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The casting of the various characters in the drama was perfect. The casting director/team has done a commendable job.The drama was really good and did well until episode 24.In this episode Jiang Yue Lou learns about Chen Yu Zhi's death after being shot by him.He apparently is feeling guilty and is appearing to be sad while drinking .In the resulting scenes talking aloud by himself he says that he wouldn't let Yu Zhi die in vain and that after everything was over he would go find him to 'apologize'. Is he serious. This is actually quite selfish and inhuman of him. So he will make undercover plans with his superior and use an innocent civilian to prove himself for it and when the person dies he thinks he can get away with it by just an apology. That was blatant misuse of his position.So if Yu Zhi had really died Jiang planned to just say a sorry at his grave and carry on normally with his life and his promoted position in his job happily ? He would have enjoyed a marriage with Chu Ran and lived like an innocent and upright officer. What a selfish and conceited person .He should have thought to turn himself in after the completion of the mission and to accept legal punishment by law. He was shown as a righteous cop until then.But this ruined everything. Did he really think that he should have gotten away with what he had done.
At the end actually it was he who deserved to die and not Chen Yu Zhi. But alas the good ones die early and wicked and evil people like Jiang Yue Lou outlive everyone.
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The best series (at least for me)
I would really recommend this one. I feel in love with it and it totally changed something in me. I even like it more than Word of honor, Untamed, and so on..❤️Dont forget to read the novel too, but unfortunately, the translation is not completed. Only to chapter 27.
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Acting is on point, in the series its really beautifully done. Even tho, they didint touched each other much (only in cut scenes) you can still feel the love between charcters.
Also to not forget to mention, in the novel you will get more hugs and even a kiss (but not really a full legit kiss).
The scenes and angles of the cameras are shot beautifully. Everything is very sophisticated. It can be seen that the staff probably had a good budget.
Also.. The music, which was sang by the main actor. (the main theme song) I listen to it, even to this day. It is still in my playlist.
Go and watch it!!
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Underated gem!
*Slams hand against table* Now that's the good stuff!As much as I liked "Word of Honor", I feel like this show didn't get the attention it deserves. The two shows can't be compared as the two are very different, the only thing in common is the bromance that is based on a BL novel. However, WoH overshadowed "Killer and Healer" in viewing charts, though both shows had great chemistry between the main leads. Dr Chen and Jiang Yuelou had one of the best chemistry on screen, they are my no. 1 CP on 2021. I think among all the danmei I wantched, they were the main lead couple that I loved (yeah, not a wangxian shipper, they suck, wenzhou are good, I like them but not as much as... JiangChen? what is the ship's name? asking for a fanfi-I meant friend). The way their relationship was developed was written so well, something that 90% of c-dramas fail to do.
I loved almost all characters. I think Chu Ran is the only one I had problems with regarding the acting- it feels like she saved the acting ability to the scenes in the last episodes. She was too robotic, but somehow it didn't pull me off from the plot. I do think the guy who plays Zhan Junbai looks a bit too soft for his role, but not something that bothered me. Also, I recognize the actor of Boss Yu from the romance of tiger and rose, he fits the role of a gentleman. I love the man. Jin Dacheng was a character whom I didn't think much at first, but he was so awesome (and may I say even good-looking) in the last episode. I don't like comissionr Bai and his attitude towards his wife, but the actors were great.
The music was great, it was beautiful.
The story is good. I think it's better than WoH cuz in this series I didn't skip much (there was one or two scenes that I skipped). There were times the story was a bit weak, but overall I was drawn to the show. I think there were episodes I didn't feel the time was passing by, I was that engaged.
I think the show is worth of your time
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The best bromance drama
This is my favorite bromance drama. I rewatch it many time. The actors are also excellent. I didn't know these drama. I knew this drama one year after release. I like the storyline but i am not confortable with ending but overall is very very very good. I want to see the main cast in another drama. I love main casts so much especially Mao Zijun. His acting are incredibl also Yipo Chen and other cast too. Their friendship is very strong they trust each other i want a friend like them. if you are bl fan or detective fan or bromance fan this is for you I highly recommend this drama.Was this review helpful to you?
