The Untamed (2019)

Nothing can compare to it!!

Hands down, the best series I have ever watched. I had just completed watching it & went right back for a second time, because that's how good it was & I couldn't get over it. The show has an air of beautiful melancholy about it that you can't help but be drawn to it. I cried, I laughed, I felt sad, I felt happy throughout the show.

There's an underlying theme of love, be it the love of a friend, familial love or the love of someone special. This love is very well portrayed by the relationships that the ML Wei Ying has with the different characters in the show.

The two ML Wei Ying & Lan Zhan have the most beautiful relationship ever. The love & respect they have for one another is unparalleled & just out of this world. Although they may not have said the words, you can't miss the love portrayed through their actions, decisions & those longing stares.

After watching the show, I wanted to be transported to their world. I dreamt of exploring the back hills of the peaceful Cloud Recesses & going boating on the lakes of the Lotus Pier.(*wink)

The acting is the finest I have ever seen. They all portrayed their roles stunningly. Of course I'm going to be biased & say that my favourites are the two main leads.

All in all, this show is now the standard I hold every other show to.
I would go back & watch it a thousand times more.

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If u are confused whether to watch it or not,do not hesitate anymore, just watch it

Now my life has only 2 phases, before watching this and after watching this
Does anyone know how to recover, because I can't. I never knew that we could become this much addicted to one drama,❤️
When i was debating on whether i should watch this or not (since it has 50 eps)i kept on reading reviews,and i thought is this another overrated drama or are these people for real.
But trust my words friends,you can never ever find anything similar to this.
After watching i got so so obsessed that i read the full novel, even i started watching the anime version.
Since i read the novel after watching the series, my precious Xiao Zhang's ost would play ij my mind at the important parts❤️
The theme song 'wuji' should have a fanbase of its own I'm telling u.
I have to finish the anime and after watching some other drama I'm planning to rewatch this again.
The fact that all the emotional scenes in the drama,novel as well as the anime makes you cry no matter what
This drama is the definition of flawless drama.
The cast,crew, ost,visuals, everyone and everything about this is just perfect, I can't imagine even a small change in this drama, it's too perfect ✨

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BEST CHINESE DRAMA IN 2019

To be honest, I started watching this drama because of Xiao Zhan and Yibo since Xiao Zhan is my ultimate chinese bias and Yibo is always bias in UNIQ since 4 years ago but I gotta say this is the best chinese drama that I ever watched. The casts, their acting, their visuals, their chemistry, storyline, costumes, OSTs and everything down to production is perfect. I'm never into Chinese classical or historical type of drama but this drama is indeed an exception. I don't get watch such a good Chinese drama for such a long time. This drama made me laugh my heart out at the beginning but starting from episode 32 until the last episode, there wasn't a single episode I watched without bawling my eyes out because I could feel the pain potrayed by Xiao Zhan as Wei Ying and it's so heartwarming seeing how Lan Zhan always stands by Wei Ying's side and never leave him the moment he reunited with Wei Ying again. I always live for their bromance whether in the drama or during BTS. Morever, I really love Yunmeng Jiang siblings and it breaks my heart seeing how shijie died and Wei Ying & Jiang Cheng drifted apart after that when they used to be very good bros. I'm so thankful of shijie for keep treating his A'Xian nicely even though the world condemned him, hate him and everyone wanted him to die. I don't mind seeing Xiao Zhan & Xuan Lu to act as lover in drama because they're kinda look cute together. I've been a fan of Zhan Zhan for many years now and I've been waiting for world to notice how talented he is and now my dream finally came true. Xiao Zhan does not only have such a soft and sweet voice, but he's good at acting through his eyes too. All his fans know how talented and hardworking he is which is why he totally deserves everything that he got now. he's always be my inspiration It feels like I hit jackpot when I see my two biases act in the same time and they got so close with each other. They really complement each other and I couldn't keep my uwu everytime I see them. My YiZhan is my everything now and I need them in my life everyday. Have no idea to put into words how much I love them. I really wish to see both Xiao Zhan and Yibo to act in the same drama or movie again, Will continue to root and support them in no matter what they do in the future.

