pretty funny when they keep reporting about her to Xiao Nai. I like that Xiao Nai has no problems with leaving Wei Wei in their company, and that Wei Wei is comfortable around them. Though, I had hoped Qui was more developed as a character. Pretty sad considering he had almost equal appearances with Ban Shan and Hao Mei at the start but only the latter two got focused on later on.

After the boys graduated, I loved her interactions with the employees in Zhi Yi and how they treated her. That company outing near the end is definitely one of my favorites. For all the times this drama showed obnoxious fangirls taking pictures and following Xiao Nai, I really thought the time for people to actually crowd over something was when an entourage of 4 cars went to pick Wei Wei up.

I’m sure I had a lot more to say and just can’t remember them at the moment. But really, this drama was great! I enjoyed it so much and I’m rewatching it now and will probably rewatch it again.

#posts #love o2o #微微一笑很倾城 #chinese drama #drama #cdrama #niu jun feng #zheng shuang #yang yang #review

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allcheatscodes · 6 years ago

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Genre: Strategy, Action Strategy Developer: Omega Force Publisher: Tecmo ESRB Rating: Teen Release Date: July 16, 2013

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Unlockables

Wu Unlocks

Daqiao : Complete Stage 3(x) – Battle against Yu Ji Ding Feng : Complete Stage 10 – Battle of Yiling Gan Ning : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Jingzhou Huang Gai : Complete Stage 1 – Assault of Liu Biao Lianshi : Complete Stage 8 – Battle of Ru Xu Kou Ling Tong : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Jingzhou Lu Meng : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of He Fei Lu Su : Complete Stage 3 – Battle of Xu Chang Lu Xun : Complete Stage 8 – Battle of Ru Xu Kou Sun Jian : Complete Stage 1(x) – Battle of Liang Province Taishi Ci : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of He Fei Xiaoqiao : Complete Stage 9(IF)(x) – Battle of Xinye Zhou Tai : Complete Stage 2 – Conquest of Wu Zhou Yu : Complete Stage 1 – Assault of Liu Biao

Wei Unlocks

Cai Wenji : Complete Stage 11(IF) – Invasion of Jianye Cao Pi : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Wan Castle Cao Ren : Complete Stage 4 – Battle of Xu Province Dian Wei : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Wan Castle Guo Jia : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Wan Castle Jia Xu : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Wan Castle Li Dian : Complete Stage 1 – Dong Zhuo’s Assassination Pang De : Complete Stage 13(IF) – Chase at Nanjun Wang Yi : Complete Stage 11 – Battle of Tong Gate Xu Huang : Complete Stage 4 – Battle of Xu Province Xu Zhu : Complete Stage 3 – Battle of Yan Province Yue Jin : Complete Stage 1 – Dong Zhuo’s Assassination Zhang He : Complete Stage 12 – Battle of He Fei Zhang Liao : Complete Stage 6A – Battle of Xia Pi Zhenji : Complete Stage 12(IF) – Defense of Xu Chang

Character Unlocks

Diaochan : Complete Stage 1 and 2 for Wei, then complete her story mode Dong Zhuo : Complete Stage 1 and 2 for Wei, then complete his story mode Lu Bu : Complete Stage 6(x) for Wei, then complete his story mode Meng Huo : Complete all kingdoms What If stories, then complete his storymode Yuan Shao : Complete Stage 7 for Wei and Stage 3(x) for Shu, then complete hisstory mode Zhang Jiao : Complete Stage 1 for Shu, then complete his story mode Zhu Rong : Complete Stage 11(IF)(x) for Shu, then complete her story mode Zuo Ci : Complete Wu’s What If path, then complete his story mode

