Love on the Turquoise Land

Topic vs acting

The story itself was too uninteresting for me. I’m really not into zombies and blood, and the whole concept of fiends just wasn’t stimulating.
But the acting… oh, the acting! And the stunts, the stunt choreo, the lighting, the group fight scenes, the way the fighting was woven into the story and the characters’ development, all of that was incredibly well done.
The romance between the ML and FL was also one of the nicest I’ve seen in a C-drama. So sweet and real, never over the top, but leaving you with this little tingle of truth and tenderness.
Also, the costumes and music created such stunning visuals. Some shots of Dilraba are truly picture-worthy! Just beautiful. Really good photography overall.
I’m genuinely impressed with the director and actors for taking on such an unusual script and such a different way of portraying their characters.
A good watch for those who like zombies and similar themes, as well as for those who enjoy unconventional storytelling.

PS The first fight in the study between the ML and FL. I call it the “tango fight”. It is a must-watch for anyone who wants to see a sexy yet ferocious fight between two characters with huge chemistry. I’ve rewatched it at least ten times already, and I know it’ll stay in my memory alongside other unforgettable scenes from different media.

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A hymn to love

Do I recommend the series? Yes, I do. There are wonderful, iconic, unforgettable moments and with a bright and promising happy ending for the lieds, Nie Jiu Luo and Yan Tuo.

If you read my review, consider all the very positive aspects of LOTTL. Are there any drawbacks? Yes, like everything in life, but LOTTL will please you.

Although these observations lie between subjective and technical perspectives, the series is extremely captivating. There are countless scenes that I will keep with immense affection for their poetic beauty and because the story of NJL and Yt is a hymn to love!

Abbreviations for the names of characters mentioned in the review:

NJL - Nie Jiu Luo
YT- Yan Tuo
LXR -Li Xin Rou
XS - Xing Shen
LX - Lv Xian
XH - Xiong Hei
LL - Lin Ling
(Yu Rong, Que Cha and Lu Jie are also mentioned, but I didn't use abbreviations)

■The qualities of the series:

The leads

Dilraba's performance reached a level of maturity and magnetism rarely seen in actors, especially those of her generation. It's no wonder she's so persecuted, as people only throw stones at trees bearing fruit. It's challenging to define her performance in a few words, but even so, I dare to highlight her ability to convey a multitude of subtle microexpressions that carry a powerful emotional charge that kidnaps and mobilizes the viewer's emotions to the very limit. Dilraba's character is the most complex, the most challenging to interpret; she manages to reconcile wild firmness, femininity, sweetness, fury, compassion, love, pragmatism, childishness, maturity, vigor/strength/courage in opposition to her fragility as a human being susceptible to trauma, such as her phobia of water. This character, Nie Jiu Luo, is already consecrated as legend and a classic that shines in the pantheon of great heroines.

I make this very personal point, and I ask for permission from those who think differently: NJL is nothing like Lara Croft. Nie Jiu Luo is unique because she has immense human depth, she is like us, someone truly made of flesh and blood. Her spirit bears the deep traces of ancient Chinese roots. She herself is a sculpture with carvings that did not copy models, that were inspired only by the subtlety of the worldview so peculiar to China. The black outfit (which would be the only similarity...), despite being daring and exuding sensuality, is sober and extremely feminine in contrast to Lara Croft, who has a masculinized, eroticized profile, almost like a soldier, clearly violent with her excess of pistols.

Nie Jiu Luo is a warrior who, with a simple knife, terrifies powerful enemies without losing her dragonfly aura.

Chen Xing Xu

Besides being physically a Greek god, CXX also delivered a sensitive and mature performance, portraying and giving dimension to a wide spectrum of feelings, behaviors, and gestures. CXX masters facial and body expression, magnetizing with his gaze, in a performance that expresses, with depth, the universe of those who love, those who suffer, those who strategically dissimulate, whether in the context of the conflicting and affectionate relationship between YT and NJL, in the context of tension or sublime moments, or in the context of depression, loneliness, and silent despair. CXX manages to reconcile masculinity with gentleness and sweetness, the dream of any woman.

