The Beauty of the Game
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Kate Tsui
Christine Ng
Kingdom Yuen
Sharon Chan
Chris Lai
Opening theme “Shameless Love” (愛無愧) by Denise Ho

Synopsis

Setting out on their quest for fame and fortune, three female TV stars of different backgrounds are resolved to achieve their dreams at any price. But after so many ups and downs in their acting careers, they finally come to discover the secret of true beauty.

Driven by sheer vanity, Ko Ching (Kate Tsui) takes part in a beauty pageant despite the strong opposition of her mother (Kingdom Yuen), a long-retired actress, and leaps to stardom soon after winning the championship. Rising actress Cally (Sharon Chan) feels threatened by Ko CHing and decides to join another TV station to look for a breakthrough, which is not supported by her production assistant friend Deacon (Chris Lai). Leading actress Chin-fung (Christine Ng) used to be a bitter rival of Ko Ching’s mother. Realizing that Ko Ching’s acting career is taking off at top speed, Chin-fung means to approach her as a mentor, through which she hopes to drag the girl into her moral downfall bit by bit. Desperate for everlasting beauty, Chin-fung injects herself with botox in an attempt to slow the aging process. But things do not really go as planned and her face starts to change in shape. Her advertising deal with a cosmetics company is subsequently canceled and Ko Ching has soon replaced her as the new product endorser. Even the Award of Best Actress, which she has won for years, is slipping out of her hands. To vent her anger, Chin-fung seeks to extract revenge on Ko Ching, finally plunging her into a world of pain and trouble.

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The father and son actually became good friends. In this simple generation-period, the son learnt how to get along with others again, and experienced how valuable relationships with his closed ones are. He even witnessed the strange encounter during his father’s younger days – which was actually that the father had met up with the son, whom wasn’t supposed to be born yet at that time…

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Plot
Elfen Lied takes place in Japan, focusing specifically onto a new strain of the human race – a species known as Diclonius, creatures almost entirely similar to ordinary human beings, yet greatly different at the genetic level and notable due to physical abnormalities, the most notable being a pair of short horn-like protrusions located on both sides of a Diclonius’ head. One such Diclonius, a girl named Lucy, takes role as the central plot and main anti-heroine of the series: initially held in a facility built for experimentation on the Diclonius race, located off the coast of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, she manages to escape and wreak havoc in the compound, though she’s injured in the process, an event which help develop a secondary, child-like personality known as Nyu, her name being the very first word she ever spoke.

Brought by the sea to Kamakura’s coast, she is then found and rescued by two local residents, Kohta, who just moved in to study at the local university, and his cousin Yuka. They both agree to take in Nyu (they’re the ones who give her the name), though in doing so they become involved with the numerous, often brutal, attempts to recapture Lucy/Nyu, which counts among them a Special Assault Team and a number of other Diclonius, who shift from completely oblivious of everything to murderous killer frequently, often driven by a primitive, violent instinct bent on survival of her species over the human race, deemed both inferior and extremely savage. Also, several characters who were apparently untied to the plot becomes entangled in it, from Bando, a SAT trooper who was mauled by Lucy and infected with the Vector virus, to director Kurama himself, a carrier of said virus.

While the animated rendition of the series ends with the violent fight between Lucy and Mariko, Kurama’s daughter, after which Lucy disappears while fighting the military sent to capture her, the manga continues on by showing the mad plan of director Kakuzawa, leader of the Diclonius’ research, and its ultimate failure due to its own inconsistency. Nevertheless, said plan still brings about a great crisis upon the world, whose side-effects the surviving protagonists witness in the years after the conclusion of the story.

The story is rarely completely action-packed, and while there are instances of brutal fights, they often end abruptly in massacres perpetrated by Lucy or the other Diclonius, or even the humans themselves. Also, humanity is often portrayed as extremely immoral or cruel, with instances such as the experiments the Diclonius constantly endure or the racist view humans and Diclonius give at each other. In fact, it is often confusing to assert who of the two factions is truly evil, given the fact that while humans are demonized through their cruelty over Diclonius, the latter are depicted as bloody murderers since a very young age – in fact, most of them are young children or teenagers at most.

