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Hey guys you should totally get into this thing i like. Yeah it's mid at best. It also aged poorly. You'll get nothing out of it at all. You'll like the idea of it more than the actual thing. But at least only takes half your natural lifespan to finish it

I love Zhen Ping’s introductory fight soooo much. He doesn’t give his name, but we see his face clearly in several stable close shots to introduce him to the viewer. There’s also quite a few back shots that keep him in focus and provoke the viewer’s interest. This double strategy is very useful for tacitly conveying to the viewer “this guy is important!” Then in the fight itself, Warrior Qin, the man he’s challenging, immediately draws his sword and attacks Zhen Ping. Zhen Ping dodges his attacks and counters them, either with his hands or by using his still sheathed sword as a blunt object. Zhen Ping clearly has the upper hand throughout the fight. Then Zhen Ping finally draws his sword and we see that this has two purposes: first, he can dual-wield his sword and the sheath, which his opponent doesn’t seem to be able to do, and second, he can cut his opponent’s wrist tendons, thus disabling him. I come away convinced that Zhen Ping could have won this fight with his bare hands, he just chose to use his sword so as not to drag it out. Zhen Ping is an economical fighter, focusing on ending the fight efficiently and with minimal damage to himself. He doesn’t need any of the fancy swordwork we see in the Tianquan Manor style from Xiao Jingrui and the Zhuos. And then of course, after defeating Warrior Qin, Zhen Ping says perhaps his most Iconique~ line, which I’ll paraphrase as, “oh shit, I forgot to make up a name to give! How embarrassing 😣” Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant character introduction to Mei Changsu’s main muscle.