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Middle school romance played by adults
After a few more episodes in, this show is rapidly turning into a major disappointment. Besides my initial concerns listed below, every characterization and plot decision has been childish and terrible. I am getting so tired of back and forth between Jang Uk and Jin Bu Yun. It’s like a middle school romance being played out by adults. So cringy. The infamous Hong sisters are famous for not knowing how to wrap up story threads and it was evident toward the end of the last season. They obviously gave themselves an out by doing a time skip without much explanations and we’re just supposed to go with whatever.Every episode, I see either Jin Mu or Lady Jin, I’m reminded of their crimes and how everyone knows about it. But they treat these two like some annoying neighbors instead of treasonous criminals. All they can do is take shots at them and make sarcastic remarks. So stupid.
Initial concerns:
What bothers me is how Jin Mu and the Lady Jin are still around even after all they’ve done. Like they kidnapped the queen and swapped her body??? Maybe they’ll explain later but that’s a big plot hole to start the new season with. But what I’m thinking is that by keeping the same villains intact, they’ll recycle the same plots and schemes? I hope not. I initially thought Jang Uk and Jin Bu Yun will take a while to meet but they met right away and ended up “getting married” right away. Anticlimactic, it was.
I also wish they just picked up where they ended. We shall see how this goes.
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No closure
I think the MAIN problem with the drama is that we had the same main character in name but 80% different personality for most of the drama (Naksu). We were given a damsel and crybaby version.Where's the lock?
Because it doesn't look like one, it's like Jang Uk meets a beautiful princess after getting over her supposed love of his life.
Which was very interchangeable, as we see from how quickly he changed in ep 4. It's just no closure, which is making me angry.
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Note: I was chewed out by a newcomer who said all I talk about is the actors and actresses and not the storyline. If I told you the storyline now would that be fair to those who watch it? That's like me telling you the ending. This drama is exceptionally good and for those who love fantasy dramas, this is for you.
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Disappointed in FL and the story. Loved the actress.
I am very disappointed in what they did with the FL. I liked the actress though. All actors did a great job, and I loved the sets. I was super excited about the actress change, but it's just sad what they did to Naksu.The overall story had so much potential, but it nosedived. Uk became Neo from the Matrix. I haven't been this disappointed in a series since GoT.
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potential lost and totally overrated
This is going to be shortto start with, what kind of bombastic and annoying drama is this!! yes it had an originally good storyline but what happened?
poor execution and prolonged story, to let people know in case they think I'm being bias,I know not a single actor or actress in this dramas so consider this me being honest.
they should have wrapped this up at S1 cos S2 is just like looking in a mirror with utterly frustrating inconsistencies,the almighty naksu completely became powerless and the ML now became so powerful,I thought this drama would be more focused on soul shifting plus the horrible sidelines and the incomplete stories.
to wrap it up,the story with so much potential became completely unsatisfactory, and it has a 9 out of 10 rating!!! what!! without playing favorite this is over the rooftop overrated
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FATAL flaw in the story about the two main protagonists
S2 was an absolute disaster. It has MANY flaws.They should have ended up in S1, because S2 has a fatal flaw in the story about the two main protagonists, and I'm not talking about the actors, but the script created a few episodes after it started.
The script was changed about halfway through the story.
The story died very prematurely.
S2 It had a lot of potential but the sisters ruined it. I hope the actors have better scripts in the future.
It's sad, because the S2 could have had the epic romance.
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Truly disappointed with what they did to ML and FL
The way the relationship between ML and FL was made surprised me completely in the negative. At least they could have kissed for the first time after their identity was revealed. It would have been much more beautiful. It looks like ML is dating another woman when his heart obviously belongs to someone. Thinking that ML may have just been a man who said he would love only one person, but ended up falling in love with another. Sad, but these things happen. -he didn't know it was Naksu until he saw the eyes mark-.There were so many ways to do that..... There are other problems here that I noticed, but ok.
In my opinion, I wanted ML had stayed true to his love for mudeok until the end. Than to see him basically move on............... :(
This show surprise me of how we can have such different perspectives.
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good job
good drama i hope there have season 3 i’m so happy and sad at the same time cause im so attached to you and your drama and i don't know how to feel, the emptiness i felt after watching the last episode weekends aren't the same anymore i missing them already my favorite and comfort drama thank you for the satisfying ending that i never expected huhuhuhuhuhuh hahajakamznznznznznznzznznznznznznznznznznznznzmzmzmzmzmznzhzhzuwuwjsjsjsjsjsjsjsjsjsjsjdhdusuwwonshsushshsbsbsnsjsisusjsiajanwuw81jqow8sysbsbzjzjznznznzmzlslakajauajshshsjsjsjsshzhzhzhzhzjzjsjzjzjzjsnsjsjsjsjWas this review helpful to you?
If you like overpowered main character, this is for you!
Pros:- Jin Bu-yeon (with Naksu's body) is the prettiest sageuk character ever.
- Season 2's plot is much easier to understand (only if you've watched season 1 lmao)
- More romance scenes, depict Jin Bu-yeon's ethereal beauty.
- More epic fighting scenes.
- Overpowered Jang Uk and Jin Bu-yeon.
- Not only just the main characters, one of the side characters is overpowered too.
- Comedy represents anywhere, anytime. Like, in serious scenes, the comedy comes out of nowhere 😂 (kudos to the Prince)
Cons:
- It's hard to tell whether it's Jin Bu-yeon or Naksu.
- No more Mudeok's scenes :(
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Fun, enticing but has inconsistent pacing
S2 was good. it could've been better. With a story like AOS, you can go so many places but th writers repeated plotlines the endings of all characters were rushed. it started strongly but it faltered by the end. But Aos has some of my favourite kdrama characters ever written, they are morally grey and selfish, also they have interesting arcs ( that also weakend by the end). i dont know what seo yul's purpose in S2 was but. despite all that, it was wonderful. the cgi was great, the acting was impeccable. Again it could've been better.Was this review helpful to you?
EPIC! The best historic drama for me.
This drama was the first historic drama that I watched completely because I always felt that historic dramas are slow and mostly have sad endings so I avoided watching them and dropped them in between but luckily I gave this one a chance and I am not regretting it a bit!!Season 1 still has my heart but Season 2 was great as well. I feel a little greedy to ask for more end scenes but whatever they gave I am absolutely happy with that also.
I will always be a shipper of FM and ML from season 1 ..maybe that’s why I wished that they could have given atleast one scene to the season 1 FM.
Like everyone is saying that they wanted to see Naksu fight in season 2 the same is what I feel but still I understand that they wanted to project two different kinds of personalities in both the seasons. All the questions that I read in comments after watching each episode as they released they were answered somewhere or the other which made me believe that they purely wanted to make the audience happy and satisfied with this drama and leave no regrets.
One of the best dramas that I have watched in a while and I hope we get to see the cast together somewhere in other dramas.
Everyone’s acting was amazing and natural.
All the best to the team and Thanks for creating this drama <3
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