Sirenas

The series was just entertaining enough for me to have completed it but I decided to drop it to move on to another. It really already started faltering a bit for me after the first few episodes, when all the characters personalities does too large of a shift in attempt to soften up the tone. Here are the positives followed by the negatives that watered them down.

- The cast is quite good with some interesting characters but there isn't enough depth to really solidify an attachment to anyone.
- While there isn't a distaste for the ML, they did portray him in a confusing way. One minute, he's this genius who can see 10 steps ahead and the next, he's just missing in action. He continuously talks so confidently about what he can handle but ends up just using someone's life to survive. I can deal with this if this was part of his plan, but it isn't if he's slightly moping about the sacrifices. And if he's fated to use others lives to survive, it would have been better if he showed some humbleness in his opinions about his abilities and maybe grow from it.
- The main plot itself is relatively intriguing and I actually really do appreciate that the "genius strategists" doesn't always succeed. But the are too many large plot holes that are left unanswered and the pacing is too overdrawn for it to be overlooked smoothly.
- I also appreciate the hinting towards who the future emperor will be and how this journey is a harsh but needed reality check and growth phase for him. But his character growth felt more like a double personality disorder which ironically could also make more sense given his background.

This really did have a ton of potential because there are a lot of positives and there is a good base of complexity. If it was just woven together better with focuses on being more detailed instead of drawn out conversations, it would have been great.