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Interesting and then boring, and then interesting again, and then disappointing...
I started watching this drama and felt it had a good start, then the next episodes from 3 to 10 were quite boring, with nothing big happening (mostly).Then, when he escaped with her to save her, he had some romantic moments, them alone, very interesting, all of a sudden his father makes him change his mind (ML), and he tries to kill her, but she was saved by the wolf...
Later he tries to save her from his father, but ML is cursed and forgets about FL ... He manages to tell her that if he loses his memory in the future it is not on purpose... Like what? He took the key to save her, knowing he will lose the memory of the person he loves... Why did not he ask someone to take the key for him (someone who is not in love, and will not lose memory).
Also, FL is pregnant with ML...
She wakes up from a coma after 30 years?! Her baby is not born yet, it is out of her body like an egg in a flower... They lost me here...
FL goes to find ML, he is now a demon king and madly in love, married to other women... Does not remember FL at all...
He has a child with that woman, but the way FL is protective of that child, I feel like this woman stole FL's face, child, and used her husband to fall in love with her... We will see...
What kind of twists are these? I do not like it at all...
We will see if the end will be good, and make drama worth watching...
Also main leads when they are in love have good chemistry, other actors do not have chemistry at all...
I think that story needs some stronger acting and better moments...
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Wish for a sequel
I don't have much to say but one thing I can say for sure is that I truly enjoy and love the show. I was watching non-stop starting from ep1-15 but starting from that, the dept of their love story was revealed and it made me sad that I have to take a break from it a few times but I still enjoy very much.Since the ending was so confusing for me, like I could not understand at all at the end of the story, so, I wish they would somehow make a sequel for this series. The sequel can be about the journey in life of the their baby and an explanation about the ending of Yan yue and Wei Zhi. I still have no clues what the ending is about and would like to know but I know that making a tv series is not easy, nevertheless, I still want a sequel for this series.
The love story of Yan yue and Wei Zhi is so tragic and their baby carry the formula (love curse) from them as well, making the baby's life later on even more difficult to live. And since they mentioned the baby had all kinds of powers of the realms inside, I was wondering how strong the baby will be since Wei Zhi didn't use her power much.
I'll wait patiently for this to have a sequel so, dear writer, if you ever by chance, came across my review then please take my review into consideration ? I know it's stupid and you probably won't even see it but please do consider a sequel for this series.
I sincerely thank you to all the actors, actresses, staffs, director and the writer for this beautiful heartbreak series.
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Self plagiarism from the scriptwriter.
Overall this was a nice enough xianxia, kind of run of the mill, the side characters were the stars of this drama and the best parts. Unfortunately the scriptwriter decided to reuse parts of her script from Goodbye my princess, in the mortal arc. She basically copy pasted the concept, key points leading up to the climax and the climax itself. This did the whole drama a major disservice as it was hard to take anything seriously after that and the drama and heartbreak of it all was just missing. When I’ve already seen the scenes once, but better done, it’s not going to work a second time. The twist ended up being the fact that I’d already seen this twist before.It’s a shame, because it was a nice enough show, not amazing or life changing, but just a nice show to watch. I’m going to avoid this scriptwriter from now on. Or I might just watch to see if she reuses it again….
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Downhill from the Start
What a feat... You've got a decent cast, quite good CGI, and costume design, along with a not-too-shabby (albeit basic) story setup. And then... this? What in the FRESH HELL happened in that writer's room???The trope of a powerful, noble god trapped in an ordinary girl's body might be overused, but if executed well, it can still offer a captivating narrative. I appreciated the demon princess angle; it's refreshing to see a female lead in that role (or at least I haven't watched any dramas with that storyline yet). Moreover, the bond between her and her devoted brother had me intrigued. But the romance??? Oh boy, it felt like someone snipped out every scene that could've built their relationship naturally. I don't even want to continue diving deeper into this mess.
Ju Jingyi often receives criticism for her dramas and costumes. However, I genuinely wonder how much of that is actually her doing or decision. Personally, I believe she's a talented actress. Yet, the scripts she's been handed in recent years leave much to be desired (...to put it nicely). If I were her, maybe I'd just enjoy wearing those cute outfits as a silver lining in these roles. That's my theory at least lol and she DOES look stunning in them. Good for her.
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Writers ruined what could have been easily a 10/10 drama.
The beginning was great and I was really thinking this would be another 10/10 drama, however I don't know if they writers started smoking something cause what the macoroni did they do to ruin something that could have been a master piece. The plot lines were interesting and I felt the cast did a pretty amazing job but for the story to go in so many random and then horrific direction completely ruining what could have been a perfect show. I'm not mad that this show isn't good. I'm mad because it could've been amazing but they ruined it. Also I'm not referring to the ending on the reason why this drama was bad because the ending was whatever because the rest was just highs and large lowsWas this review helpful to you?
