Kaisou

Great story but too many holes

Ok, so first I watched a lot of ghost, spirit, horrors movies/tv shows. The story is original and it tied the 3 main characters pretty well.
First episode set the drama in a gore/horror atmosphere that won’t last. Other episodes until 9, were pretty slow to me and repetitive.

When I watch a movie/tv show, I’m pretty picky about the characters. The story can be simple, not elaborated, revisited, it won’t bother me as long as characters have some depth. In this drama, the characters communicate 80% of the time by yelling. I find that emotions aren’t right ..... Hwa-Pyung and the inspector are just 2 angry people acting recklessly and doing whatever they want, when they actually don’t have any power to stop possession or to stop Park Il Do! The only one who actually shows diverse emotions is the priest, Choi Yoon. And during all this screaming .... it seems they are all alone in public places as no one reacts or does wayyy too late. There are also some inconsistencies in the story that made me sigh a little. Episode 1, Hwa-Pyung can see ghosts before being possessed, yet every single time he explained his link with Park Il Do, he says he’s like this since he was possessed.

I’m at episode 10, skipped some episodes as some are very slow and yet I still can follow the storyline.
There is more mystery around the priest and evolution in his character, this is why you’ll keep watching it. I hope it will get better and better as I had high expectations for this drama, and so far it didn’t meet them

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finally some great korean rap

This show is perfect and the level is so high! It is refreshing to see such great artists in their elements without being censored. They talk about their struggles, and we can also learn to know them better (as much as a fan can ofc). It promotes Korean hip-hop and I hope people don’t mix this with K-pop and its industry. Yes those are 2 music genres but in Korea K-pop is a prebuilt “product” sold to make teenagers dream and help them go through their high school years. Rap is all about music! And because of this, thing to me is that I’d have hoped that artists like Lee Youngji aren’t part of this show! So that RAP artists can shine and don’t need K-pop to do so.

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Amazing production with solid plot and interesting characters.

It has been a long time that a drama kept me interested until last episode !
Novoland: Pearl Eclipse's story is nicely built up and you want to see more and more until the last 48th episode.

I loved everything about this drama; the witty dialogues, the bromance between Xu and Jiangmin, the Eunuch who is so kind and pure to the emperor, the love between Jifeng brothers ... every part of the story is beautifully assembled to keep us craving for more at every episode.

Novoland: Pearl Eclipse disrupted the usual C drama dialogues and surprised you with twists and jokes.
The script is brilliantly written. But has nothing to envy to the scenery that is breathtaking or the fight scenes that are so well filmed and choreographed.

I will recommend you to watch this drama, even if you havent seen the previous released Novoland dramas or the read the books. It will not ruin your experience and will love this drama as much.

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Unpopular review

In first episodes, you’re hooked to the strong fl character who goes against principles & values of the time and fights to decide her own fate. The mysteries and many twists & turns makes the drama different and interesting … at first.
Yet, more the story unfolds, more you realize that the fl is just a fickle, childish, stubborn girl who doesn’t hesitate to throw her family under the bus based on her intuition rather than believing in any of them. She is lucky to have met Liang Yi who saved her from her infortunes so many times and Qin Xuan who loves her sincerely.
She actually ruined & hurt so many people simply because she prefers to trust her intuition rather than trusting anyone and accepting how others could be different than her.
Her lack of values made me hate step by step the fl. Now at episode 22, I am fast forwarding episodes to finish it quickly.
I’m also not convinced by the actors play in this drama, I didn’t find this chemistry btw the leads that so many talked about. And because the script writer wanted to focus on the twists, many opportunities to make the fl & ml shine we’re missed.
And once you’ve seen them all, you can’t watch this drama again, as you know it all.

