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發源自台中的人氣手搖飲「一沐日」，2020年進軍北上，目前全台超過60間門市，今年夏天推出全新限定飲品，以台灣常見的辛香配料「九層塔」入茶，搭配香濃特調奶蓋與清新芳香的烏龍綠茶，推出「高讚塔奶蓋烏龍綠」與「輕香烏龍綠」，充滿另類台味，將於6月2日全台上市。
「高讚塔奶蓋烏龍綠」售價70元，以最強綠葉九層塔入茶，推出奶蓋沾鹽酥雞新吃法。（圖／品牌提供）
「高讚塔奶蓋烏龍綠」以台灣人最熟悉的九層塔入茶，加上特調奶蓋與甘舒香甜的清新烏龍綠茶，一口手搖一口鹽酥雞，清香入㗋。同步推出的「輕香烏龍綠」以烏龍茶為基地，經過輕發酵無焙火的烏龍茶，甘舒香甜，甘醇渾厚的滋味帶有微炭燒味，是夏天消暑解渴最適合的飲品。
「輕香烏龍綠」售價40元，經過輕發酵無焙火的烏龍茶，甘舒香甜。（圖／品牌提供） 鶴茶樓
鶴茶樓成為全台第一家與日本人氣動畫《JOJO的奇妙冒險》聯名的手搖飲，4款角色杯身、11款獨家周邊將在6月4日開賣，再創熱門話題！此次聯名以《JOJO 的奇妙冒險》第四部作品「不滅鑽石 」為主題，集結6大經典角色，包含東方仗助、虹村億泰、岸邊露伴、廣瀨康一、吉良吉影、空條承太郎，整體視覺以深黯紫色襯出神秘氛圍，打造專屬JOJO世界的奇幻色彩。
4款角色聯名杯將有7款角色輪番登場，正反面都藏有不同驚喜。（圖／品牌提供）
除此之外，更有多達11款夢幻獨家周邊商品，不但有實用的珪藻土杯墊、氣囊手機支架、收納式飲料提袋，當中「加厚野餐墊」集結滿版的5大經典人氣角色，陪伴粉絲chill整個午後，「撲克牌」則是收錄本季全數角色，張張精彩。凡至鶴茶樓凡消費任一飲品，即可加購1款周邊，此外，至鶴茶樓消費，並拍攝、分享至IG或FB的限動，同步標註＠hechaloutea + @museacg，即贈送JOJO粉必收的A3角色海報1張。
11款夢幻獨家周邊商品，售價148元至428元。（圖／品牌提供）
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「春蘋蜜紅」中杯售價55元、大杯售價65元，期間限定免費加脆玉晶球。（圖／品牌提供）
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- The Hindu
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The latest donghua hit, Lord of Mysteries, is a dark fantasy set in a Victorian-era world filled with arcane secrets, shadowy organisations, and a surprisingly grounded system of magic. But for newcomers, its dense lore and layered power system can quickly feel overwhelming. If you're just getting into the story, whether through the original web novel or the new anime adaptation on Crunchyroll, this guide will help you understand how its complex power system works. Originally serialised on China's Qidian platform between 2018 and 2020, Lord of Mysteries — written by the pseudonymous Cuttlefish That Loves Diving — is widely regarded as one of the most ambitious and tightly structured web novels of its generation. A genre-blending epic that fuses steampunk aesthetics with Lovecraftian horror and esoteric mysticism, it has amassed tens of millions of readers, inspired passionate fan theories, and now finds itself adapted into a gorgeously animated series. Lord of Mysteries is primarily a story about knowledge and power — how to gain it, how to survive it, and how easily it can unravel the self. This guide is for newcomers curious about the world's strange but meticulously constructed framework of rituals, potions, Pathways, and personas that shape the fate of every character in the story. It goes without saying but, consider this your [SPOILER WARNING] in case you aren't caught up yet. What is a Beyonder? A Beyonder is someone who has consumed a potion tied to a specific supernatural Pathway, which is kind of like a magical career path. Each Pathway offers a unique theme and a ladder of powers called Sequences. Each Pathway in Lord of Mysteries is loosely inspired by a Major Arcanacard from the Tarot deck — much like in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders — with each title reflecting archetypal roles that shape a Beyonder's abilities, identity, and fate. 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Indian Express
19-06-2025
- Indian Express
Alappuzha Gymkhana: Bollywood directors keep talking about ‘rooted cinema', but they have no idea what it even means
In recent years, several Bollywood big-shots with varying degrees of wealth and intelligence have said that South Indian movies are performing better than their Hindi counterparts because they're more 'rooted'. The word has become a part of the lexicon, alongside terms such as 'elevation scene' and 'BGM'. Anurag Kashyap has said it; Javed Akhtar has said it; if they'd asked the women, they'd have said it as well. But what does the word 'rooted' even mean? The one movie that perfectly captures all the ingredients that are missing from Hindi cinema these days, the one movie that Bollywood would do well to emulate, is the Malayalam-language sports comedy Alappuzha Gymkhana, which debuted recently on SonyLIV after an excellent theatrical run. It's as rooted as they come. But the definition of this kind of cinema could vary. While Kashyap thinks that 'rooted' cinema refers to stories of the heartland, Akhtar has complained that Hindi filmmakers are losing touch with the language. 