Danny I actually adore the long rambling intros because they're a lot more frank than most other reaction youtubers would be, and it's kinda probably the reason I decided to stick around on your channel (I'm shy with new channels, esp ones like reaction which I don't watch a lot) so basically keep doing them the rambling intros give me liffffffffeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@GluhenderHund I know I'm sad too, I would've laughed my ass off if the book had that. But hey at least we got Xie Lian on Hua Cheng's lap in the book. (Worth it🤞)
3:33 - I mean...in the book he habitually calls Xie Lian "that dog f**ker" and Hua Cheng.... "dog Hua Cheng". So not only WOULD he make that kind of double entendre, he actually seems to understand their relationship better than Xie Lian does at this point!
wasn't it the other way around ? it was a while since i read the book but i remember it being "dog xie lian" and "dog fker hua cheng" but i might remember wrong
to be fair (spoilers for the book btw), qi rong didn't really start calling him that until _after_ the whole "rolling on the floor, making out with each other" at the tail-end of the black water arc. so while he certainly did understand, i don't remember him guessing the truth of their relationship this early on. not that it really matters, though. also, to clear up confusion since we're having this conversation: in the unofficial translation that i first read, it was "dog hua cheng" and "dog f*cker xie lian." in the official english translation, it is "dog hua cheng" and "dog-f*cked xie lian" lol
I mean he is one of the main antagonist's little group. I mean, heck, Qi Rong is likely a ghost because of the main villain; he likely was picked up and formed corporal the same way Hua Cheng was.
16:40 - Yes you are correct. Xie Lians people, the people of Xian Le were refugees in the Yongan kingdom. The King of Yongan wanted to punish all the refugees from the Xian Le kingdom for the massacre and Xie Lian put a stop to it by killing him. Book 3 goes into detail about the history between Xian Le and Yongan so I'm hoping it gets to a Season 3.
It's basically all about the cicle of revenge. The people of Xian Le were refugees due to the people of Yongan, who themselves were refugees of the Xian Le Kingdom, committing a coup d'etat. There's plenty of survivors who would say that the people of Yongan deserved whatever they got
Honestly, I know that that part in next in the story chronologically and give a lot of context to what Xie Lian when through but I am hoping that they change the order or something because that part of the book is so different from the rest and I feel like the juxtaposition with scare of donghua only watchers
Danny, since you said your confused about xie lian's names, I am here to help! .His birth name is Xie Lian, so that's what most people call him .Jun Wu (The god emperor guy) calls him Xianle because that was the name of Xie Lian's kingdom and part of his heavenly title when he first ascended. Jun Wu addresses all heavenly officials by their title. .Fangxin is the name Xie Lian took on when he became State Perceptor of Yong'an, the kingdom you see in the flashback in the episode from this video Hope this helps! :D
Fang Xin was his cover name as state perceptor and it is also the name of his sword. That confused me while reading the books. Also he's not the god of ribbons. His themed title is the Flower Crown Martial God. I think the other one that's used less is His Highness Who Pleased the Gods. The changing names throughout this series confuses the hell out of everyone. Jun Wu calling Xie Lian "Xianle" is like Tallahassee calling Jacob "Columbus" in Zombieland Qi Rongs title for him is "Snow White Lotus" and "Dog f**ker" if we want a detailed list 😂 We've also got the given title of the The God of Misfortune and the Scrap Collecting God
If watching Danny's reaction to this donghua taught me anything is that A) making animated products based on a very long series of books is really tricky and B) we book readers are spoiled: we know what's going to happen before even watching so we have no idea if the donghua is telling the story in a way that is easy to understand or not 😅
Very long series of books ... cough cough. 8 ... Looks at Ascendance of a Bookworm, 30+ books. 😂 But yeah, it's still a lot of lore which is made more complicated by the long and varied names for everyone.
@@storyjumper But I think while reading we have an advantage, someone who watches only the donghua casually (not like us super fans XD) will be a little bit confused
I will say, (back when it was still a webnovel) I watched season 1 before reading the novel and I was very confused until I read it 😂 so can confirm, it's a bit vague and confusing, especially if you're brand new to Chinese names/words (@ myself thinking gege was pronounced gehgeh and having to write down everyone's names in order to keep track lol)
God this show needs to adapt the entire series of books because I NEED to see Danny’s reaction to getting what he has been asking for in a real monkey’s paw kind of way
@@TheTravelingCatlady it is revealed in around book 7, which means...well... lets just say the donghua is currently mid-book 2 so maybe when you retire and have 3 grandkids youll know too xD
@@peshak_ omg!! really?!?! I'M IN BOOK 5 JUST NOW!! Good to know i'm closer to the discovery, but at the same time, it's 2 books i need to read before that .o.
In fairness, San Lang himself outright said "How about just calling me San Lang?" He's outright the only person so far to say what he wishes to be called.
Just wanted to clarify, Xie Lian slapped Qi Rong because Qi Rong was insulting San Lang (started to make a rude comment about his disability/eye). That’s why San Lang was making that face with the romantic music. He was shocked that Xie Lian defended him. Also, I’m surprised you didn’t comment on Xie Lian and Qi Rong being cousins.
Qi Rong is the best gremlin I know, he isn't really the antagonist but he really fits the role of the annoying cousin you have perfectly, atleast spiritually
Don't feel bad about not keeping up. There is SO much backstory and lore that there's no way for a series this short to get any of it across without just a ridiculous amount of exposition. You kind of HAVE to have red the novel to keep up.
TBH I am reading the story for the second time ( just this time it's the published books ver.) and i still get confused with the names of everyone apart from Hua Cheng and Xie Lian ( especially Mu Qing and Feng Xin who I keep getting mixed up as well as their "junior" forms and heavenly titles)
God, San Lang and Xie Lian getting mad for each other’s sake is always my favorite thing to see. Qi Rong (aka Kermit🤣) in the dub is so funny, his voice is menacing but also goofy like his character, I like that, he’s a very good antagonist. I can’t wait for your reaction to the next episode, the way San Lang and Xie Lian interact with each other is so beautiful
The thing is, in the book we don't get all those flashbacks. The street scene, massacre, all of that. They mention it happened, but we don't get an actual play-through of HOW. I'd be lying if I said these scenes didn't make me cry, they were brutal and hard to watch as opposed to book 2 just going "He killed his father to protect the peace after An Le slaughtered everyone!!!" ALSO, that punch scene was gorgeous- Xie Lian put up with Qi Rongs heckling until it was directed at Hua Cheng, that's where he drew the line. I love them 😭😭
Favorite line: "I love your stand-up routine, but what's the point when you can't STAND UP?" I also loved your impersonation of the street performer's "YAYYYY omg I was about to die" reaction and the impression of the "TRAPPED BY MY OWN BUREAUCRACY!" 😆
It’s funny how we have this impression for so long of XL as this mild mannered, peaceful guy. I can’t remember if the book takes this long to go back to his beginnings.
it takes till like the second half of the second book until we see him fall apart for the first time, and then book four is just the hell we all are familiar with
You have understood Xie Lian perfectly. Never reveal information unless directly asked and _even then_ never volunteer any facts that might exonerate him, or have you sympathise at all. The plot is very hard to follow, it's not just you. Something about the way the books reveal information at a drip feed and the somewhat awkward way it flows in English doesn't quite work. Qi Rong in the dub is _fantastic._ The script in English subtly changes, so his insults actually hit Xie Lian quite directly rather than him just blathering on. It makes him very effective, albeit at the cost of making him a bit smarter than perhaps the author meant him to be. And hey we're getting bits of Xie Lian's backstory!