Shu Unlocks

Bao Sanniang : Complete Stage 11(IF)(x) – Supression of Nanzhong Guan Ping : Complete Stage 11(IF)(x) – Supression of Nanzhong Guan Suo : Complete Stage 8 – Battle of Mt Dingjun Guan Xing : Complete Stage 8 – Battle of Mt Dingjun Guan Yinping : Complete Stage 8 – Battle of Mt Dingjun Huang Zhong : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of Chengdu Jiang Wei : Complete Stage 11 – Battle of Tianshui Liu Shan : Complete Stage 10 – Battle of Yinling Ma Chao : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of Chengdu Ma Dai : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of Chengdu Pang Tong : Complete Stage 7 – Battle of Chengdu Wei Yan : Complete Stage 6 – Battle of Chibi Xingcai : Complete Stage 10 – Battle of Yinling Xu Shu : Stage 6 – Battle of Chibi – Ensure the fire attack succeeds, thenfind him Yueying : Complete Stage 11 – Battle of Tianshui Zhang Bao : Complete Stage 9 – Battle of Fan Castle Zhao Yun : Complete Stage 1 – Yellow Turban Rebellion Zhuge Liang : Complete Stage 4 – Battle of Xinye

Jin Unlocks

Deng Ai : Complete Stage 5 – Battle of Dongxing Guo Huai : Complete Stage 4(x) – Battle of Han Zhong or Stage 5(x) – Battle ofHe Fei Castle Jia Chong : Complete Stage 5 – Battle of Dongxing Wang Yuanji : Complete Stage 1 – Battle of Wu Zhang Plains Wen Yang : Complete Stage 11 – Battle of Jinge Xiahou Ba : Complete Stage 4(x) – Battle of Han Zhong or Stage 5 – Battle ofDongxing Zhong Hui : Complete Stage 5 – Battle of Dongxing Zhuge Dan : Complete Stage 4 – Battle of Coup de’Defeat

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Trophies

Trophy List

A Collector of Rarities – Obtained all of the Camp Symbols. – Silver

A Majestic Manner – Reached the maximum Fame level in Ambition Mode. – Silver

A Shout of Triumph – Finished all of the stages within Story Mode and Free Mode with the exception of the tutorial. – Silver

An Intricate Tale – Completed all of the stages in Story Mode. – Silver

Animal Collector – Obtained all of the animals within the game. – Bronze

Battle-hardened Veteran – Won 100 battles with the same officer. – Silver

Comeback Kid – Defeated 3 enemy officers with a Switch Counter in a single battle. – Bronze

Death from Above – Defeated an enemy after juggling them in the air for at least 10 seconds. – Bronze

Event Collector – Unlocked all of the event scenes within the game. – Bronze

Facility Construction – Had a new facility built in Ambition Mode. – Bronze

Facility Expansion – Had a facility expanded in Ambition Mode. – Bronze

Friends to the End – Formed a bond at the maximum level with another officer. – Silver

Graduation Day – Completed the tutorials for all of the kingdoms. – Bronze

Heaven and Earth – Built a Tongquetai and welcomed the Emperor to your town. – Silver

In an Instant – Defeated 3 enemy officers with a Storm Rush in a single battle. – Bronze

King of the Combos – Achieved a 1,000 hit combo. – Bronze

Legend of Jin (secret) – Viewed the ending (Historical & Hypothetical) for the Jin story. – Silver

Legend of Shu (secret) – Viewed the ending (Historical & Hypothetical) for the Shu story. – Silver

Legend of Wei (secret) – Viewed the ending (Historical & Hypothetical) for the Wei story. – Silver

Legend of Wu (secret) – Viewed the ending (Historical & Hypothetical) for the Wu story. – Silver

Like a Shadow – Finished any stage of the game, except for the tutorial, without taking any damage. – Bronze

Master of Chaos – Completed all of the stages on the “Chaos” difficulty level. – Gold

Mounted Terror – Defeated 1,000 enemies while mounted on a riding-type animal. – Bronze

Movie Collector – Unlocked all of the movies within the game. – Bronze

One Warrior vs. a Thousand – Defeated 1,000 enemies in a single battle. – Bronze

Revelation – Upgraded all skills to Level 10 or higher. – Silver

The Beastmaster Awakens – Defeated 100 enemies with a companion-type animal. – Bronze

The Birth of a Leader – Fought 5 straight battles in Ambition Mode. – Bronze

The Destroyer – Destroyed a total of 1,000 siege weapons. – Silver

The Height of Prosperity – Obtained all of the facilities in Ambition Mode. – Silver

The Land of Plenty – Obtained more than 1,000 materials for weapons and facilities in Ambition Mode. – Silver

The Path of Ambition – Fought 20 straight battles in Ambition Mode. – Silver

The Ties that Bind Us – Became allies with all of the officers in Ambition Mode. – Silver

