ANIMATED Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Complete 120 Novel Chapters Simplified

[@CoolHistoryBros]

This is the complete Romance of the Three Kingdoms animated summary series for those who don't have the time to read the 120 chapters novel. Keep in mind that all the information presented here are from the novel and it differs from real history.

[@NTLuck]

I wish you make a similar video but sticking as close as possible to real history instead. Some very important characters were shafted for drama and to make Liu Bei appear more virtuous than he really is for example.

[@youandme6199]

Thank you!💪🏯

[@johnpaulmistretta9360]

I had time to read the entire novel twice and I also had time to watch the 2010 series from episode 1 all the way to episode 92 and watch that about five times over throughout my life only one I never really got into was the 1990s version I don't know I just found the acting to be horrible but this was a great documentary thank you way to sum it all up

[@Cekkaaaaaaaa]

@@johnpaulmistretta9360 The problem with 1993 version is that it is hard to find online. I love the style because it uses the actual novel as a script (and the background bzzzzzzz from poor audio quality is so relaxing)

[@nicyu2303]

@@johnpaulmistretta9360 The acting is not horrible. It was just the filming technology.

[@theyhaventfedmesince]

Zhuge Liang's death was so sad. Glad he then gets reincarnated to the modern day Shibuya as an EDM singer's agent

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

who's the singer?

[@archaicsentinel]

@@obitoxshinobi8978 Eiko Tsukimi

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

@@archaicsentinel 👍

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

That show is so delightfully wholesome.

[@aza7866]

I actually got interested in the three kingdoms history because of that anime. Zhuge liang basically carried the entire shu han lol

[@chimeratheo1855]

As someone who grew up with Dynasty Warriors, this was a really cool video to watch. Masterful work.

[@justsomeoldyoutuber6093]

Out of all franchises I have never known that one for being toxic or unhappy. I really was glad to buy the first when it was trying to imitate Soul Blade but still a fun game

[@thanksmaybe4103]

@@justsomeoldyoutuber6093 dw3 go hard

[@chype986]

@@thanksmaybe4103 3-5 are peak dw

[@ZapZy10]

this comment right here. still one of my fav series to play just wish they could make the gameplay a little better

[@Kawaiijapanlover]

Hey, me too!

[@AsiniusNaso]

The videos, long divided, must unite!

[@thaariqulakwa8834]

Lol, what a great comment XD

[@treeladder5338]

And The vidoes long united....must divide.... that's why there are individual uploads aswell

[@therealfriday13th]

The videos, long united, must divide.

[@ErikHare]

This need to be pinned! LOL!

[@vincently1995]

Cool!

[@MrFreedomforyou]

As somone that's played most of the Dynasty Warriors games growing up I was familiar with alot of the names and the battles but this was the first time I heard the actual story. Thanks for making this I really enjoyed it

[@arhturcosta4066]

and wonder, why they is what if and hypothetical scenarios as well as altered personalities of the officiers. you can think koei and player's imaginations for that.

[@paperluigi6132]

@@arhturcosta4066 maybe someday they’ll make one game that tells the story as is.

[@lorenzogiorgi7986]

Molte info le potevi ottenere già da DW3 nella sezione "enciclopedia".

[@mikescala]

Where bald guy with the battle axe Dian wei I think it was it's been a long time they were great games

[@NBChan_16]

​@@mikescala In real story, he is holding enemy line to protecting cao cao's escape. It's in the early story even before cao cao gain emperor alliance

[@窝帅那部乐特胡伯特斯]

I kind of felt the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more of a lesson on the cycle of chaos and order of civilization. From corruption to chaos, from chaos to order, from order to prosperity, and from prosperity to corruption again. Great portrayal of this historical masterpiece nontheless.

[@kyrolantsberger2659]

Some commentators make note of this as well. One Idea I have read about is that the changes of the I Ching are imposed behind the scenes in the background reflecting these ebbs and flows.

[@lucscya7257]

yes, It's summarised by the Author at the very beginning of the Novel - the first line of the text “话说天下大势 分久必合 合久必分 周末七国分争并入于秦 秦灭之后楚汉分争 又并入于汉..."

[@PapaOscarNovember]

Very much an illustration of ‘hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times’.

[@Liliquan]

@@PapaOscarNovember Very much not actually. Get your fascist-lite historically illiterate theory out of here.

