Brothers for Life.
Zichuan Xiu is one of the 3 great generals of Zichuan known as Flower of Xichuan due to his mischievousnous and cunning. He is aided by his 3 loyal subordinates, Lou Jie, Lu Ming and Baichuan. Some time in his teenagehood, he was accused for something not diclosed, hence exiled to Yuanzhou, where made his name as a promising commander, though much to Zichuan clan’s leader disdain, Zichuan Canxing due to disapproval of ML’s close relationship with his niece and heir of the clan, Zichuan Ning. Xiu batallion had just scored big victory in a battle against North Clan, and he was called back to the Capital in the name of receiving reward, but in reality to eliminate him as potential threat. Facing the impending rebellion planned by Yang Minghua the minister of war, ML with the help of his 2 sworn brothers Dilin and Si Yilin made their move to counter this and later North Clan’s invasion of Yuanzhou.
ML always shows a mischievous and reckless front, but everything he does usually has an outcome he desires. This smoke screen of having people see him as incompetent, reckless fool actually made his hidden enemies let their guard down that in turn makes it easy for ML to outmaneouvre them. His methods are unconventional, giving off the idea that he was fooling around and doing shady business that always get misunderstood by his deputy commander Baichuan, ending up getting reprimanded and questioned by Baichuan the moment she felt that he was straying off their main course. Although ML looked like a loose cannon and nobody really takes him seriously other than his sworn brothers and his childhood sweetheart Zichuan Ning, he is actually very intelligent and meticulous leader who knows how to manipulate, strategize and make use of the people around him to serve his purpose. On top of it, he has a clear conscience with a genuinely good heart, and isnt as ruthless and cruel as Dilin, so he never actually manipulate people in a bad way to make them in the losing end. His manipulation actually brings the better side of these people instead.
As for his sworn brothers, the other 2 of the 3 great generals of Zichuan are Di Lin, the ruthless Executioner of the Battlefield, and Si Yilin, a very honest and upright man who knows only Black and White and nothing in the middle.
Zichuan Ning is ML’s love interest, they grew up together as ML was adopted by Ning’s father at a very young age. But because of ML’s dubious background, he never felt he was good enough for Ning, especially when the clan leader disapproves of their relationship. Ning is a very sheltered young lady who has never known any hardship at all. She was raised to become the next leader of the clan, hence her future husband should be of similar status, which sidelines ML. She is spoilt by both her uncle, and ML. It is rare that I come to like a character as dense and childish as Ning, but somehow her rash antics of always chasing after ML is entertaining and understandable even. I never likes this type of cutesy, bratty, rash, weak female character, but somehow i felt her character is hard to hate especially when she treats Princess Ka Dan with sincerity. I somehow ship her relationship with ML, but I have a feeling they might not end up together. It’s frustrating that I can’t find the novel’s translation.
My favourite character is Baichuan, a very straight forward and honest young woman, she is like the one who keeps ML in check. I feel that she is like a protective big sister looking out for a little brother who always gets in trouble every chance he’s let out into the world. She would not put up with his nonsense antics but would always be the one to help him whenever he is in a tight spot.
The flow of the story is rather slow paced as political struggle is a major part of the plot, so i don’t mind doing things in between episodes, unlike other engaging shows that makes it hard for me to put down the phone. The ambience is kinda broody-gloomy like My Journey to You. The action is nice to watch though, and the relationship between ML and his sworn brothers and his 3 deputies are really fun to watch.
The songs are rather nice and kinda lingers in my head too. They made a good job in that department. The costumes are nice, not too showy and dangly. Overall its a good show and quite memorable.
ML always shows a mischievous and reckless front, but everything he does usually has an outcome he desires. This smoke screen of having people see him as incompetent, reckless fool actually made his hidden enemies let their guard down that in turn makes it easy for ML to outmaneouvre them. His methods are unconventional, giving off the idea that he was fooling around and doing shady business that always get misunderstood by his deputy commander Baichuan, ending up getting reprimanded and questioned by Baichuan the moment she felt that he was straying off their main course. Although ML looked like a loose cannon and nobody really takes him seriously other than his sworn brothers and his childhood sweetheart Zichuan Ning, he is actually very intelligent and meticulous leader who knows how to manipulate, strategize and make use of the people around him to serve his purpose. On top of it, he has a clear conscience with a genuinely good heart, and isnt as ruthless and cruel as Dilin, so he never actually manipulate people in a bad way to make them in the losing end. His manipulation actually brings the better side of these people instead.
As for his sworn brothers, the other 2 of the 3 great generals of Zichuan are Di Lin, the ruthless Executioner of the Battlefield, and Si Yilin, a very honest and upright man who knows only Black and White and nothing in the middle.
Zichuan Ning is ML’s love interest, they grew up together as ML was adopted by Ning’s father at a very young age. But because of ML’s dubious background, he never felt he was good enough for Ning, especially when the clan leader disapproves of their relationship. Ning is a very sheltered young lady who has never known any hardship at all. She was raised to become the next leader of the clan, hence her future husband should be of similar status, which sidelines ML. She is spoilt by both her uncle, and ML. It is rare that I come to like a character as dense and childish as Ning, but somehow her rash antics of always chasing after ML is entertaining and understandable even. I never likes this type of cutesy, bratty, rash, weak female character, but somehow i felt her character is hard to hate especially when she treats Princess Ka Dan with sincerity. I somehow ship her relationship with ML, but I have a feeling they might not end up together. It’s frustrating that I can’t find the novel’s translation.
My favourite character is Baichuan, a very straight forward and honest young woman, she is like the one who keeps ML in check. I feel that she is like a protective big sister looking out for a little brother who always gets in trouble every chance he’s let out into the world. She would not put up with his nonsense antics but would always be the one to help him whenever he is in a tight spot.
The flow of the story is rather slow paced as political struggle is a major part of the plot, so i don’t mind doing things in between episodes, unlike other engaging shows that makes it hard for me to put down the phone. The ambience is kinda broody-gloomy like My Journey to You. The action is nice to watch though, and the relationship between ML and his sworn brothers and his 3 deputies are really fun to watch.
The songs are rather nice and kinda lingers in my head too. They made a good job in that department. The costumes are nice, not too showy and dangly. Overall its a good show and quite memorable.
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