XianXia With Refreshing Elements: Love Rooted Through Two Lives!
It was such a captivating drama that I literally binged the whole drama. It was a pleasant watch overall!PLOT
It follows typical XianXia tropes but with refreshing twists. It's the first time I had seen a C-drama pull out an Uno reverse card on master-student dynamic, but it really made the story more enjoyable. However, the plot twist is predictable. It was so blatantly obvious I figured it out in the early episodes. The double amnesia trope is really irritating! And the endgame was really underwhelming (due to lack of viewer/reader emotional connection with the villain and poor acting skills of the cast). The plot definitely has some loose points, but it serves just satisfactorily overall.
ACTING
Only Deng Wei truly understood his character and portrayed it excellently. Julia Xiang's acting is just okay. It feels like in some scenes, she didn't know what expression to express (which makes me believe she didn't really have a deep understanding of her character). When both of them are acting in one scene, her lack of skills makes it more obvious. Her acting is amateur, while Deng Wei's acting skills seem more polished. Of course, both of them still have a lot of room for improvement and have the potential. However, supporting actors barely tried, and it sort of ruined the quality of the drama. Especially Zhang Wei Na has a long way to go. Wishing the best for the whole cast!
CONCLUSION
Despite the flaws, it is an enjoyable good drama. Don't hesitate; give it a watch!
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MY SHAYLA ?
Science fiction having crossover with Xianxia was breath of fresh air and well portrayed. I love how unique and complex the characters were crafted. The story itself was complex which definitely became a challenge to squeeze in 40 episodes. It was pretty evident that many important arces had been cut out.And honestly the main couple had no chemistry. Ah-Shei's character is badly portrayed (I heard they deleted a lot of her scenes) and Lin Yun looked sleepy most of time in her scenes.
In conclusion, the cinematography and overall drama was a chef kiss!
Luo Yunxi roles never disappoint! This is my new angst roman empire!
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Why is revenage story romance focused?
As someone who had waited for this drama throughout its filming I'm very disappointed with the outcome!!!The story had so much potential but it was all flushed down the drain by focusing on the romance instead of her revenage. It's main focus was supposed to be revenage but they ruined it just to boost the ratings. The plotline overall was also mid, very generic and predictable.
This could had been way better!
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