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alias_sqbrIt's available to stream officially from Funimation/Animelab in most English speaking markets (and Bilibili in most other places, afaict)
Summary (from my guide post): The main character, Xie Lian, is a former golden child who ascended to god-hood at the age of seventeen full of idealistic intentions...and it went so badly he spent 800 years as a God of Trash. As the story begins, he's gotten another chance at real godhood, but at this point is cheerfully cynical about his odds of ever actually achieving anything meaningful. But while he's doing Heaven's bidding, Xie Lian encounters a strangely charming demon king who seems to know him...
The original novel is m/m romance as well as fantasy/horror, but censorship means the romance will only be subtext in the donghua.
I watched the first two episodes and they're pretty good! This part of the story is mostly character introductions and a creepy ghost story, which all works pretty well so far. The LI only appears very briefly but gosh darn is that brief appearance shippy. The art/acting/writing etc is pretty well done and it's fun seeing everything animated (Liiiing Weeeeennnnn my loooove).
Content Notes for the book: consent issues, sexualisation of children, gore, mixed treatment of cross-dressing, suicide, child harm, mild quasi-incest, ableism, abuse, gender stereotypes, racist subtext, ANGST
This won't have the sexual stuff but it's still likely to be pretty intense (and is keeping the crossdressing, for good or ill). The book itself worked around censorship via a lot of situations which Could Only Be Solved By Kissing, I'm curious to see if any of them squeak into the donghua.
Summary (from my guide post): The main character, Xie Lian, is a former golden child who ascended to god-hood at the age of seventeen full of idealistic intentions...and it went so badly he spent 800 years as a God of Trash. As the story begins, he's gotten another chance at real godhood, but at this point is cheerfully cynical about his odds of ever actually achieving anything meaningful. But while he's doing Heaven's bidding, Xie Lian encounters a strangely charming demon king who seems to know him...
The original novel is m/m romance as well as fantasy/horror, but censorship means the romance will only be subtext in the donghua.
I watched the first two episodes and they're pretty good! This part of the story is mostly character introductions and a creepy ghost story, which all works pretty well so far. The LI only appears very briefly but gosh darn is that brief appearance shippy. The art/acting/writing etc is pretty well done and it's fun seeing everything animated (Liiiing Weeeeennnnn my loooove).
Content Notes for the book: consent issues, sexualisation of children, gore, mixed treatment of cross-dressing, suicide, child harm, mild quasi-incest, ableism, abuse, gender stereotypes, racist subtext, ANGST
This won't have the sexual stuff but it's still likely to be pretty intense (and is keeping the crossdressing, for good or ill). The book itself worked around censorship via a lot of situations which Could Only Be Solved By Kissing, I'm curious to see if any of them squeak into the donghua.