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY START «GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION» FOR SURE (the animated one, not the live action one) listen, here are the benefits list I gladly prepared: -it’s from the same book author as Heaven officials blessing, so you know it’s popular and good (I’d say even better in my personal humble opinion 😈) And you said it yourself, Chinese anime is where it’s at🗣️‼️🔥💥 -it’s finished, it has got 35 episodes if I remember correctly, so no need to wait for a continuation ‼️🔥 -it has the exact same zombie deal (fierce walking corpse) and dark magic, fighting and war crimes as heaven officials blessing but it’s much more of a central point so there’s more of it (the good stuff for sure) - it’s gay but chaotic-tragic gay - it is a detective fantasy fast paced plot in ancient China with cultivators, the mysteries and themes are great -the plot is wide scale and epic, with a lot of small details -the main character slays, you will absolutely love him, he is the moment - the dynamic between the two mcs reminds me of the main characters of link click, If I had to compare it to anything -politics -fighting and cultivating again -the show is BUILT for your commentary, the comedic elements are fire - lastly, the scenery is really great and the characters are well built, main ones are complex, side ones are a perfect addition that details the story, none are extra or boring, every one has a great backstory -sassy homosexuals The expectations MUST be high because it lives up to the hype💯💯💯 All this world needs is you seeing the show, I’ll sign any petition
I just want to thank you, Danny, for sticking with this series. It's one of my favorites, but I do have to admit that it's got so much lore and exposition to get through. We're finally at the point with the end of this season where we've got most of our main players, if not on the field, then at least mentioned. For anyone confused on the pre-series lore so far: Xie Lian was the crown prince of Xianle; he ascended to godhood at age 17 after committing two wondrous acts (saving a child falling from a city wall and defeating a demon). A little over 3 years after his ascension, there was a violent revolution by the people of Yong-An, an outbreak of Human Face Disease, Xianle fell, and Xie Lian was banished for trying to interfere. He ascended again after a few years, promptly stabbed the emperor several times, and was cast back out. This was all about 800 years ago. As far as I can guess, Xie Lian then became the State Preceptor of Yong-An like...a hundred years into his second banishment? We don't know exactly. After the Gilded Banquet Massacre, he was "killed", staked in a coffin, and buried by Lang Qianqiu. (It doesn't say it in the show, but the book mentions that he was rescued by grave robbers about a hundred years later.) Like 400 years after that, he was conscripted into the Yong-An military to fight against the Banyue kingdom and was later trampled to death.
The timeline’s so hard to pin down because he has a line in book 1 and season 1 where he says Fangxin and Banyue were about a century apart. Putting the gilded banquet about 300 yrs ago. But then in book 2 and season 2, XL mentions that the gilded banquet wasn’t long after his second banishment (800yrs ago). This implies what you said. I don’t remember where in the books it mentioned how long he was in the coffin, so I got nothing there. I just want a nice, neat timeline!😢
@@Levsa399 So in Chapter 8, he says "I've heard of State Preceptor Fangxin: he was the state preceptor of Yong'an, born AT LEAST [emphasis mine] a hundred years earlier than State Preceptor Banyue." He is also at this point emphasizing that they couldn't have possibly colluded, so it may have been more than a hundred years in reality. Then in Chapter 22 he says "This was not long after my second banishment. I was filled with frustration and caused a great wrong." I'm hesitant to fully believe him on that, since he is, at that point, being a lying liar who lies in an effort to convince Lang Qianqiu that he had motivation to commit the massacre. (Looking further into it, the "100 years in the coffin" may be a mass hallucination by the fandom, so my bad on that.) So my conclusion is that he was probably State Preceptor Fangxin more than a hundred years before Banyue, but not as close to his banishment as he leads Qianqiu to believe.
mo dao zu shi/grandmaster of demonic cultivation should be considered as another show to react to!! Its got lots of what youre asking for!!! there isnt a dub but its totally worth it!!
8:56 As somebody who read the books atleast 6 times,I have always wondered how Xianle killed An le without any wounds. After hearing Danny,that's the only explanation I have💀💀💀
Surely many fans must have commented on this, but I also need to say it. Mo Dao Zu Shi has insane fight scenes one after another, there are ghouls, dead being controlled by a badass character, gore, massacres, lots of massacres, more blood, investigations, gays, badass gays and super angry gays. But gay romance is unfortunately censored, although it does happen and we can follow it very well. It turns out that even in the original work, the heavy plot full of blood and revenge was always in focus, while the romance unfolded in the background, if I can describe it that way. So for you it will be even more exciting content to watch, so we really hope you can watch it as soon as possible! (By the way, I'm not fluent in English. Sorry for any errors in the language! Oh! And I always watch your intros 👍)
I would love that! He mentioned he would react to it after the first season of tgcf but still nothing 😭 Really hope he'll get to it after the second season, it's so badass and cool
yes we still love your reactions even if you're confused. also ur confusion confirms my suspicions that the show is under explained for ppl who haven't read the book. and ahh it's hard to be patient, we got the tiniest sliver of xianle/yongan lore which is the best lore in the book imo
Oh boy, the fandom LOVES when people who don't know shit about danmei start to watch HOB. We all had that phase of being confused with the names. In fact, I don't know if you plan to watch Grandmaster of Demonic cultivation (AKA Mo Dao Zu Shi) (AKA One of the donghuas from the stickers you showed in the very first episode of your reaction series of HOB) because it doesn't have an english dub, but i'd argue the ones who started with MDZS had it harder because they love to use different names and honorifics
Same 😂, I check Danny's channel and notifications constantly wondering when a new tgcf video will be uploaded. I'm starting to feel like a stalker hahaha 😅
There's this other series that I really want Danny to see cause its from the same creator of Heaven Official's Blessing. It's called Grandmaster of demonic cultivation. Both series start as books written by Mo Xiang Tang Xiu and I think he'd enjoy the fight scenes and shenanigans with the main characters.
8:08 this scene with the music coming in is my favorite part of the season Idk who directed that part but my god it made me burst out laughing when the soft romantic music came in after Xie Lian punched him
0:05 not technically true. Qi Rong was the one who made the ghost bride into the monster she was- and made the soldiers hang in the trees! I don’t know if they say that in the series, but it’s in the book!
