Review: Remnants of Filth
Aug. 30th, 2025 04:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkI think I forgot to review this series since it concluded this May, so, here it is.
(There will be spoilers in this review, so turn back now if you don't want them.)
I really enjoyed this series right up until the last volume. The last volume was the weakest in my mind, partly because I found the ending to the story itself rather weak, and partly because I thought the side story/extra content didn't really add anything to the original story. It was an AU in which Gu Mang was allowed to cultivate at the academy (presumably because Murong Lian treated him better, although we didn't get to see that), and other than potentially adding some context for why Mo Xi is not only super gay but actively hates hetero relationships, it just didn't add much.
As for the ending to the story, I just wasn't on board with Murong Lian's redemption arc. Sorry not sorry, but the dude threw Gu Mang into a brothel to be physically and sexually assaulted for years. Dump his ass in the trash where he belongs. The found family aspect just wasn't cute when Gu Mang and Mo Xi decided to hang out with Murong Lian at the end.
Aside from those issues, though, overall, I did enjoy this series. Right now, it's my second favorite after Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (always #1 in my heart), with The Scum Villain's Self-Saving system ranked third (I would rate it higher if not for the...questionable sex scene in that one). Remnants of Filth is so deliciously angsty and yet more wholesome/less problematic than The Husky and His White Cat Shizun. I adore the way the relationship between Gu Mang and Mo Xi seemed impossible to repair at the start of the first volume, and yet everything is eventually explained in a way that made their reconciliation believable.
Currently, I'm waiting to try out a few new danmei series being released this fall (There's Something Wrong with the Chief and Three Hundred Years of Longing) to see if I can find a new favorite.
(There will be spoilers in this review, so turn back now if you don't want them.)
I really enjoyed this series right up until the last volume. The last volume was the weakest in my mind, partly because I found the ending to the story itself rather weak, and partly because I thought the side story/extra content didn't really add anything to the original story. It was an AU in which Gu Mang was allowed to cultivate at the academy (presumably because Murong Lian treated him better, although we didn't get to see that), and other than potentially adding some context for why Mo Xi is not only super gay but actively hates hetero relationships, it just didn't add much.
As for the ending to the story, I just wasn't on board with Murong Lian's redemption arc. Sorry not sorry, but the dude threw Gu Mang into a brothel to be physically and sexually assaulted for years. Dump his ass in the trash where he belongs. The found family aspect just wasn't cute when Gu Mang and Mo Xi decided to hang out with Murong Lian at the end.
Aside from those issues, though, overall, I did enjoy this series. Right now, it's my second favorite after Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (always #1 in my heart), with The Scum Villain's Self-Saving system ranked third (I would rate it higher if not for the...questionable sex scene in that one). Remnants of Filth is so deliciously angsty and yet more wholesome/less problematic than The Husky and His White Cat Shizun. I adore the way the relationship between Gu Mang and Mo Xi seemed impossible to repair at the start of the first volume, and yet everything is eventually explained in a way that made their reconciliation believable.
Currently, I'm waiting to try out a few new danmei series being released this fall (There's Something Wrong with the Chief and Three Hundred Years of Longing) to see if I can find a new favorite.
