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The show is a remake of Pili's ''Pili''s 6th season, and premiered on Netflix on July 12, 2019. This makes ''War of Dragons'' the first installment of the main Pili ''Pili'' series to air in English speaking countries in an uncut format.
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''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", warriors with the ability of {{Ki Manipulation}} and those who can help and hinder them in their various quests.
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''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a large cast, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", warriors with the ability of {{Ki Manipulation}} and those who can help and hinder them in their various quests.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The cast has several dozen characters sharing complex interrelated backstories. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ThunderboltFantasy/comments/cd0a0f/basic_introduce_for_pili_fantasy/ Here's a quick visual primer]].
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Tai Huang-Chun]] is subject to this after badly losing a duel for the Sacred Dragon Bone Sword. Notably foreshadowed earlier when One Page Book notes he presents a facade of humility and wisdom, but secretly held everyone else in contempt and arrogantly thought himself best, which could lead to his downfall.
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Tai Huang-Chun]] is subject to this after badly losing a duel for the Sacred Dragon Bone Sword. Notably foreshadowed earlier when One Page Book Ling Hsin I Fo notes he presents a facade of humility and wisdom, but secretly held everyone else in contempt and arrogantly thought himself best, which could lead to his downfall.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend Half-foot Sword that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen as part of his "liquification" technique,]] and he has no idea of his ability's "dark side." Same character has, coincidentally, received the manuscript detailing the technique.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft Yi Ye-Shu comments with his friend Half-foot Sword Ban Chi-Chien that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen as part of his "liquification" technique,]] and he has no idea of his ability's "dark side." Same character has, coincidentally, received the manuscript detailing the technique.
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The show is a remake of Pili's 6th season, and premiered on Netflix on July 12, 2019. This makes War ''War of Dragons Dragons'' the first installment of the main Pili series to air in English speaking countries in an uncut format.
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As turmoil looms in the Martial World, and the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon unleashes dark forces, who will emerge as the new warrior legend?
''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off {{Ki Manipulation}}s or help and hinder them in their various quests.
''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off {{Ki Manipulation}}s or help and hinder them in their various quests.
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As turmoil looms in the Martial World, and the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon unleashes unleash their dark forces, who will emerge as the new warrior legend?
''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World",basically anyone warriors with the ability to fire off of {{Ki Manipulation}}s or Manipulation}} and those who can help and hinder them in their various quests.
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* TigerVersusDragon: The main antagonists are the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, versus The Eight Tiger Generals.
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''Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off {{Ki Attack}}s Manipulation}}s or help and hinder them in their various quests.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, the Eternal Empress of Silkworm Palace, and the Demon King and his realm. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, the Eternal Empress of Silkworm Palace, and the Demon King and his realm. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals of Heavenly Tiger are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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-->'''Pa Mien Lang Chi:''' "That tasteless music and the smell of cheap cosmetics, it must be Chin Shao-yeh!"
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-->'''Pa Mien Lang Chi:''' "That tasteless "This music and the smell of cheap cosmetics, it must be Chin Shao-yeh!"
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* PlantPerson: The Demon Resurrection Tree becomes one [[spoiler:after absorbing the Demon Archmage, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.]]
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* PlantPerson: The Demon Resurrection Tree becomes one [[spoiler:after absorbing the Demon Archmage, Archmage of Hell, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.Nankung Chu.]]
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* WhenTreesAttack: The Demon Resurrection Tree, it uses roots and vines to grab onto victims, and slowly digests them from the inside out. Liquifying bones and causing bouts of extreme pain over several weeks. Nangong is only temporarily saved from this fate by being physically separated from the tree, but it somehow is still eating him on a metaphysical level, and will eventually die to it. [[spoiler: And ''then'' it becomes a PlantPerson after absorbing the Demon Archmage, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.]]