[@tristanduggan6095]

Agreed. It has many interesting takeaways. Not only a lesson on the inevitable cycles of dynasties rising and falling, but a lesson on "every person and hero, no matter how great their deeds, will be washed away by the sands of time and the only things that "last forever" are the mighty rivers that wash them away (told in the poem "Linjiangxian 臨江仙" that was added to later revisions of the novel). Liu Bei's story specifically is a lesson that "no matter how hard you try, you simply can't fight against the Will of Heaven/Heaven's Mandate (天命). It's a very poignant story.

[@zetareticulan321]

Was left out of this video, but the story of how Deng Ai scaled the mountain in Shu , and had his men wrap themselves up in blankets so they could roll down the steep mountain to attack an undefended area of Shu was pretty epic.

[@SiodogRehane]

Holy... I can't imagine the amount of work you have put on this. I have been a fan of the three kingdoms since the 90s when it was presented to me briefly in Universal literature. I really appreciate your work, can't thank you enough :D

[@condorX2]

Quick summary for me. War sucks. I'm glad China is finally united. It won't stop foreign countries trying to divide the yellow pearl. Source [Super China] Then & Now | From Ashes to Prosperity. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q33Ue4SGp56HepY Happy new year 🐨

[@jimluebke3869]

I ran into Three Kingdoms when I was 10 years old, through KOEI's first war strategy game (just after their first "Nobunaga's Ambition".) Being 10 years old, I was hooked.

[@aylyi-huh9355]

i watched all 95 episodes of the 2010 drama. supposedly its the greatest show made in china ever and even as a korean, i loved it

[@skayrzs222]

Great video.Please let me add a few interesting details. 1.When Yuan Shao asked Sun Jian about the seal ,Sun Jian said :"If i took the seal,I will die of arrows and falling rocks." And that's the way he died. 2.Before Yuan Shu died.He asked his servant for honey water.The servant replied:"There is no honey water,only blood water!"Yuan Shu then died of anger. 3.In the Battle of Changban,Zhao Yun killed over 50 Cao Cao's generals on his own.Seeing how brave Zhao Yun is,Cao Cao commanded not to shoot arrows in order to catch Zhao Yun alive. 4.The image of Ma Su is wrong.The one on the image is actually Ma Liang(马良),Ma Su's elder brother.He is famous of his white eyebrows. sorry for my bad english.I will post more if anyone is interested in this

[@buggy991]

More please :)

[@motoote256]

很有趣👍

[@minhtran7431]

I'm pretty sure Zhao Yun killing 50 Cao Cao's generals was greatly exaggerated though. I still wished the creator can clarify some of the information that was made up by the books.

[@buggy991]

@@minhtran7431 at least 70% of the content is made up... its call "Romance" of three kingdoms for a reason.

[@cerburus4215]

Cool

[@lordcooler3051]

27:47 WHAT?!?!? That's F****n DARK!!!!! Liu Bei: "Hmm, this meal is delicious" Hunter: "Thank you, it was made with a huge contribution from my wife."

[@DocBroxxi]

A complete telling of the entire story in such a digestible way has been desperately needed for a long time now. As a kid, I loved the Dynasty Warrior games and as I got older, I wanted to learn about it. Being such a long book, most people online who sought out to retell the story never finishing their projects, it was finally nice to learn exactly how it ended. It's even better now knowing it did not end in a great war, but a sad murmur. Thank you.

[@tempota7792]

"sad murmur", such a great way to put it. Reading the Encyclopedias late at night after you're done raging against whatever BS challenge map, with that melancholic BGM playing, really makes you nostalgic and teary eyed for a 2000 year old tragedy that you were never there for.

[@Thefruitspeaks]

I just wanted to leave a comment on how much I love these videos. I keep coming back to them when I can't sleep. They've also given me a deep appreciation for the actual history behind these figures. Tomorrow, I'm introducing my 70 year old mom to these tales, videos, and the historical importance of them. She's beyond excited!

[@LeecheeChinaTour]

Welcome to travel to China and experience the rich Chinese culture

[@burningknuckle26]

American dude here. I love Dynasty Warriors and I love the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. So epic. It's an absolute masterpiece 😍

[@但悲不見九州同]

🤝😂🥰🫂

[@seanlovesrealestate]

I just finished reading the entire 4 volume series. This summary was a great way to visually see what was going on as well as the positioning of the different armies. Great video!

[@prnz523]

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[@diquark5431]

As a chinese who reads three kingdoms from youth, I have to acknowledge that your understanding is even much better than mine and your presentation is high quality.

