Veil of Shadows

Really wanted to love this.

This one started off SO STRONG with cool FX, fun kung fu, and characters like the Fox Sisters (LOVED them!). But somewhere around Ep 5, the story started going all over the place, everyone was sad and crying, and by the 20th ep everyone was dying, coming back to life, dying, repeat - and all of them had to have a lengthy tearful montage. If you dig sad sack shows with male eye candy - you'll like this. MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: I was pretty bummed out by the entire Wu Shiguang/Wu Wangyan romance which I had been really looking forward to the most. They basically went in a time warp and in five minutes had been married for 30 years and suddenly loved each other. Total let down. Also, they are two of my fave cdrama actors and didn't have enough screen time. Instead we had to watch Lu Wuyi and Ji Ling cry for 20 episodes.

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The drama begins with an engaging premise that successfully captures the audience’s attention in its early episodes. The initial setup promises mystery and excitement, but unfortunately, the narrative loses momentum halfway through and becomes repetitive.

> Excessive plot twists: The script relies heavily on countless twists, many of which feel unnecessary and dilute the impact of the story. The constant shifts in who the “real villain” is, combined with time jumps, make the viewing experience exhausting.

> Central couples: The pairing of Chen Du Ling and Joseph Zend is far more compelling and charismatic, yet receives little screen time. Instead, Lu Wu Yi and Tian Jia Rui dominate the narrative with a repetitive dynamic, marked by endless cycles of death and resurrection.

> Dragged-out script: At times, it feels as though the writer was simply stretching the story to meet an episode quota, resulting in artificial pacing.

> Special effects: The true highlight of the production. The visual effects are well executed and elevate the aesthetic quality, partially compensating for the weak storytelling.

Conclusion

This drama had the potential to be memorable, but it became entangled in its own ambition to deliver constant twists. The overuse of filler and the choice to spotlight less appealing characters undermined the overall experience. Still, the special effects stand out as one of the few elements that genuinely make the show worth watching.

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Forget you have working brain cells

I was only able to finish this drama because of all the hot people. Halfway through it I gave up understanding the plot. I realised there is no STORY LINE. Its just hot people declaring their love for one another, despite the looming crisis.
I started this drama becoz of TJR, I fell in love with his acting in MJTY. But I couldn’t get past episode 6. Eventually I picked it up again and I ended up liking JZ and CDL more. I felt their chemistry more natural and sizzling.
Infact watching ji ling and wuyi gave me a constant headache with their crying and dying. I agree visually their scenes were good, stunning even but emotionally it lacked depth. It felt like they were going through the motions to achieve what is conventionally accepted as epic love.

And the biggest joke of all is the Dragon Deity Master. Wu shuguan was much more interesting and powerful as a bead wielding demon hunter than as a 10 th dragon. Never have I seen Dragons being so useless and powerless in a drama that even a weasel could outshine it. And even ji ling became more powerful the moment he shed his chi wen role.

I couldn’t care less about who or what li jie or yuan wuhuo is. As long as it was yanyan delivers the dialogue and flexes his arms I am happy enough to watch it.

Also for some reason all the female characters except one are either manipulated, used or shown evil.

I will end my long rant with this.. I like the costumes , OST and the characters to some extent. But I refuse to believe this is a good drama with a solid plot.

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Only for visuals and vibes,nothing else!

Okay....lesson learned,never watch a GJM drama for plots...like never. Its always some pretty actors with some pretty cinematography and visuals with some pretty music in the background... But the main core of the drama,the story.... better not talk about that.

I didn’t start Veil of Shadows with lots of hope or anything. Already saw what happened with Fangs of Fortune which was such a eye pleasing yet one of the most frustrating dramas i've ever watched. Same with MJTY. Maybe there wasn’t anything else to watch at that time,so i started VOS...and yeah,same thing again.

The story is simple. There's a dragon deity who is actually not real,only pretending on behalf of the og dragon deities for centuries,for the real and last dragon deity to come and take the throne. Meanwhile there's millennia old nine tailed foxes, a very old villain who doesn’t have any form of body and some other characters. Interesting,right?? Yeah,it was....for the first couple of episodes. But my goodness the way everything got ruined,confusing and blundered in the midway..... Confusions after confusions, plot twists after plot twists...and those plot twists was'nt even some mind-blowing earth bending or anything, it was just wtf just happened???? They made this simple story so confusing, at some point it became head scratching level frustrating, like WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY IS THIS HAPPENING????

