Recently, I had the chance to watch my third chinese drama: Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Tiān Lóng Bā Bù. I actually watched all 40 episodes in 5 days, clearly sacrificing sleep and schoolwork to watch as many episodes as I did. This may not seem special in any way, until you remember that a typical drama episodes is 40 minutes long (as opposed to 20) which means that I watched approximately 3 hrs and 20 minutes of the drama each day. Quite hard when you have four tests to study for.

Anyway, the story centers around a martial artist by the name Qiao Feng. To be frank, this guy is the definition of GAR, so there’s little reason to explain his character. At the beginning, Qiao Feng becomes the leader of the Beggars’ Sect, which few oppose since he is the strongest in all of China. There is actually a saying in China (in the story) “Mu Rong in the North, Qiao Feng in the South,” or something like that. Not like the directions are very important. You could say that things are looking up for Qiao Feng.

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