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I am vaguely aware of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but haven't ever read the source material or a good translation.
Anyone have any suggestions? As I've declaimed and disclamed before, my Chinese is limited to nihao-ing at some fine ABGs. A solid translation, or visual media would be fine. Subs or dubs, don't care. It just has to be faithful to the source
If you want a simple introduction to the setting, it's hard to beat Dynasty Warriors 7 or 8 because they have a route for every major faction, including Jin. Everything else tends to focus more on chronological order which I think is way more confusing than just strictly following one side because there are a lot of characters.
There's also Team Ninja's Wu Long which is set in Three Kingdom and starts off with the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Team Ninja made Nioh 2 which is one of my favourite games of all time, and Wu Long is pretty similar except with more of a parry focus, I haven't played the game beyond the demo though.
I would also second the recommendation for the 2010 series, it is very long, at times dry, boring, especially the parts with Diaochan(Lu Bu is more like a bratty child in this show) but overall is really solid. Cao Cao is the best part, and he has a ton of great scenes.
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