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This is a community dedicated to Chinese novels and media related to these novels (e.g., audio dramas, audio books, donghua adaptations, etc.). Most of the focus will be on Chinese webnovels, but if you'd like to discuss, e.g., a Chinese SFF novel, please feel free!

Requests, news, discussions, meta, reviews, recommendations, thoughts, questions all welcome. Fanworks, your fantranslations, relevant events, all great too~

It's likely things will evolve as time passes, as the community gets more of a feel of what people wants to see, or if there's specific things that needs to be changed, so I will update this post as we go too.

Rules and guidelines for posting and commenting:

1. Please don't hardcode colours or font types & sizes in your entries. This sometimes makes it hard for people to read in their own style.
2. Please fill the subject line, and use headers.
2.1 Content warnings are appreciated when recommending a title (e.g., ableism, rape, gore, racism/xenophobia, etc.).
3. Please member-lock all entries containing media downloads.
4. Please tag your entries. (see below)
5. Please put the following under a cut tag when posting: huge/multiple images, long text and any major spoilers. (see below)
6. When commenting, please also be mindful of spoilers. You can do that by using white text on white background (see below)
7. Please be respectful to other community members.
8. Feel free to cross-post!
9. If your posts includes NSFW material, whatever that may be, adjust the post's age restriction. The default is no restriction.

Tags:

This might change as the community gain members, but for now, let's go with all members get to make their own tags. But for organization's sake, please follow these tagging and tag creation guidelines.

1. Tag for type of media, author, whether it's baihe, danmei, bg, or other, and type of post.
2. Tags for baihe, danmei, bg, or other have been created. You can use type: danmei, type: baihe, type: bg, or type: other.
3. Tags for type of media has been created for novel, donghua, audio drama, drama have been created. If you need a different tag, please create it in the format "media type: [new tag]"
4. Tags for some types of post have been created. If you need a different tag, please create it in the format "post type: [type]"
5. Please create tags for authors in the format "author: [name]"
6. Please create tags for titles in the format "title: [name]"

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EDITED 2024/06/21: Paid account for [community profile] cnovels! Feel free to make polls here too~! Just tag it "post type: poll"

[sticky entry] Sticky: Introductions

May. 5th, 2024 02:55 pm
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Welcome! You can use this post to share a little bit of yourself! Feel free to also just post an introduction to the community instead of replying to this post! You don't have to follow any format, but here are some prompts:

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What is your favourite cnovel?
3. Do you have a favourite author?
4. What are your other hobbies and interests?
5. What do you hope to see from this community?

[sticky entry] Sticky: Community highlights

Oct. 9th, 2024 07:20 pm
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This post is to pin the author spotlight posts, themed posts, and highlight currently on-going activities.

Author spotlight posts:
August: Jiang Zi Bei by [personal profile] geraineon
September: priest by [personal profile] momijizukamori
December: Ning Yuan by [personal profile] douqi
January: Yi Zhan Ye Deng by [personal profile] hazevi

Themed posts/themed weeks:
October: School-era romance by [personal profile] hazevi

Current activities
Legend of the Condor Heroes read-along

For suggestions, pitches (e.g., themed posts, themed weeks, other activities), please reply to the post here or send me message.
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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Some interest was expressed in a writeup of the Rosmei titles I've acquired over the last year, so I wrote up some of my impressions of their books, as well as my experience ordering from each of the two main North American distributors. On my personal site: https://durandal.blog/blog/rosmei/

I don't have comments set up on my blog so feel free to ask questions or discuss under this post. Feel free to suggest any relevant tags, as well.

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(If subtitles don't automatically appear, please tap the CC button.)

You can read the translation transcript here and my translation notes here.

ABOUT:
哑舍 Ya She (Silent House) is modern-day fantasy novel by 玄色 Xuanse. It is about a magical antique shop and has a customer-of-the-week format.

A donghua adaptation came out last year, and a radio adaptation is currently airing on Missevan where chapters are broken into 10-minute segments. The audio adaptation has a full-cast format, so it's kind of like an audio drama with narration.

I haven't read the novel, but based on the audiobook version of this chapter, the donghua adaptation seems to diverge from the novel in terms of how it handles the cases. In the donghua, the bronze mirror case is the second case.

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This was a one-off translation project (mostly to show some donghua-novel differences) and I currently have no plans of continuing, but I'm open to feedback on translation / writing / grammar / subtitle timing etc! I have a tendency of trying to match the onscreen subtitles with what I'm hearing and I'm not sure it's readable that way.
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Let's talk about comfort reads!

