“Da Wang Rao Ming” is the title of the eponymous novel by Hui Shuohua De Zhouzi, which, after the manhua version by Yue Dong Wenhua, found a successful animated adaptation released on December 3, 2021, in China. Better known by the title “Spare Me, Great Lord!”, the series is the result of the joint work of directors Ziliang Lao and Tianxing Wei, but also involves the participation of the renowned Hiromatsu Shu as episode director of an aesthetically eye-catching and hypnotic stylized Op that launched the series, generating interest worldwide. The 12 episodes earned Tianxing Wei the Golden Penguin Award (Tencent Video TV and Movie Award) in the category of best director for an animation.

During the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, a girl of about 10 years old wants to eat hawthorn candy: her name is Lu Xiaoyu, and she is accompanied by a 17-year-old teenager named Lu Shu, who attends the...