Just grabbed EP 182 in 4K 10-bit. I already spoiled myself with Ep177-181. I probably will save this latest episode for later viewing (until I have at least half a year's worth of unwatched episodes).
The Untamed (about a boy loving another boy) was once the most voted drama on Douban. Does it mean anything? Was…
Delusion my rear end. Dear You won't even take half of Pegasus 3.
Supposing Pegasus 3 costed 300 millions USD to make (which is impossible no movie ever cost that much in China), with a box office of +630million USD, it still made a profit of over 330 million USD. That's more than Dear You will ever make.
Now since according to you Pegasus 3 costed 500 million RMB (roughly 100 million USD). In the end Pegasus 3 took home 550 million USD from a box office of 650 million USD. If that doesn't put Dear You to shame and in its place...
Donghua episode 181 is an absolute masterpiece. I've already watched it 5 times.
I watched this episode twice in 4K nearly a week ago. The director really makes you feel the epicness of the battle. But I'm stopping watching this weekly.
My fondest memories of watching this donghua in the past was when I collected nearly half a year's or more worth of episodes in 4K then binged them all within a few days on my large projector. IMO, there's better continuity and emotional connections made when one episode immediately flows into another instead of days of break in between each weekly episode.
Just finished S2EP25. They're talking cryptic shiet every other line spewing out of their mouths. I can't believe Tencent produces this kind of crap. I lost all hope for future Tencent donghua series.
Only one I still follow weekly is Fights Break Sphere becoz I know that show drawing to a conclusion soon. Actually now that I think about it probably the only Tencent donghua series I ever enjoyed was Douluo Continent 1 with some 270 episodes till conclusion. Sequel looked like some New Age shiet that had me yawning tens of episodes in.
iQiyi has shifted into high gear for donghua series. Their most recent series "Over the Divine Realm"…
Unfortunately Over the Divine Realm is not popular enough to get merchandise done. This female character is the first donghua character I would ever want to buy a figurine.
The Untamed (about a boy loving another boy) was once the most voted drama on Douban. Does it mean anything? Was that top vote count meant to improve society or make life better or anything like that? (China quickly moved to ban that genre BTW)
What's more telling is despite such high votes count and tally score, box office still not even half of the current 2026 champ Pegasus 3!
People who moved abroad when times got tough in China are actually cowards. They're like Jet Li experiencing a quake while on vacation and decided China was a deadly place to live in. Then they move to USA which is full of crazies with guns, now they run again to Singapore which is infested with Indians. Sigh...
Meanwhile martial arts stars that are making way more money than him (ie. Wu Jing) and actually love their country enough not to move away are enjoying the finest lifestyles in China!
I had a funny situation with this series, I started watching it and I don't understand anything, it turned out…
This cannot be more wrong. The director is Guo Jingming. That's just his style, throw you into the middle of the mess in EP1. Trust me, he will sort it all out later. Keep going a few more episodes everything will make sense.
Once again, that's just this particular director's story telling style. All other Chinese directors aren't like this...
Faren donghua has the BEST Chinese fansub group from the mainland China since EP 124. Why they are the best? Their audio volume is just right when you use bluetooth headphones.
On Android/Google TV box, the volume slider only has a few steps. With a BAD fansub group,the audio is too loud if you increase a volume step, and too quiet if you decrease it.
iQiyi has shifted into high gear for donghua series. Their most recent series "Over the Divine Realm" has the most sexy looking female character in red I ever seen. And the red umbrella she carries with sword hidden in it is like the most awesome matching costume set I ever seen designed.
Out of all donghua characters I ever seen so far from any company (Tencent BiliBili iQiyi) I'd say iQiYi won first place for most sexy female CGI character with this series. Tencent and BiliBili have some serious competition in this sector now.
Just look at this face: So pretty yet calculating/cunning, slim body, normal-sized breasts not commically oversized. Easily beats donghua version Ning Yao, Medussa from Fights Break Sphere, Nangong Wan from Journey to Immortality, Li Muwan from Renegade Immortal, or any female lead in any of your favorite donghuas:
After LWY traveled back in time, everyone was debating whether she loved WWY or JL moreš
I found this kind of choice rather cliche after being familiar with the classic story White Snake. Of course White Snake chose her BF over her sister Green Snake.
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Ju Jingyi is not only pretty, but she can maintain a slim figure at 32 means she could reach 60 and still have the same slim figure.
Other actresses like Judy Garland (Dorothy in the original Wizard of Oz) and Zhao Wei (now banned in C-ent), they were so slim and pretty when young, but became fat and ugly nearing 50. Ju Jingyi looks like someone who will remain eternally slim even as she will turn 90 in the very very very far distant future.
She's also quite agile in real life. In her latest drama Eternal Fragrance, in the first few episodes, she plays a playful tomboy. At one point she entered a building and there were some steps down from the entrance. She got down those steps real fast without even looking down once. Other actresses would have needed to pause and look or they would have tripped and fallen. That scene amazed me the most how she was so good with her foot work.
If anyone is wondering what is Chi Apotheosis, it's when ppl with magical powers touch their palm on the back of the person in front of them to make a human pyramid to channel all their Chi to the one guy in front at the tip of the pyramid or triangle.
The drama I Am Nobody was about this one guy who had an ultimate move called Chi Apotheosis, but nobody knew what this power was. He only used this move in the climax of the drama to break the energy barrier to save his beloved.
