Guys, at this point, I've been waiting for this drama for over a year. I really hope we will all like it and it…
Ngl, I waited so long for this that I straight-up went ahead and read the novel (simplified chinese ver. for the OG sauce). It was pretty good I'd say. If you're impatient, just read the book...it's gonna (arguably) be better than the show anyways, taking some of the leaks into consideration, lol.
I genuinely think the first 8 episodes is some of the best kdrama we've ever seen. Perfect pacing + intensity with tremendous amounts of world-building.
Episode 1-8 by themselves would be number 1 on my top-10 list lol. If only season 2 was as good as season 1 ep 1-8...that would've been so good.
It's kinda hard to explain in English but uh...in the book, Wu Miao loves to use 'special bugs' which serves various kinds of purposes (e.g. Emotional / psychological manipulation) and her power is complete control and dominance over the entire species of 'special bugs', which is why she is the 'divine priestess' as she is the only one in like 100 years to fully master that power. Once-in-a-generation kinda thing. There's a ton more about it in the book but none of that is in the show so treat everything I just said as yapping
8.1 is lowkey really low considering how good the show actually is
(also, looking back, I still think episode 9 is absolute cinema)
(also also, as someone who's finished the entire book, the only complaint I have is that she isn't using any of her cool powers from the book...well, at least 25 episodes in, or maybe the show version of Jiang Si just doesn't have special powers...? It's lowkey strange that she isn't using them even in life-or-death situations...does she even have powers?)
Got to episode 31 and honestly, listening to 品冠 - 未尽 and reading the lyrics just makes me feel sad, reading some of the subtle hints of spoilers makes me lowkey extremely worried about the potential sad ending. Should I be worried? I'm honestly torn between moving forward and stopping temporarily. What if Su Yi Shui takes way too long to get his memories back? What if Mu Qing Ge never returns to full power at any point in the story?
EP20: "I feel like you've changed a little bit...seems familiar"
Ngl, the actress portrayed the *slight* change in AURA very very well. Like, she actually didn't do anything special, or even anything that different from usual, but you can FEEL that something is different. Really nice actually.
Watching this shortly after Fangs of Fortune is a weird experience lol
every 5 minutes: "Wait, I recognize this exact house, this is where Ju Yan got shot" "Wait I recognize this village" "Wait I recognize this exact place" x5000
I switched to reading the novel after Ep 10 and recently came back, although I prefer the novel for the most part, they nailed Ep 15. That was pretty good.
But yeah, Lin An is so much better in the novel...
"bruh the amount of pure aurafarming she's doing is CRAZY"
Episode 1-8 by themselves would be number 1 on my top-10 list lol. If only season 2 was as good as season 1 ep 1-8...that would've been so good.
I wonder if I should even read the book to prepare for Cheng Yi's S3...
(also, looking back, I still think episode 9 is absolute cinema)
(also also, as someone who's finished the entire book, the only complaint I have is that she isn't using any of her cool powers from the book...well, at least 25 episodes in, or maybe the show version of Jiang Si just doesn't have special powers...? It's lowkey strange that she isn't using them even in life-or-death situations...does she even have powers?)
Bruh...I've been waiting for Mu Qing Ge at 100% for so long and now we have to start from less than zero...
Ngl, the actress portrayed the *slight* change in AURA very very well. Like, she actually didn't do anything special, or even anything that different from usual, but you can FEEL that something is different. Really nice actually.
Ayo, don't you have that fantastic spell that stops people from saying certain things? That's like the magic equivalent of a PERFECT NDA lol.
every 5 minutes: "Wait, I recognize this exact house, this is where Ju Yan got shot"
"Wait I recognize this village" "Wait I recognize this exact place" x5000
But yeah, Lin An is so much better in the novel...
If you know your opponent is gonna use a knife, why not at the very least prepare a SWORD?