True Rage – Used a True Rage Attack. – Bronze

True Warrior of the 3 Kingdoms – Obtained all trophies. – Platinum

Unstoppable Might (secret) – Defeated a total of more than 100,000 enemies. – Silver

Untold Legends (secret) – Completed all of the stages for the Other story. – Silver

Unwavering Ambition – Fought 50 straight battles in Ambition Mode. – Gold

Vocal Enthusiast – Listened to all of the voice lines within the Gallery. – Bronze

Wallpaper Collector – Unlocked all of the wallpapers within the game. – Bronze

Weapon Collector – Obtained all of the weapons in the game. – Silver

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ahmedaliel · 6 years ago

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Review : Wrath of Silence

Wrath of Silence

Wrath of Silence" Director Xin Yukun uses the art of the film to portray his message to the audience, As I would see it, this is an exceptionally amazing film. Using color grade and the setting of the scene and props, the crowd can plainly comprehend that Zhang Baomin in the town symbolizes the lower-class people. These are little indecencies contrasted with those of the villain, Chang Wannian (Jiang). Underneath the costly suits and shoes lies a mobster utilizing both muscle and cash to control all the coal mines in the area. In his first scene in the film, he is indicated threatening an adversary while a meat slicer spins out of sight. Coming someplace in the middle of these two extremely differentiating characters is Xu Wenjie (Yuan Wenkang), a lawyer under investigation by the authorities for his work with Chang. The emotional attachment to the character of Zhang Baomin was so intense to the point, that one could feel his torment and distress when he was on the quest for his kidnapped child. Hats off to actor Song Yang, he has done justice to the character of Zhang, without articulating a word he has possessed the capacity to communicate monstrously with the audience. His eyes could uncover his entire internal world to the crowd. While observing first 50% of the film, The director makes the audience lost yet once got hold of it, at that point, it was an exciting ride, loaded with nail-gnawing scenes. Especially the cave scene where he hides the girl and felt something inside the cave, showing the genuine characteristics 'strength' and 'flexibility' of Hollywood films. The different points of interest of the film are handled well, and the Editing and soundtrack are likewise developed. The three-story lines are efficient, the characters are enthusiastic and vivacious. The best part was using of symbolic props like pyramids, meat cutter, stones, a cave at the end of the movie the mine collapsed, symbolizing that the child's soul will remain in the cave, and secrets will be buried forever. The color of the movie defines the character very amazing, having the red tone on Chang Wannian, Zhang Baomin with the intense warm tone colors and the lawyer with cool tone until his daughter was kidnapped

The ending can be more interesting if the director lets the audience open about the killing of the kid and have not shown the kid making a drawing on the wall. The Director of photography "He Shan" made some amazing frame and the uses of Lomography lenses make the looks of the movie beautiful and sharp.By watching this, I could comprehend a considerable measure of things about cinematography, Production outline, sound, altering pace, narrating.

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heather-lyyn · 7 years ago

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I’m going to be real with you guys. I don’t watch many modern mainland Chinese dramas, which is why this list is so short. I adore historical Chinese dramas, but modern ones are very hit or miss for me. I don’t know if this will sound insensitive, but I hate hate hate the way characters treat one another in these dramas. I understand and accept the cattiness of women in harem dramas because they are literally fighting for the lives of themselves and their families. What excuse do these people have nowadays? I find that too many modern dramas rely heavily on the characters destroying one another—for dumb and vapid reasons—to move the plot along.

Title: Love O2O Synopsis: Xiao Nai is a gaming expert who, courtesy of his basketball skills, academic excellence, swimming talent and game company presidency, also happens to be the most popular student on campus. When he first comes across the gorgeous computer science major Bei Wei Wei, the infinitely talented wunderkind immediately falls in love. But it’s not Bei’s looks that he notices; it’s the ridiculous mastery with which she is commanding her guild and owning everyone in an online multiplayer game that makes her impossible to forget. Now, Xiao Nai must use his skills both in real life and online to capture the adorable but dorky Bei’s heart. But does their love have the XP to succeed, or will this relationship never level up? Stats: 30 Episodes / 2016 Thoughts: Love O2O is probably one of the better modern Chinese dramas. The overall story is sweet and well realized. I had some problems here or there(FULL Review Here), but Yang Yang was especially well cast and pretty much carried this drama to the top of this list. Score: 8.5/10

