"The Untamed" and then it went East
I use Twitter. My timeline is mostly BTS and stuff. But somehow last year it filled up with fanart of two males in loving poses tagged WangXian or sth similiar. Netflix was also promoting "The Untamed" hard on my main header for months. I was brushing it all off for months until someone posted "they are canonically married with a son" and my interest spiked up. I really though everyone was talking about some fanfiction regarding this show. But apparently it was not the case. So I started to watch it... and gave up after episode 3. It was my first Chinese drama. I was so lost.
A month went by and I got a terrible back pain that pinned me to the bed for a week. I couldn't really move so I decided to give this show a second chance... and I binged 50 episodes in 3 days. The story sucked me in so deeply that I couldn't think about anything else. It gave me "butterflies" in the stomach every time I thought about it. And I was in distress after it ended. It felt not completed at all. So I went to search. and it turned out there is animation based on the same story. And the original story? - it's a web-novel. So I started reading and watching the donghua (Chinese animation). Simultaniously, I found a streamer reading the novel with the viewers - so I started following him. After that I still had not had enough. I found the manhua (Chinese webcomic) and read that until I realized that it was an ongoing project. Cute version of donghua was just realised. I was searching for fanart on pinterest and twitter. I started to listen do the original Chinese audio drama.
Apart from that - author of the book wrote 2 other books and adaptations of those just dropped. Scumbag System was funny and super enjoyable. Heaven Official's Blessing is one of the best stories I have ever read or watched. Yes, I read both of the books and watched both animations.
The streamer, I mentioned, Cuchallain - what he does is watch donghuas and review them. So I got some recommendations from him and watched "Legend of Exorcism", "Mortal's Journey to Immortality", "Soulmate adventure", "The King's Avatar". I also started learning Simplified Chinese/Mandarin.
What makes me love them? Story-telling. Character-building. Aniamtion. Soundtrack. Lore. And things I can't think about right now. This foreign world of Chinese historical/cultivation stories is just so interesting!
If I struck your interest - here are some links to these amazing stories. Most of the links are original soucrces. But on this list you can find non-official English translations of the novels, but please support the original releases - there are plenty guides how to do so around, so just Google it, pls!
Scum Villain's Self Saving System = Scumbag System =SVSSS
DONGHUA: https://youtu.be/fvCB2bCSQr4NOVEL: https://faelicy.tumblr.com/post/185038903607/chapter-1-scum-villain#fn:19
CUCHALLAIN READS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmdufvf6DsQ&list=PLy2u2SlnuYScT3lN1j9VzejIs1V6PnW6i
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation = GDC = Mo Dao Zu Shi = MDZS
NOVEL: https://exiledrebelsscanlations.com/novels/grandmaster-of-demonic-cultivation/MANHUA: https://go.onelink.me/Jq0i/3e0cc1df
DONGHUA:
"MDZS" https://youtu.be/m346FShZ5Dc
"MDZS Q" https://youtu.be/Gy9mIQkzZ3M
LIVE ACTION: "The Untamed" https://youtu.be/BfKhREVFLkQCUCHALLAIN READS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVt9azE-khA&list=PL24OtC0yYh4dPYd1lK_O1YH4qenHfthG8
Heaven Official's Blessing = HOB = Tian Guan Ci Fu = TGCF
NOVEL: https://tgcfmxtx.carrd.coDONGHUA: https://youtu.be/5PKnnLvGets
CUCHALLAIN READS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4m-zixjXM&list=PL24OtC0yYh4ee1L3NSziv5qJLIJCiTX1H
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