Didn’t meet the hype and expectations.
I am a sucker for powerful brave strong and smart women who in addition can kick butts through martial arts or whatever. It’s super touching, empowering and just plan badass. I always eye for such shows that has these kinds of woman portrayal. I thought when I read the description this show that this would be my cup of tea. I started watching it with a ready heart but it unfortunately didn’t move me that much.I am also a sucker for fiery passionate romance but too was lacking. It seemed as though there was a lot of potential in this show but it hasn’t fulfilled that potential to the fullest. I don’t really know how to comment on the romance because it was very confusing and just dull.
The looks of the cast were alright. The story is decent but it didn’t move me as much as I would have hoped in any aspects of it. I get weirded out when a historical drama be wearing long ass pins and needles on their body as a costume but I was hoping that all the other factors I am looking for could make up for that and it didn’t. The love triangle makes no sense to me nor was it swoony. It was like it’s fine if she didn’t end up with either and that’s exactly what happened she didn’t. Sigh....
I probably won’t rewatch it. But it’s decent for others who doesn’t look out for these things or perceive the show as I do.
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11/10/18. Yeah! Well I’ve finish watching it. Truth be told is pretty harrowing. Young girl taught to be an assassin. Lucky she was a talker and talked her way out of most killings but some how still got the job done. Her love story with her shadow though. Oh man that was heart breaking. The end I can’t say for myself its was a good ending. I hated it. I was not satisfied there were so many better way to end it.The acting was great and that is why I stuck with the story. Even though the parts were against my own way of thinking it just kept on pulling me back. All were handsome and beautiful people and awesome actors.
It was hard to tell who the real villains were and you kept hoping that they were going to turn to their good side. The thing is when things got bad no one came to her rescue and she kept battling on trying to talk her way out of everything and somehow she convinced most people. Some of the torture scenes were horrific even though your imagination was where you saw it.
I watched this drama on both viki and youtube because vikis English subs were not up to date. I’m not sure that I will ever watch it again. Parts of the story and graphics were very beautiful and the costumes were very detailed and vivid. I love the music as well. I recommend that you watch this with reserves. As the title assumes it has a lot of blood experiences and also child trafficking so its not a drama for children. The fighting scenes so well constructed, breath taking, stunning. Totally worth watching just for the fight scenes so well choreographed. The ending had a double meaning so viewers go puzzle it out.
Myself I don’t care if people don’t like my reviews because I don’t really write them for others. My review help me to puzzle out how I think the story was and sometimes later I change my mind about what I wrote and adjust what I have written. Its a way of solving my opinion and making meaning from what I have viewed. If I didn’t like the ending I make up a new one to put my point of view. I may not write it down but its in my mind as my solution.
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Very Different
Very different drama but in a good way. It reminds me a lot of graphic novel and most of the story base was told that way but it stopped 2/3 through the season.Interesting love triangle was very nicely done but very sad and full of sorrow. Very dark including sad ending but they have to justify the title.
This is one of the rare dramas that could have at least 20 more episodes as story and some developments and facts were just...Well.. put in place. Ending was kind of rushed too.
Nevertheless, acting, camera, sets, constumes, CGI and choreography is nicely done. Even camera work shows high detail and attention to detail.
NOTE: This is my first drama with Li Yi Tong and she is a great actress but it was at the times very painful to watch. She is so skinny that throughout the season it would distract me - It would be really hard to do anything considering her bone and skin hands, never mind wielding the sword. I will definitely have to look up some drama of hers as I like her acting and unusual fiery character and voice.
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This series needs a second season, solely because the ending of this drama was extremely anticlimactic and failed to tie up all the loose ends. Many questions are left unanswered, and the fate of certain characters are uncertain.
The show reuses a certain ost a lot, but one of the side tracks is actually really good ("ONE") !
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It blossoms slowly and consistently with each episode, to its full lavishness. Elements of neo-noir american cinema style, remesniscences of the cult movie « Sin City » come to mind. However, the universe and characters hold more esthetical and context luxuriance with the eastern fragrance!!! The sound track, the production are utterly superb! Passionately entertaining!!!
Excellent work!!!Thank you!
I would suggest that this series deserve an alternative title translation more appealing to a broader public. There are too many references to tittles with « blood » everywhere. « Charming wujian»; « « boundless charm » , could work and might even remain longer. This series really stands for its own merits and deserves to have a tittle translation which duly refflects it.
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