Surprisingly Very Well Done
I like Zhou Ye (He Yan) and i haven’t seen many of Ryan Cheng dramas so i can’t really speak to his past work. I usually read bad reviews prior to watching a Drama that i typically like the leads to see what audiences are thinking and if it’s really that bad. I am here to tell you that this is top 10 of 2025, top 5 historical dramas this year. I have been trying to be organized when i write reviews that audiences might read. I generally grade based on the ratings criteria.
Story: The story is similar but different than Mulan. I actually liked it better than Mulan even though the actress that played the last Mulan is one of the top actresses in China. This story was much better and had more deaf/details to it which could be due to it being a series instead of a movie.
Acting/Cast: Excellent casting and everyone played their role well. The NEGATIVE her is the lead actress acting as a man. The Director didn’t really change He Yan’s look, like shorten her hair, harden her face or make her seem like a man so this may have thrown audiences off the first 10 episodes. Once they got past this part of the story and it wasn’t really about gender, but fighting, it was all top notch.
Music: Excellent and not over the top like a lot of dramas.
Rewatch Value: Would absolutely rewatch to see some of the details I may have missed. Surprisedly there was a good ending and last 5 episodes.
Overall: IMO, outstanding series that kept me wanting the next episode. The fight scenes, especial with He Yan was some of the most beautiful scenes since Journey of Love and I would even say Crouching Tiger. They were not as physical looking as the two i mentioned above but the choreograph of the scenes were outstanding sticking to the same style for He Yan throughout the series. One thing I like is that they didn’t do to much poisoning the leads then have them fight while sick like a lot of historical dramas. If they got poisoned they recovered then had a big fight or war.
MUST SEE!!!
Story: The story is similar but different than Mulan. I actually liked it better than Mulan even though the actress that played the last Mulan is one of the top actresses in China. This story was much better and had more deaf/details to it which could be due to it being a series instead of a movie.
Acting/Cast: Excellent casting and everyone played their role well. The NEGATIVE her is the lead actress acting as a man. The Director didn’t really change He Yan’s look, like shorten her hair, harden her face or make her seem like a man so this may have thrown audiences off the first 10 episodes. Once they got past this part of the story and it wasn’t really about gender, but fighting, it was all top notch.
Music: Excellent and not over the top like a lot of dramas.
Rewatch Value: Would absolutely rewatch to see some of the details I may have missed. Surprisedly there was a good ending and last 5 episodes.
Overall: IMO, outstanding series that kept me wanting the next episode. The fight scenes, especial with He Yan was some of the most beautiful scenes since Journey of Love and I would even say Crouching Tiger. They were not as physical looking as the two i mentioned above but the choreograph of the scenes were outstanding sticking to the same style for He Yan throughout the series. One thing I like is that they didn’t do to much poisoning the leads then have them fight while sick like a lot of historical dramas. If they got poisoned they recovered then had a big fight or war.
MUST SEE!!!
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