ShortCircuit

It goes back and forth between the present and the past. It's in smaller pieces but overall I guess yes, half of it is in the past.

I don't know how the manhua does it, if they put the Yi City Arc in it time (past before WWX's rebirth) or do a mix-up of events like the drama did. I wonder if they're going with the Yi Iron plotline, LOL (the donghua didn't, 'cause it's not in the novel either).

It's because first it's WWX's story (the past) then it's THEIR story (the present).

WWX got kissed in a forest and liked it even before dying and being reborn. I think it's safe to assume he would've been all for it even in his original body, LOL. He also was very much attracted to LWJ, going as far as teasing him insane as a teenager. The signs were there :D

Two Weeks and Time Between Dog and Wolf (because LJG).
Black Out.
The Embers.
The Devil Judge.

Is Esther Yu using her real voice in Speed and Love? I don't even dare to try and see for myself. Not even for Fei QiMing's sake...

The Vendetta of An looks good, but it's on the backburner - too little time, way too much to do in the end of the year.

*Using my Jedi mind tricks on you* Listen to the audio drama, do!

Yes, listen to it :) You'll find some very familiar voices telling things you never heard in the drama (and should have, LOL)

ETA: this is the final part of the extra "From Dawn Til Dusk" - my favourite extra I mentioned before. Because hubs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUxlfElSnPs

LOL, if you're watching FMVs, there's going to be a lot going on that is not in the donghua at all. Since we now have GenAI to make (up) new stuff or complete what was left out... yeah. There's going to be a lot of that.

But the donghua (both the original and the chibi version) are great. Just try them.

He was basically in tears, our eyerolling king... How could you... *dramatically* How COULD you ALL?....

Anyway, he got better, LOL.

Yes, there's a manhua (UNFINISHED at this time, I think it's around volume 11 now - maybe, I didn't buy it and don't read it online). And it follows the novel as close as possible, but I don't really like the art, TBH. It's cute, as cute as the donghua charas, but at least those are animated and aren't as... scraggly, I'd call it. I definitely have some preferences when it comes to manga/manhwa/manhua art, and sadly the MDZS version of it isn't filling my req's LOL.

The audio drama is EXCELLENT!! (and it was fan-TLed, so it's pleasing to the eye, too. Some of them even used the drama charas to illustrate the speaker's POV. And - this is my absolute favourite thing about it - they do sound effects. Including kissing sounds. And moans. You know. PG-rated stuff *lying through my teeth*

They even did drama extras that are not even in the novel and they're hilarious!! (subs on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyXofba1YIE

The first season of the donghua is a MASTERPIECE. It follows the novel timeline (told you MXTX goes back and forth between the present and the past in the novel while the drama took a linear and easier to understand approach). The second season is also very good. Sadly, in-between the 2nd and the 3rd (last), something happened with the censorship so they toned it down a bit. The worst thing about it is that they changed some of the events' order and so the final impact of some of the reveals is a bit faded IMHO. But I WOULD totally recommend the donghua, too. It's so catchy.

And most of all, EVEN if you don't watch the donghua... watch the chibi donghua!! There are some 30 eps IIRC, all around 5-minutes long, and they're the cutest thing you'll ever witness. And they are NOT shy about what's happening, LOL. So, so cute.

And look... WWX still proposed first, according to the chibi donghua :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7oD70yygFM

Ah dammit, I was kind of afraid of that. (Been burned before when Youku played havoc on airing dramas schedules, looking at TTEOTM, for example, LOL).

Oh well. I guess I'll wait for it to finish airing then.

Thanks :)

JC's story in 3 crack seconds LOL

https://youtu.be/YYG3tGP9oT0?t=515

I meant more like, episodes release schedule rather than exact hour (I don't have that much free time to watch it as soon as it airs either). On CCTV it looks like they're airing daily (or at least they're committed for the first week LOL), but I'm not sure how NF is going to keep up. Will they make their own schedule or just follow the Youku VIP calendar (as it looks so far)?

Just wondering if they made any announcements on the official NF schedule.

What's Netlix's release schedule, does anyone know? Is it going to be a step behind Youku at all times, or is there some other arrangement?

How are the subs? MGTV left me with a shadow on the mind about their subs, LOL, since Wolf Hunter. I've never ever seen worse subs before or after (I don't want to be brothers with you came pretty close, but at least Viki took that drama and made it better LOL).

What, what, what.... Jiang Cheng entered the scene like a boss. He was all majestic and domineering LOL, coming in like "who's your daddy" hahaha~

Thinking back, I don't even think I ever considered who the bad guy is in the first half of the story, I was too engrossed on what was happening to and around them all. (Other than the very obvious Wen Clan's dealings, I mean).

LOL, the Yi Iron that never was got to visit more places than half the cultivators in the drama :D

It's been so long, now I'm afraid of it being released (after Twelve and others). But I still want to see it and I hope it's going to be good.

NiF is as close to a masterpiece as they come - almost a perfect 10, LOL. I used to have such a crush on most of the cast hahaha~ (And such a heartbreak with NiF2).

There are very few that left such a strong impression - TU, NiF, Fangs of Fortune (I admit it's all the pretty and the crazy chemistry), Guardians of the Dafeng, all Chinese, and then there's only Flower of Evil and Life on Mars on the kdrama side :D

This turned out a lot better than I expected. There was no rush, there were no heroics, it eventually came to a natural end. I liked it a lot, even though they did Yin Fang wrong with that hairdo LOL. He's usually quite handsome.

Lin MuRan (playing DongDong) did an amazing job. I hope he gets more important roles in the future.

This was quite a nostalgic watch for me, I'd forgotten what the 90s were like, it's eerie that China in the 90s doesn't seem so different from Europe in the 90s...

Looks like that one, LOL, unexpected Evangelion flashback. I think that must be where I've heard it first :D

Thanks!

What song is Saku singing at the end of ep 8? It sounds so familiar but I just can't tell...