"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 166 - 169

[x_los]

Week 41 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 166 - 169 (inclusive). This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on February 13th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

Comments

Chapter 167

[x_los]

I guess the capacity to take this bold step is about the only element of her original character Liyang ever manages to recover--that, and perhaps her emotional authenticity in her relationship with Jingrui.

Re: Chapter 167

[halfcactus]

I also like that Liyang and Jingyan were once both naturally impulsive characters, but they’ve learned to temper their impulses in different ways.