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Lakshmi
6 people found this review helpful
Nov 29, 2021
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 4
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0
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Binge worthy show

STORY: During Qin Dynasty, a meteorite fell from sky which led some people to gain super natural powers, who are called the” Abnormalities”- Jizhong. The rulers used the power of Abnormalities for achieving great duties. But they feared that they may misuse their abilities to trouble the emperor. During the Ming dynasty, a department called “Chong Ming Wei” was created to exterminate Abnormalities.
The abnormalities may have 9 kinds of super powers- “Fu Jiu You”.
I watched this drama in Rakuten viki, which in my opinion has best subtitles and translation, but I felt some of the words weird, so I am mentioning them here in case you couldn’t follow them. Also, I could only understand a few of them.
The super powers:
1. The dark clap of thunder- ability to kill target by discharging electricity.
2. Cloud and feather space- levitation.
3. Abstract law of collection- THE ABILITY TO TOUCH A CORPSE AND HEAR THE LAST SOUNDS THE DECEASED HEARD BEFORE DYING.
4. Connected imitation- the ability to impose the fears, an abnormality has, onto normal people and make them hallucinate.
5. Peach blossom spring- ability to make other abnormalities abilities momentarily ineffective.
6. Giver of life: ability to quickly heal external injuries.

This drama revolves around male lead’s investigation about Ting ji case (Zhang cha- an Abnormality- tried to assassinate the crown prince) that happened 10 years ago. He tries to find the truth and mystery about that case.
It has more fantasy elements than crime and investigation.

The pacing of story is good, no dragging. First half of the drama is very cool, with lots of fun but the last episodes have a bit of melodrama.

ACTOR’S PERFORMANCE: To be honest, there isn’t much scope for actors to exhibit their talent. Only the male lead has got a long screen time and he steals the show with his hilarious expressions.

EFFECTS: I felt this as a low budget drama, the effects aren’t very appealing, but I appreciate the crew’s efforts.

My verdict: This a 24 episode bingewatch worthy drama, with each episode having a duration of less than 25 minutes, if you skip intro and outro. I recommend you to watch it if you want a story not so intense and not so foolish either..
Finally, don’t miss the ramblings of the actors at the end of each episode, they are funny.

The crew announced that there is going to be a season 2 for this drama and I will watch it definitely.



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2ndLeadsBest
1 people found this review helpful
Nov 8, 2022
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Enjoyable if you are into Ancient detective dramas

I think below are still better:
The sleuth of the Ming Dynasty <-- still the best
Ancient Detective
The Imperial Coroner

But if you enjoy this kind of niche drama then you'll like the storyline of this as well despite being a low budget drama.
The story has multiple cases and gets solved pretty quick, but every case tied to a bigger mystery surrounding the ML.
Acting was ok, no one really stood out but at least none were terrible.
Chemistry wasn't strong between the ML and the FL, but the focus wasn't on the romance. I actually preferred that being the episodes were short and I wasn't looking for cheesy romance in this kind of the genre.
Each episode ended with some random rambling, some were quite silly and funny.

The ending suggested season 2 so I hope that it will happen!

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dawnraptor
0 people found this review helpful
Jun 2, 2022
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

Titolo troppo sottovalutato

Un drama purtroppo sottovalutato, forse perché l’argomento è un po’ soprannaturale? Ma si tratta di una serie – chiaramente fantasy - che verte principalmente su indagini e risoluzione di misteri, dove l’elemento ‘magico’ ha la sua importanza, ma non è mai eccessivo rispetto al problema da risolvere. A modo suo, ci fa anche riflettere.

I nati con delle capacità superiori vengono cacciati e uccisi, spesso senza avere alcuna colpa se non quella del loro bagaglio genetico. Una situazione del genere è facilmente paragonabile a molte dei giorni nostri. Il nostro eroe è uno di questi superdotati, anche se il suo potere potrebbe sembrare macabro e inutile: toccandoli, può ascoltare quello che hanno udito i morti nei loro ultimi istanti di vita. Si servirà di questa sua capacità per cercare di scoprire la verità sulla morte di suo padre, avvenuta diversi anni prima, accusato di aver voluto uccidere il principe. Per far ciò, finisce per entrare a far parte del Chong Ming Wei, violento ente preposto alla risoluzione dei misteri soprannaturali e, soprattutto, all’eliminazione di ogni superdotato. Il nostro dovrà camminare su una lama di spada per poter indagare ma, prima di tutto, sopravvivere. Il complotto è antico e profondo, e i colpi di scena, alcuni anche non immediatamente previsti, non si fanno attendere.

Molti personaggi paiono compiere dei voltafaccia, che sono però tutti ben motivati. Per dirla col tormentone di Labyrinth: tutto non è sempre come sembra! Per quanto siano assenti attori di bellezza stellare, il protagonista è attraente e soprattutto molto bravo, sia nelle parti umoristiche che in quelle tragiche. E ce ne sono, di tragiche, perché il drama ha diversi momenti molto drammatici, che colpiscono duro anche lo spettatore. I costumi e soprattutto le ambientazioni sono spesso tenebrosi e si prosegue sotto una cappa di cattivo presagio incombente. Per un po’ di meritato sollievo, non bisogna perdersi le scenette post crediti: molto umoristiche e gustose. Sto ancora aspettando di sapere cosa ne sia stato dell’uovo… e mi toccherà aspettare ancora, perché è prevista una seconda stagione. Questa si ferma su una grande rivelazione, che andrà esplorata nel prossimo drama. Si chiude un arco in modo soddisfacente, ora aspettiamo il sequel.

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