The Island of Siliang · review
This donghua is one of the most detailed and beautifully animated donghuas I've seen. Brief Summary: Its story takes place on an island of exiled/criminal deities(or immortals), trapped because either they or their ancestors broke some rules in the upper world. Among these exiled deities exists a mortal who arrived at this island around 10 years ago. 10 years ago, not long after her arrival, an incident happened where someone tried to escape the imprisonment and failed. Now 10 years later, a status quo has been established and life has returned mostly to normal, until a new batch of mortals arrives to once again kickoff a storm (especially because of what happened 10 years ago after the first batch of mortals arrived).
The story is told mostly through eyes of Tu Li, the sole mortal on the island, and Jing Xuan, whose family caused the incident 10 years ago and thought to have died. Tu Li wishes to leave the island because she wants to see the world her father came from and because of the discrimination against her by the local inhabitants; Jing Xuan was rescued by someone in order to help her escape, but he wants to unravel the mysteries behind his parent's failure during the incident 10 years ago. Other families and factions are portrayed quite well, as each individual character has their own unique traits and goals in this donghua.
My only complaint about this donghua is its length. We get to see the status quo, and the breaking of the status quo due to the arrival of a new batch of mortals. Now things have been shaken up, and long repressed conflicts are about to break out again, but the show then ends. It certainly leaves a good hook to encourage watching the second season (whenever it comes out), but the cut off seems a bit too abrupt. Despite that, I highly recommend this.