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A review by veronikav
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
"Rejoice, Wei Wuxian is dead!"
With this banger of a first line starts this banger of a novel. I had been desperate to get my hands on this for the last month and finally (!) I had the chance to read it. It is a great story with a good flow, many hilarious moments. Absolutely in love with the fact that lack of censorship means the side characters can be just as homophobic as they like - the only thing more hilarious would have been if they'd just replaced cut-sleeve with the f slur every time Jin Ling or Jiang Cheng use it. Not arguing for this for the sake of accuracy, simply hilarity.
Anyways I was okay with the translation. I still think this translation is closer to fannish translation practices than professional translation but that might be a good thing in the context of this story. After all danmei is a very particular genre and people who read it expect it to abide by genre conventions (similarily you will see anime fans very angry if you localize their translations too strongly - a feature of communities that rely primarily on fan translations I guess).
With this banger of a first line starts this banger of a novel. I had been desperate to get my hands on this for the last month and finally (!) I had the chance to read it. It is a great story with a good flow, many hilarious moments. Absolutely in love with the fact that lack of censorship means the side characters can be just as homophobic as they like - the only thing more hilarious would have been if they'd just replaced cut-sleeve with the f slur every time Jin Ling or Jiang Cheng use it. Not arguing for this for the sake of accuracy, simply hilarity.
Anyways I was okay with the translation. I still think this translation is closer to fannish translation practices than professional translation but that might be a good thing in the context of this story. After all danmei is a very particular genre and people who read it expect it to abide by genre conventions (similarily you will see anime fans very angry if you localize their translations too strongly - a feature of communities that rely primarily on fan translations I guess).