MINGYUN QUAN TAI

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  Nooberton

  100/100
  A wildly creative anime that shows human drama is such an incredibly powerful way.

  
  
  Anyways before I go into detail, I think you might really enjoy this on a completely blind entry, no reading the synopsis or anything of the sort. Go in blind! It has a strong narrative hook in the first episodes midpoint and I would be surprised if that doesn't get you intrigued to continue watching as it builds up more and more. The synopsis feeds you information a bit out of order from how you encounter it in the show and it takes away a little bit from the experience. So if you choose to go blind, then I hope you enjoy the ride.
  
  Now for the people who don't want to go onto the roller coaster with eyes closed, I will go into some mild spoilers but not any major events of the later half of the show. The events of the show take place is this a made up afterlife called "Kong" it is a world between living and true death and people who have died enter into this world into different roles, there are the normal citizens who have all died in a way that they have a strong desire keeping them attached to the world of the living and they have a desire to return, there are weapons that can have the spirit of people who died and don't have a desire to return to life. In this afterlife these characters fight for Qian or pretty much their memories, they challenge each other to mech fights (cause this gotta be a crazy anime) and they bet their Qian on themselves winning.
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  If you fight successfully for long enough and gain all your memories back you can return to life, but if you lose all your Qian you a completely dead and gone from both worlds. When people come to Kong they can have a little or no Qian, and the amount is based on the moral character you had in the world of the living. Lastly there are Cores. Cores are people who do have a desire to return to life but are completely morally reprehensible, so they don't become normal citizens they become a powerful weapon that will possess whoever uses them. This is a very meaty explanation for the worlds mechanics but the show does a lovely job on explaining these elements in a slower pace as doing as much as it can to explain such things visually, or to build up to strong reveals. For example they tell you Qian you come into the world with is based on moral character happens past episode 1, you first see are main character, _A Gan_ actually hold was is noticed as a pretty large amount when she comes to Kong. The explanation comes after getting the first bit of _A Gan_'s memories being that she was a seriously ill child who didn't get to experience much of the world.
  
  But lets get into the really important stuff, why would you want to watch this? Well this was directed and written by [ Haoling Li](https://anilist.co/staff/127382/Haoling-Li), I'm not one to hold creatives in high regard as I like to separate art from the artist, but there is a lot to compare between this show and another original work from him that has been held in higher regard and has become decently popular [ Link Click](https://anilist.co/anime/126403/Link-Click/). Both Link Click and this show are very similar, they have a pretty complex and hard to explain quickly concept that is pretty unique from many other shows, and secondly he used this unique and complex world or supernatural mechanics to tell very effective stories related to realistic human dynamics and circumstances. For any who have already watch Link Click you likely found so much joy in that through it's well created mystery elements held through out the course of the show, a well developed and thought out mechanical system, and ultimately the human stories that are brought out through it. The stories are emotionally raw and if you like me probably had you choked up at pivotal moments.
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  Well, I'm here to say that this show is very similar in that regard. The concept of having all our character being dead people with a rich history and life hidden in memories they have to unlock allows for amazing reveals and powerful storytelling. It also presents these stories in a very unique way. Some may be turned off from the visual styling if you've seen little bits, you've likely seen CG characters that you feel well be hard to attach to but it's one of the most surprising CG shows I've seen, plus it isn't all CGI, no it's not 2D, but they actually implement shot footage to do flashbacks of the characters memories.
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  I was very surprised to see this, and thought it would be done once at the start but it's a re-occurring element brought back to reveal the memories of out characters past lives. In a way it makes this partially not an anime, but this choice is so effective in given an emotional attachment that is so different and raw from many other show out there.
  
  If I haven't already sold you I want to talk about episode 3 that just sells you on how they can use it's concept for such powerful storytelling, so please skip if your looking to really keep a lot of the experience for your self.
  
  <span class='markdown_spoiler'><span>Episode 3 is revolved around _Stan_ and _Sei_ story, _Stan_ has up to this point has been pretty friendly to _A Gan_, he is a pretty strong fighter holding at lot of innate skill without any much gear or weapons but has this unexplained obsession to fight _Sei_ and he has kept on losing to her over and over and is at risk of losing all his memories/Qian and dying for real. Through the fight, through the memories we see, we learn that he was a boxer in his old life but not a super successful one which made his financial situation rough for him and his family which he he has a wife and daughter to support, he hold two things very highly being boxing and his daughter.
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  Sadly tragedy struck where his daughter got a brain tumor and she need surgery immediately, without the finances he takes sketchy loans and ultimately both he and his daughter are killed after a group of people he borrowed from found them. Now with me typing this all out you might be have guessed the reveal. _Sei_ is actually _Stan_'s daughter and he knows because she uses her dad's special boxing technique he had only taught her. So with that knowledge _Stan_'s goal is to help her so he goes into matches against her to lose so she can gain more Qian, and the more these fights goes on the more _Stan_ doesn't even know his reasoning for fighting _Sei_; nevertheless, he holds the determination to continue.
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  It's only in that last fight does _Sei_ gain enough memories to connect the dots and realized she was fighting her father and with that last fight, officially sent him off.
  Me explaining it does this episode no justice but show how quickly the work plays with it's own world mechanics to enhance the human drama at the center and just elevate the  character desires in such a clever and beautiful way. This episode had me sobbing like a baby from just how sad it was and if watching this episodes doesn't sell you; you probably couldn't be sold on anything</span></span>
  
  And there is just more in this show that just that, every single character came to Kong for a reason, and learning about their past, moral character, current desires is a huge driver for the series. There are plenty of twist, there are many powerful moments and I want to see this show get the praise and recognition it deserves. It stands on a similar level as Link Click and I would say this is even more unique in the anime landscape, while people like to hate on CGI, I think when they use it intentionally and work to the benefits it can be powerful and the fight scenes that are important vehicles to the overall drama would've have been as good in another for, just like how way it goes about showing character memories sticks out as a very creative and unique choice in enhancing the dramatic elements.
  
  So anyways, become the one of five people who have probably watched this show. To call this a hidden gem is an understatement. As of me writing this it's completely free to watch on YouTube on the official BiliBili channel, linked directly on this shows entry page. So there is no excuse to skip this. But I hope this convinces some people to watch this incredible masterpiece and I hope you love it as much as I did.
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