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* WhenTreesAttack: The Demon Resurrection Tree, it uses roots and vines to grab onto victims, and slowly digests them from the inside out. Liquifying bones and causing bouts of extreme pain over several weeks. Nangong Nankung Chu is only temporarily saved from this fate by being physically separated from the tree, but it somehow is still eating him on a metaphysical level, and will eventually die to it. [[spoiler: And ''then'' it becomes a PlantPerson after absorbing the Demon Archmage, Archmage of Hell, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.Nankung Chu.]]
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* DelinquentHair: Chin Shao-yeh, along with wearing "cheap cosmetics". He later gets it cut off as part of his HumiliationConga at the hands of the amnesiac Chi Lu-Jen.
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-->'''Pa Mien Lang Chi:''' "That tasteless music and the smell of cheap cosmetics, it must be Chin Shao-yeh!"
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* GagHaircut: Chin Shao-yeh gets one as part of his HumiliationConga at the hands of the amnesiac Chi Lu-Jen.
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* Mo-chi Yen [[spoiler:eventually accepts that Su Huan-chen and Lady Vermillion were not, in fact, evil and threatening his baby dragon's life after both save it.]] Considering he's got a literally explosive temper, this was quite the step for him.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Pa Mien Lang-Chi, to Chin Shao-yeh. It starts out as StalkerWithACrush, but seems to grow to actual affection if not love, given she is eventually persuaded to leave him (trapped in a bottle) so he matures as a person.
* {{Revenge}}: A lot of plots center around getting revenge (or justice) against other characters for killing loved ones or allies, upsetting their plots, or just plain hurt {{Pride}}. Notably, a few characters do grow to forgive others of said offenses.
** Ku Yeh is notable for having ''several'' grievances with various other martial artists. He wants to avenge himself against the Viper Cult for the loss of his arm and parents. The Golden Sun Emperor for having a hand in it. And Chi Lu-jen for his involvement.
** Ku Yeh is notable for having ''several'' grievances with various other martial artists. He wants to avenge himself against the Viper Cult for the loss of his arm and parents. The Golden Sun Emperor for having a hand in it. And Chi Lu-jen for his involvement.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Pa Mien Lang-Chi, to Chin Shao-yeh. It gets to the point she refuses to kill him over it, but is eventually persuaded to leave him (trapped in a bottle) so he matures as a person.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Pa Mien Lang-Chi, to Chin Shao-yeh. It gets to the point she refuses to kill him carry out his assassination over it, but the crush. It's not too extreme, given she is eventually persuaded to leave him (trapped in a bottle) so he matures as a person.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, the Immortal Empress of Silkworm Palace, and the Demon King and his realm. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, the Immortal Eternal Empress of Silkworm Palace, and the Demon King and his realm. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
* AmazonBrigade: All of the Eternal Empress' forces are women.
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* BloodKnight: Plenty, of note is Pa Mien Lang Chi. She loves battle, the company of men, and drink, in roughly that order but she's not picky. In fact, when ordered by the Immortal Empress to kill Chin Shao-yeh, she grows infatuated with him once he defeats her and refuses to try again. This leads to a lot of friction between her and her friend the Immortal Empress, doubly so once she actually rescues him from the Immortal Empress' second attempt at assassinating him.
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* BloodKnight: Plenty, of note is Pa Mien Lang Chi. She loves battle, the company of men, and drink, in roughly that order but she's not picky. In fact, when ordered by the Immortal Eternal Empress to kill Chin Shao-yeh, she grows infatuated with him once he defeats her and refuses to try again. This leads to a lot of friction between her and her friend the Immortal Eternal Empress, doubly so once she actually rescues him from the Immortal Eternal Empress' second attempt at assassinating him.
* PlantPerson: The Demon Resurrection Tree becomes one [[spoiler:after absorbing the Demon Archmage, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.]]
* TheSpeechless: Yeh Hsiao-chai, by virtue of cutting out his own tongue as part of his trying to understand how "the sound of a single hand clapping" and gaining the martial art of nothingnes.
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* TheStarscream: The Purple Queen serving the Immortal Empress, she seeks to reclaim her independence and take over the Empress' holdings in the process.
