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A journey that goes nowhere
To begin, I have heard of this drama for a while since I got into K-dramas, then C-dramas, and decided to check it out.
I was mostly intrigued by the whole female assassin plot and I already knew a good chunk of what this type of trope was (the spy sent to kill but falls in love with their target) I was rather curious about the execution.
It was disappointing because it loses its intrigue by the middle of the story. The beginning was good, the middle point it got rather boring and slow, and by the finale episode it got interesting again, and the ending was just what? That's the problem with Guo Jingming dramas, is that it's beautiful aesthetically and world-building-wise, but besides that, his writing goes nowhere, then somewhere, then ultimately nothing. Basically a nothing burger.
I liked seeing Gong Ziyu's character evolve; I mean, who doesn’t love an underdog story?
It was rather annoying how long the breaks were between each trial because I mostly felt it wasn’t taken seriously, and the constant back and forth was hard to keep up. Tho he is the master of his family now, so it’s understandable why they did that, but during the middle arc of the story, if it wasn’t for his older sister's comedic timing, I would’ve gotten bored quite easily.
The ending was just badly done. I did some research, and it is confirmed by the director that the ending was intended to be sad, and it seems he doesn’t have any plans anytime soon for a season 2.
I know this drama went through difficulties back then because of an actor who got into a scandal, but the ending was rather badly written. Because I interpret it as more of an open ending, probably like many others, but as an open ending, it had way too many storylines that they didn’t bother to wrap up. So if they plan to ever make an S2 in the future, I think it would be rather difficult to pick up where they left off without some weird/awkward pacing
The romance plot line was rather disappointing because I looked forward to the ZLH and YSX pairing, and it a shame it didn’t really do them justice (I hope they get reunited in a future romance drama together)
The 2nd couple tho! They stole my attention with their tension in every scene, like omg, I was invested!
I hope they reunite in another drama as leads as well!
YSX was so cool in this role!! that I wish she would get more opportunities to portray similar roles like this in the future, rather than the typecasting of a constant cute, adorable, sunshine, positive character
I mean, I have nothing against these types of characters, but it rather limits her abilities.
I was mostly intrigued by the whole female assassin plot and I already knew a good chunk of what this type of trope was (the spy sent to kill but falls in love with their target) I was rather curious about the execution.
It was disappointing because it loses its intrigue by the middle of the story. The beginning was good, the middle point it got rather boring and slow, and by the finale episode it got interesting again, and the ending was just what? That's the problem with Guo Jingming dramas, is that it's beautiful aesthetically and world-building-wise, but besides that, his writing goes nowhere, then somewhere, then ultimately nothing. Basically a nothing burger.
I liked seeing Gong Ziyu's character evolve; I mean, who doesn’t love an underdog story?
It was rather annoying how long the breaks were between each trial because I mostly felt it wasn’t taken seriously, and the constant back and forth was hard to keep up. Tho he is the master of his family now, so it’s understandable why they did that, but during the middle arc of the story, if it wasn’t for his older sister's comedic timing, I would’ve gotten bored quite easily.
The ending was just badly done. I did some research, and it is confirmed by the director that the ending was intended to be sad, and it seems he doesn’t have any plans anytime soon for a season 2.
I know this drama went through difficulties back then because of an actor who got into a scandal, but the ending was rather badly written. Because I interpret it as more of an open ending, probably like many others, but as an open ending, it had way too many storylines that they didn’t bother to wrap up. So if they plan to ever make an S2 in the future, I think it would be rather difficult to pick up where they left off without some weird/awkward pacing
The romance plot line was rather disappointing because I looked forward to the ZLH and YSX pairing, and it a shame it didn’t really do them justice (I hope they get reunited in a future romance drama together)
The 2nd couple tho! They stole my attention with their tension in every scene, like omg, I was invested!
I hope they reunite in another drama as leads as well!
YSX was so cool in this role!! that I wish she would get more opportunities to portray similar roles like this in the future, rather than the typecasting of a constant cute, adorable, sunshine, positive character
I mean, I have nothing against these types of characters, but it rather limits her abilities.
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