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The Legend of Shen Li chinese drama review
Dropped 13/39
The Legend of Shen Li
2 people found this review helpful
by Sirenas
Oct 11, 2024
13 of 39 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 5.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

Long-winded

The beginning few episodes were relatively captivating. The CG work was done pretty well (felt like I was watching video game graphics) and the famous chicken scenes were quite funny. The build-up of the main romantic couple was well-paced before it dipped into fast forward mode. There's nothing negative to say about any of the actors or characters but also nothing outstanding.

After those first few episodes, I found myself fast-forwarding through the endless and repetitive scenes of the couple's interactions. The typical long stares, constant falling into each other's arms, the incessant ways they find reasons to hold hand, and many other standard romance-heavy tropes. Because my interest was peaked enough to want to know the backstory behind our enigma male protagonist, I made the effort to truck on. The series is mostly a mishmash of lighthearted comedy, romance, and drama but without the best flow. And having gone up to episode 13 with almost zero development in the plot and characters, it was time to drop the series.



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