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Publisher-provided inclusions
Pre-order free gift: a dangling ornament in shades of green, decorated with beads and a tiny fan Two cards with character art, a fan-shaped bookmark, and four sheets of notepaper decorate with designs corresponding to the four seasons
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Cover designs
Dust jacket and inside cover designs for the two volumes of Spring Remains the Same. The dust jackets feature stylised ink and wash paintings of banners and traditional buildings. The inside covers are, respectively, red and green with a design of stylised buildings and bamboo
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Historical baihe novel Spring Remains the Same (春如旧) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树) now available for pre-order! This is from Taiwanese publisher morefate, uncensored and in traditional Chinese
Promo image for the print edition of Spring Remains the Same, with a stylised ink and wash painting of banners and traditional buildings at the top, and a stack of four books at the bottom
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Baihe book mail: the My Ghost Girlfriend Trilogy by Taiwanese author Zui Liuli (醉琉璃)
The three volumes of the My Ghost Girlfriend trilogy, arranged in a row
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Baihe book mail: volume two of Last Night at the PTA Conference/I Wish I Knew How to Quit You/There Are Always Teachers Who Want to Ask Out Parents (总有老师要请家长) by Jing Wu (璟梧)
Print edition of volume two of Last Night at the PTA Conference/I Wish I Knew How to Quit You/There Are Always Teachers Who Want to Ask Out Parents, surrounded by merch
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Baihe book mail: Dual Channel (双声道) by Yi Zhi Mao Bu Yu (一只猫不语)
Print copy of Dual Channel, surrounded by merch
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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her
Four pictures of Chinese actress Li Yuan. She is dressed in men's Ming Dynasty robes (red) with a black hat.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Dou Xuanji's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day continues
Extract from Chapter 30 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: ‘Who said you could go?’ snarled Li Si, her sharp eyes glinting with a lethal edge. Her grip tightened so forcefully around Dou Xuanji’s wrist that the latter found it impossible to break free. The sound of Dou Xuanji’s bones breaking echoed around them with shocking clarity. The very next moment, however, Dou Xuanji had a dagger in her hand and was pointing it straight at Li Si’s throat. With the finely-honed instincts of a warrior who spent her days walking the cliff-edge between life and death, she’d whipped it out of its sheath even before Li Si had laid a hand on her. The sharp tip of the dagger pressed against Li Si’s skin; with just a little more force, Dou Xuanji would be able to split her throat open from ear to ear. ‘Do I need to ask your permission to stay or go?’ said Dou Xuanji, turning her head slightly so that she could stare Li Si right in the eye. Her own gaze was cold and unyielding.
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Chapter 30 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which we learn that Bian Jin is Bad at the art of comforting the afflicted)

