Episode 2 Parties A. The Emperor/ Qi Imperial Family. Qi Yan, the King. Han Ding, the General who does all investigation for Qi Yan. Eunuch Cheng Huaizhi, the kind-hearted servant. Empress Dowager. B.1 The Eunuchs/ Chess Battalion. Qiu Ziliang, the chief eunuch. B.2 Qiu Yanzhi, the Piece Taker. Yan Xiu, the Aide. C.1 Purple Bureau, […]
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Parties A. The Emperor/ Qi Imperial Family. Qi Yan, the King. Han Ding, the General. Eunuch Cheng Huaizhi, the Servant. Prince Guang. Qi Ang, the previous White King, and Wang Yang, the previous Prime Minister, the teacher (both are deceased). B. The Eunuchs/ Chess Battalion. Qiu Ziliang, the chief eunuch. Qiu Yanzhi, the Piece Taker. […]
Setelah drama Till the End of the Moon/ TTEOM (2023) akhirnya tamat, para penikmat drama meledak dalam kekecewaan. Sebabnya, akhir yang disajikan tidak seperti yang diharapkan, yaitu yang happy ending. Tantai Jin mengorbankan dirinya dan mati, meninggalkan Li Susu bersama putri mereka. Kekecewaan para pemirsa ini sebabnya sederhana, yakni karena drama (versi live action) ini […]
The angst is intense, hinting a sad ending. But in the end, it is a beautiful and good one! Kesan awal saya adalah drama ini terlalu gelap dan kejam. Saya terus menontonnya karena saya bersimpati dan berharap kepada tokoh utama cerita, Tantai Jin/ TTJ, janin iblis, dan kemudian Dewa Iblis (diperankan oleh Luo Yunxi). Saya […]
CDrama ini sedang tayang di Youku sejak awal April 2023 ini. Pada awalnya, saya tidak tertarik karena genre xianxia (fantasi, romansa dewa-dewi, multiverse) bukan selera utama saya. Namun, review publik sangat bagus membuat saya penasaran sehingga saya mencoba menonton. Soal genre xianxia (dengan campuran seni bela diri), agaknya ini adalah specialty para penulis Tiongkok. Saya […]
Drama silat The Blood of Youth (2022) siar saat saya sedang senang-senangnya belajar tentang storytelling, penulisan novel, dan naskah film, dalam rangka menulis novel saya sendiri. Lewat drama ini, saya mendapatkan contoh bagus tentang cerita yang berkualitas dan adaptasinya ke berbagai media sehingga saya dapat melakukan perbandingan, tidak hanya perbandingan struktur cerita dan alurnya, tetapi […]
Episode 35-36 From this chapter, we are entering the last arc, the final challenges for Xiao Se to conquer: 1) to defeat his own inner demon, the enemy within himself, 2) to “defeat” the Heaven’s will/ fate, and 3) to defeat his external enemies, Luo Qingyang (the Solitary Sword Deity, the godfather of Prince Red; […]
Episode 32-34 Episode 32-34 is so crucial for the overall story because it told the climax of the story. We are provided some back stories enlightening us about the root cause of all problems. Huajin to Emperor Mingde. “Mental illness is the cause of all diseases. Something is bothering you. I can’t cure this. … […]
Episode 28-31 There are three things Xiao Se wished to do: 1) reopen Lord Langya’s case and find the truth behind his demise, 2) find his true enemies, and 3) avenge Tang Lian’s death and some other people harmed by his enemy. For these causes, the now healthy Ye Ruoyi played more role along with […]
Episode 21 – 23 In their journey to Penglai Island, their new friend/ ally was that Mu Chunfeng, a super wealthy merchant, a doctor want-to-be, young martial artist. He offered his ship to bring them off-shore. On that sea trip, they reunited with the Qianluo and Ye Ruoyi, so that they went to the adventure […]
Episode 15 & 16 The real weiqi game was started. Among players were two competing princes, Prince White and his allies (Wushuang City, and a wrath sword deity) and Prince Red and his allies (Muliang City/ solitary sword deity, Dark River the assassin syndicate). Xiao Se continued his journey as he left Xueyue City with […]
Episode 9 & 10 Arriving at Xueyue City meant Xiao Se finally in a safe place. He was surrounded by senior experts that knew him very well and supported him genuinely like Baili Dongjun (liquor deity) and Sikong Changfeng (spear deity). From this point, only new generation of martial artists of Xueyue City, like Lei […]
Episode 5 & 6 Xiao Se seemed to be a man who easily chilled by weather. And he was always well-covered. He first appeared in episode 1 wearing a thick expensive fur coat. Later in episode 3, he answered why he loved to wear it. “It was custom-made in Yuxiu Boutique in Tianqi City. It […]
Introduction The Chinese drama, The Blood of Youth (2022), is a good case to explore and to compare different adaptations of a certain Intellectual Property (IP). It is based on Zhou Mu Nan’s novel titled Shao Nian Ge Xing or The song of Adolescents. This novel has been adapted to a donghua or animated series. […]
Satu nama teringat ketika membaca “Hadji Murad”, karya terakhir Leo Tolstoy. Shamil Basayev, pemimpin militan Islamis Chechnya yang meninggal dunia sekitar tujuh tahun yang lalu ketika aku masih di bangku sekolah menengah. Berkenaan dengan gerakan kaum Islamis, tahun-tahun itu situasinya sungguh berbeda dengan saat ini. Isu-isu yang terangkat adalah perang AS-Afghanistan, perang AS-Irak, perang Israel-Palestina, perang India-Kashmir, […]
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