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I watched so many episodes and it never manifested into anything.
I wrote this review some time ago. Apparently the drama just made me angry. I watch Asian dramas every day, so believe my ratings and words. Where to begin and end. I gave it a 4 out of 10 because I would watch a 2nd season if she gets with 2nd male lead and they make it better. The strong female positions in this movie were great, but a little overdone. If you watch this, there are about 10 episodes, 30 through 42, that you think will go somewhere but they don't. I can say that the fight scenes and cinematography were fairly good, but not great.At times, I was confused about who the male lead was, and I think the writers were too, not to mention the director. He did not know how to direct the lead characters to be believable and in love. At no point in this story did I ever root for the male lead and actress to end up together. I just wanted him to die; he was just a bad person. Seriously, most of the time, they just insult the viewer's intelligence. What woman would want a man who keeps her slave bell as a memento, really! Just remind me that I am a slave. The 2nd male lead was meant for her, and once they realized that people were getting more into them, they did an about-face and started making the 2nd lead look bad. They told us in the beginning she had special powers, but they never surfaced. Romance, what romance, when will directors understand what makes a great drama? If there is no romance, it just falls short. This had the potential to be a great story and drama, but it fell way short. There are just many unanswered questions and a bad direction.
The rape scene for the princess was so unnecessary that I almost stopped at that point. I hate to see a rape scene in dramas. I will chalk it up to writing for ratings and nothing more. It is not a happy ending, not even satisfying
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"Princess Agents" is a drama about Xing'er's journey, her quest to find herself.Yuwen Yue and Yan Xun have been friends since childhood, even though they are from opposing countries. Their friendship is tested when they meet Xing'er, a slave with great abilities, with whom they both fall in love. She begins working in Yuwen Yue's house as a maid, and he teaches her martial arts. When Yan Xun's family is murdered, Xing'er allies with him, seeking revenge, and becomes Yuwen Yue's enemy.
There is no real romance in the drama, as Xing'er ends up caught between the two men, like a chess piece. This was the story's biggest mistake, because Xing'er only realizes Yuwen Yue's true feelings at the end, that he was protecting her all along, that he was the person she should have followed.
She thought Yan Xun would give her the home she so desperately wanted, a family, but he changed completely when he gained a bit of power. It went to his head, and he became worse than the people who massacred his family, especially with what he did to Yuan Chun. The poor girl had only known love for Yan Xun since she was little, and he completely broke her, her heart and her body. That scene where Xing'er finds Yuan Chun after she was raped was painful to watch.
They focused too much on the wrong relationship, when the focus should have been on Yuwen Yue and Xing'er. Furthermore, since the drama spends so much time on Yan Xun's revenge, they completely neglected Xing'er's past, her true identity... They dropped some information at the end, which was left open-ended. What happened to this drama is a shame. They took a story with great potential but failed to develop it properly.
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Strong & Independent FL
Just finished- here are my take aways- NO SPOILERSFL character is strong willed and can take care of herself but she is not cold, which I found very refreshing.
The story is well developed but I think they could have wrapped up the whole story and closed the series out- going into second season with a different cast wont carry the same dynamic .
The romance development kept me in suspense for too long! I almost got annoyed by it. LOL
I completed this but have to admit that I fast forwarded! No rewatch value unless I need a refresher for season 2.
mmmk byeeeee
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Overall this is an excellent drama that made ONE fatal mistake, it killed everyone's good hopes & dreams...Excellent script that barely needed a fancy soundtrack to make up for any bad lines as they were all superb, great casting and acting, good pace with loads of action and enough quiet moments to digest the whole 58 episodes. The director did an amazing job at staging the never ending hope and fighting for a greater cause beliefs thru such a strong-headed female lead balanced by a more unbiased force that was the male lead always working behind the scenes.
However, the choices made for the last episode (without any certain plans for a second season) completely undermined the good hope feelings this incredible story had created throughout its 57 episodes journey. Episode 58 completely annihilated everyone's good hopes & dreams as YWY was the last hope for better times ahead just like it was expressed by the 13th prince of Great Wei YS on this last episode.
I believe this was meant to be a story of hope and survival of the less fortunate, not just romance. So simply not having them end up together would have sufficed and contributed more to propagating the core beliefs of the story as established in the original novel.
This drama is technically excellent so I give it a 10, it's just a shame that it's not memorable...
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Thanks to everyone who said this isn’t The Legend of Shen Li
My husband I survived 3 episodes and we decided that we can’t go on. Did they give her six siblings so they could kill them one by one? My husband said, “What a joyless collection of characters “. It starts off with a group of nobles killing young female slaves for sport and then it continues on with the rich and powerful people using the slaves and commoners. After watching the last episode it looks like only Niu Jun Feng’ s character truly changes.This story is not for us. We’re going to go back to enjoying Zhao Li Ying and Li Geng Xin in TLOSL .
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This drama is very modern in spite of the time it takes place. Chu Qiao is cute, smart, skilled and fits perfectly with Yuwen Yue but got lost due to the manipulative Yan Xun for whom she left Yuwen Yue who loves her. She is respected among the military and the general, she has gained her respect with her quality in fighting, she is definitely a leader!! However Yan Xun has betrayed her and she arrived too late to save the love of her life, I really hope we will get a sequel soon, otherwise it is so unfair. The novel is continuing the story so should the producers after this excellent drama! Was this review helpful to you?
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love the two main characters A'chu and yuwen they have nice harmony and chemistry between them
cool music and the settings
the plot didn't have much complexity and nice fighting skills .....
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