Noona
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?Just I have finished this drama, I did marathon all the episodes back to back over 4 days. It’s a romantic light melodrama, The story concept is good but the details were unfortunately not perfectly engaged ! I believe it would be more than enough for this series to be 20 episodes because in my opinion the prolongation of the story over 46 episodes were unnecessary at all ! It’s almost a typical story of a couple struggling on their relationship due to secrets from the past. Honestly if it wasn’t for the great performance of the main lead Zhang Han, the couple epic chemistry ???????????????? , sure I would have dropped out this series. I admit that I had to skip many scenes & still was able to understand everything till last episode ???? Deserves mentioning; The natural acting of the actresses Janine Chang, her perfect style throughout the series , the soundtracks & the high quality production ???????? Over all; it was a wonderful ride, thanks to the couple acting & chemistry. ?SPOILER ALERT ????:
?What was mostly frustrating is that the negative character of the female lead in which she wasn’t courageous enough to fight for their love till the very last episodes ! so unfortunately we couldn’t have many scenes of the couple together! I wished to see a more focused detailed story of their love with more depth & reflection from their past & present !
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? This drama is a? new genre for me by all means ! I am not into manga, anime or fantasy dramas at all !! First 4 episodes were like a new experience to me ! couldn’t understand the story or adapt ?to its flow ! but by finishing ep 5, something like a magic has happened ! The story became so clear & each character too has became so defined ! at that moment I started to be hooked to the drama & kept watching all the episodes back to back & spent literally sleepless nights to do that ! I have read some reviews about this drama but I believe their disappointment because they read the novel or the manga so surely they couldn’t help but to keep comparing things ! Regarding the acting; though I am a big Yang Yang fan but I agree he needs to improve his acting more. Yet honesty I believe that he did already
a good job???????? it’s not his fault that the character required him to pl?ay the immature playful guy on the first 20s episode ! I think he did a great in portraying his character, if anyone interested to see Yang Yang acting as a mature adult, please go & watch him slaying these roles on Love O2O & the whirlwind girl but don’t blame the actor for conveying well the immaturity of his character ! About the story itself, it was an enjoyable journey for me. I liked how Lin Dong character has been developed over the episodes. In my opinion the flow pace was quite adequate, neither rushed nor slow ! Adding to that the fact that this drama has almost everything! Comic scenes, melodrama, fantasy, adventure, youth , friendship, brotherhood, family, loyalty, experiencing first love & true love, mentor - mentee relationship & action. Also the cinematography is so perfect ????????????????! for me each episode was like watching a movie! the quality of th?e effects? wer?e re?ally great, it’s indeed a high quality fantasy dram??a ?. The OSTs too were great & so wonderful.
?? My feedback & recommendation about this drama:
This basically will be divided into 4 categories!
1- If you are a Yang Yang fan; just proceed & watch it without any hesitation, surely you would love it ???????? It’s great to see a total new side of him portraying an adorable character like Lin Dong who is carefree kid, mischievous, playful & cheerful!
2- If you are a fan of fantasy drama, also would recommend you to check out this one because I believe it’s a high quality fantasy drama & deserves a chance to be checked out.
3- If you are not fan of either this genre nor Yang Yang, still would recommend you to watch it & give it a try at least till finishing ep 5, where everything becomes so clear, so you can have a better chance of deciding wisely whether to continue or drop it out though I believe you may like it just like me who have watched this genre for the first time ever yet have loved it ????
4- Here is the critical category! Those who have read the novel or the drama ! you probably would be disappointed because the drama didn’t take after the novel or the manga on their details specially about the main lead character traits ! I can understand your disappointment but maybe you would enjoy it if you decided to watch it without concerning so much over these differences !
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I was hesitant to watch this drama because I knew beforehand about the ending, but gladly I did watch it for my love to Bin Bin and Raba, really despite the ending, don’t regret at all watching this series and gonna be among my all time favorite dramas. If I did not know that this drama based on historical facts, I would rate it 8/10 only because I wished the King trusted Li Er , but after knowing its truly that he didn’t trust anyone, did not appoint queen and he was the one who united China, So gonna rate it 9.5/10. The acting was brilliant by Bin Bin, the clothes and styles of The king and Li Er are incredible and probably the best ever I have yet to see! I watched countless Historical chinese & Korean dramas, but love this one so much because it’s unique & will be hardly to be forgotten! It’s almost a straightforward, not complicated plot yet magical & super addicting!
I don’t know why but truly this drama has a magic that Keeps me under its spell & makes it hard for me to move on ! I spent sleepless nights watching this series over 3 days !
Bin Bin & Raba are the most gorgeous Asian couple of 2017 & hands down ??
Love also the BGM & OSTs..
I would recommend watching this drama for any fans of the leads, historical dramas or Asian dramas. It was a wonderful journey.
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