Vince

I've been away for two days and the comment section somehow managed to become a mess lmfao.

Yeah, I understood what you mean, but I still think that's not enough to justify such actions.
Of course everyone had different morals/ideas, that's what makes opinions' exchange this fun ^^
I'm glad we're all enjoying the drama in our own way ♥

Following orders it's not an excuse to commit atrocious acts. Especially since he's not defenseless child: he's a seasoned general, from a noble family and with a great amount of power, so in my books he's still as guilty.
It also very clear that, while yep there's surely someone more powerful than him who's also behind this, the Marquis very much does want the Gui Seal for himself.
He's a ruthless man who would do anything for power. I'm not saying he's not a compelling character, because I find him very interesting and he's a well rounded villain, but he definitely deserve all the karma he'll get from Zang Hai.

Tbh I don't think they can pull a twist big enough to have me change idea on this lmao.
The Marquis let his "beloved" wife die because he wanted to acquire more power and wiped out Zang Hai's entire family just to get access to an army of zombies. He killed children. He keeps Zang Hai's parents' robes and his mother's skin in his secret chamber.
He doesn't value anything apart from himself and his honour, not matter how "soft & caring" they may show him acts toward Zang Hai, he only does that because the ML is useful and he wants to find the Seal.
So yeah idc what kind of tragic past he may have, no way I'm not rasing my wine glass in celebration the day we're gonna see his death 😂

Don't think Zang Hai will kill ZZX unless he starts to interfere with his revenge, but since his family is gonna for sure fall from grace, he's not gonna have a great time also.

Like!!! No matter how much they're gonna show us that the Marquis "cares" about Zang Hai, I'm still gonna celebrate when we'll see his downfall.

Also fuck the marquis damn he really wiped out an entire clan just because he wants an army of zombies like FUCK HIM idc he deserves everything Zang Hai is gonna do to him.

Are we finally getting to the Daomu Biji's part with the Gui Seal 👀

While I do think Zang Hai suspects the Masked Man to have ulteriore motives, I also think he's too blinded by his hatred and strong desire to get his revenge to actually figure out how much of a pawn he's been for them.
I do suspect that the Marquis has figured out something and is using Zang Hai to take out his enemies, but also I don't know if a man like him who cares that much about family's honor would be willing to take such a gamble.
After all, let's not forget that the Marquis do actually has Zang Hai's parents robes and skin in his secret chamber 💀

Let's be honest, Zang Hai is bashit crazy the man almost let himself burn alive just to prove a point. Respect to him 😭

The plot was messy to say the least, but I love Hei Yan Jing and Xie Yu Chen as characters and the main actors had amazing chemistry so I ended up not minding at all the poor written script lmao.

That what makes him so interesting! He will be really a though challenge for Zang Hai since our lead doesn't have anything at all to control Zhi Xing with.
I'm look forward to see Zhi Xing's inner conflict once he side with Zang Hai, cause of course they'll join hand at first, but for the future? Yeah, we'll see.

Plus, I'm really curious how Zhi Xing and Zang Hai's relationship is gonna evolve. If they start to even become friends and trust each other, oh, how I'm gonna enjoy the struggles that will arise between them once Zang Hai will be set on ruining the Zhang's family and killing them all.

She is! I also love her fashion choices, her style is so elegant and I like how poised she is. She knows how to talk eloquently, but she's still bright and with a strong personality.
I'm in love she's like really really my type 🥺

I knew Zhi Xing was smarter than he was letting on lmao. I really like his character.

Extremely sad Mr. Eight is not part of main cast sob she's so my type, I love her 😭

I kept reading that Sun has no fault in his friend's death, but let's be real: Sun was the first to unsheathe his knife during the fight and then that crazy korean guy followed suit.
Now, yeah, Kong was the one who jumped in the middle of the fight and it was a stupid choice, but he only did that because he saw how both of them whipped out weapons.
If they didn't get the knifes, Kong probably wouldn't have interfered; instead he ended up stabbed by BOTH Sun and the Korean guy (of course Sun didn't mean to, but yeah).
Yes, it's not entirely Sun's fault (he just wanted to celebrate his birthday okay the poor guy), but let's not pretend that taking out a knife during a fight isn't basically asking for someone to get seriously injured.
Sun didn't mean for any of that to happen and it's mostly fault of the Korean guy, but Sun did play a role in his friend's death.
It's actually good for Sun to acknowledge that and understand that every action has consequences.

Our main characters aren't faultless, they're flawed human beings living in a world of violence and death. We can enjoy them as they are, with their sins and all.

Ngl it has been a while since I saw a drama which such intricate and interesting plans by both the ML and the villains to get/maintain power.
Nodoby is stupid, the main villain is actually scary and it's marvellous.
Enjoying every minute of tactic talks and I'm intrigued by most characters, plus geomancy's theories and all are just a plus for me since I love fantasy.
I so hope they'll be able to maintain the tension like this until the end.

(btw what yall think about Zhuang Zhi Xing? Is the Marquis's second son just playing the fool? Cause he actually seems smart sometimes, but the next second here is he again acting like an airhead. I wonder if he's just pretending...
Or maybe he's really a fool and will grow under Zang Hai's attentions (bc of course that will happen lmao)).

Yeah, I agree. We also shouldn't forget Zang Hai is actually only 20~21 right now, so there's no way he would be able to remain untouched from all the cruelty and injustice he is experiencing all around him.
He's young and, even with vengeance in mind, he's been brought up by two masters who actually value morals and justice, they made sure to teach him that's vile to sacrifice innocent people to reach his goals.

I did enjoy this season. Tbh I think the winner is deserved, like he proved his abilities and played the game. Overall the contestants were way stronger than the first season.

My problems lie with the production's choices lmao.
First, I think they should have kept the extra games for growing up the money prize in the living area: it was a fun and bonding moment without worries about eliminations and it gave the contestants chances for getting to know each other better and create more mindful connections/alleances.
This season was almost prison against living area in all the games since they were exactly split in two half from the start!
I don't think they should send to prison more than 3 people at time (and then eliminate one with a death game); that way once the next main game start, the alliances and divisions won't be that strong and can be easily mixed up.

Also the main games... I think they should put more individual games on there, like, alliances are fine and all (and I know, they had drama so productions must love them), but individual games are sometimes necessary to see the real abilities of a player.
Games where you actually CANT share informations would be interesting to see.

Ah, tbh I'm fine about the game in the living area (resolving a 8x8 like damn okay you can get those 10pieces) BUT they shouldn't have add the extra rule as 'you can ask for the pieces whenever you want'.
Like Hyun Gyu played it smart and I would have done the same, but its not a fair rule: those are people already in the living area they don't need that much advantage. Otherwise they should have graced Hyun Joo with the same rule and let him request his extra 10pieces anytime he wanted.

So yeah, maybe I'd change those things, but overall it was a good watch.
Definitely gonna watch a third season if they ever gonna make it lol.

Hyun Gyu and So Hui not only have the brain, but they've been literally blessed by the gods damn they both got brain, beauty and luck 😭