This is pretty much utter crack

[dangermousie]

The first two eps of The Holy Pearl didn't really grab me (so much exposition! so much crazy King!) but starting with ep 3, I am addicted. Hot half-demon dude helps.



Our heroine is being chased by a snake demon (hey, worse things happen to time-travellers in period cdramas), so she runs into a cave to discover a hot half-demon boy snowglobe.



"Isn't this decor a little too postmodern for this ancient time?" wonders the heroine.




Snake demon (who is clearly not the brainiest) propels her past the barrier and her magical amulet wakes the pretty up.




I know I am going to ship Yao Yao (gal) and Wen Tian (guy) because look at them - bickering from their first meeting!





Wisely deciding she will deal with the moral issue of whether she's just unleashed a horrible demon on the world later, she releases him to kill the snake demon. Nice teeth, Wen Tian!



Yao Yao thinks so too!



Buttering up will get you...nowhere.




The perils of being a dead ringer/reincarnation of someone you have no idea about.





I ship general and demoness. This will end well.






Half-demon boy angsts so prettily! No go get it on with her reincarnation please!












Bwahahahahahaa.




Yao Yao wants him as a travel companion? Well, I suppose if you need someone to protect you, this might not be bad, as long as he doesn't decide he's bored and wants to practice his killing skills on his travelling companion.



I love this. You go girl!



Smoooooth.









Pretty half-demon has issues! Pretty, violent issues he takes out on demons who try to eat the heroine!







I approve of guys giving their potential OTPs weapons to defend themselves.





Heroine, ILY and your forthrightness. This drama is not likely to have forced misunderstandings with you around.









This was funny and cute and adorable.


















You aint' lying, girlfriend. I wouldn't kick him out of bed, horns and all :P





Seriously, so pretty!



OTP! OTP! OTP!






Umm, yes, yes he does.



Anyway, this thing is utter utter crack and now I am interested in checking out Inuyasha.

Comments

[gruskek.livejournal.com]

Inuyasha used to be my life when I was 15 xD It's an interesting story with likeable characters, lots of humour and pretty good animation for a long runner (the manga's art is typical Rumiko Takahashi - it has this oldschool flavour some people dig and some don't). The shipping was really fun too :D The only problem was the slowness of the general plot :/ It can really drag. And the relationships advance slowly to the point of ridiculousness.

The c-drama looks great. Man, are they all pretty :) The dialogue is very amusing and feels much more mature than the anime. Inuyasha and Kagome would often bicker in and extremely childish manner (not tat it wasn't fun in its own way, but you know...) and here the bickering seems more adult and intelligent.

BTW do they bother to credit the original in any way? This is way to faithful for them to pretend its not an adaptation.

[gruskek.livejournal.com]

* that
** too

I should go to sleep :/

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I don't know if they credited, but I cannot imagine they wouldn't because this is beyond blatant.

The dialogue is very amusing and feels much more mature than the anime

I think it's because (understandably) they aged everyone up. E.g. heroine is a grad student.

It also looks like they are going to make Sesshomaru/Rin canon - I used to have a girl on my flist who was a major S/R shipper and I wish she was still active on LJ so I could tell her to watch this :)

[singing-tree.livejournal.com]

I used to be obsessed with Inuyasha in it's days, I still think it's one of the best, even if I don't watch anime anymore.
It is very slow though due to the long run. But the couples are cute (there are 2) and it's really funny too. And even though Inuyasha saves Kagome about a gazillion times, she's really tough for a modern day girl facing time travel, demons and giant snake monsters.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I really might check Inuyasha out. I am nostalgic for my anime days :)

[splendidlure.livejournal.com]

yeah. even though Kagome does have to be saved sometimes, Kagome has in turn saved Inuyasha also. Also, it's understandable. The girl was a 15 year old middle school student who's facing all those dangerous things. While she isn't the strongest physically, she is pretty strong mentally. Many times the enemy tried to brainwash her and each time they fail.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun!

