The funny thing about TGCF is that I'm pretty sure that almost everyone who watched the show without any prior knowledge assumed that it would be a gay chinese soap opera, but instead got smacked with ghouls and stuff, lol

@gracielasea

Жыл бұрын

I started with MDZS, so when I got to TGCF I basically went “Whooooooooa ok, ok was Not ready for this!” (The father/child on the wall absolutely GUTTED me. I wasn’t ready.

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Жыл бұрын

Somehow, I thought ghouls and stuff was actually pretty normal for Historical/Fantasy type Chinese Soap Operas.... 🤔🤔🤷‍♀️🤣 But maybe that's just because that's the type I typically gravitate toward, or something.

@landmerry_6742

Жыл бұрын

​@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 No, you're right, there are always some supernatural elements thrown in for good measure😂

@Coolguy90737

Жыл бұрын

Watching the donghua without reading the novel or at the very least the manhua is like the worst idea ever😭 I just watched it after reading the first novel and I know I would be LOST without prior knowledge

@PrimusDrawsToomuch

Жыл бұрын

😇😇

“Drowning in water and debt.” Guys…. did he just…. accidentally describe Black Water? Oh that is gold.

@sageleaf8962

Жыл бұрын

YOURE SO RIGHT

@yunniekal

Жыл бұрын

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I cant wait till the rest of this is out and we get him to watch all the other seasons as well.

@linkedsky76

Жыл бұрын

@yunnie *One year passes* No season 2

@sageleaf8962

Жыл бұрын

@@linkedsky76 it’s making me really sad

@yunniekal

Жыл бұрын

@@linkedsky76 The manhua isnt done with book two yet. Bilibili owns the manhua company as well. They are waiting for Starember to finish drawing the entire second season/ second book in manhua form before releasing the donghua/ animation. The animation is probaby almost done if not done. Its just waiting for starember to finish.

I love how he changed from "Demons are cool" to "Get this lame shit out of my face" just because he wants more handholding scenes😭😭😭

@H3ARTSFORKIRA

6 күн бұрын

FRRR

It's so funny to me that he thinks the long scenes is a budget thing but in reality it's just accurate to the books 😭 It takes 6 years to get to a new location every single time

@Lemon-hm1wb

8 ай бұрын

i hope he reacts to the new season

@ArgoBargo

5 ай бұрын

Tis a story that lingers

@jellyystarz

4 ай бұрын

I'm trying to read it currently and it feels so long! Such long chapters and long scenes, thankfully she has good writing haha

@kirasayuri4791

3 ай бұрын

If you have spotify, theres an audio version. It helps a lot! ​@@jellyystarz

@slimjimjimslim5923

Ай бұрын

it's very common for these chinese gay webnovels to take forever XD I'm not sure why but they dedicate a lot to world building and slow relationship development and they mostly don't have any actual romantic scene XD

'Do not grope the corpses' is honestly a solid rule for all of MXTX works....

@your_loss2357

Жыл бұрын

Haha.. didn’t Xie lian basically grope a corpse lmao? Hua Cheng is basically a corpse 💀😂

@your_loss2357

Жыл бұрын

Haha.. didn’t Xie lian basically grope a corpse lmao? Hua Cheng is basically a corpse 💀😂

@garbagecanplay

Жыл бұрын

@@your_loss2357 he is a ghost if we r getting technical

@Amigubunny

11 ай бұрын

Luo Binghe in a corner 👀

@your_loss2357

11 ай бұрын

@@Amigubunny lmfao

"This guy's vanilla?!" is actually so goddamn funny considering the author confirmed that Hua Cheng is actually the best one in bed out of the three series she wrote

@nobody1._lol

Жыл бұрын

omg I didn't know that, could you please tell me where he said that?

@SleepingLittleHedgehog

Жыл бұрын

​@@nobody1._lolon her weibo or qna i think

@Miyori999

11 ай бұрын

Not to mention Xie Lian is canonically covered in hickies and bite marks in one of the extra chapters. AAAnd begged to be treated like a cream pastry on their first night together in another extra. Mr. Chastity still might be the freakier of the two, but Hua Cheng is down for whatever Xie Lian wants.

@nobody1._lol

11 ай бұрын

@@SleepingLittleHedgehog ty sorry to reply late

@kuroitamashi7138

11 ай бұрын

@@Miyori999 this is SO true! I just realized it when rereading that extra chapter 😂

I wish MXTX could shift into a country where there arent any censorship and unleash her creative mind and allow us to consume all of it!!!!

@i-wha-2198

7 ай бұрын

I mean MXTX could probably publish their novels on other websites that don't do censorship cuz jjwxc is very strict when it comes to censorship

@quinn4762

5 ай бұрын

no no you don't get it. the censorship makes it even better. the forbidden fruit always tastes the sweetest lmao.

@robindelorenzo1120

5 ай бұрын

Like Taiwan

@nobodysdawn493

Ай бұрын

Are they censored though? I know at least one of her series (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) has explicit gay sex scenes in it.

Xuan Ji (the ghost bride) is actually a lot more nuanced. He wasn’t such a huge douche as the dub makes him sound. He communicated to her at the beginning that he wasn’t looking for a committed relationship and she started to go obsessive. She broke her own legs to get his attention.

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

Yes, she was in the wrong too, but he’s just in general not respectful when it comes to women. Sure, he treats them well when in a relationship with them, but the book shows he doesn’t see women as people in their own right (except Ling Wen, because they’re friends). He gets embarrassed when a woman does anything heroic or saves him, it’s honestly frustrating to read.

