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Had potential with a female focused story but didn't delivered
Seriously,not what I was expected from the title,boring and underdeveloped.It had such a good potential with the FL and her story but it dragged without a reason,it had a story with a lot of plot holes and I didn't like ML's same exact acting face in almost all scenes-without emotion.The only thing that I enjoyed was the scenes where the leads had to leave the garrison and also FL's loyal group of mates/friends.Was this review helpful to you?
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A good reccomendation for enemies to lovers drama without most of the usual cliches
One of the good cdramas out there with excellent main leads and a suberb FL's story that has more to provide than her beauty.The story also between the leads develops slowly and steady and there is a strong character advancement from the ML,even after his somewhat harmful behavior in the start towards the FL.It would be a top recommendation for someone looking for an enemies to lovers story with a good plot and amazing second cast.
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A sort of a different cdrama -BUT
I don't write reviews cause I believe its a very subjective kind of thing,to each their own,but i had to rant about this drama!Obviously spoilers ahead ..!
Now to the main point.This drama started so positively and charming but things went awry after ep.19..Having watched my fair share of dramas in general,I didnt had a lot of good expectations but the first episodes kinda amazed me with the characters introduction and stories,the universe and the story in general.We had also good chemistry between the cast and the first leads were were presented beautifully with quirky dialogues and emotion.I really enjoyed the interactions between the 2 main leads,the presentations and motives of the villains and the first story arcs.Music and visuals very good as expected.The cliches also down to the minimum and not too cringey.We also had a good presentation of the main lead's backgrounds and motives.All good and not boring till ep 19 and specifically after Ming Yi's torture.A disclaimer is needed i believe here about my drama/scene preferences ,I hate with all my guts when the leads are in a haze/confused/drugged/tortured in a scene and the next scene have them to perform an intimate scene to progress the romance so as you can tell,i hated the scene after my girl's torture,where Bozai thought she made a move towards him and tried (and succeded) kissing her and tried to do more.My girl was tortured in all possible ways and according to the writers THAT was the romantic moment.!Anyhow,moving on to the rest of the drama where things went all wrong.The main leads once again started the no talking and miscommunication era,things could have been resolved sooo easily BUT drama had to drag for extra episodes,we had extra revelations to the last 3 episodes,cause why not and a lot of extra stories introduced last minute.Ofc we had an extra villain,a sweet but obsessed with the FL guy that turned out to be bad the last 3 episodes,for story purposes ofc,a father and a family background that came out of nowhere and without some sort of connection beforehand and a revelation about the main leads that threw everything off last episodes.The ML decided once again to ditch the FL even though SHE sacrificed herself soo many times for him(while she was also dying without a cure mind you) and kept her in the dark about his plans to sacrifice himself this time for the greater good.MIscommunication to the maximum this time and lots of silence between them and just looks and close camera shots with no point.Also,we never found out about FL’s original name.She borrowed fairy’s Ming Yi name when she saw the dead parents and Ming Xian is the name the empress gave her,so what name her true parents gave her??This also never cames up,i guess its a plot hole.The best part of these episoded was the return of FM's little beast .
The drama had some quirky and shrewd dialogues,especially in the beginning with ML,a good base story to begin with and good chemistry between the actors but lost a great amount of points with some scenes,ML's total clueleness and lack of wit and sharpness in some points and the last episodes that were too overwhelming.There is no rewatch value for me and i definitely cant recommend it,at least from the middle and on..If you like the ML i believe he was at his best in Fangs of Fortune,great chemistry with the other ML and he was way more clever and sharp there.😝
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