[@lookingood5739]

What happened to li jue where did he disappear

[@TGodzFTW]

@@lookingood5739 He tried to escape to xiliang, got captured and beheaded by caocao later on

[@lookingood5739]

@T Z what led to his downfall, he was controlling the emperor and then disappeared suddenly

[@TGodzFTW]

@@lookingood5739 Having a internal conflict with Guo Si, Lack of political foresight, Tyranny hence lack of local support

[@lookingood5739]

@T Z do have link to his history he sounds like interesting character really want to read more about him

[@greatndit]

YAY i finished romance of the three kingdom for 1 hour and 46 minutes ! Alhamdulillaaah... Thank you all

[@cerdic6867]

For Guan Yu's 1000 mile journey you should clarify that an ancient chinese mile=/=a modern mile, a chinese mile is/was about 1/3 of an english mile. So for us it would be a 333 mile journey.

[@blackcatpack]

1000 miles is just a stylistic device to describe a long long journey not an exact range.

[@cerdic6867]

@@blackcatpack Yeah but it seems unrealistic to a modern audience until you consider the difference, also tbh i think a 333 mile journey sounds cooler.

[@RayearthIX]

So... after playing Dynasty Warriors 2 and 3, and Kessen 2, I read the abridged version of this book and even wrote a paper on it in high school. I later read the full thing, and I still play Dynasty Warriors games, and more recently Total War Three Kingdoms. The time period is very interesting and its romantisized novelization just has great characters which make for an excellent setting for video games. Great animation. Thank you for sharing.

[@antonstephen7934]

I have read the novels, watched the serial movies, and played it's games, now I watched the summarized. Every time I check this in each media, I found something new sub story in it.

[@grawar1]

1:23:30 actually this scene, Sima Yi Knew that there is no ruse. There is no one in the base but he knew once he killed zhuge liang, the campaign would be over and shu would be destroyed overnight which then the emperor of wei wouldnt need sima yi and would strip his position due to his nature of wanting power. Zhuge liang also knew that Sima Yi wanted power and wouldnt want to end the campaign like this because he will get nothing so they both understand each other goals and thus sima yi retreated.

[@TheMagicCrafter]

This was awesome! I mean, I still want to read the book, but this was a nice sample of it (at least I can assume). Thank you for taking the time to make this. 🖤 The Cao Cao running counter and Liu Bei trader counter were both hilarious additions 😆

[@umunchuuu3169]

Having played and knowing the story by heart (at least from dw) for years, I'm so happy to have found this video. Great job on this! It's funny hearing the names and picturing their dynasty warrior looks in my head.

[@lunarshadow5584]

Romance of the three kingdoms primary romance was looking more like "Cao Cao: quest for them b*tches" for the first half of the video. Part two was "Zhuge Liang troll fest" followed by "Worst decision of 2/3 kingdoms" and finally, the suffering of the three kingdoms. Which proves that no one is perfect but even more, no one is exactly like another. Had they not been backstabbers and traitors, Wu could have worked with Shu to get rid of Wei, had Shu's leader not been overwhelmed by personal emotions, they could have worked together to get rid of Wei. And had Wei been better to their people, they probably could have survived till the end. But even then, Zhuge Liang didn't want to rule, so when he foresaw the corruption, he let it continue as he focused on trying to defeat Wei, Wu's endless betrayals to their allies lead to familial betrayals, and Wei fell to the same plot that their first leader had done to start off his own rise to power.

[@mariemoraby3502]

It is my second time watching this masterpiece.. Lots of Thanks from Egypt for uniting the series 🙏🙏🙏

[@vieworama8188]

Epic! I honestly think Liu Zhang was the ultimate winner, had a great stress-free pampered life, no tragic or violent death. 😆

[@invertbrid]

Liu shan u meant xD. Liu zhang was liu bei relatives who was robbed of his teritory on creation of shu

[@酸味锁住脚尖加固]

刘璋的父亲刘焉 在北方当官的时候 就预感天下要有叛乱了 所以他才请命皇帝 允许他带着他的儿子刘璋去了四川 并在那建立了政权

[@comradearthur3977]

EP4 : Sleeping dragon is so smart . he didn't beg them to fight , he made them to fight by advising a king and a general to give their wives to Cao Cao :D

[@jaichind]

1:11:52. In the book, It is said that Cao Cao died because of the shock of seeing Guan Yu's head with its angry face staring at him.

[@calebgoodman3028]

That’s hilarious. 😂

[@shaozhihao]

狗屁，三国演义78回，只说了梦到关羽，从未说梦到关羽之头怒视曹操。而且演义78回，曹操是死于后面头疾，跟前面做梦没任何关系

[@lwsixo2726]

He didn't die from it

[@LukaBlight69]

219 - 223 was genuinely a series of tragedies. Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Lu Meng, Sun ShangXiang, and a couple others all died pretty much sequentially(Not in respective order of how I listed them mind you). "Revenge is a fool's game" - Arthur Morgan If only Liu Bei had kept his emotions in check.