I don't know whose reaction videos Danny's been watching, but most ones I've seen like to ramble for a solid 5-10 minutes minimum. It's always about personal drama and unrelated stuff too. Danny's intros are some of the only ones I watch because he at least shares thoughts and opinions about the content he's about to watch. Also I think the glossing over of information actually helps more than it hurts. It encourages everyone to comment about lore stuff more than anything else. I know I've done it a few times myself.
Always loving that slap sequence. Also, your jokes are clever/subtle and amazing. Can't wait for the ss2 finale reaction. Also, would you ever consider actually checking out Mo Dao Zu Shi (MDZS)? ...(yk the show you confused Heaven Official's Blessing with hehe).
When I started to watch MDZS I didn’t know there was a novel, so I was so confused about everything going on. So I read all of MDZS and then made a list of all the characters to keep track. Same thing for TGCF, I read the books along with watching the show. Allows for a mental picture of the characters to keep them all separated.
Read the Books or wait for the other Seasons to air. Then everything will make sense to you. This Masterpiece needs to be complete to be able to understood. EVERYTHING gets explained at the right moments, not in the first moments its brought up. thats part of what makes the story so deep.
I've been waiting for this episode this entire time. Just so I can come with my favorite line in the entire series. ✨️Did you blind him with your holy light or some other holy part of you?!?!🤣✨️
So it doesn't really come up in the art style, but Qi Rong (Night touring green lantern) is supposed to have a identical face to Xie Lian. - someone who read the novel.
Danny, to help with the whole xianle and yong'an thing; Xie lian was the crown prince of xianle and then there was a battle between yong an and xianle and xianle lost. Thats why the whole massacre happened. Also qi rong(frog guy/kermit) is xie lians cousin
Strange satisfaction: watch Danny’s sponsored advertisement I mean, idk I just get really happy to see he’s getting famous enough for people to sponsor him
Xie lian is the type of guy to just sit back and be like “I dunno, let’s see how this plays out” …hmm I wonder why he does that 👀 also I’m glad Danny was able to pick up some of the plot going on, it’s understandably confusing without any context or a rewatch lmao Qi Rong is such a blast though
I appreciate your honesty about how little you actually follow what's going on or not. And it's all in good fun, so I don't mind. I mind much more when someone is attempting to make a serious critique of something but didn't even follow what was actually going on or not, and then I remember also how some people actually just straight-up skip some bits of things outright and somehow think they've not missed anything but they never know what they don't know. Lolll
ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS (adding the pgs of tgcf novels to find percentage) the donghua has covered approximately 23.3% of the whole thing (minus the extras, roughly 22% with the extras) so we still got a lot to go, and there’ll prolly be more added to it for context (i.e. the flash back in this vid)
You calling Qi Rong a frog man was really really funny to me! He's also one of my favorite simply due to his voice actor, he's very successful at not being likable in the books. He's a good tem antagonist!
Also Danny if you need a name guide because I know I was confused as hell when I first got into tgcf here’s some help Xie Lian: our main protagonist, this is his birth name and what people who would be considered close to him would call him (parents, friends, spouse) - Xianle: xie lian’s official heavenly title and also the name of his kingdom and essentially translates to “heaven’s delight” - taizi dianxia: translates to his “highness the crown prince” - fang xin: the name he went by as lang qianqiu’s teacher/mentor and also the name of the black sword he used at the time - general hua: the name he went by while living in Banyue Hua Cheng: main love interest (obv), this is not technically his actual name bc most ghosts go by a different name than the one they used in life - San lang: a nickname that only xie lian is allowed to use that translates to “third son” - crimson rain sought flower: hua cheng’s title as a ghost king - hua chengzu: what he is referred to by the citizens of ghost city, basically translates to “mayor hua” or “city lord hua”, a very respectful form of address Shi Qingxuan: everyone’s favorite gender swapping god, this is his/her name from when they were mortal - lord/lady wind master/wind master qingxuan: shi qingxuan’s official heavenly title Lang Qianqiu: the god who xie lian killed the parents of, has a massive sword, martial god of the east - general tai hua: his official heavenly title Ling Wen: the head civil goddess, the overworked lady with the blue hair Jun Wu: the heavenly martial emperor, the highest ranking god in the heavens, if anyone in the show refers to someone as “his majesty” they’re probably talking about him, he’s OLD Mu Qing: xie lian’s personal attendant from when he was mortal, the guy who brought xie Lian medicine for his arm, martial god of the southwest, fights with feng xin a lot - general xuan zhen: his official heavenly title - fu yao: one of the two lower court officials that showed up to help xie lian in s1, works for mu qing Feng Xin: xie lian’s bodyguard from when he was mortal, the other guy who showed up to visit xie lian during his house arrest, fights with mu Qing a lot - general nan yang: his official heavenly title, was mistranslated to general dick yang - nan feng: lower court official that helped xie Lian in s1, works for feng xin Banyue: the little ghost girl that xie Lian pickled, also the name of her country Qi Rong: the “frog in drag”, xie lian’s cousin - night touring green lantern: his ghost king title (he isn’t actually on the same level/rank as hua cheng and the other ghost kings he’s just there to balance things out) Bai Wuxiang: “white no face” the spooky bitch that traumatized xie Lian, the guy in white with the mask that shows up in a lot of xie lian’s flashbacks
I forgot to mention a few other ppl that were fairly relevant Pei ming: heavens favorite playboy, the guy that was involved with the ghost bride at the beginning of s1 and got involved in the trial at the beginning of s2, martial god of the north, good friends with ling wen and shi wudu (the three tumors) - general Ming guang: his official heavenly title Pei Xiu or Pei Jr: the guy that was responsible for the Banyue incident and got banished at the beginning of s2, the descendant of pei ming (not very direct), worked under pei ming Ming Yi: the guy rescued from San Lang’s dungeon after dice shenanigans, the other hot lady with wind master in s1, wind master’s best friend - lord earth master: his official heavenly title Shi Wudu: Shi Qingxuan’s older brother, close with ling wen and pei ming (the three tumors) - lord water master: his official title - water tyrant: a nickname bc of how ruthless he is to mortals who don’t pay tribute to him before sailing
If it makes you feel better Danny, I read the entire book series not knowing who anyone was and just going on vibes. But so enjoyable when I realized who was who.
I wouldn’t really worry about remembering the names or following the plot TBH. Live in the now! 😂 this particular story is pretty self explanatory. Add your own names in if you like. Call them Bill and Ted!
