Anime 41094 Xian Wang De Richang Shenghuo Reviews Filter Check 2

Honestly, this is basically a Chinese version of Saiki-K, but done poorly and forces the comedy.

The story ends up all over the place and at some point you sort of have to throw away any care you have for the overall story of it. Because it is near impossible to follow and you need to throw your sanity away to care.

The show throws in the idea that this is basically suppose to be a comedy with extreme magic. With all personalities over the top except the main character. However, it's played off poorly and it just ends up with the other character's personality is only ... praising him for literally no reason. Which makes no sense as the show sets it up so that no one knows he's "powerful" and if they do he memory wipes them.

[ For example, the main girl fell in love with him for no reason except he touched the side of her face and was zoning out in class. ]

He shows disinterest in everything, but doesn't ever put any effort into avoiding things. The whole show is basically following a boy with op powers just cause? The most he'll do is just some memory wipe. But even that doesn't work cause the characters will mention it again in the future.

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All in all:
This anime can't figure out its own guidelines for the characters and the story. It jumps back and forth on ideas but can't keep anything consistent. It's simply all over the place.

Generally I really like series that have an insanely OP lead, because they usually make for some cheap and simple entertainment. This show did the very opposite of entertaining me, and from my own experience I would give it a 3. However, I realised I watched a very shitty sub so, assuming the original version and other subs have coherent sentences, I'll raise that to a 5. On to the actual review.

Story: 3
The idea is pretty good, but the execution is terrible. The story is completely filled with plot holes and irrational decisions just to move the story forward: Let's seal this defeated demon king ... up under a school, yep that sounds like a great decision. Oh, and let's use him as an entrance exam! Great way to show how OP the MC is - but WHO THE FUCK would ever do that. A teacher of the opposing school almost killed a student who then literally disappears before their match in some kind of tournament? Sucks for you, guess that opposing school is going to win because that's definitely not something they'll be disqualified for, or the tournament will be cancelled for. Nope, the show must go on or our dumb plot wouldn't work out. There's a bunch more dumb shit like this, so if you're easily annoyed by randomly pushing the plot forward, you're in for a treat.

Characters: 4
The MC's main 'thing' is that he either doesn't want to or can't use his insane powers - which, IMO, is a weird call. The main attraction of a show with an OP lead is that character being badass - making him do nothing whenever he could do something to help is uhm, not a great way to make a likeable character.
Apart from this, character development isn't nonexistent. A total of 4 characters have some kind of character development (the side characters definitely don't). Some of this is decent, but there's so much irrational forced behaviour that it still doesn't deserve a passing grade. Especially when some girl completely falls in love because a dude touches her hair deserves an award in this category. No, I'm not talking a crush, she'd die for him. Yeahhhh, sure.

Art: 7
Nothing special, but definitely not bad either. I'm honestly not too good at ranking the art, but it didn't bother me.

Sound: 7
Personally, I am not used to Chinese yet, which made the sound somewhat annoying for me. Disregarding my very subjective opinion about that though, the sound is , just like the art, not bothersome but also nothing special.

Enjoyment: 4
At the end of the 13th episode I'd have given enjoyment a solid one, but the ending was actually pretty cool so it ended on a good note: +2. I also raised it with one more because I probably found the most infuriating sub there exists for this series.

Overal: 5
I definitely did not enjoy watching this series. If you're into OP characters, consider if one somewhat epic scene at the end is worth suffering through 14 episodes for. If you're not at all bothered by weird rationale and a plot that just does whatever, you might as well give this a shot. If you don't speak Chinese definitely do take your time to find a decent sub though...