This drama was quite popular and released a few years ago. It seems GJM liked that kind of climatic ultimate move/scene and tried to replicate it in VoS with Ji Ling attempting to break the time barrier exit by "Chi Apotheosis".
Now I know many ppl will say Chi Apotheosis is a common/well known move found in a lot of wuxia or xianxia series. But has it ever been used as the ultimate move of the drama climax or just an afterthought of some unimportant battle scene? It's becoz I Am Nobody was the first drama to make use of it AT the drama climax that GJM thought so too!
You just did (the mere act of replying to my reply).
Now begone silly girl!
Supposing Pegasus 3 costed 300 millions USD to make (which is impossible no movie ever cost that much in China), with a box office of +630million USD, it still made a profit of over 330 million USD. That's more than Dear You will ever make.
Now since according to you Pegasus 3 costed 500 million RMB (roughly 100 million USD). In the end Pegasus 3 took home 550 million USD from a box office of 650 million USD. If that doesn't put Dear You to shame and in its place...
Why should I even care about your silly post?
My fondest memories of watching this donghua in the past was when I collected nearly half a year's or more worth of episodes in 4K then binged them all within a few days on my large projector. IMO, there's better continuity and emotional connections made when one episode immediately flows into another instead of days of break in between each weekly episode.
Only one I still follow weekly is Fights Break Sphere becoz I know that show drawing to a conclusion soon. Actually now that I think about it probably the only Tencent donghua series I ever enjoyed was Douluo Continent 1 with some 270 episodes till conclusion. Sequel looked like some New Age shiet that had me yawning tens of episodes in.
What's more telling is despite such high votes count and tally score, box office still not even half of the current 2026 champ Pegasus 3!
Anyone remember the Sichuan earthquake that killed tens of thousands in China in 2008?
Lol and behold, building codes to withstand quakes were implemented. Look no more casualties in 2026:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365250.shtml
People who moved abroad when times got tough in China are actually cowards. They're like Jet Li experiencing a quake while on vacation and decided China was a deadly place to live in. Then they move to USA which is full of crazies with guns, now they run again to Singapore which is infested with Indians. Sigh...
Meanwhile martial arts stars that are making way more money than him (ie. Wu Jing) and actually love their country enough not to move away are enjoying the finest lifestyles in China!
Once again, that's just this particular director's story telling style. All other Chinese directors aren't like this...
Edit: NVM, my mind still thinking Immortal Ascension was released this year...
On Android/Google TV box, the volume slider only has a few steps. With a BAD fansub group,the audio is too loud if you increase a volume step, and too quiet if you decrease it.
Out of all donghua characters I ever seen so far from any company (Tencent BiliBili iQiyi) I'd say iQiYi won first place for most sexy female CGI character with this series. Tencent and BiliBili have some serious competition in this sector now.
Just look at this face: So pretty yet calculating/cunning, slim body, normal-sized breasts not commically oversized. Easily beats donghua version Ning Yao, Medussa from Fights Break Sphere, Nangong Wan from Journey to Immortality, Li Muwan from Renegade Immortal, or any female lead in any of your favorite donghuas:
https://gbaike-image.cdn.bcebos.com/4bed2e738bd4b31c8701b48b638c307f9e2f070852f2/4bed2e738bd4b31c8701b48b638c307f9e2f070852f2_16_9
BTW I've mixed feelings what I will nickname this drama when it flops, which I'm pretty sure it will. THE ZERO or perhaps THE NONE!!
Deepseek says the fan community estimated a box office somewhere between 55-280 million USD.
BTW, info on the movie can be found here:
https://mydramalist.com/35477-a-record-of-a-mortal-s-journey-to-immortality/discussions/153196-huge-news-animated-fanren-movie-in-theaters-dec-2026-spinoff-donghua-in-production
Other actresses like Judy Garland (Dorothy in the original Wizard of Oz) and Zhao Wei (now banned in C-ent), they were so slim and pretty when young, but became fat and ugly nearing 50. Ju Jingyi looks like someone who will remain eternally slim even as she will turn 90 in the very very very far distant future.
She's also quite agile in real life. In her latest drama Eternal Fragrance, in the first few episodes, she plays a playful tomboy. At one point she entered a building and there were some steps down from the entrance. She got down those steps real fast without even looking down once. Other actresses would have needed to pause and look or they would have tripped and fallen. That scene amazed me the most how she was so good with her foot work.
The drama I Am Nobody was about this one guy who had an ultimate move called Chi Apotheosis, but nobody knew what this power was. He only used this move in the climax of the drama to break the energy barrier to save his beloved.
This drama was quite popular and released a few years ago. It seems GJM liked that kind of climatic ultimate move/scene and tried to replicate it in VoS with Ji Ling attempting to break the time barrier exit by "Chi Apotheosis".
Now I know many ppl will say Chi Apotheosis is a common/well known move found in a lot of wuxia or xianxia series. But has it ever been used as the ultimate move of the drama climax or just an afterthought of some unimportant battle scene? It's becoz I Am Nobody was the first drama to make use of it AT the drama climax that GJM thought so too!
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https://awnchina.cn/mortals-journey-franchise-makes-big-screen-debut-a-mortals-journey-to-immortality-mystery-of-the-endless-sea-set-for-december-2026-release/