[@omarsilva1805]

My guess is that they enjoy their time together . So they went to see each other in heaven to continue writting more chapters

[@johnnyzhao7698]

Nah Liu Bei probably also has died inside since his two brother died, thats why he went revenge

[@delab13]

Kind of poetic really. Liu Bei died for the same reason his empire fell, blind loyalty And you can also look at it like he died when Guan Yu died, both him and Zhang Fei just needed to rush to make it official, so they could keep there promise

[@tristanduggan6095]

This is where it's very interesting to compare and contrast the novel from the history. It's not all about emotions, historically speaking (even though the novel basically made it sound like he launched a counter-invasion in a fit of rage literally right after he got the news of Guan Yu). In fact, the Battle of Xiaoting (Liu Bei's re-invasion of Jing Province) didn't take place about a year and a half, maybe even more, after Guan Yu's death. Plenty of time for him to cool off his emotions. And here's why it was important for him to retake Jing from both a strategic standpoint and a political one, without any emotions involved: It's not a secret that Liu Bei had no actual intention of "returning" Jing Province to Sun Quan. Jing Province was one of the most, if not one of the only, prosperous provinces in China after their decades long civil war (still technically ongoing at that time IMO even though the Han Dynasty was officially ended by Cao Pi). It made no sense to give it up from a resource standpoint. Not only this, but Zhuge Liang's plan to invade Wei was hinged on them having both Yi and Jing province to provide two points to launch an invasion from. As much as he tried to make it work, he knew from the beginning that there was little to no chance to defeat Cao Cao/Wei if he didn't have both Jing Province and an official alliance with Sun Quan. This is why it was strategically important to control Jing Province. So Sun Quan decided to form a secret alliance with Cao Cao so he could safely order Lu Meng to launch a surprise invasion against Liu Bei while Guan Yu essentially left Jing Province unguarded while away on campaign fighting Cao Ren (a decision that wasn't unwise, considering it seemed like the Liu-Sun alliance was stable at the time). If Liu Bei didn't retaliate after Lu Meng captured his holdings in Jing Province and executed Guan Yu, it would have been a signal to Wu that they can just renege on their alliance, commit acts of aggression, and do whatever they want to with no repercussions. This is why it was politically important to try to take it back after it was lost. He HAD to do something after Guan Yu's death. He lost Jing almost without a fight, as many of his holdings simply surrendered or actively betrayed Liu Bei when they saw Lu Meng's army approaching. The alternative was letting everyone know that he's too weak to retaliate when someone acts aggressively toward him.

[@gendoruwo6322]

Liu feng totally screwed up the Shu Empire when he inadvertently let Guan Yu be killed by not reinforcing him. Even if the campaign is lost anyway, Guan Yu could had been extracted alive. you had one job, Liu Feng. one job, and you totally screwed it up just because you're petty hearted and lazy. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei are like 3 bodies, one soul. You let one be killed, it's the same as killing the other two. Betraying Guan Yu IS the same as betraying Liu Bei. Sadly, 'liu feng' types are common everywhere, people who think what they have is truly theirs, and got so drunk on power they fail to see the big picture.

[@thinkabout42]

Wow, this was absolutely amazing. What a masterpiece. Being a long time gamer I was fascinated by modern by-products of this famous story - be it Dynasty Warriors, RoTK strategy games or even crazy crossovers like Warriors Orochi. But I could never get myself to familiarise with the original story. Time and time again I kept coming back to the dreaded book, but could never reach the end. And finally, for the first time, I learned of this story from beginning to end. And moreover, having this framework in my head it feels a lot more comfortable to tackle other pieces of media about this topic. Like, this is a really great starting point. Thank you for making such a great video.

[@chypriote]

I watched that video while reading the book and it was fantastic ! Thanks a lot for your work

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Thank you for the Super Thanks, chypriote!

[@madlyte2276]

"Hau Xiong was just a midboss, and he (Lu Bu) was to real deal." After playing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, I felt this statement.

[@Ravi9A]

Ah, I felt that statement in my stance bar.

[@lunyx8849]

i'm currently reading Romance of Three Kingdoms and it's been tough following along sometimes (because of all the many characters and scenes going on). This summary video really helps me understand the important parts and also solidify my understanding after I read a chapter. Thank you!