▪︎Positive points of the series:

1- It offered a high-quality spectacle, with a refined line of thought that skillfully and balancedly utilized artistic, poetic, and psychological/psychiatric concepts.

2- It presented an intriguing, intelligent, daring, and even surprising story, focusing on affective relationships, philosophically rich, intricately woven with psychic and behavioral explorations, and permeated with originality.

3- It presented solid, strong, iconic, well-defined, and coherent characters, tinged with lyrical touches.

4- It produced a well-written plot, with well-concatenated and connected facts, well-developed, and permeated with artistic beauty and poetry. The novel even includes quotes from poems by Li Bai and Du Fu, two of China's greatest poets, which explains the production's clear attention to aesthetic aspects, not only visually, but also in the lyrical message in which the story builds the characters NJL, YT, LL, LX, LJ (yes, even LJ, who captivated everyone. They publicized a scene of her as a fiend and, without any explanation to the public, there was no development), all profoundly human and overflowing with lyricism, very subtle in their feelings, gestures, and behaviors.

5- Very well-structured aesthetics and cinematographic aspects that act on the viewer's emotional universe, with meticulously explored environments, enhancing the viewer's immersion, in addition to atmospheres that range from luminosity to shadow, from dim light to darkness, but always strongly contrasting with the light (Example: scene of Guo Ya's execution, episode 11).

6- The series has an almost dizzying pace that balances action, emotion, tension, violence, humor, anxiety, love, delicacy, lightness, and density.

7- An intelligent, engaging plot, unpredictable (although it lost coherence and rationality from episode 22 onwards).

8- Impeccable costume design.(with the exception of hunters, I'll talk more specifically about that later in the review)

9- Solid characters with well-structured characteristics, well-articulated and believable emotional and psychological aspects (up to episode 22).

10- Perfect chemistry between the leads, the direction explores sensuality without trivialization, and develops the relationship between the leads with an engaging progression.

11- Impeccable acting from all the actors.

12- Impactful fight scenes that don't exploit excessive blood, but well-coordinated blows with good choreography (The final scenes of the long-awaited final battle in the cave were disappointing, bland, lacking significant movement/choreography.)

▪︎Negative Points/Plot Holes in the Series

The pillars of the series began to crumble in the final 10 episodes. These are the main flaws/holes in the series:

1- The disappearance of YT's sister, is a deep wound in his life (and in ours...). This fact is presented to us throughout the series, however, we are left without a clear answer and with the mere presumption that she was murdered as a child. This assumption is suggested in episode 31, during a dream of YT, who was recovering from injuries sustained in the final battle in the cave. In the dream, she appears for the first time in a luminescent aura, evoking another state of life, and says that she has always been there, that she is very happy, and runs to a very bright portal and disappears upon entering it. YT wakes up... He, and we, also wake up to a nightmare that persists.

2- NJL's rescue: how did YT get out of that place, sweeping NJL away? How did he manage to reach and exit through the high ceiling where the hole he fell through was located, separating the river from the dry cave where NJL lay in a dome? How did he manage to carry her without supplemental oxygen, to get NJL to the surface of the river? This couldn't have been left to our imagination.

3- YT burned his hands to break through the scalding dome where NJL lay, but he didn't have ANY scars. It's therefore implausible.

4- What happened to LXR's housekeeper? She was complicit in all the horrors committed by LXR, but she disappeared from the scene, as did the mansion and possessions that LXR stole from YT's family.

5- What happened to the children's asylum (in the middle of the forest, also implausible), an important part of the plot and where the series begins, it was part of YT's life.

6- Lu Jie, did they give up on explaining her identity? Or did they create two arcs and choose to keep her as the dedicated and maternal housetaker? Or was this scene created by AI? We'll never know...

7- And the Locust? They gave the simple solution of a team of biologists simply collecting it: end of its story, let's accept it. In other words, Locust had no function whatsoever.

■ Some personal impressions on the genre of the series

It is not a simple task to discuss the sources of Chinese cinematographic production, since even science fiction works resonate with the ancient roots of the country's culture, notably the influence of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" (Chinese: 山海经, Shanhai-jing), a Chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography and beasts.