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Elfen Lied episode 1: A Chance Encounter
Elfen Lied episode 2: Annihilation
Elfen Lied episode 3: Deep Feelings
Elfen Lied episode 4: Attack
Elfen Lied episode 5: Receipt
Elfen Lied episode 6: Innermost Feelings
Elfen Lied episode 7: Confrontation
Elfen Lied episode 8: The Beginning
Elfen Lied episode 9: Reminiscence
Elfen Lied episode 10: Infant
Elfen Lied episode 11: Complication
Elfen Lied episode 12: Quagmire
Elfen Lied episode 13: No Return
Elfen Lied episode 14: 12

Plot
Light Yagami is an extremely intelligent young man who resents what appears to be a relentless increase of crime and corruption in the world around him. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the “Death Note”, lying on the ground. The Death Note’s instructions claim that if a human’s name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook’s authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become “the God of the New World” by passing his keen judgment on those he deems to be evil or who get in his way.

Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as “L”. L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as “Kira” (キラ?, derived from the typical Japanese pronunciation of the English word “killer”), is located in Japan. He also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.

Misa Amane, another Death Note owner, finds Light. Obsessed by Kira after the death of her parents’ murderer, she devotes herself to helping Light, but is captured by L. Light makes a plan involving renouncing ownership of both Death Notes, and all of his memories of them, and turns himself in to L for surveillance. Together, Light and L investigate eight people from the company “Yotsuba” who are using Misa’s Death Note for their own profit. While arresting them, Light recovers all his memories when he touches the Death Note. He remembers and continues his plan of compelling the former owner of Misa’s Death Note, the shinigami Rem, into killing L and his aide Watari.

After L’s death, Light is given the position of the “new L” by the Japanese Task Force. Four years later, Near and Mello – two children who were raised to be successors to L – appear, with the goal of finding Kira. In the meantime, Kira has gained much public support, and has contacts. Mello, one of L’s successors, kidnaps Sayu Yagami, Light’s little sister, as a bargaining chip to get the Death Note. The Japanese Task Force plan to go to Los Angeles to rescue Sayu but end up losing the Notebook. The task force later attempts to retrieve it and succeeds in doing so; but, as a result of an explosive that Mello uses to cover his escape, Soichiro Yagami, Light’s father, dies.

Near begins to suspect the second L of being Kira thus causing some members of the Japanese task force to also openly suspect him. Realizing the risk of being caught, Light has Misa give up ownership of her Death Note. He then finds his next successor, Teru Mikami, a strong, almost crazed Kira supporter. Mikami later recruits a new spokesman for Kira, Kiyomi Takada, a newscaster and one of Light’s former college girlfriends. Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada continue killing criminals while Light is unable to do so himself. Kiyomi is later kidnapped by Mello and is forced to kill him with a hidden piece of the Death Note. Light kills Kiyomi to avoid her implicating him after she uses the note to kill Mello. In a final confrontation between Light and Near, Near proves that Light is Kira. Ryuk reminds fulfills his earlier promise he made at the beginning of the series to write Light’s name in his Death Note, thus ending Light’s life due to a heart attack.

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Death Note episode 1: Rebirth
Death Note episode 2: Showdown
Death Note episode 3: Dealings
Death Note episode 4: Pursuit
Death Note episode 5: Diplomacy
Death Note episode 6: Open Seam
Death Note episode 7: Cloudy Sky
Death Note episode 8: Gaze
Death Note episode 9: Contact
Death Note episode 10: Doubt
Death Note episode 11: Thrust
Death Note episode 12: Love’s Awakening
Death Note episode 13: Confession
Death Note episode 14: Friend
Death Note episode 15: Gamble
Death Note episode 16: Decision
Death Note episode 17: Execution
Death Note episode 18: Comrade
Death Note episode 19: Matsuda
Death Note episode 20: Makeshift
Death Note episode 21: Activity
Death Note episode 22: Guidance
Death Note episode 23: Mania
Death Note episode 24: Revival
Death Note episode 25: Silence
Death Note episode 26: Reincarnation
Death Note episode 27: Abduction
Death Note episode 28: Impatience
Death Note episode 29: Father
Death Note episode 30: Justice
Death Note episode 31: Transfer
Death Note episode 32: Selction
Death Note episode 33: Ridicule
Death Note episode 34: Vigilance
Death Note episode 35: Murderous Intent
Death Note episode 36: 1/28
Death Note episode 37: New World
Death Note episode 38: Death Note Special
Death Note episode 39: Rewrite 2: L’s Successors

