I finally finished that anime my sister recommended.
Someone would say that it shouldn't be called anime, because it's Chinese, and there's some kind of special name for it, but have I ever gave two fucks about subtleties?
If I found it in the app where I'm watching it under the anime category, I'll most probably keep calling it anime, right?
In general - and that made me sigh sadly - the end of the season was rather strange, at least as strange as was the fan of that harem-style story, that transmigrated into that alleged villain guy.
Well, Lex Luthor in the old comics is, as I understand, a Villain with a capital V, or even a Batman rogues gallery, where some of the villains are quite the misunderstood souls to the point when their redemption archs seem sickening in a way. And the guy in this story is some kind of barely passing loser here, even before the main character moved in. Maybe a tad bit sadistic, but we are all not without a sin, especially since hardly anyone has heard about the children rights, nevermind, human rights, in this fantasy-like chinese medieval society.
A good villain is one that you will be proud to tell your children how you won against them, and not the incomprehensible thing that was supposed to happen.
In general, after the fifth episode - and there were just ten of them, not more - I continued to watch mainly for the sake of a promising worldbuilding and some kind of demonic expansion of said world, but at the same time with a touch of Chinese culture. And since I had not read or watched other Chinese pieces of this kind, this was my first acquaintance with such mythologies in this kind of setting. It was also quite interesting what the Teacher would do and how to prevent it. But the first season left me hanging, and I didn't get around to searching for the text version yet, or what is it - Manga? Manhua? First I had to PM my sister that I'm finally done with it.
Three and a half hours - with breaks to take a leak and replenish the bucket of snacks - and done!
I PMd her if it's worth it to move on to reading, or maybe only a part of the available seasons been thrown into the Movie Search on this app again, as it often happens? So I'd have to pirate it on another language or something?
That's really idiotic, I remember there was some kind of anime about cooking, which for some reason this app made available starting from third season! Pure bullshit, for real.
As soon as I sent my sister a message, I decided to go to the kitchen and finally drink enough so I'm full. I was quite parched after the spicy chips, dry meat and salty popcorn, and I felt too lazy for going out for a beer at first, so at first I sipped coffee. Which caused even more dehydration, for that matter.
Anyway, at the moment when I started drinking sparkling water from a two-liter bottle, my sister called me.
Having thought internally about the reasons for such measures on her part, I - of course - accepted the call, because I've always considered myself quite a multitasking person. It was in vain, obviously, because dear sister started the conversation with sounds more like a mixture of screaming seagulls and hyenas from the Lion King.
"Brother, do you know that this is the Donghua with boyslove?"
She finally managed to get it out, and continued to laugh like there's no tomorrow.
Without any understanding of the first word, but having fully understood what the "boyslove" is, I choked on water and splashed the rest of the bottle on the floor - I couldn't hold it in my hands out of surprise.
Her laughing tone changed to a worried one when she heard my wheezing and coughing.
"Hey, brother, you're alive, aren't you? Come on, breathe in and out, how many times did mom tell us - don't be surprised while eating, or you'll die like great-uncle Sasha!"
"Fuck!"
I finally got over my coughs and reflexes, and was able to respond appropriately to the situation.
"Didn't you say that this is just a story about the unlucky Chinese guy who transmigrated into a villain from a harem story?! Where the hell do you find the gay in this? Tell me, where?!"
"This is Moxiang Tongxiu and Chinese censorship."
The sister didn't really answer and giggled again.
"But the world, of course, turns out to be interesting, I still recommend reading everything that's written, without extra chapters, I guess, so you could still stay in the dark..." she trailed off.
"I won't be in the dark thanks to you, ever! And I'm not going to read BL-stuff, there's no fucking way I would! The story is bullshit! And the author is a moron!"
She exploded with laughter and switched off at the word "would", but I continued to yell simply because of frustration - and even if I could find some het fanfiction, ninety percent that the fandom is mostly not my thing, as I am very uninterested in men. Ugh. And so, with my last words, I decided to take a step out of the kitchen.
And I hit the wet tile with the bare heel of my foot.
"Dumb author, dumb novel - System Activation. The connection is successful."
The light in my eyes went out a moment later.