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After flunking their class 12 boards, they decide to enrol at the local sports club and become boxers. This way, they figure, they could probably get into a college through the sports quota. At the same time, they could impress all the girls they have crushes on, get away from their nagging parents for several hours a day, and have a new excuse to chill out with each other. Led by Jojo, the boys aren't defending the world; they're defending their pride. Forget delivering 'larger-than-life' action and spectacle, Alappuzha Gymkhana barely leaves its district. It goes against all the rules that Bollywood has convinced itself it must follow in the post-pandemic era. And this isn't the first time that the Malayalam industry has proven that smaller stories have just as much of a chance at the box office than those hyper-masculine revenge epics that Hindi filmmakers have devoted themselves to aping. Speaking of hyper-masculine cinema, there's a scene in Alappuzha Gymkhana in which Jojo invites his buddies for a house party. He takes the girl he's been talking to up to the bedroom, where she throws him off balance by asking what kind of kiss he'd prefer they get things started with. After panicking for a second, he tells her that he's too nervous to make out, and promptly gets dumped. If this was Rocky Bhai, he'd have physically restrained the girl from leaving the room despite her protests. In case you'd forgotten, this is exactly what happens in the first KGF movie. The blockbuster Kannada film has proven to be incredibly influential, paving the way for a new wave of angry cinema in which everybody shouts at each other. Just because their protagonists hail from villages doesn't make stuff like Kantara and Pushpa 'rooted'. Naslen, who plays Jojo in Alappuzha Gymkhana, broke out with the similarly lowkey Premalu last year. But when Bollywood tries to make small scale films these days, they typically end up being inauthentic farces. Even when they're competently made, like the film Laapataa Ladies, they tend to have a condescending gaze. Heck, Hindi filmmakers can't even be bothered to go shoot in real-life locations, because the people making them have no idea what separates one culture from the other. It's some strange form of reverse racism, where the entirety of the 'north' is presented as a place populated by Thar-driving, pakoda-popping loudmouths. The films Jayeshbhai Jordaar and The Great Indian Family — both were headlined by A-list movie stars and produced by YRF — were shot entirely on indistinguishable soundstages. Read more – Chandu Champion: Kabir Khan's hollow biopic can't stop humiliating its own protagonist The thing that really stands out in Alappuzha Gymkhana, besides the cultural specificity, is how tactile it all seems. Although most of the second half is set inside a stadium and filmed with the sort of music video-style flashiness that Rehman displayed in Thallumala a couple of years ago, the first half unfolds on the streets of Alleppey. It gives the movie character; you can see the post-rain dampness on the narrow lanes, and the paint chipping off the walls of old homes. Jojo and his gang feel like real people, experiencing real growing-pains. They aren't invulnerable superheroes bashing up their enemies. In fact, the inciting incident of the film — the moment that pushes Jojo to enrol at the gymkhana — is when one member of the gang gets sucker punched for flirting with another guy's girlfriend. Rahman's Thallumala kicked off on a similar note, when someone stepped on the protagonist's brand-new sneakers. Malayalam cinema seems to have cracked the code. Even when they make a big-budget superhero movie Minnal Murali, it feels intimate. In Alappuzha Gymkhana, Jojo and his friends' inadequacies manifest during the boxing competition that takes up much of the film's second half. It wouldn't be a spoiler to reveal that Jojo doesn't magically become a heavyweight champion at the end. But he scores something far more valuable: a purpose. A road that could've led him towards drunkenness and despair is, hopefully, avoided. Jojo and his buddies could've very easily turned into Pepe and his gang from Angamaly Diaries, but it seems like they'll turn into the Manjummel Boys instead. Hallelujah. Post Credits Scene is a column in which we dissect new releases every week, with particular focus on context, craft, and characters. Because there's always something to fixate about once the dust has settled. Rohan Naahar is an assistant editor at Indian Express online. He covers pop-culture across formats and mediums. He is a 'Rotten Tomatoes-approved' critic and a member of the Film Critics Guild of India. He previously worked with the Hindustan Times, where he wrote hundreds of film and television reviews, produced videos, and interviewed the biggest names in Indian and international cinema. At the Express, he writes a column titled Post Credits Scene, and has hosted a podcast called Movie Police. You can find him on X at @RohanNaahar, and write to him at He is also on LinkedIn and Instagram. ... Read More
