The drama had a promising start. And by ''a promising start'' I don't mean the first two or three episodes, but the first 10-15. I did enjoy watching them quite a lot. The story was confusing, but with the time I got used to it so I had no problem understanding what's going on. Overall, the first half was very good and I wholeheartedly enojyed most of it. However, I can't say the same thing about the second (episode 30ish - 56). They focused on so many things and so many characters and I honestly couldn't care less about most of them. The drama became very skipworthy and I kinda felt bad because of the fact how much I liked it at the beginning. 56 episodes are way too much, sorry. (And I think I watched the cut version?)
The romance was nice and the main couple definitely had chemistry. However, as much as I love my baby Mo Qing, I can't hide the fact that I strongly preferred Jiang Wu. Wu was definitely the more interesting character and I loved his charisma. He became my favourite character when I first saw him and continued being till the end. Maybe the best thing about the second half was that he had more scenes. Lu Zhao Yao was a good female lead but I couldn't get into her character completely.
The acting was actually very good. Of course Dai Xu who played my Jiang Wu has the most outstanding performance. I also loved Xu Kai as Mo Qing a lot! The CGI and the dubbing was kinda bad overall. The cinematography though was very beautiful. And the music was also very nice.
Overall, I feel bad for giving Zhao Yao an average rating but it was very average in my opinion. I can understand the hype though because it definitely has an interesting story so it's normal for people to like it. However, there were too many unnecessary things which disappointed me.
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Lack of intelligence in the decisions of the female and male leads.
I'm just 11 episodes in, and so far, it's okay. However, as with many Chinese dramas that have a large number of episodes, there are a lot of unnecessary scenes that do not contribute to the story.What annoys me the most is the lack of logic in the main character’s decisions [Master of the Wan Lu Sect, Li Chenlan]. His actions often seem irrational and unreasonable.
For example, if an entire group of guards you sent out was killed, wouldn't you, as a leader, go with them the next time to prevent the same outcome?
Another instance: You take in a girl who tried to kill you and notice that she behaves like two completely different people. Wouldn't you investigate the matter yourself, even if only for a day? Why not ask specific questions to expose her ? Moreover, the person assigned to spy on her seems to be absent in key moments—many of which would have exposed her or at least raised suspicion. Somehow, despite claiming to be watching her day and night, he always manages to miss the most crucial moments.
There are many other scenes that also highlight the lack of intelligence in the main female character’s [lu zhaoyao] actions. Why does she not use her brain. Everything li chenlan has done was to please her. She suddenly changed 180° degrees and wants to kill him. Like girl, logic? He would most likely sacrifice everything for you and give you whatever you desire. Since I appreciate logic and clever decision-making, this drama has been disappointing in that regard so far.
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At first I didn't understand the story at ep 1-2 but then kinda got into it after something happens to her personal life with a family member. But then the flashbacks that comes between in past sentence* happened maybe? I thought it was cut between or is from another ending . Since the Chinese web said it has 3! Alternative endings and beginnings .. I was like whattepuck am I gonna do and how do I know which one is which and when will they put it in or is it already been put in the series all together? It was confusing for me to read it on the web . But not on the series when I watch it. Overall it has a good start . I firstly thought that the plot didn't suit the series since I was watching it and she was still the main lead * actress Bai lu. But I guess I'm not far enough yet to see her reincarnate in another lead actress that will be playing her. So I will wait and see how it goes.
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terlalu panjang. penasaran karena ada Dai Xu.
sebetulny ok ok aja dengan Bai Lu dan Xu Kai, bagus, tapi lebih penasaran perannya Dai Xu. Agak perlu skip yang pas adegan romance, tapi sisanya masih bearable sih. Alur ceritanya lumayan, ndak gampang ditebak tapi jujurly masih ndak suka sama unsur romance yang support rolenya, enjoy banget awalnya tapi lama2 kek kerasa panjang kali gitu ya. Kostum para cast bagus lumayan lah walaupun main lead aja sih yang kerasa stunning. soal audio musik no comment deh udah cukup minimum. karena panjang kecil kemungkinan buat rewatch lagiWas this review helpful to you?