I love how the Danny Motta community unanimously wanted Danny to watch Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation SPECIFICALLY because we knew he'd enjoy the zombies and fighting and instead Danny accidentally watched the wrong show, which also has zombies and fighting

@DavidSamollow60

Жыл бұрын

Wrong show but still from the same creator. So, not really wrong either. 😂 But really hope he got into both of them, because MXTX is a great writter.

@puremoonlight823

Жыл бұрын

​@@DavidSamollow60True words😇

@sofi_luna

Жыл бұрын

I wish he watch Mo dao zushi. I think he would love it

@Xie_Huan

Жыл бұрын

And is from the same author Lmao

@Cudoviste24

Жыл бұрын

​@@sofi_luname too its definitely something he would love😭😭

"I feel like this guy deserves a little more severity than your local hooligan". Qi Rong is the 4th strongest ghost but everyone is like "Yeah that's just the average florida man, ignore him and he might go away"

@alessiacinca3487

8 ай бұрын

That's all due to his personality lmao 😭😭😭 if he was a bit smarted maybe ppl would take him more seriously. Plus even tho he's like a wrath he's no macht for hua Cheng or black water lol

@Tea_princess

8 ай бұрын

Give my boi Qi Rong a chance, he tries really hard! It isn't easy to make human flesh tasty lmao 💚

@thelazyomegawolf939

7 ай бұрын

in all fairness, he is only a calamity to fill out a quota so compared to the other three he’s not as powerful

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

I’m just curious they never sent a group of martial gods out to kill him before, given his cannibalism. With the other kings, it’s because they’re too powerful and for the most part, chill. But we never see QR fight or do anything to show his power, so he just seems pathetic. I know he’s good at running away, but that’s it. If he’s powerful enough for it to be too dangerous to confront him(like the other kings), then we should be shown that. Instead, they just call him annoying.

@yunamoonlight1015

6 ай бұрын

​@thelazyomegawolf939 Your comment totally cracked me up. I will henceforth refer to Qi Rong as "quota filler" in my thoughts 😂

I love that he made the same mistake we all made by calling the show "Heavens Official Blessing." It takes me back to when I first watched the show.

If you liked Heaven Official's Blessing, you HAVE to give Mo Dao Zu Shi a chance. It has ghouls, ghosts, politics, betrayal, the whole combo. It's amazing. Also, Heaven Official's Blessing season 2 is being released 👀👀👀👀

@joannakim3027

5 ай бұрын

FRRRR

@yaoigurl19

Ай бұрын

YES PLEASE!!!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE RECOMMEND THAT TO HIM!!!!!!

Yes, Chinese censorship is genuinely infuriating to all donghua fans, because MXTX, the writer of Mo Dao (Grandmaster) and Tian Guan (Heaven Official's), actually put a lot of detail and effort into the relationships between the main characters, and the studios are forced to tone it down because of the censors.

@lieslittlecorner8612

9 ай бұрын

I'm late but so far, in the second season, our favorite HuaLian seems to be so much closer than before 👀 I'm so glad that the company decided to feed the fans well

@FalatM.

8 ай бұрын

@@lieslittlecorner8612 AAAND you spoke too soon bestie, they robbed us in last weeks episode😭😭

@nuIlsky

8 ай бұрын

@@FalatM. wait what ep 2 is out or what??? ep 1 was pretty good besides the fact it always cuts off at the best part and now we gotta wait

@FalatM.

8 ай бұрын

@@nuIlsky Yeah, there are multiple episodes of season 2 out by now, I think like 5 or maybe even 6, i'm not sure, haven't watched this weeks episode yet

@sagesmith3222

6 ай бұрын

I'm so curious to see how they do the coffin scene.

Interesting fact. San lang could mean "third son" but is also an affectionate way wives will address their husbands. I can't explain it fully without an essay but it's why Hua cheng prefers to be called San lang.

@Xie_Huan

Жыл бұрын

I want to read the essay to you explaining it

@asskayzac

Жыл бұрын

@@Xie_Huanas a chinese i will explain it. in ancient china, there are multiple names their wives could call their husbands, and some of names sort of overlap with polite and formal naming people would call other men. one would be 郎君, where it can be used to address typically a young and educated man/ a word for husband. here it’s sanlang (三郎) which in formal polite terms could be a way to address a young man who is the third child in his family, since 三 means third/ three. at the same time, it could also be a term the wife addresses her husband, where the husband is the third child of his family. so like if ur husband it’s the second (二) child, then u can call him 二郎 😂 hope u get it

@oop8784

10 ай бұрын

@@asskayzacNO WAY LMAOOOO HUA CHENG IS SO REAL FOR THAT

@Mrs._Swag

9 ай бұрын

​@@asskayzacNow I know why Pei called him YOUR Sag Lang

@dangerousadvantage126

9 ай бұрын

my vote is aggressive hand-holding

"What great lore for a throw-away enemy" Having read the books this is great.. She comes back to bite pei ming in the ass way later down, absolutely lovely how they all come back later down the line. Lmao

1:18:24 STOP AFTER THE BLACKWATER ARC SEEING HUA CHENG AND "MING YI" SHARE THAT GLANCE HITS DIFFERENT AGYUHJIKFBHNJKM "why do you have two eyes" "why do you have boobs" I just know Hua Cheng bullied "Ming Yi" for this

@pavlina3202

6 ай бұрын

Hua Cheng’s just like: didn’t you want to murder this guy? Why are you going around with him on errands dressing up?

