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Had Me Hooked Throughout!
I really liked how the story built from the start. The writers did a good job of balancing suspense and reveals to continuously reward you with knowledge even as they kept you asking questions.
I wasn't crazy invested in the romance part when it got too cliche, but I'm glad that I didn't fully clock that it would be a romance for a good part of the beginning because my brain was like, "Yes, sibling bonding affection." I honestly would have preferred a sibling-esque connection between the main characters throughout because that would've been pretty fresh and interesting to watch and would've still retained that "I'm dedicated to you" aura. But the romance plot wasn't bad, though they did overdramatize some moments they had together in a way that didn't actually add to the romance plot.
Aside from that, I thoroughly enjoyed the multitude of stories happening concurrently. I was super invested in RL trying to piece things together and bits of information were planted very strategically to set up for later episodes. In this way, things didn't feel out of place when they occurred (like the arsenic poisoning plotline). Another thing I appreciated was the lack of hesitation on the part of our ML when it came to action scenes. Bro was here to kill and ask questions later, and I am soooo glad we had that because I get frustrated when people hesitate just so the plot can have more dramatic betrayal moments and stuff. ML was on it and had some awesome fight choreo, too.
Finally, the ending bits definitely confused me a bit because there were multiple groups of soldiers fighting and I lost track of whose soldiers they were. And one plotline that wasn't properly wrapped up was who Kkotnim's boss was (considering she would mention orders from above and such). Like, it couldn't have been the shaman because she seemed to be on a similar level of authority in the organization, so who was above Kkotnim and her brother? Where did she even get a gun?
Mini-rant incoming: Mu jin is pathetic and deserved to die! No mental redemption for a person who was watching kids get tortured and just moving on with his life without questioning it. Saving Jae Yi doesn't save his blatant character morality flaws.
But honestly, I genuinely enjoyed the show as a whole and really loved the one song from it called Burning Petals (sets an epic ambience).
I wasn't crazy invested in the romance part when it got too cliche, but I'm glad that I didn't fully clock that it would be a romance for a good part of the beginning because my brain was like, "Yes, sibling bonding affection." I honestly would have preferred a sibling-esque connection between the main characters throughout because that would've been pretty fresh and interesting to watch and would've still retained that "I'm dedicated to you" aura. But the romance plot wasn't bad, though they did overdramatize some moments they had together in a way that didn't actually add to the romance plot.
Aside from that, I thoroughly enjoyed the multitude of stories happening concurrently. I was super invested in RL trying to piece things together and bits of information were planted very strategically to set up for later episodes. In this way, things didn't feel out of place when they occurred (like the arsenic poisoning plotline). Another thing I appreciated was the lack of hesitation on the part of our ML when it came to action scenes. Bro was here to kill and ask questions later, and I am soooo glad we had that because I get frustrated when people hesitate just so the plot can have more dramatic betrayal moments and stuff. ML was on it and had some awesome fight choreo, too.
Finally, the ending bits definitely confused me a bit because there were multiple groups of soldiers fighting and I lost track of whose soldiers they were. And one plotline that wasn't properly wrapped up was who Kkotnim's boss was (considering she would mention orders from above and such). Like, it couldn't have been the shaman because she seemed to be on a similar level of authority in the organization, so who was above Kkotnim and her brother? Where did she even get a gun?
Mini-rant incoming: Mu jin is pathetic and deserved to die! No mental redemption for a person who was watching kids get tortured and just moving on with his life without questioning it. Saving Jae Yi doesn't save his blatant character morality flaws.
But honestly, I genuinely enjoyed the show as a whole and really loved the one song from it called Burning Petals (sets an epic ambience).
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