History Literature / ZhenHun

* NobleDemon: Wild Fire, the Dixing-ran from Episode 18, is very much this. While he participates in underground fighting, he never used his abilities to terrorize other people, and what initially looked like heartless actions on his part were actually done with good intentions. He's also not in league with the BigBad, and was actually rescuing said villain's potential victims. It goes to the point that when the whole truth is out, Shen Wei chooses not to punish him. It's telling that he also survives the story's conflict, although he had to go through a near-death situation first.

* EnfanteTerrible: Zigzagged for a character introduced in Episode 12. Zheng Yi might seem like a harmless mute, but she's actually a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and she has no qualms about using her ability to harm others. That being said, she's not exactly evil; and once the conflict involving her is resolved, the Black Robe Envoy [[spoiler: doesn't bring her back to Dixing for trial]].

* NobleDemon: Wild Fire, the Dixing-ran from Episode 18, is very much this. While he participates in underground fighting, he never used his abilities to terrorize other people, and what initially looked like heartless actions on his part were actually done with good intentions. He's not even in league with the BigBad, and was actually rescuing said villain's potential victims. It goes to the point that when the whole truth is out, Shen Wei chooses not to punish him. It's telling that he also lives, although he had to go through a near-death situation first.

* ButNotTooGay: Due to censorship laws,
* EnfanteTerrible: Zigzagged in Episode 12. Zheng Yi might seem like a harmless mute, but she's actually a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and she has no qualms about using her ability to harm others. That being said, she's not exactly evil; and once the conflict involving her is resolved, the Black Robe Envoy [[spoiler: doesn't bring her back to Dixing (the Underground) for trial]].
* EveryoneHasStandards

* IntrepidReporter

* NobleDemon: Wild Fire, the Dixing-ran from Episode 18, is very much this. While he participates in underground fighting, he never used his abilities to terrorize other people, and what initially looked like heartless actions on his part were actually done with good intentions. He's not even in league with the BigBad, and was actually rescuing said villain's potential victims and giving them new lives. It goes to the point that when the whole truth is out, Shen Wei chooses not to punish him and merely advises him to leave Dragon City.

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''Zhen Hun'' received a LiveActionAdaptation, which aired on Youku from June 13 to July 25, 2018 with a total of 40 episodes. It stars Zhu Yilong as Shen Wei and Bai Yu as Zhao Yunlan. Due to censorship laws, however, the drama doesn't adapt the homoromantic elements between the main leads and changes majority of the novel's lore.

* ButNotTooGay
* ConspicuousCG
* EnfanteTerrible: Zigzagged. The child from Episode 12 might seem like a harmless mute, but she's actually a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and she has no qualms about using her ability to harm others. That being said, she's not exactly evil; and once the conflict involving her is resolved, the Black Robe Envoy [[spoiler: doesn't bring her back to Dixing (the Underground) for trial]].

* TragicVillain: Overlaps with TragicMonster. There are a few episodes where the MonsterOfTheWeek ''is'' causing trouble, which attracts the SID's attention; however, they're not exactly evil and can have sympathetic motives behind their actions. Sometimes, there are those who ''do'' work for the BigBad, but aren't devoid of sympathetic traits themselves. Case in point, Episode 5 has all of SID pleading with the Black Robe Envoy to save a ''Undergrounder'', because said Undergrounder never did anything wrong and his son (who's the real culprit of the episode; well, sort of) isn't one of the bad guys either.

* EnfanteTerrible: Zigzagged. The child from Episode 12 might seem like a harmless mute, but she's actually a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and she has no qualms about using her ability to harm others. That being said, she's not exactly evil; and once the conflict involving her is resolved, the Black Robe Envoy [[spoiler: doesn't bring her back to Dixing for trial]].

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* TragicVillain: Overlaps with TragicMonster. There are a few episodes where the MonsterOfTheWeek ''is'' causing trouble, which attracts the SID's attention; however, they're not exactly evil and can have sympathetic motives behind their actions. Sometimes, there are those who ''do'' work for the BigBad, but aren't devoid of sympathetic traits themselves. Case in point, Episode 5 has all of SID pleading with the Black Robe Envoy to save a ''Dixingian'', because said Dixingian never did anything wrong and his son (who's the real culprit of the episode; well, sort of) isn't one of the bad guys either.

* LovingAShadow: A literal example happens in Episode 6, when a mortal human realizes that he was dating a doppelganger the entire time.

* AssholeVictim: Sometimes, the characters who end up getting killed by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek episode's main villain]] was just plain unlucky. Other times, they had it coming.

* EnfanteTerrible: Zigzagged. The child from Episode 12 might seem like a harmless mute, but she's actually a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and she has no qualms about using her ability to harm others. That being said, she's not evil.

* AdaptationDeviation

* EnfanteTerrible: Played with. The child from Episode 12 might seem like a harmless mute, but she's a Dixingian with deadly echokinesis, and is [[DissonantSerenity unusually calm]] while using her ability to harm others.

A Japanese drama CD adaptation was also greenlit, but so far no other details have been given.

* TragicVillain: Overlaps with TragicMonster. There are a few episodes where the MonsterOfTheWeek ''is'' causing trouble, which attracts the SID's attention; however, they're not exactly evil and can have sympathetic motives behind their actions. Sometimes, there are those who ''do'' work for the BigBad, but aren't devoid of sympathetic traits themselves.

* TragicVillain: Or TragicMonster. There are a few episodes where the MonsterOfTheWeek ''is'' causing trouble, which attracts the SID's attention; however, they're not exactly evil and can have sympathetic motives behind their actions.

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The story is as follows: Zhao Yunlan is the chief of the Special Investigation Department, an organisation that doesn't officially exist. Together with his team of special beings, he solves cases of the strange and bizarre. While investigating a spate of homicides that happens at a university, he encounters Shen Wei, a man who is much more than he seems.

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''Zhen Hun'' received a LiveActionAdaptation, which aired in Youku from June 13 to July 25, 2018 with a total of 40 episodes. It stars Zhu Yilong as Shen Wei and Bai Yu as Zhao Yunlan. A Japanese drama CD adaptation was also greenlit.

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''Zhen Hun'' (镇魂), or more commonly known as ''Guardian'', is a fantasy ''danmei'' novel written by Priest.

''Zhen Hun'' received a LiveActionAdaptation, which aired in Youku from June 13 to July 25, 2018. It stars Zhu Yilong as Shen Wei and Bai Yu as Zhao Yunlan. A Japanese drama CD adaptation was also greenlit.

''Zhen Hun'' received a LiveActionAdaptation, which aired in Youku from June 13 to July 25, 2018. It stars Zhu Yilong as Shen Wei and Bai Yu as Zhao Yunlan. ''Zhen Hun'' is also confirmed be adapted into a Japanese drama CD.

Zhen Hun (镇魂), or more commonly known as ''Guardian'', is a fantasy ''danmei'' novel written by Priest.

''Zhen Hun'' received a LiveActionAdaptation, which aired in Youku from June 13 to July 25, 2018. It stars Zhu Yilong as Shen Wei and Bai Yu as Zhao Yunlan.

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