I signed up on MDL just so I can leave a review for this underated gem that I found in the iQiyi app.

Lovely Swords Girl is a drama made of new actors/actresses that delivered fresh, and ok acting. It also helped that the OTP is highly unusual and that a lot of the male casts are good looking. Through the 28eps I can say that the writer and director had the right pacing and made interesting storylines to flesh out our main and side characters.

Pros:
- character backstories for main and side characters is solid A. You can really understand the characters well from the main leads, to the parental characters, villain, etc. Even the 1/2 character of the male lead is so well developed that when he was “lost” I cried buckets for him.
- good chemistry between the young casts as friends and lovers. Even the bromance is well developed
- lighthearted/wacky mood at the start that might turn you off at first but as the story goes you’ll see that the Series becomes more dramatic

Cons
- very basic conflict - since the drama invested more on the characters, the conflict with the villain is very simple and straight forward. But then again you also have that other overarching conflict about what love is so I guess it balanced it out.
- Setting - maybe Also due to the limited budget, the characters and story just move from almost just 5 general locations throughout the drama