Jade City

reminded me a lot of sword of kaigen in its character driven fantasy and drama. It treated its characters realistically and made sure that the story happened as a result of the characters rather than to the characters which i think is an important distinction for this genre. I think it wasn't as good as sword of kaigen because a lot of character motivations/emotions/rituals were told rather than shown (ie. we are told that stealing jade is scummy asf rather than shown it through a story action) but i liked it a lot!