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The choices we make along the way
Yang Yang is an actor, who's work I'll always check out. While I hope, that he stops being typecasted and will get a chance to diversify his acting abilities in the future, I still love him in these hero roles, he masters so well.
This drama is no exception.
First of all:
The sword fights, the BGM and the cinematography were amazing. Big big compliments to the team, which choreographed these parts. By the sheer amount of fighting in this show that must have been a ginormous chunk of work, and it was excellently done. 👏👏👏👏
It was a pleasure to watch.
The same goes for the actors.
All 3 main leads plus the supporting cast did a great job and had a good chemistry with eo. A special appreciation for our female lead, because she held her own in these martial arts scenes. I was impressed by her. And I loved the casting choice regarding her. Her role is seemingly fragile and timid, but under the surface no wilting flower. The character stood its ground and spoke up, when needed.
Thankfully they didn't push a romantic angle into the storyline. It would have watered down the story and distracted from the main point/question:
How to uphold justice, when the corruption and crime seemed to be overwhelming and the regular system not functioning properly.
Does one start being a vigilante (represented through the Yaksha) and exercise self justice (the comment section was definitely leaning towards that solution with all these kinda bloodthirsty comments to "just kill the guy, he deserves it") or does one take the much more difficult route and uphold the law in form of a legal process with trial and verdict.
The show challenges our protagonists constantly with this conflict and we are witness, how they are struggling to make the right decisions and trying to find the right solution again and again.
And fail sometimes, when pushed to the brink.
As a viewer it is easy to say do this or that. We have no real stakes in the game and see more of the whole picture.
But everyone, who stood in front of a similar situation in real life, knows, how difficult it can be to do the right thing, if the vigilante solution seems so much easier and much more rewarded by society.
So it is no wonder, that our protagonists learned some lessons the hard and bloody way. Lifelong regrets included.
And how they recover, after they took the wrong action. In these moments the dynamic between our 3 leads shone the brightest.
There is a lot of complaining by viewers, that the drama got boring.
I guess, it depends on your expectations and what you see under the surface, when you watch the show.
I loved it from start to finish. Tbh, this drama made me think so much about, how we struggle with the same questions in our daily life.
Do we uphold our moral values under duress? Or are we starting to take shortcuts, even if these erode our values one little sediment after sediment, until the foundation is gone.
This drama is no exception.
First of all:
The sword fights, the BGM and the cinematography were amazing. Big big compliments to the team, which choreographed these parts. By the sheer amount of fighting in this show that must have been a ginormous chunk of work, and it was excellently done. 👏👏👏👏
It was a pleasure to watch.
The same goes for the actors.
All 3 main leads plus the supporting cast did a great job and had a good chemistry with eo. A special appreciation for our female lead, because she held her own in these martial arts scenes. I was impressed by her. And I loved the casting choice regarding her. Her role is seemingly fragile and timid, but under the surface no wilting flower. The character stood its ground and spoke up, when needed.
Thankfully they didn't push a romantic angle into the storyline. It would have watered down the story and distracted from the main point/question:
How to uphold justice, when the corruption and crime seemed to be overwhelming and the regular system not functioning properly.
Does one start being a vigilante (represented through the Yaksha) and exercise self justice (the comment section was definitely leaning towards that solution with all these kinda bloodthirsty comments to "just kill the guy, he deserves it") or does one take the much more difficult route and uphold the law in form of a legal process with trial and verdict.
The show challenges our protagonists constantly with this conflict and we are witness, how they are struggling to make the right decisions and trying to find the right solution again and again.
And fail sometimes, when pushed to the brink.
As a viewer it is easy to say do this or that. We have no real stakes in the game and see more of the whole picture.
But everyone, who stood in front of a similar situation in real life, knows, how difficult it can be to do the right thing, if the vigilante solution seems so much easier and much more rewarded by society.
So it is no wonder, that our protagonists learned some lessons the hard and bloody way. Lifelong regrets included.
And how they recover, after they took the wrong action. In these moments the dynamic between our 3 leads shone the brightest.
There is a lot of complaining by viewers, that the drama got boring.
I guess, it depends on your expectations and what you see under the surface, when you watch the show.
I loved it from start to finish. Tbh, this drama made me think so much about, how we struggle with the same questions in our daily life.
Do we uphold our moral values under duress? Or are we starting to take shortcuts, even if these erode our values one little sediment after sediment, until the foundation is gone.
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