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Really mid. Cute but lack luster.

So, finished watching this cdrama, and er… it’s pretty mediocre. I have no idea why people glaze the drama so much, it’s nothing too out of the blue. My main complains would be how poor the world building is, half of the time I had no idea what was going on in the series. All of the spells, the magic and whatnot seemed so half assed.

The female lead is adorable, but not original… She’s realistic, lazy, loves to eat, I relate to her, but she is def not for the ambitious girlies. She just wants to live, and enjoy her life, I agree not every journey has to be deadly and cruel. But she seems to depend on the male lead a bit too much, she’s sort of like a supporting character in her own story. With that being said, this story focuses on the male lead the most, poor baby suffered so much 😕. I don’t hate the male lead, he’s struggled a lot, he’s protective and he fell for our fl hard. I don’t blame him, she gave him a reason to live. But I do find their couple dynamic to be quite corny. (Could’ve been written better)

The side characters my god, I couldn’t care less about them. That’s how badd they wrote them, the plot is pretty bad, and the pacing’s even worser. The villain’s intentions are quite confusing, I must say, Ruling would’ve made a better villain than whatever the Fck Mr shi was. The plot overall lacked clarity and focused way too much on romance. So many plot holes covered up with romance lmao 😭

Anyways, I don’t really recommend, for beginners it might be sort of nice, buut the story’s such a drag, I watched it all the way to the end so I don’t judge it too soon. Love the whole yin-yang dynamic of the main couple thou💗

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Not confusing, just beautifully written.

So, I just finished watching adwad. And all I’ve gotta say, every single character is truly exceptional. From all the leads to even the most minor characters. A well written tranmigration story, that’s an absolute must watch. Truly makes you question cliches you’d usually read in a regular story. Are these characters all what they seem to be? Fuh no, and that’s exactly what this drama proves ✨

I love how the villain of this drama, is literally the script itself, so well thought omg. Characters, especially the male lead is written so carefully and with such care, I’m astonished. All he does is care, he’s smart, and good god, he is so resilient and tenacious, any dumb potato will empathize for him. And can I tell you how much I love the female lead? It’s always the fl being mistreated and never her having dignity and self respect for herself. My poor babies went thru soo much 😭. Her family is just so adorable, they’re the icons of the Jin dynasty lmao.

The pacing, perfect. The story, mesmerizing, the humor? Phenomenal! I must admit, there is a bit of a pacing problem during episode 20 - 30, but nonetheless the pinnacle of its trope. I truly commend the way they’ve written the characters in this story, there’s no side character, all of them have their charms and are their own main character in their own way. and the humor never fails to crack me up, the humor never felt forced, it came so naturally!

And the ending? My goodness, a work of art. Melodramatic, yet truly utilizes the whole transmigration cliche. The drama is a must watch, for all the rom-com, drama and action fans who love c dramas. This drama is the definition of your destiny is what you define it to be, infact you are your fate. Do not sleep on this drama, it is soooo worth it! (I usually don’t rate dramas so high)

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