Lavish and very watchable
Dec 2024
This period action, adventure, revenge, romance C-drama has everything, and overall I found the story enjoyable and captivating.
There are almost always lots of characters in C-dramas, with lavish sets and costumes, especially if fantasy (xanxia/wuxia). Whilst this drama wasn't a fantasy story at all, it did have all the production values of one.
The slavery aspect early on was pretty unpleasant, with the usual wealthy, yet greedy, pearl farm owners being up to no good, involved in shady dealings, and using/abusing their captive workers in the process.
Our FL escapes that life, finding out some shocking secrets as she does, which lead her on a journey.
She collaborates with an unlikely person, who's on their own (yet linked) path, but for very different reasons.
There are not as many annoying female characters as I usually come across, and I enjoyed the lead actors very much. There's also some great and diverse supporting ones, with the relationship between Yan Zi Jing and his right-hand man, Kang Ju, being a favourite of mine. I especially loved the latter character.
It kept my attention and there was enough wit, action and an appropriate level of romance, that I thought melded well for a balanced watch.
I have to admit that I wasn't happy with the ending though; but that's to do with me and not the story. It did fit, I have to say.
Definitely worth a look, and if nervous of the number of eps, it could be used as a 'filler', whilst watching dramas that are currently airing.
It kept me happily watching and was a little different to the usual C-drama period stories.
This period action, adventure, revenge, romance C-drama has everything, and overall I found the story enjoyable and captivating.
There are almost always lots of characters in C-dramas, with lavish sets and costumes, especially if fantasy (xanxia/wuxia). Whilst this drama wasn't a fantasy story at all, it did have all the production values of one.
The slavery aspect early on was pretty unpleasant, with the usual wealthy, yet greedy, pearl farm owners being up to no good, involved in shady dealings, and using/abusing their captive workers in the process.
Our FL escapes that life, finding out some shocking secrets as she does, which lead her on a journey.
She collaborates with an unlikely person, who's on their own (yet linked) path, but for very different reasons.
There are not as many annoying female characters as I usually come across, and I enjoyed the lead actors very much. There's also some great and diverse supporting ones, with the relationship between Yan Zi Jing and his right-hand man, Kang Ju, being a favourite of mine. I especially loved the latter character.
It kept my attention and there was enough wit, action and an appropriate level of romance, that I thought melded well for a balanced watch.
I have to admit that I wasn't happy with the ending though; but that's to do with me and not the story. It did fit, I have to say.
Definitely worth a look, and if nervous of the number of eps, it could be used as a 'filler', whilst watching dramas that are currently airing.
It kept me happily watching and was a little different to the usual C-drama period stories.
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