Drink responsibly even if you are a Liquor deity
I've seen this drama around on social media and after reading through the summary and seeing that this is a prequel to The Blood of Youth, I decided to check it out.The first two episodes were a real banger, absolutely amazing fighting scenes and the exact atmosphere from The Blood of Youth with the light hearted humour and friendships. Lots and lots of parallels to The Blood of Youth which I loved to see (like the coffin/chest transport and everyone fighting for it and for the main character, the two main characters meeting in a tavern/Inn etc.).
Then the following episodes up until episode 10 lost the energy of the first two episodes, it was a little difficult to stay tuned. But the episodes from ep 10 onwards are redeeming this so far. There are things which I found a little and quite obnoxious, especially Lei Mengsha's laugh. Like, yes we get where Lei Wujie had his genes from but no need to pull it until grotesque in my opinion. In my opinion, the casting choice for Lei Mengsha could have been Gao Hanyu, he can embody dummy cute characters very well. The other thing I found quote obnoxious was Baili Dongjun's drinking in episodes 3 - 8ish, I know that he wants to become the liquor deity but come on, the drinking was a little too much at some points.
I highly appreciate the casting of Xia Zhi Guang as Sikong Chanfeng. Overall, Dashing Youth and Blood of Youth characters and back story are very nicely tied together, so far I think and feel that nothing is missing, nothing was omitted which I love to see. As far as prequels and sequels go, it's definitely on the very to exceptional good side and I'm enjoying it so far.
As for what you should watch first, Blood of Youth or this, I think it does not really matter but then again if you watch Blood of Youth first it will be easier to understand the relationships between the characters in Dashing Youth.
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Plot: Ordinary, not outstanding but still able to watch
Advantages: Many handsome guys
Disadvantage: The worst martial arts scene ever
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Its truly Dashing Youths everywhere ?
I'm currently on Ep 19 and I'm so glad I started watching it! With so many handsome actors, and Masters and those fight scenes! I absolutely loved all the fight scenes. They are so majestic and awesome! The storyline, cast, crew, everybody has done a wonderful job in the drama so far!Even with these many characters, the drama itself doesn’t seem confusing and that's a huge feat in itself! You can watching without needing to watch Blood of the Youth, cause this is a prequel to it after all.
The pacing is good, the cute bromance moments between our little Spear Diety and Baili Dongjun and Ye Dingzhi is so cute! Loved the brotherhood these three have! And let's not forget the Eight handsome masters of Juxia Academy! They have done a great job! Our talkative Mr Li and Mr. Zhuomo and all the others too! I just can't get enough of this drama!
THE SWORD PLAY AND FIGHT SCENE CHOREOGRAPHY is really good! Shoutout to whoever planned it all! Be it the first time Baili Dongjun gets his lotus sword, fight scenes between him and Ye Dingzhi, and the others! Everything looks great on screen! Give it a try people! You won't regret it!
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Youthful costume drama
Special effects: The special effects of this drama are beyond words, full marks. Especially the peach blossom scene at Gu Chen's part is so amazing.Story: The meeting of BDJ and YDZ was brought forward and changed to knowing each other since childhood, which makes the drama more fateful.
Appearance: The protagonist and supporting characters are all very good-looking, I like them very much.
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Stunning VFX, Flawed Execution
This is just an initial review of this drama based on the released episodes 1-7.Based on my first impression, the most impressive aspect of this drama was undoubtedly the VFX. It's clear they invested heavily in this area, elevating the wuxia genre. However, the cinematography, particularly the color grading, left much to be desired. The overly saturated colors, especially the blues and pinks, along with the maxed-out brightness and contrast, gave it an old-fashioned wuxia look that wasn't visually pleasing.
Despite the awesome VFX, there's an over-reliance on it during the fight sequences. While visually impressive, the VFX can be distracting. The actors often make movements where they are only standing or floating in the air, and then pointing their swords at opponents, which diminishes the impact of the actual martial arts. This imbalance between physical fighting and VFX makes the action scenes feel less engaging.
As for the characters, they were somewhat disappointing. The performances felt unnatural, from the facial expressions to the delivery of dialogue. Each character seemed overly animated, reminiscent of a live-action adaptation of a Japanese anime, with exaggerated expressions and dialogue that felt out of place and unnatural.
I'm still giving it a chance, keeping my critical eyes in check, lol. Edit: I just dropped it...
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DISAPPOINTMENT
easy!My review would be too much romance for a coming youth drama..and not enough friendship... aka boring after ep14
What would the script writer thought when they made the story, we all know the ending and almost all the plot of the story, at the very least make the story telling process engaging, but It just lost the charm after shallow and unnecessary loves are included... far from the previous main story The Blood of Youth... the acting is mediocre at best, the female actors once more, NOTHING special, just a sappy eyes acting at every occasion LOL...
