Twisty, Clever, ,Sympathetic & Passionate Story Telling
I don't often rate series above an 8/10, but this show is an amazing 9.5/10. This is one of the pieces of fiction where you can tell that the creators truly cared for their work. This series shows passion, hard work, intense effort, and care and sympathy for people with all of it's nuance with each victim and perpetrator.
This show is simply amazing. This is one of the most well written crime series I've ever watched. The series starts with a twist in the first episode and continues with twists and turns within each character and case. But these twists aren't complicated or convoluted, they're so cleverly detailed and well written that they make so much sense and wow you as you learn each one. These twists serve a purpose to add layers to each victim and perpetrators story. These twists also allow you to gain sympathy not only for the victims, but for the perpetrators in some of these cases. The cases aren't black and white, everything is gray. These cases that the ML investigates leads to the connecting case which deals with the ML's childhood trauma where his family died in a fire. Typically the final case or the connecting case tends to feel empty by the end, but the writers maintain the twists and complexities, adding layer upon layer all the way to the end. I've watched hundreds of crime series/movies/books, but never have I been surprised so much. The twists are soo good.
The tone of the show changes often. The 28 episodes didn't drag on as the genre of crime and overall tone continued to become more and more interesting. The show starts seemingly simple, but adds more and more complexities as the story goes on. My favorite out of the cases dealt with Nu Na, it is one of the most intriguing cases in fiction I've come across.
It was extremely fascinating how the series dealt with trauma as well. The ML doesn't experience something horrific then turn out perfectly fine. We get to see how his trauma affects him, alters his perception on life, and how he faces the cases and characters in the show. We get to watch him face his physical and inner demons. The psychological aspects were extremely fascinating with each character as well.
I especially loved the casting for Zhu He and found his stage presence to be perfect for his role. Siyuan felt like an odd choice in the beginning, but I eventually really enjoyed his acting.
So the reasons why you should watch this amazing series:
-Complex ML
-Tone changes that keep you interested
-Interesting psychological concepts
-Well written and complex cases
-Clever twists
-Passionately made by it's creators
The only reasons as to why the show doesn't get a solid 10 from me is because
-why do the cops let a college student investigate/see classified information at the police station
-how does the ML manage to balance school and all the cases?/ we only see him go to school in the first few eps
-the ML's empty friends who he only recently met that suddenly become ride or die besties
-I feel like there could have been just a little bit more to the ending
This show is simply amazing. This is one of the most well written crime series I've ever watched. The series starts with a twist in the first episode and continues with twists and turns within each character and case. But these twists aren't complicated or convoluted, they're so cleverly detailed and well written that they make so much sense and wow you as you learn each one. These twists serve a purpose to add layers to each victim and perpetrators story. These twists also allow you to gain sympathy not only for the victims, but for the perpetrators in some of these cases. The cases aren't black and white, everything is gray. These cases that the ML investigates leads to the connecting case which deals with the ML's childhood trauma where his family died in a fire. Typically the final case or the connecting case tends to feel empty by the end, but the writers maintain the twists and complexities, adding layer upon layer all the way to the end. I've watched hundreds of crime series/movies/books, but never have I been surprised so much. The twists are soo good.
The tone of the show changes often. The 28 episodes didn't drag on as the genre of crime and overall tone continued to become more and more interesting. The show starts seemingly simple, but adds more and more complexities as the story goes on. My favorite out of the cases dealt with Nu Na, it is one of the most intriguing cases in fiction I've come across.
It was extremely fascinating how the series dealt with trauma as well. The ML doesn't experience something horrific then turn out perfectly fine. We get to see how his trauma affects him, alters his perception on life, and how he faces the cases and characters in the show. We get to watch him face his physical and inner demons. The psychological aspects were extremely fascinating with each character as well.
I especially loved the casting for Zhu He and found his stage presence to be perfect for his role. Siyuan felt like an odd choice in the beginning, but I eventually really enjoyed his acting.
So the reasons why you should watch this amazing series:
-Complex ML
-Tone changes that keep you interested
-Interesting psychological concepts
-Well written and complex cases
-Clever twists
-Passionately made by it's creators
The only reasons as to why the show doesn't get a solid 10 from me is because
-why do the cops let a college student investigate/see classified information at the police station
-how does the ML manage to balance school and all the cases?/ we only see him go to school in the first few eps
-the ML's empty friends who he only recently met that suddenly become ride or die besties
-I feel like there could have been just a little bit more to the ending
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