Title: Fiancee Synopsis: Lan Xiao Yi left her job in Nanjing to follow her boyfriend Tian Fei to Shanghai. In Shanghai, Xiao Yi struggles with her low-paying job but is happy to be with Tian Fei. At the same time, Tian Fei's colleague Xiao Lu, a new college graduate, has fallen in love with Tian Fei and is determined to snatch him. As emotions become more tangled, Tian Fei cheats and Xiao Lu fakes a pregnancy to force Tian Fei to marry her. He leaves Xiao Yi, not knowing that she is actually pregnant. Stats: 20 Episodes / 2013 Thoughts: The synopsis doesn’t mention Dennis Oh’s character, Hou Zi, at all, but believe me, we’re all here for him. Hou Zi pretty much fell for Xiao Yi at first sight, and after she disappears because of the pregnancy, he’s still holding a torch for her years later when he finds her again. The nice thing is that even though we as the audience know that he fully intends to be marry her(he’s says so himself to his sister), he’s never pushy with her or overbearing. He’s her best friend until she needs him to be something else. The only downside of this drama is the second lead couple, Tian Fei and Lulu. Their scenes are just them fighting constantly. Tian Fei’s mother is also a gross human being so fast forward through their scenes and you’re golden. Score: 8.0/10

Title: Boss and Me Synopsis: Big conglomerate president Feng Teng has a younger sister, with a very rare blood type, who needs a transfusion. He finds an employee at his company named Xue Shan Shan and asks her for a blood donation. Afterwards brother and sister are rather indebted to Shan Shan, but rather than using Feng Teng's typical method of paying her off, his sister suggests sending her nutritious packed lunches so Shan Shan can recover from the blood loss and to make the thank you more personal. Shan Shan loves to eat and her enjoyment of the lunches, along with her general bright and sunny personality, slowly start melting cold Feng Teng's heart.... Stats: 33 Episodes / 2014 Thoughts: This was a cute drama, though it suffers from the cliche of the ‘poor girl isn’t accepted by the rich guy’s family’. I’m sorry the 21st century began almost two decades ago and that idea is so played out. :/ Score: 7.5/10

Title: Let’s Go Watch the Meteor Shower Synopsis: Chu Yu Xun is a very clever and smart high school girl. Her dream is to get into the prestigious Aliston University, in which she managed to get in with her uncle's help. Murong Yun Hai, Duanmu Lei, Shangguan Rui Qian, and Ye Shuo are the four richest students in the university, and they became the idol of all the girls there. These guys are not happy with their lives their parents planned for them. They perform a series of pranks to get attention from the headmistress to expel them from the university. Yu Xun fights for justice for the victims of the group and she becomes their instant target, trying all sorts of methods to expel her. Meanwhile, Yu Xun gets protection from Duanmu Lei, who was her childhood friend. Through fighting and arguing, Yun Hai starts to fall in love with Yu Xun but faces numerous rejections. H4 and Yu Xun eventually become friends. Through hardship, they all grew up and learned to control their own lives, chose their own futures, and to strive for their dreams. Stats: 36 Episodes / 2009 Thoughts: Alright, let’s be real. This is a total rip off of Hana Yori Dango/Boys over Flowers. Allegedly the production company didn’t want to shell out for the rights, so they just made this drama, which is similar but different enough to stave off a lawsuit. I remember watching this a few years ago and actually enjoying it, but I recently went to revisit it and I wasn’t as enamoured. I’d recommend this for new drama watchers, but not necessarily for seasoned drama fans. Score: 7.2/10

Title: Pretty Li Hui Zhen Synopsis: Li Hui Zhen used to be gorgeous, but years of declining family fortune added much pain to her life, and her looks slowly drifted away. Her friend Bai Hao Yu, on the other hand, was once an ordinary looking guy and grew up to be suave, successful, and immensely likable. So when she comes across him years later and witnesses their reversal of fortune, Li Hui Zhen is too embarrassed to even meet him and instead asks her stylish friend and roommate Xia Qiao to assume her identity. Stats: 40 Episodes / 2017 Thoughts: So let’s skip over the fact that Dilreba Dilmurat is probably one of the prettiest peeps on the planet and that the producers apparently think that putting freckles on her and making her hair curly somehow makes her ‘ugly’ . . . This drama was way too freaking long. That being said, I really did enjoy the interactions between Hui Zhen and her bff as well as enjoying Zhang Bin Bin’s acting as always. Score: 7.0/10