I'm speechless.
It took me three months to get through this masterpiece (which is highly unusual for me) because it's so intense I had to keep pausing along the way to recover emotionally. It's brilliant. It destroyed me, but it's brilliant. The story is so beautiful. I can't recommend it highly enough. I don't even know what to say, other than to call it a masterpiece.Was this review helpful to you?
A great Chinese bromance(compare to other Chinese bromance it a bit more than bromance)
A great story i finished it in teo days without sleeping 😌 love itYeah this drama have two ending sad and happy if you watch last few minutes before end with whole drama it have sad ending because of Chinese bl rules but but but they made happy ending too avilable on YouTube just search killer and healer another ending hope this helps
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First and foremost I'm not picky when it comes to binge watching action dramas or any other types of dramas. I've been watching Korean dramas for close to a year and I guess trying to watch a different type of drama have me hitting my head against the wall.
Every episode that I stomached in this series was the same except it involved different suspects. The main male lead had a hangup about illegal opium smuggling and he was trying to track down who was behind the smuggling in every episode. Each time he found a mole they die and the episode gets recycled and then there's another mole who gets caught and die and then that gets recycled to another episode where there's another mole who gets caught and then they....yeah, you get the picture.
The first episode was all over the place for me. Besides the fact that I can't speak a lick of Chinese, the subtitles was so off it made the plot hard to follow. Plus there were times when the text appeared too fast and would jump to the next line of dialogue. I had to pause A LOT just to see what was said and by most of the translations being off I tried to translate myself what the correct English sentence should sound like.
I was also disturbed by the relationship the two main males had. In my opinion it wasn't a 'bromance'. It looked like they were falling in love with each other which is something that I'm truly not interested in seeing. Them touching each others hands and smiling at each other...yeah, that's not bromance.
The cinematography was amazing but the audio was truly weird. It sounded like it was dubbed over in a studio and they just attached the track to the actual episode. You could hear the movement of clothes, breathing-things that would get scrubbed out in audio editing.
I tried to sit through episode ten but as I mentioned earlier about moles getting caught, this was like the other 9 so I just went to find something else.
I think this was the second Chinese drama that I dropped. I have yet to find one that piques my interest. Sadly this one did not.
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Note to Self
I've tried watching this twice. Despite reviewers having listed The Untamed, Guardian, and Winter Begonias as recommendations (all three that were enjoyable), this series really doesn't have the same feel at all to any of them. But I should have known to not trust recommendations when it comes to BL-related series.There's nothing outrageously terrible about this series. Dropping it for the same reasons why I've dropped many other well-known and relatively highly reviewed ones. The dialogue and interactions between all of the characters are just unnatural and cringe. It's not necessarily an actor or plot issue, but perhaps it's just how some Chinese series are directed or maybe partially due to the dubbing. Similar to the flow of older American soap operas- it's just not believable. And while Guardian also had tinges of this flaw, the two MLs had much more chemistry and the plot moved along more smoothly.
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I currently watched 3 episodes
So I'm writing this as a person who watched 3 episodes. I can't fully tell about acting story etc but I'm gonna let this pass . For me the relationship between male leads it's too fast paced for my liking and the thing mc sister is kidnapped and he's going around helping others. This is just something wrong. Maybe this story didn't do anything for me bc I don't really like 1920-1930 setting to begin with. As for acting I can't say anything it was ok I guess from what I've seen.I really counted on a really slow burn relationship but seeing two main characters helping each other from the first or second ep is really not for me. Also adding this female character I don't know if it's for creating a love line or something else but at this point it's unnecessary for me since it is bromance drama. And it could hold back people from watching. People clicking on this drama just expects bromance and when we get female character that is important in this people can be irritated.
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logic out of the window
Bromance well abou to find out.I prefer watching Chinese bromance because at least I kow the story wont be centered on some boring romance.
Im only on ep4 and I already have so many complaints, where do I even start.
Bromance well abou to find out.
I prefer watching Chinese bromance because at least I kow the story wont be centered on some boring romance.
