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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Comments

[geraineon]

My entire brain has been taking over by a mobile game, but it's a Chinese mobile game, so maybe that counts as reading (in game lore texts)!

[halfcactus]

If it's LaDS, it's a visual novel, no? XD

[geraineon]

It's totally LaDS. I'm still drunk on it XD

And yeah, you're right. It counts!

[silverblade219]

I think it counts also, glad you are continuing to enjoy the game!

[geraineon]

<3

[lee_bella]

I finished priest's Guangze Jiushi: Jinyan Pian & Shanghua Pian (广泽旧事 锦阳篇 & 上华篇) a while ago. It was really good. I particularly like the way priest incorporated ancient poetry during key moments of the story.

I wrote a review of a sort for it on my DW blog here, along with three other danmei novels I read a while back. They are Married Thrice to a Salted Fish (三嫁咸鱼), Imperial Uncle (皇叔) and Zisui Zhi Chen (恣睢之臣). The spoilers are unmarked, so please proceed at your own discretion.

[geraineon]

Thanks for sharing your reviews!

[halfcactus]

Enjoyed reading your write-ups! Always nice to see people talk about Imperial Uncle here because I've had it in my ereader for ages and could use the push to finally start it. ^^;

I wish I knew enough about poetry to appreciate the way they're deployed in media haha.

[lee_bella]

Thank you for reading my write-up! I really enjoyed Imperial Uncle.

I too wish I know more about poetry.

[aurumcalendula]

Neat! I enjoyed reading your reviews!

[ehyde]

Thanks for sharing your reviews! I read and enjoyed Imperial Uncle recently, and Married Thrice to a Salted Fish a couple of years ago, and enjoyed them both.

[larryhammer]

Can't read kid discovered Pokémon TCG Pocket and must duel All. The. Time.

(It's slick and fun, but I miss the RPG features of the OG Pokémon TCG for GBC.)

[geraineon]

Oh no! May your kids duel with you less soon XD

Unless you enjoy dueling it lots, then enjoy all the duels!

[larryhammer]

The simplifications in mechanics made for this iteration work in my favor (fewer quirks to obsessively memorize) plus I'm better at strategic deck-building -- so, so far, it's been fun.

[geraineon]

Oh, deck building games are fun! I've enjoyed other deck building type games, but have not tried Pokemon TCG before.

[halfcactus]

Watched (if you can call "barely understood a thing" watching) Justice in the Dark (Mo Du LA) eps 9 and 10. Mixed feelings about some changes they made:

Major novel spoilers

In the live action adaptation LWZ's mentor's daughter joins the investigation team as Fei Du | Pei Su's co-intern, which I find interesting because it integrates her more into the onscreen plot (which might work for a 30-episode show?). It's just that she immediately seems sus which I think removes some of the the build-up in the original novel.

[lee_bella]

I haven't watched the show, but I did read Mo Du the novel a while back.

Novel spoilers

I feel like the mentor's daughter could have used a little more screen time in the novel. It would have made the emotional impact hit much harder. As it is, I can't say I feel much for her or her dilemma, but that's just me.

[aurumcalendula]

A bunch of translations I'm following updated this week! To Embers We Return continues to be very enjoyable, as does Wen Guan and Dragon Subjugation Incantation!

[geraineon]

<3 Nice!

Does it look like Wen Guan is likely to finish soon?

[aurumcalendula]

I think so - The main story is completely translated and I'm guessing the rest of the extras will be finished over the next couple weeks.

[silverblade219]

Almost done with Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life! Continue to really enjoy it and continue to be amused by the tokusatsu vibes at times. I probably would have finished the story this weekend, but then I discovered that the novel for SSS-Class Revival Hunter got licensed by Wuxiaworld, so I tangented to reading that instead lol (I am up to the murim arc, which is sort of still cnovel adjacent? though it is a knovel).

[geraineon]

How is the translation in wuxiaworld in general?

And yeah, I'd say murim is cnovel adjacent.

[silverblade219]

The translation for this novel is good! I do recommend it if you think the story sounds interesting. However, this is the first story I am reading on the wuxiaworld site, so not sure how their translations measure up in general other than there seems to be multiple translators.

[duckprintspress]

I completely forgot to post, oops. I ended up rearranging my TBR a little and I read You're Too Op!/You Boys Play Games Very Well by Yi Xiu Luo. It was kinda a fluffy nothing, but I enjoyed it and it was a quick read. The Rosmei translation was passable, despite occasionally SPAG issues.