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The Untamed

I have watched this 4x and it is my number 1 favorite drama. My favorite things about it is that the actors did such a great job that I felt everything. The pain, the love and I felt the sorrow when they lost people close to them. Wei Ying , Lan Zhan and his brother, Jiang Cheng, and Ghost General have to be one of the best looking characters of all. Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo your song Wuji is so beautiful. Just want to say you both have amazing voices. Hope to see you in another great drama together soon. For anyone who has not seen it yet i guarantee this is definitely worth watching either on youtube or on the kdrama app.

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Watch it if you are tired of romantic dramas.

When I saw for the first time how popular this title was, I couldn't understand why. I've read the description and honestly, I wondered how can someone become so addicted to something without so much romantic scene and so on. I have to admit, I am not a big fan of Chinese SF dramas or mystery dramas, therefore I thought I can't watch it without dropping it. Some day I was so bored with all sweet, romantic, funny, and cute dramas without any action, so I wanted to try something new. Well, everyone was crazy about this one, so I gave it a try. Honestly, one of the best things I've ever made. Some people say that it moves slow, but for me, everything moves very well, the action was there, their friendship was there. Anyways, I have to admit, I was so disappointed because Jiang Cheng was almost every time irritated with Wei WuXian. I hoped that they will make up, but nope. I mean, they did sort of, but not how I would want to.
Anyways, this drama will in my heart forever, and if you watch it, you'll understand why.

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Demonization of clans can lead to atrocities

As fate would have it, a young and rambunctious sorcerer becomes the target of the most austere of swordsmen as personalities clash. The one, preferring a carefree life, ignores all the rules of the school. The other, finding honor in obedience, seeks to punish the sorcerer into submission to the rules of the clan. But when war breaks out over the land, the swordsman realizes that honor and righteousness are not such simple matters to ascertain.

The powers of dark magic become a temptation during hard times. People begin to vilify that which they can't understand. Revenge is meted out in abundance. Betrayals are made in darkness. Eventually the pursuit of justified revenge becomes corrupted into hate and excesses of cruelty. The powers of darkness get out of control. Everything would seem lost. But the ultimate sacrifice ends up changing the fate of many lives in the end.

"The Untamed" (陳情令) is a great series because it fleshes out some complex archetypes. This "hostile brothers" archetype dramatized the types of things that can happen when one puts politics above brotherhood in their hierarchy of values. It shows how the demonization of clans can lead to collective guilt and the abuse of those who are guilty only by association. It shows that those who fight fascism can, once victorious, also become fascist in their unchecked righteous indignation towards the demonized "other". Morality is not always as simple as it seems.

More philosophical reviews: https://transcendentphilos.wixsite.com/website/post/the-philosophy-of-chinese-dramas

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Definitely my favourite Chinese drama.
I found the beginning a little slow and sometimes confusing (because of the amount of stuff happening and all the names of the characters), but I kept watching and then I became addicted with it. This drama got me into danmei novels.

It's true that some points of the plot are different from the original one of the novel (see for example the 13/16 years), but it didn't bother me that much apart from the censorship.

Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo are great actors, they were able to convey the relationship the main characters have in the novel even with the different plot. Xiao Zhan is the perfect Wei Wuxian and I found especially exciting how Wang Yibo was able to show Lan Wangji's emotions through micro-expressions and movements of his body.
The side-actors were very good too. Zhu Zanjin was able to make me hate his character (no offense to him though) and Ji Li is a perfect Nie Huaisang.

p.s. the characters are all dubbed by chinese "voice actors", so when you listen to the characters talking you're actually not listening to the actors you see on the screen

The OSTs are so good I made a playlist especially for this drama, especially the main theme.

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forgive everybody Wei Wuxian and everybody deserves love and not everybody are evil.

This drama was very good and incredible, like xiao zhan acting was very great and i love it so much even wang yi bo acting was good too. I was surprised by the love of wei wuxian in fact he risked his life to save his brother but his brother was doing bad things to him but wei wuxian still loved his brother. wei wuxian actually went through a lot, people used to hate him for no reason thinking he was a murderer but he wasn't, because he didn't have his golden core. He deserved a lot of forgiveness from everyone because he didn't deserve that and he deserved a lot of hugs and love too.