Status: Returning Series
Premiered: October 5, 2004
Genre: Animation , Action/Adventure

Plot

The story opens with the sudden appearance of one of the Soul Reapers (死神, shinigami?, lit. “death god”), a military order who escorts the souls of the dead, named Rukia Kuchiki in teenager Ichigo Kurosaki’s bedroom. She is surprised at his ability to see her, but their conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a “hollow”, an evil spirit who was originally a human soul. After Rukia is severely wounded while trying to protect Ichigo, she attempts to transfer half of her reiatsu (霊圧?, lit. “spirit pressure”) to Ichigo in order to let him face the hollow on equal footing. Ichigo unintentionally absorbs almost all her energy, allowing him to defeat the hollow with ease. The next day Rukia appears in Ichigo’s classroom as a seemingly normal human, and informs Ichigo that his absorption of her powers has left her stranded in the human world until she recovers her strength. In the meantime Ichigo shelters Rukia in his home and takes over her job as a Soul Reaper, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to the afterlife realm known as Soul Society (尸魂界(ソウル·ソサエティ), Sōru Sosaeti?).

After a few months of this arrangement, in the sixth volume of the series, Rukia’s Soul Reaper superiors find out about her giving her powers away (which is illegal in Soul Society) and send a detachment to arrest her, and sentence her to death. Ichigo is unable to stop Rukia’s capture, but with the help of several of his classmates who also possess spiritual abilities and ex-Soul Reaper Captain Kisuke Urahara, he sets off for the Soul Reaper base, located in Soul Society. Once there, Ichigo and company battle against the elites of the Soul Reaper military, and are ultimately successful in halting Rukia’s execution.

It is then revealed that Rukia’s execution and Ichigo’s rescue attempt were both manipulated by Sōsuke Aizen, a high ranking Soul Reaper previously believed to be murdered, as part of a far-reaching plot to take control of Soul Society. Aizen betrays his fellow Soul Reapers and allies himself with the strongest hollows, arrancar, becoming the main antagonist of the series, and Ichigo teams up with his former enemies in Soul Society after learning that the next step in Aizen’s plan involves the destruction of his hometown. However, Ichigo goes with a few friends to the Hollow’s world, Hueco Mundo (虚圏(ウェコムンド), Weko Mundo?), in order to rescue their friend Orihime Inoue who was kidnapped by Aizen in order to reduce the number of Soul Reapers defending Soul Society. At this point, Bleach chronicles the war between Aizen and the Soul Society, a plotline which has not yet been resolved. According to Tite Kubo, the ending of the series is not yet planned out or written.

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The is one of the best traditional legendary folkore story of Ancient China. A group of abled people were assembled to fight against the King who was bewitched by Demons. And so the war between the good and the evil begins.

Tender but thorny, she took the throne to become the most powerful woman ever in China!  CCTV has marked another milestone for Chinese historical television drama production with The Shadow of Em press Wu. China’s top actress Liu Xiaoqing makes a triumphant return as Wu Zetian, the very role that cemented her superstardom years earlier. Based on historical accounts, while also referencing colorful folklore, this spectacular series gives the definitive portrayal of the life and legend of the controversial figure, from her intimate love affairs to the bitter struggles she went through that sealed her rise to absolute power. At the center of the story is the touching friendship between the Empress and a civilian – a female scholar played by Eva Huang Shengyi (Kung Fu Hustle). Besides an all-star cast, the epic drama also boasts lavish sets and costumes re-creating the splendor of ancient Chinese civilization at the peak of the Tang Dynasty.

