The Demon (2025)

what a waste of really good idea

I am not happy about this drama because it really did not deliver. The beginning of the story has flashbacks to the modern times and ancient times but that is all. Nothing included in the plot, nothing explained. And the same flashbacks at the end. Like what the fudge??? I like both actors in lead but their story, even though it had a great potential, really was neither here nor there. The FL character was written like an imbecile, which I had a problem with because she could have been a much better one, but alas, this low budget thingy did not give us any chance to really care for the people in it. The villain was wooden and straight from cartoons. The 2ML was such a powerful presence yet completely underutilized. The 2nd couple was actually really cute, but then the whole cat demon thingy was reduced to a caricature. I am not sure if it deserves 7 points but I am writing this because after that bait beginning (with the leads on the motorcycle and in republican China which was awesome) I am left with "really??? what did I just watch???". If this was an inside joke of the makers of previous dramas with these actors, then it was really poorly executed and did not entice me to watch any of them. How would we even know that there were other dramas about this couple???
The screen writer and director need to go back to the drawing board and make it consistent story telling of two lovers across the time who sacrifice themselves for the sake of showing others that love between humans and demons is possible.

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Messy plotting not really redeemed by good actors

It felt like they tried to jam a full length plot into a mini, then had to cut out so much it was completely random at times. Even the always excellent Yang Ze was not able to fully save this one (though he made the middle third very good). Such a shame because I was really looking forward to this one bringing the KIAR pair together again.

There were some charming bits, like the second couple and the MLs parents. But there were also the completely inconsistent plots that looped on themselves, making the characters seem really dumb.

Giving it an overly generous 7/10 for cute cat moments, some lovely secondary characters, and Yang Ze.

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