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Lost You Forever Chapter 16: Missing You, Hating You, It’s Not Worth It

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2014 by ockoalaJune 4, 2014

The last chapter of Lost You Forever was a much needed dense back story of Xiao Yao and her cousin Zhuan Xu, but it also pushed the story forward in a new direction now that everyone is back at Xuan Yuan Mountain. From the Southern tips of Gao Xing to the Northern edges of Xuan Yuan, the vast wilderness is … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 15: Thinking of the Past is Easily Sorrowful

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2014

The three God kingdoms that coexisted in Once Promised has become just two kingdoms when Lost You Forever rolls around. We’ve spent time in the Gao Xing Kingdom where Xiao Yao’s dad rules as the Grand Emperor, and where her cousin Zhuan Xu was pretty much educated and trained after he started to become a threat to his Xuan Yuan … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 14: This Feeling Has No Strategy to Remove

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 13, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2014

This chapter is a very Jing-Xiao Yao centric chapter of Lost You Forever after a very Xiang Liu heavy last chapter. The male leads page time alternates a lot in this novel and all of this will continue to fuel the shipping wars and mess with Xiao Yao’s heart. Thankfully she’s really not a girly girl even if she does … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 13: The Peach Blossom Beauty, Blooming in Glory

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 11, 2014 by ockoalaJune 1, 2014

Xiao Yao is back to being a girl in Lost You Forever, but not just any girl, she’s a Princess with bloodlines that are the most illustrious in the entire vast wilderness. Her grandfather is the Yellow Emperor and her grandmother was Empress Xi Ling Lei Zhu, the powerful daughter of one of the Four Great Clans. Xiao Yao’s mother … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 12: A Beauty, At the Edge of the Water

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 9, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 9, 2014

This is the chapter everyone has been waiting for up till now. And no, I don’t mean Xiao Yao gets to make out with the hottie dudes who clearly love her. That may or may not come later, but in chapter 12 of Lost You Forever, Xiao Yao finally gets her real face back and we all get our first … Continue reading →

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Prologue to Once Promised: A Primer on the Gods and the Kingdoms in Lost You Forever

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 8, 2014 by ockoalaJune 1, 2014

C-writer Tong Hua has carved out a nice niche for herself writing romance novels mixed with Chinese history, but that doesn’t always go over well with readers that find her twists and distortions to events in historical texts to be nothing short of blasphemy. Some readers with their panties in a wad are still ripping apart Da Mo Yao, which … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 11: A Grand Gathering For What Time

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 6, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 6, 2014

It’s amusing to watch how the main leads have really struck a chord with the readers, so much so that I’ve seen sadness over Jing leaving and clamoring for more Xiang Liu who hasn’t shown up for two chapters. Rest assured all three male leads are here to stay, but Lost You Forever is still first and foremost Xiao Yao’s … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 10: Who Knows Your Sorrow

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 4, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 27, 2014

I’m having such a great time translating Lost You Forever and am loving all the great discussion in the comments section of each chapter. Those asking what they can do to in thanks for my taking on this translation project? Comment more and go ahead and share your thoughts, that makes the hard work worth it for me knowing I’m … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 9: Brow Furrowed, No Choice But Mutual Avoidance

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 3, 2014 by ockoalaAugust 6, 2014

The action switches in Lost You Forever from little Qing Shui Town to the vast Palace of the Gao Xing Kingdom, and with it Xiao Liu’s past as Xiao Yao finally catches up to her. By the time Lost You Forever rolls, around the Sheng Nong Kingdom has fallen and the world of the Gods has only the two remaining … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 8: It’s So Late, Why Have You Not Returned

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 1, 2014 by ockoalaMarch 1, 2014

This chapter is the first time all three male leads – Zhuan Xu, Jing, and Xiang Liu – all see each other in the same place with Xiao Liu so expect some sparks (maybe?). This chapter 8 of Lost You Forever also marks the end of Xiao Liu’s stay in Qing Shui Town. He did a lot in the nearly thirty years … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 7: People Become Far Away and the Road Becomes Long

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2014 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2014

If you aren’t already addicted to Lost You Forever, chapter 7 will flip the switch as the best chapter yet. It’s funny, bittersweet, and unexpectedly dreamy all smushed into one chapter. Each of the three male leads gets their moment with Xiao Liu and you’re left feeling like this will be the most amazing romantic journey ahead for her but … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 6: Like a Familiar Person Has Come

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2014 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2021

You can sense that Xiao Liu’s time being Xiao Liu is slowly coming to an end. Lost You Forever tells its story in years, tens of years, hundreds of years, since the leads are all mystical gods and demons and beings of magical spiritual powers. Because they seem to have it all, it makes it even more painful to see … Continue reading →

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Lost You Forever Chapter 5: Wish to Entrust Myself to the Mountains and Streams

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2014 by ockoalaFebruary 23, 2014

I’m so happy so many folks are as enchanted by this novel as I am and are following along. It feels like the book club days of Da Mo Yao and Yun Zhong Ge are back, but I understand Lost You Forever plops everyone right into the story so it’s harder to discuss in the early chapters without much information … Continue reading →

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