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Gosh. Hong Siu Lung is back. Louis Koo was a natural in that role, it was as though I can imagine him being like that in real life. 😏

Word of Honour was good too. Like really good.

I was just about to ask after looking at the cast…. Lol

Lol. I liked the plot initially too, like at the very start but trust me when I say it went superb crazy after that and it left me “?!?!?” after it ended.
So I wouldn’t say you are missing out that much if you didn’t watch it.

It’s on Dramacool with Eng subs.

It’s on Dramacool with Eng subs,

Haha, kinda the same here. I’ve marked this as plan to watch for the longest time and have procrastinated just because of the first 15 mins of the 1st episode. Somehow couldn’t focus while watching so I stopped. So glad I finally picked this up again, it was a 8.5-9 for me.

Only issue for me was the romance bit between the main couple (and there was a lot of screen time), both leads were good actors but I found them a bit annoying together. Like the chemistry was a bit off somehow. I think because of how they physically look which I found totally incompatible or maybe the oddness in physical chemistry? There was just this weird vibe.. but it wasn’t fair to lower the score because of it. They were a great pair as kick-ass partners but I wince every time they come on screen as lovers, had to skip all their scenes esp towards the end. But this is likely due to my own personal taste/preference.

This series was defo a solid 8.5 if not a 9.

This was super refreshing, highly highly recommend!!
Totally Men-In-Black style… defo a Ghostbusters+MIB+Marvel genre…. Appreciate the effort made by Chinese producers to venture into uncharted genre by spending on casting, props, CGI (series would have been a complete fail without decent special effects make up and CGI) and a surprisingly solid storyline, truly deserves praise. Even K-dramas don’t have anything similar, at least not that I know of.

Storyline/plot was generic at the start… basically modelled after MIB (they did it successfully, was natural and believable, surprisingly pretty funny/comedic as well), so the watch was really enjoyable..
but surprisingly as it progressed, the plots/cases actually have quite a bit of depth to them.. and were quite creative + interesting. The flow and editing was really smooth which is surprising given C-drama standards.

Also the final arc was really good, that completely caught me off guard. Usually C-dramas have messed up and/or rushed endings…

Think to begin with they could have casted a different actor for the ML…. Whomever it was had big shoes to fill esp when paired with a strong actress like Seo Ye Ji, just her gaze itself is naturally piercing (even more so with makeup) but the actor for the ML has a flat and unfocused gaze naturally. Just empty when he looks at you…

I failed, couldn’t get pass the poor production quality…. Not even kidding, was just really really bad. Shows how much C-dramas’ production progressed in the past 5 yrs.

Ah… that explains it… but in a way I felt the storyline was more realistic for an Asian woman even in current times (maybe it won’t be the case in 20-30yrs)…. Esp since her husband isn’t actually a jerk, he actually didn’t do anything “wrong” aside from not being the greatest husband + partner….. the issues they faced was actually super realistic for most married couples, and not everyone would get a divorce because of it considering they share a child.

Exact same thinking! I think it’s a solid 8.5.

Ah…. I never knew, then seriously poor Deng Lun…. This is just an error and overlook. Even I’ve made errors with my taxes… on many occasions. Lol.

Good list. I have a lot of overlaps too.

Would say that he’s more of an antihero…

Lol. Sad that it doesn’t have a huge fan base for its novel like Daomu Biji.

Lol. I rewatched Season 2 and prior to rewatching Season 1 I thought the same as you…. I was like…. I don’t remember them being very close…. AFTER rewatching Season 1 then yea, there was some weird “sexual” tension between them for most of the series, there was even a scene whereby she used her mouth to pick a necklace he was wearing!! But could tell that it was mostly her being very intrigued/attracted by him..

But yes, Elvira totally owned the role, Aliya was kinda odd as Huang Yan Yan, chemistry was off. Totally missed Elvira as Huang Yan Yan, she was a real badass!

No but there are similarities… so there is the whole mystery and secret factions surrounding this series as well. Like different sects with different skillsets + secrets and they get passed down from one generation to another.
There is also a lot of adventure because of that. It is more “realistic” than the tomb hunting genre because there are no supernatural elements.

Just to add…. With my intermediary Chinese…. I only get about 70-80% of it, the jargons, definition and plot is too technical….. I’m also rooting for Eng subs….