5:04 This series doesn't tell you things in chronological order so you feel just as confused as some of the other characters when things only get partially revealed as you get further in. The thing that I love about that setup is that these main characters that you think you know, the ones that are... I don't know... soft spoken, gentle, quirky, and sometimes annoyingly optimistic loners are actually not quite what you expected. The further you get in on this series, the more you realize that Xie Lian is not a reliable narrator. It's not that he's activity lying but he keeps his cards very close to the chest. Just a quick glance back and your realize that you never really get to hear his thoughts on some of the more serious subject matters. He doesn't give anything away when he reads about a general on a tombstone to everyone in the cave. It's only once he's recognized by Banyue and Pei Xiuin in the pit that he's basically forced to admit that he was the general who got trampled to death. Qi Rong just outed another past event he was desperately trying to keep hidden from everyone. How many other times do you see him willingly bring up anything to do with his past? There are verbal nuggets scattered to Hua Cheng every now and then. All we get with his family is the flashback of him playing with foil palaces as a kid (and that other one...) The only other flashbacks given to us by him are the forced out PTSD moments whenever white no face is brought up. In most stories, you go along the journey with the characters as they grow from start to finish. With this, you realize you're starting very late into the game. That there is 800 years of backstory established but it's all but entirely hidden. You're in for a wild ride.
Jordan absolutely slayed as Qi Rong, and Howard did the same with Xie Lian at the end of this episode. Almost all the VAs do, to be honest - we got so lucky with the cast. 💖 Really looking forward to the next ones! (More pain, yay! 😆😭)
It's always funny when I watch to Danny's videos and my mom walks in and hears him swearing on his videos. My mom always gives me that look disappointed parents give (I don't mind the swearing tho)
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Next time you have a sponsor just use that as your intro. Saves everyone time.
IM SO EXCITED FOR THE LAST EPISODES GAH
Danny I actually adore the long rambling intros because they're a lot more frank than most other reaction youtubers would be, and it's kinda probably the reason I decided to stick around on your channel (I'm shy with new channels, esp ones like reaction which I don't watch a lot) so basically keep doing them the rambling intros give me liffffffffeeeeeeeeeeeeee
"Did you blind him with your holy light OR was it some other HOle-ly part of you?" QI RONG WAS SO REAL FOR THAT😭
Fr
I love the English dub dialogue
i domt remember that from book 😔
FR I love him
@@GluhenderHund I know I'm sad too, I would've laughed my ass off if the book had that. But hey at least we got Xie Lian on Hua Cheng's lap in the book. (Worth it🤞)
"I, THE AUTHOR OF CHINA'S GAYEST LITERATURE!"
Well he's not wrong
Yeahhhhhh 😂😂😂😂
That MXTX impression went hard, lmao
Well... her and Meatbun really, we can't forget the existence of Erha (The Dumb Husky and his White Cat Shizun" :-P
@@raevynstormmediaofc mxtx and meatbun are such slay writers ❤😍🤩
All hail King Danny!
"damn who knew xie lian's voice could go above an erotic whisper" KILLED ME
Fr that was so funny 😂
same lmfaoooo
Funniest joke in the whole video 😂
lmao
3:33 - I mean...in the book he habitually calls Xie Lian "that dog f**ker" and Hua Cheng.... "dog Hua Cheng". So not only WOULD he make that kind of double entendre, he actually seems to understand their relationship better than Xie Lian does at this point!
LMFAO
I think it was supposed to be “dog-fucked” for Xie Lian, but didn’t translate well. I love him lmao
wasn't it the other way around ? it was a while since i read the book but i remember it being "dog xie lian" and "dog fker hua cheng" but i might remember wrong
@@Azhur65PvPLetsplay yeah it think it was smth like "dog fcked xie lian" and "dog hua cheng"
to be fair (spoilers for the book btw), qi rong didn't really start calling him that until _after_ the whole "rolling on the floor, making out with each other" at the tail-end of the black water arc. so while he certainly did understand, i don't remember him guessing the truth of their relationship this early on. not that it really matters, though.
also, to clear up confusion since we're having this conversation: in the unofficial translation that i first read, it was "dog hua cheng" and "dog f*cker xie lian." in the official english translation, it is "dog hua cheng" and "dog-f*cked xie lian" lol
he called Qi Rong an "official antagonist" 😂 oh honey...
he will find out eventually, whenever season 3-4 get animated
its gonna be awhile-
he is technically an antagonist, just not the main villain.
@@ImpulsiveCreativityi mean yeah, but he also becomes a pure comic relief for a while lol
@@ImpulsiveCreativityhe's more like a cannon fodder villain if you get what I mean 😭
I mean he is one of the main antagonist's little group. I mean, heck, Qi Rong is likely a ghost because of the main villain; he likely was picked up and formed corporal the same way Hua Cheng was.
“I think I heard my ass cheeks say some pretty mean things about you too” stop 😭😭😭
I died hearing that lol
to be fair, watching that slap hit woke SOMETHING down there in a dead man, that has to mean something
Laughed for a straight 5 minutes because of that. My dog was looking at me like I was insane 😂
“Is Xie Lian about to be on his villain arc?” Well 👀
😂 YES!!! About that. 😂 I can't wait
I really can't wait for the next seasons, it's gonna take so long for his villain arc 😭
Not yet but soon. Idk how he manages to foreshadow himself but it's really interesting
@@storyjumperoh Danny will LOVE that part… 😂❤
STOPPPPPPP!! I AIN'T READY YET😭😭😭
Oh we aren't getting an "official" antagonist until... *checks notes* the huge flash back section
Yeahh... "fun" times....
next season here we go!!! you wanted an antagonist YOU'LL GET AN ANTAGONIST
a bit spoilery:
when the antagonist has always been there the whole time and manipulating everything since season 1 😂
wait sp ehos the antagonist im a bit new is it hx or something 😞
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MAJOR SPOILERS:
It's 'Jun Wu'
16:40 - Yes you are correct. Xie Lians people, the people of Xian Le were refugees in the Yongan kingdom. The King of Yongan wanted to punish all the refugees from the Xian Le kingdom for the massacre and Xie Lian put a stop to it by killing him. Book 3 goes into detail about the history between Xian Le and Yongan so I'm hoping it gets to a Season 3.
It's basically all about the cicle of revenge. The people of Xian Le were refugees due to the people of Yongan, who themselves were refugees of the Xian Le Kingdom, committing a coup d'etat. There's plenty of survivors who would say that the people of Yongan deserved whatever they got
Honestly, I know that that part in next in the story chronologically and give a lot of context to what Xie Lian when through but I am hoping that they change the order or something because that part of the book is so different from the rest and I feel like the juxtaposition with scare of donghua only watchers
We haven't even finished book 1 yet, there's no way we're getting to anything in the third in the next 15 years.
They're making a short film for volume three!
“Xie Lian do just be sayin shit sometimes” is this entire arc
"Xie Lian has ribbon powers" Yeah...you just keep calling it that. You won't regret it AT ALL. XD
Hhhhhhhhhhh
It hurts!
@@MeganBelluominiyour comment is what hurts 😭
Oh god.
@@MeganBelluominiYeah it did.
Danny: "Am I like vaguely following along enough?"
Me: *nods enthusiastically as if Danny could see me*
SAME
I’m honestly incredibly impressed how well he follows along considering how messy the storyline and characters are and how confused he is all the time
OMG I DID THIS TOO
lol same
BAHQHFAHHA I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY ME
Danny, since you said your confused about xie lian's names, I am here to help!
