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suddenly realizing that since this is set during the qing dynasty and all the men have the manchu style haircuts, that the surnames of many of the characters are ALSO manchu 😭 i did a little research on manchu names since my first thought seeing “aihui” was a two-character surname like zhuge (han-origin)

ch14-15 progress: the way frankenstein is a story (the cottage family) in a story (the monster) in a story (victor) in a story (sailor who’s writing all this to his sister) is so funny to me, a whole ass convoluted and complicated telephone game at the end. also victor’s an asshole for not taking consequences of his own actions

plot started off right on chapter 1 we love this. straight to the point. anhui ying reminds me of like Every Fantasy Novel/Manga female protagonist ever and it’s clear that the story draws inspiration from mulan. very excited to see how the worldbuilding for chen’s silkpunk develops, it’s an interesting merge that i’ve never read or watched before

my biggest regret was not looking up online for which versions to read for the best experience of three kingdoms. this felt like reading the newspaper but with barely any knowledge of all the characters except for the main characters of this era and after watching the 2010 drama i regret it. i’m getting the 1990s translation next.

finished the first chapter with yayoi and miyuki. i did not need another slog of repeated information on how the funiculi funicula cafe’s hakodate counterpart of donna donna cafe works. got bored and skimmed a few paragraphs of prose bc i didn’t deem the background lore of some characters interesting but because this chapter is abt a mom and a daughter, and i like those: 3/5 bc of the repetitiveness.

after rereading the summary i can tell little flower is gonna fall in love with 少爷 and linjing is most likely gonna be jealous of her muizai and drama is gonna happen

i hope the tung family experiences all 9 hells for being backstabbers like no wonder why none of the servant girls have been discovered once they escaped with miss hart’s help itS BECAUSE THE TUNG FAMILY HANDS THEM BACK TO THEIR OWNERS

rAAAAAH LINJING WHEN I CATCH YOU 👊💥