ranking after JUST watching the c-drama:1. [9] box demon - door 102. [2] fitcher’s bird - door 23. [4] sachiko‘s…
final ranking after watching the CDRAMA, reading the NOVEL & listening to the AUDIO DRAMA
1. box demon/ hako onna - the most emotional, the funest and a really scary door. I really enjoyed the game/blindbox aspect of this door and not to mention nanzhu & qiushi were literally the cutest in this door.
2. sunny doll/ teru teru bozu- IK ur shocked that this is my 2nd fave of all of the doors but listen… nanzhu & qiushi were literally the funniest in this door (in the novel) and the revenge plot was so satisfying. Also they went in just the 2 of them which reflected how they met in their first door. ALSO not to mention this door is where qiushi starts to think of nanzhu in THAT way
3. psychiatric hospital/ waverly hills sanatorium - this door was so creepy and the fact its based on a real place is crazyyy. both nanzhu & qiushi are in drag and it's so funny too. but mainly this door is ranked so high is that fight scene in the drama btw the nurse and nanzhu, bro it was so fire. I really enjoyed it in the novel and the drama so it is very high up in the ranking.
4. minotaur/ fish monster - this door was so funny and the moments btw nanzhu & qiushi were SO CUTEE. this door is actually ONLY in the novel so it is so underrated. Not a scary door. I think it's more funny and the way everyone started getting possessed to eat stinky fish is so funny. Esp cus nanzhu was the first one to start ahhahaha
5. fitcher’s bird - the triplets were so creepy i just can not. I actually liked this door more in the drama than the novel. I really liked the sci-fi elements and the time machine aspect they added in the drama, but also the part where nanzhu dismembers the wizard in the novel is so crazy. Overall a really solid door.
6. slenderman/ scarecrow - ahhhhh qiushi in dragggggg. I have a soft spot for when qiushi is in drag cus hes somehow always mute ahha. But this door was really good and i loved how the roles were reversed.
7. sculptures - regardless of in the novel or audio drama this door was so interesting and had a great plot twist :) i think i prefer the audio tho cus nanzhu secretly goes in to keep qiushi safe. AND AS A shy mute girl hahahah. I really liked this door and they should have added it in the drama.
8. snowy village - aka where it all begins… snowy village is just a classic. It was similar in the book, audio and drama and u really cant go wrong with this door. It is the beginning of a really good plotttt.
9. sachiko’s leg - ikik ur prolly like why is this door so low but sunny doll is so high… hear me out. In my opinion, this door is the scariest because, specifically i am so scared of the school haunting stuff, like bloody mary HELL NO. this door is actually done so much better in the drama compared to the novel imo. It was so much scarier. In the novel this door was kinda just there and i think didnt make that big of an impact. But i was SO SCARED watching the drama.
10. human skin/ sister drum - i remember not really liking this door compared to the first 2 doors in the drama because i kinda guessed the plot twist. But this door is also a classic cus u see nanzhu comparing himself to xu jin to mess around with qiushi. but overall its a good door
11. river god - i didnt care as much about this door in the drama cus nanzhu wasnt in the door huhu but i still liked it and gave me some jump scares. So i was gonna put this door last in my ranking… dont get me wrong i LOVE all the doors but this one stuck out to me the least. HOWEVER, after the novel and the audio, gu longming made this door so freaking funny cus this muscular man was in high school girl drag LOLOL and qiushi was so weirded out it was so funny. Pikapika
12. human in the mirrors - this door was so sad and alil confusing so im putting it lower on the list. tbh i didnt really care about the side characters introduced but i know that a key piece of info was given to us in this door. there were better doors but this still has a place in my heart.
13. lady in the rain - i enjoyed this door but it wasnt scary to me at all and it was a little boring. I believe this door was here for the plot and more world building so i understand this door is important. I forgot how they leave this door in the novel cus it didnt stand out too much, but i believe they combined mirrors and this door in the drama which was a nice change i think. Overall this door didn't stick out to me.
