I'm on episode four, and that pet doctor is getting on my nerves! 🤦🏻♂️
It's sad they've written the character like this, as he's completely different in the donghua. Unfortunately in the C-drama, he's an idiot, which really detracts from the plot and from the friendship of the two men, which is far more believable and more interesting in the donghua, IMO.
I'm still really enjoying the Cdrama, but must admit I'm getting tired of Chinese production companies changing characters, plots or endings of stories that are massively different in the books or donghua they appeared in first.
Have just finished episode 1 and, oh my, I'm so excited about this 🔥 Absolutely love the strong Doctor Who…
The minute we saw the YaShe shop travel to another moment in time, Doctor Who was my first thought. I'm British, and grew up with the iconic Doctor Who and the Tardis :) So yep. :) (And yes, after Capaldi left the show, it went completely 'woke' and, like most of the fandom, I'm no longer interested in it.. A real shame, as the show was brilliant before that).
YaShe getting a live action was not on my 2025 bingo list😭😭
I know! YaShe is one of my favorite more recent donghua, so was ecstatic when I suddenly saw the live action pop up. And, only 4 eps in so far, but it's very very good.
I'm a huge fan of the YaShe donghua, but this is just as good in a different way. The story is far more developed than the donghua, as it's about 3 times longer, the male leads are excellent (well, Su Bei Lu is an idiot, which he isn't in the donghua, but he's growing on me :), I really like that the stories from the donghua are much more developed as there's more time for the writer to do that as the episodes are longer and there's waaaaaay more of them.
Cinematography is beautiful, the special effects are very well done, and the characters, including the side characters, are all interesting. The writing is very tight too, so it's never boring.
Very happy with Gao Wei Guang being cast as Bi Zhi, he's perfect. Not so much with Leon Leong, but that's not really him, but more the character being markedly different than the donghua which makes him more jarring, so I'm likely to enjoy his casting more as the series progresses and I begin to like his character more. Good chemistry between the two men as well.
All in all, definitely recommend this. It's a very fun watch, with every episode whizzing by as there's so much going on.
I haven’t watched this yet but I did watch the donghua Yashe.But from the trailer & other bits from some…
It's quite a bit different than the YaShe donghua (which I love!) as the stories are much more developed. I'm at Episode 4 and absolutely loving it so far. Cinematography and special effects are superb, the two male leads are excellent (well, unlike the donghua, Su Bei Lu is an idiot, but he's growing on me :), and it's very very fun watch.
Personally, if I see a drama rated under an 8.0 on MDL, I presume it's a good one. So many trolls on this site…
I know, right? :)
I've found a few gems by targeting the low rated ones. LOL. Currently watching Love and Sword, and just a couple of episodes in but it's very fun so far.
And ROTFL, now MDL has changed the drama title from Inhumane Atrocities to 'Germ Warfare Units'. WTF - hahahaha. 30 seconds of research would show you what the drama's actual English title is. :)
YOUKU has now added English subtitles on YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsXgtmJ4Ps&lc=Ugx9C6sOW624fVTRUNZ4AaABAg.AQinSDRDAb4AQkPl0cFC-y.They're…
It's not even really about binging, it's just that in order to be able to write about C-dramas like I know what I'm talking about :) I have to have watched a decent percentage of each one (don't always finish them, although I do finish most). And if I don't watch most episodes as fast as I can, I forget what I'm watching and never end up going back to them :)
But yep, agree with you -- it does deserve a solid translation.
Agree 100% with you. It's a very important topic and i'm glad Youku decided to put English subs because my Chinese…
Yep, it definitely would help in critical thinking, which is sadly lacking in many students nowadays. Worldwide.
I lived in Bangkok for many years and have visited Kanchanaburi the site of part of the infamous Death Railway (aka Burma Railway) many times.
The museums there show some of the horrific things the Japanese did. Tens of thousands of Thais alone were killed, and hundreds of thousands more Vietnamese, Burmese, Malaysians, Singaporeans, British, French and on and on were murdered.