@soukoskk

6 ай бұрын

@@pavlina3202 He Xuan's probably just like "It's part of the plan you gay disaster"

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

Them both just going, “Don’t you dare blow my cover.” A part of me wishes we could hear their next private conversation.

@gassmass-ym7wt

5 ай бұрын

real bcz when I rewatch these reactions it’s so funny seeing that he’s COMPLETELY oblivious when it comes to the drama of later seasons 😂

By the way, they do kiss in the books! But Season 1 is only halfway through Book 1. We will be having a Season 2 this year that should adapt the rest of Book 1. There is 5 books in total. Book 3 is when they finally start kissing. So even if the Donghua wasn't censored, the kissing wouldn't have happened this season. Funny enough, the kissing throughout the books is a major part of the plot, so I am so curious to see how the creators adapt the kissing in the Donghua!😂

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Жыл бұрын

It will probably get cut out, if it's made in China-that's usually what people mean by "heavily censored", because China is very 'no homo', so it all gets sanitized in a way that leaves it open to interpretation and denial.

@sageleaf8962

Жыл бұрын

A hug because they’re very good friends 👍

@arabellasterwerf7980

Жыл бұрын

@@sageleaf8962 😂😂😂😂 Well.....I mean they do hug alot in the books!😉 Especially one of my favorite Hualian moments in Book 5! Spoiler for Book 3 scenes: But how on earth are they going to adapt the underwater kiss and the CPR scene without kissing!😂🤣 Hugging makes no sense in that context!😂

@exceptionallyriso

Жыл бұрын

I thought there were 8 books to be released in total? I've been bamboozled

@arabellasterwerf7980

Жыл бұрын

@@exceptionallyriso No there are for the English translation. But they split up the 5 Books to make 8 books. But each book does things differently. Book 1, 3, and 5 are in the present day 800 years later. Books 2 and 4 are in the past and provide context to present day books.

Mo Dao Zu Shi has zombies in it because the main guy can summon them with his flute, please watch it! ❤

@SkylarRenoriaBrown

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he is basically a bard necromancer some levels in monk

@an9elkaii

Жыл бұрын

but where can i watch it 😭

@PrinceJayMoriarty

Жыл бұрын

@@an9elkaii I watched mine on gogoanime and Bilibili

@puremoonlight823

Жыл бұрын

​@@an9elkaii The novel if you want

@puremoonlight823

Жыл бұрын

​​@@an9elkaii Or The Donghua or The manhua, which ever one 😌

I loved how outraged he was about Xie Lian’s stew of poison being kicked over by a soldier during the Banyue arc! I started yelling at the screen that he was doing everybody a favor by kicking that nightmare broth over.😂

"this guy must be some kind of ghost king or what" That was so funny to me for no reason, I mean you werent wrong but getting it on the nail like that sounded so funny

Danny: I'm going to finally react to the show you guys are sending me stuff for! **holds up Thousand Autumn Sticker** **holds up MDZS pins** **showcases 24 MDZS post-cards** me: this is going to be great :D Also, Grand master of Demonic cultivation is basically a massive war between magic sword people, zombies, and political maneuvering. The second half is a murder mystery about a ripped apart corpse, the family drama between arranged marriages, war torn families, and more zombie-controlling magic.

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Жыл бұрын

If he doesn't give Grand Master of Demonic Cultivation a watch, too, I'll be very disappointed~ ^--^ Lol

@WangGanChang

Жыл бұрын

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 indeed, especially since MDZS actually managed to finish their seasons and is probably made from a bigger budget and consistent quality. (Since BC May doesn't outsource all of their work like Haoliners does)

@carlinkag2525

11 ай бұрын

Main character has a ghost general!

@lilly-3179

10 ай бұрын

i giggled at this

@Treegona

9 ай бұрын

Also: if WWX had a nickle for every time an effeminate man used him as a murder hobo he'd have two nickles.

You know what's funny: it's canon that Xie Lian's cooking are so bad they're considered as poison 😂

@dragonstouch1042

10 ай бұрын

It can hurt ghosts, that’s how bad it is

@oribahir8544

10 ай бұрын

@@dragonstouch1042 yaaaaasss🤣😭🤣

@starralaxX

9 ай бұрын

God the meatball scene 😂

@oribahir8544

9 ай бұрын

@@starralaxX yyyyaaaassssss🤣

@klltsun_2576

9 ай бұрын

@@starralaxX That made me laugh so hard

47:25 “Damn, times must be tough if literal gods are pawning of their ghost revealing swords” *cries in book 6*

*ominous chanting* Season 2 Season 2 Season 2 Season 2 Season 2 Season 2 Season 2 Season 2

"You are the biggest group of gossipy bitches I've ever seen!" that is so true XD these guys are like old folks just sitting around and gossiping, same is true for the books

@specificsoup

8 ай бұрын

I feel like so much of MXTX stories are people gossiping tbh 😂

For the end of the video when hes mad about them not kissing: In the novel over ch89 they kiss for a whole night, and hua cheng dosnt even remember it in the morning. Xie lang's lips are described as 'swollen', the alter where they had their 'fighting of toungs' was so messy it looked like a war happend. They also do kiss under water and dont stop kissing for like 7 good minutes. Also Grandmaster of demonic cultivation is very sensored as in the novel they make out a lot, its a 21+ book.

