from what I get, the creator is a male, a guy. no girl 0-0 do I got it wrong or...?
well either way, I do agree that the way they created this story and peacing is AMAZING!!! and give a very special feeling you don't see or find anywhere else.
too fast is boring anyway XD
Totally agree with everything you said, this story is very specific with its topics and executions, every new chapter has a heavy weight to it, it's very emotional, sometimes sprinkled with a bit hope hope, but never quite getting there. It's definitely not for everyone, still, it makes me sad how many people start to turn on it, the story is so important and special, yet more and more people start to dislike it.
About DJun's sex, I read very contradicting information, I just stick to using “he”, like I do with OldXian, because I like and follow them in their role as an artist, and if they decided to portray as male, then I go along with it. It's the first time I hear he's allegedly still in university, I heard that Mo Xiang Tong Xiu wrote Mo Dao Zu Shi when she was in collage... what's with all the talented Chinese students?! They create masterpieces when others are busy oversleeping and not failing their classes.
big agree! thanks for stating FACTS! but one mistake, djun is a *male
Yes, too fast is boring and easily forgotten!!! Well I still don't really know but I think DJUN is the character the author created for herself, like an RPG character. And that character is male. But on the author's social media she refers to herself as a girl, a sister to her brother and talks about her wearing make up and she also makes it no secret. So technically both is true, the author as a real-life person is female but the author as an internet "character" is male. Or maybe she/he is genderfluid, a tomboy etc. So I think it's ok to use both female and male pronouns. But I could be wrong. To be sure about it we would need a native chinese speaker who read DJUN's entire social media feed to give us some insight lol
Agree with everything you said, too! You have a beautiful tone to your writing and said it way better than I ever could! I also find it sad that people don't appreciate the story's pace even though I get the annoyance with the misunderstanding trope. But in this case the misunderstanding makes sense. I think it's also because Here U Are has a lot of young readers and they tend to have a shorter concentration span and often like fast-paced things a lot more.
Yea.. chinese people in general are so hardworking.... makes me feel ashamed of my lazy ass.
I like it the way it is.
To me it's very realistic as YuYang is deeply insecure which is the cause of his defensiveness. So he self-sabotages any given chance. When you are like this you just want to misunderstand anything that people say about you and anything good that happens to you like ever. Insecurity is no joke and I think DJUN does an amazing job in portraying that. And I don't find it that insanely slow-paced, the chapters are just very very short and the scenes very long and real-time, which is great because that gives it this realistic special feeling. Yes, other comics have better more dynamic story-telling and pacing but they don't have the same feeling to them.
Also, DJUN posted on weibo that she knows some people won't like the turn the story takes. She thought about it and didn't even know if she can do it like that but in the end it's what she wants to do and how she wants to tell the story. She is easily influenced by other people's opinions so she stopped reading reviews and is just concentrating on what makes her happy. She is thanking everyone who gets and supports her and what she is doing with the story.
On another note: Does anyone know if it's true that DJUN is allegedly still an university student? I read it somewhere but I don't know if I buy into it. I mean imagine that... creating a manhua this great and simultaneously going to college... and we all know the chinese educational system is no joke... Regardless, I hope she receives a good amount of money from the ad revenue!!!
(Regarding the pronouns: from what I could gather "DJUN" is the author's alter ego, the guy with the flower on the head who sometimes appears in the story. Her alter ego is male, just like with OldXian. But on DJUN's weibo the author/DJUN makes it pretty clear that she is a girl. I also remember that back in the day she had a second name floating around which was a female chinese name. I think she is just playing around with pronouns and gender in general and she doesn't take it that seriously. Play with gender, tomboys and genderfluidity is a thing in chinese internet culture. But in the end we all don't know and I could be completely wrong)