Read-in-Progress Wednesday

[geraineon]

This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

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[halfcactus]

Seems like a scanlation team has picked up the baihe manhua 流星划过之日 (known among international fans as The Day the Shooting Star or The Day When the Shooting Star Passed by) so I skimmed it a bit... It's a bodyswap romance between the cold-hearted office tyrant and the warm-hearted but sheltered office doormat. Not the most high-quality read (in both art and writing aspects) but still pretty cute if you want something mindless. I like that the PoV character is the office tyrant, which is usually a love-interest role? And she's very attracted to her own face when it's more expressive haha. CW for the MC having a lot of hang-ups about eating/gaining weight that they seem to be building up as one of her character arcs. Meanwhile the FL is simultaneously the MC's sugar baby for the duration of the bodywap but also a fuerdai in her regular life lol.

Mo Du / Silent Reading / Justice in the Dark: 1) I desperately want the road trip extra to get adapted in the audio drama. 2) Saw some users in XHS/Rednote saying that ep6 of the Japanese release of Justice in the Dark deleted a part that was in the Youku version? I wonder what scene that was haha.

[aurumcalendula]

re: Justice in the Dark - from what I gather, I think it's part of the scene around the 41 minute mark (chapter 38 in the book) where Luo Wenzhou manhandles Fei Du a bit, takes his pulse, and talks about how Fei Du shouldn't drink coffee and wine together.

[halfcactus]

Oh noooooo I can see why people are upset about it... it was a great scene. Ty for the info!

[geraineon]

Manhua does sound like an easy read!

At some point, I'll need to try watching Justice in the Dark. Are all the episodes out yet?

[aurumcalendula]

It sounds like 1 or 2 episodes are airing on WOWOW per week, so I think they might all be out by June or July.