@Xie_Huan

Жыл бұрын

And a lot more kisses And the fact that after the kiss that Hua Cheng doesn’t remember the cultivator expose Xie Lian telling him that he has a lot of ghost qi in his lips

@Shttelar

Жыл бұрын

Yes but that’s way later than that it’s near the end of the books xD ( for the English version at least)

@ArgoBargo

5 ай бұрын

Oh shit I read the whole book and I have no memory of these. But it hats on me obviously lol

i got into heavens official blessing NOT knowing about the romance-i just thought it was a fantasy show about becoming a cool god. then they WHIIP THE ALMOSST KISSING OUT! and it’s AUTOMATICALLY 293939x COOLER

Ok, i just watched season two that came out, or at least up to episode 10, and found out that the jar the girls in is in fact CANONICALLY, a pickle jar

As someone who has read all three danmei (pretty boy gay novels) that Mo Xiang Tong Xiu wrote before there was ever an official english translation, I have never really internalized just how much gore, zombies and gross stuff she puts in her romance novels until now. I guess a lot of men could get behind those books if there weren't any romance at all.

@Amy_the_Lizard

Жыл бұрын

I mean it depends on the men in question - with the exception of the time they all decided to vote for "The Case Studies of Vanitas" instead of "Sasaki and Miyano," the frat boys in my university's anime club keep voting for the gayest/most heavily queer coded things in the candidate pool more often than not when we vote on what to watch in club, completely dominated the highscore board of the "Are They Cannon or Not?" Kahoot I made for Valentines day, sang along with the "Yuri on Ice" theme song when it featured in a "Guess the Theme Song" challenge we did, and apparently one of them drove every one in their frat house insane because his Spotify list kept playing the "Ouran High School Host Club" theme song over and over again for some reason. So honestly, this seems right up their alley...

@Xie_Huan

Жыл бұрын

You are so right, like, just know I just came to termes of how much actual gore is in her novels

@specificsoup

8 ай бұрын

@@Amy_the_Lizardthis is fascinating to me

@Amy_the_Lizard

7 ай бұрын

So. I have an update on this seeming up the frat boys' alley. At our club's Christmas party, we were going through our library to decide what to keep, what to sell, and what new series to buy for it. Most of the frat boys weren't able to attend because of studying or in one case a study abroad program, so only one of them was there, and as it turns out, he's currently watching this show...here's the slightly long saga of how this came up in conversation: Me, waving around a couple volumes of manga: "Anyone interested in Fruits' Basket, or should we go ahead and sell these?" O, a local lesbian: "Nah, the characters in that one look like genetically engineered twinks that someone performed expiraments on..." Me: "...I have never heard anyone describe Fruits Basket that way, but for what it's worth, if you'd like to read a manga with a gay guy that actually DID get expiramented on, we'll be adding No.6 to the library soon - it's really good - one of my all time favorites." O: "I trust your judgement, so I'll try it, thanks for the reccomendation." T, my male co-president: "Is that the one we placed bets on how long it'd take your mom to figure out it was BL when she was reading it?" Me: "No, that was Heaven Official's Blessing-" O: "Oh! I'm watching that one..." X, the one frat boy present: "Me too - it's pretty good!" O: "How far along are you?" X: "A little past the halfway point." Me: "Have you guys met Windmaster yet?" O and X immediately started gushing about how great Windmaster is and we discussed the series a bit Me: "Just to clarify though, while I have read the light novels, I haven't watched the anime yet - though I did watch a guy react to it on KZread and get increasingly frustrated by the lack of kissing..." X, nodding sagely: "Understandable. The lack of kissing IS frustrating..."

@iskara012

7 ай бұрын

​@@Amy_the_Lizardlmfao as someone who loves Fruits Basket, it's the first time I'm hearing that description and it's hilarious. And tbh I feel like some guys either totally love watching BLs or they wanna traumatize someone. Guys in my Unis Anime Club really loved to recommend anime like Boku no Pico and Yarichin Bitch Club to new anime fans who wanted recommendations just to mess with them😂😂😂😂

The time he almost got trampled to death…doesn’t even rank in the top ten worst things to happen to Xie Lian in the last 800 years. He has a full proof plan to deal with the trauma though, denial 😁👍🏻 1:12:36

@zaynebs7296

Жыл бұрын

As someone who knows what you're talking about, I shouldn't find this funny but I couldn't help laugh. It reminded me of when the "reverend of empty words" arc... Wind master and Hua Cheng's reactions to Xie Lian's experience with it. It lightens the mood a little to see that Xie Lian finds humour in his past too.

@Sinovian

Жыл бұрын

The stabbing scene gets me every single time and the way San Lan breaks during it. 😢 Whyyyy

@ieaterasers5986

11 ай бұрын

The story of Ruoye is the one that bothers me the most.

@sorryhehetmonidroppedallmy5686

11 ай бұрын

​@@ieaterasers5986😢 same

@lemon_meringue4614

11 ай бұрын

That and selective memory 😂

"He came to hold your sweet clammy little hand in the soft moon light" 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

Now that season 2 is coming out i NEED to see Danny's reactions to those

45:11 it’s funny because in this part of the story they just seem like comedic relief while in the novel they’re one of the best written characters 😂😭

1:01:08 the way this is so true😭 It’s hilarious how Danny is so used to not getting smooches in homo-coded animes that he doesn’t even get his hopes up anymore

i love how when he's talking about the censorship after the face in the ground part he says it's the only bit of egregious censorship so far when he still thinks that xuan ji just beheaded that guy rather than what they actually censored which was her literally pulling his skull out of his head

He said San Lang has got to be some kind of ghost king or something 😭 damn how did he know lolll

TGCF has insanely good world building in my opinion. One might think the back stories are all only part of some side character's story to make one specific arc more interesting. I think however, that finding out how every detail is connected to the main characters and their stories is the real gem of this story. And after you think you found out all the information regarding one character, the author hits you with bigger twist. The really hard part is remembering all the little details and explanations the characters throw at you throughout the story, which will become important later on in the journey.

