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- 1 EN Blessings for Animation Production 为动画制作献上美好祝福 She is one of the best animators in the industry. Action scenes, everyday acting, special effects, mecha transformations... She is also one of the industry’s best storytellers. Rousing, profound, heartwarming, healing, school life... She is also the most popular director in the business, bar none. Because she is the mother of multiple genres, and one of every shut-in’s dream wives... Her name is Gu Xue. This is the story of how she poured her heart and soul into making anime, burning herself out 0Votes304.9kRecs165kFans
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Wilderness Livestream 荒野直播
People in the martial world call her “Lord Long,” but she is most definitely not a man...! She could have coasted on her looks, but she chose to rely on her talent. She could have lived off someone else, but she chose to make her own way. She could have let others protect her, but instead she trained to become the strongest woman in the world. No, the strongest person! This is the story of a reborn chubby girl who becomes “Lord Long,” survives and saves herself in the wilderness, and eats her wa
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- 3 The Shapeshifting Spirit Ring 变身灵戒 Isn't being alive wonderful?! The earth-shaking daily life sparked by a spirit ring. 0Votes16.4kRecs8.1kFans
- 4 A Guide to the Life of the League’s Number One Girl 联盟一姐的生活手册 Go pro? Forget it. How could I possibly go pro in this state? I should just settle down and be a streamer! This is a slice-of-life League story about a lazy fish turning into an even lazier fish. P.S. I’m no good at writing blurbs, so that’s it. 0Votes86.9kRecs103.8kFans
- 5 Becoming the Female Owner of an Internet Cafe 变身之网吧女老板 A sign was posted on the front of a shop whose name was barely legible. Help wanted: female internet café attendant. Inquire in person! 0Votes8.3kRecs14.9kFans
- 6 Tea for the Cross-Dressing Big Shot 给女装大佬递茶 When Lin Yi puts on women's clothing, the whole world becomes different... 0Votes9.2kRecs39.5kFans
- 7 Taking the Entertainment World by Storm 席卷文娱 At a birthday party, Jiang Huo and her younger sister made wishes over the candles at the same time, hoping for a gift from heaven: the chance to start over. When she woke up, Jiang Huo had arrived with her sister and her System in a world that was both strange and familiar... (Double transmigration, American entertainment) 0Votes117.8kRecs44.3kFans
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The Art of Handcraft 素手匠心
Woodblock printing: reproducing the world’s masterpieces! Xu Danling, a modern master of traditional crafts known as the “Sage of Langya,” unexpectedly returned to the Ming Dynasty after his death and found himself in the body of Lian Baitang, the young son of a family of woodblock engravers in Nanjing. Unfortunately, Baitang was an idle, cowardly ne’er-do-well with a terrible reputation. How was he supposed to survive like this?!
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