.His birth name is Xie Lian, so that's what most people call him
.Jun Wu (The god emperor guy) calls him Xianle because that was the name of Xie Lian's kingdom and part of his heavenly title when he first ascended. Jun Wu addresses all heavenly officials by their title.
.Fangxin is the name Xie Lian took on when he became State Perceptor of Yong'an, the kingdom you see in the flashback in the episode from this video
Hope this helps! :D
Also when he lived on banyue he took name "general hua" wich is pretty ironic.
part of his heavenly title when he ascended*, unless you meant when he was banished from the heavens :)
@@llyxn AH I DID MEAN ASCENDED!!! OOPS-I'LL FIX THAT TYY
I read all 8 books and even I forgot he was called fangxin at ond point lol
Fang Xin was his cover name as state perceptor and it is also the name of his sword. That confused me while reading the books.
Also he's not the god of ribbons. His themed title is the Flower Crown Martial God. I think the other one that's used less is His Highness Who Pleased the Gods.
The changing names throughout this series confuses the hell out of everyone.
Jun Wu calling Xie Lian "Xianle" is like Tallahassee calling Jacob "Columbus" in Zombieland
Qi Rongs title for him is "Snow White Lotus" and "Dog f**ker" if we want a detailed list 😂
We've also got the given title of the The God of Misfortune and the Scrap Collecting God
If watching Danny's reaction to this donghua taught me anything is that A) making animated products based on a very long series of books is really tricky and B) we book readers are spoiled: we know what's going to happen before even watching so we have no idea if the donghua is telling the story in a way that is easy to understand or not 😅
Very long series of books ... cough cough. 8 ... Looks at Ascendance of a Bookworm, 30+ books. 😂 But yeah, it's still a lot of lore which is made more complicated by the long and varied names for everyone.
@@storyjumper But I think while reading we have an advantage, someone who watches only the donghua casually (not like us super fans XD) will be a little bit confused
@morgana6435 too true.
I will say, (back when it was still a webnovel) I watched season 1 before reading the novel and I was very confused until I read it 😂 so can confirm, it's a bit vague and confusing, especially if you're brand new to Chinese names/words (@ myself thinking gege was pronounced gehgeh and having to write down everyone's names in order to keep track lol)
@@summernovah Thank god for the name guide and glossary at the end of the books.
QI RONG BY BOYYYYYYYY everytime he appears in the books the story pops to an 11/10
True he’s like me, judging everyone but not being capable of shi at the end😭💀
@@Mamapikas_thick_shlonglmfao fr. But seriously. He’s so misunderstood and so snarky!!!! I love him 😂❤
@@looser765His line about knocking (in the book) absolutely sent me. I swear, the villains have the best lines.
@@wickedwriter literallyyyyy
YES I LOVE HIM SM
The name struggle is 100% real for every single MXTX story.
scum villain is pretty easy to follow compared to the other two
@@ImpulsiveCreativityyeah, everyone only has one name in SVSSS (except Shen Yuan). Their names are just all tongue twisters.
Easy to read, though I am definitely not pronouncing them correctly in my head lmao@@leilatimeful
@@leilatimefulEven then, it's because they're technically referring to two entirely different people!
God this show needs to adapt the entire series of books because I NEED to see Danny’s reaction to getting what he has been asking for in a real monkey’s paw kind of way
Heaven Official's Blessing is also a classic "who done it" mistery, so the actual antagonist won't appear til much later!
Or…HAVE THEY APPEARED ALREADY?! That’s the question I kept asking myself. I changed my mind on who the primary antagonist was like at least 5 times.
@@TheTravelingCatlady Well, we can’t spoil that. Give it a few more seasons.
@@TheTravelingCatlady no spoilers, my lips are sealed. But you can read the novels and you'll find out))
@@TheTravelingCatlady it is revealed in around book 7, which means...well... lets just say the donghua is currently mid-book 2 so maybe when you retire and have 3 grandkids youll know too xD
@@peshak_ omg!! really?!?! I'M IN BOOK 5 JUST NOW!! Good to know i'm closer to the discovery, but at the same time, it's 2 books i need to read before that .o.
whos gonna tell Danny San Lang is also called Hua Cheng and Crimson Rain Sought Flower?
And more later 😂
and like, two more names too
In fairness, San Lang himself outright said "How about just calling me San Lang?"
He's outright the only person so far to say what he wishes to be called.
Just wanted to clarify, Xie Lian slapped Qi Rong because Qi Rong was insulting San Lang (started to make a rude comment about his disability/eye). That’s why San Lang was making that face with the romantic music. He was shocked that Xie Lian defended him.
Also, I’m surprised you didn’t comment on Xie Lian and Qi Rong being cousins.
the tattoo on her forehead is a painted symbol that shows that she is a part of the xianle kingdom
No, it's just a huadian 花鈿 a "flower dot" that's part of historical traditional Chinese makeup.
@@clover6005 I learned what that was in married thrice to salted fish but I thought it was only for marriages?
Qi Rong is the best gremlin I know, he isn't really the antagonist but he really fits the role of the annoying cousin you have perfectly, atleast spiritually
Qi Rong getting sliced in half and getting dragged by the braid was the most disrespectful thing but so justified 😭
*Qi Rong.
😂and the way he just kept talking
@@Raven_Nivhaar OH lmao thank you. I was on two hours of sleep when I typed that 😂 yeah qi rong is so unhinged 😅
The LEAST that he deserved, trust me.
@@Novixus800No worries! I know how that goes.
When one looks up "unhinged" in the dictionary, you see his face 😂
Don't feel bad about not keeping up. There is SO much backstory and lore that there's no way for a series this short to get any of it across without just a ridiculous amount of exposition. You kind of HAVE to have red the novel to keep up.
I love seeing Danny struggle so much with the names lmao
we all went through that 💀
I wonder if he knows San Lang’s real name isn’t actually San Lang.
@@Levsa399 💀
@@Levsa399GOD NO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. You're going to scare him off damn it.
TBH I am reading the story for the second time ( just this time it's the published books ver.) and i still get confused with the names of everyone apart from Hua Cheng and Xie Lian ( especially Mu Qing and Feng Xin who I keep getting mixed up as well as their "junior" forms and heavenly titles)
Qi Rong said it: "We're all lying to him!" hahah! '-' Oh, boy, Qi Rong even knows who the TRUE official antagonist truly is even at this point.
God, San Lang and Xie Lian getting mad for each other’s sake is always my favorite thing to see. Qi Rong (aka Kermit🤣) in the dub is so funny, his voice is menacing but also goofy like his character, I like that, he’s a very good antagonist. I can’t wait for your reaction to the next episode, the way San Lang and Xie Lian interact with each other is so beautiful
Danny this is why you need to read the books they have a name glossary. But the further you get in the story the more names they get. 😅5:05
Qi Rong's VA slayed hard. Love that
Sometimes I feel bad for the VA’s vocal cords 😭
I have never heard anyone call Qi Ring “Frog Man” or “Kermit” before and I am so happy to witness the first
The thing is, in the book we don't get all those flashbacks. The street scene, massacre, all of that. They mention it happened, but we don't get an actual play-through of HOW.
