Liu Bei seeks revenge for the death of his brother Guan Yu, against Wu while an opportunistic Wei waits for the opportunity to strike. Whose downfall will it be?

Hey guys this is part 5 of this 6 part series on my re-telling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story. You might be asking, why should care about this old Chinese story?
In order to further broaden your knowledge of the depth of Chinese history in culture, you must be well acquainted with the it's foundational history and culture of the Three Kingdoms era and the more theatrical Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel; although I don't recommend you read the book (it sucks in English); I suggest watching this series instead.

In this part, we examine the psychological/spiritual consequences of Liu Bei perverting his moral compass - the once core aspect of our failed hero - in order to achieve his highest goal and what it does to his character. Remember the saying "you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain?". I see a correlation between the character arch of Liu Bei and Harvey Dent (aka Two Face) in the Dark Knight. Cao Cao (the Joker in this case), is seen by Liu Bei as the representation of chaos and by any measure necessary must be stopped. But in his quest to stop 'the chaos', he himself only ends up succumbing to it - ultimately redefining his character. And when a loved one is caught up in the drama and is killed (Harvey Dents girlfriend, Rachel and Liu Beis sworn brother, Guan Yu), the process of the destruction of their integrity becomes completed as they themselves become no different to the agents of evil they were originally fighting against.

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Credits:

0:00-8:13
Bezerk episode 24
My favorite anime of all time. It's not an easy watch though. The main character Griffith I feel goes through a similar character arch as Liu Bei. Getting to the figurative 'castle' in the scene shown isn't fun and games, and Griffith needs to make a decision to sacrifice his friends in order to complete the demonic ritual that will allow him to realise his ambition at the cost of his soul. I really hope that the animation studio gets its act together and completes the series in its entirety because the cliffhanger ending of episode 25 still haunts my dreams

1:56-7:38
Everywhere at the End of Time: The caretaker
This creepy track was made for the purpose of re-creating the mental decay caused by sufferers of dementia, going through each stage of decline. I found correlation between the decline in ones spirituality by means of debasing their moral code and the decline one would experience as a result of failing mental health, as both lead to a decline in your consciousness into a more primal and less self aware state. That's a why I put it in.
If you want experience what it's like to go through stage by stage psychological deterioration into nothingness (for fun I guess) I recommend checking it out.
Ps I might have given you brain damage, soz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJWksPWDKOc

Music:
1:56-7:38
Everywhere at the End of Time: The caretaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJWksPWDKOc

Three Kingdoms 2010 Series Official Soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJWW6m4WM-I&list=PLNFQQwvNQ1nZfqLKv54-dT1TNQm7GhDyK

25:28-29:08
Gravy Beats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLnOD8Bfc2c

29:24-30:36
张子瑞 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtu7AX2hvqk&t=129s

30:34-33:28
Gravy Beats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdU7rSoGSnI

37:57-39:24
Chopin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6b3swbnWg

39:26-42:09
Grilla Beats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-ql2P1uR8

0:00 Intro
8:22 Liu Bei swears vengeance against Sun Quan
10:41 Sun Quan plays hot potato with Cao Cao
11:50 The Han emperor is official deposed
18:22 Zhang Fei beats his subordinates
20:48 Liu Bei loses it and invades Wu
38.28 Zhuge Liang swears his undying loyalty to Liu Bei

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