Taking a moment to acknowledge this posting group.
Other than Mo Dao Zu Shi, no other manga/et.al. has
gotten me so charged up to post anything more than
a joke or to specifically thank someone for an upload.
This (and omg that other) have changed ... everything.
Thanks so much for a great discussion! I learn so much
reading everyone's impressions. We so fucking rock.
I didn't expect to see another chapter.
You've made me very happy.
(those Hawaiian shirts, tho. OMG) :D
Just re-read and enjoyed this as much as the first time. That's a Classic in my book.
For those posting they can't keep the characters' names straight - I think I can help.
All the main characters are always wearing the same colored clothes; no matter what their scene or what the year is.
Whether in the anime or the Donghua, I think the artists intend to keep the main characters in the same colored clothing throughout the entire story for just that reason. (being that each one has like three names, minimum)
I think they know readers have a problem getting used to everything and really do want to make it easier for us.
Having a Tv Tropes tab open helps too; especially when reading the novel.
I've deliberately avoided re-reading this because I was reading the novel then the anime came out ...
I just re-read this.
I swear - there's more pages than I remember!
It's like a bonus gift of something!
THANK YOU ERS!
(I blame Susan)
Can u share the novel link plss!!!!!!!
Whoosh! Nice!
Tq Tq
Is tho manhua consistent with the novel excluding the details in novels
So far, yes I think so. It's beginning to feel ... like looking at the same work of art from three different viewing points or something. One is told through movement so the story naturally moves much more quickly - because a single image or series of actions can plow through pages and pages of narrative description. Another view, while also heavily visual can only imply movement so it is dependent on placement of character for its impact and must do so with a whole lot less dialog - being shown frozen moments in a story leaves other aspects that can only be implied; freeing the reader to fill in the gaps by imagining the space between each image for themselves ... and then, there's the pictures that only the crafting of a well written story can create right in your head. :D
next weekend is re-read weekend!
I have never looked forward to July 31st so impatiently.
To realize the name Wei Wuxian (as pronounced) might possibly a play on the Three Kingdoms Period names? Wei (north of the Yangtze), Wu (in the southeast) and Shu (in the southwest) re-named Shu Han (in 226)-? Or not. I would have never even known to look that up - saw it diagrammed on an Art History video about Byzantium, no less. And THAT ... is how obsessed I've become with this work. :D