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first base is locking him up in jail. second base is fixing his kitchen tap. third base is watching him be scattered into atoms.

#bruh #little mushroom #luzhe

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an zhe when lu feng isn't around: he's really not as bad as people think, you know? he's actually quite nice

an zhe when interacting with lu feng: actually fuck this guy

#forever bully #little mushroom #danmei

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You should read Little Mushroom

Hey guys! As followers know, I've just finished reading this cnovel and I'm here to do a formal rec of it.

What is Little Mushroom?

It's a chinese danmei (BL) novel by the author Shisi, originally published online, now available in official English translation from Peach Flower House.

What's it about?

This is a post-apocalyptic dystopian sci-fi novel where the protagonist is a mushroom.

What??

Yeah, he's an actual mushroom. Most of the Earth is a wasteland of radiation and mutated monsters, which means things are WEIRD AS FUCK. He comes from a particularly weird and dangerous place, and somehow he achieves sentience. His spore (child? infant? egg?) is stolen by a human and he finds a dying human called An Ze so he takes this human's form and memories and becomes human-shaped and calls himself An Zhe. Then he goes seeking out more humans to find and save his spore.

Okay, and this is a romance? With a mushroom?

Yes. Though this is honestly one of the danmei I've read that is lightest on the romance. Really the star of the show is the world-building and questions about humanity and ethics.

Characters:

An Zhe: The most adorable mushroom ever. You will love him. Everyone loves him. He's just a little mushroom trying to navigate a weird human world without the humans discovering he's really a "monster."

Lu Feng: The Arbiter, a judge authorized to kill anyone on sight that he suspects of being contaminated with xenogenic (monster) genes. And he does, a lot. Seemingly cold and unfeeling, hated by many if not most of the human population because he, yanno, keeps killing people, even if it's necessary to protect what remains of humanity. He spares An Zhe, though.

Other characters: Well, most of them don't last long. It's a vicious world. There's a lot of death. There are some nice side characters towards the end, though.

Why should I read this?

Look, it's just a really great book, okay? It's a book about a fairly grim future for humanity, and the things humanity is forced to do to survive, and dystopian elements and the struggles that result. It's about big ethical questions and big existential questions about whether humanity deserves to live and what the point of struggling to survive is...whether there is any hope for humanity and whether there's any point to hope at all.

And it's all told through the POV of a mushroom. Come on!

For all that, it's not a dark novel. The first half in particular feels pretty light, mostly because of the POV, granted. It's really funny in a lot of parts, but the undertone, the background is always this fairly grim stuff. Really unique juxtaposition. The second half gets deeper and really digs into the existential questions. And yeah it made me cry towards the end.

Minor spoilers from here on

But it does have a happy ending for the main characters and the romance, and a hopeful if not entirely happy one for humanity as a whole.

The romance is fairly light on the ground in this. An Zhe is a mushroom and he doesn't really understand sex or romance or have much interest in it for most of the book, despite people constantly trying to GET him interested. Lu Feng is clearly in the background developing feelings, but An Zhe is oblivious and just worried about his mushroom concerns, yanno? Eventually there are feelings-realization and they end up together, but it's still doesn't feel like a traditional romance. I'd say it's very ace friendly even if there are hints of sexual off-screen stuff.

Other reasons to read it:

It's short for a cnovel, and it flies by. This was my main vacation reading that I took to the pool and it was perfect. And I FLEW through vol 2 in a couple of sittings.

It's got a very nice translation and you should support this lesser known novel getting an English publication from a publisher that isn't Seven Seas.

Where do I buy it?

Both physical volumes are available from Peach Flower House. Or you can get ebooks from various ebook sellers, including Amazon. (Right now Amazon also has the paperbacks, but when I was buying they didn't.)

More Info.

#THIS. #little mushroom

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I've officially lost faith in humanity.

I can't believe the artist of Little Mushroom is being forced to quit after book one of the manhua because cn fans keep bullying them because they don't like their art.

This art! THIS!!

Dude I would sell my soul in a heartbeat to have this kind of artstyle!! Like I don't know what more people want because this right here is one of the most breathtaking artstyles I've ever seen

#the cover was what made me first read the manhua #and then i dEVOURED the novel - which is amazing #immediately bought the 2 volumes to re-read #little mushroom #danmei

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Neuvi wanna go for a ride?

#genshin impact #wriolette #art by op

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Bad hair day

Transcribed: ["Can you stop staring at him ass?" "M.. What? Ah yeah no... about that"

"Have you ever noticed that he has this one strand of hair not in place?" "No, no I have not. I don't stare at his behind as shamelesly as you" "I can't get over it. Some poor melusine spent so much time doing his hairI will just fix it quickly"

"Oh, Your Grace, I was just about to-"]

#CAUGHT RED HANDED #genshin impact #wriolette #art by op

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Consider this

#art by op #wriolette #genshin impact

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Please always remember to stay hydrated! (and to drink quality water from a fine glass) 🍸

#genshin impact #wriolette #art by op

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Some soriku fluff I drew on v-day, these two slay me.

https://www.patreon.com/twofancyowls for more sketches and art!

#soriku #kingdom hearts #art by op

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A day out ❓️

#wriolette #zhongchi #genshin impact #art by op

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Me, seeing a beautiful gay photo, "Oh I'll make a quick study/wriolette !" hm, maybe not so quick 👀

#wriolette #genshin impact #art by op

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Genshin Impact | Some Funny moments in Furina's Demo

#neuvi more gremlin-violent than wrio is hilarious #genshin impact #fontaine

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so are we being normal about them or what

#wriolette #genshin impact #art by op

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drawing wriolette until i get them reunited ♡ day 4 that is, and as a married couple, it'd be tragic for poor Neuvi to realize he lost his precious ring ):

#wriolette #genshin impact #art by op

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duke's dilemma

#wriolette #genshin impact #art by op

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🌧️: like what you are seeing?

⛓️: what??

🌧️: water. do you like the water

#wriolette #genshin impact #art by op

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rolling the dice, behind the red curtain 🎲🦋 | Heaven Official’s Blessing S2 Ep2

#heart swoons #hualian #tgcf