[@balthiersgirl2658]

There are two of those books like at the beginning I read both yip tis hard

[@dan5609]

I like how one of the tactics was "come on, man. Remember when I did stuff for you?!" And it worked.

[@vincent3278]

The act of returning others favor is considered one of the best merits in chinese culture, called “YI (义 )".

[@JaredAllshouse-q6s]

Cao Cao and guan yu were legends they weren't doing no snake stuff

[@JeshuaHicksAuthor]

Reciprocity is a powerful motivator for most people plus Chinese culture emphasizes it way more than the west. People argue about who gets to pay the dinner bill. As in, they all want to do it. The slick ones go to the counter before the meal is over and pay before others get the chance.

[@theaznbob]

I showed my mom the netflix adaption and told her it's a movie about actual chinese history. All was going fine until the three sworn brothers and Lu Bu started shooting lightning, fire, and laser beams at each other while surfing on rocks while falling down a cliff, then Guan Yu or Lu Bu (I forgot) rode the Red Hare sideways as it did a wall run on the side of the cliff.

[@polarbear6479]

yooo how did she react

[@Trgn]

Rofl you cant just cut the story short there 😂

[@peytongibbs2171]

There's literally zombies in the first battle scene with the yellow turbans.

[@hamsolo1284]

To be fair, its a Dynasty Warriors adaptation, not Romance of the Three Kingdom adaptation haha

[@vggeist644]

That happened

[@maximilliankenastarmidi]

You are really the most hardworking and best educational youtuber i've found. Thanks for sharing the knowledge that you have 🙏

[@rifanifauzi3861]

I played dynasty warriors during my youth, taking interest to each character history by reading their logs one by one. This summary is very entertaining yet informative.. Well done! 👏👏👏

[@ErikHare]

This is such an incredible contribution to cultural understanding across our ever shrinking world. And it's a lot of fun, too. The definition of Cool for all the History Bros (and Sisses) out there. Thank you!

[@nobodyinterestingyou]

This video was a blast. Clearly, a tremendous lot of hard work went into this one. You did an exceptional job, adapting 120 chapters In such a clear and concise way. Cheers!

[@Scrowlock12]

This was beautiful. ROTK is a masterpiece. Thank you for this!

[@natn41r]

Just love the drawings and how clearly this was presented.

[@kellymoore5517]

Yes! My father back in the 90s played this series first on the SNES. Since then I was not content to play. I wanted to know the actual story. I don't know many that have touched this series but it's a special epic that I've longed to know more about. Masterfully done. (Especially with my American heritage and those damned names. Glad to know the actual pronunciations)

[@vincentvanghool6723]

My dad liked the NES version! He would play and explain every move, and as I got older, he'd have me dictate the game to him, to the point that he'd boot it up, and I'd tell him every step.

[@hoang-anhnguyen9328]

WOW! I can't imagine how much effort you guys put into this project. I will show all my history friends about this video. Thank you very much!

[@darkphysicianx1692]

I'm only 10 minutes into this series and I am absolutely in love with your narration style!

[@doccatface6868]

I heard most of this story in bits and pieces coming up in a Liu household long before I got into RtK and DW, the story is so good that even embellishment cannot explain the grandeur away.

[@solowingpixi]

I started reading 3K some months ago (still on volume 1), I love the summary work done here, it refocuses the narrative concisely and the animation is fantastic. Thank you kindly. P.S. the narrator was very coherent, and I love the genuine pronunciation of names.

[@vincently1995]

ROTK Novel: 120 Chapters ROTK '94: 84 Episodes TK 2010: 95 Episodes Opening Line: "The empire, long divided, must unite, long united, must divide." Closing Line: "The empire, long united, must divide, long divided, must unite."

[@heavymetalelf]

I've always wanted to read romance of the three kingdoms, but it is just so long LOL this is one of the best videos that I've ever seen on KZbin. The art and animation was fantastic! I subscribed to the channel. Can't wait to check out more of the videos

[@lagrangewei]

Cao Cao historical quote is: "I rather betray, than be betrayed. " there is no "world", that was added for dramatic effect.

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

“ 寧我負人，毋人負我 “

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

Except that is a fictional quote. What Cao Cao really said "I rather let others down than have others let me down".

[@schplengie1]

I believe the actual quote, roughly translated is "milk milk, lemonade. Around the corner, fudge is made." Lemonade and fudge having been invented the previous year.