Title: Scarlet Heart 2 Synopsis: Zhang Xiao is a southerner, who moved to Beijing working as an OL, with dreams of romance and a stable job. By coincidence, she gets a job at a conglomerate ‘Zhen Tian'. Like all newbie, she’s bullied and stepped on, the saving grace is her boss Yin Zheng. As she gets the hang of it, she and Yin Zheng develops mutual feelings for each other, when a gentle, considerate guy Kang Xi Hang steps into Zhang’s world. Yin Zheng, Kang Xi Hang both are fore-runners in next in line inheriting the firm. Zhang is twirled into the eye of the corporate battles. After twists and turns, Zhang finally realizes where her heart is at, and bravely chooses to spend her future with her true love. Stats: 35 Episodes / 2014 Thoughts: This is the sequel to the time-travel drama Scarlet Heart(which is on my historical master list), but the drama literally throws that all away in the first couple of episodes by making the lead character forget that ever happened. This is a really crazy drama that is totally all over the place, and the only reason i would recommend it is that the two leads, Cecilia Liu and Nicky Wu, are actually married IRL so their chemistry is totally real. Score: 6.8/10

Title: I Love My President Though He is a Psycho Synopsis: Shi Xiao Nian is a third-rate cartoonist living an ordinary life. Until one day Gong Ou, a rich CEO of an IT company, suffering from paranoid personality disorder, captures her and asks her to return their child, which she “supposedly” gave birth to 3 years before. He utilizes every mean to force an answer and to pursue her, including low-EQ techniques. But as he faces her gentleness and courage, they fall in love… Stats: 10 Episodes / 2017 Thoughts: I tried watching this, but the subs were very poor and so while I could get the gist, it was hard to enjoy . . . well that and the fact that the male lead is literally a psycho. The guy is straight up disturbed—I mean padded walls and pills in a cup disturbed. His family is rich so he’s able to do illegal things like kidnapping and torturing women without consequences. He can act normal when he needs to but underneath that, he’s completely unhinged. He ends up falling for the girl he kidnapped, but of course we have to throw in the cliche of his family not accepting her like ‘wtf, your son is crazy! Take what you can get!’ Score: 6.0/10

Title: Stay With Me Synopsis: Li Wei Wei is a 30-year-old successful fashion designer. But a near-drowning makes her lose the memory of the past seven years of her life. In her current life, Wei Wei is surprised to learn that she had broken up with her boyfriend, Chen Yi Du, and is now engaged to a man she does not remember, Qi Cheng. Unable to believe her life choices, Wei Wei tries to find out whatcaused her to break up with Yi Du while Qi Cheng tries to win back his fiancée’s heart. Which man is Wei Wei’s one true love? Stats: 38 Episodes / 2017 Thoughts: I went into this drama expecting to like it because it has Wang Kai starring and I loved him in Nirvana in Fire, but after this drama and ‘When a Snail Falls in Love’, I’ve discovered that the man has no range. He was perfectly cast in Nirvana in Fire, but now he’s just doing the same thing over and over. Joe Chen on the other hand, used to be one of my favorite actresses, but whoever is picking her scripts the last couple of years isn’t doing her any favors. Her character here is whiny, manipulative, and just straight up unlikeable. This drama was boring and I quit it after like five episodes. Score: 2.0/10

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erica-onmyoji-blog · 8 years ago

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Onmyoji - The Analysis On Its Players

Image 1: the official poster for Onmyoji

Recent half years, there is a very popular game appears in the mobile game of China. That is Onmyoji. The fans of Onmyoji wearing the clothes of those characters that they like to go to the Comic show. And the owner and publisher of this mobile game – WebEase hold several propagandas to support those games. Onmyoji is a kind of simulation game that developed by NetEase and first published on Sep. 2nd, 2016 at Appstore.

