Huge disappointment for me. The novel is such a great source material, why would you add some cliché drama subplots? Animated series already demonstrated that you can produce reduced plot but still stay true to the source. Then characters. I don't mind when they merge several characters story lines in one. But Ninja and Cleric's stories are hard to watch without cringing. Su Mucheng, one of the main characters in the novel, almost invisible in the first half of drama. And that Qualifiers League. Who came up with that nonsense format? Finally, it is clear that CGI part is difficult and expensive. While quality is good, quantity was severely lacking.
Animated series already demonstrated that you can produce reduced plot but still stay true to the source.
Then characters. I don't mind when they merge several characters story lines in one. But Ninja and Cleric's stories are hard to watch without cringing. Su Mucheng, one of the main characters in the novel, almost invisible in the first half of drama.
And that Qualifiers League. Who came up with that nonsense format?
Finally, it is clear that CGI part is difficult and expensive. While quality is good, quantity was severely lacking.