A 10/10 in my book
Originally, I just wanted to rate this drama without writing a review, but the finale has left me so emotional, I have to write it out to let it go. Let's get into it.
I started to watch because I really liked Allen Ren in Burning Flames and hell yes to any actor I like in a hero leading role. I was definitely not disappointed.
The story. As the title suggests, we have Allen Ren as Jiu Xuanye, the demon Hunter, slowly falling for Banxia (Song Zu Er) through the course of solving the disappearance and finding Banxia's parents while fighting demons. There are no loop holes in this plot, everything is paced really nice through a series of seemingly separate cases. I really don't have anything to add to the plot or any major critique. The writers did an awesome job and this script is one of the best ones out there in my humble opinion. I even really liked the ending and the butterfly effect in the plot. Around ep 25ish when we learned about Xuanye's true identity, I thought I was going to hate the ending. But this butterfly effect twist was just. Very well written.
The casting. I don't have anything to add here. As I said, I love Allen Ren, I loved every character and actor. In fact, I knew only two actors in this cast, so there were many new faces for me. I especially want to raise Sima Lingying (Fan Shuai Qi is absolutely gorgeous) and Chu Youhuang (Xuan Yan, his face is so interesting and perfect for his character).
The soundtrack. I did not even notice the soundtrack at first, only as the story progressed and I realized that the songs are so beautiful and stand out to me. Especially in the finale. Perfection.
Rewatch value. I gave a 9.5 because I think this drama is written so well, that some people might want to rewatch it. For me personally, I really rewatched only very few dramas. They were mainly dramas with comedy elements or they stood out to me in a way. I do not see myself watching The Demon Hunter's romance again, mainly because the finale was so emotional but when I do watch dramas again, I usually do not watch until the end.
Lastly, there are two kinda funny parallel to other dramas things to me about this drama - one is, that the inn in the Underground city was called Wu Geng Inn. Wu Geng was the name of the main character in Burning Flames, portrayed by Allen Ren. And the other thing is, that the Sha Man demon (Li Yu) was painting the magical painting in this drama. Li Yu portrayed a brush magical tool in Tiger and Crane.
I started to watch because I really liked Allen Ren in Burning Flames and hell yes to any actor I like in a hero leading role. I was definitely not disappointed.
The story. As the title suggests, we have Allen Ren as Jiu Xuanye, the demon Hunter, slowly falling for Banxia (Song Zu Er) through the course of solving the disappearance and finding Banxia's parents while fighting demons. There are no loop holes in this plot, everything is paced really nice through a series of seemingly separate cases. I really don't have anything to add to the plot or any major critique. The writers did an awesome job and this script is one of the best ones out there in my humble opinion. I even really liked the ending and the butterfly effect in the plot. Around ep 25ish when we learned about Xuanye's true identity, I thought I was going to hate the ending. But this butterfly effect twist was just. Very well written.
The casting. I don't have anything to add here. As I said, I love Allen Ren, I loved every character and actor. In fact, I knew only two actors in this cast, so there were many new faces for me. I especially want to raise Sima Lingying (Fan Shuai Qi is absolutely gorgeous) and Chu Youhuang (Xuan Yan, his face is so interesting and perfect for his character).
The soundtrack. I did not even notice the soundtrack at first, only as the story progressed and I realized that the songs are so beautiful and stand out to me. Especially in the finale. Perfection.
Rewatch value. I gave a 9.5 because I think this drama is written so well, that some people might want to rewatch it. For me personally, I really rewatched only very few dramas. They were mainly dramas with comedy elements or they stood out to me in a way. I do not see myself watching The Demon Hunter's romance again, mainly because the finale was so emotional but when I do watch dramas again, I usually do not watch until the end.
Lastly, there are two kinda funny parallel to other dramas things to me about this drama - one is, that the inn in the Underground city was called Wu Geng Inn. Wu Geng was the name of the main character in Burning Flames, portrayed by Allen Ren. And the other thing is, that the Sha Man demon (Li Yu) was painting the magical painting in this drama. Li Yu portrayed a brush magical tool in Tiger and Crane.
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