It's okay, but things need to be fixed here and there.

Story:
- The plot kinda jumps around too much, and it's a lot to take in. I think it needs improvements on pacing, since it can be quite confusing for audiences.
- Some things just don't make sense, like how Zhuang Wenjie can just walk out of the hospital before being discharged. It's not like he's going to a place that's authorized by the hospital, he's just casually WALKING OUT TO THE FREAKING SNACK STORE. No hospital would allow that lmao.
- It's nice to see that at least they incorporated all the fancy new tech we have and tried to work on character development, otherwise I literally would've quit halfway through the show.
- The first half is decently paced, but the last four episodes are just a huge brain dump. It squeezes everything together and makes it hard to take in all the new information, let alone put it together.

Music:
- A lot of people here seem to have lower ratings for the music. I, however, as a musician myself (and no I don't goof off for 20 minutes per day. I have 11 years of experience with both musical study and AP music theory.), think that the music suits the story decently. I especially like the theme that plays in the last episode when Luo Jian leaves Zhuang Wenjie, potentially forever.

Characters:
- Luo Jian is my favorite. Hands down. He's patient, reasonable, actually has a brain ( w o w . ), and really seems to be the only character that isn't overly exaggerated based on their role. He's also a great friend / parental figure to Wenjie. If anyone was gonna adopt him as a kid it would've been Luo Jian. Zhang Yi is also a great actor for him :]
- Oh my GOD I have so much to say about Zhuang Wenjie. He is the ultimate fat frick Mary Sue. He absolutely follows the meme of “I’M HALF ANGEL HALF DEMON AND EVERYBODY HATES ME AND BULLIES ME AND MY MOM GAVE ME THIS NECKLACE BEFORE SHE DIED AND SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVED ME AND I CRY EVERY DAY CAUSE EVERYBODY BULLIES ME AND I HAVE SCARS ALL OVER MYSELF CAUSE EVERYBODY HATES ME AND I HAVE A BRACELET THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE SECRETS OF MY FAMILY AND I’M SECRETLY A PRINCESS." He's good-looking, ultra-smart, seems to be able to do any freaking thing he touches without any prior experience, has a boohoo tragic backstory, and has--yeah, that necklace from his dead mom or whatever it is. He's just too fake.

Overall, the show's just okay. It needs improvements, and really, I'd prefer if the team took much longer to make it and worked on story & character improvements more so that the show would fare better. But for some reason, I just kept watching it even if it had those flaws. Now that's the magic of funky shows.
[EDIT: Help the more I rewatch this the more silly this shows seems]

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It's okay

Ok I'm gonna be honest. I just watched this for 张译. But!! The story isn't all too bad, although it /is/ a bit of a slow burner compared to other crime / war dramas. I personally like that, cause then I can miss like four episodes and I won't be super lost when I skip parts, unlike other dramas where I turn my head for five seconds and miss a major plot point. But when I say it's slow, I mean SLOW. I accidentally fell asleep to this thrice because of how slowly it was chugging by, but the story isn't necessarily boring. As for the music, I do like that they tried to use a more traditional orchestral soundtrack, which I did enjoy; it's just the more digitized music that kind of distracted me from what was going on in the show. The acting was decent too--I didn't have too much to criticize on that aspect. Overall, I think this show's an acceptable watch (especially while drawing ngl).

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