True Love - Strong and Lasting
I am not fond of drama series; but this the best drama series for me. I'm a fan of Xiao Zhan. Started when I watched The Untamed. I'm obsessed watching all his drama series and movies. Watching this many times until now, though it breaks me repeatedly, I couldn't help it. Love their scenes. Shiying 's perfect moves, acting and Zhu Yan's heartfelt emotion. Empathizes me that hits me through the bones. The OST is superb! It's just saddened me a lot with the ending. Hoping there will be second season and hoping the writer may seem to consider the watcher's emotion to twist the ending it was a heartbreak for me. Just watch and don't skip. The best drama for me.Was this review helpful to you?
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Not a fan of the story line
There is no chemistry between the two main leads - Zhu Yan and Shi Ying. None.I don't think that this role is perfect for Xiao Zhan. He has such an expressive personality and face; this wooden, stiff character doesn't fit him. I can name at least three actors off the top of my head who could have looked better in this role.
On the whole, I loved each actor and I loved their acting despite the fact that not everyone fitted their role perfectly. But I also think that different casting (for some characters), better editing, and more importantly - different screenwriter could have done wonders to improve the drama.
There are a lot of drawn out episodes (insanely long fights, for example) that do nothing for the story. Lots of flash-backs that are so repetitive, it's easy to get bored. Dialogs go in circles in times and that made me fast forward quite a bit.
And then - of course - the ending. I am not sure why the person in charge thought it was wise to deviate from the novel. The characters were put through hell, I think if anything they deserve a happy ending that the author thought was perfect for them.
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Nice Romantic Fantasy Drama
I liked that the FL isn't a push over and depsite shes a bit reckless. She still knows how to stand her ground just somewhat naive lol .>,< Overall it was a nice watch i enjoyed it. i hope to see more like this story. I loved the official sound track aswell as the rest of the cast. They really delivered their roles nicely.Was this review helpful to you?
Beautiful drama
I think this was beautiful. The leads had good chemistry and I like how their feelings for each other developed. Zhu Yan is such an emotional person but there are times when she toughens up. I like how Shi Ying fell for her and was trying so hard for it not to show with his jealousy.Bai Xue Lu is a character that I couldn't stand. she was so determined to be at the top and love didnt matter to her even though she had already liked Qing Gang. Qing Gang was even more determined to keep liking her despite her actions.....
Fast forward to the ending, I wish we have gotten more as the leads didnt get a good happy ending in my opinion.
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Just as a starter: hard to believe but this was my first Xiao Zhan drama ever. This was the one that led me to the rest of his world, recently having watched The Legend of Zang Hai too. Ok, off topic, getting back to this drama. In my opinion, the ending was a little confusing. Like was Shi Ying there or is he just a figment of Zhu Yan's imagination or did bro spawn from a flower? But Xiao Zhan did a great job, and Ren Min also did not bad. The story was good, the comedy was good, there were just a few parts that weren't as good like when he dies and Zhu Yan somehow revives him. Like that doesn't make any sense. She was not especially good at martial arts or anything of that sort, so why should she be able to do such a complex spell? I get it's because of their love, but it was a little far-fetched. Overall, you can watch it if you want to, and it's not the best drama ever, but not the worst either. Was this review helpful to you?
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The longest promise was not fullfilled.
Ooh boy this drama. I thought I was in for a delicious slow-burn romance between a fiery princess and a wounded prince who longs for love, but instead I got endless, boring conspiracies between kingdoms I did not care about and a tedious love rival who refused to go away. I did love it at first (hence the not so terrible 7/10 rating). I love the aesthetic of this drama, very poetic and fairy-tale like (the dancing !), and the combats are pretty cool. I fell for Ren Min's energy and I get the fuss about Xiao Zhan. As I love contrasts, I loved their couple visually (I'm in the minority apparently). A shame the show doesn't exploit their playful chemistry, they barely kiss and get together too late. This drama is weirdly paced, dragged by this overly complicated storyline about the war between merfolks and the kongsang clan. Most of it is a set-up for Mirror : A Tale of Twin Cities, and it doesn't fit. Usually in xianxia the big identity secret is about the leads. Here it was about the hero of another show, and it was difficult to care about the underlying plot as a result. The show is also marred by a slough of mediocre secondary characters, like the tepid second prince, his tepid lover, her scheming sister who can't decide if she wants to be good or bad, the lamest evil clan and an exhausting tragic rival, Yuan, who takes way too much place in the plot at the expense of our main couple's story. As Zhu Yan's caretaker and her ancestor's husband it's very hard to take him seriously as a candidate for her affections, and in the end he becomes a walking plot device. What a waste of Wang Chu Ran, Lu Yu Xiao and Alen Fang's talent. The show started very strong, but slowly became a borderline unwatchable mess. It feels like a prequel to a show I don't even want to watch.Was this review helpful to you?
