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Something about the romance.
I'm just here to comment on the romance of this drama.
I don’t know if I’m just being nice here, but for a title like Sword and Beloved, you’d expect a romance that’s intense or at least emotionally charged. Instead, the main leads have a more mature, calm kind of love , it fits their personalities, sure, but it doesn’t really live up to the “beloved” part. Their relationship feels more like quiet mutual respect than an emotional need for each other.
What makes it worse is that the second and third couples actually get the kind of romantic development the main leads should’ve had. It almost feels unfair seeing their chemistry grow while the main couple just… stays steady.
Like Fugui and Qingtong ... their connection honestly felt more platonic than romantic. They clearly understand each other, but since the writers didn’t bother to dig deeper into that relationship, it ended up feeling flat and underdeveloped.
I don’t know if I’m just being nice here, but for a title like Sword and Beloved, you’d expect a romance that’s intense or at least emotionally charged. Instead, the main leads have a more mature, calm kind of love , it fits their personalities, sure, but it doesn’t really live up to the “beloved” part. Their relationship feels more like quiet mutual respect than an emotional need for each other.
What makes it worse is that the second and third couples actually get the kind of romantic development the main leads should’ve had. It almost feels unfair seeing their chemistry grow while the main couple just… stays steady.
Like Fugui and Qingtong ... their connection honestly felt more platonic than romantic. They clearly understand each other, but since the writers didn’t bother to dig deeper into that relationship, it ended up feeling flat and underdeveloped.
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