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Video 1: Onmyoji Features and Gameplay

This game uses Japanese Onmyoji as its theme and full of the styling of Japanese traditional culture. It is not very common in the mobile game of China. The overall game world structure is setting at Japanese peace era, four monsters Chi, Mei, Wang and Liang that originally should stay under the ground appeared in the world and they create troubles for the human. Otherwise, there is a kind of people named Onmyoji who has the special ability. They can drive the magic mantra, service to the spirits and more with the spirits of the contract received as ‘God’ for the order. Onmyoji uses their own ability to reconcile the disputes between mankind and ghosts and contradictions, to maintain the balance between Good and Bad, Yang and Yin (that means the good part of the world and the trouble that those monsters made). This game set the player as one of the famous onmyoji - Abe at the beginning, and improve his ability during player completed missions through the game. And the player can earn more onmyoji in the future. They also can collect monsters and use them to fight others player. Monsters in this game have 4 levels: N, R, SR and SSR. SSR is the strongest and rarest monsters they can collect.

Image 2: the number of followers and posts on Baidu Post Bar

Image 3: the number of followers number on Sina Weibo

Image 4: the rank of top ios games of China on Newzoo

Image 5: the income of game company, data from App Annine, October 2016

From the first published of Onmyoji at AppStore on Sep. 2nd, 2016, it became the one of ten most popular game of iPad at Sep. 4st, 2016. And at 29th of the same month, Onmyoji announces the player in the game that they have the download record over ten million. In the Baidu Index Detection (measure the amount of people research) of Onmyoji, the number increased begin from lower than 2 thousand to the peak of 173 thousand in less than one month. In the static of Baidu Post Bar shows that until Dec. 6th, 2016, Onmyoji owns over 918 thousand followers and has more than 9,250 thousand posts. Until right now, they have almost 2,097 thousand posts totally. (Baidu Post Bar, April 9th, 2017). Onmyoji also has great performance on Wechart and Microblog. The official followers of Sina Microblog up to 1,188 thousand and the blog topic #Onmyoji mobile game has been read more than 720,915 thousand times. (Sina Microblog, April 9th, 2017) App Annie released the ranking of income of the game company in October 2016, and Onmyoji’s publish company NetEase become the first one on the list. (App Annie, Oct 2016)

Image 6: four Onmyojis in the game

Image 7: basic game platform of Onmyoji

By go through many images of this game and doing audience analysis for those images, Onmyoji meet the love of Japanese and the love of mobile game’s attention, but there also have the hidden dangerous that people getting too addictive.

Onmyoji provides many different kinds of game styles. The player can have many different ways to interactive with the game, and have many different ways to increase their level in the game, and collecting many different things to help them being stronger. So the different ways of form attracting the attention of mobile games lover.

Image 8: narrative plot in Onmyoji

Image 9: making group in Onmyoji

Image 10: one example of union in Onmyoji

Image 11: Shi Ju: one of the boos in the game

This game has its narrative plot, the player needs to overcome the competition in each chapter to see the further more stories. After each section completed, the game system will give user rewards for that section. Not only for the chapters reward, but also user has the same daily mission to completed. And using the reward that received, the player can summon monsters to collected, and those monsters can help the onmyoji to fight with others. As in the images shown, sometimes the game are not limited in PvE (Player versus environment), but also have the form of PvP (Player versus Player). For example, Onmyoji set one to one dual meet at a fixed period of time every day. Players can choose to join the union in the game named ‘Liao’. That is same as the group of player combined together to play in the game. They can challenge with other unions in the same game world, and get rewards to the whole union. This setting giving player the feeling of belonging. It also keeps the player stay in the game because there have the conscious that they have the responsibility of their union. Players can add friends in the game and make the group fight with the boss in the game that is not easy to overcome with one person.

In the image, we found out that the layout of the game structure is clear, people can easily find the section that they want to go. And they set the fixed different time period for special game form. And there are system messages bar all the time on the top of the game screen and it shows who need teammates to fight together, who just get a rare onmyoji. This message bar attracting people has links between other players in the game, and also giving them the desire of earns more rare onmyoji.