Do you have different preferences when you're not feeling well? Or perhaps when you're anxious/sad/angry/other negative emotions?

What sort of tropes/story beats/other things do you look for in your reading material during these times?
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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 This is a public service announcement for JJWXC users! 

Every year, around January or February, jj releases your previous stats for the year, which can be accessed via searching 年度报告 on the app search bar, or via the link for the web version. The search bar access method may be limited time only as it currently does not work xD But here is the link to access on the browser (just remember to be signed in!).

https://www.jjwxc.net/sp/2024annualuserstat/readerstat.html
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Time for free for all Friday, a day for random chit-chat!

Do you want to talk about the other novels you are reading or find a read-along partner? Practice your Chinese? Request for fics? Ask for beta readers? Just talk about your day?

Go right ahead!
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I just noticed that Rosmei has finally posted synopses for a bunch of their translations!
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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Let's talk about disability and how it's portrayed in the cnovels you've read.

Have you encountered any that is better about it than others? Tell us what you liked about it.

Alternatively, what do you see as a common issue in the cnovels you've read.

(Feel free to talk about anything else on this topic/venture out of cnovels!

I'm on a trip with family, so replies will be slow)
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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Time for free for all Friday, a day for random chit-chat!

Do you want to talk about the other novels you are reading or find a read-along partner? Practice your Chinese? Request for fics? Ask for beta readers? Just talk about your day?

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

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*
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I reviewed I Am Average and Unremarkable by Yue Xia Die Ying in my journal. TLDR: A heroine-centered xianxia that's great fun to read even with its strong engagement with moral questions.

---L.
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A second audio drama update to commemorate a milestone: Fei Du (Yang Tianxiang) and Luo Wenzhou (Liu Cong) read out passages from Macbeth. (Fei Du's VA sounds like he might have a cold in this recording...)

Original post:
https://www.missevan.com/sound/player?id=11069730

Subtitled audio:
If subtitles don't appear automatically, please tap the CC button to display them.

Orange subtitles = Luo Wenzhou
Purple subtitles = Fei Du

Notes:
The second "excerpt" they read out is "语言是有魔力的,你说出了它,它就会缠绕着你". Thank you so much to [personal profile] llonkrebboj for going through CN and EN versions of the text to confirm that this is not a real quote. ^^; There were a few web sources that claimed (confidently but wrongly) that this was a line from Macbeth, which was mystifying and kind of funny.

Cover art:
dreamlike illustration of a book opening against the background of sky, birds, and voyages
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The Mo Du/Silent Reading audio drama just hit a streaming milestone, so they recorded a short message which they released today, shocking everyone who subscribed to season 5 with an update notification in the year 2025. You can hear/view the official post on Missevan here, where it's publicly accessible even without an account.

I have subbed the update here (tap the CC button if subtitles don't automatically appear):

(Translation may have mistakes, feel free to let me know if you see any.)

And here's the cover art!
Luo Wenzhou is scolding Fei Du as Fei Du is filling the sink with water, which overflows with floating vegetables.
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This came up in a recent read-in-progress (I think), but what's the strangest/most unique spirit/Yao/youkai/etc. you've encountered in a novel/novel adaptation?

What kind of Yao/spirit/youkai would you like to read about?
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Freebies from the 小蘑菇 Little Mushroom audio drama starring 孙路路 Sun Lulu as An Zhe and 阿杰 A Jie as Lu Feng. These are all free to listen to on Missevan/Maoer FM, I just wanted to archive them and share download links for personal use.

Cover art



Ringtones with streaming, source, and download links
Alarm tone (An Zhe version):
Good morning.

Links: Missevan (source) / Download (MP3)


Ring tone (An Zhe version):
According to human etiquette, shouldn't you be answering your phone?

Links Missevan (source) / Download (MP3)


Alarm tone (Lu Feng version)::
Morning.

Links: Missevan (source) / Download (MP3)


Ring tone (Lu Feng version):
Answer your phone.

Links: Missevan (source) / Download (MP3)



Also compiled on Tumblr.

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I'm really fond of these. Everything is so pretty and you can feel how the music has been used to add to the characterization and worldbuilding—An Zhe's is warm, sunny, and gently rolling or floating, Lu Feng's windswept and shifting like the lights of an aurora. :")
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Seven Seas posted cover reveals for The Beauty's Blade!

The main cover version has art by Velinxi and a there's a Crunchyroll exclusive variant by Gravity Dusty!
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This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

For spoilers:

<details><summary>insert summary</summary>Your spoilers goes here</details>

<b>Highlight for spoilers!*</b><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF">Your spoilers goes here.</span>*

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