What started with Tan Tai Jin ended with Tan Tai Jin...or did it

Just finished watching a few minutes ago and decided to write my thoughts while they are fresh.

When this started airing I already saw the great potential just like all the trailers showed me. The CGI is on a whole different level, the costumes are absolutely phenomenal and so are the actors (will get to that later)

STORY:
Alright so the story had an interesting premise however just as it is the norm for Chinese dramas it got very intertwines lets say (was gonna say complicated but everything was actually explained very well). I personally find the Immortal arc the best because its where the real show begins, everything else was kinda setting the scene. However after around episode 35, everything fr took a turn. We learned how all the different lives of the characters intertwines with each other (especially Mo Nv, I fr wasn't expecting the twist of her being a devil from the beginning). I have to say that during the Bo Er arc aka dream arc, I thought that the quality of the drama was going down, and many people were complaining about that arc haha. It just felt rushed, but after finishing the show I thoiught: well yes they could have made it longer but at the end of the day the character roles of that arc are more important than the relationship between them. I mean how the Bo Er life connects to the real life world 10,000 years ago. Only complaint is that there was no continuation to Pian Ran and Qingyu's story :(

ACTING/CAST:
Not much to say really, all of the actors were absolutely phenomenal. Well....LYX kinda blew me away again, he just keeps getting better and better. And his duality at playing multiple characters is fr terrifying. Bai Lu was as always scarily good. I was actually not familiar with any of the other cast (CDL, DW, SZN, GYT) But wow they surprised me. CDL slayed her bitch roles. If her character got me infuriated t hen her acting got across haha.

MUSIC:
I am not gonna say anything except for: THE OST AND SOUNDTRACK ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING I FREAKING LOVE THEM AND AM STILL MAD THAT THE SOUNDTRACK IS NOT RELEASED, THE OST ISNT ENOUGH FOR MEEEEE.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Another thing that was done the best in this drama, above the story, is the character building. The characters were SO well built and thereafter SO well executed (this show would've flopped if the cast wasnt as good in my opinion) that the small plot holes, rushed parts were compensated for

And well yea this is kind of it.
Solid 10 for me. This drama went from meeting y expectation to falling a bit on them and at the very end COMPLETELY GOING BEYOND EVERYTHINGN I EXPECTED. It was the Immortal arc for me.........Will rlly miss this show and ABSOLUTELY RECCOMEND IT. oh and do bring some tissues, you will need em.

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Friendship isn't always expressed in words

I suggest you check it out for yourself, words cannot properly describe this drama. as everyone else said, binge it.
I myself am not so good at writing reviews but I decided to still summarise my thoughts as this drama left quite an impression on me. I just finished the last episode and everything I have to say is....wow, I did not except this going into the drama.

I do not typically watch these types of dramas so it was honestly quite different from my usual romance. One thing I should say is that there should be more dramas like this, I do not see a lot of great depictions of friendship like here. And although it m,ight not seem like a friendship drama, deep down it is.

STORY:
I did not have any specific expectations going into this show and at a certain point I just thought that it was about teenagers learning about friendship and fighting. And although it wasn't boring, the same actions starting repeating, but I quickly came to realize that it was intentional and helped properly set the ending. Bullying is like a chain.
But overall I really cannot properly describe how well the story was done, it smoothly avoided clichés, the directing of this drama as a whole was very original and unique.
I already thought that this drama was good but when I saw the last episode, the bars that I set for it were raised by so much.

ACTING:
tbh this was my first time seeing Ji Hoon acting so I was not familiar with him, in fact I was not really familiar with most of the cast except for Hyun Wook and Seung Ho. Through the story I of course noted everyone's incredible acting skills but that was until I saw the scene in ep 8 when Si Eun was walking out of the classroom. I was stunned, shocked and most of all impressed as hell. I have not seen such expressive acting in a while.

MUSIC:
I will stay silent for this topic. I am a highly musical person, I love music and I ujst have to say that while this drama did not have so many OST's they definitely checked the boxes for me. IT is impossible to explain how well they compliment the story and the acting, whoever was in charge of the music thank you so much!

As a small warning......do not be fooled, you WILL need tissues.

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Relationships aren't perfect

!!!!! This review was written 10 months ago!!!
I just realised I never posted it on the review page also this was my first review so it is kinda repetitive. also I don't remember what I wanted to put for the rating so don't trust that.


I watched ITSAY a while ago and have been holding this series off because of all the hate on it.
With the main factor being the cheating, I must say that this sequel was not perfect. However it was still portrayed well and was one of those series that ignored the typical fairytale stories and really showed the problems that real life couples face.

I have been preparing myself too much for the cheating factor and now I realise that it was very unnecessary as it was not as bad as I expected. I'm not saying it was ok NO NO it WAS NOT but I was happy to see the Jai was very understanding toward the whole situation and towards Teh who was already confused as hell.

Now I would mainly like to comment on the ending:
I understand why many people have different opinions toward the ending and would have rather preferred another ending where Teh and Oh went their separate ways. At first I was very focused on the cheating aspect when going into this but I quickly realised that it was just a tiny aspect of the whole meaning portrayed, especially toward the ending.
A lot of people were mad at Teh and Oh ending up together which I totally understand because I also felt like that throughout most of ep 3, 4 and 5...however there are a few things I would like to point out.
Let's face it Teh fucked up real bad and we all wanted to punch the hell out of him. I was fucking happy when they broke up but here is why I think that them getting back together wasn't specifically bad:

Ok so remember when Teh met up with Bas again and Bas gave out the words of absolute wisdom. Well those words conveyed the outcome actually. bas said that for some couples it's better to try to get back together and for some it would only toxify the relationship (words of wisdom my guy) and Oh answered "How will I know?", well here is the thing you don't. So Bas basically said that you will never know unless you try and that is exactly what Oh decided to do.

To be honest, the ending that we got is just one of many. In this story Oh decided to try again, knowing that it might hurt him, but he knew that nothing would ever clear the confusion up if he didn't try. Some may say that he shouldn't have done that and some may think that it was a good move,...that really comes down to the person since you really will never know unless you try.

A lot of us did not get the ending we wanted but really the ending can be considered an open ending if you think deeply. Oh and Teh chose to walk their path in the end and that path just happened to be the same one.

If they never met after the breakup, maybe they would be walking different roads. If Oh never went back to Teh they would probably also be walking different roads. If it comes down to it, if Teh didn't cheat on Oh....they might of still ended up going different paths. Again, the ending that we got is just one of many. If you never got the desired ending, just pretend that Oh made a different choice. We also don't know if they even lasted after getting back together since their relationship was already very shaky.

Thanks for reading!

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