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Observation on the Chinese drama "Untamed" (2019)

“Untamed” is a drama with brilliant directors, scenography and cast. Each of the actors perfectly fits to his role, and the way the story unfolds will leave you breathless. The drama is based on the popular Chinese novel “ Mo Dao Zu Shi ” (translated as “The grandmaster of Demonic cultivation”) written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu . The popular genders of the drama are shounen-ai  and xianxia (based of mixture between fantasy, fiction, history and Daoism practices). The main male leads are made the by the great performance of Sean Xiao (in role of Wei WuXian from Yunmeng Jiang Clan) and Wang Yi Bo (in the character Lan WangJi from Gusu Lan Clan). The story reveals the mysteries and series of murders in the world of Demonic cultivation, where the two men are united by strong friendship and unfolding love between them. What makes the genre shounen ai so popular in the last years? There are several points I want to mention here. Shounen ai represents the strong unity and love b

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