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strong premise that gets forgotten in barely half an hour
the first episode is so strong, perhaps too strong - starting with marital rape in front of your wife's sworn brother + the ML refusing to inter her corpse is insane work - and in eps 2-3 that situation gets reversed as the FL gets the social upper hand and abuses him back as a slave, knowing his phobias and using it against him.
however, this is the best that it ever gets. characters have no internal consistency, the whole drama turns from a gritty revenge story into a idol romance drama slop from episode 5 onwards :( i feel like it could have been saved had she actually stabbed him in episode 13 and realized that she cannot move on from her past but nope. years of boundless, aggressive abuse, forgotten in seconds.
he landou is a good actress that i enjoyed in AJTL and deng xiaoci is insanely beautiful as usual though so i was still having fun just looking at his face. and it was still entertaining in a "good so bad" short drama way at times, such as the running joke of yan hui somehow not recognizing sang li in the world's most paper-thin disguise, and at times the action scenes rule. the overall plot, however, is probably done way better in full form dramas like story of kunning palace
tl;dr had some juice starting off, wasted it immediately, not worth watching unless you really like one of the actors like i do
however, this is the best that it ever gets. characters have no internal consistency, the whole drama turns from a gritty revenge story into a idol romance drama slop from episode 5 onwards :( i feel like it could have been saved had she actually stabbed him in episode 13 and realized that she cannot move on from her past but nope. years of boundless, aggressive abuse, forgotten in seconds.
he landou is a good actress that i enjoyed in AJTL and deng xiaoci is insanely beautiful as usual though so i was still having fun just looking at his face. and it was still entertaining in a "good so bad" short drama way at times, such as the running joke of yan hui somehow not recognizing sang li in the world's most paper-thin disguise, and at times the action scenes rule. the overall plot, however, is probably done way better in full form dramas like story of kunning palace
tl;dr had some juice starting off, wasted it immediately, not worth watching unless you really like one of the actors like i do
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