#beyond the ocean

[wayoblew]

silvy will be starring in a thailand / brazil gl called beyond the ocean with natália toledo!

[khaoala]

omg???? https://x.com/lesbocine/status/1964496736149524654?t=mFHLBnNbgBNkfPcGfRpDHA&s=19

anon, idk if you're brazilian or not, but regardless, i've been itching to talk about this because it's so freaking random, so i might as well type it in english.

to those unaware, you might remember christine gulasatree from reverse 4 you. she in brasil right now for her first fanmeeting and it was just announced that she's going to be the lead of beyond the ocean, a gl series with amanda doring who's brazilian. it's about laura, who's trying to reconnect with herself, and carisa who's trying to get away from the pressures laid upon her. they meet at a temple in thailand, their worlds connect and they develop a strong and intense connection.

this is such a random thing to happen. no one was expecting it at all, i think. the company responsible for the production is ello entertainment who as far as i know, has never produced any series before, so we'll see. the official teaser will be out on 23 september, but they posted a little glimpse of the workshops.

[onscreenpretties]

Beyond the Ocean (2006)-Timestamp Roulette

[angrysadhappyandwhatever]

1 episode 4 season

Attack on titan

I have nothing to say...nothing happened in this episode, but at the same time there is a lot that happened...for you to understand you better watch it...

Can't wait to see, what will happen next...

[wayoblew]

beyond the ocean trailer is out! no premiere date yet

[calochortus]

[kdreamsound]

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Donghua Recommendations

Beyond The Ocean / 四海鯨騎

This was recommended to me because I am a huge sucker for adventure type stories. And with cultivation and journeying through the seas thrown in the mix, what more could I ask for?

It’s been quite some time now since I’ve watched an animation simply for the story. Over the past few years I’ve mainly been watching animation with semi acceptable storylines but have super pretty looking characters, or because I’ve read the novel so I want to compare the two versions. But with this donghua, I wholeheartedly watched it because I wanted to see what adventures (trouble) they’d get themselves into. I actually binged through both seasons in one go!

Oh but before you get too excited though, I‘m not saying this is perfect or even great - most definitely not! In fact, I did not get attached to any one character (like I normally would do), nor did I find the story overly impressive or unique. There were certain scenes when the animation seemed a bit dodgy, for example, slow movements at weird times or characters showing strange constipated facial expressions (there’s this one expression the MC has that makes me want to punch him but well...) on the whole, it was exciting to watch, especially the fights!

I think this is worth watching if you enjoy One Piece, obviously it can’t (and shouldn’t) be compared but yeah, you get a similar feeling. Kind of.

P.s I know there’s a novel but I probably won’t be reading it, unless there’s an English version.

少年歌行

With the upcoming release of season 2, I thought I’d mention this donghua for those who aren’t too familiar with it.

In a nutshell, it’s about a group of random youngsters (aged between 15-20?) who meet by chance but all share the common goal of wanting to level up whether through martial arts for themselves, their sect or for the country all while crossing paths within jianghu (the martial arts ‘world’). The first season involved a seemingly down and out prince, a not so bright but honest and passionate youth, an evil but not entirely evil monk, a weapons specialist from the infamous Tang sect, an annoying stalker girl, youths with pretty faces and youths with super powers and er, more monks and evil youths.

I watched this a few years back while it was airing and because of this, subbed versions were difficult to come by so I resorted to watching it on bilibili. I couldn’t understand a word at the time but I got the gist (I mean, they talk, they fight lol). To be perfectly honest, I had not idea what this donghua was about when I first saw it but the gorgeous guy on the thumbnail piqued my interest and so I had to click it! Gorgeous guy turned out to be Xiao Se and he certainly was beautiful. It only took a couple of episodes for me get into the series because not only was the story was pretty good, the other characters were interesting and likeable too so it was a win-win situation.

This show was aired back in 2018/19 but didn’t recieve much recognition from western fans at the time, most likely because Chinese animation wasn’t as popular back then (well, not on Tumblr anyway). However, with the increase in interest and availability of so many Chinese donghuas and drama series over the past few years, I’m really hoping season 2 will recieve a better reception than season 1.

P.s before you think it’s danmei, it isn’t. I know it looks like it could be but nope, it’s really just a story about youths and friendship - sorry!! If you’re a novel reader, I highly recommend reading this one! I thoroughly enjoyed it!