Im only on ep4 and I already have so many complaints, where do I even start.
Bromance well abou to find out.
I prefer watching Chinese bromance because at least I kow the story wont be centered on some boring romance.
Im only on ep4 and I already have so many complaints, where do I even start.
Bromance well abou to find out.
I prefer watching Chinese bromance because at least I kow the story wont be centered on some boring romance.
Im only on ep4 and I already have so many complaints, where do I even start.
Bromance well abou to find out.
I prefer watching Chinese bromance because at least I kow the story wont be centered on some boring romance.
Im only on ep4 and I already have so many complaints, where do I even start.
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I kinda love it
Harus nonton ini seru banget. The chemistry and story is amazing. Ini padahal dari original skrip dan novelnya baru dirilis setelah seriesnya selesai tapi dramanya bagus. More than bromance <3 and you must watch the cut scenes and its on youtube mgtv. Drama nya underrated padahal bagus dan seru banget huhuhuAktinya bagus, cerita bagus, lagunya okay, chemistry juga mantap. Dan cewe nya juga ga bikin kesal. Malah smart dan banyak bantu. Bikin senyum2 sendiri apalagi pas adegan pura2 batuk cuma untuk ketemu dr chen. Bilangnya pergi bentar doang sama bawahannya tapi ternyata berjam2 wkwkkw kasian
Episodenya 37 but I feel like it's not enough for me hahaha
They so cute together-
Jiang yilaou and dr chen forever XD
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Una montagna russa di sentimenti
Ho appena concluso la visione di questo drama fantastico. E' la prima volta che vedo un drama ambientato ai tempi dei signori della guerra e non mi aspettavo un ambiente così violento (sempre nel limite del "violento" in un drama cinese). Come qualcuno ha già scritto l'ambientazione ed i costumi sono fedelissimi all'epoca, e devo dire che sono splendidamente eleganti, e non credo apparirebbero troppo fuori luogo nemmeno oggi.Sicuramente le emozioni che si provano guardando questo drama sono tante e contrastanti. I personaggi sono tutti ben disegnati e trovano tutti un loro sviluppo all'interno della storia, nessuno risulta essere banale o inutile, ognuno ha il suo scopo ben definito. Come ogni drama che si rispetti vi è una coppia principale ed una secondaria. La coppia principale formata dal poliziotto e dal medico, e quella secondaria formata da uno degli uomini più influenti della città ed un attore di teatro cinese. Due coppie favolose, di cui si intuiscono i sentimenti più sinceri e profondi, soprattutto nella seconda coppia. Poliziotto e medico sono legati da una profonda amicizia e interviene all'interno di questo rapporto Chu Ran, una giovane giornalista chiaramente innamorata di Yuelou (il poliziotto) ma che mai entrerà in competizione con Yuzhi (il medico). In realtà proprio questa presenza femminile lascerà sempre un po' in sospeso i sentimenti tra medico e poliziotto. Figura femminile che non interviene nella seconda coppia, rendendo più palese il legame.
Io ho amato Yuelou, ma ancor di più (e non vogliatemene) ho amato l'eleganza di Zhan Junbai (l'uomo influente) interpretato maestralmente da Chen Yucheng. In realtà questi due attori spiccano sugli altri per interpretazione e carisma. Attirano sicuramente su di loro l'interesse del pubblico.
Ciò che mi viene da dire a primo impatto sulla storia è che "Il conte di Montecristo" rispetto a questo drama sembra una storiella. In questo drama il concetto di vendetta è alla base di ogni singola storia, tutti devono vendicarsi di qualcuno, e le loro vite si intrecciano nelle vendette gli uni degli altri creando coalizioni e rompendone altre. Il tradimento chiaramente viaggia pari passo della vendetta. Il problema è che non mi è ben chiara la morale e come qualcuno ha suggerito in altri commenti bisognerebbe terminare il drama a circa 4 minuti dalla fine. Allora avrebbe un senso. Ma così non riesco proprio a capirlo.
Ciò nonostante rimane uno dei drama più belli che abbia mai visto!
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