I have low expectations for Chinese anime as they don't have a high production level historically. However, I enjoy the cultivation genre overall so I make sure to keep an eye out for new releases. Out of all the Chinese anime I've seen so far I can say this one certainly has come the closest to traditional Japanese anime in how they handle production. No crappy 3D, and the drawing is up to a level where it doesn't hurt your eyes to watch. Voice acting still leaves a lot to be desired but I can chalk this up to not being used to listening to ... Chinese voice acting yet. My only main complaint production wise is for the subtitling,I've checked several sites online but from episode 3 onward there seems to be a consistently terrible subtitling on the episodes. If you can get around this then the series may be worth watching.

I dropped the series when I saw the terrible subtitles however I feel as if I would've dropped it anyway regardless. The series got a few giggles out of me here and there but overall it just didn't grip me and it seemed to get less interesting as time went on. HOWEVER, what really made me drop the series was plain and simple. I suddenly realized that the cast and characters and even the setting minus the cultivation world - as well as all the gags were simply Chinese renditions of Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan. I decided then and there that it wasn't worth my time. As for what you do with your time, that's up to you to decide.

I don't understand why so many people view this donghua as a ripoff of Saiki K. While there may be a few parallels both shows take a completely different approach to storytelling. While Saiki is one of my favorites, and a hilarious episodic anime that gradually develops its characters, Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo focuses more on drama, emotions, and the fighting aspect of its xianxia genre. I am certainly not accustomed with cultivation and chinese mythology, but I still found this donghua to be enjoyable.

STORY: The entire story feels relatively drawn out of context. Especially the introduction and relationship of the male op ... mc (Wang Ling), and the lead female (Sun Rong) is rushed. Even though nearly all events are highly exaggerated and not quite plausible, when not knowing about the antagonists' motivations, they are still presented well. I like the producer's humor and the comedic elements of the show as they add to the story. And while those gags could never hold up to Saiki, they are still valid and pulled off fairly good.
Nonetheless, the viewer has to deal with a lot of plotholes, and a lack of development as the show rather focuses on portraying how stuff happens, than why it does. 4,5/10

ART/ANIMATION: Generally nothing special, but they did justice to the fight scenes, as those were visually stunning. (Ex. Ep14) 7/10
SOUND: The OP has grown on me, idk about the ED.. the sound design is good though. 7/10

In conclusion, this show is still watchable, even without profound characters or a coherent story. 6/10

Overpowered hero Shounen that hides his power and is underestimated by peers and everyone around him. The set up and world is good but the series lacked a soul. The show hits typical shounen tropes: special main character with world destroying powers; powers supressed by a seal; gains friends that changes his outlook; school battle arc.

As the main character has to supress his emotions to supress his powers, it's hard to root or even find him likeable. You don't feel a connection with the other characters either. You also don't get a sense of a story as events just kind of happen. The inconsistencies ... stops you from feeling invested and it's hard buy the bond or friendship that is supposed to develop between the characters. The characters just all feel a bit wishy-washy and underdeveloped.

That is until the last few episodes when it does get good. But it all feels too late.

The rules of the world are also a bit unclear and not as well defined as other shounens. The animation is decent, but the sound and music mix is off.

The pacing is slow and low energy most of the time. As a result, it just feels soulless.

I really enjoyed watching the first episode and I hope to complete this series and I know it's not anything original but it's rare to see any Chinese anime and this is pretty decent for Chinese anime

The characters were a bit meh.. but the concept isn't original but it's still enjoyable. the main thing I really dislike the audio, the VA's really don't put there all into how the characters feel and their emotions into it but overall it was still decent and I hope to see where the series goes to and I hope they can come up with some unique plots ... to keep the story interesting.

Let me first start off by saying not all Chinese anime are bad. But this was one of them.

When I read the synopsis, I was expecting a somewhat overpowered MC who was just trying to be low key but what you get is something a little different. AND when they said "cultivation," I was actually expecting to see some cultivation stuff like in Doulu Dalu, Tales of Demons and Gods, or even Reikenzen but nada!

Although they did have 1 scene that could be said to be related to cultivation but it was barely there one moment and gone the next never to be touched ... upon again.

