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The Unclouded Soul chinese drama review
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The Unclouded Soul
6 people found this review helpful
by Eden
10 days ago
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed 3
Overall 8.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
This review may contain spoilers

When True Love Feels Contradictory

Omg, The Unclouded Soul really messed with my head 😭. XY and HY meet across three lives, same people but different circumstances. But here’s the thing… XY kills HY more than once. In the first life, she’s the Dragon Lord, fully aware she’s her future self, and she still kills HY because he killed ā€œinnocent demons.ā€ WHAT? That literally doesn’t match her character! She’s supposed to hate bloodshed and value peace between humans and demons. And yet, she kills the man she supposedly loves. How is that pure love?

Then, in the second life, she kills HY again. fine, under external control, like a puppet but still… that’s two times HY is killed by her hands! In the third life, HY sacrifices himself to atone for his mistakes in their first life even though XY had already killed him twice. So why does he even need to sacrifice himself? Isn’t it already fair and square? And just to seal the Kunlun Mirror? I feel like there should’ve been another way. It should have been BZ who got sealed in the mirror. Why did he escape and survive when he’s the villain? Why did the director make HY die?? Oh my god, I just can’t handle this ending. Why did HY have to take on all the risk and bear all the consequences, even though it wasn’t 100% his fault? He’s just way too selfless.

The ending is bittersweet. XY lives on three years after HY’s death, and then XY time travels back to a happy moment from their last life. But here’s how I understand it:
• When XY time travels back to the moment before HY dies, she basically enters a loop of happy memories, reliving the moments they can enjoy together.
• In this loop, HY is still there; they can meet, talk, and experience happiness. But this isn’t the original timeline, the tragic future, where HY sacrifices himself, still exists in the main timeline.
• Emotionally, XY doesn’t have to face the reality of her loss while in the loop. She can escape her grief for a while and simply be with HY.

So, the ending is essentially an emotional escape / bittersweet closure: the audience and XY get a ā€œhappy moment,ā€ even though the reality of tragedy remains. It’s more about emotional satisfaction than logically rewriting fate.

Honestly, the acting is amazing. Neo is heartbreakingly perfect but the plot? Messy. XY’s love for HY feels contradictory. She’s supposed to be someone who avoids killing, protects others, and values peace, yet she kills her lover twice. It’s hard to reconcile her actions with her character.

šŸ’” So much love, so much heartbreak… but also so confusing.
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