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lucathiaChristmas event. Complete the tasks, and Yu Wo will post updates or new works. XD; (translation of the tasks here)
*is hoping for Legend of Sun Knight side stories, maybe it'll be Blaze's sidestory that was released in August at CWT28, the one where he goes around kicking down doors* So far, two tasks have been completed. I refreshed and magically, there were two updates to her works! XD; The only one I'm following is Female Warrior though (the other one is a side story to Kill No More, I think, which I've yet to read). Female Warrior part 7! \o/ The half elf is cute~. (And the first Leaf and Metal are relatives /spoils everyone)
EDIT: Oho, while I was typing this post up, Yu Wo has posted the third update for us accomplishing one of the tasks. It is Blaze's sidestory! XD;
Also, GOD. I finished reading all 11 volumes of GOD (...another series by Yu Wo). I tried reading it last year but couldn't get into it. It of course sucked me right in when I should have been writing. XD; It's completely fantasy (feels a bit like the in-game world of 1/2 Prince, with elves and demons and winged people, mages, warriors, and knights, etc). Yu Wo started writing GOD before 1/2 Prince, but then went on to publish 1/2 Prince and another story (Kill No More, I think?) before she returned to GOD and completely rewrote it. The main character, whose name means Shooting Star, is very child-like and bratty. But cute. Completely not the type of character I like. XD; He seems to be out adventuring with the goal of collecting people he meets as pets. The beginning is fairly ordinary, your run-of-the-mill fantasy, and we're kept in the dark for a looong time about the main plot, but spontaneous things that seem like they don't have any importance do gain an importance later on, and pretty much every character becomes involved in some way (even though at first they might seem unimportant). I liked how involved minor characters were. :D I felt they were a bit more prominent and didn't fade into the background as much as 1/2 Prince because GOD uses 3rd person POV instead of 1st person, so the POV was less limited. Many minor characters even had their own POVs, which was interesting. Outsider POVs were especially hilarious when stuff they believed differed so much from the truth. I also loved it when the POVs followed two different groups. :D The seven sins come into play in this story. Lots of fighting and battles and gaining new companions. And crossdressing and mistaken gender, haha. (Yes, that's an easy way to win Lucathia over...) XD The ending's a bit... well, it's not very satisfying, but not a bad ending either. It just made me sad, and also made me feel it was an easy way out. (it's sort of the type of ending that I was fearing LSK would take, but thankfully LSK didn't end in such a way)
There are a lot of parallels between GOD and 1/2 Prince, and GOD and Legend of Sun Knight (I so want to make comparisons, though most of that would be spoilerish). I feel LSK has stronger structure with how each novel is self-contained but lends to a larger plot, while GOD feels more directionless in the beginning (but leads to a fairly wild story that quickly spirals out of hand). Like![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
darkicedragon mentioned, Yu Wo sure loves writing things that aren't as they appear. This theme is very prominent. :3
I read this so quickly I'm probably going to forget most of the story fairly quickly too. XD; Gonna jot down some notes about it!
Shooting Star - Has red, fiery hair and is very short and cute-looking. Childish, impish, loves beautiful things. Gender matters little to him when beauty's involved. He seems to want to collect pets for their beauty so that they can adventure with him.
Bai Saya - A noble swordsman with long black hair and striking orange eyes, he leaves the Eastern Continent to search for the man who killed his teacher. He's a bit of a klutz and believes people way too easily. Thankfully, he encounters Shooting Star who teaches Saya to be less naive. His pure-heartedness is endearing~ (Shooting Star likes him for his eyes)
Alan - Elf with beautiful blond hair. Was captured and about to be sold off. Comes from the Eastern Continent. Supposedly elves are very kind and peaceful, but Alan, while he loves all lifeforms (except demons), is quick-to-temper and will zap you with lightning magic without bating an eye if you piss him off. (He is also a very good mommy). ♥ (Shooting Star likes him for his hair)
YaYa - A little girl with beautiful white wings. (cares deeply about Alan) (Shooting Star likes her for her wings)
Saimi (Sai Xi Mi Li) - The king of the winged people. (Who often brings his wings about him to hide himself in the corner. SO CUTE) (Shooting Star likes him for his hands)
Dan - a wealthy half demon who cares deeply about Saya. Shooting Star enlightens Saya about how demons don't care about gender. (I so ship Saya/Dan)
Anabelle - A female who keeps wanting to take a bath with Shooting Star (mistaking him for a girl).
Philo - a warrior/swordsman who mistakes Saya for a female and falls in love with him
HanXiao (Smile) - An archer (who used to be an assassin) Shooting Star meets later on. He wishes to be able to smile and to see people smile from the bottom of their hearts. He speaks in short phrases. (Such as "You. Out? Food. Now." I quite adore the way he speaks)
TianJian (Heaven's Sword) - a swordsman who's part of HanXiao's adventurer group.
(Might add some more characters later...)
I really adore the idea of "bane/nemesis" introduced in this series. The demon race plays a fairly prominent role in the story halfway through. Demons are cold-hearted, but each demon has a nemesis who they care about wholeheartedly and cannot bring themselves to harm. Some demons live through their whole life without meeting their nemesis. An empty and cold life... While other demons are bound by their nemesis, some checkmated because of it as others can use their nemeses to threaten them.