Disappointment
The drama starts off strong, with a prince unjustly separated from his mother due to false accusations. Only the princess, who believes in his honesty, loyalty, kindness, and trustworthiness, stands by him. Everyone, including the princess, believes he has perished. From a young age, she diligently cultivates magic in hopes of bringing him back. Meanwhile, the prince tirelessly cultivates himself to reclaim what he has lost. Their journey is fraught with hardships and trials.While I enjoyed the subplot involving the other prince's love story and their chemistry, the main storyline falls short in the end. The conclusion leaves me unsatisfied, unsure if the prince truly returns or if it's merely the princess's illusion. I wish the drama had a more definitive and fulfilling ending.
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Pretty Nice for Chaotic Love Line
This drama focus is all over the place. The actings are great. It is like a beautiful chaos.Fantasy theme drama is one hard to pull off. The actors got to be sleek enough with their entire performance to make their scenes ethereal. It’s a lot to bring the imaginary to live. The CGI here is glowing good and still awkwardly executed. Some shapes is just not blending nicely. The sand monster looks like stiff godzilla. Spotted view wobbly feet landing on their fighting and flying scenes.
Their costume is not embellished bejeweled, but the fabrics flow enchantingly. The head pieces very modest nothing is sparking enough to blind the eyes. The mermaids fabrics has beaming light better than any of the jewels. The swords look playful and plastics. Their props team needs serious detailing overview. Luckily the cast ensemble are mostly face card. So anything they wore is just felt breathtakingly pretty. And sugar view is always nicer to watch.
Acting is the all reason of continuing to watch this drama. The acting quality is good decent and somewhat spectacular actually. No lines was spoiled half baked. Every dialogues has depth and the proper execution to bring out each scenes.
Eventhough the storyline and renditions are all over the place. Chaotic. Messy and overlapping. The revenge plots is not vengeful enough. The villains not so bright. Hence the heroes not doing so much either. The way things got dragged just boring and annoying.
ChongMing and Shi Ying bromance felt natural and adorable. ChongMing truly the birdy character preaching awesome performance.
Giving both the child actors and actresses a ten for excellent performance. The fluidly captures all the emotions needed for the build up.
The love triangle, is kind of weak and dry. The ideas was reincarnation lovers clashes with bad omen couples. That should’ve been interesting and juicy to watch.
Zhi Yuan has this mysterious vibes with his wicked smile. Explore that. Bring more latitude of his 200year something kept away desire. They don’t do justice with his character. He becomes this cheesy character and was only left being a shadow of this and that. Then suddenly at the end 10 episodes, he is being shoved here and there to get the intensify love triangle. It felt being rap up at F1 speed level.
Wished they create better build up on the romance, even if it supposedly be lukewarm. The OTP got cute flickers on their romance scenes.
The way hesitation keep overclouding Shi Ying attitudes towards Zhu Yan is just tediously long. When at the start he seemingly sure of having a crush, why detoured it in falling obliviously clueless.
However, there were moments. Not plenty enough. Where Shi Ying is actually felt not robotic. The temporary amnesia moments brings color to Shi Ying face and more warmth.
My favorites scenes would be where at the end Shi Ying played on duo character clashing in one body. And when he stabs himself.
At start my thoughts were like Shi Ying and his plenty magic spells. It never got into that though. Just Shi Yang and his plenty back and forth vagueness.
The ending is pretty predictable. And it is what it is. The way the episode develops on each is not witty and indulging enough. The acting is what kept me going to finish. It is a good thing the cast here are fantastic. Rewatching values are just so so. I do say this, this one still pretty good to watch if you’re on mid series binge watching waiting for that one unstoppable craving drama to start.
