A good overall story

My Journey To You can be viewed a few different ways: 1) a story of an assassins' mission to infiltrate the Gong Family, 2) a story of an immature, laid back heir thrown into leadership and being forced to develop into a true leader, 3) a story of the tumultuous incidents happening within the Gong walls and the reactions by various characters within those walls.

In my opinion, the third option gives the most satisfactory story and conclusion, whereas the first and second can either be debated or can be viewed as unresolved and even unfulfilled.

I give a 9 to the story on the third point, even though there are still loose ends (two deaths are not explained, one is semi-explained but is very odd and suspicious, the other is just shown with no explanation--chances are both are tied to same person, but we will never know), as well as some suspension of disbelief (quick bride selection towards the end--both sides should've been suspicious of the other, but suddenly there is no protocol, no security, etc--should've been a red flag to the other side).

To the second point, whether the heir truly ever grew into a great leader, or rather just a competent one would be determined by fans' subjectivity. His ultimate show of brilliance is questionable because of what his reasoning and main goals were, and whether his plan was truly a win for his family, and not just a win for his love-life at the cost of some very important lives--to the point where the whole structure of the Gong Family has been changed.

He did become a capable enough person that will be respected in holding the title, but whether his strategic prowess should be respected is up for debate.

To the First point, we are still not completely clear on all aspects of the assassin's mission and whether or not she ultimately failed or succeeded for herself.

A shame the director didn't dare enough to have a specified ending, instead of an OE. Maybe he himself doesn't know what the answer is. Second Season excuse is just an excuse. An ending for a second season would be a cliffhanger, where the audience would be privy to a revelation that will lead into the next season. Not a cowardly direction to just leave the audience hanging, not even revealing to actors what they're supposed to be reacting to.

Then again, perhaps the OE was the only way the story could be told and viewed from other perspectives. And I appreciate the director and script for not falling into fan-services; but rather showed a Male Lead who is not always correct, and validated the characters whom the ML saw as foes instead of villainizing them or having their abilities be deemed lesser than ML.

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A beautiful world created in Xianxia

I don't really write reviews, but for some reason I felt compelled to give this one a review.

To be honest, I just loved this drama because of the powerful and charismatic ML, leads have great chemistry, the production is so beautiful and the story is not the same old Heavenly Realm stories. (I have no idea why only they are called Immortals while both realms are immortal. Even to some extent both have deities, but I don't know if dramas acknowledge this fact.) Really if you look at most traditional mythologies, different cultures and tribes would consider what are called today the 'demons' or' anti-gods' as their deities while other groups consider the ones called today 'gods' as deities. This is many times the case when it comes to the same mythology with the same beings being told by different groups with the heroes and villains different according to the culture.

LBFD actually has a powerful being from the opposing realm, actually the most powerful of the three realms. Even in the end, he still was the only being who harnessed great power the other beings hadn't seen in their lifetimes or eras. And not only did LBFD show the Moon Realm in a fair light, they also write into the story a rivalry that doesn't blame the Moon Tribe. Moon Tribe did what they had to do, and while they harbored hate, it was due to their circumstances of having to defend and protect themselves.

It's not perfect, there are some flaws but nothing that is unwatchably annoying or cannot be overlooked

*I didn't really care about Jie Lie or her romance, but it's not something I can't look past or really felt the need to FF through.
*The general use of 30,000 years without really specifying how long DQC was Moon King before being imprisoned.
*Few scenes dragged towards the end in the sandstorm battle
*When they first get back to Moon Realm there was some stupidity amongst the characters. But it was also understandable that at that point, Orchid wouldn't care about the chaos Moon Realm could fall into and their defeat, but rather worried about the protection of her fairy realm and those she knows--even at the cost of her life.
*Jie Lie, like I said, is a character that is ehhh. Don't even know how she was just allowed to run around doing stupid things, but whatever... some characters are needed for plot.

Unlike others I don't mind the quick ending. Because really the story is finished there. It's okay for the audience to assume the rest, which were already told by the other characters would happen once the ending occurred.

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A Reincarnation Drama handled differently

While I watched this drama, many times I felt the need to commend whosever brain came up with not only the story, but also in how the story is told onscreen. I see that it's based on a webtoon, so I don't know how much is screenwriter's originality and how much the original work. Nevertheless, this is such a different overall product that I really appreciate the people behind the scenes for direction, editing, screenplay, script, etc. The whole vibe of this drama is just...different.

This *actually* has forbidden lovers--not some 'misunderstanding' or *hidden/actual truth* etc. The first scenes immediately tell you this is not supposed to be a 'happy' ending with the couple in terms of their physical life. But their souls get their peace and satisfaction. If you watch understanding that what was shown in the first episode is the foundation of their story, which means they really cannot be together--and you are into that type of story, then you won't be disappointed with this drama.

I really loved the storyline and how they utilized flashbacks and scene repetitions. I was only slightly impatient with the repetition maybe one or two times, and that too faded away soon. Things are hinted and shown in the beginning but characters claim something else--then we and the characters see the truth unravel.

They also acknowledged reincarnations don't manifest in the the same face/body. Of course, when it came to the reincarnation where they deal with that past life, the reincarnation took the same form, and that was also an important aspect to the story.

In short, I really appreciate how they told the story though there were some plot holes and a few head scratchers. Certain things are not explained or given sufficient background. Twice the lead characters instead of talking about an obvious third party decide not to discus and compare notes. My issues are explained in the comments. But despite all of that, I must give this a high mark simply due to the overall product.

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