The series blends mystic, legends, history, science fiction, suspense, horror, romance, and adventure, in a cocktail that reminds me of the atmospheres of Alien, Blade Runner, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, and The Name of the Rose.

These impressions make no comparison between these works and Chinese cinematographic narrative, structure, and aesthetics, whose creative process is supported by its own technical elements, is inspired by national sources that have consolidated their own standard, in a movement that starts from within the country and extends outward, with a life of its own, because it's free from Western formulas.

■Final very personal considerations

It's not about leaving doubts in the air for a possible season 2, because, technically speaking, that's done by leaving narratives open, but what we saw was a narrative that lost cohesion, it was split in half, each half became another story, separate from the whole, the viewer falls into a dark abyss, I felt stunned in the pasty and opaque atmosphere of the final 4 episodes.

The leads, LXR, and other characters lost the impact of their significance and were excluded from the much-anticipated climax, namely, the elimination of LXR, which was given as a gift to NJL's mother, a secondary character who is merely a detail in the story. LXR, a strong, solid, and memorable character, didn't progress in the final four episodes, and the expected final battle never happened. LXR faded and perished without any real fight. Besides having a, let's say, painless death, given the speed with which she was decapitated, it offered no impact, not even visually, and didn't calm our hearts, because we all expected an epic showdown between her and Mad Blade that would live up to her reputation. We didn't see LXR being chopped to pieces, cleansing the soul of Justice. So, was decapitation enough to kill her? And if only NJL's mother's sword could kill LXR, it would have been so symbolic if she threw the sword to NJL and she fulfilled her last mission. The same I say about SH, ZERO emotion, no confrontation, merely pushed into the abyss. The self-sacrifice o XS didn't move me.

Another solid and captivating character, Yu Rong, with her rebellious personality and casual/grunge look, was completely deconstructed and transformed into a well-behaved lady, just like Que Cha, both running a teahouse (at the end of the series).

The climax of the plot, and of several subplots, was aborted, and in its place the director and writer planted these and other quick fixes, like instant noodles, dismantling the plot, the key characters, killing almost all the hunters and turning heroes into fools waiting to be caught by a single hook, in a simple, laughable, childish way. On the other hand, YT's acting in the battle was kind of pathetic, and that tranquilizer dart gun in the context of such a battle was beyond ridiculous.

Well...and at the end...Where did that character from the NJL exhibition come from, whose father buys all NJL's work? No connection to anything, he parachuted into the story. In the final scene, where a museum TV appears (I didn't understand this choice), his father, whom we don't see in the scene, only hear, is talking to him on the phone. From the dialogue, it seems to be a humanized fiend that's still left. If the goal was just to give the series an open ending, after so many deaths, both of civilians turned into blood bags and of hunters, it's regrettable because it undermines the moral of the story. If the goal is to suggest a second season, I feel totally encouraged to embark on this journey with Dilraba and Chen Xing Xu, explosive chemistry, impeccable acting.

Finally, that delightfully natural relationship between NJL and YT is lost in the final scenes, they've lost their warmth, they become artificial in impersonal, sumptuous scenes, as if they were about to parade on the red carpet. It wasn't the fact that they were dressed in a sophisticated way that made them seem artificial in their relationship, but rather that they seemed very formal with each other, considering the level of intimacy between them. It would have been more welcoming and in keeping with the story if the two had been camping on that iconic mountain, watching the sunrise as a clear symbol of a new life.

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A Slow-Burn Love Sci-Fi Drama Where the Antagonists were more Modernized than the Protagonists.

I can say this was in my more anticipated dramas this year as I wanted to see the pairing of Reba with CXX as well as ZL as the awesome villain she can play and the sci-fi aspect as that's rare in cdramas. Now while the acting by literally everyone was spot on, the storyline had a lot of issues after the halfway mark. Let's discuss.