Season 1

1. Handsome Swordsman of Legend
2. Kid Samurai
3. Swordsman of Sorrow
4. Bad!
5. Reverse-Blade Sword vs. Zanbatou
6. Appearance of Kurogasa
7. Deathmatch Under the Moon
8. A New Battle
9. Strongest Group of Ninjas
10. Aoshi
11. Farewell, the Strongest Men
12. Birth of a Boy Swordsman
13. Striving For the Grand Championship
14. To Save a Small Life
15. Two Legendary Manslayers
16. A Promise From the Heart
17. Fly to Your Dreams
18. Run, Yahiko!
19. Raijuta’s Ambition
20. Revival of the Shinko Style
21. Dissolution of a Nightmare
22. Danger on a Runaway Locomotive
23. Sanosuke’s Betrayal
24. Midnight Battle
25. The Crimson Pirate
26. Lightning Incarnate
27. Burn, Island of Terror!

Season 2

28. Prelude to the Impending Fight
29. Strongest Opponent From the Past
30. A Devil of Vengeance
31. A Wish Unrequited
32. Change Tears to Courage
33. For the Title of Strongest
34. The Girl Bandit
35. Conquered Village
36. Across the Boundary Between Edo and Meiji
37. Shock! Reverse Blade Sword Broken
38. Sanosuke’s Secret Training
39. The Creation of the Reverse-Blade Sword
40. A Killer Without Mercy
41. The Ultimate Technique of the Hiten-Mitsurugi Style
42. The Formation of an Alliance
43. Between Life and Death
44. A Decisive Battle like Violent Waters
45. As If to Fly
46. Purgatory Bursts into Flames
47. Crash! The Lethal Punch, Futae no Kiwami!
48. Reborn to Salvation
49. The Wolf Destroys the Shingan
50. The Promised Time Has Come
51. Wake Up Now!
52. To Make a Miracle
53. The Giant Versus Superman
54. Hiten Versus Shukuchi
55. The Tragedy of a Stormy Night
56. A Duel With an Extreme Moment
57. Two Men at the End of an Era
58. The Age Chooses Shishio?
59. Not Out of Luck!
60. The Man Who is Chosen for Victory
61. The Choice for Life
62. Kyoto, the Engraved Memory

Season 3

63. The Legend of the Fireflies
64. The Birth of Prince Yahiko
65. Find the Lost Treasure!
66. Kaoru, Ecstatic
67. The Gleaming Blade of Legends
68. The Medallion of Destiny
69. To the Battlefield of Shimabara
70. Shock of the Rai Ryu Sen
71. Kaiou’s Conspiracy
72. The Days of Remorse
73. The Sneering Demon
74. Sanosuke’s Tears
75. The Last Crusade
76. Bon Voyage
77. Himura Dojo in Shimonoseki?
78. Crush!
79. Kaishu-Katsu and Kenshin
80. The Unending Revolution
81. Conspiracy of the Beniaoi
82. Kaishu-Katsu’s Determination
83. Yutaro Returns
84. The Sanada Ninja Squad
85. A Straying Journey
86. A Heatwave from Beneath the Earth
87. Schneider’s Bet
88. The Two Guides
89. To My Angel Misao
90. Feng Shui Surprise Attack!
91. The Magic of Feng Shui
92. Tokyo Under Martial Law
93. The Enemy Awaits in Senjogahara
94. The Elegy of Wind and Water
95. End of Wanderings

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Personal Information
Lu Xiaofeng is perhaps best identified by his trademark “Four Eyebrows” (四條眉毛) to pugilists, as he sports two strands of moustache on his face which are similar to his eyebrows, making him seem as though he has four eyebrows. He is described as good-looking, making him seem very attractive to many female characters in the novel series. He is an alcoholic who enjoys drinking, as well as being a flirt who toys around with women and visits brothels frequently.
Lu Xiaofeng’s true personality and abilities are actually being hidden behind his image of a flirt and alcoholic. He is extremely intelligent and observant like a fox, although it may not seem obvious, which enables him to solve the several mysteries in the novel series. His wit and cunning has also helped to deliver him from danger, often turning the tables on his enemies unexpectedly when he is apparently on the losing end. Lu Xiaofeng also values friendship and often risks his own life to help his friends when needed.