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Disappointing
Damn I’m so disappointed and what a waste of time. I really like it at first, but in the end it became bad. The story line of their past life was boring to me and it was many episodes.Also the plot turn so bad and annoying. I skipped scenes and watch through TikTok towards the end.
The ending was horrible, open ending that I still don’t understand to this day. Why can’t the writers this year give us a clear happy ending or not a 1 min annoying happy ending. No happy ending for all the couple, disappointing too. Also, we were in the middle of the last episode and they were still fighting.
Also, why was the second lead in love with the female lead and he couldn’t just love her as a brother, annoying. We could have had a better storyline, romance for him and the cousin before he died.
The best part for me was the beginning before she left with the « brother » and they showed their last life.
I don’t recommend this drama.
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Hard to keep watching
I had a hard time getting through this one but I did well. The story in itself sounded interesting yet the chemistry between the FL and ML felt kinda lacking. This could be blamed on the way in which the story was progressing though, which felt imo kinda rushed. Like one day he was her teacher and the next he was her lover? One day Mu Nan was deeply in love with Wei Zhi and the next he was team kitchen god? Did I miss something? Same with Lan su's death as well as the death of this peacock lady...there was no build up really, one strike was all it took leaving barely any time to process it afterwards.In the end the story took the most ridiculous turn, like this glowing egg for example which was suppose to be their child. We never got to see it being born. After being protected for over 30+ years I would've expected to see at least that. In the end after zooming through the sky fighting eachother for a few minutes they went back in time like nothing ever happened. Kinda disappointing.
The most memorable thing worth mentioning might've been this test that the students had to go through during their time in the academy. That was pretty cool.
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Was hoping it would be good
Story line was nothing special.... Both leads acting was not good. The FL was supposed to be dominating and take lead sounded and after like a... girl. Many parts, not good. ML acting was not great too. I actually find the evil sister a slightly better actress. After 20 episodes, struggling to continue. Hopefully it gets better.Maybe i shouldn't have watched 'Love between fairy and devil' before watching this. Similar good is devil, bad is heaven gang. But the quality gap between this 2 dramas and the leads' acting is just tooooo big.
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Not a Good Story
This story is poor from the episode 1. It does not make sense or connect. I would say it is choppy story not smooth and flow. Over all the casts are poor actors and actresses.The plot, irony, ?? You pretty much loose track of what is going on from the beginning to the end.
It is a low budget and poor director. It could be better. I don't think the actor and actress have any chemistry.
God becames a devil? It does not make sense. Maybe they try to make a Lucifer was the God and became the Devil that would make sense. This story is full of ??
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Waste of time/Bad Editing and Story Telling
As always I will give each drama a chance because, I would like to see many ofmy actress and actors perform Xianxia dramas (the three life times/master and diciple etc…). As long as the prodctuion and direction performs well I have no complaints.Of course I watched this drama with no expectations because of Female Lead. The story itself was told in a bad way and the way how the main leads were involved with eachother. Their chemisty was okay and it did not buy it for me. The cutting and editing itself was bad. Both Female Lead and Male lead at the beginning was okay to watch other than that I didn’t really enjoy it as much as the side couples. Male lead did a great job as this is a first XianXia drama. His performance was good enough for his roles. Female lead, plays the same pretty character (like her other dramas) with too much hair accessory and always looking too pretty which always bothered me. This must have been one of the worst dramas she did.
Overall don’t waste your time to watch this drama if you’re looking for something good.
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in my opinion
I’ve watched 19 of the episodes so far. don’t know if I want to finish. I agree with the other review that it really is trope heavy and predictable. But there were a couple of places I really liked- when FIL and MIL hid from the world and lived as regular people; the devil lord smiling and loving stir fry (wish he got the phoenix, thought they made a better fit); and the telling of the past.What I found annoying was the costumes- a ‘soldier’s’ uniform looking feminine and form fitting, and the flouncy dress of the women. there are places where the leads were overdressed in comparison to the company they kept.
as for the story- it seems like they had different writers for each show or story arc or couple. Perhaps the directors had different visions of how the story should go or what’s explained/not explained. I admit that I still don’t understand the the split between the librarian and the dean- not sure if it’s a culture thing or just doesn’t make a lot of sense. and as for the heavenly emperor, time to go out to pasture pops, you are to stuck on yourself and contradictory.
I think better writing, directing, and better chemistry between the characters would help overall.
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