Pros: The chemistry of the leads and everyone's relationships be they team evil or good was the top contender. We had an ancient enemy known as the fiends that in their non-human forms looked like aliens that wanted to take over earth and a group of hunters appointed by an ancient king called the Nanshan or South Mountain Hunters and this duty was passed down from generation to generation. What the hunters didn't realize until the ML or YT met the FL or NJL was that the fiends had found a way to take on human forms and only those that still lived underground looked alien-eske. They were living amongst humans and the one in charge or LRX played by ZL had a whole farm where she used generations of actual kidnapped humans as "blood bags" or basically every inch of their body is consumed by a fiend who than looks like that person and is stronger than humans. But they are careful in their selection as they don't want to attract too much attention.

YT's parents and sister (about her we learned only briefly at the very end but not how) were murdered because his father owned a mine which could be used by LXR--or fake Lin as I called her because she took on YT's mom's name after the fact--for when the fiends went through their transformation to human. So Fake Lin and her posse of fiends plus the humans she employed—lord only knew why they were so loyal to her—raised YT and an unrelated sister that was born, to later be used as a blood bag herself. YT didn't know the truth until he grew up and found his mother's diary and from then on both he and LL (the sister) who also knew the truth lived in constant fear and had to conduct themselves appropriately but he was definitely trying to learn the truth and find ways to free them both.

It wasn't until he met NJL that everything changed. NJL was a sculptor by day and a Nanshan Hunter, one of the strongest because she wielded the Mad Blade as it was known. Her mother was one as well but was presumably killed 20 years ago and not seen again until the end. NJL was trying to quit the hunters but it kept coming back to her. She too lost her family to the fiends; first her mother and then her father took his own life from depression. She was raised by uncle Jiang who was the leader of the hunters and he and another woman trained her when she was a child and gave her, her blade which she had to accept by giving her blood as she was a direct descendant.

Through a series of encounters with YT, NJL learns to her horror that the fiends are now walking around in human form and this is why the last 20 years when they patrol the mountain it's been relatively quiet. Her relationship with YT starts off as combative but as he proves with information that he is trustworthy, they slowly become friends, than partners who help each other when wounded and other times and than it turns romantic. It's a slow burn which is expected given that romance isn't the primary storyline. To YT, NJL is the hope he's been looking for in him seeking the truth.

Meanwhile, fake Lin starts to suspect her "son" is finding out more than he needs to. We never really learned what plans she had for him other than helping her run her huge company filled with unsuspecting scientists and other people who do research on different DNA and other things meanwhile all of that is used in her quest to turn more and more of her kind into human form. She does charity work and other things on the side like investment and marketing that are legitimate to hide her side business. We start seeing clashes between fiends, their human sidekicks and hunters when one is kidnapped briefly and while he is released, Jiang-Shu and 4 others are taken and this is the start of everything that culminates in the battle at the end.

There's a second couple of LL and the doc friend and sponsored by fake Lin named Lv Xian who are pushed together because the only way LL can become a blood bag is if she gets married and has kids. Fake Lin feeds her raw meat and drugs her with milk. But the two become friends and later more than that. He helps YT and even NJL later rescue LL from the house; he also knows the truth but only reveals it to YT at the end. But YT gets caught, first with his mother's diary for which he is imprisoned at home for at least 15 days and than because a jealous hunter XS who has a thing for NJL, says his name in the exchange of prisoners with fake Lin which is when she realizes that YT "betrayed" her when he and his whole family "should be grateful to her for everything she's done." Delusional doesn't begin to cover it. So he's imprisoned in the mine for over a month and when NJL and another hunter rescue him, it's obvious he's gotten severe trauma. It takes a long time for him to come out of it; but he does with the help of NJL's now blended family; her caretaker, LL, and a dumplings guy who was also saved from the fiends when he harbored LL for a bit.

YT and NJL's romance picks up more at the end after her selective amnesia goes away and they have their "reunion" kiss and another intimate moment though not shown, it's understood. It's an HE for all intents and purposes; creepy ending notwithstanding. The entire story I won't tell but it's pretty cool in the first half. The second is as well but the storyline takes a dip at YT's mine time and never really recovers; but that'll be in the cons. Usually I list the characters that I liked the best, but honestly every single one did a great job. The leads and ZL were the best but I can't point to my favorite character because they all pulled their weight. The fights were great except the last one; my favorite was the one at the farm between NJL and fake Lin.

