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OMGGG THE FIRST OMEGAVERSE BL
i cannot explain how fucking excited i was waiting for this even though im writing this review after rewatching for the 3rd time i still remember how excited i was the first time. the story itself is not that creative to be honest but i also never seen anything like it in manhwas or novels. the enigma itself is kinda unfamiliar with me even though i have read a lot of omegaverse trope manhwas. in the first four episodes the story is very boring then it gets exciting. hua yong being an enigma wasnt a plot twist tbh because for me it was very predictable. but it was probably predictable because of the first scene of the show. the tRanSluCenT sKin yOuNg Man as stated in the novel (yes i also read the novel after the show) couldnt have been anyone but hua yong. therefore it was very predictable. the screen writing itself was not cringe and the progression for me was good but how the fuck is shen wenlang so stupid. like it gave me a literal cringe attack seeing how stupid of a character he was. he doesnt understand his feeling for gao tu and he doesnt understand that he is literally AN OMEGA. hes so stupid and i hate him he misunderstood everything and was sooooooo unbearable. other than that the vfx was good outfits and makeup was good overall vibes and scenes were good so i think its definitely worth watching yayyyyy.Was this review helpful to you?
plot of a play
Although the theme is novel, the plot is not very good.The actor's play is not very brilliant and it is difficult to substitute it.Both the acting skills of the main cp and the deputy cp are impossible to bring in, and the expressive force is too poor. Although the drama can be seen that a lot of money has been invested, the acting skills of the actors are so poor that people can't substitute them.Although there are not many episodes updated in this drama, it can be seen that the acting skills of the four protagonists are not very good.Similarly, although a lot of investment has been made in this drama, the plot is too naive, and the shooting of many scenes is too mindless or even mentally retarded.Was this review helpful to you?
Started Great, Ended in a Ditch
Well, congratulations to whoever decided to take a perfectly good show and drive it straight into a wall during the last episode. Seriously, was there a timer counting down somewhere? Because that finale felt like a sprint to the finish line with no one actually checking the script.I’ll admit — I wasn’t a fan of the main couple at first. They were fine, nothing groundbreaking. But somehow, they grew on me. Their story had depth, some charm, and just when I started to care… boom. The ending happened.
Now, the second couple — oh, the second couple. They had barely any screen time and still managed to outshine the leads. Every scene they had screamed potential. And then? They got tossed aside like last week’s subplot. Truly inspiring.
Overall, it’s a decent show — emphasis on “decent,” not “satisfying.” Should you watch it? Sure, if you enjoy emotional whiplash. The story’s interesting, the characters pull you in, and then the ending shows up just to remind you that happiness is temporary.
My advice? Watch it, but don’t fall in love with it. I made that mistake, and now I’m here writing this review instead of moving on with my life.
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Oh my gods, no. No. No no no no no...
Trying to calm down and failing miserably.This story is so messed up.
I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into with this series, but once I started, I couldn’t stop until I saw how it ended… Okay. I read the novel because I have zero patience. This is, without exaggeration, the worst book I’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering. And no, I’m not being sarcastic. The entertainment value of this novel is so low—it’s basically below the Mariana Trench.
I have very mixed feelings about this series. I hated it and loved it at different times. It took a while to grow on me, but then I devoured every episode—fascinated by that strange blend of love and manipulation. To desire someone so much that you want to possess them completely—this is love cannibalism. To love with your entire being, to watch, to seek, to chase the other, and yet insist you’re not in love. This is a love war. Such an interesting and twisted story.
And yet… I just couldn’t take it anymore. This romantasy is definitely not for me.
Imagine if Sheng Shao You were a woman. No. Completely out of line. The constant harassment wouldn’t fly in a male-female romance, and it shouldn’t be excused just because it’s set in an ABO universe. It’s incredibly problematic to justify it with “he wants it.” The other character doesn’t know that.
I struggled to connect with any of the characters—they were all irritating in their own special ways.
Xuan Hao is introduced as some kind of legendary Enigma, but most of the time he’s just… manipulative, hidden behind a mask of defenselessness and sweetness.
