I found myself really enjoying this drama more than I though. I went in expecting a standard revenge story (which isn't bad because I do love a standard revenge stories) but the story ended up becoming a lot more layered than that. It slowly unraveled and become a story about mortality and asking yourself "Is your need for revenge worth the lives of thousands and or millions of lives. Are you willing to risk the lives of others for your sake?"
This premise was actually a lot more impactful because we see the FL struggle with this; making her character feel a lot more human. And I believe it had a lot to do with the actress.
Dilraba was excellent as Li Change E--so much so that I could never picture someone else playing this part. She acted her butt off and those emotional scenes were top-notch. Same with Leo Wu as Ashille Sun. There wasn't any lovey-dovey scenes between them but that was actually fine with me. There love language is derived of words and actions. They both would go to the end of the world to make sure that the other is safe.
Now to say all that I will admit I did have some gripes with this drama. For starters the animation. Don't get me wrong, the animations are beautiful but in battle scenes where we as viewers are suppose to be on the edge of are seats was ripped from us. I realize it was a good cost-effective move but it really took me out the drama more than once. Especially when a character dies and you see the animation and not the actual person.
Another gripe is I felt as though Alen Fang's character was underutilized for being a main character. He felt more like a supporting character with the minimal screentime he got. Instead we got another character Mimi who not only got more screentime then the other main leads but I felt as though her character didn't have the same depth as A'dou and the orphan boy that was with the Princess. She came across as annoying and insufferable at times and the fact that two men pined after the whole drama confused me but I digress.
Hao Du and the Princess (Zhao Lusi) screentime was also snuffed but luckily the two actors made it work with their great on-screen chemistry and the evolution of their characters that really did it for me. Truly they could have had their own drama because the storyline was so good.
I say this all to say, this drama is a solid 9/10 for me. Well worth a watch.
Why couldn't they just make it like this was an author writing a story like Joy Of Life or have someone tell them a Storytime of this story like Parallel World? Instead it's all a game? I'm beyond disappointed. There was so many better ways they could have dealt with the transmigration.
But I'm a fan of Joseph Zeng so I'll leave my disappointments behind me and watch, eventually.
I'm twenty-five episodes in and so far 4 people have committed suicide (4.5 if I count ZL's character attempting to kill herself). I'm sensing a theme in this drama.
I think it's because his tone is sexy but for some reason it doesn't fit their ideals of how a prince or a high…
But his voice is perfect for someone with a form of high authority i.e a General, Prince...etc. Jing Bo ran also has a really sexy voice and he's never dubbed.
This premise was actually a lot more impactful because we see the FL struggle with this; making her character feel a lot more human. And I believe it had a lot to do with the actress.
Dilraba was excellent as Li Change E--so much so that I could never picture someone else playing this part. She acted her butt off and those emotional scenes were top-notch. Same with Leo Wu as Ashille Sun. There wasn't any lovey-dovey scenes between them but that was actually fine with me. There love language is derived of words and actions. They both would go to the end of the world to make sure that the other is safe.
Now to say all that I will admit I did have some gripes with this drama. For starters the animation. Don't get me wrong, the animations are beautiful but in battle scenes where we as viewers are suppose to be on the edge of are seats was ripped from us. I realize it was a good cost-effective move but it really took me out the drama more than once. Especially when a character dies and you see the animation and not the actual person.
Another gripe is I felt as though Alen Fang's character was underutilized for being a main character. He felt more like a supporting character with the minimal screentime he got. Instead we got another character Mimi who not only got more screentime then the other main leads but I felt as though her character didn't have the same depth as A'dou and the orphan boy that was with the Princess. She came across as annoying and insufferable at times and the fact that two men pined after the whole drama confused me but I digress.
Hao Du and the Princess (Zhao Lusi) screentime was also snuffed but luckily the two actors made it work with their great on-screen chemistry and the evolution of their characters that really did it for me. Truly they could have had their own drama because the storyline was so good.
I say this all to say, this drama is a solid 9/10 for me. Well worth a watch.
But I'm a fan of Joseph Zeng so I'll leave my disappointments behind me and watch, eventually.
I 2x a lot of the air stewardess scenes. I didn't enjoy it either nor the romance aspect.