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Beautiful Start But Rocky End
To be honest, I was very conflicted about rating this drama. I absolutely loved the first 30 or so episodes but really felt that the quality of the plot, humour, and pacing of the later episodes to be completely different from the earlier ones. What was initially a captivating and heartfelt plot became shallow and (badly) comedic.
As for the characters...
Listen, I loved the FL. I loved her love for everyone around her, her strength and her compassion. I thought TXW did a great job in her fight scenes - I was convinced she was powerful and she looked every part the soldier. However, I was still not convinced in her presence as a commanding general. I would have loved some sort of montage to actually show her actually living towards this role and title but it just seemed like one day everyone was just falling over her with no real obstacles in the way. However, this is in no part TXW's fault, who I thought absolutely carried this drama, especially during the emotional scenes.
The ML felt more like a complement to the FL, which I have no problems with because this seems to mostly be a FL-centric drama but this also meant I had no emotional attachment to the ML as a person. I did love both of them and their chemistry together but as the plot progressed, I felt they were being overshadowed by the SFL and SML by both relationship development and chemistry.
If I could rate this in parts, I would probably have it as 9.5/10 for the first 30, and 8.5/10 for the last 10. In the end, I settled for something in the middle because despite its shortcomings in the later episodes, I did really enjoy and love everything else, from the production to the acting.
Also, bonus points to the makeup and costume for this drama because while ZLH is a very handsome man, this was 100% his best looking drama to date and I have to admit that my shallow ass would have started watching this just for him and TXW's visuals alone.
As for the characters...
Listen, I loved the FL. I loved her love for everyone around her, her strength and her compassion. I thought TXW did a great job in her fight scenes - I was convinced she was powerful and she looked every part the soldier. However, I was still not convinced in her presence as a commanding general. I would have loved some sort of montage to actually show her actually living towards this role and title but it just seemed like one day everyone was just falling over her with no real obstacles in the way. However, this is in no part TXW's fault, who I thought absolutely carried this drama, especially during the emotional scenes.
The ML felt more like a complement to the FL, which I have no problems with because this seems to mostly be a FL-centric drama but this also meant I had no emotional attachment to the ML as a person. I did love both of them and their chemistry together but as the plot progressed, I felt they were being overshadowed by the SFL and SML by both relationship development and chemistry.
If I could rate this in parts, I would probably have it as 9.5/10 for the first 30, and 8.5/10 for the last 10. In the end, I settled for something in the middle because despite its shortcomings in the later episodes, I did really enjoy and love everything else, from the production to the acting.
Also, bonus points to the makeup and costume for this drama because while ZLH is a very handsome man, this was 100% his best looking drama to date and I have to admit that my shallow ass would have started watching this just for him and TXW's visuals alone.
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