The amazing CGI especially of the non-human fiends, and that red cave thing where the earth demons dwelled plus the membrane NJL's mom put her in where YT rescued her from. I think that's why this show got an S+. The entire soundtrack fits perfectly as did costumes, sets, etc.

Now let's head to the cons. Sadly, there were a lot of those.

Cons: They started cutting scenes around the time YT was in the mine and the rest was spliced together; things you'd see in previews or official photos, you never saw on screen. There were so many plot holes, you could fall into one. Some of the examples are: They hadn't trained in 20 years; everything was outdated and they were at a severe disadvantage which is why the final battle was a hot mess. They weren't even physically strong to take on the human fiends let alone their non human counterparts. When was the last time any of them went to a gym? It's like YT knew how strong fake Lin was because she lifted him off the ground with one hand when he was locked in the house but he used the tranq gun like a bat? I mean really? He couldn't shoot her? She disarmed him in under 3 seconds and shot him instead. Make it make sense, plz. Uncle Jiang knew about the earth demons (NJL's mom being the only one who retained her consciousness) but never told the hunters and XS only read half of it from a book but never studied further to know they would take out their own brethren. Everyone was waiting for a serious battle because of the build up and we got that?!? The writers did put the hunters at a serious disadvantage by making them not modernized like their enemy was. They could have used Mad Blade's blood to make real bullets with real guns, so much could have been adapted.

The fiends had adapted with resources, modern tools, even drones at one point, while the hunters looked almost embarrassing in comparison, stuck in outdated methods. Viewed from an outside perspective, the hunters seemed like a poorly maintained car garage, while the fiends operated like the Italian mob when they had real power. In that final battle, the hunters were pretty much slaughtered and that’s because they spent 20 years sitting on their asses eating, joking, and not training and their equipment was 20 years behind schedule, AT LEAST. Then there was the fact that they could not watch each other‘s backs and that’s why SQ was ambushed, which by the way was so out of the blue; like he barely got a chance to fight. But all the strong hunters had to sacrifice themselves one way or another or get badly hurt to kill essentially 2 human fiends because NJL with her "Mad Blade Medicine", took out the two huge non-human ones. But at least Jiang-Shu got some revenge and killed the dude with the blade who killed him, but I think he was glad that he did that. Fake Lin just stood by the side waiting for YT (who by the way basically shot maybe three times the entire time; otherwise he just ran around and pointed that rather useless tranq gun) and NJL. And the anticlimactic non-fight between fake Lin and NJL. We were really building up to it and literally nothing happened; other than talking but then they stabbed each other and it was over as NJL fell and then mom came flying in and decapitated fake Lin. 32 episode built up to that; what a waste!

Also when YT was rescuing FL from the membrane, his hands were red and blistered but next scene, they're fine. And probably the most ridiculous part was the selective amnesia. She remembered everybody except him. Every single time something was brought up she remembered the fight, she remembered the people. He was there alongside her, by her side every step of the way and yet nope, she didn’t remember him. Thankfully that lasted only 1. 25 eps. There were more but I already forgot them.

Would I recommend it? Despite the absolutely insane amount of plot holes in the cons and cut scenes, the series itself is still quite good. Hence it got the score it did. The acting was phenomenal and the overall story is good. Watch and judge for yourselves.

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Brings up the conspiracy theory of Reptilians

Do you think those Earth fiends are the menace from outside? They are very well our primal instincts. Most people kill to eat and survive! Even if they are not the butcher themselves. Primal instincts, from the depths of our evolution are hard to hack and avoid. If you kill these desires, you kill yourself! Like the legendary serpent guarding the Golden fleece, you have to put it in sleep! Not slaughter! How can the drama escalate without a major character's death? It's the self-sacrifice. But it's not the wisest choice.
But it's not only the allegory of our hidden nature. It's an overt allusion to the mixed beasts that walk and live around us and they dominate us! The wars and shrewd businesspeople are not the result of human empathy or idealism! Please beware of the hidden race...maybe the Reptilians...Or those bunny-hounds! I never met them...but then, why would they reveal their nature? Why wage a war against them? Their inhumanity causes the human race to bleed, in a civil genocide...