*14. door 11 - i not adding this into the ranking cus i dont really see this as a door but more like the plot twist of the ENTIRE NOVEL... soooo (if i had to rank it tho, it would be top 1, esp in the novel: literally the cutest nanqiu moments and it got me so emotional)
the untamed (tbh i loved every ep so imma just list it out what i remember):
1-2: weiying get reincarnated (current) 3-7: (start of flashback) gusu lan teaching (drunk lanzhan) & water demon 8-11: lanzhan & weiying go out to find yin iron and meet xueyang, xiaoxinchen,and songlan 12-14: wen clan teaching and serpent cave 15-19: yunmeng jiang clan gets wiped by wen and jiangchen loses golden core and weiying gets thrown in burial mounds 20-24: weiying comes back and sunshot campaign 25-26: jin clans night hunt and weiying saves wenqing and wenning 27-31: life in burial mounds with wen refugees 32-33: weiying (& lanzhan) vs. all clans, weiying death (end of flashback) 34-36: nie clan's blade spirits & drunk lanzhan 2.0 37-39: xueyang and xiaoxinchen's story (mini flashback) 40-41: jinguanyao's party 42: weiying's identity gets revealed to everyone 43-45: all clans get trapped in burial mounds and the some of the truth about jinguanyao & sushe gets exposed 46: jiangchen learns the truth about his golden core 47-50: final battle the whole truth comes out & cute end
1. [9] box demon - door 10 2. [2] fitcher’s bird - door 2 3. [4] sachiko‘s leg - door 6 4. [5] psychiatric hospital - door 4 5. [1] snowy village - door 1 6. [3] sister drum - door 5 7. [8] sunny doll - door 4 8. [6] lady in the rain - door 5 (zaozaos) 9. [7] river god - door 3 (no ruanlanzhu) * honorable mentions: zaozao’s 6th door & door 11 ;)
KOD novel/audio drama doors (not in c-drama):
1. [4] Minotaur - gu longming’s door 6 2. [3] Sculptures - gu longming’s door 5 3. [2] Slenderman - door 6 4. [1] Mirrors - door 9
okay guys imma give my opinion that no one ask for LMAO. I really like lin yi, hence why he is on my fave actors list. however with all the dramas he has acted in, they were either: 1) not my fave or 2) ones I just didnt enjoy. That being said, I still try and support him by watching his dramas :)) I liked LS & SIL, PMHOMS & ELM were ok and I didn’t like SC and derailment. I haven’t watched AFS. (Should I??) heheh
1. box demon/ hako onna - the most emotional, the funest and a really scary door. I really enjoyed the game/blindbox aspect of this door and not to mention nanzhu & qiushi were literally the cutest in this door.
2. sunny doll/ teru teru bozu- IK ur shocked that this is my 2nd fave of all of the doors but listen… nanzhu & qiushi were literally the funniest in this door (in the novel) and the revenge plot was so satisfying. Also they went in just the 2 of them which reflected how they met in their first door. ALSO not to mention this door is where qiushi starts to think of nanzhu in THAT way
3. psychiatric hospital/ waverly hills sanatorium - this door was so creepy and the fact its based on a real place is crazyyy. both nanzhu & qiushi are in drag and it's so funny too. but mainly this door is ranked so high is that fight scene in the drama btw the nurse and nanzhu, bro it was so fire. I really enjoyed it in the novel and the drama so it is very high up in the ranking.
4. minotaur/ fish monster - this door was so funny and the moments btw nanzhu & qiushi were SO CUTEE. this door is actually ONLY in the novel so it is so underrated. Not a scary door. I think it's more funny and the way everyone started getting possessed to eat stinky fish is so funny. Esp cus nanzhu was the first one to start ahhahaha
5. fitcher’s bird - the triplets were so creepy i just can not. I actually liked this door more in the drama than the novel. I really liked the sci-fi elements and the time machine aspect they added in the drama, but also the part where nanzhu dismembers the wizard in the novel is so crazy. Overall a really solid door.
6. slenderman/ scarecrow - ahhhhh qiushi in dragggggg. I have a soft spot for when qiushi is in drag cus hes somehow always mute ahha. But this door was really good and i loved how the roles were reversed.
