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IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THIS? WHY????

Seriously,
Been a fan of Korean dramas since 2008 and I am such a trash for Fantasy genres and this just SLAYS everything.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS, thank you for gracing my year, 2022 and a week in 2023 with such an amazing story, amazing cast, and tear-jerking osts. This has been one of the best series for me and will continue to be. ❤️

I will forever be grateful to have known this series and become a fully-pledge GO YOUNJUNG & JUNG SO MIN fan.

ALCHEMY OF SOULS,
UNTIL THE END...

🌸💍


(Rating this not just for PART 2 but also PART 1.. You have to watch from season 1 to season 2)

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Cured My Short Attention Span. Lol.

Let me put my thoughts here. This would've been a solid 10/10 if not for that questionable ending. I mean, I'm happy that it's a H.E. but that last episode really left me questioning things but despite that, the journey I had with this drama was amazing and worth the watch still. (I read some comments here before I binge watched this so I really was curious how this series ended before I got to EP1 but since I didn't check the ending first, I really felt like I am being left with an assignment to find out more... Lol)

Okay, let's start with the characters,
I personally think 4/5 of the team was casted perfectly. Everyone except MU DAI's actress. Not a fan of the others but I know Ao Rui Peng would deliver good acting since I have also seen his others works before and I like some of his acting in them. For Mudai, i like her chemistry with Lou Ren overall. I'm also fine with the romance blossoming in here even without kissing scenes which I personally think 1 kiss on a crucial moment would've been nice but I do know the actress doesn't do that. Nevertheless, they did the romance aspect quite good. Subtle and it doesn't take the main theme of the story.

However, my issue with her is when I need her to be acting her heart out sometimes, she doesn't do that. Again, ON SOME PARTS. If you've watched the series fully, I feel like some of you here would agree with me. She still did great but I guess there was this one episode I wanted her to really showcase her acting skills but I was left with just blank expression at that part but anyway, I guess for this genre it's not going to be a big deal.

As for the PLOT, I rarely watch Cdramas (especially modern ones) that I didn't have to skip or speed up. Every scene makes me want to pay attention even more in case I would miss out on details..so it definitely got me watching continuously because every end of episodes, they'd leave me hanging so of course, I'd want to start the next episode right away. It's really good! However, there were episodes that felt lacking and it did feel like the magic and mystery that the 1st 5 episodes gave were missing.. but still the story progressed quite good. Just leaves me now to the ending part.

What was the ending even about?
With All that build up, you would expect an intense fight just like how the fight happened with the 6th omen lady.. maybe even more intense considering how amazing the story in the 1st 5 episodes delivered but it was just really lacking in so many ways. For someone that's so called the leader of the omens, I'd expect an intense battle to have the 5 descendants comply with his wishes but no.. instead we just got to the illusions and then after these leads were out, it's like that's just it..

So overall, it felt like discovering a really good show with super incredible pacing and stories in it to be met with a questionable ending. Like yeah, it's HAPPY. I'm happy with them too but there are questions left Unawered for me.

P.S. I expected the chicken to have some important significance in the show actually considering the shadow appeared as phoenix but it also ended up just being a "warmer" on a crucial time when everyone's still in the illusion and while they're all in the mountain during the snowstorm. I find it weird but they could've utilise that chicken better aside from being the warmer and plucking out omen 6's eye (a.k.a the omen itself)

Anyway, that's all. This is still such a solid watch but don't expect too much on the ending I guess. Just enjoy the story build up and be happy It's a happy ending.

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