

On The Edge
枕刀歌
Zhen Dao Ge tells a revenge story about the homeless young man He Fangzhi, whose family was betrayed by his own people while they were migrating, and was brutally murdered. The male protagonist, He Fangzhi, pretended to be dead and escaped a scene. After the massacre, He practiced an extraordinary martial arts in Shuzhong and determined to avenge his family. With a fan and a place name that showed the clues of the enemy, He embarked on the road of revenge. (Source: XRENDER)
Zhen Dao Ge tells a revenge story about the homeless young man He Fangzhi, whose family was betrayed by his own people while they were migrating, and was brutally murdered. The male protagonist, He Fangzhi, pretended to be dead and escaped a scene. After the massacre, He practiced an extraordinary martial arts in Shuzhong and determined to avenge his family. With a fan and a place name that showed the clues of the enemy, He embarked on the road of revenge. (Source: XRENDER)
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BedBug2479
October 24, 2021
Zhen Dao Ge ( Song of Broadsword) set in medieval china is a martial arts donghua about revenge. It follows the main character travelling from one place to another to find the main reason why his family was murdered. This is similar to a fighting game with some cutscenes to fill up the story but the main part of this is the fights which include various weapons. It has a very smooth animation while fighting but in other scenes, it lacks in some aspects. Fights- 8.5 Animation- 7This is a good one and will rate 7.5 but it is not an 8 I am looking forward to the 2nd season atleast for the fighting scenes.
shiroiyume
May 7, 2021
I accidentally found this gem donghua and binged it in one sitting. The style of animation is 2.5D (3D cel shaded). The art style take some getting used to due to the coarse drawing style, but if you've seen the likes of The Kingdom S1, Kengan Asura and can adapt to it, you should give this a try. The action scene in this show blew me away. The story and plot is 'seemingly' simple and straightforward, every episode the MC fights through each opponent as he trace to the mastermind for his final revenge. At the beginning of each episode is a little bit of thepast reveal. The soundtrack, bgm, OP and ED are all very well done and matches the 'Jianghu' theme well. The reason I call this a gem is because the action is one of the best I've seen in donghua (and anime) in this decade. If you enjoy watching martial arts fight, the choreography, sound effects, and directing will astound you. You can almost feel the blast and impact in every punch and kick, in every clash of weapons. The fight is very fast pace yet every move can be seen clearly. You would think the fight gets boring but each opponent the MC face is different, you have sword fights, spear fights, fist fights, bamboo fights. each one is breathtaking. Produced by a small animation studio, you can feel the passion and dedication they pour into this project. I highly recommend this. A kind soul translated it properly in English, so you don't have to worry about nonsensical MTL subtitles. Just google for it.
ST63LTH
October 29, 2021
Zhen Dao Ge explores the Chinese idiom "When you seek revenge dig two graves". H He Fangzhi, the son of a government official tries to seek revenge for the massacre of his entire family 13 years ago. His journey begins at his former servant's bar in the Gobi desert where he kills everyone involved. Story: 6/10 The story has a lot of promise, it sets the story by showing glimpse of He Fangzhi's past and memories from his past instead of dishing it out in the beginning. We see the beginning of his journey at the bar in the Gobi desert. The story is fairly interesting but thefight scenes are a bit boring because He Fangzhi struggles for 5min and then at the end of the fight he kills his enemies and moves on to the next. Art & Sound: 7/10 The art style and animation during fights is very close to Kengan Ashura. It's not the prettiest or detailed but it does hold well in fast paced action as does the art style in kengan Ashura. However, it does make viewers shy away from this series. The only memorable sound related aspect in this series was the ending song which was played throughout the sad moments of the series. It is soft yet resilient with the tone of this story. Character: 7/10 Character design wasn't too bad. The characters fighting against He Fangzhi were mysterious to deepen the significance of his revenge all to build up and come crashing down as he comes to reality with his past. The characters that He Fangzhi leaves behind on his path of revenge also give a sense of growth as we also question the possibility of history repeating itself and a never ending spiral of revenge to ensue in season 2. Overall: 7/10 It's a pretty decent watch. The characters left a bit to be desired in terms of background and depth of personality instead of killing them and they reveal hints.
bailitusu
December 13, 2025
.. I'm guessing this donghua flew over people's heads?? How is this below a 7, when other 3D garbage are rated so high. It should be reversed, the scores. The setting is jianghu in one of its most classic forms. Not Jin Yong, not modern day pretty boy jianghu bs. Classic jianghu setting means: salt shortages, corrupt officials, floods, starving locals. This reference probably flew over people's heads. Jianghu: Law and order does not exist in this world, that means people make the law. The jungle. The 'hood'. The theme and code of jianghu, probably also flyingover people's heads, is that in a lawless world, society operates through: bonds, loyalty admist an environment of disloyalties, everybody following their own morals, the concept that larger morals move larger movement of people, whether you can find courage amidst a world which punishes courage, and of course, revenge. Almost all these themes are touched upon, which was fantastic, beautifully done. The story is a revenge story, because in jianghu, blood debts must be repaid by blood. that's the vicious cycle of chaos which keeps jianghu in balance. Again: loyalty, bonds, blood debt, the code of revenge, it wove so well with(or against) the main characters feelings and morals. Is the main character a hero? This show beautifully shows you that he's not He's chasing blood debt to be repaid, that's jianghu. Did this fly over people's heads? I wonder if people had trouble identifying who owes him a blood debt and who doesn't? Maybe they were thinking like "oh, who does he FEEL like killing"? Maybe your typical shonen character operates that way, but that's not how blood debt works. The poetry is beautiful, the writing is emotionally deep, but maybe this flew over people's heads too. Some translations may be better than others is my guess. - "A river splits in two, one clean stream and one muddy stream, would the two rivers ever find each other again?" Then this whole shocking scene is explained later but I can't help but feel people can't figure this one out either. Maybe I over enjoyed this due to my knowledge of jianghu, or language barrier. I wish I could share why I enjoyed it so much. There's three seasons now. The first season is my favorite. Anyway, art style and audio are poor. But animation, writing, poetry, and heart makes up for it.
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