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* TheStarscream: The Purple Queen serving the Immortal Eternal Empress, she seeks to reclaim her independence and take over the Empress' holdings in the process.
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* WhenTreesAttack: The Demon Resurrection Tree, it uses roots and vines to grab onto victims, and slowly digests them from the inside out. Liquifying bones and causing bouts of extreme pain over several weeks. Nangong is only temporarily saved from this fate by being physically separated from the tree, but it somehow is still eating him on a metaphysical level, and will eventually die to it. [[spoiler: And ''then'' it becomes a PlantPerson after absorbing the Demon Archmage, and fusing with him and his hate and its desire to finish eating Nangong.]]
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* CoolSword: ''Lots of them'', of the blessed, cursed, and "neutral" varieties.
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* TheDarkArts: Martial arts from the Demon Realm are generally this, not evil per se but usually nasty to the victim. For one, there's the "exploding head technique".
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* {{Forgiveness}}: There's a few powerful moments of forgiveness throughout the show, notably mostly concerning members of Team Tiger learning to let go and work together.
** Yeh Hsiao-chai [[spoiler:forgives Su Huan-chen]].
** Ouyang Lin [[spoiler:forgives Su Huan-chen of killing her father, under the argument that as an evil man, he had to be brought down]].
** Chin Shao-yeh [[spoiler:forgives his father for "abandoning" him, realizing by the end of the first season that circumstances didn't allow his father to care for him. This quite literally helps save his father's life.]]
* Mo-chi Yen [[spoiler:eventually accepts that Su Huan-chen and Lady Vermillion were not, in fact, evil and threatening his baby dragon's life after both save it.]] Considering he's got a literally explosive temper, this was quite the step for him.
** Yeh Hsiao-chai [[spoiler:forgives Su Huan-chen]].
** Ouyang Lin [[spoiler:forgives Su Huan-chen of killing her father, under the argument that as an evil man, he had to be brought down]].
** Chin Shao-yeh [[spoiler:forgives his father for "abandoning" him, realizing by the end of the first season that circumstances didn't allow his father to care for him. This quite literally helps save his father's life.]]
* Mo-chi Yen [[spoiler:eventually accepts that Su Huan-chen and Lady Vermillion were not, in fact, evil and threatening his baby dragon's life after both save it.]] Considering he's got a literally explosive temper, this was quite the step for him.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The masked martial artist Ouyang Lin. She [[spoiler:finds and frees the Sacred Dragon Bone Sword, and convinces Yeh Hsiao-chai to forgive Su Huan-chen.]]
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* The SmurffettePrinciple: Pa Mien Lang Chi is the only female member of Team Tiger.
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* The SmurffettePrinciple: SmurfettePrinciple: Pa Mien Lang Chi is the only female member of Team Tiger.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen as part of his "liquification" technique,]] and he has no idea of his ability's "dark side." Same character has, coincidentally, received the manuscript detailing the technique.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend Half-foot Sword that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen as part of his "liquification" technique,]] and he has no idea of his ability's "dark side." Same character has, coincidentally, received the manuscript detailing the technique.
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* KilledOffForReal: Various throughout the course of the first season. And aside from [[spoiler:Su Huan-chen]] who has a several episode resurrection arc, when a character dies, they ''stay'' dead.
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* The SmurffettePrinciple: Pa Mien Lang Chi is the only female member of Team Tiger.
** On the villains side, [[spoiler:Vermillion Lady]] is the only woman on the side of the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon.
** On the villains side, [[spoiler:Vermillion Lady]] is the only woman on the side of the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Immortal Empress of Silkworm Palace.Palace, and the Demon King and his realm. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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* CostumePorn: All over the place, only the occasional peasant or subordinate doesn't wear some form of GorgeousPeriodDress.
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* AntiVillain: Hua Xin Feng, despite being something of a BloodKnight he is shown to be honorable, unwilling to fight injured opponents and even stopping a fight outright when [[spoiler:the life of a newborn dragon is put in jeopardy because a fight distracted his caretaker.]]