Yea China is king of the almost gay shows. I would say its queerbaiting but honestly its more like the creators are trying to get as much gay representation in a country where it is not allowed. Many of the weird phrases they use are like translations of phrases that allude to being gay. Its filled will gay things but they have to be subtle.

@darladay4766

Жыл бұрын

Any suggestions? Unrelated to MXTX

@ElliotSunshine

Жыл бұрын

@@darladay4766 erha/dumb husky and white cat shizun, and thousand autumns are some good ones

@airawynsummers

Жыл бұрын

I'd call that queer coded, when the intention is deliberate but they aren't allowed to make it explicit.

@skysailor881

Жыл бұрын

​@@darladay4766 Qiang Jin Jiu is a fantastic historical danmei incredibly complex characters, well written erotica, lots of scheming and political intrigue and the two mains are absolutely deranged about each other from the start, starts out as your typical enemies with benefits sort of set up and then turns into genuinely thee most romantic and beautiful relationship ever it's so good

@mkaydantes

Жыл бұрын

@@darladay4766 Thousand Autumns all the way

The book is a masterpiece, truly one of a kind, but it's also soooo long that you would need like at least 10 seasons to tell the entire story. Yes it is censored because China, but for their standards the censorship was basically non-existent for now. Grandmaster of demonic cultivation was way more censored. They don't kiss because their first kiss happens way later in the series, I would think S4 of the donghua if they make it that far ahahaha I think for many of the characters you really need to wait for the development of the story, without the flashbacks to Xie Lian's past huge parts are just missing. The bodyguards also will get more fleshed out in the future. Same with the two women. This was basically only the set up. S2 is actually coming out this October! Please support it, you all. It's the first donghua to come back after the ban in China, so they really need our help. They were the only ones keeping us updated when the other studios went radio silent. Bilibili kept going with the second season even when it seemed it would never be able to come out in China and Xie Lian VA was even arrested. They had it rough during the last 3 years, so please just tune in for the new season, it's gonna be great, surely even more exciting than the first

@lavistelle6031

11 ай бұрын

Also please always remember these studios need to be very careful. When S1 came out it was 2020 and now the situation in media in China has totally changed and not for the better. Any error or misstep can be used against not only them but doom the entire genre. Last year the audio drama for this same book was taken down after just one episode and censorship got stricter. Now the audio drama came back, but it shows that they will take anything as an excuse to target the genre

@specificsoup

6 ай бұрын

Wait Xie Lian VA was arrested? Because of the show or for other reasons?

@lavistelle6031

6 ай бұрын

@@specificsoup Xie Lian's VA was arrested for other reasons, I think fraud or tax evasion, something to do with money. Bilibili replaced him and he isn't in S2. However from what I remember he was actually let go and didn't go to prison, but I'm not sure. It wasn't a major scandal, but Bilibili changing the VA actually told us they still wanted to release S2 and they did

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

@@lavistelle6031 I take it you’re talking about the Chinese VA?

@lavistelle6031

6 ай бұрын

@@Levsa399 Yes of course

I pray he reacts to season 2!!

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

Same! I heard he is, but I don’t know if it’s true. If he is, he’s probably waiting for it all to be dubbed.

@Planetoby

6 ай бұрын

@@Levsa399 let’s pray that’s the case because the last episode is coming out I believe next week and there’s only like four episodes that need to be dubbed for season two

@_kpoplicious

6 ай бұрын

@@Planetobyall episodes are dubbed now!! I hope he reacts

@amandategner1314

5 ай бұрын

He did. He loved ep 1-2

@Levsa399

5 ай бұрын

@@amandategner1314 Yes! And now I’m eagerly awaiting his reaction to 3 and 4!

"Just now you are introducing hot women?!" Im so going to dissapoint him about this... 😂😂😂

Fun fact, the ghost bride arc comes back in a later arc. It is mentioned in a big turn around in setting of the arc

Now I want him to react to the second season of heaven official blessings, he'll definitely love it

I loved this! Danny, please do MDZS at some point - but also be prepared because there are no smooches in MDZS as well. Also S2 of Heaven Official's Blessing is airing now!!

I love his tgcf reviews so much 😂😂😂 but also like the grandmaster of demonic cultivation is less romance and more of people dying by flute, sword, or zombie roulette-it's so good 😂😂😂

@lonnisplace1459

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the love they share at the end makes everything so much better imo. I would have loved it without the romance, but I love it even more because of it

@ikelolita

Жыл бұрын

the novel is very romantic i feel like

Perfect timing, I was just starting my rewatch

@crazyland6376

Жыл бұрын

SAME!

@sabaseddigh1540

Жыл бұрын

SAMEEEE

@kristinakrisko6586

Жыл бұрын

I watched TGFC at tree times and maybe rewatching 4 times.

@shanzayaftab6125

Жыл бұрын

SAME!!! OMG

@Balckxrian

Жыл бұрын

Where can I watch it?

Season 2. Danny. There is a new season 2 on crunchy roll- completed season 2 most are even dubbed now. Also, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation has significantly more zombies and monsters 🎉

I think this is the 6th or 7th time I watched this reaction, it’s pretty much become my comfort thing to watch. Really excited to see what Danny thinks about season 2!

