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Sword and Beloved chinese drama review
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Sword and Beloved
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by YeeChen
Feb 23, 2026
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Second half bit slow

Everything is good other than cdrama producers having to tick some stupid boxes like
1) always having to fill 30+episodes ( resulting in lots of fillers, overuse of CGI,and repeated themes with the same villain)
2) always having to kill a supporting or main lead -(so not suitable sometimes and not always "arty")
3) always having to adhere to the original books (a drama is a product on its own and should not have to follow the books totally)
4) always having to use the OST multiple times.
The songs are good here but it's super annoying that the lyrics totally COVER all subtitles and so LOUD that it obscured ALL conversations!!!

This drama has a good story,has excellent acting and directing , good songs, good CGI. It's just TOO LONG. The first half is really interesting but the second half really could be shorten by 10episodes.
STOP sticking to some tick box criteria and this drama would have been a near perfect product
Much as I enjoyed this drama, it's really too long and draining for me and most viewers that I have lost all feeling by the last third. I just wanted to finish it and any fancy profound sentiment is totally wasted on me. Time for change, cdrama producers!!!!?
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