#mermaid effect

[miyamiwu]

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Cool Dice = nerd (complementary), cool socks, please tell me about your special interest/hyperfixation

Hmmm where do I start

I am really into Chinese bl (danmei). Most danmei are like shounen with the homoerotic undertones, except the sexual tension actually gets paid off!!!

And I say “like shounen” because, unlike Japanese BL, there’s a lot more emphasis on plot when it comes to danmei. Of course, there are also danmei focusing on romance, but the best ones have complex plots you don’t really find in shounen ai/yaoi.

Naming a few mainstream danmei, to start:

Heaven Official’s Blessing = fallen god reascends for the third time and befriends a demon king. Together, they get to the bottom of a lot of scandals in the heavenly court

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun = evil emperor is reborn to the year he was still a teen and is yet to do any evil stuff and once again has to face his loathed master (shizun) and obey him.

Little Mushroom = sentient mushroom takes over dead human body and infiltrates the human base to retrieve his stolen spore

The Earth is Online = humanity is pulled into a death game

Sha Po Lang = ancient industrial Chinese setting (steampunk???) about a prince and his Yifu + war and stuff

And some non-mainstream ones, but are my absolute favorites:

Fourth Perspective = Sci-fi where characters have “logic chains” that grant them random abilities (that may or may not be useful), but with limits. Main character’s logic chain allows him to see other people’s “logic factors”

I Became a God in a Horror Game = Guy who’s obsessed with money gets pulled into a death game and comes out victorious every time (his driving force is money). Very mindblowing arcs and well-written characters

Mermaid Effect = guy picks up “fish” on the beach and keeps it as a pet, but then it turned out to be a biological weapon

Si Tian Guan = guy who died in political drama gets reborn to the year before it all started and vows to not repeat the mistakes of the past and also protect the person most important to him. This one made me cry a lot that I still couldn’t finish it...

It’s like… these stories just happen to have gay protagonists. The characters being gay and in love aren’t their main selling points. They actually have stories to tell outside the romance and the fucking (which is often censored coz, yknow, China) and also explore a variety of deep themes, and that just makes them more interesting to me

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[miyamiwu]

MERMAID EFFECT HAS EXTRAS??? AND EVEN TWO OF THEM???

How have I not read them before??!!

And omg the author's note in the last non-extra chapter:

Munster and Rand stole back Munster's box of childhood teeth, which had been confiscated by Deep White, and then turned it into some kind of artwork and hung it in their living room

Vincent secretly took down the teeth art and hid it under the sofa hahahah

Munster and Rand would sometimes dive into the deep sea just to have sex there

Vincent cheered when he learned that it was impossible for Rand to get pregnant with mermaid cubs

Vincent has feelings for Rand that goes beyond of that between brothers, but he doesn't realize it. (I KNEW IT!!! Vincent is so obsessed with Rand, it was sus)

Vincent hates Munster very much. (Gahahahah)

Until he died, Vincent firmly expressed his disgust for Munster (bro you're just jealous). But deep inside, he has already regarded him as a member of the family (aaaaw)

Their life afterward was so smooth that Rand and Munster had big bellies in old age. Only Vincent maintained a good shape

Simon and Ryan got married (yay!) and had two babies through artificial insemination

Even after a long time, Rand and Munster would still blush whenever they say "I love you" to each other (aaaaw)

Munster loved deeply until the end of his life. His last words to Rand were "Will I become a bubble?" (In reference to the Little Mermaid, which Rand used to read it to it)

Rand said, "No. You will live in my heart until I reunite with you."

I wasn't expecting to learn anything new in my reread of this novel, but god there turned out to be a gold mine!

[miyamiwu]

“Hey, Munster, listen.” He pressed his forehead against Munster’s and cupped his face. “Bennett is just a guest, so I have to be polite to him...” He tried to explain things in the human world to Munster, but Munster interrupted him halfway. “I am Rand’s dog,” Munster said happily. Rand blinked. It took him a while to find the words to form a sentence. “No, no, Munster, that’s not the case.” Rand didn’t know how to explain it. Apparently, Munster had overheard his conversation with Bennett earlier. It was just that he had no idea what “dog” meant. “You’re not my dog. Listen…” “Munster is Rand’s dog.” Munster repeated earnestly. “You are not. Munster, you are not a dog. You are not a pet. You have to remember this... You are, you are...” Rand pondered for a while, then smiled gently at Munster. “You are my friend.”

I love them so much. Rand is so soft for Munster.

Disclaimer: quoted text is roughly edited mtl because this chapter isn't translated yet. Also did it on mobile, so I can’t double-check how accurate it is.

[miyamiwu]

Oh no, Vincent...

He lived for a very, very long time, decades after both Rand and Munster have passed, and he's never had anyone by his side since... He lived a lonely life in old age 😭

Couldn't the author have given him a love interest??? Or an adopted child??? Maybe give him some descendants??? I don't want to see him rotting alone and stuck in memories of the past. Vincent deserves to be happy, goddammit!!! I will fight this author

[miyamiwu]

I FINALLY FOUND THE CEILING SCENE!!!

As it turns out, it's from an untranslated chapter. Had to roughly edit the mtl for this:

A drop of water fell into the coffee cup in Rand’s hand

Rand shuddered.

He was standing right next to the sink. There was no way a drop of water could manifest out of thin air from above the cup.

Rand swallowed, then slowly raised his head.

The moment he looked up, his pupils dilated and blood seemed to rush toward his head.

He was dumbfounded. Gritting his teeth to keep himself from screaming, he said in a lowered voice, “Munster?”

There on the ceiling was a humanoid creature lying on its stomach. It had a slender tail, a pale body, and a dropping head.

Rand couldn't believe that Munster had actually run out.

It's actually not as scary as I remembered, but yesssss that's my son. My disgusting and horrifying son.

[miyamiwu]

God, I just remembered how much I hate Caroline. Yes, your boyfriend has a bro-con problem, but because of you rejecting Rand’s call on Vincent’s phone, Rand was left to be abused for years.

Now that Rand is back and Vincent is trying to make up for everything (it was partly his fault that Rand got kidnapped), you still have the gall to get jealous and compete for Vincent’s affection.

Bitch, that's his brother. His brother got kidnapped because of you and him turning off the house security just so you two can elope. And on the one chance Rand could ask for help, you rejected the call because of your petty jealousy.

And now you're trying to kill Rand because Vincent is too focused on him now. Of course he should fucking give Rand all his attention. He got his brother traumatized, and he's feeling immensely guilty about it. You're responsible as well, but you don't give a damn.

Motherfucker, just die already

[miyamiwu]

Mermaid Effect’s translation hasn’t been updated in over 3 years. I’m looking for the ceiling scene, but I don't know if I should look for it among the already translated chapters or among the raws. Now skimming through the translations, and man this is nostalgic.

Just came across a chapter of Munster eating two humans who had broken into the house to set up surveillance on Rand. What a good boy. Protecting his master and even cleaning up the mess