Fantastic! Until the open ending
There’s not a single thing not to love about this drama. Except plot holes towards the latter part that are so gaping huge you could drive a train or two in them. And I’m not even picky about everything needing to make sense lol
The good: Humor, sarcasm, naughty/rule breaking behavior is sprinkled in run throughout, humanizing the characters and making it a fun watch, there are times you’ll bark out a laugh. And the out some emo tears, too.
Tian Jiarui’s lil bro poisons master is a total little freak, chewing up every scene he’s with delicious intensity, it’s both campy and intimidating at the same time. You both feel for him and fear him. Wouldn’t trust him to make my tea or even live anywhere near me. But would want him close in a desperate situation. His intense big bro (played by Cheng Lei) is magnetic. Can’t take my eyes off him. Intense charisma for miles.
Zhang Linghe’s noble hero is refreshingly uncomplicated and pure of heart. I liked that so much. No BS, but still interesting.
FLs were good, but not written as particularly electric or amazing in any way. The secondary women were good.
Nice cinematography/feel, unabashedly emotional and lovely visual treatment of friends, family and loves who have passed on.
The Bad: plot holes. Terrible cliffhanger ending that can ONLY be explained by there were plans for a 2nd season (but never happened).
This drama was a 9.5+ for me right up until the last few eps. The open ending was so empty, the show just wrapped up with a shrug, leaving the story we were following right at that moment on hold without explanation, leaving so much unresolved there MUST be a reason. I hate not giving it a better score. It’s absolutely worth watching.
The good: Humor, sarcasm, naughty/rule breaking behavior is sprinkled in run throughout, humanizing the characters and making it a fun watch, there are times you’ll bark out a laugh. And the out some emo tears, too.
Tian Jiarui’s lil bro poisons master is a total little freak, chewing up every scene he’s with delicious intensity, it’s both campy and intimidating at the same time. You both feel for him and fear him. Wouldn’t trust him to make my tea or even live anywhere near me. But would want him close in a desperate situation. His intense big bro (played by Cheng Lei) is magnetic. Can’t take my eyes off him. Intense charisma for miles.
Zhang Linghe’s noble hero is refreshingly uncomplicated and pure of heart. I liked that so much. No BS, but still interesting.
FLs were good, but not written as particularly electric or amazing in any way. The secondary women were good.
Nice cinematography/feel, unabashedly emotional and lovely visual treatment of friends, family and loves who have passed on.
The Bad: plot holes. Terrible cliffhanger ending that can ONLY be explained by there were plans for a 2nd season (but never happened).
This drama was a 9.5+ for me right up until the last few eps. The open ending was so empty, the show just wrapped up with a shrug, leaving the story we were following right at that moment on hold without explanation, leaving so much unresolved there MUST be a reason. I hate not giving it a better score. It’s absolutely worth watching.
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