Doupo Cangqiong: San Nian Zhi Yue

omg its best donghua better than disney pixar movies.
i didnt like 3d anime but after watching this i knew two this first its not anime its donghua 2nd its awesome. outstanding romantic sad emotional story.
it am waiting for the next season. motion studio is really best.
art is outstanding. visuals are awesome. sound is really emotional and motivational.
character are really really great you can even see their every hair.
enjoyment was 10 on 10. overall i am very very happy.

1st season was boring but i had to watch just for story sake.
after 1st season its literally master piece.

They weren't kidding when they said the final agreement was gonna be 3 years later because that's how long the producers made us wait since season 1.

No time is wasted in this season, there is action almost every episode and gets you wanting to watch the next episode to find out what conflict lies ahead. Every human emotion is invoked upon you, betrayal, love, powerlessness, sacrifices, surprises, and many more. I won't spoil it, but this season isn't just about the final fight between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.

Almost every other "important" character from previous seasons gets a spotlight be it my man ... Hai BoDong or my girl YunYun. This season will make you love and understand the characters even more.

The animation was just incredible. What I love about the animation the most in this show is how the animators used facial expressions to communicate a lot of feelings. Sometimes there is no dialogue and you just know what they are saying based on body language. It helps a lot if you watched the previous movies and specials as well since there were A LOT of hidden messages that you won't pick up if you watch it only once. But this is getting into spoiler territory...

The music is timed perfectly and that it makes every scene just emotionally stronger - I am looking at you episode 13. The voice acting was fantastic. You could feel the pain, sorrow, anger, and love in many characters' voice. The voices also fit really well with the characters.

I can't wait for another 3 years until the next season (/s)!

Doupo Cangqiong 3 Year Agreement Arc recap (minor spoilers)
After the arduous cultivation grinding, emotional trauma and hiding behind the secret persona Yan Xiao, this three year agreement between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran is finally over. Xiao Yan who in the beginning rose to the top of cultivation in his generation had a detrimental loss of his base and has an argument with his future wed Nalan Yanran who despises his now weak cultivation. Nalan Yanran's feelings have slowly changed from anguish to acceptance of Xiao Yan's superiority. However, despite the outcome Yunleng Sect elders patronize Xiao Yan for previous occurences to their colleagues which ... sets a spark of Yunleng sect vs Yan family conflict implicating many lives of Jiama Empire's elite figures such as Haibo Dong, the Emperor, the Alchemist and even Medusa. Will Xiao Yan finally get peace of mind after clearing up the misunderstandings or does Yunleng Sect have surprises for him?

Story & Characters: 9/10
The story has gotten a lot more intense and action-packed during this arc with every episode uncovering plot-twist level events and unpredictable conflict. Despite all the chaos that occurs within the story, we still get the screen time of many old characters from previous seasons which made it worthwhile to watch as specific characters had direct involvement in the milestone events or even the smallest dialogues. Xiao Yan also for the most part dealt with challenges that didn't always work out as he planned it which some donghua tend to forget after hundreds of episodes leading to dragged unnecessary character development. Overall, this arc was an eye opener that I was not expecting when I watched season 1.

Art & Sound: 8/10
Although the art and animation quality has not improved from the previous seasons, it still is visually appealing. Most of the great visuals can be credited to the smooth battle aura that Xiao Yan releases when things get intense like with the Flame lotus Blossom or his rage. You can still tell most of the character rigging was done via keyframing like the mouth, ts during mid shots and even some fast action fight scenes between Yun Shan and Xiao Yan. Overall, still a great visual experience this arc.

There is always the same soundtrack that plays when the events take a turn for the worst, which has been used in the previous seasons; I think this added a lot of emotional depth to the scenes because of the association to previous emotional events stacking onto the milestone events occuring in 3YA arc. As such the music is also a great aspect that has not fallen in quality yet it also hasn't increased in quality either. Voice acting is on point as usual for the series.

Overall & Enjoyment: 9/10
I went into this arc with an 8/10 ready, but after the 4th or 5th episode I already knew it was time to bump it up. On the forums and in general people weren't expecting 3 year agreement to be a full fledged 12 episode arc and had low expectations upon release but knowing the past season's extremely easily consumable storyline it couldn't have been worse. Now that it is done, I think this was definitely a lot better in quality than any previous seasons making it more exciting to see what to expect in the sequel.