Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance

One of the best of short stories ive seen so far

When i looked back to my watchlist history, i found out that I have never rated short series like this above 7, except for My Journey to You. Cuz most are mediocre works with low budget that seem to be the constraint for hiring good screenwriters. So I am quite surprised that this show became the first of the short series category that manage to keep me engaged and interested the whole way from start to finish. Im not sure if it’s low budget though, cuz the cinematography is pretty impressive and the battle scenes and fights didnt come out as low quality cgi.

I have never seen the main actors before, but their performance is impressive. Especially the one playing the FL, Mo Qingchuan. She isnt portrayed as a beauty like most badass FLs ive seen before, her character feels more grounded to reality. You dont need characters with exceptional beauty to make a story work its magic. Mo Qingchuan escapes this trend, her character is flawless as a general who fell due to betrayal by the people she trusts the most, and then comes back for blood and revenge.

The ML, although at first I thought it’s weird that he would fall for his master, since I know in chinese culture, a master is like a parent, and to bear any feelings towards them beyond this relationship is considered taboo, almost like incest. But then i realized, he was as conflicted about his feelings as much as I am about his. Haha. At first it was admiration, then perhaps empathy, which in the end he realized he could not bear to see his master hurt as a lover. Guess when Mo Qingchuan severs this master-disciple tie towards the end to refrain from implicating ML, I bet what one of the many sentiment he felt then had been relief. Now he wouldnt be committing incest if he ever got together with FL, right? 😆 all in all, i think the actor did good with the character. however in terms of looks, i felt he appears to be a bit too young for the actress, though in the storyline i think his character’s age wouldnt have been much of a gap with FL’s. Maybe around 2-3 years gap.

The music is catchy too, i love this kind of music. It’s rare to see good music from short stories like this.

All in all, i am satisfied with the show. It’s not too short or too long, the pacing is perfect, the intrigue doesnt falter, and the actors’ chemistry is great. A complete recipe for a good story. Now i feel bad that it was not based of a novel, cuz if it had been, i wouldve been scrambling to read it right now.

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Small, Simple but WOW

I surf to see is there any short drama that worth my time, and luckyly this drama become the first pick.
No need intricate plot just story about well adorn and praise female general that being thrown and blacken after her services. Many despise short drama but they sure forget few actors and actresses being known to public now using this route like our sad and comedy slapstick Queen Bai Lu, Zhu Yutong, Song Weilong and many more.

The design charcters maybe full of flaws but it well reason, why they moves, thinking and aura they ouze at certain point it become their characteristic like our Shifu, Mo Wang, Mo Qingchuan aka Mo General. She is crippled by enemy that need her to moves slowly but embodied a graceful of a teacher, advisor and general.
Our Jing Wang, Xia Qiguang; a teenager that must face harsh world suddenly because his parent being hunted and hurt by the opposing side, which we can gradually watch his growth and last our Jiang Kui. The actress made me worry because past roles she took resulted to death like in The Double Wu Jingyan. Jiang Kui potray as a naive and bright teen but has awesome Wugong and Qingong because she being hurt at childhood by Xia kingdom enemy by capture and torture her. To retain her sanity she masked it as we can see through our lense.

The costume they pick maybe not much but each colours represent their personality. Mo Qingchuan the General wear a bright colours like white and red because she still has hope to the world, meanwhile she as Mo Wang wear mostly grey, white and black because she no longer optimistic and despise the world injustice. The Queen Dowager heavyly implied to real Empress Wu Zetian. Her family hold power in court and rot the foundation of Xia kingdome. Her Gold attires not only represent that she is royals but greed.

The camera work good despite a low budget drama. The actors and actresses pull their weight to build the plot so we dont feel the acting weird. Their eyes can act even the druged assasin an empty and childlike can be see trough by us. No need a dramatic 360 or 180 degree rotate like other project to tell us, but a straight and play on pan out pan it between scene, it more than enough.

For the OST and BGM yeah you cant expect it will be grande but placement quiet good for me. It help retain the climatic story to us.

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Top-Notch Acting and Action Sequence.

Being a fan of several C-dramas and C-movies, there is always that obvious anticipation in the flow of stories. This has made me drop a lot of shows and movies. However, this mini-drama is on point in almost every aspect. The story might be slow and somehow predictable, but the sequence in action and dialogue alongside character encounters is just lit.

The show lacks that very annoying character (antagonist or protagonist).

I like Kui and how Xia is developed so far! No need to say more about the master; she is my crush at first sight.
The show is not so draggy on storylines and episode minutes.

Verdict: go for it.

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