Noble Aspirations

I normally really like fantasy type of dramas like this, but this one fell short. Perhaps it was too long (55 episodes) and dragged out too much? I ended up watching to episode 32 and contemplated on dropping it. I ended up skipping to epiode 47 and it really picked up the groove, and from the subtitles I must've missed two arcs where Zhao Xiao Fan and Bi Yao/Xue Qi all go through life/death situation that follows the other arcs. The ending was a terrible cliffhanger situation, but you're like THANK GOODNESS it's over. I don't think I'll watch season two.

Story - too long, boring, not creative or unique.

Acting - The cast grew on me. At first I thought ZXF was ugly asfk (still do). I thought JY and CSS were more likeable and liked whenever they had screentime. The female cast is great, and they're all very pretty. But too many annoying romances that you don't get to dive into and clear up what happened i.e. Senior Brother Wan & You Ji (Bi Yao's aunty). IDK why, but the Azure Dragon (William Yang) really caught my eye.

Rewatch value: NOPE.

Note: I kept reading reviews and comments, and so many people kept labeling this as "bro-mancey" with ZXF and JY, I mean yea they were pretty bro-mancy but there is obviously love between Bi Yao and Zhang Xiao Fan!

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