Danny watch The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, it will definitely be one of your favorites of all time. Action, zombies, mystery, awesome graphics, amazing story, and a cast of characters you will absolutely love. And the best thing? It's finished, so you won't be left hanging. The donghua is complete.

Well, for me, the novel is definitely superior when it comes to Heaven Official's Blessing. But, when it comes to Mo Dao Zu Shi (The grandmaster of demonic cultivation) I prefer the anime more

@ElliotSunshine

Жыл бұрын

Same here but I prefer the manhua for tgcf overall

@Todo_akaicyhot

Жыл бұрын

@@ElliotSunshine oh yeahhh, can't believe I forgot about the manhwa. The art alone is S tier

@ElliotSunshine

Жыл бұрын

@@Todo_akaicyhot ikr, the art is so good it's crazy

@wafarerinjapan

Жыл бұрын

For plot twist I prefer The Untamed version, but for showing how incredibly powerfull charactors are definately the donghua!😆 (It's a little to obvious who the big bad is in the donghau)😌😁

@ElliotSunshine

Жыл бұрын

Oh right and MDZS audio series is super good, it's one of the not censored ones

TGCF has spiraled me into so many so so so many AMAZING good novels and donghua of this category. I love it.

1:23:40 I’m so sorry the way his face kept changing at every beat is so hilarious I can’t- 😭

also yeah. people list mo dao zu shi and tian guan ci fu as mostly gay, and it basically is. but really it should be acknowledged how good it is at everything else. like seriously, it's not just BL. it's nice to see representation, but also very happy to see it in actual good show, with plot that is deeper than being just BL.

one thing i absolutely love about this story is how even how you think this “throw away” characters come back and have MORE to then that’s important later on…. it’s so fantastic i LOVE it

rewatching this and i'm sooo excited for the s2 reaction :,) seeing s1 again reminded me of how much the donghua has improved since then!!! aaah

Danny, you've GOTTA check out season 2! It's being released every Wednesday. Also, the Donghua is awesome but the books are ten times better, so I definitely recommend reading them. Another thing, they actually smooch in book 3 and make out in book 4, so I think you'd like that.

Season 2 is coming soon later this year. This only covered the first volume of the novel. Great reaction and video as well.

@damvstudio3406

Жыл бұрын

Ar u sure abt that...🤧

@RedYumaCosplay

Жыл бұрын

@@damvstudio3406 there was an announcement at the end of last year about the anime from BiliBili there is no official release date yet though but it is scheduled for this year sometime.

@damvstudio3406

Жыл бұрын

@@RedYumaCosplay Thanks, then I hope it's true.. I don't usually believe them cuz they often lie...🤧

@Pleasegivemeschoki

Жыл бұрын

@@damvstudio3406 sorry to inform you but xie lians voice actor, who is also the VA director got fired so it’s definitely getting delayed for quite long:(

@RedYumaCosplay

Жыл бұрын

@@damvstudio3406 I feel you. I thought the second season would have been out las year but the announcement was not until the end of the year or start of this year. Fingers crossed nothing changes because the next arc being animated will be the ghost city arc.

I was introduced to Heaven Official's Blessing via the manhua, because I thought it looked gorgeous. I read it all on BiliBili and then learned that it's adapted from a novel, found all 5 english translated books, made my mom buy them for me without letting her see the cover on the 4th and read them in less than a week. I found the entire novel online and read the remaining 70+ main story chapters in 3 days. Only after that did I get to actually watching the donghua and while loving it, it did also feel very different from the novel, as many details (because it's an adaptation, so duh) were left untold. I believe I would've been pretty lost without knowing the entire story to it and the explanations of the chinese mythology from the dictionary the books have on the terms used in the story. I still fell in love with everything I consumed and cannot wait for season 2 of the donghua, the live action, more gorgeous manhua chapters and official art! I LOVE THIS FANDOM TOO MUCH!!!!!!😭😭😭❤❤❤❤

@Amy_the_Lizard

Жыл бұрын

I bought them in Nook-book form, and for some reason volume 4 just HAD to glitch out, so I had to get my mom to mess with a bit to get it working properly (she's better at dealing with Nook glitches than me.) Her only commentary on the cover was: "He's smooching!" but it was still kinda awkward...

SEASON TWO'S OUT MY MAN

They don't kiss until Xie Lian drowns

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

Almost drowns. Almost.

I want you to know that Feng Xin has a canonical fear of women in general, because it is hilarious.

@b3nnefits

10 ай бұрын

@CrimsonRainFlower I know, his greatest fear is a woman’s bathhouse and somehow he had a child with a woman???

@b3nnefits

10 ай бұрын

@CrimsonRainFlower I just re-read it today 😂

@katrinascarlet5637

Ай бұрын

​@CrimsonRainFlowerdo you hold umbrellas for flowers? Or am I judging that name

MDZS PLEASE, IT HAS MORE ACTION WHICH YOU LOVE AND ITS SO GOOD

@rianicajaynemamalo9775

Жыл бұрын

And the heart wrenching drama! There's tons of it as well XD

Actually the first season is pretty much the same as the first book (there are 8 in total). Right now ss2 is airing and it's SO good. It's true that in the first season/book we don't get much information about the main characters (if you haven't read all the books) but that's because the plot isn't about them at this point yet but rather side characters. However that WILL change. The plot and storyline in MXTX's books (the author of TGCF, MDZS and SVSSS) are extremely complex on so many different levels. Her world building is fabulous and the way she builds her characters is just mind blowing. The thing about her writing is that when you first read or watch it you don't notice the foreshadowing details that are about to come. However when you rewatch/reread it, the hints and the way certain things are phrased are so obvious... All I can say without spoiling is that there'll be SO much pain and suffering you aren't prepared for... Maybe you could react to ss2?

