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On December 26 2013 18:21 fuzzy_panda wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2013 08:04 SoSexy wrote:I was actually wondering...what does Feng Shen Ji mean?  Feng Shen essentially means 'deity-naming' or 'deifying'. The process by which a human or something is raised up to the rank of deities. Ji means record, or story.
Oooo thanks for that. I always just thought it meant "Story of the Crazy Gods"
Also love the sword smelting aura, gives me nostalgic memories of Xian Jian,
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On December 28 2013 18:43 yandere991 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 26 2013 18:21 fuzzy_panda wrote:On December 26 2013 08:04 SoSexy wrote:I was actually wondering...what does Feng Shen Ji mean? Feng Shen essentially means 'deity-naming' or 'deifying'. The process by which a human or something is raised up to the rank of deities. Ji means record, or story. Oooo thanks for that. I always just thought it meant "Story of the Crazy Gods" Also love the sword smelting aura, gives me nostalgic memories of Xian Jian,
LOL what you're thinking of is 疯, whereas this one is 封. Both are pronounced as feng
Just started reading this manhua last night, HOLY SHIT BALLS it's good! Sooo much better than Bleach and all that garbage. Man I feel bad for those guys who can't read Chinese. The names, the locations and everything sounds so much better in Chinese. Really enjoying it so far probably will rank among my top 10 fav mangas. Thanks TL!
Edit: so far from the way I understand it, it seems like the Gods are simply a more evolved 'species', kinda like humans and neanderthals, but just far more advanced? Do they go into the backstory of this stuff more? It's very interesting
Edit 2: Just got up to date. Love the backstory of all the species. It uses a lot of taoist concepts like the 3 different worlds is referencing the 3 realms of reality in taoism (三界). The super ancient oracle script used during the Shang dynasties is also pretty cool since the word for Tian is basically this:
which kinda looks like Tian and his dragons
Also some other pieces of backstory:
Fu Xi is the supposed progenitor of the Han chinese, along with Nu Wa produced the human race from clay.
Pan Gu is the first living being and creator of all things. Before him there was chaos and he was in an egg, then he awakens and breaks it. He is often depicted as a primitive human with a hairy body and HORNS. He separated the sky (Tian) from the ground (Di) by pushing it apart. Eventually after 18000 years he dies and every part of his being becomes something (e.g. his eyes become the sun and moon, breath becomes the wind...)
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Can't say I'm a huge fan of this manga. Reminds me too much of Bleach - bad guy does some shit talk, good guy says let's just see who's stronger, attacks bad guy, bad guy is hit and surprised good guy manages to land a hit, good guy goes: "Haha, what say you now?" Bad guy replies: "Hurr durr, I underestimated you, now let me show you my true power." Good guy gets hit. Bad guy says: "Monkeys never had a chance against Gods." Good guy thinks about friendship or some bullshit and comes up with a previously unknown power and kills bad guy. Rinse, repeat over every single fight. DBZ syndrome also comes into effect where the characters become so powerful that the only way to progress is to make the next character even more powerful and the next power-up even more powerful. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to do shit translations of the next chapter in the interim. Let me know if you want this or not:
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Dammit, flood control prevents me from using the image tags.
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I feel exactly the same Takuma, even though I still think it's worthwhile to read. I guess the difference is that I feel Bleach started off well and spent some time explaining how different powers worked etc. - and then threw all of that logic away at some point. Feng Shen Ji feels like it's always been this light hearted fighting heavy brawl where wu geng just magically beats the living shit out of every bad guy, no explanation needed lol. That, and the art is pretty sick.
Also, I'd read your translations if the pages weren't split in half! 
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Hahahha. "All your base are belong to us". Thanks.
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Its pretty standard piece as far as hk comics goes. Its jes martial arts story basically. Its been like this for past 20-30 years.
As added info, this manga is based off a classical novel with a very different interpretation. As far as the original story goes, the shang dynasty was overthrown by zhou where gods took part on both sides resulting in the gods retreating from human affairs.
The japanese manga version of this is called 'Houshin Engi' (Same chinese title). This is a humorous version also with its own interesting interpretation. Check this one out if you like some sci-fi.
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This has quickly become one of my favs ! Don't hesitate to take a look.
The mix of US - European comics in a Chinese environement, with a good story and awesome art in color. What more can one ask for ?
The size of the team working on this must be quite big also.
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Hey guys for those who can't read Chinese and haven't read series 3 yet, basically the author is predicting that the manga will end at around chapter 180. The chinese version is up to chapter 165 or so as of jan 2nd, so the end is in sight. There are a lot of...surprising developments that will come up in the future. A lot of great backstory with pretty much all the major characters will be explored.
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hey this is pretty epic from the get go, good job, just started
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Wow I'm only at chapter 3 but this manga is awesome. The art is gorgeous and the characters are so cool
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Probably has one of the best styles in terms of artwork I've seen - right up there with Berserk, Vagabond, Tenjou Tenge, Air Gear, Shin Angyo Onshi, etc. Actually I might like this even more than all of those save Berserk.
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Hello guys,
Long time lurker and current Translator (also sometimes cleaner/QC) for Feng Shen Ji here ^_^
think this is my first post ever since 2000? LOL i'm that old  (
Anyway, glad to see you guys like it. and long live the Fengdom ~!
PS: Just for reference, i left a msg on EGScan profile, so you know I'm who i say I'm
http://forum.egscans.com/member.php/12533-Sharogy
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On January 06 2014 19:58 Sharog wrote:Hello guys, Long time lurker and current Translator (also sometimes cleaner/QC) for Feng Shen Ji here ^_^ think this is my first post ever since 2000? LOL i'm that old ( Anyway, glad to see you guys like it. and long live the Fengdom ~! PS: Just for reference, i left a msg on EGScan profile, so you know I'm who i say I'm http://forum.egscans.com/member.php/12533-Sharogy
Thanks for your hard work! Getting 2 chapters a week is amazing.
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Thanks for all your hard work, Sharog!! The translations are awesome!!
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On January 06 2014 19:58 Sharog wrote:Hello guys, Long time lurker and current Translator (also sometimes cleaner/QC) for Feng Shen Ji here ^_^ think this is my first post ever since 2000? LOL i'm that old ( Anyway, glad to see you guys like it. and long live the Fengdom ~! PS: Just for reference, i left a msg on EGScan profile, so you know I'm who i say I'm http://forum.egscans.com/member.php/12533-Sharogy
Thanks dude, amazing work!
oh and btw your series are one the better scanned and edited outhere!
thankssssssssss
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Cant wait for tian to throwdown
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lol why is this manga so good?
"No matter what... I will make sure you get a taste of my giant stick!"
"It's time to eat shit!"
XD XD XD
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