[@billytringuyen1]

nah it was i rather lie, than let other lie to me

[@jimluebke3869]

Is this a Christian influence on the story? It's Cao Cao's most villainous moment, and his quote is basically an inversion of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

[@loneronin6813]

This video is a great refresher! I have read the whole story, but that was when I was around thirteen or so. Given that I have a terrible memory for most things and I'm currently twenty-nine, I'm very glad to have sources like this to help me learn all over again. Besides, what little I typically remember is from what I watch in film and tv rather than what I read. Needless to say documentaries are my friend lol

[@meiyokechan1396]

thank you for the remarkable work of presenting ROTK in such an easy to follow way with the use of lively animation and colorful maps. without the latter it would be difficult to imagine where the states are and who are their lords. Thumbs up for detailed presentation

[@Sipalingngide]

Just what I wanted, the story and the map details, love this video so much, thank you❤❤❤ Also, I'm Indonesian, this video don't have english subtitles, the narrator is not even native English speaker. But I easily understand the words he spoke. Cool

[@harryheinze6396]

Wow! Just WOW! You did an epic job, brother. Animation is really smooth. It's fantastic. Thank you.

[@jimisoulman6021]

Read the full ROTK a few years ago. You covered it well and with amazing depth and analysis. Much better than my recollection. I am still to read other Chinese classics like the Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Dream of Red Chamber. Fancy making videos of these treasures?

[@samwolfenstein5239]

i don't really have much to say, after finishing the series i'm more just sitting and thinking about it. however, i'm leaving a comment to increase the video engagement rates, as this kind of effort and quality deserves as much recognition as possible. great video

[@vinrock3918]

I've read the Three Kingdoms historical novel four times after playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms on Sega Genesis for years. This video was a wonderful way to enjoy the story without having to put in the multiple weeks it took to read. Definitely my favorite story. Thank you.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Why do you read the legends? Read the Chinese historical documents in this period and you will know the truth

[@danielbrown6112]

Love the video so far. This is one of my favorite books! 16:25 it’s important to note Li Jue, Guo Si, and the two other generals all ask for amnesty and are denied that. They are forced to fight for their lives and cleverly defeat Lu Bu.

[@rajarajacholan2246]

A very underrated video, it needs more attention, very well done

[@zhengpakho]

Thank you for promoting this masterpiece to the world

[@jungangwang4809]

It's great that someone can present this fanicinating novel and Three Kindoms ara in English, wish to see more of this kind of works being told as there's truely a lot of great stories in Chinese history.

[@McDragoneer]

what an amazing summary of the 3k, cudos man! Clean art, humorous and engaging.

[@ronoftroy]

I SIMPLY LOVE THIS - I grew up playing RTK on the Nintendo and got to know/play almost all the players I wanted to read the book, but it's just too long for my peanut brain. THANK YOU for making this video simplified, informative, educational, and even fun to watch (I love the English slang drops)!

[@TheGreatDanish]

Love the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I got my start with it from Dynasty Warriors, and very quickly started digging deeper into the actual story afterwards. It was hard at first because like... I was like 10 back when DW3 was released, but over the years its been getting easier and easier. Absolutely one of the greatest stories ever written, up there right next to the Iliad and the Odyssey as classics of ancient literature. While I'm super familiar with it by the time I found this video, this video makes a great introduction to people who want to get deeper into the story after discovering it from other sources.

[@meteor09]

This is one of the greatest videos on KZbin! Wonderful work!

[@Setheroph1]

Got these exact books for x-mas back in 2002-03 and have been reading them for almost 20 years now. I am almost done with my first read through.

[@justinplank6420]

Lol what just read a chapter a day or even a week should of only take a year or two

[@Mr_BoBo_vKANADE]

This is exactly what I am reading and watching right now. Indeed, 三国演义 is one of the greatest book ever written.

[@emperor-thesenate-palpatin5954]

i dont like how the Zhang Fei is portrait in the show, historicly he was kind of the rich boy of the three brothers, his familly owned a butcher shop and a vinery, in those times, hell even today if u own 2 buissnesses, you aint dumb or poor. he was educated . and Liu Bei was the one who beat the official. but i know this is romace version. great job, i enjoyd watching it ! here have a thumb up and a sub !

[@zephyrderg]

This was incredible. Thank you for the hard work in summarising a very complex series of events with many characters!

[@vulpixfairy1985]

I have read the novel after playing the dynasty warrior games and watched the adaptations. I also came to know of your videos. They are amazing.

[@phyrr2]

i can't imagine how much work went into this but this is nothing short of amazing work. Thank you so much! I have to thank KOEI for making their games for the PC and NES in the late 80's and early 90's for spawning my interest :) When Romance II released on SNES we had weekend parties of sometimes up to 8 players which was tons of fun. Everyone's fought to see who could get Lu Bu on their side first, who naturally traded about a dozen times throughout the campaign.