I'd be lying if I said these scenes didn't make me cry, they were brutal and hard to watch as opposed to book 2 just going "He killed his father to protect the peace after An Le slaughtered everyone!!!"
ALSO, that punch scene was gorgeous- Xie Lian put up with Qi Rongs heckling until it was directed at Hua Cheng, that's where he drew the line. I love them 😭😭
Favorite line: "I love your stand-up routine, but what's the point when you can't STAND UP?"
I also loved your impersonation of the street performer's "YAYYYY omg I was about to die" reaction and the impression of the "TRAPPED BY MY OWN BUREAUCRACY!" 😆
It’s funny how we have this impression for so long of XL as this mild mannered, peaceful guy. I can’t remember if the book takes this long to go back to his beginnings.
It does.
it takes till like the second half of the second book until we see him fall apart for the first time, and then book four is just the hell we all are familiar with
@@samaraoliveira3400 poor baby. Lots of compassion, but wisdom came the hard way!
The “Who is the audience for this?” bit had me rollingggg mxtx is truly unburdened by genre
You have understood Xie Lian perfectly. Never reveal information unless directly asked and _even then_ never volunteer any facts that might exonerate him, or have you sympathise at all.
The plot is very hard to follow, it's not just you. Something about the way the books reveal information at a drip feed and the somewhat awkward way it flows in English doesn't quite work.
Qi Rong in the dub is _fantastic._ The script in English subtly changes, so his insults actually hit Xie Lian quite directly rather than him just blathering on. It makes him very effective, albeit at the cost of making him a bit smarter than perhaps the author meant him to be.
And hey we're getting bits of Xie Lian's backstory!
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY START «GRANDMASTER OF DEMONIC CULTIVATION» FOR SURE (the animated one, not the live action one)
listen, here are the benefits list I gladly prepared:
-it’s from the same book author as Heaven officials blessing, so you know it’s popular and good (I’d say even better in my personal humble opinion 😈)
And you said it yourself, Chinese anime is where it’s at🗣️‼️🔥💥
-it’s finished, it has got 35 episodes if I remember correctly, so no need to wait for a continuation ‼️🔥
-it has the exact same zombie deal (fierce walking corpse) and dark magic, fighting and war crimes as heaven officials blessing but it’s much more of a central point so there’s more of it (the good stuff for sure)
- it’s gay but chaotic-tragic gay
- it is a detective fantasy fast paced plot in ancient China with cultivators, the mysteries and themes are great
-the plot is wide scale and epic, with a lot of small details
-the main character slays, you will absolutely love him, he is the moment
- the dynamic between the two mcs reminds me of the main characters of link click, If I had to compare it to anything
-politics
-fighting and cultivating again
-the show is BUILT for your commentary, the comedic elements are fire
- lastly, the scenery is really great and the characters are well built, main ones are complex, side ones are a perfect addition that details the story, none are extra or boring, every one has a great backstory
-sassy homosexuals
The expectations MUST be high because it lives up to the hype💯💯💯
All this world needs is you seeing the show, I’ll sign any petition
I support the idea, I want to him react.
Con= Even more names, hahaha
I second!
He should!
@@IllusionQueen4Eva shhhhhhh we’re not supposed to reveal that yet
I just want to thank you, Danny, for sticking with this series. It's one of my favorites, but I do have to admit that it's got so much lore and exposition to get through. We're finally at the point with the end of this season where we've got most of our main players, if not on the field, then at least mentioned.
For anyone confused on the pre-series lore so far:
Xie Lian was the crown prince of Xianle; he ascended to godhood at age 17 after committing two wondrous acts (saving a child falling from a city wall and defeating a demon). A little over 3 years after his ascension, there was a violent revolution by the people of Yong-An, an outbreak of Human Face Disease, Xianle fell, and Xie Lian was banished for trying to interfere. He ascended again after a few years, promptly stabbed the emperor several times, and was cast back out. This was all about 800 years ago.
As far as I can guess, Xie Lian then became the State Preceptor of Yong-An like...a hundred years into his second banishment? We don't know exactly. After the Gilded Banquet Massacre, he was "killed", staked in a coffin, and buried by Lang Qianqiu. (It doesn't say it in the show, but the book mentions that he was rescued by grave robbers about a hundred years later.)
Like 400 years after that, he was conscripted into the Yong-An military to fight against the Banyue kingdom and was later trampled to death.
The timeline’s so hard to pin down because he has a line in book 1 and season 1 where he says Fangxin and Banyue were about a century apart. Putting the gilded banquet about 300 yrs ago. But then in book 2 and season 2, XL mentions that the gilded banquet wasn’t long after his second banishment (800yrs ago). This implies what you said. I don’t remember where in the books it mentioned how long he was in the coffin, so I got nothing there. I just want a nice, neat timeline!😢
@@Levsa399 So in Chapter 8, he says "I've heard of State Preceptor Fangxin: he was the state preceptor of Yong'an, born AT LEAST [emphasis mine] a hundred years earlier than State Preceptor Banyue." He is also at this point emphasizing that they couldn't have possibly colluded, so it may have been more than a hundred years in reality.
Then in Chapter 22 he says "This was not long after my second banishment. I was filled with frustration and caused a great wrong." I'm hesitant to fully believe him on that, since he is, at that point, being a lying liar who lies in an effort to convince Lang Qianqiu that he had motivation to commit the massacre. (Looking further into it, the "100 years in the coffin" may be a mass hallucination by the fandom, so my bad on that.)
So my conclusion is that he was probably State Preceptor Fangxin more than a hundred years before Banyue, but not as close to his banishment as he leads Qianqiu to believe.
I knew Danny would love Qi Rong. Hope you're recovering well!
Qi Rong! He's hilarious in the books, he's such a silly little goblin boy
mo dao zu shi/grandmaster of demonic cultivation should be considered as another show to react to!! Its got lots of what youre asking for!!! there isnt a dub but its totally worth it!!
8:56
As somebody who read the books atleast 6 times,I have always wondered how Xianle killed An le without any wounds.
After hearing Danny,that's the only explanation I have💀💀💀
qi rong looked so DELICIOUS in that episode like why did bilibili make him so GORGEOUS for-??
Because he’s related to Xie Lian and Xie Lian is also gorgeous. It’s that family resemblance.
Surely many fans must have commented on this, but I also need to say it. Mo Dao Zu Shi has insane fight scenes one after another, there are ghouls, dead being controlled by a badass character, gore, massacres, lots of massacres, more blood, investigations, gays, badass gays and super angry gays. But gay romance is unfortunately censored, although it does happen and we can follow it very well. It turns out that even in the original work, the heavy plot full of blood and revenge was always in focus, while the romance unfolded in the background, if I can describe it that way. So for you it will be even more exciting content to watch, so we really hope you can watch it as soon as possible!