My Chinese must be improving with how many Chinese novels I've been reading...(at least my reading speed has improved if nothing else!) I think I need to read more English. XD;; Might check out some other Taiwanese authors too... but I plan on reading Kill No More next. ;3
(Yuletide: One treat down! Hopefully I can write one more tonight. I have five Yuletide letters open...how to choose... XD;;; )
*is hoping for Legend of Sun Knight side stories, maybe it'll be Blaze's sidestory that was released in August at CWT28, the one where he goes around kicking down doors* So far, two tasks have been completed. I refreshed and magically, there were two updates to her works! XD; The only one I'm following is Female Warrior though (the other one is a side story to Kill No More, I think, which I've yet to read). Female Warrior part 7! \o/ The half elf is cute~. (And the first Leaf and Metal are relatives /spoils everyone)
EDIT: Oho, while I was typing this post up, Yu Wo has posted the third update for us accomplishing one of the tasks. It is Blaze's sidestory! XD;
Also, GOD. I finished reading all 11 volumes of GOD (...another series by Yu Wo). I tried reading it last year but couldn't get into it. It of course sucked me right in when I should have been writing. XD; It's completely fantasy (feels a bit like the in-game world of 1/2 Prince, with elves and demons and winged people, mages, warriors, and knights, etc). Yu Wo started writing GOD before 1/2 Prince, but then went on to publish 1/2 Prince and another story (Kill No More, I think?) before she returned to GOD and completely rewrote it. The main character, whose name means Shooting Star, is very child-like and bratty. But cute. Completely not the type of character I like. XD; He seems to be out adventuring with the goal of collecting people he meets as pets. The beginning is fairly ordinary, your run-of-the-mill fantasy, and we're kept in the dark for a looong time about the main plot, but spontaneous things that seem like they don't have any importance do gain an importance later on, and pretty much every character becomes involved in some way (even though at first they might seem unimportant). I liked how involved minor characters were. :D I felt they were a bit more prominent and didn't fade into the background as much as 1/2 Prince because GOD uses 3rd person POV instead of 1st person, so the POV was less limited. Many minor characters even had their own POVs, which was interesting. Outsider POVs were especially hilarious when stuff they believed differed so much from the truth. I also loved it when the POVs followed two different groups. :D The seven sins come into play in this story. Lots of fighting and battles and gaining new companions. And crossdressing and mistaken gender, haha. (Yes, that's an easy way to win Lucathia over...) XD The ending's a bit... well, it's not very satisfying, but not a bad ending either. It just made me sad, and also made me feel it was an easy way out. (it's sort of the type of ending that I was fearing LSK would take, but thankfully LSK didn't end in such a way)
There are a lot of parallels between GOD and 1/2 Prince, and GOD and Legend of Sun Knight (I so want to make comparisons, though most of that would be spoilerish). I feel LSK has stronger structure with how each novel is self-contained but lends to a larger plot, while GOD feels more directionless in the beginning (but leads to a fairly wild story that quickly spirals out of hand). Like
darkicedragon mentioned, Yu Wo sure loves writing things that aren't as they appear. This theme is very prominent. :3I read this so quickly I'm probably going to forget most of the story fairly quickly too. XD; Gonna jot down some notes about it!
Shooting Star - Has red, fiery hair and is very short and cute-looking. Childish, impish, loves beautiful things. Gender matters little to him when beauty's involved. He seems to want to collect pets for their beauty so that they can adventure with him.
Bai Saya - A noble swordsman with long black hair and striking orange eyes, he leaves the Eastern Continent to search for the man who killed his teacher. He's a bit of a klutz and believes people way too easily. Thankfully, he encounters Shooting Star who teaches Saya to be less naive. His pure-heartedness is endearing~ (Shooting Star likes him for his eyes)
Alan - Elf with beautiful blond hair. Was captured and about to be sold off. Comes from the Eastern Continent. Supposedly elves are very kind and peaceful, but Alan, while he loves all lifeforms (except demons), is quick-to-temper and will zap you with lightning magic without bating an eye if you piss him off. (He is also a very good mommy). ♥ (Shooting Star likes him for his hair)
YaYa - A little girl with beautiful white wings. (cares deeply about Alan) (Shooting Star likes her for her wings)
Saimi (Sai Xi Mi Li) - The king of the winged people. (Who often brings his wings about him to hide himself in the corner. SO CUTE) (Shooting Star likes him for his hands)
Dan - a wealthy half demon who cares deeply about Saya. Shooting Star enlightens Saya about how demons don't care about gender. (I so ship Saya/Dan)
Anabelle - A female who keeps wanting to take a bath with Shooting Star (mistaking him for a girl).
Philo - a warrior/swordsman who mistakes Saya for a female and falls in love with him
HanXiao (Smile) - An archer (who used to be an assassin) Shooting Star meets later on. He wishes to be able to smile and to see people smile from the bottom of their hearts. He speaks in short phrases. (Such as "You. Out? Food. Now." I quite adore the way he speaks)
TianJian (Heaven's Sword) - a swordsman who's part of HanXiao's adventurer group.
(Might add some more characters later...)
I really adore the idea of "bane/nemesis" introduced in this series. The demon race plays a fairly prominent role in the story halfway through. Demons are cold-hearted, but each demon has a nemesis who they care about wholeheartedly and cannot bring themselves to harm. Some demons live through their whole life without meeting their nemesis. An empty and cold life... While other demons are bound by their nemesis, some checkmated because of it as others can use their nemeses to threaten them.
My Chinese must be improving with how many Chinese novels I've been reading...(at least my reading speed has improved if nothing else!) I think I need to read more English. XD;; Might check out some other Taiwanese authors too... but I plan on reading Kill No More next. ;3
(Yuletide: One treat down! Hopefully I can write one more tonight. I have five Yuletide letters open...how to choose... XD;;; )