The story was a bit bland but I did laugh a few times here and there. The characters seem very meh in my opinion. I wasn't really attached to any of them although I can say I hated the main female lead cause she just annoys me.

This anime had soooo much potential to be amazing but sadly, it wasn't realized.

this anime is a total rip off of Saiki kusuo, overpowered MC whos' trying to live an average life, both have power restriction (kusuo has those ball on the head made by his brother while here he has talisman made by his cousin) both hide their powers, both like to eat 1 thing (kusuo pudding - this guy noddles)
I still enjoyed the series, the ending was bad but thanks to it I won't miss this series
overall 5
story 4
Art 6 (animation was poor very often but I liked the style)
sound 5
character 6 (coz rip off)

welp if u didn't watch saiki and u liked ... this one, definitely try the other one, u won't be disapointed

Pretty mediocre. The comedy lacks, quite unfunny in my opinion compared to whats out there, the jokes are not gonna make anyone audibly laugh. The aesthetics were the main go for the anime, it is well produced, so despite the lacking comedy( that comes off quite cringe sometimes), it's pretty watchable. The story itself is pretty generic but i suppose it IS supposed to be a comedy so that aspect probably wasn't supposed to be that much focused upon. Considering the lack luster comedy has good Aesthetics i rated it a 5, if the aesthetics were worse it would probably drop. Describing it in one ... word, the show is basic.

The voice acting itself, i didn't make critic since it is in chinese and i'm unfamiliar with how much the tonation affects so i decided to leave it unbiased and say its pretty fair and matches good.

i think the story this anime is trying to tell is very interesting but is being unsuccessful in portraying it, the director of this anime needs to quit . because there were so many moments where he could make the story more interesting and engaging , but he did nothing ,all the moments of the anime were easy to predict and was not surprising , i would say the most interesting art peace of this anime is the opening , the biggest minus is the translator , he/she is not being able to translate all the sentences completely or properly , i know there ... are better translators , hire a new one dam it !!
the translator and the director make the whole anime confusing to follow up, where most of the time i fill gaps with my imagination , you can literally watch ep3 and 4 were good ep but their soul purpose was to give the main character friends and and most of these two episode don't make sens in many areas , in ep7 when all the main characters are chating with each other when the screen turns to left , that sen was very confusing , this anime is trying tooo much to be funny to the point its annoying sometimes , there are major story flow errors and there are thing in this anime which can only be understood by Chinese viewers , but the creators should think about the global audience as well ,... all in all this anime has high potential but because of some people this is not so satisfying to watch and people might stop watching it half way .,,, // and some part of ep1 and ep2 looked like a game simulation and why do all Chinese anime or manga talk about cultivation ,. it dosen't make sens for people outside China ,. pleaseeee

As a donghua, the art and animation is top notch. However, the plot is pretty pathetic. It's basically an OP protagonist with all the common cliches, and other than the fights being somewhat exciting, the plot is really flat as the protagonist basically faces little to no difficulties. Another point I didn't like about the plot is how events seem to happen extremely randomly, and it just felt like the author created those for the sake of making the plot "interesting".
(Another small point to mention is that the author somewhat copied the character and the plot of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. The ... plot is basically the same at the start, but it was altered slightly as time went on)

My dislike for Chinese media now extends from C-dramas to anime. I cannot, for the life of me, explain what the plot of this anime was - or at least explain in a way that anyone would want to watch it. This couldn't end up as mindless background noise for me, either, because I was hoping against hope that this would turn to be something I liked - the first episode was really promising, and I really like (present tense) the art. Though the story isn't anything out of the world amazing - overpowered MC's shenanigans - that's exactly what I went into it knowing; ... I expected it to be a rip-off of Saiki-K (in the least), and I love that show.

But no. The worseness runs deeper than that. The filler episodes are terrible, and there's way too many of them to even be entertaining after a certain point. Let's just say, 13/15 of these episodes could be seen as fillers. The rest of the two had the dullest story, with the most unnecessary ending. I just couldn't care for any of the characters as much as I would've liked. I want to say I like Sun Rong, but that would just be because I really like her spirit sword.

