Thinking of Watching The Untamed?
For anyone thinking of watching The Untamed, here are some tips:
You can watch the episodes in release order (1-50) but if have not read the book or watched the donghua (animation) you may get confused by the story. Basically, the story starts in the ‘present’ for the first 2 episodes then there is a 30 episode flashback/ ‘past’ section. I would suggest watching it in chronological order:
Episode 2 (last 2-3 minutes) –> Episode 33 (flashback ends at about 13 minutes in) –> Episodes 1&2 –> Rest of Episode 33 –> Episode 34-50.
[I know its a bit annoying how they started and ended the flashbacks in the middle of episodes]
I personally watched the episodes in order until episode 33, then I went back and watched episodes 1&2, and boy did some things make A LOT more sense!
Most characters have two names (birth names and a courtesy name). Some even have titles that they are called by other characters. Here are the two main characters names and titles:
Wei Ying (birth name) + Wei Wuxian (courtesy name) + Yiling Patriarch/ Yiling Laozu (title)
Lan Zhan (birth name) + Lan Wanji (courtesy name) + Hanguang Jun (title)
Note: They usually call each other by their birth names.
Note: these two main characters are really the only characters that are called all of their names/ titles, other characters are only referred to by one name or one name plus their title. For example:
Wen Ning (birth name) + Ghost General (title) (only once is his courtesy name used)
Jiang Cheng (courtesy name; only once or twice is his birth name used) + Sandu Shengshou (not really used except in formal situations)
Lan Xichen (courtesy name) + Zewu Jun (title)
Birth names are really only used by people who are very close to you, even then not always. Courtesy names are used most often. Family/ sect name comes first and does not change between birth and courtesy name.
There are 5 key cultivator sects that you need to know and thankfully they each have a corresponding colour/s that make it helpful to differentiate between them:
Gusu Lan Sect: White & light blue (they wear headbands/ forehead ribbons)
Lanling Jin Sect: Yellow/ gold (they also have a red dot between their eyes)
Qinghe Nie Sect: Grey/ silver (there are only two named characters for this sect so it’s the easiest)
Yunmeng Jiang Sect: Purple & dark blue
Qishan Wen Sect: Red & black
Left to Right: Lan Jingyi, Lan Xichen, Lan Qiren, Lan Wangi, Lan Sizhui, Lan Yi
Left to Right: Jin Zixuan, Jin Guangshan, Jin Guangyao, Jin Zixun, Jin Ling
Left to Right: Nie Mingjue, Nie Huaisang
Left to Right: Jiang Fengmian, Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian, Jiang Yanli, Yu Ziyuan
Left to Right: Wen Chao, Wen Ruolan, Wen Qing, Wen Ning
The name at the beginning of each sect (E.g. Gusu) is the location of that sect or the closest town to where the sect is.
Wei Ying/ Wei Wuxian while having grown up on the Jiang Sect, does not conform to their style or colours of dress. Instead, he usually wears black, dark blue or dark grey robes with red (later white/ grey) under clothes.
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