Synopsis:
Yun Wangshu’s wedding was meant to be the happiest day of her life, but a brutal conspiracy turned it into a nightmare, slaughtering her entire clan. After a narrow escape, she made a desperate deal with the Silent Court. Now, sixty years later, reborn as the merciless Xi He, she’s ready to make her enemies bleed for everything they took from her.
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Number of episode: 26
Studio: Yien Animation Studio
Type: 3D Animation
Where to watch?: Youku
Douban score: no score yet
My rating: Love to Watch
Status: Season 1 complete. Waiting for Season 2
Recommended if you like:
- Story with strong ruthless female protagonist
- Revenge story
- Fights with a lot special effects
- Sisterhood
What I Like
- I really like Yun Wangshu. She’s strong, decisive, beautiful, with no nonsense attitude. I also like her relationship with her allies, Chiyang Huaming, Long’er, and her junior brother, Tong Shanhai.
- I like when Yun Wangshu use her move with those silk thread, a move called “Flowing Cloud Weaving Fate Hand” / Cloudwoven Hand. It feels very cool.
- This donghua has good visual where the animation studio give a generous amount of special effect and lavish costume design for Yun Wangshu. The story also sufficiently interesting, blending revenge story with the fights between Lumina Goddess and Qiumina Demon Clan.
- The music is quite good.
- As a rare donghua that feature strong female lead, this original animation needs to be appreciated.
My Other Comments
- I first thought that this donghua will involve many schemes, since female-centric cnovels that I read usually featured a lot of it, “revenge best serve cold” style. But it turns out this donghua is more a fast-paced slaughter rather than intricate scheming.
- Sometimes I need to do a double check because Yan Qingfei’s face in her green attire is a bit similar with Yun Wangshu in her green attire.
- While it’s visually pleasing, I think it lacks narative. Sometimes I’m confuse and only understand things later. Particularly regarding the battle scenes. Sometimes I don’t really understand the process of them leveling up.
- The villains just uninteresting to me. Their personality feels more like caricature than actual person.
Other Fun Facts
- Eclipse of Illusion is an original donghua (not adapted from novel or manhua).
- It rank 3rd on Youku Animation’s annual best-selling list.
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