Ling Qi 2

Finally, a shounen-ai with a plot.

I dropped season 1 of this series after watching the first episode (which wasn't great), and ended up taking it up again out of boredom. While the first season got better and was actually pretty good in the end, season 2 just completely exceeded my expectations. If you like drama and supernatural genres in your bl, chances are you will enjoy this show. The plot is unique, the characters have good chemistry with each other, and the story actually goes somewhere. It is full of juicy drama and written well.

People complain that the story moves slowly, and this is because proper time was allotted for character backstory, which was a major part of this season. That being said, the pacing feels just right throughout the show.

This series may not be the most amazing bl you will ever see, nor is it without flaw, but it's pretty dang good, and especially considering constraints involved in making it, since China has strict laws against homosexual depiction within productions.

This series sits very well with me for many reasons. They took good care in making it, and it shows. I highly recommend for shounen-ai consumers!

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Plot: 6/10

There's a bit improvement from the first season plot. I can see the goal in the second season. It's not face paced unlike the first season, which is good. Plus point for that. It's a solid plot but is it extraordinary, definitely not. I especially do not like the few last episodes because I feel like it drags the story.

Characters: 6/10

I still have problems with the characters. I couldn't love the characters back in season one and I still couldn't love them till now. If I still have to choose a significant character in this anime, for season one I would choose Ki in a heartbeat but for season two, it will definitely go to Jiun, the minor character.

You Keika- still the same as ever though a bit stronger than the previous season.

Ki- Definitely the problematic character in this season. First of all, his character in the past is definitely out of character. If I correctly recall, when we dived into Ki's fiance's past in the first season, we could definitely see a cold Ki when he was a child. However, in this season, suddenly Ki is portrayed as someone extremely kind and carefree back when he was still a child. Somehow I felt uncomfortable watching how his character is drastically changed. Not a fan of that so a huge minus point for Ki. Plus, he is supposed to be the most powerful Youmenshi in the world but in season 2, he seems weak. And please, can someone count how many times Ki coughs out blood for me throughout the episodes?

Shouken- He gives me the same vibe as Suzaku from Hangyaku no Lelouch and I don't like this either.


Comments: There's definitely something wrong with the tomanku family. It's clearly wrong for what they did to Shouken. Binding his soul and used him as a blood bank for Ki are definitely inhumane acts yet this family did not pay the price for their wrong doings which bothers me a lot.

Overall: 6/10

This anime has a solid plot, a good foundation yet missing the important pieces which halts it from being one of the best anime. The fighting scenes aren't that great, the mystery is predictable, the struggles Ki and Keika have to go through is too long which makes the audience (me) bored halfway throughout the story.

And please, Shouken, for the love of God and for the sake's of Keika and Ki's happiness, please do not return to the world.

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A BL with actual plot and fantasy! This season was way better than the first and there was actually an arc. I just wish they had more character development for Jing hua/ You Keika however we got to find out about Duanmu Xi/ Tanmoku Ki and that was quiteeee good. I wish there was a season 3 however doesn't seem like it. Overall I quite enjoyed it though it has some shortcomings!

So pros:
- their relationship
- exploration of Duanmu Xi's character
- the overall pacing was much better except for the flashbacks

Also I would recommend chinese dub over the japanese because Jing Hua's character is so much better in the chinese dub and of course we get the meaning that the creators wanted to convey.

Cons
- I really thought that if the soundtrack was used better then it would add more tension and gravitas to a situation but they played a lot of melodramatic background music which definitely killed the vibe for me
- not enough Jing Hua focus later on. Disappointing because it was hinted that we would find out more about him but !

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it's good but.... i'm a bit disappointed. First of all, half of the episodes are just flashbacks. i get that it's important to the story but from what i see on the season 1 flashbacks, none of these flashbacks look like they're connected. on season 1, it looked like tanmoku ki's personality was already like this and didn't care about anything. For the story itself, is quite difficult to watch. I myself even started to doubt who was actually the main couple. There are also unanswered questions like how his hair turned white or what happened to the ancestor and why they aren't metioned at all in the new season but even so, it's quite interesting to watch how things will go in the new season. it's still a good watch (except the end... that cliffhanger is gonna haunt me). Feel free to watch it if you want, but i actually kind of regret watching it so.

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