Unique setting, solid story
8.75/10
what a drama! wish they made more such fantasy/magic/action dramas with a fully drawn out world and unique set of rules. the story and execution is so good, could have been a masterpiece imo if they could have cut around 4 eps of unnecessary scenes and fluff. but some of those drawn out and seemingly unnecessary scenes are what makes the characters endearing to us, so there's that. ep20 was kinda rushed and exciting nevertheless me. excited for part 2, and see how the dynamics between the real naksu/gyj and janguk is gonna play out. will miss somin's mudeok. she made the character the right amount of adorable and endearing.
it had some pacing issues. was exciting from ep1-4 got boring somewhere in between before picking up pace till ep8. got really drawn out & pointless (but still a fun time non complicated watch) from ep9-12. picked up pace again after
i should say the most i enjoyed was from ep17-20 with the reveal of the ice stone and mudeok/byuyeom being revealed to her mom - the fog barrier etc. so exciting and reminiscent of many western fantasy series. aos is kinda very harry potteresque with the houses anyway lol.
could have really cut down and made a solid very rewatchable show, there would have been no need to rush ep20 either. good this has a part 2. when would kdrama writers learn to stick the ending we wait and watch for that miracle meanwhile!
so 8.75/9 for ep 17-20
anywhere between 7.5/8 for the rest.
i guess this concludes that i wanted more badass FL presence. i didn't want janguk to be the main character in some ways lol. that's been done many a times. let our fl assassin shine and be the saviour but obviously not with that reincarnation sort of pheonix from the ashes return that he did from his own funeral fire.
can't rate it 9 cuz it just wasn't bingeable for me. i know when something won't enter my top 10 when i don't binge it lol for finished series. i watched it drawn out over the months because a lot many eps nothing happened and it was tiring
watched many parts at 1.25x speed
what a drama! wish they made more such fantasy/magic/action dramas with a fully drawn out world and unique set of rules. the story and execution is so good, could have been a masterpiece imo if they could have cut around 4 eps of unnecessary scenes and fluff. but some of those drawn out and seemingly unnecessary scenes are what makes the characters endearing to us, so there's that. ep20 was kinda rushed and exciting nevertheless me. excited for part 2, and see how the dynamics between the real naksu/gyj and janguk is gonna play out. will miss somin's mudeok. she made the character the right amount of adorable and endearing.
it had some pacing issues. was exciting from ep1-4 got boring somewhere in between before picking up pace till ep8. got really drawn out & pointless (but still a fun time non complicated watch) from ep9-12. picked up pace again after
i should say the most i enjoyed was from ep17-20 with the reveal of the ice stone and mudeok/byuyeom being revealed to her mom - the fog barrier etc. so exciting and reminiscent of many western fantasy series. aos is kinda very harry potteresque with the houses anyway lol.
could have really cut down and made a solid very rewatchable show, there would have been no need to rush ep20 either. good this has a part 2. when would kdrama writers learn to stick the ending we wait and watch for that miracle meanwhile!
so 8.75/9 for ep 17-20
anywhere between 7.5/8 for the rest.
i guess this concludes that i wanted more badass FL presence. i didn't want janguk to be the main character in some ways lol. that's been done many a times. let our fl assassin shine and be the saviour but obviously not with that reincarnation sort of pheonix from the ashes return that he did from his own funeral fire.
can't rate it 9 cuz it just wasn't bingeable for me. i know when something won't enter my top 10 when i don't binge it lol for finished series. i watched it drawn out over the months because a lot many eps nothing happened and it was tiring
watched many parts at 1.25x speed
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