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A special gem that will stays in my heart 4ever

It's 2021 and I'm still here enjoying The Untamed for the nth time. I couldn't count how many times I have watched The Untamed and it's so incredible that all the emotions remain the same so I decided to write a review on the drama gave me experiences that i haven't had for such a long time.
I got to know The Untamed from Thailand concert, after it had finished airing. XiaoZhan's smile really draw me in and the duet of the song Wuji with XiaoZhan & Wang Yibo at the concert started my days with The Untamed. I started watching The Untamed while reading the original novel at the same time and I have to say, the writers of both did excellent job to bring us the audience this wonderful story. The plot, acting of the casts, chemistry of two main leads and music are main reasons I've been so in love with The Untamed until now. XiaoZhan & Wand Yibo are Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji came out from the book, I love their cute interactions, feel their pains & wish to have such a special person in my life like they have each other. This drama is not just about boylove but so much more profound with family love, friendship, soulmate and morality values in life. Talking about the music, whenever I hear any song in the OST album, I can visualize that exact scene in the drama so hat off to Lin Hai laosi. The adaptation made some changes comparing the the original story because of censorship in China but did not really affect the whole story.
Thank you The Untamed for coming to my life!

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Forever #1 !!!

I watched this drama on Viki but it is available on Youtube. Let me tell you exactly why you will consider this #1.

Graphics:
I never really changed the resolution when watching but it was always clear and bright. The clothing they wore was always beautiful especially Lan's Family clothing and when Wei Ying's. I never once was disappointing in their clothing choices, Infact if anything i watched this because of the clothes and the actors. Also had lovely lighting.

Music:
From the sound of the flute to the sound of the 9 stringed zither to the voices of Xiao Zhan's and Wang Yibo. I was always longing to hear the music. I even downloaded the song onto my phone and promised myself to learn the piano and play Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan song.

Story and Plot:
I never once skipped any part, My eye's were always wide open. I never once yawned or felt annoyed because you can't miss any detail. It wasn't lacking in anything. Every episode had a story. Never once did it feel dragging. I wish that the drama could never end. I only had 2 things i wanted to see more of. I wanted to know Wei Yings past a little better and the ending was great but they could have shown Lan Zhan face but we all knew He called Wei ying at the end and you could see his figure in Wei Ying eyes.

Rewatch :

Since the first time i watched it. I have watched it 10 times or more in only 8 months. Usually i would never do that but i continuously come back for the BL? Bromance? Whatever you wanna call it.

When i first saw the cast and i didn't see romance i was skeptical and skipped it because i am a romantic nerd but as the saying goes "Don't judge a book by its cover". To all those people who are like me don't do it. I promise you won't regret it. Even if you dont like Boy romance or friendship it was not mostly about that. The story line had betrayal, death, rising to the top and plummeting to the bottom and lack of trust by the persons who are closest to you...
10/10

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I absolutely became obsessed with this show. In all honesty, the first few minutes of the show was rather boring to me because I don't really like historical genres of pure wu xia/xian xia very much, but then I found out it was based off of a BL novel so I had to give it a second chance. And...it turned out to be really great. It definitely is one of the best BL based cdramas I have ever seen. But, technically speaking, the drama isn't made to be BL but as a "bromance". And let me tell you. please don't make that stop you from watching it!!! The intimacy shown, the cuteness between the couple shown, the unspoken cues of lovey-dovey vibes and flirting are all there and more. It is sort of like a don't-ask-don't-tell vibe since there has to be censorship on what the story can show to its audience, it being a Chinese drama and all. Like I said, it is CLEARLY there! That's why I agree with some people when they say that the producing company was playing with fire (with the gov) with the interaction and development between the CP. But if you are here for the heavy clear-cut BL, then this isn't that.

