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Nega Foxツ
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The first part of the book has most of the cliches like other wuxia series, but the second part when Xiao Fan became Gui Li really set it apart and it's also my favorite part of the book. Too bad this drama will mostly focus on the first part hence you see more Xiao Fan here. The second part of the book is said to film later this year that will focus on Gui Li. It's quite a bummer we can't watch the whole thing in one go, but I understand why they did that since this book is very long. Every event is important to push the story along and Gui Li's story took up almost 2/3 of the book. It'd be impossible to fit all the awesomeness into one drama without much cutting and rushing on the plot. Plus Chusen is a guaranteed hit so I figure they would want to milk it every way possible.
Wait a minute!
click to show/hide spoilersDid they confirmed that the series is split with a second half filming this year? Or is this rumor and speculation? The series is set to have 50 episodes total. How long can this book be? 50 episodes is the usual length for most of Jin Yong adaptations. Maybe they manage to fit it all in one go? It's true we don't see much of Gui Li in the trailers, but I've seen plenty stills of him. If the series turn out to be good and they are splitting it, wouldn't people lose their mind? It's almost unprecedented to adapt a series this way. I'm actually pretty scare now if this is the case.
Originally Posted by
Nega Foxツ
To answer your question on who Xiao Fan/ Gui Li ends up with
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You know that Chusen has 2 books right? In book 1, it was an open ending. Bi Yao couldn't be saved and her body disappeared. It was unclear whether she died or not but in the author's other books with a few mention of the characters from Chusen 1, he hinted at her revival couple times but never anything solid. Gui Li and Xue Qi met up again some years later and book 1 ended with them just smiling at each other. Onto book 2 of Chusen with the focus now on some other guy and the characters from Chusen 1 only made cameo appearances here and there, we get to see that Xiao Fan and Xue Qi now have already gotten married and had a little boy called Xiao Ding. So yeah Xiao Fan ends up with Xue Qi if you take their story beyond Chusen 1. Now it just depends on which ending the drama producers would want, but i think the chances of XF and XQ's happy ending is high.
click to show/hide spoilersNo, I do not know this has two books. Judging by the way you describe it, book 2 is basically a different story. If the first book ended with a hint of them together, then it's good enough for me. Again, hopefully the adaptation complete the whole thing and not split it.
The thought of having to wait to complete an entire series scare me. Sure American shows does this all the time with seasons, but Chinese series is different. We usually get a completed batch in one run.
Anyway, thanks for answering my questions. But you gave me a bit of a concern now. lol