Category Chinese Paladin

These are screenshots of mainly Hu Ge/Li Xiaoyao’s scenes in Chinese Paladin, episode 1.

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Nope, no spoilers or my usual recap…all I’ll say is: soul crushing sadness.

Here, have a bunch of screencaps from the episode:

Yeah, Tang...

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It finally starting to hit the fan now with only one episode left of the series. It’s been a serious journey, this one, and other than like 3 episodes that were obviously filler, I’ve enjoyed the ride. This series has covered many themes in such a short period of time and that was one of things about it that worked for me. I’ll hold off on watching Chinese Paladin 3 because it might be a series that will be run as part of an internet show that’s been batted around, run through the Google+ Hangout platform. If anyone is actually reading this thing, I’ll be sure to keep you posted about it.

Now onto the recap…

Turns out the world is round! That’s why nothing changed from when Xiao made his trip to the past, he flew around...

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This series is coming into the closing stretch and things are definitely picking up! Ling’er and Xiao have returned to the court where Ling’er is the daughter of the King and gets decked out accordingly.

Her being a descendant of Nv Wa is apparent with her regal bearing in this gear.

Saintess is being tried for adultery (which ruins the people’s ideals in the gods. I guess that makes sense) and Drunken Sword Immortal, Ling’er and Xiao go and break that noise up. Xiao even turned the tables with his words and got the King to pardon everyone, including Saintess after he made it so Head Priest of Lunar Sect would also have to be executed...

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TANG YU LIVES!!! But more on that later…

Ah Nu and Drunken Sword Immortal reconcile with the fact that they’re daughter and father. Of course, DSI wants to celebrate by going out drinking!

Ain’t noting wrong with that!

So after getting kicked out of the drinking establishment, they both pass out on the street, but Ah Nu is like a boss and wakes up before her drunk ol’ man and she puts one of those red stings of fate around the both of them (middle finger, read into that if you want to) and then takes off. She then runs into Head Priest who tells her that Tang Yu is still alive and that he wants to play a game to prove the existence of true undying love. That seems to be a big thing with Head Priest and this couple...

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This episode wraps up the part of the story about Drunken Sword Immortal, Sword Saint, Qing’er and surprisingly, Ah Nu and Saintess. However, this whole part of the series can still be summed up like so:

Indeed, what is Tao? It’s a good question. However, when Sword Saint understands his Tao and Qing’er also accepts her fate, it was a pretty pivotal point in this part of the arc. I also learned something about Tao from this…

….knowing Tao makes your hair prematurely white!

OK, I kid, but yeah, it was a big deal because it also saw that Qing’er returned to the Nan Zhao kingdom to take her place as Queen and that set this entire series up...

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I spent too much time dealing with manly tears in this one. Yue Ru sacrificed herself to save Ling’er and Xiao which brings the main character death count to 2, after Tang Yu died. Then as Xiao was grieving he did Lin Family Sword play with her ghost, which really made my cheeks wet.

So in order to save Ling’er from the effects of escaping the Tower, Saintess needs a horn and a spirit orbso Xiao heads off to go get them, and he gets those, but then the spirit of Ny Wu sends Xiao back in time to the day all this shit started when Head Priest of Lunar Sect (fuck ‘em in the neck) made the flood that forced Ling’er’s mom, Qing’er to show her descendant form. Ya know the events from the beginning of the first episode...

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With a title like Chinese Paladin, I really shouldn’t be surprised that there is a lot of Taoist crises of faith in this series. However, I still am in a way surprised by just how prevalent that theme is running in this back end of the series. With the entire story drawing to a close, much of the impetus in the story seems centered on finding Tao. As a Taoist myself, at first I was bothered a bit by how the writers kind of missed some of the point, but now, as these side stories resolve, I get it.

Anyways, getting off the pulpit and into the episode…let’s have a cap of Ah Nu being cute, singing to Tang Yu while they ride a horse.

High praise from a girl that loves to eat like she does!

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Xiao and Ru are battling their way through the tower, only to encounter this huge ghost like thing.

They battle valiantly, but it’s obvious that they’re about to get PWNT, yet they get teleported away by some Maiden (who’s also got hotness going on) Come to find out that the Maiden is the daughter of Ming, who’s the giant ghost and stuck in that day that he slaughtered the Mt. Shu taoists. So, being the heroes they are, Xiao and Ru offer to help. Then we get a lengthy recapping of all the stuff from that day they didn’t show us last episode, but before that, we get Moment of Maiden Hotness

Yes, even being all sad and junk, girl still be hot!

