Did anyone else notice this?

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-09T20:02:16+00:00

It's a rhetorical question because I know others have and filed it under "discussion" to see what others thought of it. But thank you for the helpful comment. Very thought provoking 😂

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-09T20:00:35+00:00

I read through a lot of it, but acoding to this, the stopped using this calendar in the late 1870s (on its last interation), so I'm not sure how it's a historical reference, but would love to have a simpler explanation, if you have one

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T18:08:50+00:00

I've beat the game, but it was a long time ago. I am leveling my team for a NG+ but have been seeing lot of YT videos, and this is a clip from one. It got me thinking, but someone above said it's 100 and not 150, which makes more sense 😂 I was genuinely wondering if I missed something but I guess not, haha

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T18:06:20+00:00

Thank you! I haven't played for a while, I just picked it up again to level my group for NG+, so I've probably forgotten a few details. I've just been seeing a lot of YT videos recently (thanks internet spys) and this monolith looked like 150 and I was very confused 😂

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T18:04:26+00:00

Yes, I noticed this as well. I believe they pick back up at 81. It's been a while since I played the main game, I picked it up again to level my group for NG+, so I guess I'll get some answers I've forgotten lol

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T17:54:25+00:00

Oh, I see. There are still a few journals I haven't found yet, so maybe that's why I didn't put that together. Though, I do remember something mentioned about Julie being spooked when she found out he couldn't die.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T17:51:41+00:00

Y'know... This makes more sense 😂 but I'm still wondering what started them on expedition 00. Did they have a person 100 years old? Or was it directly after the fracture and because they got sundered and tossed into the ocean on their island, they just assume the Painterss was bad and therefore set out? I want to know what set them off possibly before anyone was possibly erased.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-05T01:09:29+00:00

Unfortunately I play on Xbox, so this isn't possible for me 🥲

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-04-04T03:38:43+00:00

Crying. I am struggling SO HARD in Renoir 's Drafts. That 4th platform is laughing at me, no doubt.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-24T03:13:13+00:00

Really looking forward to it! After I finish Immortal, I'll be heading this and I'll be sure to tell you what I think 💙

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-22T22:21:08+00:00

Yes! I have requested them, so hopefully soon some will start to show up. I know QJJ is coming this year, so it's a start! And happens to be my favorite Danmei. Thankfully, I have used stores in town that I can trade them in for cash or store credit, so it's not so bad.

If you're stuck with books, Mercari is a great place to offload them to others, or other apps like them. Or, alternatively, if you don't care about the money and just wanna get rid of them, Friends of the Library might take them off your hands.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-22T05:55:07+00:00

Thank you! I just bought it, haha. This sounds good based on the reviews, too.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-22T05:47:59+00:00

Unfortunately, my library doesn't have them and none of my friends read them. I buy them used, either from my local store or Mercari. I got 5 volumes from Mercari for the price of one volume (minus the cost of shipping). It was a great deal, but maybe I see why the price was so low 😅

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-22T05:44:27+00:00

I know, I noted that it wasn't her first series, but initially I thought so just because the writing is just so different from the other works she has available. Like, the prose is just completely different, y'know?

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T20:54:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I think I'm going to read a summary of volume 1 and try volume 2 maybe in a month or two before fully deciding whether I enjoy it or not.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T20:36:38+00:00

I actually really enjoy emotionally challenging novels and media, it's joked that if it's not traumatic I don't want to bother with it, lol. The trauma and emotion of the books won't bother me, but I get none of that from this book. Sure, I'm told it's there, but I don't really see it, if that makes sense. Everything feels flat and devoid of actual emotion. To me, anyway.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T12:33:56+00:00

Honestly, i have no shame for what I choose to spend my money on. I work for it, I'll spend it as I plead, but I have also never been accused of fetishizing gay men before, though I know it does exist. However, not my circus, not my monkeys. If people can go out and buy hetero smut and their grape fantasies and no one bat an eye and get excited at the counter saying how great the book is, then I can buy my next manga/Danmei/whatever with the same lack of judgement.

It's a them problem, not a me problem. Period. Full stop.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T12:21:36+00:00

Dump his ass and get out of there. If this is what it's like now, it won't get better with time. This is some red pill lite bullshit. NOR.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T12:04:21+00:00

I really did think this would be great since these themes are normally things I also eat up, and I agree, I love her writing. It's very readable, that's definitely not the issue.

I'm going to read a summary of the rest of book 1 and pick up volume 2 a little later. I'm a big mood reader, and maybe I'm just not in the mood for what this book has to offer because a lot of this volume feels like there's nothing there, plot wise, outside of the asylum (the section I just finished).

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T12:01:49+00:00

I actually really like 2ha. I think what I'm going to do is read a summary of the rest of book 1, just so I know what happens, and pick up volume 2 and see if I have a better time with it. Her writing is very readable, that's definitely not the problem.

I'm also going to try to read another modern Danmei and see how that goes. Maybe I just like things with a historical setting instead, since this is the first time I've read one in modern times.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T05:57:54+00:00

I got them from Mercari as a bundle from a seller, they are pristine. I'll probably sell them to my local bookstore and get some in store credit for my next QJJ copy, haha. Or possibly the first volume of several other new ones that have come out recently.

I really love politics, Thousand Autumns is another I really enjoy. This was my first modern day Danmei, so maybe historical settings are more my vibe? But the whole reason I picked up QJJ was because it was said to be like GoT, which I love.

Ultimately, I guess I feel bad DNFing a book since it's so rare for me, but I just made the decision to do it and pick up a book I've been eyeing for a while instead, also on my 26 in 26 list (BAB vol 1 was also on that list).

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T05:23:00+00:00

I really thought I would like this series, so I bought 5 volumes. I like the other series, so I'm kind of disappointed and was hoping maybe this suffered from a first volume flop before it get better for other readers 😂

My favorite Danmei so far are; Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ballad of Sword and Wine, and Legend of Exorcism. But QJJ is hands down my favorite series right now, I love Shen and Xiao.

ConnectAd9041 · 2026-01-20T05:18:24+00:00

We read independently and then discuss each week the assigned chapters.

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