Sheng Shao You—he must have done something terrible in a past life to end up with Xuan Hao in this one. I honestly don’t know what he did to deserve it.
Shen Wen Lang was especially obnoxious; every time he spoke—or didn’t speak—to Gao Tu, I wanted to punch him.
Gao Tu… oh my god. Every time he looked at Shen Wen Lang, I felt my soul leave my body. So heartbreaking, so sad, so utterly pathetic. I loved him so much. I wanted to shake him, hit him with something, anything, just to make him come to his senses and run away forever.
And yet, I still felt sad for every single one of them. But I’m still reeling from some of the offensive, irritating, and downright wrong things in this story. And no, don’t tell me that’s just how “ABO creativity” works. I don’t care. It’s wrong, and popularity doesn’t make it less so.
I don’t want to be unnecessarily harsh—it was a good idea.
Overall, the series started strong, was tolerable in the middle, but by the end I just couldn’t stomach it anymore.
So my rating lands somewhere in the middle.
Why six stars then?
One bonus star because the opening song is fantastic,
and another because I got an illicit thrill from the second couple’s plot—though I only got crumbs of it.
Dear god, this should probably be minus one star instead.
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Feeling a little like 2012?
If this were 2012-15 BL era, this would be a 7, today it’s a 5.5.This drama insults the expectations of the audience while simultaneously not giving us what we really want to see…..the secondary couple.
This is episode after episode of 80s softcore of a deranged “enigma” doing unnecessary things to get his already-got man’s attention, leaving the crumbs of the couple with a real plot sitting on the sidelines.
Legit gave us 2-3 minutes one episode that had to be written as “sad man leaves office with box” another, “man leaves message again”
Yeah yeah it’s been said, it’s probably a setup to do a second season with these 2, but I doubt it. Especially with that ending that feels so 2009.
At least no one ends up dead for their troubles.
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Don't watch it!! The worse!!
I am literally crying right now. It's hurt so bad they changed the script. I hope everyone just stop watching this series if you love the 2nd Couple.They did them so dirty. I just cannot understand why the director, scriptwriter hate WenLang so much. They portayed him as toxic, useless, d*mb Alpha who was mad about the omega lying to him. In the novel he was far from it! He was a good character in the novel, he never even blame Gao Tu for lying to him.
1. They added the part where Hua Yong confronted Gao Tu. The scene never happen in the novel. And this scene didn't change anything except making Hua look good.
2. They added the part where Hua Yong told WenLang straight to his face that Gao Tu was an omega. This scene also never happen in the novel and it also didn't improve anything, didn't change anything except for making whitewashing Hua Yong!
3. They make WenLang called Gao Tu's father but remove the part where Hua Yong the one that suggested to WenLang to call Gao Tu's father. Again, this only making WenLang's character look bad. The fault immediately change from Hua Yong to WenLang.
4. They added the scene where WenLang blaming Gao Tu, saying Gao Tu betrayed him. This is the worse of the worse they can do to WenLang. In the novel WenLang never say those things. He was shocked and didn't say anything. He never even blame Gao Tu. He took a moment to gather his thoughts and immediately search for GaoTu. He never say those words. I am so frustrated and feel so sorry to WenLang's character.
I am so sad that they did him so dirty even in the last episode. They changed his script, deleted important scene, adding worse scene. It just worse than the novel. Don't watch it, not recommend at all!! The image of WenLang that I got from the novel is destroyed, DESTROYED!! THE DIRECTOR AND THE SCRIPTWRITER DID THIS!!!
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good plot but lack of screentime of 2nd couple
i really loved the series, hua yong who was really good at being toxic, shaoyou who was good too (idk what to write about him 😞), shen should’ve been nowhere near gao tu, and yes last but not least, the best character in this whole show was gao tu, he really stood out for me as a character who suffered the most through life. i felt the same pain as him throughout the drama, and i cried almost everytime when he was on the screen.#justiceforgaotu
sorry in advance if i made any mistakes, english isn’t my first language
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Series that wouldn't exist if every character got therapy
Or alternatively: Man Has A Crush For 15 Years & Makes It Everyone's ProblemHoly shit this was a freaking rollercoaster. I don't even know how to properly start this review???