When they get to Ming, and Ming takes a deep look into Xiao’s eyes, some weir...

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More of the history behind Drunken Sword Immortal and Sword Saint.

I get it.

Finally things get back to Xiao, Ru, Tang Yu and Ah Nu. Oh and because of Lunar Sect (who needs to be fucked in the neck) and the Head Priest Number 7′s parent killed themselves.

OK, have ourselves a moment of Ah Nu being far too adorable for words.

Seriously, how adorable is that?

Xiao and Ru drink some of that wine, but don’t do the move, so I guess it’s alright. What good is a super duper wine technique if you can’t just drink the wine and chill? Eventually they finally arrive at Mt. Shu and the Demon Sealing Tower

And now they fight their way through it! Those generic green mosters, an odd puppy that changes into a crazy dog demon and a...

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So now we get the end of the Ming/Yuan story. It’s also why no disciples are allowed into the Demon Sealing Tower. It seems that Ming’s spirit never left the tower after he threw himself in the way of an attack that would have killed Yuan. That’s a damn good man, right there! So what if she’s a Fox Demon…she actually did more good for humanity than those gits who had cloistered themselves away in search of Tao. Finding the Tao is also finding your own way, to follow the rules set forth by others puts limitations and deadens what truly is, but I digress

Drunken Sword Immortal pours some out for his homie.

Now that the story is told, we get another RPG moment! New item!!!

Also, Xiao gets a level up!!!!

He also gets a p...

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I’ll have to admit, I got too sucked into this episode to do many screen caps. Even though most of it was a story about Mt. Shu from 100 years ago, it was a pretty good story.

Opens with Drunken Sword Immortal putting a seal on Ah Nu’s bed.

Guess there is really some kind of thing behind that pendant for him to give a shit this much, even making sure to tell Tang Yu a few times to take care of her.

So, DSI, Xiao and Ru take the flying calabash up to the mountain where Xiao tries to make Sword Saint give back Ling’er. Yeah, that ain’t going to happen, but Sword Saint tells him basically, “whatever, your bitch is up in the tower.”

This then takes the trio to where DSI starts telling the story of Nv Yuan and Ming...

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I think this image describes this episode perfectly.

Very sad through the first half without a doubt. It did start off pretty well, with Cai Yi (the Butterfly Demon that’s married to Number 7) willing to sacrifice herself to Lady Poison to save Number 7. Ru shows up and comes to the rescue because really, we all know that Lady Poison wasn’t going to save him. However, Lady Poison spiders up and is too much for Ru to handle. Good thing someone was there to put Lady Poison down.

DRUNKEN SWORD IMMORTAL FOR THE MOTHER FUCKING WIN!!!

Afterwards, Cai Yi then tells of how Number 7 saved her and him getting bitten by Lady Poison and her taking human form to take care of him and stuff, then uses her own True Spirit of 100...

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Well, stuff is happening for everyone other than Ah Nu and Tang Yu, who’re still buried up to their necks in the ground.

Old man Lin showed up to bring Ru home, but Evil Woman being who she is, wasn’t having any of it. So Xiao and Lin go outside to “talk” We all know that means a fight!

I couldn’t help but think in RPG terms for this, it just screamed “mini-boss fight” The fight itself was pretty good, but Old Man Lin got the better of Xiao. However, because he was still willing to get back up and fight (as well as a heartfelt speech from Ru invoking the dead mother and all that good stuff) Lin did some qi and we got a level up!

Old Man Lin then powders out and things go back to Number 7′s problems...

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First, let me say: Fuck Lunar Sect…fuck those guys in the neck!

Alright, now that’s out of my system, onto the stuff that happened. Number Seven, Xiao, and Rue all left the city to go their separate ways, with Xiao and Rue heading back to Rue’s stomping grounds and Number Seven going back to his scholarly shits, while Ah Nu, Ling’er, Big Rock and everyone else stayed behind.

Xiao and Rue got to talking while on the road, and she totally told him!

Crazy, right? And she’s totally cool with him being sprung on Ling’er. Chick is pretty alright.

Anyways, back in town the Lunar Sect (who needs to be fucked in the neck) swarmed on the inn and Big Rock held them at bay so Tang Yu and Ah Nu could get Ling’er out of there...