[@momo7gato]

This was excellent! Thanks for putting this together. Chinese history, to me, is a good microcosm/macrocosm of how to and how not to properly administer a working administration. It shows what humans are capable of accomplishing, both "good" and "bad".

[@nickpocalypse5308]

What an amazing and informative video. It’s a crime that this video isn’t at least have 10 million views

[@kirillset]

This is a true masterpiece, I want to say a genuine thank you to you

[@NBChan_16]

As someone who watch rotk, read their novel, play dynasty warrior, rotk game, searching all the info elsewhere, this is well explained. Thanks for amount of hard work you put into. I love these Chinese story for real. Just so sad the shu han benevolence kingdom crumble to the very down. In the game liu shan is still commanding army and charming leader. In Wikipedia he never thinking about participating in battle they have gotten into, well playing with the ladies and damn eunuch. Once again thank you, this is Masterpiece 🎉

[@billsugg9564]

An epic novel with a, no doubt, equally epic effort to animate and narrate. Good job!

[@JayTee2985]

Thank you for this summary. I read the RoTK novels (2 thick books with at least 1000+ pages each) over 20 years ago. This was a good refresher video.

[@HexElf]

Thank you so much for this! I try my best to relay stories about the characters and who they are via my streams of Dynasty Warriors but the pronounciations of names continue to stump me. It's great to have someone who knows how to get them right :3 also as a referesher this is great as it's a LOT to keep track of. You did the world a great service with this!

[@Ask4This]

Amazing collection of work, this is easily the most digestible version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms I've ever seen, absolutely fantastic work congratulations.

[@danrvids20]

I have been a massive fan of the Dynasty Warriors games for years, with a special mention to Kessen 2 also. I can tell a lot of effort went into this video and it was great to recognise some events as they unfold in the games, whilst also discovering things I didn't know. Great job!

[@ashraf912]

One of the most under rated channels on youtube, amazing work bro, please keep up the great work as its very hard to find good sources of the far east history

[@bendahara8284]

This is such an interesting video and story. I feel like I'm watching a movie. Really worth almost 2 hours watching it. Keep up the good work!

[@awesomegaming67]

Thanks for the awesome video. My kids really like it.

[@sararapotata]

11:33 "perhaps what was the earliest 'hold my beer' moment" lmao how come I didn't think of it like that

[@XtasePrime]

I am on my 3rd read of the novel in the last 10 years, you a great job in summary.

[@yaoxue5027]

real piece of master work. I believe I can catch up without being a Chinese myself. The great thing is, history bro managed to not making the names of people and places a mess to the foreigners, and by using the great art work of faces, it makes the characters very distinguished and memorable, nice.

[@khabib29-0goat3]

man just at that timeline roll 1:06 i immediately knew this is a hardwork. instant like and subscribe

[@hmhm4720]

Just when I'm in need to understand the whole story in a short time ! Thank-you 🙊❤️ tried to read the whole chinese novel but I'm incapable of finishing it.

[@n543576]

Absolutely one of the best history video's I have ever seen. Excellent work.

[@mikecql123]

Man, the time and effort you have contributed to this! Great work.

[@abczdx]

Thank you for this!!! You are the record breaking speed runner of Three Kingdoms!!!

[@BeneaththeMask69]

Back here in 2025 just to say the new Dynasty Warriors game is a straight banger. We’re back baby!!!

[@kenhamilton3713]

Same my man. Had to come get me a dose of history.

[@amano6979]

this is another great way to enjoy this Story, I read the novel, play the game, watch the movie and now this....Thank you! I love it!!!

[@sarahhatesit]

Just recently got into 3K seriously, played a few Dynasty Warriors back when but sitting down and actually hearing the story from start to finish is heart breaking, but thank you for your time and effort put into this, even if you never read this, the animation style was amazingly phenomenal and unique and well defined most characters very well, I had to watch it all, I really died inside watching Cao Cao/Liu Bei and his crew/Wu all just perish and their empires fall apart, I've never tasted anything so bittersweet in awhile...

[@Dyzzzma]

Oh man, great job, thanks so much! Ps. One more moral, some people fight against something, but when they are overcome with pride, they become the very thing they were fighting against. That's why it's worth staying humble, otherwise, we lose our fight... with ourselves, even if we defeat our enemies.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

A romance that has more plots than Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones combined

[@Tharsix36]

Seriously it's like comparing Mahabharata to Harry Potter. Those are two entirely different mediums. However what presists is the chaos vs order trope which is simply timeless. Edit: While I've only read two books from the saga of Ice and Fire I'd say that it has more plots than RotK.