(By the way, I'm not fluent in English. Sorry for any errors in the language! Oh! And I always watch your intros 👍)
I would love that! He mentioned he would react to it after the first season of tgcf but still nothing 😭 Really hope he'll get to it after the second season, it's so badass and cool
For not being fluent in English you're sounding pretty fluent!
Agreed to ALL of the reasons to watch it. And I love the rambling intros 😂
Thanks! ☺❤@@Hope4ly
Yea 😂😂😂@@TheTravelingCatlady
“Is xie lian about to be on his villain arc” just wight until the 6th season
17:24 this is the sweetest description I’ve ever heard of Xie Lian tbh
yes we still love your reactions even if you're confused. also ur confusion confirms my suspicions that the show is under explained for ppl who haven't read the book. and ahh it's hard to be patient, we got the tiniest sliver of xianle/yongan lore which is the best lore in the book imo
Oh boy, the fandom LOVES when people who don't know shit about danmei start to watch HOB. We all had that phase of being confused with the names. In fact, I don't know if you plan to watch Grandmaster of Demonic cultivation (AKA Mo Dao Zu Shi) (AKA One of the donghuas from the stickers you showed in the very first episode of your reaction series of HOB) because it doesn't have an english dub, but i'd argue the ones who started with MDZS had it harder because they love to use different names and honorifics
Calling MXTX the author of Chinas gayest literature? Hell yeah
But he doesn't know about Meatbun. :D So, there is that, haha. Meatbun, content so gay, that the live action adaption is still in the closet.
@@LadyMulti-InfinityGrandPalace my first thought when he said that about the "gayest litterature in China" was: "My dude, have you READ 2Ha?! 😂"
@@LadyMulti-InfinityGrandPalacefor me mxtz novels are the gayest
Meatbun, Priest, TANG JIUQING??? GO READ QIANG JIN JIU ITS LITERALLY THE BEST NOVEL I'VE EVER READ DANMEI OR OTHERWISE
16:31
Correct!! It's intentionally confusing because Xie Lain is trying to take the blame, but you got it!!
I unironically check for a new tgcf video so often that I managed to catch this video before it was out for even 10 minutes. I think I have a problem.
Same 😂, I check Danny's channel and notifications constantly wondering when a new tgcf video will be uploaded. I'm starting to feel like a stalker hahaha 😅
"Is xie lian about to be on his villain arc?"
Oh Danny you have no idea :)
Everytime Danny mentions the 'ribbon' I hurt inside.
Patron plug was your best one yet.
There's this other series that I really want Danny to see cause its from the same creator of Heaven Official's Blessing. It's called Grandmaster of demonic cultivation.
Both series start as books written by Mo Xiang Tang Xiu and I think he'd enjoy the fight scenes and shenanigans with the main characters.
8:08 this scene with the music coming in is my favorite part of the season
Idk who directed that part but my god it made me burst out laughing when the soft romantic music came in after Xie Lian punched him
0:05 not technically true. Qi Rong was the one who made the ghost bride into the monster she was- and made the soldiers hang in the trees! I don’t know if they say that in the series, but it’s in the book!
Your rambling is the best part (along side you being mad at them not kissing)
I don't know whose reaction videos Danny's been watching, but most ones I've seen like to ramble for a solid 5-10 minutes minimum. It's always about personal drama and unrelated stuff too. Danny's intros are some of the only ones I watch because he at least shares thoughts and opinions about the content he's about to watch.
Also I think the glossing over of information actually helps more than it hurts. It encourages everyone to comment about lore stuff more than anything else. I know I've done it a few times myself.
Always loving that slap sequence. Also, your jokes are clever/subtle and amazing. Can't wait for the ss2 finale reaction. Also, would you ever consider actually checking out Mo Dao Zu Shi (MDZS)? ...(yk the show you confused Heaven Official's Blessing with hehe).
I want him to react to the Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua so much (the Chinese version) so bad. He’s so funny and clever.
When I started to watch MDZS I didn’t know there was a novel, so I was so confused about everything going on. So I read all of MDZS and then made a list of all the characters to keep track. Same thing for TGCF, I read the books along with watching the show. Allows for a mental picture of the characters to keep them all separated.
Calling the crators San Lang makes with Qi Rong's face a "Ground swirly" is hilarious
Read the Books or wait for the other Seasons to air. Then everything will make sense to you. This Masterpiece needs to be complete to be able to understood. EVERYTHING gets explained at the right moments, not in the first moments its brought up. thats part of what makes the story so deep.
“Is xie lian entering his villain arc rn?” oh boy…
i love danny talking about xie lian's "ribbon powers" and i cannot WAIT until we get all the angst of the next season
13:59 Did I miss the episode that Danny finds out that Xie Lian and Langa have the same VA. Because, how do you recognize that and NOT Xie Lian?!
yes you did cause its like the first thing he says when he hears his voice. 😂
@@NS-fh2pz HOW DID I MISS THAT!?????
I hope he continues with this show if/when more seasons come out because it gets so insane it would be so entertaining to watch
I love that you're always so surprised when there's violence like you forgot the last time there was similar violence
I've been waiting for this episode this entire time. Just so I can come with my favorite line in the entire series. ✨️Did you blind him with your holy light or some other holy part of you?!?!🤣✨️
So it doesn't really come up in the art style, but Qi Rong (Night touring green lantern) is supposed to have a identical face to Xie Lian. - someone who read the novel.
I LOVE YOUR INTROS DANNY THEY GIVE ME SO MUCH HAPPINESS AND PROBABLY A REASON TO KEEP GOING
The fact San Lang is not his name, it’s Hua Cheng, San lang simply means “3rd son” 😂 but fair enough
Also, San Lang can also be endearment for wife's to call their husband affectionately😂
QI RONG BRINGS LIFE TO THE DAMN SHOW 💚💚💚💚
Danny, to help with the whole xianle and yong'an thing;
Xie lian was the crown prince of xianle and then there was a battle between yong an and xianle and xianle lost. Thats why the whole massacre happened.
Also qi rong(frog guy/kermit) is xie lians cousin
Danny, please always keep the unscripted intros. They are your charm.
Poor danny being confused with xie lian's names, it's just the start, we haven't even gotten to the multiple phases of hua cheng
i better be seeing the grandmaster of demonic cultivation soon
Strange satisfaction: watch Danny’s sponsored advertisement
I mean, idk I just get really happy to see he’s getting famous enough for people to sponsor him
5:07 why is this so relatable...
MO DAO ZU SHI NEXTTTT
YESSS
I would cancel all my plans just to watch it on repeat!
