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General of what?
Well, it's about China; we know the government may have censored some part of the drama for some megalomaniac reason, but unfortunately, I have to judge based on what I saw... The title of the work is eye-catching, Legend of the Female General, but what we see the least in these 36 episodes is this general. It's pure marketing; it's just another female character they try to make us believe is actually autonomous and independent in relation to the man... but at no point do we see that, partly because of the actress’s physical presence, which doesn’t convince much, and they chose not to show any part of our protagonist’s military life. The parallel plots felt weak and uninspired, with repetitive scenes like the one with Xiao Jue, where he gets beaten twice, and the emotional tension is nonexistent. Much of this is due to the actor’s performance, which could be compared to an iceberg. Scenes that should’ve been emotional were ruined by random characters just to drop information, and some flashback parts no one was really interested in, like the one with the master and the princess. I hope for better luck with future scriptsWas this review helpful to you?
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It's not that good.
This is the most overrated series of the moment.Khemjira is a Thai BL series that promised to combine a horror story with romance (boys’ love). The premise was very interesting a character, Khem, who suffers from a family curse.
The problem is that they decided to make the story too long, and at times it’s quite tedious to watch. The romance part was the weakest, in my opinion. At the beginning, the character Keng the shaman in the story treated the main character badly because he had promised not to get involved with curses and wanted to dissuade Khem from being around him. After that, there wasn’t much progress in their romantic relationship. In the middle of the story, we suddenly find out they’re going to end up together “just because,” due to some past-life connection a very lazy type of writing.
The character Khem is probably the least developed. He feels like one of those 1950s female characters who exist only to be saved by “the stronger man, the virile hero who will rescue him.” That kind of trope should have been left behind long ago. The character lacks personality and is simply pushed along by the plot.
The character Peem didn’t appeal to me either he’s that stoic, without much expression who’s only there to save the damsel in distress, even if at first he doesn’t want to.
The main couple has no chemistry, and worse, they fall into the same type of pairing we’ve seen in other BLs: one tries to give a passionate performance (Keng), while the other feels lifeless, cold, and dull like a puppet without emotion.
The secondary couple seems to exist only to make up for the lack of romance in the main one. The main couple could be considered a “slow burn,” but there’s a difference between a well-developed slow burn and complete stagnation.
The acting was very poor, as is common with this production company. Especially Namping there are about three more demanding scenes that required stronger acting, and he didn’t deliver in any of them.
I also found the dialogue uninspired and sleepy, and the episodes overly long and boring.
The good part of the series is the special effects, the music, and the performance of the actress who plays Ramphueng. You can see there was at least some effort and investment in this BL series.
As for the ending, I found it anticlimactic. I didn’t like it much, to be honest.
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Failed
When it comes to a vampire story, you expect at least darkness, special effects and a sense of danger, but not on this channel.The vampire story has become just another sleepy romance story, with dubious acting.
I think everyone wonders where the money is going and there you can see that they don't value any actor's performance. For me, this kind of story has to have interesting villains. Those who you think will bring danger to the protagonists. In the end, it seems more like a boring school story.
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I dont like so much
Unfortunately, this second season didn’t work for me. I do understand that, being a second season, much of the spontaneity and surprise has been lost. But the story feels like we’re watching a mafia movie — Scorsese meets Francis Ford Coppola. There's almost nothing left of the school-life setting. Some actors, whose characters are supposed to be in school, look nearly 35 years old, which also pulled me out of the experience. There are lots of random fights involving characters we often don’t know or care about. I felt the main character from the first season was very sidelined in the story — it seems like the real protagonist role shifted to Baku. By the way, who is Baku? I don’t know. What’s his relationship with Baek-Jin? I don’t know that either. I found it very tiring to watch.Was this review helpful to you?
good
I thought this was one of Japan's best BLs this year, but it's not easy to watch. Many people even think it wouldn't be classified as a BL, because it's so dry and difficult to watch certain scenes. The characters aren't loved by their families and are constantly treated badly because they're gay. There are some scenes with difficult children too, and I liked the performances, although there were some awkward scenes of intimacy.Was this review helpful to you?