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Beautiful drama with beautiful visuals
As a fan of Xiao Zhan it is my duty to watch him in Wuxia/Xianxia dramas. This drama was visually spectacular. The CGI and the characters were beautifully weaved in a good storyline. What surprised me was the female lead was cute and her acting. She did a really great job in portraying the character. Xiao Zhan as always was top notch in his acting. He never disappoints.Strong female characters and their dynamics with each other also with the male characters was portrayed really well in this drama. I am a sucker for sad endings and I loved this drama . The female lead was strong improved herself through sheer hardwork, she had a spine always stands for what is right. I truly loved her character.
ALso this drama has some really good ost.
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IT IS A 50-50. NOT THE BEST OR THE WORST. NOT GOOD BUT ALSO NOT BAD.
4) this is a series that I had high hopes for and it might be because of the same reason that I feel disappointed after watching the series.
If the story's main agenda and other things are not something you care about and you solely want to watch the drama for the romance or because of some actor, then feel free to choose the story. If not then do consider reconsidering. Some things just made me so fucking triggered and some things were truly beyond something I would understand or even some things were logically speaking complete nonsense.
But then again don’t just drop it because of my review as many have found this drama to be a good one
At first let me make this clear, from the very beginning I was not satisfied by the story. a few minutes into the story you hear the female lead calling the male lead ‘shi fu’ which translates to master. i am not someone who agrees to a story where the master falls in love with the student and if that disturbs you please do not watch the series but if that is not an issue then go ahead and watch the series.
The plus points of the drama include the cast and their acting xiao Zhen did well up to my expectations and Ren Min also did her role well. Some other characters also had notably wonderful acting skills. Then comes the vfx the vfx was a believable one, more than that a good one. The fantastical setting was brought to life with the help of such a great VFX. Some things are enjoyable in this series. The actors look, they look adorable and the costumes and other artifacts used were also elegant. Throughout the story production, an ethereal feeling was preserved.
Now the negatives. The main issue with the story lies in its plot. The plot itself doesn’t have many plot holes and things match up but the plot seems to be too long with useless incidents that were meant to contribute to the character development but then it wasn’t of much use. the way characters react to different emotions and under the influence of different emotions seemed unacceptable to me. (I mean no one would behave like that) then again each character wasn’t well written and thus that affected the overall performance of the actors. The story wasn’t based on and or wasn’t following any main concept. in other words, the story did not have much of any main plot other than the main leads' relationships with each other. the main lead evidently died three times and somehow just resurrected (ok that is fine for once but thrice felt too much for me). the next problem is something related the story just pulls up concepts and facts out of thin air to aid the story. The relationship was also formed based on some incidents only.
All together I cannot say that this was a good drama neither can I say that this was a bad one.
So all the best and happy watching.
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An imperfect and atractive story
I have just finished the series and this is my first impression...While I think the story had some inconsistencies it was pretty good.
I'm devastated with the ending, and the plot twist they tried to give it in the last seconds I'm not buying it...
It's a series to suffer that's for sure, I had to stop watching some chapter for a moment before continuing because of the helplessness it generated in me.
Most of the characters made me feel anger at some point, sometimes irritation and sometimes empathy. I liked that they fluctuated between being a villain or a hero, although this transition was not always very harmonious.
It is an imperfect and attractive story. As much as it left me with my heart in my hand, I feel it was worth watching.
I must say that Ying (Xiao Zhan), Yan (Ren Min) and Yuan (Alen Fang) have deeply conveyed their emotions to me. And I feel that, beyond the story, this was achieved by those who played their characters.
On the other hand, I have read several comments about the main character being irritating, but I think she doesn't deserve the scorn, although she had a careless and capricious character, she was quite human, and I think that irritates people, when she makes human mistakes and it seems that she doesn't learn and repeats the same mistakes, but I think her character evolved and in the end matured.
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At first it was a bit boring but I got through it and middle way it got a little bit exciting, the thing is IT ANNOYS ME HOW THE FEMALE IS ALWAYS SO WEAK THERES NEVER A TIME WHERE SHES ACTUALLY STRONG.and please dont even get me started with the misunderstandings and how the female character is always getting in the middle of the plans. Just based on my opinions I feel as though the actors and actresses are lacking a but more emotion and chemistry. this drama didnt fail to make me laugh however I wouldnt say it made me twirl and scrunch up my toes together. Ill give it a 7 considering the 43episodes but yeah…Was this review helpful to you?