36:25 if ur asking for ghosts having fun and stuff season two is THE shit bro 🔥🔥🔥😻

I'm in LOVE with how they're written. Their relatationship is extremely beautiful. Also, I love how in the donghua, the special ep shows a small inner voice of Hua Cheng, at the "promise" part (1:23:51). It shows perfectly how in love he is with Xie Lian and the other way around, of course.

Sidenote: later in the series Xie Lian literally is dealing with the same exact issues as Geralt in The Witcher. (The botchling). Also he likes weapons just as much as Geralt. There is not nearly as much stopping The Witcher and Heaven Official’s Blessing from existing in the same universe as there should be.

Danny should totally go for season 2 now that it's out!

Ok I don’t think they explain it in the show, but Xie Lian didn’t read San Lang’s palm/do his hair for romance. Ghosts and things not human were known to struggle with making perfect human forms, often missing fingerprints and the hair being off. He did it because he was suspicious of San Lang.

@Levsa399

6 ай бұрын

XL’s inner monologue says this while he’s doing it, so I think he knows.

@devilhorse83

6 ай бұрын

@@Levsa399 Oh, my apologies!

It's amazing how many times I answered, "YES!" to your joke predictions! MXTX universes are crazypants! I'm another person who got dragged in by The Untamed, consumed every possible iteration of THAT story, read Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, and now I'm reading the novels behind this donghua. Her imagination is incredible. All this great fighting, monsters, gods, etc AND pretty boys in love? Yes please! 😂

DANNY YOU’RE A FLIPPING GENUIS! You’ve been making some solid predictions throughout and some of them won’t surface until after book 3! Also, I can’t wait to see how you feel about Feng Xin and Mu Qing after finding out how absolutely vital and complicated their characters are since you said “oh don’t get jealous, you’re like barely characters”, when they asked Hua Cheng who he was. You were SOOOOO wrong about that one, boy! 😂

“oh hello there fellow hay bale man 🙂” “oh hello there fellow hay bale man 🥴”

I have a feeling that the reason Danny stopped mentioning MDZS anymore is that he actually did watch the show but absolutely hated it. Or it's possible that people pushed him too much and it's become a pain in his ass so he would rather just ignore Donghua altogether. Either way, I'm convinced that we should stop waiting for it anymore. But I really can't. No matter how I convince myself, I still hold on to a little string of hope that maybe it's all in my head and Danny is planning to do Patreon only for this show after Blue Lock. MAYBE one day he will decide to randomly post an MDZS video and be like "HA! Didn't prepare for this, did ya!" DAMN IT! Why can't I just move on! Why am I still waiting! Why is anyone still waiting!

I think the novel and, hopefully, the donghua work well together. In a way, Heaven Official's Blessing's donghua is similar to how Mo Dao Zu Shi's donghua was done with the audience that already read the book in mind, so it feels really fast for the uninitiated. That being said, it's a gorgeous donghua to watch for those of us who read the books. The books get to take their time with the lore, the characters, and the world.

Why is this the funniest review video I’ve ever seen LMAO I’m laughing SO hard, you aren’t even wrong about any of what you’re saying. 😂 I’m a huge fan of MXTX’s work so seeing this review is wonderful!! I highly recommend reading the books for Heaven Official’s Blessing, Grandmaster, and Scum Villain! They are amazingly written, my favorite books! Though there’s a lot so they’re very time consuming, they will make your emotions go insane. They’re beautiful, romantic, loving, devastating, tragic (not the mcs), grotesque, hilarious, well written … they’re just so, so good.

@kawaiiaine4986

Жыл бұрын

Oh and the shows are heaaaavily censored. The books contain far more explicit material, gore, and gay panic all around lol. If you do decide to read Grandmaster after watching it do not expect the plots to be the same lol. Heaven Official’s stays pretty close to the booms but Grandmaster gets kind of wack in the show.

Took me forever to realise it's "Heaven Official's Blessing" and not "Heaven's Official Blessing" too, so don't worry, you aren't alone with the struggle😂 Loved all the commentary especially on the little hat, even just calling it the little hit is incredibly wholesome, also loved your cover of Lukas Graham's 7 years, the last strophe even more than the others^^ It was a lot of fun, thank you for watching the show!

Bro I love how you say Xie Lian, it genuinely makes me giggle. Just to clarify I mean that in a good way, the way you say is vaguely funny to me

If you want a pure innocent one that ends in a kiss, Sasaki and Miyano would be a great one for you to watch. If you want one that's a little more raunchy while still having a good story, Dakaichi would be another one I'd recommend. Definitely more than kissing involved

@PearlsAndWhirls

Жыл бұрын

YES!!! SASAKI AND MIYANO!!!

@aWritingSparrow

9 ай бұрын

I strongly disagree with you about Dakaichi having a good plot, but to each their own.

@hi-there-

9 ай бұрын

@@aWritingSparrow I strongly agree with this comment

MDZS is so incredible. The storyline is like no other. I love HOB but MDZS is amazing!

