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In the abyssal dark lies glimpses of brilliance.
Honestly, I wasn't expecting much for this drama. I knew just seeing the tags that this was going to be a bit heavy. Though this obviously had a ton of inspiration from another drama *ahem OBS lololol, it was re-written and reinterpreted enough that I would call it an original, albeit inspired work.
With that said, this is one of the more better produced dramas that came out of China in a while. There are tons of dramas this year, but this drama hearkens back to the days where classic cinematography and composition was used to move the story along.
Now onto the story, it actually makes a lot of sense. I know when it comes to romance, most "romance" drama watchers would prefer the angle of "prince charming" swooping in. However, not only was that not realistic, it devalues the girl wayy too much. I much preferred this. Call me old, but I prefer mature romance in which there's independence from both parties and inspite of that, they can still come together in the end. And this drama delivered in that aspect. Lu Xi Xiao, though he had his problems, it never occurred to him that all that he's done, all that he's achieved were done on his dad's/ family's penny. It was totally justified for Zhou Wan to leave him and let him understand his own value. As for Zhou Wan's character, I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't given a better platform after her 10 years of hard work. A bit realistic, but man, couldn't she become someone more... important? In the end, I dinked the writing a bit just because Zhou Wan's value ended up being the acceptance of Lu Xi Xiao for her complete self... i guess lol
Anyways, I just wrote a review for this drama just because i loved OBS. And since this was heavily inspired by that, I want justify my own score for it using this review lol
With that said, this is one of the more better produced dramas that came out of China in a while. There are tons of dramas this year, but this drama hearkens back to the days where classic cinematography and composition was used to move the story along.
Now onto the story, it actually makes a lot of sense. I know when it comes to romance, most "romance" drama watchers would prefer the angle of "prince charming" swooping in. However, not only was that not realistic, it devalues the girl wayy too much. I much preferred this. Call me old, but I prefer mature romance in which there's independence from both parties and inspite of that, they can still come together in the end. And this drama delivered in that aspect. Lu Xi Xiao, though he had his problems, it never occurred to him that all that he's done, all that he's achieved were done on his dad's/ family's penny. It was totally justified for Zhou Wan to leave him and let him understand his own value. As for Zhou Wan's character, I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't given a better platform after her 10 years of hard work. A bit realistic, but man, couldn't she become someone more... important? In the end, I dinked the writing a bit just because Zhou Wan's value ended up being the acceptance of Lu Xi Xiao for her complete self... i guess lol
Anyways, I just wrote a review for this drama just because i loved OBS. And since this was heavily inspired by that, I want justify my own score for it using this review lol
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