Beautiful story with a little bit of blandness to it.
So this is a Cdrama that was recommended to me because it was apparently similar to Glory so I gave it a try. After watching I can definitely say that I like it however I wouldn't say that Its better at least to my taste. As someone who likes watching family dramas, I really like the story on this one however I'm gonna be honest, its a little bland and but without faults.. Not the story specifically but rather the execution of it.
First off, the reason why I say its a little bland is because there seems to be a lack of osts and background music. They will really only play an ost whenever its the most very very very important part. I mean its not bad tho, ig it helps you in a way to focus on the story more? but there were a lot of scenes where I thought to myself would be better had it had a music in the background playing to intensify the scene.
Secondly, the story really liked to dance between serious and comical scenes. Whenever a scene is supposed to be serious they try to make it as something funny which I didn't really like especially during the first few eps of watching it.
Thirdly, I don't know if its just me but the time skip was the most confusing sht ever. Not the story but trying to know who is who was just a headache. Especially when they added more characters and some of them looked alike and some of them also had the same titles like "Second brother", "Zecheng", "Zesheng". I literally had to go check the character list and research who is who. Well, I did manage to get past it even though at some point I was mistaking Gu Tingye for Sheng Changbai lol and kid Changbai as the other illegitimate kid who lost to kid Tingye. Ig I was face blind since this is the first time I'm seeing this actors/actresses? like one point I also mistook the father of Ming lan as father of Gu Tingye and was wondering why he was punishing Changbai, turns out its Gu Tingye he's punishing and the scene is at the house of Gu. I was at a mess trying to find out who is who, it all clicked after few eps tho lmao.
Well, those are some faults that really got to me. There is also the ending with the 4th sister Mo Lan which I didnt like but I'm not gonna spoil it. Overall, really enjoyed this drama. I'd give a 9/10.
First off, the reason why I say its a little bland is because there seems to be a lack of osts and background music. They will really only play an ost whenever its the most very very very important part. I mean its not bad tho, ig it helps you in a way to focus on the story more? but there were a lot of scenes where I thought to myself would be better had it had a music in the background playing to intensify the scene.
Secondly, the story really liked to dance between serious and comical scenes. Whenever a scene is supposed to be serious they try to make it as something funny which I didn't really like especially during the first few eps of watching it.
Thirdly, I don't know if its just me but the time skip was the most confusing sht ever. Not the story but trying to know who is who was just a headache. Especially when they added more characters and some of them looked alike and some of them also had the same titles like "Second brother", "Zecheng", "Zesheng". I literally had to go check the character list and research who is who. Well, I did manage to get past it even though at some point I was mistaking Gu Tingye for Sheng Changbai lol and kid Changbai as the other illegitimate kid who lost to kid Tingye. Ig I was face blind since this is the first time I'm seeing this actors/actresses? like one point I also mistook the father of Ming lan as father of Gu Tingye and was wondering why he was punishing Changbai, turns out its Gu Tingye he's punishing and the scene is at the house of Gu. I was at a mess trying to find out who is who, it all clicked after few eps tho lmao.
Well, those are some faults that really got to me. There is also the ending with the 4th sister Mo Lan which I didnt like but I'm not gonna spoil it. Overall, really enjoyed this drama. I'd give a 9/10.
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