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this drama is hot mess!!
it's really hard to rate this drama. even thou it isn't bad the drama itself makes it hard to like it.the pacing is all wrong, the main plot gets lost in the sauce, some characters actions don't make any sense.
basic plot: the entire world inhabited by humans, demon and immortal deyates are after the Yuli springs which grants immortality. in other to access the spring water, one must look for the 8 pieces of a magical mirror.
that's were the story starts and where it ends , but the middle part is a whole mess.
we quickly put aside this mission and get lost in endless "quest focused" episodes.
main observations
The dynamic between characters are forced. The start of this love story doesn't make any sense. The 2 main leads are at best acquaintances but the plot wants to see us they falling in love. If you just skip this step, you'll enjoy the drama even though the actors don't have "couple vibes" but "friends vibes".
Same thing for the soldier guy. His only encounter with Xiao Yao is at the military office where he sees her as scammer. Later in the episodes she just flees away and later we are supposed to believe is respects her as a " kind person".. sorry...but when did this happen?😅
Adding to the strange dynamics between characters, Dali revolting against Xiao Yao doesn't make any sense. The was no foreshadowing of this conflict..it just appeared.
She was the one who volunteer to save the demonic Lord with Xiao Yao...
Ep 20: we are halfway through the drama and the main mission, finding the mirror pieces is on hold... They managed to obtain 2 pieces... Until now there is a lot of side quests but a main fil Rouge is missing. Where is this drama going?
Ep 28: the drama has lost the plot. We make 2 steps forward with the main plot and waste episodes on episodes on side quests. Xiao Yao went back in time to collect the primordial spirit of the demon King... Was are they doing? Solving crimes around town. Side stories no one cares about.
This drama started out with endless people looking for the immortality spring and 3/4 into the stories no one is really talking about it, they collect 2 pieces of the mirror so far. 2 pieces...
Hong he is such a boring character.
Pace is uneven. Everything happens at once or nothing happens at all.
The more the drama progreses the more I dislike the main FL. I get that you love Hong he but she treats everyone else like shit when Hong he is involved.
This drama is basically them falling In love because of "kindness" towards one another and eating noodles.
episode 40:
I am finally done with this drama. man, what a mess.
if would have been better to watch to first 10 episode and the last 10. everything in between is basically filler .
the last 5ish episodes cointain all the important information about this drama and we're still hard to swallow.
the only completely positive thing for me is the cat character. he is just too lovable.
watch this drama only if you have endless patience and don't care about coherence.
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a different slow paced drama
I was really curious about this drama because I didn't watch many others mixed up with animation characters and from that point of view I wasn't disappointed.Yumi's cells is a drama centered around the protagonist' love Life. we follow her around and see what happens inside of her during all the important or emotional relevant experience throughout life.
the little cells that control Yumi are really well characterized. they have a peculiar personality and style and are by far my favourite part of this drama.
I sometimes loved the animated part more over the "real life" ones.
to be honest, the main protagonist is kinda bland. she's not that interesting and does not have any peculiarity. her interaction with other characters are full of meaningless things, she's the quiet one and doesn't say anything of substance, but miraculously her friends all adore her.
the male leader was slightly better. he had a better defined personality and traits. but he was also annoying at times.
what I didn't like about this drama is that even though the portrait of a love relationship was pretty realistic, many of the conflicts between the protagonists were easily solvable. It was a frustrating experience watching them struggle through easy and light issues.
the drama is slow paced and lacks a strong " plot line". it a nice tell of a love story filled with reality.
overall I liked. the ending was fine and realistic.
if you like plot twist and tension that's not he drama for you, but if you enjoy sweet moments, more realistic portraits of life, Yumi's cell is definitely your cup of tea.
the cell animation is hilarious.
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