If i talk about actors,all of them did really good. I have seen Tian Jia Rui in MJTY and FOF,this young boy has real talent and acting skill. He didn’t disappoint, both Ji Ling and Dragon deity was portrayed good and lively. His back story as the blind fox,how he became the false dragon deity and sacrificed his whole youth only to perform his duty and later made those puppets to live that little bit of youthfulness....okay this bit was sad and extremely touching and TJR did so well.
This is my first time seeing Ju JingYi... so i can't say much about her acting,but she was believable as the cunning shrew nine tailed fox who later fell in love with Ji Ling. But their love story was really rushed. The had chemistry but it couldn’t properly bloom cause of the absurdity that was happening around them.

About Joseph Zheng and Chen Duling...This was the couple I adored. But unfortunately, they didn’t get that much screentime as I expected. Joseph was supposed to be the hero of the story beside the dragon deity...but his becoming a real dragon deity was so underwhelming... He never got a real HERO scene in the whole drama. And Chen Duling....girl can act. She was beautiful, both as a fox or in human form. And their story in the star stone arc was my most favourite, both of them were like really living as an old couple who are in love. They played it beautifully. But its unfortunate, after that arc ended,we never got that love and affection back from them....they were just..there,almost used like a plot device.

The one that surprised me most was YanAn...i first saw him in FOF, but his screentime was short,but he showed the glimpse of his talent. But here as Li Jie and six eye butterfly demon,he was fantastic. His dilemma,his sadness,his protectiveness towards Ji Ling and his evil arc as butterfly demon and also his backstory everything he carried gracefully.

But the arc that made me almost bang my head against the wall was the star stone arc. Listen,time travel is one of the trickiest thing to ever execute on drama,if you miss one tiny little part,the whole story falls apart. So,if you dont know how to write it,just dont write it,and also dont try to be smart by making it overly complex.But here they used it multiple times,not only in star stone arc,but also later with Lu Wuyi...completely forgetting about any kind of consequences or butterfly effects. Plotholes were everwhere,frustrations and confusions were the only thing left.

And idk what this directors fetish with killing every possible character in the drama. And in VOS,he even outdid himself,almost every character died at least once and then even before you done mourning for them,they came back to life. Our lead couple was probably in a competition how many times each can die in the name of self sacrifice and then come back like nothing happened.

However,visually or musically it was not on the level of FoF,but still if you want to watch good cgi or pretty actors,watch it. Ending is bittersweet,so yeah,thats one way better than FOF.

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"You need to write it yourself to get the ending you want"

Veil of Shadows was a rollercoaster of pain, death, pain, death, pain, death… Oops! Got caught up in a time loop! If you like for your characters to suffer and cry, be torn between love and duty, and question what is real and a replay, here you go!

What worked for me:
I enjoyed the cast, many of whom were new to me. I’d only seen Tian Jia Rui in Journey to You so the verdict was out on him. I thought he handled his roles well making each distinct, believable, and sympathetic. Yan An did admirably with his multiple roles, even as an evil butterfly. (One member of the family we don’t talk about at Butterfly reunions. lol) He and Tian had great chemistry. Ju Jing Yi and Chen Du Ling as the nine-tailed foxes were at their best when they were in scenes together as tactile and fierce “sisters.” Joseph Zeng did the best he could with what he was given. Honorable mention for Wu Han as the loyal and playful Weasel in his first credited role, at least on MDL.

The settings and costumes were beautiful.

There were arcs that I found compelling and emotionally engaging.

Cdrama characters did more than kiss!

What didn’t work as well for me:

There comes a point when people keep dying and coming back that the stakes and deaths become less impactful. The same with the pain porn dished out in this drama. After numerous suffering scenes, I was like, “Rub some dirt on it, spit up the blood, and you’ll feel better, honey.”

In the first story arc, it appeared that the mains were on equal footing narrative-wise. But that didn’t turn out to be the case. Much of the drama focused on Ji Ling and Lu Wu Yi’s tortured romance, as well as Ji Ling’s past. It gave the drama a lopsided feel, especially when it was revealed that Wu Shi Guang was a “Very Important Character.” He ended up being a VIC that got bumped down to a supporting character along with the 1000-year-old fox, Wu Wang Yan. And the little Weasel was often banished to WSG’s purse.

Much was made of Ji Ling’s man pain and loneliness, but I’d put the dragon speared to the ground for 100 years right up there with him. At least Ji had a bevy of handsome helpers and demons that called upon him often.

The fights were awful. Stunning, but much like the 10th dragon--useless. Lots of posing and CGI. There were also numerous slow-mo shots of pretty people with wind machines blowing their hair and clothing accompanied by overly dramatic music. Way too many hero walks with the team gearing up to face a challenge. Like death and torture, if they are overused, they become redundant and meaningless.

Speaking of overuse---time travel.

When I was enjoying this drama, I was really enjoying it and planned on rating it much higher. The drama was beautifully styled and featured beautiful people. I actually liked most of the characters and found myself invested in the secondary demons (Bai Ze!) and demon fighters. Then it hit a wall with repetitive deaths and agony which actually numbed me to the characters instead of ramping up my sympathy for them. When the pain porn began to feel sadistic, the ick factor started overwhelming my desire to finish the drama. The time travel issues didn’t help either. I’m not sorry I watched the drama, and it was a good average drama, at times more than that. Sometimes, less is more.

21 April 2026
Trigger warning: A snake was featured in one of the story arcs. : /

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Exactly what I expected

So I think anyone watching a Guo Jing Ming drama needs to be prepared for what they're getting themselves into. I appreciate his dramas because the cinematic visuals, costumes, make-up, and ost are always incredible. The actual story on the other hand? .. not so much. And that is exactly what Veil of Shadows gave.

Let's start with the bad things first: cause what even was this story really? It was incredibly convoluted, I think it could have easily filled all 29 eps by focusing on 2 or 3 of the storylines, instead of what felt like 20. There is so much going on, so many characters are introduced with the impression that they are really important, but then forgotten about. Character connections, relationships, and backgrounds are super confusing, made more confusing by the fact that everyone plays so many characters (I think Yan An and Tian Jia Rui played 10 characters between the two of them, and then some of them ended up being the same character? I'm still confused...). So if you care about character development, give up, you will not be able to keep track of it here.
Second, GJM plays really fast and loose with the rules in his magical worlds, because huh? Don't even bother to remember power, rules, and hierarchies established in the first couple of eps, because they are completely disregarded later on (one example of this I really dislike is that GJM's female leads are always introduced as incredibly powerful, magical beings, yet halfway through the story he seems to forget about this fact... anyways). This makes the stakes of the story feel super low. Although usually GJM's dramas have a tragic ending, which I don't love cause it feels too extreme (i.e. half the characters dying), Veil of Shadows has the complete opposite extreme, where every character died at least once, came back to life (multiple times), got their happy ending, but it still did not feel satisfying. I think GJM's endings are usually quite weak, the solution to defeat the villain is somehow figured out at the last minute, in the most confusing way, and you're just there like ... sure I guess. Like, what do you mean Ji Ling has to go back in time to make sure Wuyi was never created and thus none of the bad things could have happened, yet he brings her out of the past, to the present, with him? Does that not defeat the purpose? And why is Wu Shi Guang the only one who remembers the past? So many questions.

But, I still finished the drama, and enjoyed it lol. What saved it for me is exactly what I mentioned before: everything and everyone looks beautiful, ost is great, and I am just a sucker for an ensemble drama. All the actors did a really good job with the crazy story; their chemistry (not just chemistry between FLs and MLs, but between ensemble as a whole) and acting skills still managed to suck me in and made me care about the characters. Loved the relationship between the sisters, loved Chen Du Ling and Ju Jing Yi together (wish we got a nice conclusion between them though..). GJM does funny, light-hearted, and tender moments really well, and you just end up falling for that. So, if you want to watch this unseriously and are okay with being confused most of the time, you'll have a good time!

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Plot went on vacation in the middle and never came back…

First of all, let me start with the great points of this series.
1. Cinematography
2. Action Scenes (in the first half)
3. Acting…. Sure..

That’s kinda all that I can give on for now. Definitely not something I would rewatch. What hooked me on to the series was the BGM ngl. The plot…. OOO BOY let’s get into it.

So first it’s kinda explained that there are 2 obvious foxes who are ‘thousand years old’ and they smart and shit and then the demon hunters, one who SEEMS to be male lead and the other who SEEMS to be the second lead characters…. The OG ML is also portrayed strong and not easily trusting yet kind… contradicting but okay i took it at face value. Through out the plot it’s interesting cause their missions or objective of these characters keep aligning and each character doesn’t always stay on the same side.
It’s when they try to fight the sand demon and enter into like a mirror dimension, AND EVEN THEN, it’s okay. The story inside that mirror dimension is quite interesting and all BUT it kinda irked me on the OUTSIDE of this mirror dimension that exists inside that stone, where some side characters try to keep this ummm ‘stone’ from breaking, IT GOT ME LAUGHING BRO IT’S RIDICULOUS, no matter how much you wanna throw logic out the window…
They say the mirror dimension works on a different time space so the time outside might not be much while the time inside could be 50 years (this is when a lot of feelings develop understandable), but the guy who is keeping this thing alive is using a lot of energy and THIS OTHER GUY JUST STARESSSSS HAHAHAHAH he just LOOKS HAHAHAH omg and this WEASEL,,, TOOKA DAY TO GO AND GET SOME TOOL FROM HIS HOMETOWN AND MY OTHER GUY WAS STILL STARING HAHAHA

Anyway after this is when the plot decides to take a permanent vacation cause wtf… from this point you don’t know who is the ML and who are the side character and who is the villain in this big “plot” cause my DRAGON DEITY LOVES SINGLE TEAR SCENES it’s almost in every episode at least once, the ‘thousand year smart old foxes’ are suddenly sad and just ‘omg how could this happen,,, i mean i still know a lot but i don’t know why this is happening’. We see more of Ji Ling and Lu Wuxi and honestly heartbreaking but like WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING??? Out of no where there is TIMETRAVEL and new identities at the last min and THE WEASEL FALLS IN LOVE in the middle and umm THE DEMON IS EVERYWHERE APPARENTLY?

And there’s this battle of ‘no I’m going to sacrifice,,, no me,,, no me i would give life for you,,,nooo let me sacrifice myself insteaddd” moments and then an anti -climatic demon battle WHERE THERE ARE FIVE OR MORE HEROIC CHARACTERS AND ONE DEMON. ONE. They defeat the OG demon body in one shot. Then the demon shift into Lu Wuyi and THE DEMON DETROYS THE OG ML IN ONE HIT and it takes SEVERAL HITS for them to WOUND HER WHEN SHE NOT EVEN MOVING FFS AIWUEFBAWIF, at this point Ji Ling is confirmed dead. BUT THEY BRING HIM BACK ALIVE TO STOP ONE DEMON (and i say this is ridiculous cause they have to travel SO FAR AND COME BACK AND THESE GUYS ONLY MANAGE,, ONEEEE MF HIT ON THE DEMON LIKE BROTHER SHE NOT EVEN MOVING THERE ISNT EVEN A TALK NO JUTSUGOIGN ON HERE THEY JUST HAVING A BLOOD SPITTING MOMENT AND THEN SOME HERIOC DIALOGUE BEFORE THEY HIT A NON MOVING DEMON,,, and then JILING who ISNT EVEN THE OG ML COMES TO SAVE THE DAY WHEN HE’S NOT EVEN THE ALMIGHTY DRAGON DEITY WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNN HAHAHAHAHHHAHA

And then boom everybody comes back to life and everybody dies and comes back to life AGAIN AFTER THEY TIME TRAVEL AGAIN.

I don’t know what i watched ngl.

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Wasted potential

GJM has proven me again and again that he will f it up with his bad habit and favoritism to the point where he ruined the story and other characters. The very reason of my love and hate relationship with his tv shows. Anyways, it's nice to see Ju Jingyi with her improved acting (dare i say that this most likely her best role and acting so far in my opinion) + her being paired with Tian Jiarui. Love to see Chen Duling and Zeng Shunxi reunion as a cp again here, my personal favorite pairing.

This would've been one of his best work if GJM didn't f it up but it is what it is. On the bright side, I at least was happy because GJM gave us Chen Duling, Ju Jingyi, Zeng Shunxi and Tian Jiarui in the same project despite the favoritism & outcome. Other than that, there's almost nothing i can say plotwise cause he f it up halfway through 🙃 He really wasted the potential of this drama. And talking about favoritism, Chen Duling and Zeng Shunxi didn't deserve this treatment. So disappointed halfway through the drama until the end. Wu Wangyan and Wu Shiguang arc is a complete sh*t. They're pretty much just a figure and accessories of VoS that is almost useless cause they're only used for certain moments only and disappear from the face of the earth. Where tf is their power?? They are so nerfed by GJM and they're so weak for what they're supposed to be capable of.

This is why i have love and hate relationship with GJM projects. He's bad at long term execution and his favoritism is sickening and yet, i stupidly still look forward for his projects because his plot story and synopsis is always interesting to me and him casting someone i like is just a bonus, i'm always interested beacuse his work are pretty good and interesting at least at first before going downhill (mostly his drama series). The Yin Yang Master is my fav movie from him.

I've never felt this huge disappointment cause Veil of Shadows have such a good potential to be one of his best work if he didn't f it up, but he proved me again and again that he will always have this terrible habit of him to f it all up especially with his favoritism in his drama series that ruined the plot. GJM's favoritism is gonna backfire Tian Jiarui and i'm concerned about him. I like Tian Jiarui but GJM is ruining him with his way of favoritism. I too would boost my kid under my agency if they're capable and got what it takes, but what GJM is doing is so wrong and damaging because he ruined the overall story. He really ruined other characters just to make Ji Ling become the center and shine when there are 2 other characters that's also important for the plot. Thank goodness that Lu Wuyi character got the same amount of love and devotion from GJM unlike Wu Wangyan and Wu Shiguang based on how he wrote their arcs.

Wu Shiguang character is important to the plot (he's literally the 10th dragon son, the one that they all been waiting for to save the world from Jiuying) but Wu Shiguang character arc is just SO sh*tty, all that '10th dragon son' build up in beginning for nothing, no development at all. Wtf is GJM thinking? Should've not cast Zeng Shunxi and Chen Duling as the so called main leads if he's gonna do them dirty like this. I like all 4 main leads, and i'm disappointed with the heavy favoritism that is so obvious to the point he's ruining the whole story. I am not annoyed by Jiling or Wuyi, i like them too. I'm annoyed by GJM for his shitty writing for other characters. He gave his best on Jiling and Wuyi but clearly not for Wu Wangyan and Wu Shiguang.

Surprisingly the ending isn't blatant sad ending but a hopeful open ending, but sad to see that Wangyan and Wuyi will never know or remember each other. They truly lost each other ): Also GJM could 've at least add an extra episode to show their respective wedding and just a bit of their new life after all this nonsense but what do you expect from GJM lol 😒

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A full review of Veil of Shadows because I have… a lot of thoughts ?

Firstly, I must give major credit to Ju Jingyi and Tian Jiarui. As Lu Wuyi and Ji Ling, they absolutely carried this show. And honestly… they kind of had to, because by the end it really felt like they were the only true main leads, despite Wu Wangyan and Wu Shiguang being billed the same. Now, in terms of performance? They delivered. Their story might not have been the strongest in terms of writing, but the portrayal was solid. They had chemistry, they looked amazing together, and they sold the emotional weight of their characters really well. Ji Ling, though… had WAY too many identities 😭 I genuinely lost track. And every single one came with tragic baggage, like please let this man rest. And then Wu Yi is equally tragic, if not worse. Her entire existence is just heartbreaking. Being created by Jiu Ying, not even having a “real” origin, her memories not being hers… It’s honestly one of the more tragic identity arcs I’ve seen. The only thing she can claim as real is her love for Ji Ling, and even that feels questionable because of how she was created to be "fated." It’s just pain layered on pain.

Now let’s talk about the plot… because wow. It was really plotting, but almost to its own detriment. The twists just kept coming nonstop to the point where it became overwhelming. My brain was genuinely overloading trying to keep up. It went from a fairly straightforward “find the Dragon Deity power” storyline to a full-on time loop, sacrifice-your-life-to-save-your-lover narrative. The shift was so drastic that by around episode 18, I’m not even gonna lie, I stopped watching for the plot. At that point, I was there for the visuals, OSTs, VFX, and CGI… which were actually really good. Like, yes, the slow-mo + dubstep background music combo was overused, but at the same time?? It gave us some really cool, cinematic moments.

But the writing… that’s where things fell apart for me. So much of the dialogue felt vague and non-committal. Characters would talk in circles, talk about how to execute the plan, hint at things, say cryptic lines that don’t actually move the plot forward. You don’t really understand what’s going on until much later, and even then, it’s messy. The only time the dialogue actually becomes clear is when it comes to emotions, confessions, sacrifices, “I did all this for you” type of lines. Those hit, but everything else just feels frustratingly unclear.

Also… I can’t not mention Li Jie 😭 he is so handsome it’s actually distracting. In the earlier episodes, his exposed arm had me looking away from his face like hello?? And then his second identity, Yuan Wuhou, so annoying, but also somehow even more attractive in that dark, dangerous way. I was fighting for my life every time he was on screen.

And now… my biggest disappointment: My Wuwu couple.

Wu Wangyan and Wu Shiguang started off so strong. Wangyan was this cunning, flirtatious, powerful nine-tailed fox, and Shiguang was this revenge-driven character with intense presence. Then we get the huge reveal...Shiguang is the 10th Dragon Deity, one of the most powerful beings, and Wangyan is tied to the massacre of his clan under Jiu Ying’s possession. That setup alone had insane potential.

But what did the show do with it…?

Shiguang, the actual 10th Dragon Deity, the key to defeating Jiu Ying in a story literally about finding that power, gets reduced to a background character. He should’ve been central to the conflict, a driving force that shifts the entire power balance. Instead, he’s sidelined, underutilized, and barely feels impactful when he should’ve been one of the most important characters in the entire narrative.

And Wangyan… don’t even get me started. She’s a thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox. From the first episode, she was sharp, capable, and clearly powerful. But as the story goes on, it feels like all she does is look, cry, and be sad. Where did her fighting skills go? Where did that presence and cunning from the beginning disappear to? You’d expect her to be actively involved in these major conflicts, especially with how connected she is to everything, but instead, she feels strangely passive.

And that’s what makes it so frustrating. Because their storyline had everything from enemies-to-lovers tension, moral conflict, deep lore connections, and emotional weight, and it just wasn’t explored the way it should’ve been.

They went from feeling like co-leads… to feeling like background characters in Wu Yi and Ji Ling’s story.

+ Acting (8.5/10): Ju Jingyi and Tian Jiarui really carried emotionally.
+ Visuals/OST/VFX (8/10): super immersive, even if a bit over-the-top sometimes.
– Plot (6/10): ambitious but messy, way too many twists thrown in without enough grounding.
– Writing/dialogue (5.5/10): too vague, too cryptic, not enough clarity.
– Character balance (5/10): wasted potential, especially for Wuwu.

So yeah, 6.5 feels fair. enjoyable to watch, especially for vibes and performances, but frustrating if you’re looking for tight storytelling and balanced character development.

It’s a drama with a lot of potential, a lot of style, and some really strong performances, but also one that kind of loses itself in its own complexity.

Still watched it through though 😭

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Mysterious fantasy that nails the romantic chemistry

Pros -
1)The chemistry is great between both couples
2) Visually, the setting and characters are stunning
3) Keeps you guessing
4) Fight sequences are beautifully choreographed
5) The seductive aura and clever characteristics of a fox have been perfectly embodied by the two FLs.
6) Both MLs have unpredictable storylines.

Cons -
1) Overcomplicated world building with too many arcs and side characters
2) Pacing issues in between. Sometimes too fast,other times adds unnecessary fillers

Overall, very watchable for romance lovers because of INSANE CHEMISTRY. I am giving it a higher ranking because it has high re-watch value for me.

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Fashion Show or TV Drama?

Fashion show or Tv Drama is the question I was asking myself the entire time. "Veil of Shadows" is sister to "Fangs of Fortune" and cousin to "My Journey to you".
These Dramas have:
+Gorgeous, rich costumes.
+Beautiful actors, you would struggle to find someone normal looking. i really wanted to see one ugly side characters at least once :).
+Great fighting scenes.
+Flashy, well done special effects.
+Superb soundtrack.
-Weak story. Everyone dies but then you see them later making the impact of the sacrifice pointless. Both "Veil of Shadows" and "Fangs of Fortune" story telling consist of mini side plots, which look more like leveling quests to the 4 main characters where each quest ending with boss kill.
-Acting was flat, because of the way the drama is shot. You often see actors talking to camera ,making beautiful posing and shedding fake tears. Unfortunately you won't see ugly crying here, the tear drops fall in most beautiful way possible, like small crystals out of actors eyes.
-World is empty. You rarely see scenes where characters are walking on streets full with people living their lives and doing their business. Everything is too staged.

With all the fall backs this drama deserves good score and I understand why ppl would like it. I was a bit disappointed by the ending, but overall it is much better than other releases like "Blood River".

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