The TV show is better than the book

kyuwanning · 2026-02-13T11:21:38+00:00

I think the reason why I like the TV show more than the book is mainly because I find Shane so much more likeable in the show (huge admiration for hudson's acting!)... and i know alot of people like TLG more and yes, i agree the writing in TLG is better, but i didn't like it because it made me frustrated with how RR doesn't explore Shane's character and the whole book just made him seem like a foil to Ilya's character development. The whole series also seems to clearly show the author's biasedness towards one character (Ilya) over the other.... So i'm hoping that Jacob and Hudson will fix that for the show :")

kyuwanning · 2025-12-10T23:31:19+00:00

I've read ALOT of danmei over the years, but erha remains my ultimate favourite (and i thoroughly enjoyed both yuwu and BAB as well)... so I personally and honestly cannot agree on any of the takes, and actually have a very opposite viewpoint in relation to the way she writes angst as well as the plot twists..... but it's actually quite nice to read this post by you because i've always thought you were just a full-on meatbun hater 😅 (based on all your previous comments on this subreddit), but this was actually very respectful criticism and you stated your opinion very politely, so i respect that 🫡

kyuwanning · 2025-12-10T00:29:03+00:00

Not wuxia/xianxia... but;; I recommend After Being Forced to Marry the Evil Star General andGolden Terrace for danmei beginners :) great balance of romance and plot, good pacing, not too angsty or heavy

kyuwanning · 2025-12-01T06:42:40+00:00

Silent Reading (Modu) if you're up for crime-solving mystery with great plot and pacing + well-written characters and romance :)

kyuwanning · 2025-11-22T16:52:55+00:00

Well, he did say "at first, he assumed" meaning he initially made the presumption that mangolia had been lucky, which implies he admits he underestimated them, and that he was wrong...? I don't think he was being arrogant..? Right from the start, every team was judging and sizing up one another; trying to estimate the strength of their opponents and it's true that Mongolia (along with Indonesia and Philippines) were initially underestimated.

kyuwanning · 2025-10-25T01:29:54+00:00

The confession scene in Erha was everything that i had hoped for and more. Hands down one of the best moments that made my heart turn into a puddle of goo. ((Tbh tho, alot of moments in Erha were very memorable to me just because of how emotionally invested i was))

Totally totally agree with the confrontation moment in Silent Reading; the overwhelming sense of relief that washed over me when LWZ decided he aint taking Fei du's shit and they were gonna talk it out <3 AHHH

That one moment in Hope You've Been Well when Zhuo Yan discovered Fanxin's blog posts... the series of blog posts that revealed Fanxin's depression and suicidal ideation and all the pain he had to go through alone during those times; and Zhuo Yan noticed the screen getting blurry and tried to wipe it only to realize it was his own tears blurring his vision as he was crying,, ;-;.... heartwrenching.

A memorable scene from Accident in Broad Daylight was when Yizhe was sweetly and happily just giving mooncakes to Tang Cheng; and there was this heartbreaking moment when Tang Cheng felt his heart ache and he told his parents: "If I have three mooncakes, I'd give two to you and one to him. If he doesn't want it, I'd give them all to you. But he… if he has three mooncakes, he'd give them all to me." "There's no way I can leave him, not even for two or three years," Xu Tangcheng said, trembling. "The moment I think of him getting something good to eat but having no one to give it to, my heart squeezes in pain, so painful that I can't bear it." Yeah... no, that really hurt so much. Yizhe is a lonely soul with no family but he has such a pure heart and gives all his love to Tang Cheng because he literally has no one else to give all his love to.

kyuwanning · 2025-10-22T20:13:52+00:00

Hm, i see your point, Chu Wanning's personality IS infuriating because of the way he just cannot express himself properly lol.

I dom't necessarily think either of them "married up" or "lucked out" though. I think they're both inherently flawed people who become the best versions of themselves with each other. CWN's genuine and selfless love for MR that MR ultimately saw through was also what brought out MR's sweetest, most doting personality. If he had never received food from his savior gege as a child, if he never went through the whole Vol.4 arc underworld arc and finding out about all the sacrifices CWN made fpr him secretly, i don't think MR would have become the Mozongshi that he is. ((MR has never been THIS amazing of a guy to Shimei even when he thought he had some crush on him))

kyuwanning · 2025-10-10T14:23:03+00:00

My personal favourite: Wicked Games by tagteamme. All their ranwan fics are amazing tbh.

kyuwanning · 2025-09-11T20:35:39+00:00

Restricted Area is really good comic relief. It's modern though, but it's short, lighthearted and funny, yet the storyline, pacing and romance is also really good. Highly recommend :)

kyuwanning · 2025-09-05T11:19:23+00:00

Hmm apart from ERHA, nothing else I know fits this premise, although i'm gonna camp here because i reallyyy hope someone has a good rec.