[blobofcolour.livejournal.com]

ROFL so much at the caps.
I used to watch Inuyasha too but it went on and on and on till I gave up watching. I didn't care too much for Inuyasha/Kagome though but I enjoyed the supporting characters. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

This is so much ridiculous fun!

[kainee.livejournal.com]

I just realized I never finished this series... I started it but never got around to finishing it with a marathon.

Also, just realized one of the supporting characters' actress was Lu Wu in BBJX!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, I just realized it! She's gorgeous.

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I watched the first two episodes a few weeks back and got a bit bored, but this is making me think that trying episode three wouldn't be a bad idea after all (not to mention the fact that I really want to see hot older brother in action! *sad Sesshoumaru fangirl*).
And the anime is definitely worth a try - plucky characters, some delightfully creepy stuff mixed in with the fun, pretty colours and music, etc. And Sesshoumaru ;-). (Though, as others have said, it goes on and on and on. Still, watching the first season or two is very doable, as it hasn't gone into rinse-and-repeat cycle yet.)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The first two eps (as is common with period cdramas) were draaaaagy - it took me months to get through them. Ep 3 and on are rocking. I say you start there.

[salimbol.livejournal.com]

I believe I shall!

[jliann.livejournal.com]

I occasionally stalk your journal for drama recommendations and came across this one. Decided to give it a try, and am now plowing through the episodes laughing in glee XD

I'm very fond of Inuyasha, so it's brilliant fun watching these so-similar-yet-different characters running around in high fantasy Nan Yue instead of Sengoku Era Japan.

If you're on the fence about Inuyasha -- I'd definitely recommend giving it a try. It's got demon hunters and perverted monks and a really, really creepy villain plus all the bickering OTP you can want in a story. Kagome is one the least whiny, most proactive anime heroines I've ever seen, and the fight that happens between the two half-brothers over their father's heirloom is EPIC.

Check it out: (SPOILERS up to end of Holy Pearl Ep 6!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6SZpFQHXWs

It's one of my favourite scenes =)
And so glad you introduced me to Holy Pearl -- I'll continue watching~!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

This sounds awesome, I should totally check Inuyasha out.

[splendidlure.livejournal.com]

I love your blog and how you defend jade palace lock heart. You remain objective. You acknowledge the series' strengths and flaws. I'm also swtaznlaydee at spcnet and sometimes it does get frustrating when people bash on the series too much saying how the series only got popular because of Fengmi & etc. I really like you. Sometimes I've posted some of your posts in yangmi's thread and credited you to help defend the series.

I hope you check out Inuyasha. Inuyasha at first glance is pretty annoying, but you have to understand his back story. He's an orphan who's had to raise himself so he does not have the same social graces as ordinary people. He's also aggressive and bad tempered since he's also had to defend for his life throughout his whole life. He is also discriminated for being a half demon. Demonds deem him weak while humans are scared of him.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

I'll totally check Inuyasha out, it sounds awesome.

Inuyasha

[siobhan (from livejournal.com)]

Ah...how do I love thee. I'm one of those anti-dub people so I have watched Inuyasha for years all thanks to fansubs. I LOVE ANIME.

However to be honest I'd tell you to go online where they list all the filler episodes and skip them all. Seriously there was like 80 episodes in a row of filler at some point.

The ending anime was great too. I was a Kagome/Inuyasha shipper and HATED Zombie Kikyo but could understand her pain...but still she was a zombie so kill the heifer with fire.

Ah fanwars...fond memories.

I ship Sess and adult Rin too...lol

I guess I should quit messing around and watch this. I keep mentioning it to other people without watching it myself. Have to support Ah Gil's comeback afterall.

Re: Inuyasha

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It is ridiculously fun, totally recced.

Fushigi Yuugi was my magic girl crack of choice but Inuyasha sounds fun!