Image 12: the Onmyoji’s decorator in KFC

Image 13: young people go to KFC buy the combo of Onmyoji meal

Image 14: monsters that illustrate by fans

The publisher of onmyoji also has many activities to letting their player communicates offline. WebEase has the corporation with KFC recently, people can get the ticket to summon onmyoji by bought specific meat combo at KFC, because of that, we can more clearly to see that most fans of Onmyoji are teenagers or young people. When holidays coming, WebEase will create some game event in the game world. For instance, at the valentines' day, users can use the game bill to confession with other players, and the system's message will telling all the players what and who you has been confessed. It is really popular that publisher holds those special events, That also shows that the audience of Onmyoji is younger.

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Video 2: Japan: KIMONO - Japan's Traditional Clothing for Men and Women

Image 15: traditional Japanese cloth 1

Image 16: traditional Japnaese cloth 2

Onmyoji using Japanese styling as the theme. The visual style and culture elements of Onmyoji is a wisp of fresh air in the Chinese mobile game market. Traditional Japanese character design plus movie level of music, high-quality illustrations and excellent voice acting helped catch many people’s attention. Those special features attract many Japanese styling lovers. Firstly, the game background is setting in Japan, and the narrative plot in each chapter is small but delicacy. It has the styling of Japanese features. And the cloth that Onmyoji wears is kimono (traditional Japanese cloth). It is really obvious to see in the image. For female onmyoji, lots of them cloth contain the elements of Japanese styles, such as yukatas, hand Fans, obi, hair accessories, geta, tabi, parasols. For male onmyoji, they have happi coats, katana (Japanese sword), jinbei, etc. The colorful and meaningful Japanese cloth styling make the game frames beautiful and consistent.

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Video 3: Voice actors recorded video to celebrate the new year of China with Onmyoji players

There are more features in this game can get the love of Japanese styling. Under each onmyoji and monster’s picture, they have indicated who dubbing for it. For example, Abe’s dubbing speaker is Sugiyama Noriaki, he also dubbing for Uchiha Sasuke in Naruto. The dubbing speaker for the second onmyoji – Kagura is Kugimiya Rie, She has the experience of dubbing same character Kagura in SUNRISE as well. Suzuki Tatsuhis dub the third onmyoji – Minamoto no Hiromasa. For the last onmyoji - Bhiksuni, the dubbing character is the person that dubbing for Kurapika in Hunter X Hunter – Sawashiro Miyuki. For more dubbing characters for those monsters: Ibarakidouji dubbed by Fukuyama Jun; Judge, Warrior Figures, Mountains and Iron Rats dubbed by Ishida Akira; White Impermanence dubbed by Suzumura Kenichi. In those voice actors, Fukuyama Jun, Ishida Akira, Suzuki Tatsuhis and Suzumura Kenichi are ranked at position 3rd, 8th, 14th and 22nd in the top 50 Voice Actors with best voices, respectively. (statics collecting by the roll of Crunchyroll at August 22, 2013.) Use famous voice actors to help to dub this game can attracting more people who already have some knowledge about Japanese comic. And it also increases the quality of the game.

WebEase also hired the excellent composition named Shigeru Umebayashi. He is a famous composition in Asian. He has to get the reward of 24th annual Hong Kong Film Awards and get nominated for best original film music at 38th annual Golden Horse Awards.

Image 17: fans wear ‘Shan Tu’ cloth to the KFC

Image 18: Fans of Onmyoji cosplay characters in the game.

Image 19: A coser cosplay the monster in the Onmyoji named ‘Gui Nv Hong Ye’

For offline, people love Onmyoji’s beautiful Japanese clothing style. The fans of Onmyoji wearing the cloth that appears in the game, and make up themselves as the outlook of onmyoji or monster to the comic show. Lighting color, beautiful accessories, unique weapon have been attracting many young people to play as them. And because of the corporation of WebEase and KFC, some people recently even play as characters in the game go to KFC. And for attracting more people, KFC decorates them store with the poster of Onmyoji all around.

Because of the popular of Onmyoji mobile game, there are also some hidden dangerous that becoming visible. One of them is people spending their time too long on this game.

In the population of Onmyoji’s game, people giving a name of people that spend too many time on the game – ‘Gan’ it is the Chinese pronunciation of liver. Because player spends their time on the game longer than the normal will have disadvantage of their liver. Combined with the different form of the game and those many tools that can be collected, players has to spend lots of time and energy to increase the level of the game.