7. sculptures - regardless of in the novel or audio drama this door was so interesting and had a great plot twist :) i think i prefer the audio tho cus nanzhu secretly goes in to keep qiushi safe. AND AS A shy mute girl hahahah. I really liked this door and they should have added it in the drama.
8. snowy village - aka where it all begins… snowy village is just a classic. It was similar in the book, audio and drama and u really cant go wrong with this door. It is the beginning of a really good plotttt.
9. sachiko’s leg - ikik ur prolly like why is this door so low but sunny doll is so high… hear me out. In my opinion, this door is the scariest because, specifically i am so scared of the school haunting stuff, like bloody mary HELL NO. this door is actually done so much better in the drama compared to the novel imo. It was so much scarier. In the novel this door was kinda just there and i think didnt make that big of an impact. But i was SO SCARED watching the drama.
10. human skin/ sister drum - i remember not really liking this door compared to the first 2 doors in the drama because i kinda guessed the plot twist. But this door is also a classic cus u see nanzhu comparing himself to xu jin to mess around with qiushi. but overall its a good door
11. river god - i didnt care as much about this door in the drama cus nanzhu wasnt in the door huhu but i still liked it and gave me some jump scares. So i was gonna put this door last in my ranking… dont get me wrong i LOVE all the doors but this one stuck out to me the least. HOWEVER, after the novel and the audio, gu longming made this door so freaking funny cus this muscular man was in high school girl drag LOLOL and qiushi was so weirded out it was so funny. Pikapika
12. human in the mirrors - this door was so sad and alil confusing so im putting it lower on the list. tbh i didnt really care about the side characters introduced but i know that a key piece of info was given to us in this door. there were better doors but this still has a place in my heart.
13. lady in the rain - i enjoyed this door but it wasnt scary to me at all and it was a little boring. I believe this door was here for the plot and more world building so i understand this door is important. I forgot how they leave this door in the novel cus it didnt stand out too much, but i believe they combined mirrors and this door in the drama which was a nice change i think. Overall this door didn't stick out to me.
*14. door 11 - i not adding this into the ranking cus i dont really see this as a door but more like the plot twist of the ENTIRE NOVEL... soooo (if i had to rank it tho, it would be top 1, esp in the novel: literally the cutest nanqiu moments and it got me so emotional)
3-7: (start of flashback) gusu lan teaching (drunk lanzhan) & water demon
8-11: lanzhan & weiying go out to find yin iron and meet xueyang, xiaoxinchen,and songlan
12-14: wen clan teaching and serpent cave
15-19: yunmeng jiang clan gets wiped by wen and jiangchen loses golden core and weiying gets thrown in burial mounds
20-24: weiying comes back and sunshot campaign
25-26: jin clans night hunt and weiying saves wenqing and wenning
27-31: life in burial mounds with wen refugees
32-33: weiying (& lanzhan) vs. all clans, weiying death (end of flashback)
34-36: nie clan's blade spirits & drunk lanzhan 2.0
37-39: xueyang and xiaoxinchen's story (mini flashback)
40-41: jinguanyao's party
42: weiying's identity gets revealed to everyone
43-45: all clans get trapped in burial mounds and the some of the truth about jinguanyao & sushe gets exposed
46: jiangchen learns the truth about his golden core
47-50: final battle the whole truth comes out & cute end
1. [9] box demon - door 10
2. [2] fitcher’s bird - door 2
3. [4] sachiko‘s leg - door 6
4. [5] psychiatric hospital - door 4
5. [1] snowy village - door 1
6. [3] sister drum - door 5
7. [8] sunny doll - door 4
8. [6] lady in the rain - door 5 (zaozaos)
9. [7] river god - door 3 (no ruanlanzhu)
* honorable mentions: zaozao’s 6th door & door 11 ;)
KOD novel/audio drama doors (not in c-drama):
1. [4] Minotaur - gu longming’s door 6
2. [3] Sculptures - gu longming’s door 5
3. [2] Slenderman - door 6
4. [1] Mirrors - door 9