Zhu Xian Episode 26 Discussion

katsucats said:
This is the underrated anime of the season to me. The plot is similar to other xianxia, but the devil is in the subtext, the way the characters look at each other along with properly directed music and camera angles often tell a story that connect on a deeper level than explicit action. Several of the side characters were standouts here -- not the main character. But that's because those other characters serve as a catalyst to push Xiao Fan to grow up, so to speak.

Jade Dynasty is sort of like Immortality a couple seasons ago. That show was also about a naive protagonist that took the "death" of a female co-lead to finally figure out what he needed to be to survive.

These shows are unlike the bread and butter of these types of shows. The protagonists are conflicted, psychologically nuanced, unlike the typical arrogant-because-they-can types from lesser shows. It reminds me of the classics, like the Condor Heroes trilogy, which also has overly naive protagonists (that are borderline grating) but eventually learn their place in the world.

I expect that in the next season the protagonist will carve out a space for himself outside of the sect, where he could eventually answer the question that he's been wrestling with the whole time (i.e. what's considered honorable and just, and what's considered evil?), and he could then confront both the demon and righteous sects respectably. And of course now that we understand who the foil is, Xiao Fan will have to make his moves on the real love interest, the senpai in his sect.

I give it a 7.5/10.

R-Gee said:
I just finished this show and i'm surprised at how much I liked it by the lest few episodes. it started average. I usually just drop a slow-starting show but I kinda felt that's got potential just from how the characters are interacting and how they are presented. it's an approach I haven't seen much in donghua (I don't watch many of those tbh). In any case, I REALLY hope they make a second season of this. 
7/10 

HagePotPotato said:
there are quite a few quality donghua similar to this one (adventure/fantasy/cultivation, etc). and i've seen a couple non-cultivation, non-cgi donghua that are pretty good as well

R-Gee said:

I watch donghua specifically for the CGI because I want something different once in a while. although I really like The King's Avatar and Quanzhi Fashi. from the cgi-based, i'm currently watching are the well-known ones: BTTH, Soul Land, Swallowed Star but I'm starting to expand and try different new ones which brought me to Jade Dynasty. I'm glad I didn't drop it early on. 

HagePotPotato said:
cool cool. i've watched those as well. i would think there's a lot more out there you'll probably like, but i don't want to just name drop a bunch of unsolicited suggestions on you

R-Gee said:

be my guest! fire away! 
if this isn't the place for it, you can drop a few titles on my profile page or PM me if it's not much trouble. thanks in advance. 

HagePotPotato said:
DM, because it's a longer list than I realized

Avolition_ said:

could you send me some suggestions too? ones that are similar to douluo dalu, yao shen ji, BTTH, stellar transformation, etc. they all have an op mc in common..