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The ending felt rushed.
I watched this drama because I was getting a little tired of palace politics. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy that genre, but I wanted a short break and planned to watch something different for once. But in the end, I still couldn’t escape from palace politics 😂
At first, I thought the drama would be purely wuxia since I didn’t even see palace politics tags on MDL . The first few episodes were amazing a lot of fighting scenes, some investigation elements, which is exactly the genre I like. But later on, it slowly turned into another palace politics drama again. Hmm… since I was already halfway through, I just continued watching it.
For me, the drama was really good, especially the fighting choreography. Plus, from the spoilers I saw on MDL, none of Zhan Zhao’s close friends died, so I was actually planning to give it a 9/10. But I changed my mind during the ending and lowered it to 8.7/10 because it ended up feeling like a typical cdrama ending again confusing, rushed, and somehow there must be a character death for emotional impact.
Honestly, Ming Zhu Er’s death felt completely unnecessary. I really don’t understand why cdrama directors love making endings like this. Why does someone always have to die at the end? And why do they make the ending feel incomplete or poorly explained instead of properly wrapping everything up? Is it really that hard to let all the characters survive and give the story a satisfying conclusion?
At first, I thought the drama would be purely wuxia since I didn’t even see palace politics tags on MDL . The first few episodes were amazing a lot of fighting scenes, some investigation elements, which is exactly the genre I like. But later on, it slowly turned into another palace politics drama again. Hmm… since I was already halfway through, I just continued watching it.
For me, the drama was really good, especially the fighting choreography. Plus, from the spoilers I saw on MDL, none of Zhan Zhao’s close friends died, so I was actually planning to give it a 9/10. But I changed my mind during the ending and lowered it to 8.7/10 because it ended up feeling like a typical cdrama ending again confusing, rushed, and somehow there must be a character death for emotional impact.
Honestly, Ming Zhu Er’s death felt completely unnecessary. I really don’t understand why cdrama directors love making endings like this. Why does someone always have to die at the end? And why do they make the ending feel incomplete or poorly explained instead of properly wrapping everything up? Is it really that hard to let all the characters survive and give the story a satisfying conclusion?
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