Incompetent Competence

In Chinese dramas, contracts don't really count as much, especially Li YiFeng who's one of China's most wanted A-List actors. As for the rest of the cast, they simply had other priorities in filming and stuff, and couldn't find time for this drama.

I don't understand why Li YiFeng's voice gets dubbed on so much (actually I don't understand the concept of dubbing at all in Chinese dramas). Like, out of 7 Li YiFeng's dramas and/or movies, at least 4 of them had him being dubbed over by the same guy.

Finished the series in RAW, and here are some quick thoughts (know that I am Chinese/Canadian, but my understanding of mandarin isn't as developed as it should be)
1. the beginning (ep 1-6ish) was a bit boring, but it followed the novel so I don't have many complaints.
2. after when the story starts developing around WuJi, it follows the novel correctly and everything is a delight to watch (except for the excessive use of slow-motion and quick close ups)
4. starting from episode 40-44, it didn't make quite a lot of sense to me. Not sure if it's just my lacking of mandarin (for they do use a lot of "cheng yu" and complicated words in those episodes) but it felt a bit strange.
5. around episode 48, the tone and story picks back up again, though the ending is not very satisfying in my opinion.

Overall, I very much liked the series, except for around the last 12-ish episodes, but it's still definitely watchable (and who knows, maybe it's just me and it will make sense with english subs xd ).

Is there only 36 episodes?

Japanese A-List young actors galore xD

It's worth watching in free time. Not extraordinary, but definitely not bad at all.

So let me try to explain to plot here from watching 10-ish minutes of each episodes (8) so far:
From what I can understand, the story focuses on 2 groups of people; the police and the "criminals". The police are trying to catch these criminals while the (main) criminal is trying to murder people (someone?). Both have romance, but one of the groups is hinting towards a bit of BL?
Seems interesting and I think I'll binge it once more episodes come out.

Just a quick note that romance isn't the main focus of the show, but even so I recommend giving it a try.

I stumbled across this and am really confused about the whole thing xD

Leo, Lareina and Karry.
Wonderful cast already. I'm watching this for sure.

1. The trailer looks wonderful
2. A Japanese movie about Chinese history? All in lmao
I know people will be confused about this so; Yes, China and Japan have been on bad terms but that's the countries themselves so the reason this movie exists is because:
1. Most people in both countries feel fairly indifferent towards each other (I'm Chinese and I'm excited that I'm gonna visit Japan soon)
2. It's based on a manga
3. Film makers can do whatever they want.

Edit: ALSo kINDA fAngIrliNG oVer tHE caST. iT's pErFECt

1. Based on a manga
2. Even though the countries themselves have been on bad terms, doesn't mean that the people in the countries hate eachother. (I'm Chinese and I'm very excited that I'll be visiting Japan soon)
3. Film makers can do whatever.
4. Yes, pretty sure there is a fairly large audience in japan anticipating for the movie.

For those thinking if you should watch it, yes! It's absolutely worth it!
It has romance, action, mystery and the general vibe of it feels good.

Just don't put too many expectations. The acting can be decent sometimes, but cringy other times.

Full honesty the trailer is pretty crappy, but the show itself is actually decently good. Not outstanding by any means, but definitely watchable if you're bored.

Thank you!

Somehow gives me "Healer" vibes all over again....

I've recently fallen into the Garo series. I'm liking it a lot lmao (Jinga is best character.)

ah, feels bad~ Hope you pick it back up again

meh. Thank you anyways. At least I understand a bit of Japanese.

Build and Ex-Aid were really good, so it kinda set high standards for Zi-O.
Although Zi-O is currently pretty boring, I hope the last 20 episodes get better.

Also I don't quite understand the whole "periods" and stuff, could someone explain to me? Like, is there gonna be another Kamen Rider series/period after Zi-O?