Watched in 2025 (in order)

1/31/2025-2/5/2025

I always wanted to watch this but never did cuz of how many eps. idk why cuz I watch cdramas lol. But then my aunt said she loved it recently so I was like ok I'll give it a go.

And wow it was amazing. No wonder why it got so popular. The storyline was so fresh; I've never seen anything like this at all.  I mean a story where an assasin shifts souls into a servant and becomes a master to her master (?) cuz like she works for him as a servant but she's still a master in the sense of master-student to ML.  But man what a complicated relationship they have and I am so for it! Everyone acted so well, the expressions and everything. I've seen the FL before from "father is strange" and "This is my first life" 6 years ago in 2019 how nostolgic, I was so new to kdramas back then. I also saw ML as SML in "exeordinary you" in 2020 or so, so it's nice to see him here without an unrequired love and as a main lead. But fr tho his acting suprised me sm. He was amazing here. 

The love triangles didn't even bother me. I like that they didn't go the stereotypical jealousy route where they turn evil cuz they cant have her. In cdramas they keep doing this.  was nice take on that where the love rivals can have alliances/friendships. SML who didnt backstab the ML, he mostly was quiet about his love for her. The prince was louder in his confessions but he still respected her and took a step back

I love the strong themes of friendship + found family here. The supporting cast did well too and the villain. A great epic journey full of love and sadness. How so much can be lost in a blink of an eye too. Loved seeing ML gain honor and how he got accepted. But that was just the beginning of everything. the beginning of sacrifice and hardships. 

The fantasy like this isn't somthin they usually go for. I really hope they do more. Idk how S2 will be, I'm worried cuz it's a different actress and it feels different without her but lets see.

2/5/2025- 2/8/2025

Was suprised to see the 2 featured negitive reviews on S2 page. I thought it was great

It's been a long time where there was a long ep show that I wanted more eps of. This drama was such a big take on epic fantasy and they did so well. I loved the setting of a world where people do alchemy of souls and we got to see the orginization for the people who shifts their souls/bielive in it. I liked that it showed FL as a morally gray character.  ML isn't like super rightous and I like that tbh. It shows his flaws like how he asked FL if he should just stay with her or go out and save the world instead.

Every actor did a great job, the supporting roles and everyone. I liked that even tho it's ML's journey, it's not JUST about him. It was about the side characters too, their feelings, the villians, and the story of the past that played a large role in the present. Everyone's story were tied together really well.

 The first 2 eps shots for ML were crazy good. They made him super mysterous and u can tell that ML heart is being stabbed over and over even 3 years later. Even I was like "o fuk" whenever ML came in. I felt like he was a second away from setting fire to the world for what they did to him.

Then FL came by and lit up his world again. She helped him move on from his past love and love again. ok yeah FL's soul is the same as the one he loved BUT the personalities were completly different. she didn't have her memories so it was like she was a different person. It showed ML grow as a person too. Like how he let himself fall in love again. I loved it SO much, more romantic. I wish there were more eps so that the romance would've had more time to develop. Like maybe16 eps? or 20? Maybe wishful thinking...

 It was a happy ending and I'm glad everyone got to have their own happiniess after everything went done. It's about time we got a ML that's willing to kill and ACTUALLY punish the evil.  The ending was sweet, wish it was a lil longer 

4/6/2025-4/10/2025

First 28 eps:

I was worried how the romance would unfold with how the ML kept hurting her. Although it does help knowing that they didn't know each other at the start when he tried to kill her. But man, when ep 10 happened, it really changed their relationship for the better. It was that ep where FL saw the vulnerability of ML for the first time. Loved how they started to open up to each other after that. I'm surprised because the ML started out as a red flag but he's starting to become more of a green flag than 2ML is. The way they tease each other, eat together, ect. I love seeing this side of them. ML literally bleeds for her now and saved her many times. When FL calls ML "shameless cat," it feels more fond too and I like that the nickname became a cute thing to call him to tease.

FL and ML seem to have the same ideals to help out the weak and poor which I like. 2ML doesn't care that much and only for his own goals. I like that even at the end, FL always rejected 2ML. She was never swayed by him lol.

ep 29-rest:

I'm ngl but I didn't like the direction they went with FL's character and story. I get that they wanted romance angst but I personally didn't like it and it exhausted me. I felt like her intelligence went down a bar on that arc with her master; she became too impulsive. She woudn't listen to anyone.. but I get that she didn't trust ML. It was just annoying to watch tho. 

 10/10 went down to 8/10

Anyways, I love everyone's acting here. For a story like this, they needed actors who can display complex emotions. My sec drama from FL (starry love). Great actress.