I do plan on giving the novel a try, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

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TLDR; Thank everything above that I had Uramichi Onii-san to go back to, so I could fix the bad taste left by this anime.

This wasn't good.
There wasn't much story and there were many many MANY plotholes. The last 2 episodes were completely out of the pocket and didn't make any sense, since the story hadn't built up to them and honestly left the feeling, that the creators just needed to end the anime really quickly.
But I have to say, that the story has potential, if it had more character development and more story, that actually made sense, then it might actually go from a 5/10 to a strong 7,5/10 or even a 8/10.






Let's ignore this part since MAL wants us to write a whole book as a review.
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I have watched some donghuas (chinese anime) for the past year and all I can say is that this is some improvement in the 2D animations that are from China. The animation was nice, the music do its job in setting the mood, and the characters were interesting but there is room for improvement.

(contains slight spoilers so ehe)

However, what irritates me a bit is the pacing. It got so confusing in the last episodes and there are times where I feel like they couldve done more in certain episodes. I am trying to be a bit more understanding considering the budgeting for this anime but ... still, they couldve done better.

Another thing that irritates me are his 2 male bestfriends’ growth and background. They did Guo Hao; the chubby guy, so bad we don’t know that much about him yet he can hack systems and he suddenly has this very powerful trump card he was hiding in the last episodes. Same thing for Chen Chao, that brawn and muscles guy.

I don’t think this anime is going to have a season 2 but if it does, I hope they’ll introduce the characters more.

additional opinion: I kind of find it odd though that the title is “The daily life of the Immortal King” yet there’s not that much “daily life”-ness if you know what I mean. If I see that kind of title, I’m going to assume that it’s some sort of slice-of-life show. Kind of late but pardon my grammar, english is not my first language and it’s 3am currently suffering from sleep deprivation.

Randomly binged this on Netflix, and it's okay. The art is the most impressive part about it, and the action scenes are pretty dynamic. The story is pretty interesting though the pacing kills it. Both the magic system and characters take a hit as a result, since neither get the time to be fleshed out. It felt somewhat like The Irregular at Magic High School and Saiki K. (from what I've seen of it), though, as I regard the former as one of my favorites and the latter as one of my least favorites, this anime comes in at an unusual middle-ground. Besides pretty ... good animation and pretty poor pacing, nothing else really stands out. I suppose the music was all right though not really memorable. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough.

Honestly, it was quite boring. The story has great potential and would've been so much better if it was written as a seinen anime instead of a shounen, borderline slice of life. There's basically no character development since the main character's emotions are locked away. The side characters get no development, they're basically not even there. I guess they're there to add something to the main character?

It's boring in general with nothing happening. I seriously had a hard time figuring out what each episode was about. The end made everything worse. The seal sealed away his emotions again. Like why? Just learn how to control ... your powers and emotions. If the story was about that then it'd be a completely different story. Or if it had been written like Saiki K. It's still a good series but I wouldn't recommend or rewatch it.

My favorite character is Tunitan though. I guess he technically gets some character development.

How does a studio take a bunch of very successful anime, blend it together and still manage to publish something so average?
Before watching the show I already knew it was going to be a Saiki K rip off which I thought was great cause Saiki K is 10/10. They got us excited and spit out an AI written, mindless donghua.
The story is exactly the same as Saiki K mashed together with some Jujutsu Kaisen. Characters are also a combination of those shows with a sprinkle of Blue Exorcist. They didn't even bother to tweak the designs of most of them. They are beyond stereotypical, ... they just have no personality of their own.
Some say at least the animation is good. Sorry but for a 2D styled animation made obviously in 3D software, this wasn't a satisfying sight.

So I wanted to try Chinese anime, well, not anymore...

