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The Imperial Coroner chinese drama review
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The Imperial Coroner
8 people found this review helpful
by greenteaberry
May 21, 2021
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10.0

A rare gem in the historical detective story realm!

This was SUCH a good watch. A rare drama that I watch at 1x speed (instead of 1.5-2x) because it was soooo full of content and useful information, and there are so many good couples to ship with amazing chemistry <3

As a detective story, it called back content/keywords that appeared in the past, and all the characters (both the good and the bad) are so smart so you won't get those "angry at the main character for making stupid decisions that lead to slow-moving draggy drama" moments! The fact that this is more detective-focused than romance-focused also meant, we had a very logic and detail-oriented plot full of surprises and twists and turns! You're bound to be amazed by the battle of the wits between the leads and the bad guys :P

While the IQ is 200 in the show, they did make the lines such that the normal viewer would be able to understand what's going on, and they supplement a lot of visual-spatial descriptions with cutely drawn comics!

Also, every character is well-described and has multiple faces -- so you don't have single-faceted characters that only show up for a bit to serve one purpose. This made all the side characters super lovable as well (except for maybe the one or two villains, of course hahaha)

As a rom com, the script design is smart and the comedic timing is gold. I don't need to say anymore -- just go watch the show. XD The only reason this isn't a 10/10? I didn't get enough of the 2 leads. I could have used an extra 2 minutes of them at the end, instead of a very very crime-solving focused finale...
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