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A Perfect Story About Enemies To Lovers
The Prisoner of Beauty is not a revenge story, but a romance story focusing on two rivaling clans.
The Qiao Clan betrayed the Wei State resulting in the deaths of three generations: The grandfather, father, and older brother of our male lead, Wei Shao.
Wei Shao (Lu YuNing)was introduced into the drama as a very cold, heartless general of the state. He looked like someone who stop at nothing to revenge the tragic loss of his family members. Meanwhile, the female lead from the Qiao Clan, Xiao Qiao aka Man Man (Song Zuer) is more of a neutral bridge between the two families. She heard stories from her grandfather, whom she was extremely close with, and understood his decision. Yet she also understands why Wei Shao is full of hatred for her clan.
i think the character development between the two leads was done wonderfully. Wei Shao learned to let go of hatred when he realizes Manman isn't biased towards her clan, but protective of the people. They value the people and swear to always put them first. Wei Shao slowly grew to love ManMan's strengths and weaknesses. However, despite the prior development he is extremely slow in the romance department. We had two episodes of him being clueless and oblivious towards Manman's hints. It was a major facepalm moment, but hilarious nonetheless.
Man Man's character was a little timid initially because she was marrying into the enemies' territory. However, she is a clever female lead with the ability to strategize to save herself and her family. Granted, it's not always perfect but that just shows no human is perfect. Man Man is able to win people over with her geniunity and that's what I love about her. Despite being hated by the Wei family, the whole state, she still shows kindness and never waver in her intelligence. She's able to prove the Wei Family that they won't regret this marriage by helping Wei Shao in his many military turmoils.
The Secondary couple, Xiao Tan and Wei Liang were very cute together, and I really enjoy watching these two banter back and forth. It's so funny how Wei Liang knew more about romance than Wei Shao. LOL But alas..
Anyways, I think what kept this drama at the top, for me at the very least, is the good pacing throughout the show, the slow but natural development of romantic feelings and care between the leads. The growing support Man Man received from her enemies, and so on. I personally thought the humor was quite hilarious as well. The acting was amazing. This is Song Zu Er second drama since her comeback and boy did she deliver! Many of her microexpressions had me laughing my ass off, I really enjoy watching her act because of how natural she is. Granted, I've been a fan of hers since The Bond. As for Liu Yu Ning, this is my second drama of his, I think he is very charismatic despite the jabs at his appearance. He played his character very well, acting is average, not phenomenal, but not bad. He also displayed some microexpressions, but Song Zu Er just does it better - then again she is very experienced. Overall, the acting was great in this drama; although the grandma had me question why she has a blank face sometimes... lol
Would I recommend this drama? Definitely! If you enjoy romance, a bit of humor, good acting, great character developments, and military tactic dramas, then yes I recommend this drama. Just remember, this is focused mainly on romance, not revenge.
Is there a happy ending? Yes
The Qiao Clan betrayed the Wei State resulting in the deaths of three generations: The grandfather, father, and older brother of our male lead, Wei Shao.
Wei Shao (Lu YuNing)was introduced into the drama as a very cold, heartless general of the state. He looked like someone who stop at nothing to revenge the tragic loss of his family members. Meanwhile, the female lead from the Qiao Clan, Xiao Qiao aka Man Man (Song Zuer) is more of a neutral bridge between the two families. She heard stories from her grandfather, whom she was extremely close with, and understood his decision. Yet she also understands why Wei Shao is full of hatred for her clan.
i think the character development between the two leads was done wonderfully. Wei Shao learned to let go of hatred when he realizes Manman isn't biased towards her clan, but protective of the people. They value the people and swear to always put them first. Wei Shao slowly grew to love ManMan's strengths and weaknesses. However, despite the prior development he is extremely slow in the romance department. We had two episodes of him being clueless and oblivious towards Manman's hints. It was a major facepalm moment, but hilarious nonetheless.
Man Man's character was a little timid initially because she was marrying into the enemies' territory. However, she is a clever female lead with the ability to strategize to save herself and her family. Granted, it's not always perfect but that just shows no human is perfect. Man Man is able to win people over with her geniunity and that's what I love about her. Despite being hated by the Wei family, the whole state, she still shows kindness and never waver in her intelligence. She's able to prove the Wei Family that they won't regret this marriage by helping Wei Shao in his many military turmoils.
The Secondary couple, Xiao Tan and Wei Liang were very cute together, and I really enjoy watching these two banter back and forth. It's so funny how Wei Liang knew more about romance than Wei Shao. LOL But alas..
Anyways, I think what kept this drama at the top, for me at the very least, is the good pacing throughout the show, the slow but natural development of romantic feelings and care between the leads. The growing support Man Man received from her enemies, and so on. I personally thought the humor was quite hilarious as well. The acting was amazing. This is Song Zu Er second drama since her comeback and boy did she deliver! Many of her microexpressions had me laughing my ass off, I really enjoy watching her act because of how natural she is. Granted, I've been a fan of hers since The Bond. As for Liu Yu Ning, this is my second drama of his, I think he is very charismatic despite the jabs at his appearance. He played his character very well, acting is average, not phenomenal, but not bad. He also displayed some microexpressions, but Song Zu Er just does it better - then again she is very experienced. Overall, the acting was great in this drama; although the grandma had me question why she has a blank face sometimes... lol
Would I recommend this drama? Definitely! If you enjoy romance, a bit of humor, good acting, great character developments, and military tactic dramas, then yes I recommend this drama. Just remember, this is focused mainly on romance, not revenge.
Is there a happy ending? Yes
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