[@whatisthemeaningofthislife1758]

Lol, RotK just like a civil war, but with marvelous backstabbing and politics. Game of Thrones is built different; politics/civil war (Westeros), conquest (Daenarys Conquest), Mystical Beast (Dragons), end of the world (Winter is coming). The show can't cover all, it only cover small part of world of ice and fire, game of thrones world is so big.

[@chrisdawson1776]

what about Legend of the Galactic Heroes

[@khorkienjoo5292]

There's so many people, so much betrayal, so much intricacy, it makes Game of Thrones look like a Dr Seuss publication. - Oversimplified

[@scorpiusjones5436]

Having more plots doesn't automatically equal good. I wish we could get back to determining if a story is actually good or interesting, instead of modern day pissing contests of "most story"

[@adanphu4325]

I love the honesty, truthfulness, and not harmfulness in your channel 🦃

[@marshafisher1288]

Great summary of the book and its themes! If I hadn’t read it already, I’m sure this video would have been the tipping point for my curiosity.

[@nathancarter8239]

Thanks for uploading! I still couldn't pronounce most of these names, but I've got a few: Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. I hope to eventually be able to read the novel, but this was a good start for me.

[@JeshuaHicksAuthor]

I must admit, though I've read it, there were pieces I'd totally forgotten. Great summary.

[@MrLolx2u]

No, the emperor did not send the blood edict to just Cao Cao during his escape from Li Jue and Guo Si but in fact he sent it to anyone that could reach him in time as he moved towards Luoyang from Chang'an and the letter reached to two of the nearest warlord, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yuan Shao actually thought of receiving the emperor and both Tian Kai and Xun Yu both surprisingly agreed that that was the best choice. However, Guo Tu disagreed and even fervently talked trash about how the other two that supported it was dumb. Xun Yu stated that having the emperor is a boon as the emperor is weak and with Yuan Shao being the regent, he could make edicts in the name of the emperor and the emperor have no choice but to comply. Tian Kai then also added that because of that, Yuan Shao suddenly have the legitimacy of being the main regent as he has already been working for the previous emperor and have actual nobility status being that the Yuan clan has been working under the imperial family in high places for decades and even centuries ago thus he has all the legitimacy that he could become the regent of the Han Empire and with the emperor being in Luoyang, it would just take their forces 2 days of forced march to intercept the emperor and once they're there, everything would be fine and the empire could be under Yuan Shao's control to split, rule and conquer, all under the emperor's name. However, Guo Tu argued that the emperor is a curse and like the imperial seal, whoever takes in the emperor would be a problem. He brought out Dong Zhuo, Guo Si and Li Jue's name that all 3 of them held the emperor and while one was dead, the other 2 was in total turmoil and at the constant risk of invasion from others thus keeping the emperor for himself would only bring more trouble from the others to go and attack Ye. He also pointed out that regardless of what Yuan Shao's status is, his position was never higher than the emperor but if the emperor isn't at Ye, he's the highest amongst everyone. However if he was to bring the emperor to Ye as Luoyang was nothing but a whole heap of ruin, people in Northern China wouldn't bend down to Yuan Shao like he did anymore as the emperor would be the highest authority and whatever verdict and edict that he gave to the people of Northern China would suddenly be nulled as people would respect the emperor more than Yuan Shao himself if the emperor was brought back to Ye and Guo Tu even screamed at the other two for wasting everyone's time for even bringing it out and as they've just beaten Gongsun Zan, they din't have enough strength at that point to hold the invasive attacks that were bound to come if they held the emperor and it would be better for the "weaker" Cao Cao to take the emperor and let the others attack him and weaken him more. Yuan Shao decided to trust Guo Tu as he too believed the emperor was nothing but a curse and believing that it would make Cao Cao even more unlucky, he passed on the chance to Cao Cao which, was the biggest foolish thing he ever did as what Xun Yu had brought up DID happen. Cao Cao used the emperor's name and made edicts and soon after went for everyone's territories "in the name of the Han court" and unlike what Guo Tu had said, Cao Cao was relatively strong (Not as strong as Yuan Shao but still strong) after he gobbled up the entire of Xu. Worse still for Yuan Shao, all the unluckiness thing that Guo Tu had said even happened to Cao Cao as it was him who went after everyone and not everyone going after him.

[@tevinanarchy774]

Dang, Guo Tu sounded very logical but turns out he was wrong… Yuan Shao came so close