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Este drama hubiera sido mejor con unos 20 capítulos menos...Mi principal motivación para ver esto fue la pareja principal, ya que quería ver el romance que me quedaron debiendo en Arsenal Military Academy, y al menos en el apartado romántico creo que si cumplieron.
Los primeros episodios no fueron los mejores pero conforme va avanzando la historia comienza a volverse mejor, me gusto mucho hasta alrededor del capítulo 30/35, después todo comienza a desmoronarse, creo que el principal problema es que alargaron demasiado la historia, luego de que Zhao Yao y Mo Qing lograran corresponder sus sentimientos no queda claro cual es el rumbo de la trama, hubieron varios episodios en que no ocurrió nada y además se recurría a repetir en exceso varias escenas.
Otra cosa que me decepcionó es que después de los capítulos 30/35 el rol que tenían las mujeres en un inicio fue dejado en segundo plano, Zhao Yao perdió sus poderes, la novia del doctor (que también era líder de una secta femenina) también perdió sus poderes y solo se dedicaba a cocinar, Qin Zhi Yan, quien era parte de los personajes principales y comenzaba a tener un crecimiento en sus poderes es dejada de lado y la participación que tiene en los capítulos posteriores es casi nula.
En cuanto a la recta final, algunos episodios parecieron sufrir ciertos cortes, lo que da la sensación que el espectador se hubiera saltado capítulos. No volvería a ver este drama, creo que estiraron demasiado la historia, aún así al menos el romance si lo disfrute.
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Empece este c-drama en un intento de superar mi bloqueo de series, estaba muy aburrida y tenia ganas de ver algo que me sorprendiera, es ahí cuando recorde este drama en mi lista de pendientes.Lo comence esperanzada de que me gustase, pero no, simplemente desde un inicio todo partio mal. La quimica de la pareja principal me cautivo sin embargo. Yendo al grano, lo único que mantuvo a terminarlo son sus protagonistas, a mi en lo personal desde que lo tenia en mi lista de dramas por ver me llamo la atención lo bien se veian juntos, puesto que había visto trailers anteriormente. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tenemos un principio MUY confuso, no te explican nada ni en que "mundo" estamos desarrollando la historia. Pasaron 10 años aproximandamente en menos de 3 capitulos donde no se pudieron desarrollar bien los personajes, de ahí mejoro algo la trama, pero solo para volver a decaer por la mitad. Simplemente habian muchas inconsistencias y las acciones de los personajes eran dudosas (tanto que me provocaban cringe cada 2x3). Pudieron haber jugado más con las 4 parejas que conformaban a lo largo de la trama, pero no, simplemente fue en picada. ⠀⠀⠀⠀
• En pocas palabras describiria mi experiencia viendo este drama como una perdida de tiempo, y es una lastima, porque en verdad queria que me gustara. Lamentablemente tenia tanto pontencial y no supieron aprovecharlo. Me faltan palabras para poder decir cuantas fallas encontre, había veces que me preguntaba "¿Quíen escribio esto?", "¿porque la protagonista hizo eso?" y mis dudas no terminan hasta hoy.
Lo peor no fue todo eso, sino la escena reciclada que usaron al final haciendo que los mismo protagonistas fueran sus propios hijos, pero con una voz sobre puesta obviamente. La verdad un final indignante.
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Guiones mediocres
LA verdad que los 3 primeros caps los mire con mucha ilusión de que prometiera el drama, pero a la mitad del cap 3 ya se nota de que el guion tiene grietas por todos lados y el 4 fue la estocada final para mi.La personalidad que en un principio hace especial a la protagonista da un giro de 360 grados , deja de lado totalmente al que se diría el principal causante (un poco indirectamente), al chico demonio que tanto aparentaba apreciar , luego se pelea por una espada con todo el mundo incluso con el pobre chico que simplemente quería ayudarla , e incluso le toma odio a el sin una razón lógica realmente.
En resumen, si te gusta mirar dramas con una logica medianamente bien escrita, ni te molestes en mirar esto, no me extraña nada que sea el primer trabajo de una escritora, a la cual se le quedaron grandes los recursos de este drama tanto en actores como en producción que la verdad es el único punto fuerte del drama.
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