@Danmeibl

11 ай бұрын

Sorry pero tgcf es muchísimo mejor

@emdove

10 ай бұрын

Help, did you read the novel? Cause I randomly stumbled upon it ages ago, read it all in two days without knowing anything about Chinese web novels and now I don't know if I fever dreamed the... kinky stuff in the last chapters. And the homophobic remarks?? And nobody seems to be talking about it? Am I going crazy or did they retranslate that? 🥹

@livinglife5295

8 ай бұрын

Ngl, I much prefer HOB. The romance aspect is much better 😂

@AshleyDavisOtaku4life

8 ай бұрын

@@livinglife5295 I agree the romance is honestly the main sub plot in HOB and I love that. I like the main storyline and plot in MDZS better but it does fall short at romance.

@livinglife5295

8 ай бұрын

@mymindthroughmusic ah okay. I just finished watching ep 3 of HOB season 2 dub and OOOOOOO it has me in my feels 😭😭🩷🩷

Danny gon go crazy once he finds out 2nd season Is out

This is in my top three and your commentary was hilarious, keep it up! 🎉

I love how his biggest gripe is that the characters are not fleshed out enough and yet this is probably the most fleshed out one by this author the animation just cuts so much to move the story along faster. Granted a lot of that fleshing out comes with the story progression but dear God do we get a backstory on almost everybody.

The book is filled with lore. As someone who grew up in a culture with similar lore, I love it. I love the horror and comedy.

I feel like Danny would love season 2 so much happens!!

waiting for Danny to watch season 2 of this is painful

*inhale* *exhale* M D Z S

@niteyknight503

Жыл бұрын

YES

@PrinceJayMoriarty

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the Japanese dub only has 2 seasons

@onion9967

Жыл бұрын

@@PrinceJayMoriarty THERE'S A JAPANESE DUB?????

@PrinceJayMoriarty

Жыл бұрын

@@onion9967 yep but only 2 seasons 😭 the Chinese dub has 3 and I don’t think it’s English dubbed either

@onion9967

Жыл бұрын

@@PrinceJayMoriarty where to watch Japanese dub??

"times must be tough if literal gods are pawning of their ghost reviling swords" yeah, yeah... tough times..

@Amigubunny

11 ай бұрын

Aaaaaaaah- trauma from book 4 still present 🥲💔

Definitely still recommend Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, even though it's HEAVILY censored because of China. The novel is wild. The live action version, The Untamed, is absolutely worth the watch if you like wuxia!! It can just be kind of confusing if you don't have any context/haven't seen any of the anime episodes beforehand though.

CAN SOMEONE TELL HIM THAT THE SECOND SEASON IS ALREADY OUT SO HE WILL FUCKING WATCH IT, PLEASE?!!!

I watched Heaven Official's Blessing and that lead me to read the books (which are great btw and I absolutely love the mythology and world building) And while I'm here, just gonna toss a "please react to Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation" your way. There's plenty of zombies, some badass violence and cuteness in that gem of a series. Enjoyed these videos, keep up the good work. 😊

There is so much lore missing in this just from watching the show. The sword that got broken used to be Xian Lian's that he pawned. Then seeing it again causes it to be broken. In the book, he is pained from seeing this. Even better, this is season 1 (book 1) out of maybe 6-7 seasons. So much hidden lore that isn't even possibly grasped. However, this is the commentary on the show I never knew was missing. I love Chinese soap operas. Now I'm watching each commentary by Danny about Chinese shows.

SEASON 2 IS LIKE, HALFWAY OUT DANNY PLEASE, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH BUT ITS LIKE, HALF FLIRTING, HALF BADASS YOU'D LOVE IT!!

@16:52 : Thanks, that sums up about 98% of the plot right there.

I think everyone agrees with the novel is better. Donghua is fine but there's a lot of things that you can't get at the fist time when u see the animation

@theklayinfantes

11 ай бұрын

fr, i watched the donghua first and i couldn’t rlly catch up with the names and plot until i bought the novel

@palemeadows

9 ай бұрын

its made with the audience that read the book in mind. get over it, reading isnt scary and would take only a week or so ☠️

@palemeadows

9 ай бұрын

i watched it before reading the books and it was perfectly fine, maybe youre just a little slow ❤

@chanelbunnybelle

9 ай бұрын

@@palemeadows Lmao why are you so rude it's not a big deal😂

@footlong7980

8 ай бұрын

The novel is too damn long, with sentences that are unnecessarily damn wordy

37:28 "this guy must be some kind of ghost king" HE SAID IT!!

I fell asleep to this and woke up to Danny singing 7 years old lmao 😭🫶

Danny being a shockingly good singer and improving lyrics from once I was 7 years old is so great.

1:12:33 "no one can rememeber everything but the time you got stepped to death should be in a higher rank" oh boy, you are not ready for the next seasons when they adapt book 4

i read the first volume of the manhua for grandmaster of demonic cultivation and i kind of found it confusing, just like i did with the manhua for heaven official's blessing and its donghua. but now that i've started reading the danmei/novels for grandmaster of demonic cultivation, it's definitely cleared up a lot of things within the first few pages so i suggest reading the novel for heaven official's blessing and grandmaster of demonic cultivation when you have the time!

@exceptionallyriso

Жыл бұрын

The adaptations are more like eye candy for the people who've already read the books

@Xie_Huan

Жыл бұрын

Same, when I saw the dougha and manga and series (mdzs case) of mdzs and tgcf I was so confused but still liked, i read the novel and understand everything, and now I understand the donghua and manwha, is more pleasing seening it when you understand it

You have caused my reawakening as a lesbian. You sir, caused me to become a MXTX fan and be completely obsessed with it. And I completely forgot that I have ever seen it before through your video 😭

Danny, I am begging you to bring back this reaction series. There is now a second season with more intimate moments and more crazy lore. You're reactions are the best. I'm sure we'd all love to see you react to this show again.