I get that ‘donghua’ is animated motion picture, and ‘manhua’ is picture books
Wikipedia says ‘danmei’ is gay-themed novels, but other people seem to say it for any sort of Chinese web novel? Confused.
What’s a cultivation genre good web novel to get started?
I am mixing both Korean and Chinese cultivation genre here. I liked reading the Return of the Blossoming Blade and the Chaotic God of Extraordinary Strength so far. I’ve also read a little bit of PanLong, but then I stopped reading. The Ghostly Doctor is kinda decent, but it bored me a lot. There’s also the Bowblade Spirit, but I’ve not read the next part, because I felt like it wasn’t that good. There’s also Song of the Sky Pacers, but I’ve yet to resume it, maybe someday.
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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation was fun.
I’ve been enjoying reading Cultivation Chat Group. It is a cultivation novel but it also kind of mocks the genre in a friendly way.
Because reading from a website may not be that comfortable you can consider an app such as QuickNovel (available on F-Droid) or similar to download and read the chapters offline and save progress locally.
Yooo fdroid app you are speaking my language. Also they have a wuxia themed chinese flashcarding app on there
Martial World is a long webnovel that I actually think encapsulates a lot of features of the cultivation genre, though it does have its share of brainworms and anime bullshit, like the main character having multiple wives and a few problematic scenes involving them. It does spill a lot of digital ink on the progression of the main character through cultivation realms, which is the shit I live for. It’s the long-running shounen version of the genre, imo (while I have some titles under my belt, I don’t know too awful many).
I haven’t read Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation as mentioned, but I did watch the donghua and found it quite good, though I don’t remember anything about it’s progression system. A great option for a more drama-oriented entry. BL (I also only know danmei as BL).
I remember really liking The Dragon, which is GL, though it may also be more a fun and dramatic romance set in a cultivation setting than a cultivation novel.
What does GL mean
Girl’s Love so lesbian. Yuri, baihe, etc. BL is Boy’s Love. Yaoi, Danmei.