Anime 42284 Yuan Long

Pretty good as an action series. ARMY SOLDIER gets ISEKAI into historical China cultivation world with his modern warfare weapons. The medieval guys using Chi/spirit power tries to fight him and army guy kills with bullets LOL The 3D was great with this theme because it made the action cool, authentic.

Episode 1 was hype when he saves the girl like a BOSS and unwittingly becomes her fiancé by shooting the asshole from a rival family who was starting shit with him, gun vs magic, guess who wins? lol and oh it was self-defense.

There was a flaw in the story though. When army guy took ... all the blame for the killings and had to run, the girl strangely still stayed with her own family even though they are scum like the rival families, and it was army guy that protected her the whole time. They were starting to like each other too, but never got together at least for this season.

Thank god the action was good because it makes up for the weaker fiance romance plotline. It becomes a fugitive chase after him into monster territory. Army guy goes survival mode from there using his army skills. Wish he kept the helmet there though.

The character designs are really good and characters looked cool/pretty for 3D. Even with the flaws, This really does make me more biased to the anime, Just hope when the army guy returns for the girl, their romance develops and it doesn't drift off again. The monsters were killer, and the fighting was full of explosive action from gun sniping, to knife and hand combat, to grenades.

It was so nice I tried this! It is really rare to see a modern vs. medieval anime. 2nd season coming soon!

The initial story premise was good. A soldier in a isekai world with his advanced AI based tool which sounds really interesting. A mix of guns and magic was an interesting concept. Even the story of initial episodes was kind of entertaining to watch. But by the end everything falls apart. Last few episodes were just forced deaths. Barely 1-2 arc is finished, but most of the important characters introduced are all dead. It's very disappointing. The ending is not conclusive and is made in a way for future sequel. The entire thing went from very good to average by the end.

The CGI is ... better than average Chinese anime. Though don't expect too much.

Characters were average to mediocre (The protagonist was kind of interesting). Character development (other than protagonist) is very poor. World building is also average as of now.

Romantic development was also kind of poor. Though not sure as of now if it will follow the harem or romance route. Romance route has higher possibility for now. Multiple coupling were made but they are all dead (except protagonist and his love interest)

One of the good thing about this anime is the episode length was 15 -20 mins (unlike many Chinese anime which are 5 min per episode)

Overall I still enjoyed it. I am hoping it has a sequel which do things better.

Yuan Long is a Chinese donghua where MC, a chinese infantryman isekais in the middle of a sky dive into an Ancient Chinese world that uses qi and cultivation. Wang Shen, becomes a target of a large family when he kills the young master of that family and claims to be the Fiance of the girl he just met which stirs trouble among the noble families. The noble families order the couple to be captured or killed which pisses off Wang Shen to the point of using his military combat prowess on his enemies.


Story: 8/10
The beginning is eye catching and straight to the point, ... killing smallfry opponents above Wang Shen's league using the power of modern firearm and military tactics. All while slowing progressing romance between him and his 'fake' love interest. His battle ready MRE attracts a powerful ally that covets tasty food.

Art & Sound: 7/10
This donghua has some good details and animation fluidity. The character hairs have their own physics. The audio is normal, nothing outstanding.

Character : 7/10
The characters are fairly shallow, many of them only exist to serve as stepping stones for Wang Shen to destroy. It is still interesting seeing his combat abilities as a modern soldier being put to the test against cultivators.

Overall:8/10
The series isn't that in depth with detail, but it is fairly addictive to watch. All the modern tools he uses and primitive characters confused on their purposes is the main reason why I rate this show highly. It shares some similarities with GATE which is one of my personal favorites.