THE END
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The best of this universe - would like prequel of DY please
LIKEWen Hu Jiu is hilarious - poison you to death
Bai Li Dong Jun's family status super cool with his appearance with Xiao Bai
Bai Li Dong Jun and Ye Ding Zhi’s first duel wow - that beautiful scene!
Their last duel was awesome too
Like the idea to compete apart from martial arts and education
My heart goes out to Gu Chen
So touching what Li Chang Sheng gave up on for his love
How the adults protect these little kids
The number of characters are insane
This Bei Que really come out with a good plan to torture Ye Ding Zhi
School’s students are arrogant, carefree, skillful
Nan Gong Chun Xue fight with Da Jian lol omg
DISLIKE
What is there to dislike I want prequel and more of this universe please
MUSIC - personal fav
只如初见 Zhi Ru Chu Jian - 姚晓棠 Yao Xiao Tang
少年之魂 Shao Nian Zhi Hun - 张远 Zhang Yuan
共赴人间一趟 Gong Fu Ren Jian Yi Tang - 侯明昊 Hou Ming Hao 何与 He Yu 夏之光 Xia Zhi Guang 白澍 Bai Shu 张宸逍 Zhang Chen Xiao
月半明时 Yue Ban Ming Shi - 侯明昊 Hou Ming Hao
衍爱 Yan Ai - 王靖雯 Wang Jing Wen
长风里 Chang Feng Li - 王嘉诚 Wang Jia Cheng
春风引 Chun Feng Yin - 早安 Zao An 圳南 Zhen Nan
REWATCH VALUE
Definitely cannot get enough of this
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Unexpectedly good
I usually don't prefer to watch prequels after having seen the "sequel" so I've been holding off on this one for a while. Even the Americanized name isn't the most appealing. But I have to say that this one may be the best one of the three. It makes me almost want to re-watch the The Blood of Youth.For me, the growth of the relationships between everyone in this one was done much better than the sequel. The bonds felt much more natural and believable but in turn, the pacing ends up slower than The Blood of Youth. I didn't bother trying to tick and tie every event between the two series because this just isn't one of those that is meant to be that detailed. They did a good enough job letting me appreciate going "oh hey.. that's the younger version of that character". The standouts in this series for me were definitely Master Li and the ninth prince. I've come across the actor for the ninth prince a few times in other series and he really has a great look for either a protagonist or antagonist role. The scene with Master Li just breezing through his attempted assassinations is pretty epic as well. Then there's Ye Ding Zhi and his tragic life. I'm glad that despite his best friend having grown up in such a different lifestyle of privilege, was ultimately the one who stayed true to him.
My only qualm with the story is how too much is revolved around the females. I'm not against sacrificing for the love of your life but the men really did give up way more than the females did. As for Ye Ding Zhi's love, she was really undeserving for just sitting around waiting to be saved. And because both men were obsessed with this one woman, the war was eventually triggered. The blame lies with the king because he has the greater responsibility in considering the lives of his citizens.
Finally, after having watched all three related series, I don't think they did Blood River justice. While it was also enjoyable, it just doesn't tie as well into the overall universe.
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sediakan emosi
walaupun cerita dia mcm susah nak faham tapi bagi aku jalan cerita,ost dan semua yg di tayangkan adalah menarik dan menyeronakkan dan berharap akan ada banyak lagi cerita mcm ni dimasa akan datang. setiap episode ada rahsia dan ada jalan cerita yg menarik dari mcm mcm segi.dan disebalik cerita cerita mcm ni ada jugak pengajarannya kalau pandai cari hehe kepada semua pihak yang menyediakan cerita ni dari awal sampai akhir terima kasih untuk usaha menyediakan kisah yang menarik dan yang terbaik 🥰Was this review helpful to you?
Waste of time to watch this show as Animation version is awesome; best eg of how you can mess up
I watched about 8 episodes and got lost as to why this story is slow even though the sword fights and story twists seemed to be well done. Then I decided to watch the animation The young brewmaster season 1. Animation is Great.This is an example of how badly you can remake a well done tv show.
Many important twist / scenes were deleted which if present would have given the interest for the viewer as otherwise the show is boring.
Good things were the screen cast are great looking and fresh deal as compared to any other equivalent Chinese tv show.
However the director messed this up with bad fight scene graphics compared to animation, bad script, deleting important background information, etc.
Overall waste of time and money that could have been well spent.
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Dashing youth what a fitting name....
Wow! How many beautiful men can you pack in one show? While I know the ML is the main character, I find myself wishing every single male that pops up will stay throughout the whole show! Each episode has been like getting a surprise every day. I keep wondering which beautiful guy is next. I love the comical parts as well. I can tell this will be fun to watch. Hopefully it doesn't loose steam along the way. Keeping this momentum up will be difficult.Was this review helpful to you?
