If you want to appreciate it, it would be a good idea. From what I catch in the previews, it appears to pick up right where it left off 5 years ago. Also, they released a shortened special edition of JOL1 most likely to help previous watchers get a refresher before season 2 starts. I’ve watched JOL1 twice last year and am now watching the SE and I’m seeing things I forgot or didn’t catch the first two times around.
FOR NEW WATCHERS SPECIAL EDITION IS NOT A DIRECTOR'S CUT THAT USUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL SCENES, INSTEAD ITS JUST…
Special edition cuts out most of the side stories and focuses on the plot line of the main character. Loses some essence of the original. But the beginning is better in the special edition. And special edition seems like it’s higher quality.
Special Edition Ep 6-7: I felt the original story just lost some more of its depth with the deletions:
Teng Zi Jing & his wife and son relationships were deleted. The sorrow FX felt when he cried to WE after TZJ was killed was delete. The torture of Cheng Ju Shu and friendship TZJ’s son developed with him to make human was also deleted. Lost the humanity of the characters and the development of relationships. It’s these details that made the original thought provoking.
Yan Bingyun killed FanXian in JoL1...... I suppose, the writer will exonerate him, saying he only pretended to…
Seeing how the special edition has made some changes to align more with the book (remove the story opening) I’m gonna guess that they are going to change the ending as well.
Hi! interested watching this bc of the hype. but I wonder should I watch the regular or the special edition? what’s…
Special Ed is a little different. I watched the reg ablut 4 months ago and am now watching the special Ed. There are slight differences. I would say thd special edition Ed cleaned up some details that it deems unnecessary from the originals. I find the translation better than the YouTube version. It also deletes the whole writing story competition premise. Lengthwise, it’s about the same time wise even if ep # are different.
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Lengthwise, it’s about the same time wise even if ep # are different.