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* AntiVillain: Hua Xin Feng, despite being something of a BloodKnight he is shown to be honorable, unwilling to fight injured opponents and even stopping a fight outright when [[spoiler:the life of a newborn dragon is put in jeopardy because a that fight distracted his the dragon's caretaker.]]
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** Yeh Hsiao-chai qualifies by virtue of his incredibly traumatic life. He goes prematurely white haired, cuts out his own tongue to master the martial art of ThePowerOfNothing, and at one point has both his legs cut off in a duel (he gets better though).
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** Yeh Hsiao-chai qualifies by virtue of his incredibly traumatic life. He goes prematurely white haired, cuts out his own tongue to master the [[PowerOfTheVoid martial art of ThePowerOfNothing, Nothing]], and at one point has both his legs cut off in a duel (he gets better though).
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** [[spoiler:Tai Huang-chun]] to his own master, asking him to kill the TheBigGood with his own life as payment, and then planning to take on whoever survived the epic battle.
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** [[spoiler:Tai Huang-chun]] to his own master, asking him to kill the TheBigGood the BigGood with his own life as payment, and then planning to take on whoever survived the epic battle.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: It's easier to list the exceptions. While there are some characters who are either humble or only have a modest pride in their skill, there are quite a few who are easily offended or goaded into fighting at real or perceived slights.
* BloodKnight: Plenty, of note is Pa Mien Lang Chi. She loves battle, the company of men, and drink, in roughly that order but she's not picky. In fact, when ordered by the Immortal Empress to kill Chin Shao-yeh, she grows infatuated with him once he defeats her and refuses to try again. This leads to a lot of friction between her and her friend the Immortal Empress, doubly so once she actually rescues him from the Immortal Empress' second attempt at assassinating him.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Tai Huang-Chun]] is subject to this after badly losing a duel for the Sacred Dragon Bone Sword. Notably foreshadowed earlier when One Page Book notes he presents a facade of humility and wisdom, but secretly held everyone else in contempt and arrogantly thought himself best, which could lead to his downfall.
* BloodKnight: Plenty, of note is Pa Mien Lang Chi. She loves battle, the company of men, and drink, in roughly that order but she's not picky. In fact, when ordered by the Immortal Empress to kill Chin Shao-yeh, she grows infatuated with him once he defeats her and refuses to try again. This leads to a lot of friction between her and her friend the Immortal Empress, doubly so once she actually rescues him from the Immortal Empress' second attempt at assassinating him.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Tai Huang-Chun]] is subject to this after badly losing a duel for the Sacred Dragon Bone Sword. Notably foreshadowed earlier when One Page Book notes he presents a facade of humility and wisdom, but secretly held everyone else in contempt and arrogantly thought himself best, which could lead to his downfall.
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** Yeh Hsiao-chai qualifies by virtue of his incredibly traumatic life. He goes prematurely white haired, cuts out his own tongue to master the martial art of ThePowerOfNothing, and at one point has both his legs cut off in a duel (he gets better though).
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: And pretty girls, but mostly boys. Just about every character, good or evil, is incredibly handsome or beautiful, with only a few exceptions for age, being comic relief, or demons.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen.]]Shih-jen as part of his "liquification" technique,]] and he has no idea of his ability's "dark side." Same character has, coincidentally, received the manuscript detailing the technique.
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* AmazonBrigade: All of the Immortal Empress' forces are women.
* ButtMonkey: Usually it's Chin Chia-hsien, but Chin Shao-yeh takes the brunt of it. He's the target of assassins, trapped in an unbreakable net, kidnapped by his StalkerWithACrush, shrunk and imprisoned in a bottle, and then tied to a palanquin to pull Chi Lu-jen around.
