#tbf s4

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x12, "The Dignity of Demonkind", presented by Shaobing Subs.

Available with English subtitles here.

[atamascolily]

Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 4 opening.

[umbrellaeclipse]

Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 4 - Episodes 3-5

Originally I thought it would be fun to just have a post for each week's episode of this beloved wuxia puppet epic, like a reaction diary.

Due to being crazy busy in life, I fell off that track pretty quicky.

Time to resume screaming into the void!

Spoilers - Be warned! And please, do not spoil anything for me! I have worked hard to stay away from fandom content until I could jump back in

I also acknowledge that my use of Japanese and Chinese names is a mess. I admittedly do not know which one it is more proper to standardize in, so I kind of use a mix of both. The Japanese is easier for me as I am far more familiar with the language and watch the series in Japanese dub (and therefore hear all the names and locations in... I am not even sure if it is dubbed in other languages?) But officially, they seem to be the Chinese names... ahhhhhh semantics

Onwards!

Thunderbolt Fantasy? More like GUNderbolt Fantasy! I am neither funny nor probably original lololol!!!!

A mecha suit was not on my TBF bingo card either...(and the worst part is I've seen the Mad Melody Pili twitter post... I just thought they were parodying Mad Max...) but hey, here we are! I really do love this show just for how unpredictable it can be. Maybe these are Pili staples or the fact that I cannot predict reflects my ignorance of the genre, but I just really love how each new season increases the scale and blows away the boundaries of what I thought possible for the production, worldbuilding, and characters.

And oops... they all got blipped into hell... Man, cyborg-grandpa RIP your dream, at least you made it to the demon realm. Along with the wicked princess...

I am really not a fan of Chao Feng/Chou Fu... she is a very hateable villain/character archetype for me. However, I am intrigued by the dynamic she will have with Mu Tian Ming and mecha-grandpa.

Also, that cannon-fodder guard had a ROUGH death :/

The demon lords were all such absolute* feasts* for the eyes, especially Ansatt! Maybe I just have a thing for rancid spider characters...

Speaking of, the spider-man of the Divine Swarm he is written to be quite arrogant is he not? When talking to a disguised Enigmatic Gale, I was almost wondering if he was onto Rin Setsu A, mentioning his past as a thief in the jianghu (JUST like Rin) and the Divine Swarm leader secret he knows.

Crazy conspiracy time: The leader of the Divine Swarm has been shown to be the emperor of Seiyu... but, WHAT IF HE IS ALSO THE DEMON KING!? Ey? They all gotta thing about hiding behind a screen...

I still have not been proven wrong about my conspiracy regarding Azibelpher and Rou Fu You's mother....

Hmmmm, not much more for me to say YET on the development of Rou Fu You's demon arc... the plot thickens, however...

Hoh hoh hoh... Rin reveals himself to Kei Gai and Rou Fu You... And, the possibility of Rin Setsu A being a demon? Again, not on my bingo card, but also I am not particularly surprised. Although his comment of "I don't look like others (humans)", buddy... have you looked to your right and to your left? No one in this particular jianghu looks like other humans lol By that logic Mr. Screaming Pheonix Killer is also a demon? Maybe that is what Rin meant by "see you soon", rather than he would not survive the season.

And HEEEYYYY a little lore on Rin~~~~ And it about lines up with what we know of Shou Fu Kan... More crack conspiracy: they are brothers *dun dun duuunnnn* Okay, maybe not, but perhaps their connection to each other will be revealed not to just be a product of the narrative they are in, but something more concrete within their world. (turn figurative into literal?)

Also, just not overlooking his other comment of "not remembering the exact moment he was born" lol

All right... I am honestly not a fan of Kei Gai and Rin Setsu A flirting... maybe since the bird-like thief is my favorite character and he stole my heart, I cannot bear to see him flirt with other women *swoon* Nah, I think this just activated some of my squicks. Not a fan of a woman character suddenly acting OOC demure for romantic reasons. But in this show, especially with *those two* characters, things can evolve any which way and... especially *those two* have many ulterior motives

Other things of note:

WASP LADY my beloved. Did I understand this right, she can gain strength and power by eating monsters? I love that. Also, her going hurricane mode and storming the castle, and that little laugh she had after <3 Oh, I am enjoying her immensely

And resurrecting/birthing a new demon god... has promise... IF IT'S RIN SETSU A I SWEAR....

Lol, and I am NOT gonna ignore the fact that Shou Fu Kan's original plan was to just drop the sword index in the middle of those ruinous lands between Seiyuu and Dong Li but did TOO GOOD a job and made it to the other side... WHOOPs

I am so excited for the next episodes... time to go scavenging :')

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy Episode 4x01, "Homecoming", released by Shaobing Subs

Available with English subtitles here.

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x11, "The Demon King's Secret", presented by Shaobing Subs.

Available with English subtitles here.

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x05, "The Demon Court Nobles", presented by Shaobing Subs.

Available with English subtitles here.

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy Episode 4x02, "Demon Realm Banquet", released by Shaobing Subs.

Available with English subtitles here.

[shaobingsubs]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 4x08, "Reunion", presented by Shaobing Subs.

Available with English subtitles here.