The issue with this piece is basically everything. While you can be halfway happy with plot, animations and characters, it's really plain anime without some deeper connection towards you. It simply feels impossible to enjoy it.

I don't know about others but I had to watch this in English dub. The Chinese version was basically not acceptable for me as some character said 10x the same word and it actually was some sentence. Maybe it's some my problem with the Chinese language or the dubbing was just poor, who knows...

It felt like a fresh air from previews ... and start but then it went really fast down. It's just scrapping multiple concepts and trying to put them together and it doesn't work. But also you can't say it's horrible or really bad, it isn't, it's just "meh".

Btw it has a comedy tag. Don't trust it. This has nothing to do with the comedy. It's not funny in any way...

Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo is a well-colored, pleasingly animated mess. In fact, this show is a great indicator of how to NOT write a compelling show story. There are no stakes, the characters aren't even two-dimensional, and nothing of value is learned (despite the show insisting that there is). That being said, Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo is an interesting show because of the potential that it demonstrates.

The premise of the show is that an extremely powerful boy must conceal and suppress his godly powers or risk ending the world. This is actually quite a refreshing take on the overpowered MC: his character ... is most interesting when he is trying to hide his power. Unfortunately for us, this also means that the main character has no character traits (his one trait is liking crispy noodles). The show tries to, quite cleverly, address his lack of character in the end. Even though their reasoning is sound, this doesn't really make up for the big fat nothing character-trait burger of the entire season prior to the reveal.

We might assume, then, that the promise is in the side characters. Not so. Even in 15 episodes, we somehow learn nothing about each empty character. We see plenty of flashbacks that will say the same thing over and over e.g. "be a man", "be upstanding and rich", "be a fatty". These quotes are demonstrative of the characters - there is no further fleshing out. Oh, and there's also a frog-dog that is reminiscent of Naruto.

In fact, one thing this show is full of is references. Reaction faces, sound effects, visuals - nearly every episode can be counted on to cram in some pop culture. I remember one particularly jarring instance of an Assassins' Creed leap of faith reference that made me do a double take. I am curious how dated this show will seem even five years from now.

At this point, it may seem like I hate the show. It certainly is awful. The plot is at times indecipherable, the pacing strange, the characters near meaningless. Yet I can't say I hated it while I've hated far better executed shows. Why then, did I actually enjoy the show? Perhaps it's the flashing lights and colors that numbed my brain into oblivion. If TikTok was an anime, this would be it. It flies along at a breakneck pace, without stopping. It constantly feeds you action, humor (references), and failures of emotional moments. The animation captures your attention and nothing can get stale because nothing is developed.

If you have ever watched a Youtube video aimed at kids - the one's with overacting, yelling, and strange sexual refences (Spiderman and Elsa, anyone?)- then you've seen this anime already. The truth is, there is something in us that enjoys trash as long as the trash is having fun. This show, at least, can do that.

When I first started this show, I saw all the reviews and expected more or less an edgy power fantasy. Now although I have yet to finish this show, I am already noticing what the other reviewers have criticized about. However, I believe that the low ratings are somewhat u deserved.

For some background, I am a native Chinese speaker that lived in China for much of my childhood; and as a native speaker, I can tell you for a fact, that whoever the subtitle writer was for this show should be fired. I’m not sure if this is what it feels like for the Japanese ... viewers for normal anime, but holy fuck does these translation suck. I can see clearly to why the jokes fell flat to English viewers, as it doesn’t make sense for shit in the subtitles.

As a Chinese speaking viewer, I honestly found this show hilarious. Sure it’s still a edgy power fantasy, but it’s one of those lighthearted shows that you can watch for fun. It’s not a masterpiece by any means, but it’s certainly misrepresented in the eyes of western audiences.

In conclusion, if you don’t speak Chinese, you probably shouldn’t watch it. Your experience will likely be terrible, and there’s much better out there. However, if you do understand Chinese, it is definitely a fun watch.