I must admit that this drama was mostly not for me. I was constantly oscillating between dropping it and obsessing about the next episode. The episodes often left be exhausted like I was being tortured together with the characters. And there were SO MANY CHARACTERS and they were TORTURED! While the actors were very good, the only character that elicited major emotional response was You Chi, the little weasel. ;_; The ending was not bad, but it left me oddly empty. I don't think I'll ever re-watch this drama again. It is not fair to compare, but most of these actors were in the Fangs of Fortune as well and I re-watched that drama several times. It always made me happy even with the open ending (taking the special episode into account). It'll take some time for the impressions to fully settle with VoS, mostly I am unhappy that I didn't like it more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This drama is headache inducing - I lose interest one episode and then in the next they reel me in, then I lose interest, they reel me in and so on, and so on... I don't think I've ever watched drama that made me want to fall asleep and then dying to see the next episode. Is this what schizophrenia looks like?
Blossom is excellent, Vail of Shadows watchable so far, easy on the eyes, but I am not really enamored. Maybe it will grow on me like Fangs of Fortune did.
I've seen all available episodes now and the drama is watchable, esthetic is on point, actors are pretty, the story though... I am still not feeling it. Lets see if it can catch up to Fangs of Fortune in terms of character development. I will keep watching cause it's not a bad pastime.
how do you feel about blossom compared to POJ? I'm trying to find another cdrama but nothing looks as intriguing…
I's pretty good, but POJ is better, the characters are better especially Fan Changyu, but the couple is cute and build each other up. I'm guessing it will be a comfort watch for me. If you finished POJ, Blossom would be easy. Just know that the couple is separated for the first four-ish episode after the rebirth.
Picked this up after Pursuit of Jade ended because it was recommended to me and it didn't disappoint. I liked the couple a lot. Drama was a of of fun, I guessed the main villain early on, but also missed some obvious clues. All in all, it was a lot of fun.
The ending was not bad, but it left me oddly empty. I don't think I'll ever re-watch this drama again. It is not fair to compare, but most of these actors were in the Fangs of Fortune as well and I re-watched that drama several times. It always made me happy even with the open ending (taking the special episode into account). It'll take some time for the impressions to fully settle with VoS, mostly I am unhappy that I didn't like it more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