Everything I know about the Pili main series, written by someone who has never watched a full Pili episode
Pili is the story of Su Huan-Jen, Susu to his friends and fans. His favorite drink is bubble tea, but he never drinks it in the show. Susu is a wuxia superhero; he is hot and also perfect. He reads a lot of books but can also kick ass. He wanders the land with his buddies, a Buddhist monk and a guy with a big scar across his face. They fight crime, which involves lots of explosions, magic swords, and special effects.
There are 60 bajillion episodes, some of which are 90 minutes long, and have been airing since the mid-'80s. There is a running narrative commentary at any given moment, but it only invites more questions. Every time somebody is about to do something cool, the narrative halts completely for a character-themed poem. Everyone has cool sword techniques and they can wield them without using their hands. Up until recently, one person did all the voice acting for most of the characters.
Susu dies a lot, but that's okay, because he also gets reincarnated a lot. Not all of the reincarnations look like him, but they're all hot. One was a girl and one a robot(?). He's also married and has a son, but his wife is sad because her husband is always off saving the world and/or dying and being reincarnated. There's also a bug that rides on his shoulder, sasses people, and gives him advice.
There are a bajillion characters, most of which have white hair and are hot. There's a guy who wears a wolf skin for some reason, the Terminator, a cowboy, and a guy with wings who reminds me of Sephiroth. Once there was even a horse. A guy got skeletonized by a flesh-eating tornado, and it was just another day. There are also a bunch of clowns, who are funny, and old men, who are grumpy.
All of the costumes are extremely elaborate and ornate and are a pain in the ass to draw or cosplay, but people do it anyway because they are dedicated. You can also buy your own puppet, which are approximately the price of a used car. There is also a reverse isekai webcomic in which a character gets reincarnated with the modern world along with a talking bird and they fight the mob(?).
There is an AU continuity/reboot called Broken World, because everything sucks. A hot evil queen in armor is trying to kill all the dragons and Susu is trying to stop her. A guy and his disciple (one of whom has a full body spider lily tattoo and frequently appears naked) end up raising a baby dragon in a hidden village while having gay tension, and the baby dragon grows up to become a hot guy in turn. He sacrifices himself to revive his dead father, who is also a hot guy, but with antlers for some reason (and also evil?), and his soul gets trapped in a sword. There is also a blind guy with a big mansion who throws a lot of parties and cultivates grain (he is evil btw), a tree guy in a weird situationship, a rich noble who no one likes, and a government minister who is a giant talking Buddhist(?) cat. No one thinks this is weird.
Broken World was supposed to be its own thing, but apparently, it crossed back over with the main series and now no one knows what the hell is going on, least of all me, because I still haven't managed to watch a full episode yet.
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