* ButtMonkey: Usually it's Chin Chia-hsien, but Chin Shao-yeh takes the brunt of it. He's the target of assassins, trapped in an unbreakable net, kidnapped by his StalkerWithACrush, shrunk and imprisoned in a bottle, and then tied to a palanquin to pull Chi Lu-jen around.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Learning the Tenth Bodhisattva Seal causes the practitioner to die seven days later as their internal organs are crushed within. This is incredibly inconvenient (aside from the obvious reasons) because it is the only way to save someone from the delayed death effects of the Illusory Fist attack. And a meat shield who will die is needed in front of the future victim, at that.
* EmpathicWeapon: Several, most notably the cursed sword of Yenna and the Salamander sword. The latter of which is quite sentimental, being unwilling to harm the man involved in its creation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lord 100 Years of Statecraft comments with his friend that the Tenth Bodhisattva seal isn't necessarily CastFromHitPoints or a lethal DangerousForbiddenTechnique. Someone who can transfer their Chi/breath to another body could survive it, but only one person has mastered that ability, [[spoiler:Yin Shih-jen.]]
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* NighInvulnerability: Yin Shih-jen can "liquidize his body", which allows him to travel through the earth and gives him nigh invulnerability to every attack. Before the season starts, Chin Chia-hsien discovered his weakness and forced him to be his lackey or die. From there, a genuine friendship grew.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In a Wuxia setting, ChiP'li Pili is a super powerful cyborg zombie that can be "piloted" by entering his body as a spiritual entity, something only the Blue Crystal man and a few others seems able to do.do.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The divine Dragon Bone Sacred Sword can only be wielded by it's chosen, anyone else touching it dies. So far only three people have wielded it, and one other touched it.
* ParentalAbandonment: Chin Shao-yeh, though he knows who his parents are, he grew up alone because of the tragic outcome of their star crossed love.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In a Wuxia setting, Chi
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The divine Dragon Bone Sacred Sword can only be wielded by it's chosen, anyone else touching it dies. So far only three people have wielded it, and one other touched it.
* ParentalAbandonment: Chin Shao-yeh, though he knows who his parents are, he grew up alone because of the tragic outcome of their star crossed love.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Pa Mien Lang-Chi, to Chin Shao-yeh. It gets to the point she refuses to kill him over it, but is eventually persuaded to leave him (trapped in a bottle) so he matures as a person.
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* EasyAmnenia: Chi Lu-Jen, courtesy of the fire spirit who crafted the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword. Transitions into some form of ObfuscatingStupidity as the actual amnesia recedes and Chi Lu-Jen starts acting purposefully again.
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* EasyAmnenia: EasyAmnesia: Chi Lu-Jen, courtesy of the fire spirit who crafted the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword. Transitions into some form of ObfuscatingStupidity as the actual amnesia recedes and Chi Lu-Jen starts acting purposefully again.
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* EasyAmensia: Chi Lu-Jen, courtesy of the fire spirit who crafted the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword. Transitions into some form of ObfuscatingStupidity as the actual amnesia recedes and Chi Lu-Jen starts acting purposefully again.
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* EasyAmensia: EasyAmnenia: Chi Lu-Jen, courtesy of the fire spirit who crafted the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword. Transitions into some form of ObfuscatingStupidity as the actual amnesia recedes and Chi Lu-Jen starts acting purposefully again.
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* EasyAmensia: Chi Lu-Jen, courtesy of the fire spirit who crafted the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword. Transitions into some form of ObfuscatingStupidity as the actual amnesia recedes and Chi Lu-Jen starts acting purposefully again.
* GuileHero: Team Tiger has Chi Lu-Jen, who goes around researching the past of the mysterious Ku Yeh to try and get him on Team Tiger, and generally matching wits with the Emperor and Tai Huang-chun.
** Su Hua-chen also fits, being able to outmaneuver Tai Huang-chun and Vermillion Lady.
* GuileHero: Team Tiger has Chi Lu-Jen, who goes around researching the past of the mysterious Ku Yeh to try and get him on Team Tiger, and generally matching wits with the Emperor and Tai Huang-chun.
