I did not like the ending that much. I really disliked how open it was. Its another case of the story being too strong and not knowing how to resolve everything they built up to. Regardless if its a good or sad ending, things need to be resolved.
Also thought it was annoying how they could have resolved everything easily by just killing the priestess, but instead they let her take her sweet time to ruin everything.
Bu Ja
I loved her, but hated how things ended for her. Nothing really resolved. She did not get her justice, her whole arc was thrown away, she never got to really see her mom herself or anything. What a let down, why bother wasting time on her character if you will deliver nothing with her?
PK
I am upset he did not end up with Bu Ja, the Sea Prince aka Alice, or the priestess Ahn Sa Yeong. His scenes and side story just got tossed aside to. Things were pretty unfair for him. No he is alone with no one. He got screwed. I dont even like him as a character too and I can tell he got shafted from lazy writing.
Prince/Alice
Literally died for no reason, nothing expanded on their character. Existed for no reason really. I blame the writing honestly.
Priestess- Ahn Sa Yeong
She was good and cared for her love but he betrayed her in such a cruel way, so I get why she was so bitter but I felt that no one bothered trying to empathize with her. PK tried and she was willing to knock her antics off but the writers made him disregard her so she never really got her own justice or punishment really. PK killing her was cruel for PK also. She deserved to be loved. Instead Bu Ja, herself, and PK all got screwed.
Summer Fairy
Another sad one. It was never fully explained with her deal was, it was more of a side note with no effort. She dies, again for a dumb reason, and thats it. No being reborn or anything happy or bad. Just end of character. Its lazy.
Princess Iron Fan
Same thing as Summer Fairy. Though it did at least get resolved and a fleshed out story which I appreciate. I do not consider it a sad or bad ending, nor a good and happy one. But I did like it simply because her conclusion exists. I do wish she at least got to see Ma Wang and her son once though.
Ma Wang
Love this guy. Sucks though he can never tell his son who he is. Why would the son be punished? Heavens are really incompetent but nothing comes of it. Again I blame the writing, trying to be grand and epic with the story telling but without the effort. Its just weird. Great character though along with his loyal dog assistant. Love the bromance between him and Son Oh Gong
Jin Seon Mi
Dead and suffers her whole life because everyone is so incompetent and dumb. Unresolved ending and fate with a shoehorned crappy ending in the last few minutes. What an injustice. And why go to the underworld? She didnt do anything wrong. I hope its just poor translation error on the subbers or its correct but the meaning of the word is different in SK than in the US.
Overall good plot idea but poor execution. Its like they had no time to write it and flesh things out properly, the same way with the acting stunts CGI and the issues that plagued the production because it wasnt pre produced.
Ugh oh well
Still a solid 7/10 for me, though I struggled with not giving it a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. I felt I was being to harsh but idk. The ride was fun but the destination not so much.
Disappointed they did not resolve the sub story with Yeo Jin. I made her scenes with her husband dying and her hyper advanced terminator leg and struggle to find love seem pointless and the last minute betrayal was awkward as hell. Her story went from interesting to completely falling apart to "thats it"
Other than that it was an ok drama. I really like Lee Min Jung and her character too. I especially loved Hwang Bo Ra and her character too. I wish she would be in more dramas.
Didnt live up my expectations I had based on the score and the comments below but I still liked it a lot. Gony Hyo Jin is still my favorite. Everyone acted well.
Is this being subbed as it airs or its going to be a long time before its subbed? Not sure how active Chinese dramas are with subs versus Korean dramas which are very fast and active
A lot of good deserving dramas are missing from here..oh well.
Wish there would have been some honorable mentions so Secret Forest, Voice, Save Me, Go Back Couple, Fight For My Way and some others could at least be represented.
Also thought it was annoying how they could have resolved everything easily by just killing the priestess, but instead they let her take her sweet time to ruin everything.
Bu Ja
I loved her, but hated how things ended for her. Nothing really resolved. She did not get her justice, her whole arc was thrown away, she never got to really see her mom herself or anything. What a let down, why bother wasting time on her character if you will deliver nothing with her?
PK
I am upset he did not end up with Bu Ja, the Sea Prince aka Alice, or the priestess Ahn Sa Yeong. His scenes and side story just got tossed aside to. Things were pretty unfair for him. No he is alone with no one. He got screwed. I dont even like him as a character too and I can tell he got shafted from lazy writing.
Prince/Alice
Literally died for no reason, nothing expanded on their character. Existed for no reason really. I blame the writing honestly.
Priestess- Ahn Sa Yeong
She was good and cared for her love but he betrayed her in such a cruel way, so I get why she was so bitter but I felt that no one bothered trying to empathize with her. PK tried and she was willing to knock her antics off but the writers made him disregard her so she never really got her own justice or punishment really. PK killing her was cruel for PK also. She deserved to be loved. Instead Bu Ja, herself, and PK all got screwed.
Summer Fairy
Another sad one. It was never fully explained with her deal was, it was more of a side note with no effort. She dies, again for a dumb reason, and thats it. No being reborn or anything happy or bad. Just end of character. Its lazy.
Princess Iron Fan
Same thing as Summer Fairy. Though it did at least get resolved and a fleshed out story which I appreciate. I do not consider it a sad or bad ending, nor a good and happy one. But I did like it simply because her conclusion exists. I do wish she at least got to see Ma Wang and her son once though.
Ma Wang
Love this guy. Sucks though he can never tell his son who he is. Why would the son be punished? Heavens are really incompetent but nothing comes of it. Again I blame the writing, trying to be grand and epic with the story telling but without the effort. Its just weird. Great character though along with his loyal dog assistant. Love the bromance between him and Son Oh Gong
Jin Seon Mi
Dead and suffers her whole life because everyone is so incompetent and dumb. Unresolved ending and fate with a shoehorned crappy ending in the last few minutes. What an injustice. And why go to the underworld? She didnt do anything wrong. I hope its just poor translation error on the subbers or its correct but the meaning of the word is different in SK than in the US.
Overall good plot idea but poor execution. Its like they had no time to write it and flesh things out properly, the same way with the acting stunts CGI and the issues that plagued the production because it wasnt pre produced.
Ugh oh well
Still a solid 7/10 for me, though I struggled with not giving it a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. I felt I was being to harsh but idk. The ride was fun but the destination not so much.
Other than that it was an ok drama. I really like Lee Min Jung and her character too. I especially loved Hwang Bo Ra and her character too. I wish she would be in more dramas.
Wish there would have been some honorable mentions so Secret Forest, Voice, Save Me, Go Back Couple, Fight For My Way and some others could at least be represented.
Goblin ate everything up!