Nirvana in Fire Rewatch, Episode 12

This one's attempting to punch me in the emotions! There's no excuse for opening with that conversation between Master Zhou and Mei Changsu except to hit me where it hurts most. Between the humourous contrast of Mei Changsu saying he was a poor student to Master Li and then skillfully arguing for his involvement in politics, and the tearjerker moment when Zhou tells Mei Changsu about another student of Li's, with "you and he would have been a glorious pair" and quietly lamenting that they'll never meet that person again, I am wrung out already and we're only five minutes in!

( And then Nihuang shows up. )

The Identity Reveal Count is now 1 !