When you throw in the millions of South East Asians the Japanese murdered in just the 3 years they occupied parts of S.E. Asia, and it's amazing to me that most of S.E. Asia still has a cordial relationship with Japan. Especially as it took the Japanese decades to even apologize and, in some instances, has never apologized.
Look at the Korean and Chinese comfort women they kidnapped, the death marches, the massacres of hundreds of thousands in just a few days. Up to 10 million S.E. Asians murdered in just over 3 years.
It's no wonder the Chinese are often in some kind of diplomatic argument with them (currently in one now). They were treated horrifically for years, with millions of Chinese murdered by them and, to this day, the Japanese response has been abysmal.
A fascinating subject and, as much as I like the Japanese and am fascinated by Japan, I take the Chinese side on this.
Agree 100% with you. It's a very important topic and i'm glad Youku decided to put English subs because my Chinese…
Yep. The fan translations ARE much better, but they will also be slower as few fans have the free time available to properly translate 20 episodes of a drama right after they release. But, as a second option, they're better than nothing :)
And I'm the same. Basic Chinese (probably much worse than yours :), so that knowledge is filling in some of the gaps of the YOUKU translation, but my skills aren't enough to understand a full drama without them :)
YOUKU has now added English subtitles on YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsXgtmJ4Ps&lc=Ugx9C6sOW624fVTRUNZ4AaABAg.AQinSDRDAb4AQkPl0cFC-y.They're…
Yep, they should pay to get decent translations but, as of yet because the international audiences are much, much smaller than Chinese, they won't.
If everyone watches the legal options, though, and Chinese companies start to make huge amounts of money from international viewers, that's when we will eventually get better translations. Same in anime, when we also used to get garbage translations years ago. But now the Japanese make so much money from international viewers, they don't dare to provide garbage translations as the backlash is huge :)
At least with the fan translations, though, they ARE using legal streaming via YOUKU's YouTube channel so that's good.
For me, though, I have so many dramas ongoing for my job I need to finish series pretty fast so I can move onto the next one, so waiting a couple of months for a fan translation isn't usually an option. Just gets too confusing with too many series on the go (I have enough as it is, LOL). As long as the translation YOUKU is offering is understandable, and not like the auto-translate dross Google provides, I'm good. (I also understand basic Chinese, so can fill in the gaps with my own knowledge)
But... we now have 2 options, which is always a good thing IMO. And great that a fan is willing to spend so much time time to create a good translation.
Omg thank you so much! I wanted to watch this but my Chinese is not as good yet so I had to wait for subs, thankfully…
I watched the first episode and it's actually not a bad AI translation (nowhere near as bad as the auto-translation Google provides). The story and dialogue is completely understandable.
But sure, fan translations are usually better, especially as they also translate the Chinese on letters/army notices/signs etc which YOUKU never does.
But for anyone who doesn't want to wait 2 months to get all the episodes translated this is an acceptable option, IMO.
And, btw, there's NOTHING wrong with fans spending so long translating an episode, it's not like they're getting paid to do it. It's just that a sizeable number of people don't want to wait.
Sorry, for my multiple posts, but I think this one is a very important drama for people to watch if you can stand the tragedy of it all, as so much of the Japanese atrocities against the Chinese are brushed under the carpet by the international community, and with the Japanese often not even apologizing for the terrible things they did.
(Same thing for the Koreans, who were also treated like animals by the Japanese for decades with barely any apology).
This is now available with English subs on YOUKU's YouTube channel under the title -- Man's Inhumanity to Man.
Someone started subbing this drama, you can check out the first episode with good subtitles on this site: https://www.captionfy.com/playlist/man-s-inhumanity-to-man
They're not perfect, but they're very understandable so it's at least watchable right now. And yes, the drama is excellent. Superb performances so far.
Oddly, however, the YOUKU app still doesn't have them :)
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I'm still really enjoying the Cdrama, but must admit I'm getting tired of Chinese production companies changing characters, plots or endings of stories that are massively different in the books or donghua they appeared in first.
I'm a huge fan of the YaShe donghua, but this is just as good in a different way. The story is far more developed than the donghua, as it's about 3 times longer, the male leads are excellent (well, Su Bei Lu is an idiot, which he isn't in the donghua, but he's growing on me :), I really like that the stories from the donghua are much more developed as there's more time for the writer to do that as the episodes are longer and there's waaaaaay more of them.
