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Xiang Long chinese drama review
Dropped 9/20
Xiang Long
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by mintcoloredeye
Apr 26, 2021
9 of 20 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers

Starts good but is frustrating throughout to watch

When the episode first started, I had high expectations for this series.

The revenge plot seems interesting and Yang Hao Ming's acting is amazing- I was impressed and it was my first time seeing him in a tv show (and no, I did not know him from anywhere before). He is intelligent and cunning. So, I had high expectations until Long Xiang appeared. ong was one of the characters that made this show hard too watch. He is spoiled, arrogant, dumb and had no regards for his subordinates' lives (even Yaya, whom he is closest with). While very toxic, I could still tolerate him if he is still intelligent, but no- this guy is reckless and dumb, which causes the show to fall into a drain for me. And no, he does not get redeemed.

While the bromance moments are interesting, I can't help but feel it's extremely toxic and one-sided. I was expecting a show with a lot of tactics and strategy, but the show is just about Long and his dumbness and how everyone around him tolerates his behavior and do not admonish him. Everyone around him is an enabler, and far from having a character development, he still ends up that way and everyone encourages that behavior (including his father and Yaya).

I worry for the Long family's future if he is to succeed the family. As for the acting, Yang Hao Ming's acting is really good, and so is the actress who plays Yaya. Some others are just over-the-top. I hope that the story had focused more on the revenge on the Man family, which seemed to have been forgotten over the series.
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