Martial Arts
Lu Xiaofeng is best known for his “Lingxi Finger” (靈犀一指), which enables him to catch and hold enemies’ weapons between his fingers. He does not really use any particular weapon and often relies on his fingers to fight enemies, even when he is being surrounded. Lu Xiaofeng is a Qinggong expert as well, and although Gu Long did not state explicitly Lu Xiaofeng’s Qinggong capability in comparison with other characters, Lu Xiaofeng is no doubt one of the top ten Qing Gong experts in the novel series.

The Novels
The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (陸小鳳傳奇)
The mysterious sect Qing Yi Lou (青衣樓) which surfaced in the Jianghu stirs up some bloodshed. Lu Xiaofeng’s curiosity spurs him to investigate the issue. He encounters Princess Fengdan (鳳丹公主) of the Kingdom of the Golden Bird (大金鵬國) in the Western regions, who seeks his help on behalf of her father, the King. The King is seeking vengeance on three traitors who betrayed him years ago. They are currently the wealthiest, most powerful and best pugilists in the Jianghu. Lu Xiaofeng is aware that he is unable to complete the mission alone so he enlists the help of his friends Hua Manlou and Ximen Chuixue. Lu Xiaofeng encounters all kinds of danger while dealing with the three traitors but even after they have been killed, the mystery is still not solved yet. Later, Hua Manlou and Princess Fengdan go missing, and Lu Xiaofeng discovers that the King is an imposter. On the brink of imminent danger, Lu Xiaofeng manages to reverse the situation and succeeds in solving the mystery.

The Embroidery Bandit (繡花大盜)
The Embroidery Bandit is suspected to have robbed the Zhenyuan Escort Agency 800,000 worth of gold and broken into the Pingnan Prince’s residence, having blinded the housekeeper Jiang Chongwei (江重威). The chief constable Jin Jiuling (金九鈴) is appointed to investigate the case and arrest the bandit. He seeks Lu Xiaofeng’s help to crack the mystery within eight days. After a series of adventures and enlisting the help of his friends Sikong Zhaixing, Xue Bing (薛冰) and the Serpent King (蛇王), Lu Xiaofeng creates a trap for the Bandit, who unsuspectingly reveals his true identity as Jin Jiuling. Lu Xiaofeng defeats Jin Jiuling in a fight recovers the stolen gold.

Before and After the Duel (決戰前後)
The best swordsmen in the Jianghu Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng have an agreement for a duel to the death on the night of the full moon on the rooftop of the Forbidden City. News of the duel attract the attention of several pugilists who gather in the capital city to watch the duel and they wager amongst themselves on who would emerge as the victor. However, Ximen Chuixue disappears mysteriously and Ye Gucheng is wounded before the duel. Lu Xiaofeng is worried for his friends and sets off to investigate the issue. Lu Xiaofeng’s acquaintances Li Yanbei (李雁北) and Guisun Daye (龜孫大爺) are murdered and his girlfriend Ouyang Qing (歐陽情) is poisoned. Lu Xiaofeng has no clue to who the murderer is and believes that the duel is actually a mask for a sinister plot. Eventually, it is revealed that Ye Gucheng is the mastermind behind the plot to assassinate the emperor and he is stopped by Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuixue. Nevertheless, the duel still proceeds as planned and Ximen Chuixue emerges victorious by slaying Ye Gucheng.

