Selene

Oooooh what a beautiful canto... the relatively happy ending was refreshing, compared to the other bittersweet endings. Haven't read Dream of the Red Chamber so whatever Xue Baochai and Jia Yuanchun are planning scares and intrigues me. We may go to another district cause of Baochai causing trouble, but next canto is Ryoshu's so I doubt that.

Aaaah the xianren, the xianren... It was a very nice reveal, their designs are gross and I love them(designs) very much. I wonder how the half-robot one felt during canto 3. Also Jia Mu being the palaquin for the parasite being a metaphor for how shes just a host for the elder's desires. Also also Jia Mu told Xichun (during the ritual) how she was also scared when she was her age, which gives me just a little sympathy for that awful grandma.

Xichun's presence in this canto was very much appreciated. Learning that she doesn't even have a birthday and the way newborns have to be hidden was sad. Hong Lu sharing his birthday with her would be super sweet, however knowing that the elders were always watching takes away a bit of joy from that. It's nice that choose not to do anything I suppose. Ishmael getting the Xichun id is pretty darn obvious, Yi Sang as Wei was a bit unexpected but welcomed (hopefully new 00 id? We haven't had one since the Check-up event, but having Yi Sang get the last two 00 ids would be a bit rude I suppose).

Kong Qiu is also a nice surprise, a character that seemed to be set up as a hateful character seeking vengance actually turned out to be our ally and an overall fair guy. What Hong Lu needed was for his brother to beat the shit outta him. I also reaaaaaally liked Zigong, very pretty lady. May be drawing her... WILL be drawing her. Unfortunatly Zilu Faust's uptie story provided seemingly no hint on who may recieve the Zigong id but confrimed that Hong Lu will be getting the Kong Qiu id. I suppose it makes most sense for Outis to get the Zigong id, which would be Outis's second dark-haired lady with red streaks id. Personally I'm not complaning.

Lei Heng... Lei Heng... As a person who likes Ryoshu his existence confuses me. At the same obviously I strongly dislike him but at the same time he gave us info about Ryoshu... But I don't understand why she isn't one of the sinners with a metal plate, sure, Ryoshu is an alternate reading of Yoshihide but those are still two different names. Unless Ryoshu gets revealed to be part of Yoshihide's full name, she's still going by a name that isn't her real name, so why no metal plate? Oh well I guess I'll wait some months to see what's up.

One thing Im confused about is Baoyu's jade eye... there's that one cg showing what seems to be someone inserting the jade into baby Baoyu with tweezers, yet Baoyu's mother says that he was born that way... ah maybe I missed a line somewhere. Or his mother was just lying so Baoyu can be treated specially without anyone getting suspicious. Most likely that.