MO DAO ZU SHI (魔道祖师) - Season 2 Episode 7 Reaction
Added 2022-04-12 02:20:16 +0000 UTCOh No!
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First of all, I hope Xingchen is good cause he looks really cute. DAMN YOU CENSORSHIP!!!!!!! I really cant wait to see Jin Ling's reaction when he finds out its Wuxian, the poor boy has been through alot
Ozi
2022-04-15 07:15:15 +0000 UTCYeah, the book version of Wuxian is a lot more responsible for what happened but it's nice to see him here being manipulated into all the bad things happening. Someone was going to take advantage of the corpses stopping to try and kill Wuxian, so Yanli pushed him away and took the sword in his place. Then in his rage at her death and the influence of the Amulet, he blasted that whole courtyard full of people, killing thousands of them. He did not destroy the Amulet - not yet. Bringing Wen Ning to the gathering was clearly used as a trap for Wuxian but...these people are very stupid and arrogant - they keep thinking they can just catch him like, no problem. Crazy. The whole reason they want to catch him is that he's too strong and he scares them. Well, now they know - he's very strong and they can't catch him, not like this. Right up to this moment, Jiang Cheng was still on Wuxian's side. You can see his reaction to the idea that Daddy Jin wants to lead a group to the Burial Mounds to wipe out not just Wuxian but the remaining Wen refugees. Wangji as well - both are shocked by the idea. None of that was agreed on ahead of time. (Oh, Xichen is the new leader of the Lan clan after their father died.) Yanli dying while Wuxian goes insane is just the last straw. Cheng can't forgive this one. Not even if none of this is technically Wuxian's fault. Wuxian made the choices he made - he'll have to live with the weight of these tragic events always, even if he does move forward, even if he already paid for them with his own life. Still, now Wangji clearly knows who he really is and they don't have to pretend anymore so Wangji can be a lot more openly...affectionate. The show is never going to have them doing anything like kissing or openly declaring their love (damn Chinese censorship!) but it does the best it can with mood and expressions. We can see it, the other characters see it - it's just never said out loud or with kissing. Xingchen in the above comment is a character you haven't really met yet - he's the one who does the frost flower cut they found on some corpses a while ago.
Serralinda
2022-04-13 13:30:49 +0000 UTCI'm not much of a reader but i'll try to get on some specific parts of the novel that that are way different from the animation. I really love how Wuxian is such a complex character and even as annoying as his obliviousness is, it's very realistic and cute and I know it's gonna be a bomb when he finally realises. cant wait for that scene, lol. I didnt understand what you said about Xingchen. About your long comments, oh pls don't apologise, I love them so much, even though i dont get alot of views on these videos on youtube, the fact that I have such loyal watchers fills that gap all too well.
Ozi
2022-04-12 14:17:43 +0000 UTCI'm glad you're relieved that Wuxian isn't fully responsible! ... in the animation lol. It's a very different story in the novel. From what I've read apparently censorship doesn't allow things to be too morally grey, so the animation team made changes to shift Wuxian closer to the light end of the black and white scale. (Something similar was done in The Untamed.) (I'll just say that pretty much everyone has had some of the edges rounded off in all the adaptations of the novel. Edit: Forgot that Xiao Xingchen and his three related characters are all pretty much exactly the same.) The pain and suffering and guilt Wuxian feels is one of the main reasons I keep coming back to MDZS. The writing of his character and his arc are incredible, along with Wangji's. And the romance, of course! You're really going to have to read the novel to get the full scope of the romance side of things, but I wouldn't do that until you've finished the anime. Just enjoy the ride you're on to the end! Can't wait for your next reaction! (And sorry for the book I write for each of my comments on this series haha)
Vampyrrinen
2022-04-12 03:07:38 +0000 UTC
