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Back from the Brink chinese drama review
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Back from the Brink
5 people found this review helpful
by S
Jun 13, 2023
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

A Better Xianxia series than the majority of the of the Xianxia dramas

So far the story of FL and ML working together to gather all the missing parts of ML is really good. There were funny and serious parts within the series that fitted well. The actress and actor who played the leads were excellent. including the 2nd ML, he played his part well, there were times when the screen writer over-did his act and were trying to break the FL and ML apart, it was abit much.

The FL is hilarious and is not portrayed as a weak and dumb girl like most of FLs in these types of dramas. She has her own mind and personality. She speaks what she wants, and will obtain what she wants through thick or thin. The ML starts off as a cold being who wants nothing more than to just gather his missing body parts and take revenge on the one to put him in his dire state. At first he was ready to remove the Heart Protecting Scale forcefully from the FL. Later on he starts to warm up and you start to see his character change and relearns to love, trust, and understand the heart.

The only main issue that I have with the story was the ending and how the leads were able to defeat the antagonist. It was messy and had minor plot holes that were kind of left un-answer on how it came to be. It also felt rushed to, after defeating the villain. the ML was ab el to find the FL within 15 years ( that seems a bit year, now that the FL is supposedly 16 years old after being reincarnated). It would have been a perfect Xianxia if the screen writer and producer were able to write it more carful on overcoming the villain and if story is about personal greed or and dark temptation there is always a way to control it.

In all, I would say this is Xianxia dramas is much better than most Xianxia dramas where FL starts off weak, dumb, useless-looking and tries to their innocence to avoid trouble. Then later becomes all mighty for all the wrong reason and has to fight her friends or love ones. ML tends to be boastful and obnoxious with too much pride. Later on just stands there dumbfounded and unwilling to do anything for the FL which leads her to her demise and turn. Then the ML is forced to kill the FL for the "sake of humanity/ world(s)/ earth and heaven, etc., and is heart broken that he messed up and after hearing the truth many episodes later and tries to redeem himself for her.

Here in this series, FL is blunt but knows what she wants, the ML is starts from nothing and has to relearn and grows. Though sadly the conclusions is always their weak spot. They havent perfected on how to end a Xianxia drama without having dumb plot holes, and a very rushed ending to meet the limited episode numbers. In the end I still enjoyed this drama with all the funny, sad, and the serious moments within the drama. :)
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