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A neverending story
I was so excited for this drama because the previous shows I watched with Hou Minghao were absolute bangers but this one.... yikes. It was a rollercoaster I didn't like and wanted to get off as soon as possible.
The story follows Xiao Yao as she's caught up in the middle of the continuous feude between Demons and Humans. During a fight among them she discovers that she's part human, part demon but doesn't understand how the hell that happened. Before she can decide what to do the demons take her away to Demon Valley and tell her she can't leave due to her demonic powers and her practicing them. Along the way she makes friends and gets to know the demons. Instead of human eating beast they can be gentle and kind. She even makes friends and becomes very protective of them.
Can she stop the fighting between both worlds?
The plot above seemed interesting to me but I fell for a cheap scheme. Most of the story was dull, too long and most of it didn't make much sense. The characters didn't do much for me. I didn't feel attached to a single one and kind of hoped something interesting would happen. I'm usually a big sucker for romance but this one just felt off. It didn't feel like a real love to me because there was no time for them to actually fall in love. They just decided they were at some point and chose to not live without the other. Or to die protecting the other.
Maybe this is just not the story for me. I really thought it was going to be this epic drama that would blow me away but it never did. I ended up skipping through most of the ending, not really caring about the Feiyu gaurds, the humans or the entire storyline around that demon bat (with a name I keep forgetting) who wants to steal Hong Ye's demon throne. And it just became ridiculous after Xiao Yao started to travel back in time. At that point I started wishing Hong Ye (in his first life) was the manipulating and spiteful human who betrayed the demon queen and killed her entire race just to get to the Yuli Spring but that never happened. Even back then he was a lovestruck boy without any real power.
I really think this show overreached a little. They used great actors but the characters were outright stupid and too goofy. The power level of their demon king was weak ( I mean... that whole "I lost my powers so we have to bluff our way through" thing was silly. It was probably meant as comic relief but it came across as a weird plot).
Like:
- The OST is superb. I fell in love with most of the songs and have added them to my playlist.
- The cast is amazing.
- The costumes are beautiful!
Dislike:
- Most of the earlier episodes are story-to-storyline. Early episodes are filled with stories that are not connected to the main characters and most of the mains are reduced to background characters (as in, you don't see them for a while).
- Dali. They ruined her character for me by doing that "jealousy" arc.
- The main couple. I get that they fall in love over three lifetimes but the way time goes in this show and how time travel is a thing... they just didn't spark for me. I didn't feel the chemistry. They became annoyingly in love at some point. Always choosing each other (even when it was obviously a stupid choice) and I had to roll my eyes so badly they started to hurt.
- The overal storyline. We spend so much time on watching Xiao Yao sit in Demon Academy (which was a thing) and helping other people or demons in trouble. I actually liked watching her work with both demons and the Feiyu guards and was expecting them to reconcile at some point and make peace between both races, but the story took such a deep dive into randomness I was mindblown... and not in a good way.
- Hong Ye was supposed to be this all-powerful demon king but if I had to compare him to other Demon Kings I've seen he's probably the weakest yet. He's easily broken and felt like a king only by name.
Do I recommend? No. But if you're in for a long haul of a drama with a not-so-great story but great actors, this just might be your next watch. But if you're wanting something with a little more plot and interesting characters, this might not be the one for you.
The story follows Xiao Yao as she's caught up in the middle of the continuous feude between Demons and Humans. During a fight among them she discovers that she's part human, part demon but doesn't understand how the hell that happened. Before she can decide what to do the demons take her away to Demon Valley and tell her she can't leave due to her demonic powers and her practicing them. Along the way she makes friends and gets to know the demons. Instead of human eating beast they can be gentle and kind. She even makes friends and becomes very protective of them.
Can she stop the fighting between both worlds?
The plot above seemed interesting to me but I fell for a cheap scheme. Most of the story was dull, too long and most of it didn't make much sense. The characters didn't do much for me. I didn't feel attached to a single one and kind of hoped something interesting would happen. I'm usually a big sucker for romance but this one just felt off. It didn't feel like a real love to me because there was no time for them to actually fall in love. They just decided they were at some point and chose to not live without the other. Or to die protecting the other.
Maybe this is just not the story for me. I really thought it was going to be this epic drama that would blow me away but it never did. I ended up skipping through most of the ending, not really caring about the Feiyu gaurds, the humans or the entire storyline around that demon bat (with a name I keep forgetting) who wants to steal Hong Ye's demon throne. And it just became ridiculous after Xiao Yao started to travel back in time. At that point I started wishing Hong Ye (in his first life) was the manipulating and spiteful human who betrayed the demon queen and killed her entire race just to get to the Yuli Spring but that never happened. Even back then he was a lovestruck boy without any real power.
I really think this show overreached a little. They used great actors but the characters were outright stupid and too goofy. The power level of their demon king was weak ( I mean... that whole "I lost my powers so we have to bluff our way through" thing was silly. It was probably meant as comic relief but it came across as a weird plot).
Like:
- The OST is superb. I fell in love with most of the songs and have added them to my playlist.
- The cast is amazing.
- The costumes are beautiful!
Dislike:
- Most of the earlier episodes are story-to-storyline. Early episodes are filled with stories that are not connected to the main characters and most of the mains are reduced to background characters (as in, you don't see them for a while).
- Dali. They ruined her character for me by doing that "jealousy" arc.
- The main couple. I get that they fall in love over three lifetimes but the way time goes in this show and how time travel is a thing... they just didn't spark for me. I didn't feel the chemistry. They became annoyingly in love at some point. Always choosing each other (even when it was obviously a stupid choice) and I had to roll my eyes so badly they started to hurt.
- The overal storyline. We spend so much time on watching Xiao Yao sit in Demon Academy (which was a thing) and helping other people or demons in trouble. I actually liked watching her work with both demons and the Feiyu guards and was expecting them to reconcile at some point and make peace between both races, but the story took such a deep dive into randomness I was mindblown... and not in a good way.
- Hong Ye was supposed to be this all-powerful demon king but if I had to compare him to other Demon Kings I've seen he's probably the weakest yet. He's easily broken and felt like a king only by name.
Do I recommend? No. But if you're in for a long haul of a drama with a not-so-great story but great actors, this just might be your next watch. But if you're wanting something with a little more plot and interesting characters, this might not be the one for you.
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