Jul. 5th, 2020

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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

3/5. A cute wuxia novella about a former anchorite nun who attaches herself to a band of thieves after the destruction of her religious enclave.

This is fun and pleasantly queer. I was startled by how familiar all the forms and beats of the genre were to me, because if you'd asked me beforehand I would have been able to give you only the vaguest definition of what Wuxia is about. After some thought, I trace the surprise knowledge back to the 1.5 Chinese webnovels I've read, reading widely in a few Japanese anime fandoms with big Chinese fan bases, and, interestingly, Harry Potter fic. Thanks, fandom. So if you like any of those things, or kickass trans nuns in general, you might like this.

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