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a rather slow journey
to begin, I have heard of this drama for a while since I got into kdramas then cdramas and decided to check it out
I was mostly intrigued by the whole female assassin plot and I already knew a good chunk of what this type of trope was (the spy sent to kill but falls in love with their target) I was rather curious on the execution
it was disappointing because it loses its intrigueness by the middle point of the story
the beginning was good, middle point it got rather boring and slow and by the finale episode it got interesting again and the ending was just huh?
I liked seeing gong ziyu character evolve, I mean who doesn’t love a underdog story?
it was rather annoying how long the breaks were between each trials because I mostly felt it wasn’t taken seriously and the constant back and forth was hard to keep up
tho he is the master of his family now so it’s understandable why they did that but during the middle arc of the story if it wasn’t for his older sister comedic timing, I would’ve gotten bored quite easily
the ending was just badly done, I did some research and it is confirmed by the director that the ending was intended to be sad and it seems he doesn’t have any plans anytime soon for a season 2
I know this drama went through difficulties back then because of a actor who got into a scandal but the ending was rather badly written. because I interpret it as more of an open ending probably like many others but as an open ending it had way too many storylines that they didn’t bother to wrap up
so if they plan to ever make a s2 in the future I think it would be rather difficult to pick up where they left off without some weird/awkward pacing
the romance plot line was rather disappointing because I looked forward to the ZLH and YSX pairing and it a shame it didn’t really do them justice (I hope they get reunited in a future romance drama together)
the 2nd couple tho! they stole my attention with their tension every scene like omg I was invested
I hope they reunite in another drama as leads as well
YSX was so cool in this role!! that I wish she would get more opportunities to portray similar roles like this in the future vs the typecasting of constant cute,adorable, sunshine, positive character
I mean I have nothing against these type of characters but it rather limits her abilities but also let others make stupid assumption about her acting abilities as well
overall I think it really is up to you to watch the drama and decide whether or not it’s good cause I wouldn’t really recommended unless you want to see cool female assassins like I did lol
I was mostly intrigued by the whole female assassin plot and I already knew a good chunk of what this type of trope was (the spy sent to kill but falls in love with their target) I was rather curious on the execution
it was disappointing because it loses its intrigueness by the middle point of the story
the beginning was good, middle point it got rather boring and slow and by the finale episode it got interesting again and the ending was just huh?
I liked seeing gong ziyu character evolve, I mean who doesn’t love a underdog story?
it was rather annoying how long the breaks were between each trials because I mostly felt it wasn’t taken seriously and the constant back and forth was hard to keep up
tho he is the master of his family now so it’s understandable why they did that but during the middle arc of the story if it wasn’t for his older sister comedic timing, I would’ve gotten bored quite easily
the ending was just badly done, I did some research and it is confirmed by the director that the ending was intended to be sad and it seems he doesn’t have any plans anytime soon for a season 2
I know this drama went through difficulties back then because of a actor who got into a scandal but the ending was rather badly written. because I interpret it as more of an open ending probably like many others but as an open ending it had way too many storylines that they didn’t bother to wrap up
so if they plan to ever make a s2 in the future I think it would be rather difficult to pick up where they left off without some weird/awkward pacing
the romance plot line was rather disappointing because I looked forward to the ZLH and YSX pairing and it a shame it didn’t really do them justice (I hope they get reunited in a future romance drama together)
the 2nd couple tho! they stole my attention with their tension every scene like omg I was invested
I hope they reunite in another drama as leads as well
YSX was so cool in this role!! that I wish she would get more opportunities to portray similar roles like this in the future vs the typecasting of constant cute,adorable, sunshine, positive character
I mean I have nothing against these type of characters but it rather limits her abilities but also let others make stupid assumption about her acting abilities as well
overall I think it really is up to you to watch the drama and decide whether or not it’s good cause I wouldn’t really recommended unless you want to see cool female assassins like I did lol
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