Strong in the first half, but becomes confused about the story it wants to be.
The Journey of Legend is a bit of a frustrating mess, in all honesty. I can’t say I didn’t enjoy watching it as there was a lot that I liked about it, yet I also can’t say I finished it feeling satisfied.
You see, this show starts out to be an interesting adventure. Xiao Ming Ming ends up pulled into the AI written world of the martial arts online game he’s been writing for. He becomes the main character Xiao Qiu Shui and, in the traditional style of transmigration stories, has to find a way to work through the story whilst also working alongside the game world’s rules. He sets out on a journey to change the fate of those who end up suffering in the story, but slowly begins to loose himself more with the virtual world and the struggles faced within it against the powerful Power Sect.
The story carries a lot of potential within it and, for about the first half of the story, is rather engaging and interesting to follow. Yet I felt that as the show entered into the later stages it became confused as to what it was trying to tell. The Power Sect (and Xiao Qiu Shui’s adversary, Liu Sifeng) suddenly take a backseat while a bigger plot emerges, and the show decides to bring in a storyline that carries from Xiao Ming Ming’s outside life that … really feels as if it comes from nowhere with how late in into the series it’s introduced. I found myself asking somewhere in the 30’s episodes where Liu Sifeng’s plot had suddenly disappeared to, and why he was suddenly forgotten by the story. Other character storylines are either abandoned or wrapped up in ways that feel less than satisfying, and the main plot the story tries to settle on ending with feels rushed due to its late introduction to the story. In a nutshell, the story just becomes messy, as if a ball of wool had unraveled and upon trying to wrap it back up became tangled up.
The cast themselves do their very best. The characters themselves are intriguing and fun to follow, which is probably why I felt frustrated that their endings seemed as rushed as they were.
Unless you’re a fan of a particular actor or actress that stars in the show, The Journey of Legend is not a show I would recommend. There are other shows of the same genre that deliver a better and more satisfying story.
You see, this show starts out to be an interesting adventure. Xiao Ming Ming ends up pulled into the AI written world of the martial arts online game he’s been writing for. He becomes the main character Xiao Qiu Shui and, in the traditional style of transmigration stories, has to find a way to work through the story whilst also working alongside the game world’s rules. He sets out on a journey to change the fate of those who end up suffering in the story, but slowly begins to loose himself more with the virtual world and the struggles faced within it against the powerful Power Sect.
The story carries a lot of potential within it and, for about the first half of the story, is rather engaging and interesting to follow. Yet I felt that as the show entered into the later stages it became confused as to what it was trying to tell. The Power Sect (and Xiao Qiu Shui’s adversary, Liu Sifeng) suddenly take a backseat while a bigger plot emerges, and the show decides to bring in a storyline that carries from Xiao Ming Ming’s outside life that … really feels as if it comes from nowhere with how late in into the series it’s introduced. I found myself asking somewhere in the 30’s episodes where Liu Sifeng’s plot had suddenly disappeared to, and why he was suddenly forgotten by the story. Other character storylines are either abandoned or wrapped up in ways that feel less than satisfying, and the main plot the story tries to settle on ending with feels rushed due to its late introduction to the story. In a nutshell, the story just becomes messy, as if a ball of wool had unraveled and upon trying to wrap it back up became tangled up.
The cast themselves do their very best. The characters themselves are intriguing and fun to follow, which is probably why I felt frustrated that their endings seemed as rushed as they were.
Unless you’re a fan of a particular actor or actress that stars in the show, The Journey of Legend is not a show I would recommend. There are other shows of the same genre that deliver a better and more satisfying story.
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