** Su Hua-chen also fits, being able to outmaneuver Tai Huang-chun and Vermillion Lady.
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The show is a remake of Pili's 6th season, and premiered on Netflix on July 12, 2019. This makes War of Dragons the first installment of the main Pili series to air in English speaking countries in an uncut format.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharactersLoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The cast has several dozen characters sharing complex interrelated backstories. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ThunderboltFantasy/comments/cd0a0f/basic_introduce_for_pili_fantasy/ Here's a quick visual primer]].
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In a Wuxia setting, Chi P'li is a super powerful cyborg zombie that can be "piloted" by entering his body as a spiritual entity, something only the Blue Crystal man and a few others seems able to do.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Purple Queen of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Purple Queen wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Purple Queen Immortal Empress of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Purple Queen Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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* TheStarscream: The Purple Queen serving the Immortal Empress, she seeks to reclaim her independence and take over the Empress' holdings in the process.
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''PILI Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off {{Ki Attack}}s or help and hinder them in their various quests.
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''PILI Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off KiBlasts or help and hinder them in their various quests.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Empress of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Empress of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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''PILI Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off KiBlasts {{Ki Attack}}s or help and hinder them in their various quests.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and theEmpress Purple Queen of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress Purple Queen wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: No side has particularly good teamwork. The good guy Eight Tiger Generals don't even know all of each other, but at least those who do collaborate.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The series open with the death of Su Huan-chen, the protagonist, and two comic relief friends of his note that it's unlikely this is ''really'' how the story will start.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Yin Shih-jen is actually a [[spoiler:fairly skilled poisoner, along with his ability to teleport through the Earth.]]
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Everyone considers the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword to be this. But the truth is it's got room to be upgraded with more elements to be made much stronger.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Part and parcel of a Wuxia story.
* PluckyComicRelief: Chin Chia-hsien and Yin Shih-jen, with a Laurel and Hardy type of slapstick. Notwithstanding, both have a fairly big impact on the plot by way of sharing messages, manipulating enemies of the Tiger Generals, and otherwise being good allies.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: No side has particularly good teamwork. The good guy Eight Tiger Generals don't even know all of each other, but at least those who docollaborate.collaborate.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Yin Shih-jen is actually a [[spoiler:fairly skilled poisoner, along with his ability to teleport through the Earth.]]
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Everyone considers the Dragon Bone Sacred Sword to be this. But the truth is it's got room to be upgraded with more elements to be made much stronger.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Part and parcel of a Wuxia story.
* PluckyComicRelief: Chin Chia-hsien and Yin Shih-jen, with a Laurel and Hardy type of slapstick. Notwithstanding, both have a fairly big impact on the plot by way of sharing messages, manipulating enemies of the Tiger Generals, and otherwise being good allies.
* TheStarscream:
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: No side has particularly good teamwork. The good guy Eight Tiger Generals don't even know all of each other, but at least those who do
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As turmoil looms in the Martial World, and the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon unleashes dark forces, who will emerge as the new warrior legend?
''PILI Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off KiBlasts or help and hinder them in their various quests.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Empress of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: No side has particularly good teamwork. The good guy Eight Tiger Generals don't even know all of each other, but at least those who do collaborate.
''PILI Fantasy: War of Dragons'' is a hand puppet {{Wuxia}} show that mixes martial arts combat with social and political conflict. Featuring LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, the show centers on the conflicts of the characters in the "Martial World", basically anyone with the ability to fire off KiBlasts or help and hinder them in their various quests.
The main conflict revolves around five factions: the Eight Wonders of the Evil Dragon, The Eight Tiger Generals, the Emperor of the Northern Tribes, and the Empress of Silkworm Palace. The Eight Wonders are naturally gifted martial artists ''ostensibly'' in service of the Evil Dragon, who wishes to take over the world to do as he wishes. The Eight Tiger Generals are their fated opponents, who fight to protect the world. The Emperor vies to take over the world, and the Empress wants to power up her pet Silkworm so it can ''destroy'' the world.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: No side has particularly good teamwork. The good guy Eight Tiger Generals don't even know all of each other, but at least those who do collaborate.