Yes 😭
YES.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I love it！
Xie lian is the type of guy to just sit back and be like “I dunno, let’s see how this plays out” …hmm I wonder why he does that 👀
also I’m glad Danny was able to pick up some of the plot going on, it’s understandably confusing without any context or a rewatch lmao Qi Rong is such a blast though
I appreciate your honesty about how little you actually follow what's going on or not. And it's all in good fun, so I don't mind. I mind much more when someone is attempting to make a serious critique of something but didn't even follow what was actually going on or not, and then I remember also how some people actually just straight-up skip some bits of things outright and somehow think they've not missed anything but they never know what they don't know. Lolll
Despite you saying you don't like filming an intro, I like the way you doing it. It's always somethyng energetic and there always something new
Oh danny... How i wished i could just tell u all of tgcfs lore. Youd actually be invested
ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATIONS (adding the pgs of tgcf novels to find percentage) the donghua has covered approximately 23.3% of the whole thing (minus the extras, roughly 22% with the extras) so we still got a lot to go, and there’ll prolly be more added to it for context (i.e. the flash back in this vid)
"Best to give him time, he only just learned the soup" "but at what cost is the soup so important" "it is the soup, it saved you"
You calling Qi Rong a frog man was really really funny to me! He's also one of my favorite simply due to his voice actor, he's very successful at not being likable in the books. He's a good tem antagonist!
Also Danny if you need a name guide because I know I was confused as hell when I first got into tgcf here’s some help
Xie Lian: our main protagonist, this is his birth name and what people who would be considered close to him would call him (parents, friends, spouse)
- Xianle: xie lian’s official heavenly title and also the name of his kingdom and essentially translates to “heaven’s delight”
- taizi dianxia: translates to his “highness the crown prince”
- fang xin: the name he went by as lang qianqiu’s teacher/mentor and also the name of the black sword he used at the time
- general hua: the name he went by while living in Banyue
Hua Cheng: main love interest (obv), this is not technically his actual name bc most ghosts go by a different name than the one they used in life
- San lang: a nickname that only xie lian is allowed to use that translates to “third son”
- crimson rain sought flower: hua cheng’s title as a ghost king
- hua chengzu: what he is referred to by the citizens of ghost city, basically translates to “mayor hua” or “city lord hua”, a very respectful form of address
Shi Qingxuan: everyone’s favorite gender swapping god, this is his/her name from when they were mortal
- lord/lady wind master/wind master qingxuan: shi qingxuan’s official heavenly title
Lang Qianqiu: the god who xie lian killed the parents of, has a massive sword, martial god of the east
- general tai hua: his official heavenly title
Ling Wen: the head civil goddess, the overworked lady with the blue hair
Jun Wu: the heavenly martial emperor, the highest ranking god in the heavens, if anyone in the show refers to someone as “his majesty” they’re probably talking about him, he’s OLD
Mu Qing: xie lian’s personal attendant from when he was mortal, the guy who brought xie Lian medicine for his arm, martial god of the southwest, fights with feng xin a lot
- general xuan zhen: his official heavenly title
- fu yao: one of the two lower court officials that showed up to help xie lian in s1, works for mu qing
Feng Xin: xie lian’s bodyguard from when he was mortal, the other guy who showed up to visit xie lian during his house arrest, fights with mu Qing a lot
- general nan yang: his official heavenly title, was mistranslated to general dick yang
- nan feng: lower court official that helped xie Lian in s1, works for feng xin
Banyue: the little ghost girl that xie Lian pickled, also the name of her country
Qi Rong: the “frog in drag”, xie lian’s cousin
- night touring green lantern: his ghost king title (he isn’t actually on the same level/rank as hua cheng and the other ghost kings he’s just there to balance things out)
Bai Wuxiang: “white no face” the spooky bitch that traumatized xie Lian, the guy in white with the mask that shows up in a lot of xie lian’s flashbacks
I forgot to mention a few other ppl that were fairly relevant
Pei ming: heavens favorite playboy, the guy that was involved with the ghost bride at the beginning of s1 and got involved in the trial at the beginning of s2, martial god of the north, good friends with ling wen and shi wudu (the three tumors)
- general Ming guang: his official heavenly title
Pei Xiu or Pei Jr: the guy that was responsible for the Banyue incident and got banished at the beginning of s2, the descendant of pei ming (not very direct), worked under pei ming
Ming Yi: the guy rescued from San Lang’s dungeon after dice shenanigans, the other hot lady with wind master in s1, wind master’s best friend
- lord earth master: his official heavenly title
Shi Wudu: Shi Qingxuan’s older brother, close with ling wen and pei ming (the three tumors)
- lord water master: his official title
- water tyrant: a nickname bc of how ruthless he is to mortals who don’t pay tribute to him before sailing
wow danny totally called it on xie lian refusing to explain anything 😂
Looking forward to the next video! It's even sad that it will be the last. Afterwards, please look at the grandmaster of demonic cultivation 😭
If it makes you feel better Danny, I read the entire book series not knowing who anyone was and just going on vibes. But so enjoyable when I realized who was who.
I wouldn’t really worry about remembering the names or following the plot TBH. Live in the now! 😂 this particular story is pretty self explanatory. Add your own names in if you like. Call them Bill and Ted!
I read heaven's official blessings because of you and now I'm literally obsessed with the novel. Im gonna read the manwha ver too
5:04 This series doesn't tell you things in chronological order so you feel just as confused as some of the other characters when things only get partially revealed as you get further in. The thing that I love about that setup is that these main characters that you think you know, the ones that are... I don't know... soft spoken, gentle, quirky, and sometimes annoyingly optimistic loners are actually not quite what you expected.
The further you get in on this series, the more you realize that Xie Lian is not a reliable narrator. It's not that he's activity lying but he keeps his cards very close to the chest. Just a quick glance back and your realize that you never really get to hear his thoughts on some of the more serious subject matters. He doesn't give anything away when he reads about a general on a tombstone to everyone in the cave. It's only once he's recognized by Banyue and Pei Xiuin in the pit that he's basically forced to admit that he was the general who got trampled to death. Qi Rong just outed another past event he was desperately trying to keep hidden from everyone.
How many other times do you see him willingly bring up anything to do with his past? There are verbal nuggets scattered to Hua Cheng every now and then. All we get with his family is the flashback of him playing with foil palaces as a kid (and that other one...) The only other flashbacks given to us by him are the forced out PTSD moments whenever white no face is brought up.
In most stories, you go along the journey with the characters as they grow from start to finish. With this, you realize you're starting very late into the game. That there is 800 years of backstory established but it's all but entirely hidden. You're in for a wild ride.
Jordan absolutely slayed as Qi Rong, and Howard did the same with Xie Lian at the end of this episode. Almost all the VAs do, to be honest - we got so lucky with the cast. 💖 Really looking forward to the next ones! (More pain, yay! 😆😭)
It's always funny when I watch to Danny's videos and my mom walks in and hears him swearing on his videos. My mom always gives me that look disappointed parents give (I don't mind the swearing tho)
16:41 He can be taught
Wait until he finds out there are books 😭😭
Petition to make Danny read the books
/jk
HIGH FIVE ON THE PLOT CONFUSION, DANNY! I literally never know what's going on or quite why anybody is doing a given thing when it comes to TGCF.
Im surprised he didnt have a huge reaction to the cousin situation. I expected him to flip out lol