The Silver Hook Gambling House (銀鉤賭坊)
The son of the Demon Sect’s (魔教) leader is murdered and the owner of the Silver Hook Gambling House (銀鉤賭坊) Lanhuzi (藍鬍子) frames Lu Xiaofeng for it. Lanhuzi promises to help Lu Xiaofeng clear his name with the condition that Lu help him find his ex-wife Li Xia (李霞) and the Demon Sect’s sacred object Luocha Tablet (羅剎牌). Lu Xiaofeng manages to recover the Luocha Tablet but finds it to be a fake one. The real one is actually with Lanhuzi. Lan Hu Zi used Lu Xiaofeng to help him buy time and divert attention so he could seize control of the Demon Sect using the tablet. However, Lan Hu Zi is eventually killed and the Luocha Tablet returned to its original owner.

 The Mountain House of Ghosts (幽靈山莊)
Lu Xiaofeng apparently molested Ximen Chuixue’s wife and incurs the wrath of Ximen. Ximen has been pursuing him and trying to kill him. To avoid Ximen Chuixue, Lu Xiaofeng seeks refuge in the sinister Mountain House of Ghosts (幽靈山莊) under the master Laodao Bazi (老刀把子) and becomes part of them. Laodao Bazi is planning an “Operation Thunder” (天雷行動) to eliminate four of his sworn enemies and obtain a notebook recording the secrets of the Jianghu, which is concealed inside the Wudang Sect leader’s hat. Lu Xiaofeng participates in the operation but eventually the operation fails and Lu Xiaofeng exposes Laodao Bazi’s evil plans. In fact, Lu Xiaofeng and Ximen Chuixue have staged the hunt-down-and-kill incident to trick Laodao Bazi so Lu Xiaofeng can infiltrate the hideout and foil Operation Thunder. Laodao Bazi is actually the Wudang Sect elder Taoist Mu.

The Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens (鳳舞九天)
A large amount of gold belonging to the Taiping Prince (太平王) is robbed during its delivery. 109 expert martial artists who are escorting the gold are missing as well and the incident causes much fear in the Jianghu. The Jianghu’s only hope Lu Xiaofeng is nowhere to be found when he is needed as he is roaming the land freely. Lu Xiaofeng meets Yue Yang (岳洋) and Niuroutang (牛肉湯), who turn out to be actually pugilists in disguise. This arouses his interest to investigate further. Lu Xiaofeng finds a way to get onboard the same ship as them but in the middle of the sea, a storm causes him to be shipwrecked and he is cast onto a desolate island. Later while exploring the island, Lu Xiaofeng discovers that the island is home to a group of pugilists and the missing men are held captive there by a man named Gong Jiu (宮九). Lu Xiaofeng also meets a mysterious maiden called Sha Man (沙曼), whom he falls in love with. After Lu Xiaofeng escapes from the island with Sha Man, Gong Jiu spreads the news that Lu Xiaofeng is responsible for robbing the gold. Lu Xiaofeng is forced to hide from the government and he seeks the help of his close friend Ximen Chuixue. Through a series of investigations, Lu Xiaofeng confirms that Gong Jiu is the mastermind behind the plot and he confronts Gong Jiu at the prince’s residence. During the battle, Lu Xiaofeng unleashes his legendary power “The Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens” and defeats Gong Jiu.

Laughter of the God of Sword (劍神一笑)
The “God of Sword” Ximen Chuixue seeks help from Lu Xiaofeng to find Liu Chengfeng (柳乘風) of the Mount Ba Sword Sect (巴山劍派). Lu Xiaofeng disguises himself and enters the town on the desert border and finds Liu, but Liu had been killed. Lu Xiaofeng then realises that the town is full of hidden lurking dangers, but he manages to trace the murder to a former imperial concubine named Gong Susu (宮素素). Lu Xiaofeng finds a hidden treasure in the desert after a series of adventures but at the same time those pugilists lurking in the town are also planning to kill him. Lu Xiaofeng is apparently killed while finding the treasure but Ximen Chuixue arrives and reveals that it was a trap set for the villains. All the villains are slain and the heroes leave together happily. For the first time ever, the cold, unfeeling and unsmiling “God of Sword” laughs at the end of the novel.

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