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What A Gem!
Someone tell me, How does one even start to review a masterpiece?!!! This drama is such a gem among the many dramas of the year. Everything in it deserves a chef's kiss.
The synopsis doesn't do justice to the fully immersive world that this drama creates. The world building is just on another level. The plot armor was solid from the start to the end. It is so wholesome that you would have to be very picky to notice anything amiss. I just loved how they fleshed out all the characters, villains and heroes alike. Everyone's story was so seamlessly organic for a fictional world in a transmigration trope. I enjoyed how much thought they put in the villains and the ends they all met such that by the end of the drama all loose ends are tied up nicely. Some parts of the story seemed repetitive, but considering the major villains weren't changing, you can't possibly expect anything new out of their plotting to get SJ's blood. Even the ML said so himself!
The growth of the main characters was also organic and very refreshing to watch. The FL stayed true to her true character from having lived in the modern world and true to her word, just takes it as a vacation from her everyday life - a true salted fish. The fact that she doesn't need to change who she is for other people and doesn't impose her ideologies on other people who couldn't relate to her thought process was a plus in my books. She instead communicates her thoughts and lets other people decide for themselves what to do. This worked perfectly with the ML's setting, bringing warmth and the drive to evolve from his desolate life.
The romance... Oh! The romance! It was just so beautifully delivered. The skinship! The palyfulness! Chef's kiss - Mwaah! It was so simple, so beautiful, so deep, so pure and so refreshing. There were no messy love triangles, and unnecesary misunderstandings to make the romance murky, and it was such a good call from the directors/producers. The plotting was left to the villains and counterattacks. They have just proved that open communication can make such a drama even more romantic than the usual angst or push and pull you would expect. It makes you fall in love with the bubble it creates around them that other people can't penetrate.
Overall, the drama is amazing, an absolute must watch! We absolutely deserve a filler episode of the main couple in the modern world, but the ending is acceptable.
The synopsis doesn't do justice to the fully immersive world that this drama creates. The world building is just on another level. The plot armor was solid from the start to the end. It is so wholesome that you would have to be very picky to notice anything amiss. I just loved how they fleshed out all the characters, villains and heroes alike. Everyone's story was so seamlessly organic for a fictional world in a transmigration trope. I enjoyed how much thought they put in the villains and the ends they all met such that by the end of the drama all loose ends are tied up nicely. Some parts of the story seemed repetitive, but considering the major villains weren't changing, you can't possibly expect anything new out of their plotting to get SJ's blood. Even the ML said so himself!
The growth of the main characters was also organic and very refreshing to watch. The FL stayed true to her true character from having lived in the modern world and true to her word, just takes it as a vacation from her everyday life - a true salted fish. The fact that she doesn't need to change who she is for other people and doesn't impose her ideologies on other people who couldn't relate to her thought process was a plus in my books. She instead communicates her thoughts and lets other people decide for themselves what to do. This worked perfectly with the ML's setting, bringing warmth and the drive to evolve from his desolate life.
The romance... Oh! The romance! It was just so beautifully delivered. The skinship! The palyfulness! Chef's kiss - Mwaah! It was so simple, so beautiful, so deep, so pure and so refreshing. There were no messy love triangles, and unnecesary misunderstandings to make the romance murky, and it was such a good call from the directors/producers. The plotting was left to the villains and counterattacks. They have just proved that open communication can make such a drama even more romantic than the usual angst or push and pull you would expect. It makes you fall in love with the bubble it creates around them that other people can't penetrate.
Overall, the drama is amazing, an absolute must watch! We absolutely deserve a filler episode of the main couple in the modern world, but the ending is acceptable.
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