Posted on November 30, 2025 by Wuxia Rocks

Movie Review: Ne Zha 2 (Animation, 2025)

A thousand years late, but better a thousand years late than a million.

Here is my review for Ne Zha 2!

I like part 1 better.

Okay, review is done; everybody can go home now.

Kidding!

If you’d like to stay, here we go.

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Posted on September 14, 2025 by Wuxia Rocks

First Impression: The Journey of Legend Episode 1 – 8

If you had asked me at the start of 2025 what my top 3 most anticipated Cdramas would be, I would have told you it’s Journey of Legend, Immortal Ascension, and Dark River. Immortal Ascension came and gone. (It was fun, read my review here) Now here comes The Journey of Legend. I still say they should keep the title as ‘To The Mountain and Seas‘, it’s just cooler. Because the Jianghu is the Rivers and Lakes, so To The Mountain and Seas would be fitting. But at last, we ended up with a typical title.

Never mind that, after what felt like the longest wait ever, it’s finally here! And with it, my early impression review.

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Posted on August 7, 2025 by Wuxia Rocks

First Impression: The Immortal Ascension (Cdrama, 2025)

After what felt like a decade, my boy Yang Yang has returned to the Ancient Drama genre, and this time, it’s an adaptation of a web novel/donghua, of the same name, more or less. I’ve heard the source material was epic, but who knows. I’m here to review this adaptation only.

So, The Immortal Ascension, I’m 19 episodes in so far as of this review. The last time I wrote one of these review, it was for a dumb drama that I hated as much as the hate I got for hating it. But let’s not go there. How is Immortal Ascension so far? Well, in short, it’s good, so far. I’m enjoying it. Enough to write an early impression.

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