🔗read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/24/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 30 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: ‘Shijie, did my parents not want me?’ she asked Bian Jin one day. ‘Why did they leave me?’ Bian Jin had never been particularly good at offering comfort, and this incident provided ample proof of it. She racked her brains for a good long while, trying to work out a response to Shen Ni’s question. Finally she said, ‘Perhaps it’s not that they didn’t want you. Perhaps they’re dead, just like my parents.’ ‘Oh,’ said Shen Ni. None of the gloom lifted from her mood. For the next two days, no trace of a smile crossed her pretty little face. Bian Jin allowed her to skip her usual helping of spinach at dinner, but even that did nothing to cheer her up.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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trailer
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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this mini-drama starts airing on monday and i will be watching closely for signs of gay
Poster for 犟骨, starring Peng Yaqi as Jiang Jinghua and Zhi Chun He as Zheng Xingxing
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Cover designs for the Taiwanese edition of The Loyal Pin by Monmaw
Volume one of the Taiwanese edition of Thai GL novel The Loyal Pin Volume two of the Taiwanese edition of Thai GL novel The Loyal Pin
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Came across some Taiwanese editions of Thai GL novels recently while trawling for (even more) stuff to buy. Here's the cover design for the Taiwanese edition of Us by Chaoplanoy
Volume one of the Taiwanese edition of Us by Chaoplanoy Volume two of the Taiwanese edition of Us by Chaoplanoy
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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LRT: it's also coming out from British indie press And Other Stories (not to be confused with the clothing brand And Other Stories)
Cover of the And Other Stories edition of the English translation of Taiwan Travelogue
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Dou Xuanji is NOT having a great time
Extract from Chapter 29 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: ‘If you truly have nothing better to do than stand around making snide remarks, Marquess Jing’an, may I suggest that you go and catch a few criminals yourself? Then you would be at least making some contribution to the safety of Chang’an.’ Shen Ni and Bian Jin turned to see Dou Xuanji and Fang Pan of the Lijing Bureau standing behind them. ‘Eh?’ said Shen Ni. ‘It’s only been a few days since we last saw each other, Mistress Dou, Mistress Fang. What’s happened to the two of you? Why do you look like that?‘ Her tone had something of a jibe to it, but it was also a genuine question. Dou Xuanji looked visibly thinner and much more worn, and there were heavy dark circles under her eyes. A leaf was stuck to her hair. Fang Pan’s face, meanwhile, was hidden by her veiled hat, but a huge mudstain was splashed prominently across the hat itself. Their uniforms, which should have been crisp and smart, looked damp and distinctly rumpled. Their appearance could fairly be summed up as ‘bedraggled’.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Shen Ni: Hard launching my relationship on TangPro Insta
Extract from Chapter 29 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Shen Ni looked through the three pictures she’d just taken. They featured her own face prominently, with Bian Jin’s profile just visible behind her. Had Shen Ni not given her direct confirmation to the contrary, Bian Jin would have assumed that her inclusion was entirely unintentional. This was precisely the kind of artless, uncontrived effect Shen Ni had been aiming for. She selected the picture where Bian Jin just happened to be looking over at her, and composed a caption: An outing with my lady wife on this rare sunny day. Then she clicked post.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Chapter 29 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which Bian Jin's sex education continues, much to her chagrin)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/10/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 29 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Shen Ni was still not done. She brought out a hair-dryer and blew hot air all over the wet patch until it was merely damp, then crumpled that part of the sheet to create the impression that someone had been lying on and rolling about on top of it. Finally, she poured the rest of the water onto Bian Jin’s side of the bed. Bian Jin eyed her dubiously. ‘We’re such a loving couple,’ explained Shen Ni. ‘There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to muster up enough… lubrication between us to fill a single cup.’
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Two new baihe audio drama adaptations based on novels by Qi Xiao Huang Shu: Shrine (began airing on 11 September) and Piaopiao (begins airing on 16 November)
Promotional art for the audio drama Shrine, showing main characters Si Ran and Ruan Ruan embracing in bed. Art by 指居为马 Promotional art for the Piaopiao audio drama, showing main characters Tao Jin and Chen Piaopiao encountering each other between two flights of stairs. Art by 烛非鱼
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Review: The Pumpkin Coach and Cinderella (南瓜马车灰姑娘) by Mo Bao Fei Bao (墨宝非宝), a novel with 'serious literary fiction' vibes that felt like a throwback to a much earlier era

🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/75047.html
Taiwanese print edition of The Pumpkin Coach and Cinderella
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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angsty teenage Shen Ni: well my shijie rejected me so i have no choice now but to go and WATCH PORN ON THE INTERNET
Extract from Chapter 28 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: o when Bian Jin left Shuangji Hall for the second time, Shen Ni had thrown herself headfirst into the murky depths of the extranet, allowing a dizzying array of colours to soak into the pure blank canvas of innocence Bian Jin had so cherished. It was as if she were saying to some imagined version of Bian Jin: Fine, since you don’t want me anyway, why shouldn’t I corrupt myself?
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Chapter 28 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up!

(in which the sex toy box makes its reappearance, and Bian Jin has a crash course in lesbian sex)

🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/10/25/t...
Cover of the JJWXC version of To Embers We Return Extract from Chapter 28 of the English fan translation of To Embers We Return: Shen Ni leaned closer to her, propping an arm against the bedframe. ‘Shijie, two women can do it as many times as they want a night. They can keep going all the way until daybreak.’ Shen Ni’s words were far too blunt, and she was standing much too close to Bian Jin for the latter’s comfort. Bian Jin turned her face away, averting her eyes from Shen Ni, and trying to conceal the fact that her ears had turned red-hot. She did not want to think about why Shen Ni knew so much about such things, or who Shen Ni might have made love to until the sun rose.
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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suddenly found myself thinking about this excellent bit of sapphic shizunfuckery

🔗 watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJa...
Cover image for The Demonic Lord and the Virtuous Cultivator. An orthodox cultivator in pale-coloured robes stares straight ahead, heavy chains wrapped around her. A demonic cultivator, dressed in elaborate black and gold robes, stands behind her orthodox counterpart cradling the latter's chin in one hand.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Baihe book mail: self-published version of Film Star Jianghu (御姐江湖) by Ning Yuan (宁远)
Print edition of Film Star Jianghu, in two volumes with four accompanying bookmarks
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Baihe book mail: Her Various Moments (她的山海朝夕) by Hua Yu (华予)
Print edition of Her Various Moments, surrounded by merch
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Baihe book mail: Summer Cicada (夏蝉) by Taojiu de Jiaohuazi (讨酒的叫花子)
Print edition of Summer Cicada, surrounded by merch
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM