Reunion as First Sight

A lovely low budget romance with a great plot and great chemistry, and lot of kisses with OE

Nine Lives Reunion!!! Imagine an orphan raised and trained as an assassin by her godfather who now sets on revenge. In the process she is married off to her childhood friend whom she does not recognize but who still loves her and actually helps her realize the truth behind the events that left her parents dead. But, the villain seems a step ahead of the couple, so no matter how they try to fix the past and how many times they die and loop back to the time of their first encounter as adults - the fate just dishes up surprise after surprise including her killing the man who loves her, her not remembering him at all, her marrying another dude, him abandoning her to fix everything on his own, etc.! You will be amazed by the story and even if overall this is just a cute and simple romance with time loops and limited number of lives of the leads, you are in for a great development of feelings for the characters that are played rather well. This drama reminded me of Reset (and BTW Liu Zhi Li, ML, played support role in it!) but it delivers more sweet moments of getting close and reuniting of the two lovers all dosed in great kissing! Sure, there are some idiotic moments and shortcuts that do not aide anything, plus that open ending yikes! And the translation on IQIYI was rather bad or missing, but you will easily fill in the gaps and enjoy it. AND this is a gem if you are looking for great looking making out scenes, you will not be disappointed - just check out the ep 10. The lead actors have great chemistry and fit together very well. They both have some good performances under their belts at this point (Strange Princess and Echo of her Voice; Startling Love with amazing cross dressing! and even Moonlight Mystique) and I do hope will have more roles that utilize their fresh and natural acting. OST is appropriately placed and adds to the experience. The on-location feel lends itself to making it an 8/10 although open ending and the secondary romance dropped it for me to 7.5

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Pleasant surprise for a time loop political revenge drama.

Story: To strenghten ties between their kingdoms a southern scholar maries a northern princess. But she is in reality an assasin and the two find themself trapped in time loops.

First of all, it is not the basic setting of the character trapped in the novel or so. This is really a maze. And it grew on me, as I was watching it and I really enjoyed it.
This is a mortal enemies to lovers trope, so from the get go, there is action and stunts mixed with romance. This is how the characters took me with them to discover this story of political betrayal, espionage and war resulting in a peace-making marriage. I found myself crying at some point of time, watching the leads and I understood that I was already in love with the drama.
There was a first arc and a second arc which is like an introduction to a season 2.
If the story had ended in one season my rating would have been even higher. But let's see if we get a sequel.


Pros :
- Good acting.
- Good kisses and good chemistry.
- Good plot. I liked the time loops and the maze in which the characters try to uncover the truth.
- Good action scenes.
- The side characters are mysterious and that's good for the rest of the show.
- Costume were beautiful for that budget. I have seen the same in superior dramas.

Cons:
- Ridiculous main villain but not one-dimensional. So that's a plus.
- 2 arcs. I would have liked the first arc to give us a proper ending. But at the same time I would like to watch a season 2 because all the side characters have mysterious motives and backgrounds. And I am curious about it.

Overall :
A pleasant surprise time loop drama. It was great. I liked everything Even the first arc which was Male centric and the second arc which was Female centric. So if you like mazes like I do and you can accept a story that opens to a second season. This drama is for you.

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