Cinematography is beautiful, the special effects are very well done, and the characters, including the side characters, are all interesting. The writing is very tight too, so it's never boring.
Very happy with Gao Wei Guang being cast as Bi Zhi, he's perfect. Not so much with Leon Leong, but that's not really him, but more the character being markedly different than the donghua which makes him more jarring, so I'm likely to enjoy his casting more as the series progresses and I begin to like his character more. Good chemistry between the two men as well.
All in all, definitely recommend this. It's a very fun watch, with every episode whizzing by as there's so much going on.
I've found a few gems by targeting the low rated ones. LOL. Currently watching Love and Sword, and just a couple of episodes in but it's very fun so far.
But yep, agree with you -- it does deserve a solid translation.
I lived in Bangkok for many years and have visited Kanchanaburi the site of part of the infamous Death Railway (aka Burma Railway) many times.
The museums there show some of the horrific things the Japanese did. Tens of thousands of Thais alone were killed, and hundreds of thousands more Vietnamese, Burmese, Malaysians, Singaporeans, British, French and on and on were murdered.
When you throw in the millions of South East Asians the Japanese murdered in just the 3 years they occupied parts of S.E. Asia, and it's amazing to me that most of S.E. Asia still has a cordial relationship with Japan. Especially as it took the Japanese decades to even apologize and, in some instances, has never apologized.
Look at the Korean and Chinese comfort women they kidnapped, the death marches, the massacres of hundreds of thousands in just a few days. Up to 10 million S.E. Asians murdered in just over 3 years.
It's no wonder the Chinese are often in some kind of diplomatic argument with them (currently in one now). They were treated horrifically for years, with millions of Chinese murdered by them and, to this day, the Japanese response has been abysmal.
A fascinating subject and, as much as I like the Japanese and am fascinated by Japan, I take the Chinese side on this.
And I'm the same. Basic Chinese (probably much worse than yours :), so that knowledge is filling in some of the gaps of the YOUKU translation, but my skills aren't enough to understand a full drama without them :)
If everyone watches the legal options, though, and Chinese companies start to make huge amounts of money from international viewers, that's when we will eventually get better translations. Same in anime, when we also used to get garbage translations years ago. But now the Japanese make so much money from international viewers, they don't dare to provide garbage translations as the backlash is huge :)
At least with the fan translations, though, they ARE using legal streaming via YOUKU's YouTube channel so that's good.
For me, though, I have so many dramas ongoing for my job I need to finish series pretty fast so I can move onto the next one, so waiting a couple of months for a fan translation isn't usually an option. Just gets too confusing with too many series on the go (I have enough as it is, LOL). As long as the translation YOUKU is offering is understandable, and not like the auto-translate dross Google provides, I'm good. (I also understand basic Chinese, so can fill in the gaps with my own knowledge)
But... we now have 2 options, which is always a good thing IMO. And great that a fan is willing to spend so much time time to create a good translation.
But sure, fan translations are usually better, especially as they also translate the Chinese on letters/army notices/signs etc which YOUKU never does.
But for anyone who doesn't want to wait 2 months to get all the episodes translated this is an acceptable option, IMO.
And, btw, there's NOTHING wrong with fans spending so long translating an episode, it's not like they're getting paid to do it. It's just that a sizeable number of people don't want to wait.
Anyway, now we have 2 options so YAY :)
(Same thing for the Koreans, who were also treated like animals by the Japanese for decades with barely any apology).
This is now available with English subs on YOUKU's YouTube channel under the title -- Man's Inhumanity to Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsXgtmJ4Ps&lc=Ugx9C6sOW624fVTRUNZ4AaABAg.AQinSDRDAb4AQkPl0cFC-y
The YOUKU app, however, still doesn't have them. Go figure :)
They're not perfect, but they're very understandable so it's at least watchable right now. And yes, the drama is excellent. Superb performances so far.
Oddly, however, the YOUKU app still doesn't have them :)