After a few episodes in, I got too obsessed while waiting for episodes to come out and picked up the book translation and started reading. That really enhanced the drama for me. It allowed me to understand a lot of the underlying things that weren't clearly explained in the drama. I would definitely recommend picking up the book but BE WARNED, there are explicit scenes in the book. Both materials have a romance vibe but they show it in different ways. I feel like the drama is more romantic than the book, probably because of the censorship. The book is more out in the open when the relationship establishes whereas the drama is more of a jump from "we are friends like soulmates" to "we're an old couple that needs no additional spice because we've been there and done that". But, one of the reasons why I think the drama is so successful is because the original content isn't just about the romance between the CP, but it's about their world. Themes about their world like of what's right, what's wrong, and the greyness that exists in people and situations that appear in the book are shown in this drama very well. The drama does a really great job in keeping with the original content. Given that it can't be 100% the same, but I would give it a good 80% towards it being a great rendition of the book.

The actors were great. I didn't really feel any out-of-place acting in this drama. Given that most of the actors in here are not that experienced, but in my opinion, they still did an excellent job. Some of the acting was more of a get-used-to-it-and-you-will-get-it-later type acting. The actors selected, in my opinion, really matched the roles very well, especially the main CP. I was iffy of Wang Yi Bo at the beginning of the drama because of the role of Lan Wang Ji being, from what I saw, a very hard to portray character (relying mostly on facial/bodily performances and very little verbal expression) but like I said, his acting is more of a get-used-to-it-and-you'll-get-it vibe. I absolutely adore Xiao Zhan's portrayal of Wei Wu Xian. The personality is a little different from what I got from the book, but it matched up to the drama so well. I honestly, liked his Wei Wu Xian more than the book's Wei Wu Xian but the differences are pretty nuance elements.

Personally, there were only two pieces of disappointments that I would note. One, obviously it being a censored drama, some of my favorite moments from the book got cut from the drama. A lot of the highlight moments did get portrayed in the drama though, I'll give you that which was a very important reason of why it was so good. They didn't really stray from the original content. Rearranging, yes but straying, no. Specifically, there were two moments that I really wished they would have added it in there and both happened in the 16-years-later segment. I thought both those scenes were very important because one scene provided input on the acceptance of the CP's relationship by others in the don't-ask-don't-tell type scenario and the other scene was the CP's own unspoken but very clear declaration to the world that "this man is mine" or "this is the most important person to me" declaration. Plus, this declaration scene I mentioned, to me was a scene that paired with another scene. By not showing this "declaration" scene , there was no explanation as to the "why" of what happened in the paired scene that did make it into the drama.
The second disappointment is the ending. Don't get me wrong, the ending wasn't bad. I AM content with the ending but as a first reaction, I was disappointed because I sorta wanted just a tad more than what the very very last scene provided. You will get what I mean if you watch it. With a closer inspection of the ending scene, you will find a lot of reasons to appreciate how it was done. Of course, that is IMO from the details that I caught sight of.
But these disappoints were definitely washed away when I watched the last 4 or 5 episodes because like I said, there is a high level of intimacy portrayed by the CP in this drama. Like I mentioned, near the end, it's more of like they are already a couple. An old couple that has been through so much together that their simple behaviors signify so much and there attraction towards each other is very clearly spoken through those interactions. The intimacy level shown at the end of this drama, really just blew me away and made me say, " I don't care anymore, I love all of it!"

Final evaluation after my first time through...
-1 It being a censored drama but that's not really the drama's fault at all...the world just needs more time to accept all forms of love and even more time to get rid of any discrimination and distaste.
+1 Script was great
+1 Script was a close rendition to the original story
+1 Even though it was a "bromance", didn't stick in a girl to create romance and left it to the story to create the underlying romantic vibe.
+1 Set and music was pretty on point for the most part
+10 Actors can act!
+100 Hot guys! Cute guys galore! d=(≧∇≦)=b
+1000 The CP had chemistry and were cute guys that can act! (▰˘v˘▰)

...coming from a fujo (☆▽☆)...10,000 points to The Untamed!
100% recommend!!! 100% recommend!!! 100% recommend!!!

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