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An incredible story that probably deserved a 10
I really really really really really like this show. The acting was fantastic. I enjoyed the music and the story was excellent. The female lead was interesting looking… I liked her… and she reminded me of Cate Blanchett. (If you know, you know). I really liked how she evolved from a timid and shy girl to quite a bold and confident and assertive character.
There were a few reasons why I couldn’t give this a 10 but this is a must watch and at 36 episodes and approximately 45 minutes each you will enjoy it.
The reasons I marked it down:
1. The time at the Reunion Inn seemed to go on and on and it was definitely a few episodes overkill. I enjoyed the story with the weird, psycho, puppet girl, but it did seem to drag on.
2. If I thought the reunion inn stuff dragged on then it wasn’t nearly as bad as the underworld city painting world. I get it was Groundhog Day but once you’d seen the same thing three or four times, I needed it to wrap up.
3. And probably the biggest crime was with the bullied girl Xinging who was not only beaten and abused by her husband but from the story, she was repeatedly raped by the local scumbag and they just seemed to brush the whole thing under the carpet like it wasn’t a big deal and it really left a bitter taste in my mouth.
4. I’m a romantic so though the ending was good I was still disappointed for the tragic duo.
Overall, it was really excellent, and I will remember it for a long time and I probably would’ve marked it higher if there was, let’s say…. 30 episodes.
It was a shame we didn’t see more of commissioner Sima because I really liked her character being so strong confident and powerful but I didn’t really like the fact that she kept on chasing the chief constable because she was much better than him even though he was a decent bloke.
The other side characters we’re all really interesting and I enjoyed their parts as much as our leads.
There were a few reasons why I couldn’t give this a 10 but this is a must watch and at 36 episodes and approximately 45 minutes each you will enjoy it.
The reasons I marked it down:
1. The time at the Reunion Inn seemed to go on and on and it was definitely a few episodes overkill. I enjoyed the story with the weird, psycho, puppet girl, but it did seem to drag on.
2. If I thought the reunion inn stuff dragged on then it wasn’t nearly as bad as the underworld city painting world. I get it was Groundhog Day but once you’d seen the same thing three or four times, I needed it to wrap up.
3. And probably the biggest crime was with the bullied girl Xinging who was not only beaten and abused by her husband but from the story, she was repeatedly raped by the local scumbag and they just seemed to brush the whole thing under the carpet like it wasn’t a big deal and it really left a bitter taste in my mouth.
4. I’m a romantic so though the ending was good I was still disappointed for the tragic duo.
Overall, it was really excellent, and I will remember it for a long time and I probably would’ve marked it higher if there was, let’s say…. 30 episodes.
It was a shame we didn’t see more of commissioner Sima because I really liked her character being so strong confident and powerful but I didn’t really like the fact that she kept on chasing the chief constable because she was much better than him even though he was a decent bloke.
The other side characters we’re all really interesting and I enjoyed their parts as much as our leads.
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