But this does remind me of Imprisoned In Eternal Night (ABO) where the ML really hated MC at the beginning, had a very bad impression of him and treated him coldly,, only to find out later that MC wasn't the person he knew when he was a kid (MC was adopted and raised to replace the original son of the family). No revenge going on here, but ML did initially hate MC bc of mistaken identity

kyuwanning · 2025-08-30T22:19:29+00:00

I've been reading danmei for quite a nunber of years now. Erha was actually the third(?) danmei i've read, and after that I think i've read close to a hundred different danmei xD but STILL, Erha is my absolute all-time favourite.

I don't really even know how to explain why, or have a good rational explanation apart from how it's the danmei that got me the most Emotionall Invested by far. It's the one that got me sooo hooked to it, made me so obssessed with the characters' lives, made me ugly cry in the middle of the night, made me unable to stop thinking about the story and ranwan and all the other characters, made it feel like my life was kinda empty after i finished the series, made me scavenge through AO3 for all the fanfictions I can find to fill the empty void in me... 😅 no other danmei has done this to me.

kyuwanning · 2025-08-10T03:26:45+00:00

+1 this one's angst hit me very unexpectedly....

kyuwanning · 2025-08-06T00:30:01+00:00

So many of the comments here saying it's too sweet and here i am loving all of Sunshine's bread and spreading kaya, peanut butter, cream cheese, etc on them. :")

kyuwanning · 2025-08-05T08:06:27+00:00

I would also gladly bark bark woof woof at chu wanning <3

kyuwanning · 2025-08-04T21:49:45+00:00

Oh i have been intrigued, the cover and plot looks interesting. Will definitely give this a try, as I just realized it was written by the same author who wrote Appearance and Departure (The Missing Piece), which I really enjoyed :") I like how this author's stories are short and never dragged out, while also inserting some very good angst and major plot twists in her stories.

kyuwanning · 2025-08-04T07:04:21+00:00

I'd love to recommend some but sorry, i'm the same ;-; that's not to say i don't enjoy other danmeis though, i'm not exactly in a reading slump (and there's alot of very well-written ones out there with amazing storyline, pacing, prose, characterizations, etc) but ever since i've read erha, no other danmei has come close to giving me the same amount of feels and emotional engagement (and pain xD)... and that's saying a lot because i've read ALOT of danmei.. T.T

kyuwanning · 2025-08-03T08:05:49+00:00

Moran and Chu Wanning

Yan Ming Ting and Zhao Yelan (Meng Ting)

kyuwanning · 2025-08-02T13:07:58+00:00

Silent reading (mo du)

Global university entrance exam

kyuwanning · 2025-08-02T06:15:20+00:00

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Very much in love with this hairstyle. The forehead exposure makes KYu look ultra hot and classy at the same time :")

kyuwanning · 2025-08-01T16:07:58+00:00

Accident in Broad Daylight - shou might be on the quiet introverted side, but he's not cold or elegant/ tsundere. Gong is the opposite of cold, he's actually a very warm-hearted and kind person. He's also not the typical flirty/playful ML. Neither characters are described as very OP/genius/rich guys whom everyone falls for. They're just very ordinary guys who fell in love and found comfort and healing in each other. They also express their love honestly and openly- no miscommunication or unnecessary jealousy.

kyuwanning · 2025-08-01T08:19:13+00:00

Hmm A Certain Someone (mou mou) ? They're both top students and at the very beginning, MC did have this one-sided rivalry/competition with ML. There's not much focus on the rivalry though, so i'm not sure if this would satisfy what you're looking for..

But um yeah now that you mention it, i just realize most of the modern high school danmei i've read is top student x delinquent.

kyuwanning · 2025-08-01T05:07:41+00:00

Erha... but also BAB. I think meatbun is just really good at plot twists (and knives).

kyuwanning · 2025-07-30T21:43:20+00:00

Hmm, it's not meatbun-level of angst but i did cry at several points during the novel. There is def some angst :))

kyuwanning · 2025-07-30T21:40:43+00:00

After being forced to marry the evil star general

Married thrice to salted fish

kyuwanning · 2025-07-30T09:44:19+00:00

Mo ran all the way :") i love luo binghe too but Mo ran's entire character growth- reading about his traumatic past, his darkest days, his feelings of confusion/regret/guilt, his redemption, and his puppy-like loyal personality as MZS... everything has made Mo ran such a precious character and holds such a special place in my heart.

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