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I’ll never be able to look at the Guan Yu deity figure at my house’s altar the same again.

Turning? They’re spinning fast enough to overpower the Three Gorges Dam…

*horror*

WTH is MILF??? @_@

This show is awesome. I’m not even disturb by the boobs anymore.
Loose up Impz, there’s no good in being conservative.
Your warlords have been upgraded.

@The Sojourner: It is just an adaptation of the novel, which romanticizes many characters. The biggest and clearest thing is how they always make the Shu faction look like the heroes and everyone else becomes a freaky evil force. That is something that I feel is a gross disfavor for the historical characters, particularly Cao Cao who is a visionary in his many actions during his conquest in the North. There is definitely a huge bias in most modern day portrayals, and I always hope to find a more refreshing adaptation when they look at all the sides equally.

@Shin: Well, they are both still wearing green if that helps at all. Honestly though, I really hate this adaptation of “Guan Yu”, if you can call this boobiful woman who is as impulsive as a whore ready for sex. My god, I think Guan Yu will be crying in his grave with all these lame adaptations of a historical warrior famed for his ability to think rationally.

@Panther: TRAITOR! Blasphemy! I can forgive this part, since I am hardly caring over the Shu faction. I have always admired the many strategies of the Wei faction during the north conquest of Yuan Shao (when Yuan Shao is much stronger and more reputable than Cao cao). In particular, if I remember correctly, Guo Jia’s quick thinking to make a blitzreig to hit Yuan Shao before they can be prepared is just god damn amazing.

@Skane: Or that they can turn so much that they can spin to hell before going back to heaven.

@Extrange: And you hater of decent adaptation.

@Tmoo: NO, THERE’S NO BACKSTORY. I refuse to admit that ROTK is used as a backstory for this. It is just some bastard child of an eroge that is actually the original source of this anime. I think the whole point of this show is to give you as many fetishes as possible. It will bring you everything you want …and fap?

@13: I tell you later when you come online.

@LDC: NO, THEY ARE NOT UPGRADED! They are …well if you consider boobs to be an upgrade, they can technically be considered so. However, NO, THEY ARE DISGRACED BY SUCH A PORTRAYAL!

@Yamcha: Ya, in this episode, when they start comparing the size of their pearls, I simply just facepalm.jpg. In addition, when they kept making that lame recurring joke about a very pretty black haired bishoujo before realizing that she is not as pretty as expected, I gave up. Lame shit.

Nonetheless, it’s so bad that it’s good. Wait for my constant flaming of this series and some historical/novel backdrops.

@Ex: In the game, the main character is Liu Bei (a guy) who conquers all the girls by sex. I will wonder how they will be slaughtering the plot, but I doubt that they will allow Liu Bei to appear. That said, I cannot care less about the Shu faction, so they can butcher it as much as they want. Oh, you watched that show?

I do not have a chance to watch it but I always enjoy the Chinese adaptation of the story since it is generally more accurate and less bullshit from the Japanese adaptations of the story. I am not being an arrogant punk but it seems that Japanese animation tends to butcher the chinese culture of ROTK all the time by building on extreme stereotypes and romanticize many details that has a Hollywood flavor to it.

Zhao Yun made me love. Freaking Yuri character. Wait til you see Huang Zhong and loli Zhuge Liang. Or tsundere Cao cao. Or…*tries to stifle laughter* Diao chan.

@EX: Well, the thing is that I am never that mean to stories that attempt to give a different twist to the story. To me, I simply care for a proper respect of the original source. That is why I am generally partial to various Chinese adaptations. They might exaggerate some parts of the story, such as the extreme valor of the Shu faction, but they try to portray historical events as it is and not butcher the entire plot.