Okay let me begin by saying that this is my first ever ABO/mpreg media I've watched. And it is a wild experience and what really helped me was doing some research (lol) into what ABO actually means and entails.
Knowing that history really helps see what the tropes are, how characters act and how sometimes it gets subverted.
The story was pretty good in the beginning but the ending really flopped. The story also got complicated by bad editing: the flashback scenes were sometimes hard to distuingish and in episode 14/15 they suddenly use a voiceover/narrator which felt really lazy. It was a prime example of telling vs. showing and it really ruined the vibe and the feel, which is a real shame since the overall production value up till then was quite high.
The casting was done great and I really liked the actors. I wish we'd gotten more scenes about Shen Wenlang's family since there's a whole weird complicated backstory with his two dads. I also thought the introduction of the random cousin of HY was so unnecessary and didn't make sense to me at all except for serving to show that HY wants to start a family.
A family which he would very eagerly abandon fyi !
Luckily SSY doesn't die so the family stays together but wtaf man, it is exactly something Edward from Twilight would do - kill the child/himself to be with Bella...sigh
As for my review title: if you watch it you'll agree. Holy crap those characters are messed up but each in their own unique way that hinders them to form healthy relationships. HY and SSY definitely don't have a healthy relationship in the beginning and even at the end I'm kind of like 'wow i cant believe these two are together'...of course on the other hand if they weren't together they would be wreaking all kinds of havoc on the world so maybe it's for the best that these 2 fcking freaks are married. And Gao Tu and Shen Wenlang...don't get me started. The ending was absolutely ridiculous. The fact that SWL doesn't even know GT's relationship with his dad is just so telling. Most people would start to pick up on that if they had been friends for 10 years. Of course GT is excellent at keeping everything secret so maybe it's a bit unfair to blame SWL.
But when I tell you I screamed when GT and his son reappeared on the screen??? I FK SCREAMED!!!!
I don't think I would watch this again since the pace is kind of all over the place and the chemistry is just not enough to keep me coming back. All in all, if you want to watch a new kind of drama and are into the omegaverse you should watch this!
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1Overall, I loved the series.
I had read the original novel, so I knew roughly what to expect, and I was very surprised at how well it had been adapted. It preserved the essence of the original work and was wonderfully transformed into a live-action format.
The only negative for me was the last episode, as the short running time meant that some scenes were left out that I would have liked to see on screen, thanks to the excellent work of the actors and directors.
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we could’ve had it all
honestly, i really enjoyed desire but my rating is simply because of the ending. the production team had every chance to give us a better ending for gao tu and wen lang and they ruined it. i’ve seen some people mention the manga to lessen the blow but unfortunately i could care less. the pacing was always off but choosing to wrap upthis whole drama in under an hour and give us no real “happy” ending was a choice. at the bare minimum we deserve a special episode but i know we won’t get it.
anyway, the best part of the last ep was just hua yong as always..
oh and i’m not saying don’t watch this drama but just be prepared for a horrible and rushed ending!
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Not As Expected_Not recommended...There are many better BL series compared to this
Its getting worst due to main lead with every passing episode. I would have dropped it by now but watching for second pair only.I have to revise this review and overall rating as well. It think story is deteriorating every new episode, specially of main couple. Its getting worse. I am only watching for second lead couple and specifically skipping to second couple part of episode. I hope second lead are paired as main couple in any new series.
I started this with high hopes, specially with new ides of Omegas and Alpha but as series progressed it started disappointing me. Honestly story of main couples seems boring and does not even look like love story to began with. Its more like forced love and full of lies.
However I am only impressed by story of Gao Tu and Shen. I think their story should have been main story line with more screen time. I see this only for them and their story otherwise main character story is disappointing.
They need to learn from "Revenged Love" Series.
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