Image 20: Average time spend playing games per day, date from Verto Analysis

In the report of The Average Mobile Game Day written by Connie Hwong on August 17th, 2016, after the excerpt of the report of Leveling Up Your Mobile Game: Using Audience Measurement Data to Boost User Acquisition and Engagement, she point out usage is far from uniform from mobile player to mobile gamer. While the average gamer spends 24 minutes each day playing games, Heavy Gamers (representing the top 40 percent of gamers) spend more than 2.5 times that amount. Among Core Gamers (the top 20 percent of gamers), the average time spent with mobile games each day is four times greater.

Image 21: daily task for Onmyoji

The game lovers spend more than 2.5 times time compare with others, it is not good for our health and daily life. But the system of Onmyoji set the daily task to ask players to complete.

Image 22: the number shows the money that people spend on this game (115,990 yuan)

Image 23: all the SSR monsters are collected by ‘White Worf’

Some people more easily to has the magpie when they playing games. That means they are enjoyable in the collecting things. That can be really obvious for the audience for Onmyoji. As previously said, Onmyoji has many different forms to play with. Collecting different monster and onmyoji, different cloth of then, and the different mitama (the tool that can make monster stronger) for those monsters will be the goal of those magpies. And players in the game also can collect different picture frame of them own. Those elements can be collected by play the game and overcome some hard level of the game. Player will get the new element by getting the achievement. Each time players want to abstract the monster, they will need one ticket or 100 magatamas. But the way to getting ticket and magatama is hard and slow, for the additional of the scarcity of great monsters, to getting higher level and being strong than the other players is really hard. So some people will choose another way that is using the money to buy the ticket from the store of the game. For those magpies, they want to use quicker way to collecting all the monsters, but the explode rate of SSR is really low, the official game company does not give the explode rate of SSR, but some players have tested it and get the conclusion: There is no more than 1% to get an SSR. So people will spend lots of money and still hard to collect them all. And the WebEase add new monsters and mitama continuity, so it will be a game that has no ending properly.

There are some extremely events that show those players that have magpie or trying to get the monster that they want. A player named White Wolf post one image of his collection of monsters. He got all of the monsters and systems shows that he has spent 10.56 billion yuan (about 211 thousand Canadian Dollar) until that time. And he also posts image of SSR that he have by types. He said he at least has more than 220 SSR monsters, compare with the explode rate of SSR monsters we can roundly count out how many tickets that he bought.

It is not one case of the player spend lots of money on this game, there are also many images collected. The number shows on the picture are the amount of money that player spend. (Yuan)

Image 24: the cosplay of Onmyoji Kagura

To sum up, the successful of Onmyoji is necessary, because it meets the demand of Chinese mobile game players. On the contrary, we can say, is the player of Onmyoji make the game successful. After the analysis of Onmyoji’s players, we found that they has the features of the lover of the mobile game, and they pursuing the high quality of the game environment and various forms of game experience. WebEase satisfies this with the rarely topic, beautiful gaming environment, familiar voice actors and famous composition. And those advantages also meet the requirement of the lovers of Japanese Styling. They can dress as their favorite characters in the real world, and communicate with people that have the same hobbit. The age of players in the Onmyoji is younger because the offline event always gathering lots of young people around. Although there is good to have a high quality and creative mobile game to spend time, but it can become the disadvantages in some ways. For people who likely having magpie to collecting things in a game, it might be spending too much money on the game. And the different forms of the game will attract spend too much time on that. They can not easy to control themselves play the game in a limited time.

Image 25: Fans of Onmyoji picture on comic show

Audience studies can explore the richness and complexity of audiences’ engagement with visual materials while paying attention to social power relation. They can also offer reflexive accounts of the research process. However, the specificity of visual materials can be lost in more sociological accounts of audiencing. (Rose, G. (2016). Visual methodologies. Place of publication not identified: Sage Publications.). That means because the limitation of visual materials, it might not get completed feature for audiences. For example, some people that do not eat fast food will not likely to go to KFC. Because the high quality of the game, some company might do research for the game and they do all the same things as other normal players. We cannot recognize the job of them by just take limited types of images. So getting more categories of audiences, at the different place and time, analysis the sociological for the audience might be able to help researchers get the more accurately answer.

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