I was hooked from the beginning to the end. Though I pretty much saw the 'twist' from the first episode, I got attached to the characters and I wanted more. Thank heavens the writer said there will be second season. I'd like to see Yu Jiwei with an evil twist.
I loved the bromance, the humor, love interest wasn't annoying and was holding her own, characters were overall likable and three-dimensional, the soundtrack was nice too. Also, it was a quick watch and not 40+ episode slog. I really can't wait for more.
I get it, Fei is female Naruto. He wanted to become Hokage, she wants to become the master. Enter endless conveyer belt of villains/masters to teach her and die.
I finally finished the drama. I knew the ending, so I didn't think it would hit me, but it did and hard. I said…
I loved that the remaining Night Furies, Yao Ji, Ji Chong, Bao Na and You Zhe got unambiguous happy endings to somewhat balance the tragedy of Xing'er and Wolf boy.
All in all, this was flawed drama that entertained me and gave me some feelz and that is all that it matters. Very positive viewing experience and I say that as someone who almost never watches dramas without happy ending.
I finally finished the drama. I knew the ending, so I didn't think it would hit me, but it did and hard. I said it before, but it is a small miracle that we got understandable narrative after the censorship butchered the series. I was impressed with what they managed to pull in spite of all the flaws. I really enjoyed all the actors, even in the smallest roles. Darren Wang was a revelation as I never watched him before. The soundtrack is great.
Another thing stands out, no matter how they started, all the female characters ended up as more or less three dimensional characters, which is rare in general but, in my experience, even rarer in Chinese drama. Some spoilers...
That's a problem then (entirely mine), cause I cannot really connect on any significant level to the main characters. They are cute/charming, but that's all surface. Yin Pei shows some prospects though. But, we'll see how it goes from here. At least the last four episodes convinced me to keep giving this drama a chance.
So much content these days, so little time, drama really has to be top notch to earn 51 episode.
After 12 episodes, I am liking the lead actress, soundtrack and how some fight scenes/imagined fights, techniques are filmed. Yibo is cute. On the other hand, it's very cheap and slow and some characters defy every logic even for wuxia. Li Sheng is one of them. How many ways you can say moron? I hope it picks up or it will be bye-bye soon.
I am liking the drama so far (Ep 35 at the moment) in spite of glaring flaws due to the obvious cuts. You can see the holes in the narrative and occasionally cuts impeded the characterization as well. Censorship sucks, yes, but I consider what we got- a coherent narrative - a small miracle. The leading trio is fantastic, but really all the actors are great. The soundtrack is fantastic. It could have been a masterpiece, but I will settle for this. I will see how it develops over the next 20+ episodes.
Does anyone know what is the name of the boy in stripped shirt from Lay's team? I still have to catch up with English subs, so I don't know. I was really sad that he got eliminated and I'd like to follow his career in the future.
I loved the bromance, the humor, love interest wasn't annoying and was holding her own, characters were overall likable and three-dimensional, the soundtrack was nice too. Also, it was a quick watch and not 40+ episode slog. I really can't wait for more.
All in all, this was flawed drama that entertained me and gave me some feelz and that is all that it matters. Very positive viewing experience and I say that as someone who almost never watches dramas without happy ending.
Another thing stands out, no matter how they started, all the female characters ended up as more or less three dimensional characters, which is rare in general but, in my experience, even rarer in Chinese drama. Some spoilers...
So much content these days, so little time, drama really has to be top notch to earn 51 episode.