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Very cute drama if you put aside the storyline

The kid alone is to be a superstar and his character is so cute! The 2 leads play well their roles and make you enjoy their chemistry & roles. Same goes for the second leads.
First, I think we can all agree that the story doesn’t make sense at all! If you can’t put this aside, you won’t go further the first episodes .... she is a child psychologist but makes false promises to a child, get involved personally with him, let a child call her “mommy” as if it was a joke ... argh it so doesn’t make sense ! The worst was in episode 9; Doctors aren’t professional at all, slandering others as if the hospital would allow it, putting their patients life in danger, giving false diagnostic on purpose, FL going against parental education, highlighting that being the child Dr was more important than his father decisions, searching drawers in ML study when this isn’t her home, and the list can go on and on! The whole background of the FL built around her child psychologist lacks everything & you can tell that no research has been made regarding Dr, psychology and child therapy!
If you can pass that, then you’ll be able to enjoy this romantic comedy drama with all c-dramas clichés and cute interactions.
I’d say ... it’s the perfect drama to watch during this holidays season !

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WATCH THE ANIMATION

My review will be the shortest i've ever written, as i dropped this drama and still don't understand how it could get such a good rating. I started this title because of all the hype around it. It disappointed me in everything; Characters are all exaggerated, sense of humour that isn't funny, lack of acting .... etc, etc.
The ratings on MDL aren't fair and most of them are probably for Yang Yang only. The title got hyped because of the novel/animation and Yang Yang. If it was for another actor, i believe ratings will be less biased.
To me this drama isn't worth the hype nor your time. If you want to watch King's avatar story, watch the animation.

If you want to watch a c-drama about gamers and romance, i'd recommend you to watch Falling Into Your Smile - it is another caliber !

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Story seems interesting but you"ll have to put with it

I have watched this title cause i love Jang Ki-Yong and based on excellent reviews. Well, let's say i don't share popular opinion
Episode 1 - Already some incoherences & ridicule scenes
The ML character is cold, charismatic, mysterious and straight forward.
The FL is as often the caricature of the rude, reckless woman. The 1st introduction between ML & FL is beyond ridiculous. Not the set up itself, but the FL actions ... WTH was that scene ? How the scenarist wants to show she is compassionate and loves animals as ML, when she plays darts on a baby deer? That scene wanted me to drop the drama already.

I am at episode 2, and the FL is moving in same building than ML & second FL .... what a coincidence :/
I will continue 1 or 2 episodes and will edit my review if my opinion changes.....

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Having a hard time to continue

I’ve only watched 9 episodes and I have a hard time with Angela baby acting skills. Her eyes don’t show right emotion and at some point it even became frustrating. Wallace Chung is doing a good job.
The story for the nine first episodes is basically Chu Bei Jie running after Bai Ping Ting because he met her once as a child and wants now to marry her!
The role of the noble consort who is the jealous vile woman is the usual female role for a vilain and it’s also frustrating as it’s very limited.

I don’t know if I should continue. Is the rest of drama worth it or it will unfold as I’m expecting it?

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Great mystery to be solved

The story lays on a big mystery to be solved by the characters. Male lead Xiao Beiming (Wang Xingyue) is an astonishing detective with a sharp mind for details and deduction! He is to marry his childhood sweetheart, when he’s caught in the trap of the protagonist Yesha! 3 years passed, and when he shows himself to his beloved, she doesn’t trust him, wants to kill him, poison him, etc… she always doubted him when his character never changed!
And this bothers me a lot! They grew up together, she knows him better than anyone, yet she’s the first one to believe he’s the murderer. Something is off in her character….. until he proves he isn’t and she finally says “sorry”, and he doesn’t blame her? The love story in this drama is so far problematic! Hoping that the mystery would be great until the end to compensate this lack of “Right emotions at the right time but the right people”!

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Long awaited drama ended up being a disappointment

I had high expectations for this drama unfortunately it didn’t match my hopes. This review contains spoilers.
At first, I was very excited by the 1st episode, then I thought it was a slow burn story and quickly I got bored with the dragged story. It took 20 episodes so half of the drama to tell the story of the princess being a student and that happened in the past of the current events. Then, suddenly the plot with the ice clan is debunked in 2min out of nowhere and we don’t even understand why & how this very short scene & absurd explanation could end an entire plot. Very disappointing.
The second plot with the supreme majesty is all over the place, doesn’t make sense. The 1st intrigue that started the whole drama is still not triggered after 30 episodes so I can expect that this would happen in the end only.

Long story short, the story isn’t very well written and goes in all directions without credible root! Xiao Zhan does a good job but the FL voice & character acting like a child is pretty annoying and its hard to over look as the drama plot isn’t solid enough!

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