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mixed feelings ?

if you are in it for the romance it's great , the plot not so much .
you get a great start with all mystery around lin xirou , earth fiends, South mountain hunters and our ML and FL.

we got to know yan tou's and nie jiluo' background which was great .
the characters' individual growth and development was great

in the end we were left with some unanswered questions what happened to yan tou 's sister is she dead , how did jieluo's mother become that white haired earth demon ? what is she doing in the twilight chasm ?

the ending was so anticlimactic , from lin xirou's death , deaths of hunters and how the ending turned out as a whole , for me the ending was disappointing, it's like that kept building up for nothing .

yet glad it was a happy ending , FL losing her memory of ML was so uncessary .

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Love on the Turquoise Land

Dramas Reviews (Covering 12 Episodes Released)

Love on the Turquoise Land stands out as one of the boldest Chinese dramas of the year, refusing to follow the typical fantasy formula. Across its first twelve episodes, the show blends thriller elements, mythology, sharp humor, and strong character dynamics into a world that feels both strange and compelling.

Episodes 1–3 deliver the most gripping start. The drama wastes no time throwing viewers into an eerie atmosphere with the sudden appearance of the mysterious earth creatures. Every moment is crafted to stir fear, tension, and curiosity. Many viewers consider these early episodes the peak of the show’s suspense—the pacing is tight, the surprises are effective, and the world feels hauntingly alive.

From episodes 4–6, the story transitions into a different rhythm. The intensity settles, making space for character relationships to take the spotlight. The dialogue becomes the drama’s strongest weapon. Nie Jiu Luo and Yan Tuo, in particular, create the most memorable dynamic—not romantic, but undeniably electric. Their exchanges are sharp, teasing, and filled with bite. Nie Jiu Luo’s blunt personality shines through purely in the way he speaks, and the back-and-forth between him and Yan Tuo injects natural humor into the show.

Episodes 7–9 expand the cast with supporting characters who actually matter. Madam Lin emerges as a standout presence. Every scene she appears in carries a sense of danger. She instills genuine fear in Lin Ling, and her confrontational tension with Yan Tuo gives the mid-series episodes a pulse even when the action scenes decrease. Her character elevates the atmosphere simply by existing onscreen.

On the other hand, Xing Shen remains the most intriguing figure throughout the first 12 episodes. He is mysterious, calm, and clearly carrying motives the story hasn’t revealed yet. His interactions with Nie Jiu Luo and especially Belalang add unexpected emotional depth. The friendship between Xing Shen and Belalang feels layered—hinting that future episodes may uncover betrayal, sacrifice, or a stronger emotional bond than viewers initially assumed.

Episodes 10–12 begin to chart the larger narrative direction. The mystery of the earth creatures resurfaces, and the world-building becomes richer. The show hints at ancient secrets, political conspiracies, and hidden alliances that could reshape the entire plot. While the action intensity doesn’t return to the explosive start of episode one, the drama shifts toward thoughtful expansion—focusing on lore, relationships, and long-term stakes.

One creative decision worth praising is the use of operatic music in the opening sequence. It’s more than a stylistic choice; it sets the tone immediately, signaling that this story is a fantasy opera—dramatic, theatrical, and unapologetically stylized. It gives the series a distinctive identity rarely seen in modern Chinese fantasy dramas.

If there’s any criticism to note, it’s the inconsistency in maintaining tension. After such a strong and intense beginning, some of the middle episodes feel noticeably lighter and slower. Some viewers may expect more frequent appearances of the earth creatures or more high-action sequences. Yet these quieter moments allow the show to strengthen its characters and humor, preventing the story from becoming monotonous.