One of the Taiwanese manga (drawn in the style of serious Japanese manga) is “The Ravages of Time”. It is one of the few manga in ROTK that has a very interesting portrayal of all characters. They never take sides and make every character multi-dimensional. Liu Bei, in this manga, is virtuous but also realizes that it is a weakness of him and adapts properly when things have happened. Another interesting twist is that it is at the perspective of Sima Yi and Zhao Yun, which I felt was a refreshing take on the highly adapted novel.

I do think that the thing about having the best generals is because of the overly romanticized stories by Luo Guanzhong, the most famous novel based on the historical facts of the Three Kingdoms Era. That is what most people know about this significant history of China, through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

I think that Liu Bei is overly portrayed as a kind ruler. I do not think that he is in the blame for the poor rising of his son, as he died too young to take charge of his kid. It’s a huge pity, but I do not think he should be blamed.

@EX: Actually, there has been constant dispute whether Liu Shan is really the useless child that he is. If anything, some historians have argued that Liu Shan inherited the people’s skills of his father, and feigned weakness as the Shu faction was already a much weakened force by the incisions by Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei.

Before you completely dismiss this argument, let’s see it from a few of my own opinions. If Liu Shan is really an useless ruler without any care about anything, even if he is pardoned, he would have probably sent his family and household into slaughter eventually. The fact that his household is safe and sound for a few generations might indicate some wisdom on his part, in order to manage the two differing factions of Li Yan (I think) and Jiang Wei after Zhuge Liang’s death.

The thing about Zhao Yun that caused permanent brain damage is generally folklore, if you ask me (the romanticized version). I cannot verify that, and I will need more information on it.

About the Ravages of time, I think that the kid emperor is rather impressive. Of course, he knows that he will be a puppet to whichever ruler that he goes under, but at least they fleshed him out as one that knows how to protect his kin while being ruled by Cao cao for the Han dynasty. I think it did take a long time but the most current book, book 30, is already at the point where Cao cao is about to go for his northern conquest of Yuan Shao. I am more than excited to see how Chen Mou goes about his writing.

I agree with you on Shu’s popularity by the common people. It is rather true. Dynasty Warriors is an over exaggeration of everything, but it does make Liu Bei the most righteous being ever in the world. No comments on that, rofl.

The journalist’s instinct kicks in for Impz!

Anyway the beauty of RoTK does not lie in telling the story of good vs. evil because it was never one in the first place. It is a clash of great minds in the midst of China’s chaotic past and what makes it so awesome is the irony that none of the factions, despite each of them having so many talented people, succeeded in unifying China. And that is because Little Queen Ranka was the one to rule them all. Kira~

@Ex: Oh, in the ravages of time, my favorite character is actually Zhang Liao too! I think the manga really makes him a very interesting character. On one hand, he can be vicious and devious in his means to get rid of his enemy. Yet, he is loyal to Lu Bu no matter what bullshit he pulls.

That, I feel, represents Zhang Liao completely in his faith and a little blind loyalty. I feel that despite the intelligence of Sima Zhao, he might have hastily judged Liu Shan since it is in fact the split of the Shu faction from within that results in Deng Ai and whoever to demolish them easily. In that case, it is very easy to assume that Liu Shan is no danger to his throne when Liu Shan probably knows that it is the beginning of the end.

Anyway, ya, it’s all speculation.

@The Soujourner: NO, IT DIDN’t! I think Diao Chan needs to conquer them all. Now, I really cannot wait for her…*cough cough* appearance in this anime. i am getting ready to burst into total laughter here.

@EvilDevil: I do not even want to watch that show when Shokkeru told me it’s all about the panties with lolis. Gee. I am watching and blogging it just to bring hate. More like a chance to talk about ROTK history and point of interests.

Strike Witches is NOT all about panties with lolis, the panties shots took 2 seconds of the show totaly and peopels still focus only on that.
So yeah, the show is about lolis. In panties.

I think my head’s spinning. Reminds me of Ikki Tousen.

If they wanted to be successful like Utawarerumono then they should of added in a male lead, since Hakuoro,in my opinion, made the show.