Now watching: Yong-Jiu Grocery Store, Young Blood 2

[halfcactus]

JUNLONG (in Mandarin):
我剛原本想走那... 整個路都變了，搞不清楚.
I meant to go that way, but... all the roads have changed and I got confused.

UNCLE (in Taigi):
毋是啦，毋是路變，是人變.
Oh, the roads didn't change. You did.

WATCHPARTY GROUP:
WHOOOAAAA.

Based on the manhua of the same name, Yong-Jiu Grocery Store is a 10-episode Taiwanese drama about a real estate agent who moves back to the province to take over his sick grandfather's little grocery store. As he learns how to run the shop, he rediscovers his own history and learns about the human connections that keep the community and its crafts alive.

It's premature for me to rec it now but I really enjoyed the first two episodes! Music is great too.

(When I described the plot to embleciel, she summarized it back to me as "Oh, so Stardew Valley!" which... yes.)

My not-so-live tweet thread (mostly my GIF train):
Yong-Jiu Grocery Store Twitter thread

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Also started watching Young Blood 2, by which I mean I've watched exactly one episode since it started airing.

Relevant Twitter threads:

Young Blood 2 fansub + translation thread:
Mostly trailers. I mistranslated a bit, but I'm learning to be 100x more forgiving of myself when it comes to trailers. XD

Young Blood 2 livetweet thread:
Video clips, translation notes... and GIFs of Zhang Xincheng's face (I'm going back to my roots hahaha)

Young Blood 2 premiere livestream thread:
Mostly notes. Video highlights if I can be bothered, but right now I can't.

Comments

[lessonsinescapology]

The grocery store drama sounds interesting. Can I ask where you're watching it?

[halfcactus]

Viki! :)

[lessonsinescapology]

Thanks!