Overall, the first twelve episodes make it clear that Love on the Turquoise Land is a unique viewing experience—fearless in its direction, rich in character chemistry, and confident in its blend of tension and wit. If the series manages to recapture the intensity of its early episodes while preserving the character depth it has already built, the rest of the season has the potential to become even stronger.

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There was so much potential....but

The LOW rating is for the storyline and not the Acting/actors.

The actors were great! But the storyline could have been so so much better. This drama had the potential to be nitty, gritty, more VIOLENT and I'm sure the actors would have done a great job at it as well! BUT here we are 😞

First of all, why so many filler scenes and bad lighting during fight scenes??? There are only a few good fighting scenes in the drama and still I have to squint to watch them! Urgh!

The scriptwriter had a lot of room to change things up, to replace the whip and hammer with something more scary? Right? C'mon its Horror genre with the most ugly looking monsters haha Earth Fiends! But I feel like this drama made them look tamer...not scary enough to give me goosebumps!

The only character arc I'm loving so far is Ms. Lin! She stole the show for me! I'm absolutely in love with her acting! This actress knows her stuff! Less is more! Yess!
Be it cold expression, the scary eye talk and then those ghastly teeth picking out of her mouth! Loved it! Only she was the one who seems to be the true monster, the others are just cattle in terms of acting freakish! Even that stoic face maid following Lin Ling around is nothing. A lot of the side actors could have done better, but mainly my issue was with the storyline....

They really could have made it better, with less explanation and more ACTION and FIGHTING and torture if need be. After all they were dealing with Fiends who have been around for millions of years! They gotta be thick skin right? Won't die off easily smh

If you’re looking for visuals, this drama is good, but other then that, I would say, there are better dramas airing that you can watch

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a must watch

This drama is one of the few shows l've been interested in and willing to watch from beginning to end. Some might think the subject matter isn't particularly popular or slow paced, but for me it's truly outstanding among the mass-produced cliche dramas of recent years. The cinematography is exquisite + the plot, characters and setting are interesting. There's no excessive filtering or skin smoothing, the bgm/osts are magnificent and the actors performances are all excellent. If i have to nitpick about something it would probably be about how they handled some plots just to pass the review. But overall this a good watch and worthy binging on

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I need these two to be in another drama together!! I wanted to love this so bad! *cries*

This should've been the perfect drama for me: beautiful leads in a fantasy-thriller. What more could I have asked for?!

Watching this reminded me of Rattan (which I liked) or even I am Nobody (which I really liked), but the romance wasn't executed as well as the former and the fantasy wasn't executed as well as the latter. Personally, I think it's on the writing/directing. The romance was on par with the average Chinese idol drama which is such a waste on Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Xing Xu! I loved seeing Dilraba Dilmurat being a badass, but I don't trust these scripts! I'll settle for a well thought out romance for these two next time. PLEASE.

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Morticia Addams is now killing demons!

I was about to give this drama a 7.5 score unfortunately the last 3 episodes made it a 7.
This series is pretty enjoyable action drama.
A secret society has being fighting demon like creatures for centuries but now a new menace is on the horizon. Pretty simple and straightforward.
Nothing groundbreaking plot wise but the series has a good pace (and relative short episodes) which makes it enjoyable.

The characters have an interesting backstory and ark. The romance is there but is not overbearing.
Funny to say giving the fact that the series is based on a "fighting organization", but the actual action scenes are the greatest.
They are not cringe, on the other hand they are not mesmerizing as well. The camera tries to cut away many times to avoid showing the audience how the characters is moving.
Another point to make, but maybe this is just me, is that the explanation of how the creature are created or transformed in the show is muddy. I didn't quite grasped it. It gets more clear near the end but during the drama I was confused.
As I said before, until the last 3 episodes the drama was engaging and interesting but after the "big fight scenes", we get 2 episodes with characters rescuing others and the last 2 episodes add cliques...
The female leads loses her memories which is so clique.....
Other footnote is that the drama sometimes forgets characters and don't mention them until 10 episodes later..
If you are looking for something other than Rom coms this is a good show.

P.s. I loved the female lead and her Morticia Addams vibes.

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