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독일 ~ Where the waves gush against your windows
Pursuit of Jade chinese drama review
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Pursuit of Jade
1 people found this review helpful
by xXabsintheXx
6 days ago
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 10.0

Sleepless nights

Oh well. I silently watched this after it finished airing. And I restarted it right after.
I also successfully avoided any spoilers as well, so I was able to enjoy this full heartedly.

I don't want to write another ass long essay about this one, since there are already plenty other well written ones. Let's just say, that all the hype is deserved. I haven't been that addicted to a drama in a long time. I don't know why. I guess it's doing a great job at keeping you at bait with some damn long separation period between the leads, mixed with all that danger they are facing during that time and right after the drama just built up enough emotional ground for its viewers to be caught. There was even some kind of overwhelming numbness at some point after some drastic events, that left you speechless. My sleeping time suffered alot.

Short key points that made the drama work:
- of course the plot / story telling
- great acting and chemistry between the whole cast - and the way the leads interacted with each other made your heart beat faster every time
- strong FL - physically and verbally
- ML - I don't know what to say except that I was utterly satisfied with him, lol. Esp. the way they introduced his actual authority and identity only later on and with such an awesome entrance music. You have this strong, leading military general who's upright, clever and strategic, has backbone and fairness, and who doesn't submit to anyone not even the emperor. On the other side he's totally devoted to his wife in such a caring and warm way and even though you might think he's totally submissive towards her (and yes, maybe he is), he radiates a strong and protective aura while they are still on equal grounds. You just feel comfortable with him the whole time (well, except for one misstep)
- different multifaceted interesting characters and backgrounds
- Chang Ning !!!! (the FL's little sister)
- cleverly placed strong and captivating music - every single song fits a certain mood/situation (love, longing, despair, loss, leadership, danger, and so on)
- impressive fighting scenes
- karma always find's its prey - you won't be disappointed

Man, during the last days after finishing and now rewatching it, I had so many ideas in my head how to put my enjoyment into some short words, yet I feel like lacking the vocabulary / fun remarks to fully transport my feelings. At the same point I feel like just repeating what everyone else had already said before. Well, I can't deny how much I love this drama.
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