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Where do I even begin ?
First off , acting was excellent. All of the actors were very strong in their roles and did an amazing job. My biggest issue with this drama is that it started out with strong bl vibes between Xiao Ge and Wu Xie only to throw in a girl halfway through to derail it. Though not the fault of the actors, that was incredibly annoying, and almost made me want to stop watching. Chinese censorship is to blame. It ruins so many stories that could have had such great potential. Hey China, that's not how gay relationships work. Get with the modern times , it's embarrassing for you! My other issue is in the story itself. It started out so strong so I had such high hopes but then it just seem to slack off and lose track of the original story entirely. Might as well have called the drama The 11th Warehouse because they dropped the ball completely on the original story (which is a shame because it started out amazing) and it becomes almost entirely about this warehouse mystery and everyone and everything else is forgotten. They stop showing the group investigating the underground river including Xiao Ge about halfway through. Honestly the first half is great, as long as you stop watching before the warehouse and Bai Haotian come into the story. The warehouse bits seemed to drag on way too long. Too many side stories that seem random and irrelevant and have a totally different vibe from the rest of the drama. I'm sorry, as sad as Piaopiaos story is, she was a completely irrelvaent character that appeared out of nowhere 2/3 of the way through and is suddenly taking over half the screen time. Her story has nothing to do with the rest of the drama aside from being a childhood classmate and feels completely unnecessary to be taking up so much screen time . It throws off the whole feel of the drama and gives it a sloppy feel. And maybe I'm missing something but the warehouse stories didn't make a lot of sense and had a lot of holes. For instance, only one tiny entrance to that child warehouse that no adult can get through..then how did the goods get in and out? How did third uncle live for years in that dead area with no food, and yet they have fully functional electronics ? I got really annoyed with the warehouse test. Seriously, how much time do we need to waste watching them retake it over and over? Makes no sense that they're disqualifying exam takers over the smallest thing, yet no one else seems to notice the legit sword fighting and attempted murders going on? Also it gets annoying that adults in Asian dramas are so petty and childish . It's more like high school drama. Also, I am aware there is a season 2 that continues the story, which I have not seen yet, but this is also a bit annoying to me. I wish they had done this as one complete 62 ep series instead of 2 seasons. Clueless sites like Viki only upload one season and not the other so it's a bit pointless. Might as well only upload half a series.
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