It's a decent plot but I can't quite get over the lack of real chemistry between the OTP from beginning…
agree. There was never a buildup to the relationship of OTP. Feng Qing Chen had more interaction and building of relationship with Yuan Zhan. I like the drama but don't get the "feels" for the leads.
It was unexpectedly a great ending.Zhang bin bin was so freaking sexy in the final episode. He is such good actor…
true. And when he killed Jing Ke he strutted like a mad dog, showing the King couldn't hold it in. That part showed that Zhang Bin Bin is no ordinary actor. Wow.
Just watched the ending on YT but unsubbed - I knew there wasn't going to be a happy ending but Ying Zheng…
It wasn't happy but it made sense, given how each character's values were. Sun Li made a decision to teach the King what it was to lose a loved one by sacrificing herself. It really did make sense but it was sad. It fit her personality of altruism.
My scattered thoughts:-In the end I don’t think Li has loved the king!! She asked him not to kill Jing Ke even…
I saw it differently. Recall this - Li pretended she was attacking the King, ran towards him like she was, then turned her own short sword away from him towards herself.
Recall her last words to him, that she knew the only way he could be a good leader is if he lost someone HE really loved. And that was her.
She loved him but knew that he couldn't understand the suffering of people losing their loved ones to his wars. She gave her life to teach him what that felt like.
She could have saved her own life easily, but she provoked him.
She loved Jing Ke but had moved on from that.
Yes, I hated to see Han Shen killed but he was the type to die in battle or die for those he loves. Truly a righteous man. And my new crush!
The end can be seen as tragic or it can be seen as possibly important in having the King experience great loss so that he could be a better ruler.
I finished this drama last night. Vin Zhang Binbin is truly an amazing actor. Dilraba has her own pluses. But Wow Zhang Binbin. The last episode - genius. And now i have a new crush -the actor Li Tai who played Han Shin - the noble, strong, silent, protective "white knight" type. :)
Update. Dropped it. Just can't stomach the first female lead character. I'm up to ep 16. I agree with review by absinthe_feane but I am still enjoying the drama. The second lead female and the false king are the most interesting, with real king coming in second, and first lead female is a big MEH. Still, I'm watching.
i just can't do it. as much as i love the cast, the female lead is just TOO perfect and unrelatable i feel…
she became a chess expert in ǝƃnoɹ ʇuǝƃ∀ ǝᴉʞooɹ
And didn't know how to play it at all and then beat two different world experts at same time.
But the lead actor is 100% handsome. Never seen him before. He is worth it.
Would the ridiculous designer tracksuits qualify? Like Hyun bin's in Secret Garden. Was the hand made Dae Young in "Let's Eat" a nod to the one in Secret Garden? Then there's tracksuit overload in Rooftop Prince...Ji Hyun Woo's ridiculous Floral Print Tracksuit in Trot Lovers, Kim Kwang Soo, Emergency Couple, Jo Gook, City Hall..
If not easter eggs, then maybe the writer/directors are just flat out teasing the audience?
i just can't do it. as much as i love the cast, the female lead is just TOO perfect and unrelatable i feel…
I think most of Zanilla's dramas are like that. On the positive side, at least she's not a weak female lead with a 5 year old voice like in many Chinese dramas.
In one of her other dramas she played a spy who became a chess genius in like 3 days of training. Had to suspend disbelief to get through that one.
oh my... it became like this??? although it ended up like that.. it was a great journey.. maybe the rating will…
doubt there will be a sequel or if there is, won't have original cast.
The lead female, Zanilla, already has 2 other dramas scheduled/working on after PA.
Same problem with her other drama, Legend of Chusen, actually that one was worse as far as endings/non endings go. At Least with Princess Agents, a positive ending can be inferred.
I loved the Chinese drama Princess Agents. I think the ending could be more satisfying but without giving a spoiler if you remember all of the "powers" that Chu Qiao / Jing Xiao Liu / Xing Er has, then you will get it.
Feng Qing Chen had more interaction and building of relationship with Yuan Zhan.
I like the drama but don't get the "feels" for the leads.
Wow.
Recall her last words to him, that she knew the only way he could be a good leader is if he lost someone HE really loved. And that was her.
She loved him but knew that he couldn't understand the suffering of people losing their loved ones to his wars. She gave her life to teach him what that felt like.
She could have saved her own life easily, but she provoked him.
She loved Jing Ke but had moved on from that.
Yes, I hated to see Han Shen killed but he was the type to die in battle or die for those he loves. Truly a righteous man. And my new crush!
The end can be seen as tragic or it can be seen as possibly important in having the King experience great loss so that he could be a better ruler.
And now i have a new crush -the actor Li Tai who played Han Shin - the noble, strong, silent, protective "white knight" type. :)
I fast forward anything with her in them. Such a waste of air. Ugh.
Getting near the end, Still watching.......
Silent strong no bs type.
I'm up to ep 16. I agree with review by absinthe_feane but I am still enjoying the drama.
The second lead female and the false king are the most interesting, with real king coming in second, and first lead female is a big MEH. Still, I'm watching.
Love everything else.
And didn't know how to play it at all and then beat two different world experts at same time.
But the lead actor is 100% handsome. Never seen him before. He is worth it.
If not easter eggs, then maybe the writer/directors are just flat out teasing the audience?
The lead female is already tied up in making 2 more dramas! :(
In one of her other dramas she played a spy who became a chess genius in like 3 days of training. Had to suspend disbelief to get through that one.
The lead female, Zanilla, already has 2 other dramas scheduled/working on after PA.
Same problem with her other drama, Legend of Chusen, actually that one was worse as far as endings/non endings go. At Least with Princess Agents, a positive ending can be inferred.