Ari
the divine realm ☁️
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Part 2: The End of a Rollercoaster
Hi there! This review touches solely on part 2.
**This review does have small spoilers here and there. I do not spoil the ending. It is a bit of a long review.
Assuming you’ve watched part 1, part 2 isn’t exactly my cup of tea. The story becomes this dragged out time loop of inside prison to outside prison and dying, saved to dying again. I start losing the rationale behind some of the characters decisions in the drama. Although this drama is heavy on the angst, I wasn’t expecting to still see so much of that and so little character development and change in part 2.
There is so much to unpack in the 20 episodes. There is grief, drama, dishonesty, selfishness, strife, amnesia, etc. It’s almost as if the writer wanted to throw everything at the watcher without giving us a moment to breathe. Chan Yi is a much darker version of himself in part 2 after being betrayed. It made for an interesting couple of episodes because I wondered how he’d face Yun He. It became old after a couple more episodes and I was tired for Yun He of the time loop of prisoner that she has been playing since part 1. If possible, the plot felt even slower than it felt in part 1, the only saving grace was the acting.
The acting from Dilraba and Allen was as I expected, superb. I love Dilraba’s stage presence and poise, her smile makes me smile and her emotions are easily felt through her scenes. Allen Ren as the merman was also a delight, I’ve only seen him in Under the Power and I’m thoroughly impressed with the changes in character he’s able to portray. The chemistry is also well felt in my opinion.
As for the side characters, I wanted more. I’ve been intrigued about Yi Xuan for a while and while I liked Luo Luo as comedic relief, I felt she was lacking in depth. I wanted more than the quirky and slow best friend trope. Despite this however, I did love her sisterly relationship with Yunhe. The same goes for me with Kong Ming, I was expecting more from him in this season especially given his entrance but he sort of just played into the sidelines as the episodes went along. I really liked the Heavenly King, as a younger actor, he played such a big role with well. The second male lead Hao Ting, wasn’t my favorite but I’m glad he was smarter than I was predicting. He wanted the best for Yunhe even if it wasn’t him and that makes him admirable. I was rooting for Sanyue and Li Shu, with such opposite personalities it was evident that they needed each other.
On the villain end of things, I loved the actress who plays Fairy Shunde. I felt like she showed the right amount of insane that Shunde could be and it made for an entertaining watch. The immortal master seemed intense at first but also fell flat and became predictable let down after figuring out his motivations for being evil.
The OST has a whimsical feel to it. I really enjoyed the soundtrack and how it added to the scenes.
90% of part 2 is hardship and I wish the drama used more time to showcase the characters growth to become stronger and fight against evil together. My advice is if you can handle an angst heavy drama, which is apparent from the first few seconds of episode 1, then you can handle this drama to completion.
**This review does have small spoilers here and there. I do not spoil the ending. It is a bit of a long review.
Assuming you’ve watched part 1, part 2 isn’t exactly my cup of tea. The story becomes this dragged out time loop of inside prison to outside prison and dying, saved to dying again. I start losing the rationale behind some of the characters decisions in the drama. Although this drama is heavy on the angst, I wasn’t expecting to still see so much of that and so little character development and change in part 2.
There is so much to unpack in the 20 episodes. There is grief, drama, dishonesty, selfishness, strife, amnesia, etc. It’s almost as if the writer wanted to throw everything at the watcher without giving us a moment to breathe. Chan Yi is a much darker version of himself in part 2 after being betrayed. It made for an interesting couple of episodes because I wondered how he’d face Yun He. It became old after a couple more episodes and I was tired for Yun He of the time loop of prisoner that she has been playing since part 1. If possible, the plot felt even slower than it felt in part 1, the only saving grace was the acting.
The acting from Dilraba and Allen was as I expected, superb. I love Dilraba’s stage presence and poise, her smile makes me smile and her emotions are easily felt through her scenes. Allen Ren as the merman was also a delight, I’ve only seen him in Under the Power and I’m thoroughly impressed with the changes in character he’s able to portray. The chemistry is also well felt in my opinion.
As for the side characters, I wanted more. I’ve been intrigued about Yi Xuan for a while and while I liked Luo Luo as comedic relief, I felt she was lacking in depth. I wanted more than the quirky and slow best friend trope. Despite this however, I did love her sisterly relationship with Yunhe. The same goes for me with Kong Ming, I was expecting more from him in this season especially given his entrance but he sort of just played into the sidelines as the episodes went along. I really liked the Heavenly King, as a younger actor, he played such a big role with well. The second male lead Hao Ting, wasn’t my favorite but I’m glad he was smarter than I was predicting. He wanted the best for Yunhe even if it wasn’t him and that makes him admirable. I was rooting for Sanyue and Li Shu, with such opposite personalities it was evident that they needed each other.
On the villain end of things, I loved the actress who plays Fairy Shunde. I felt like she showed the right amount of insane that Shunde could be and it made for an entertaining watch. The immortal master seemed intense at first but also fell flat and became predictable let down after figuring out his motivations for being evil.
The OST has a whimsical feel to it. I really enjoyed the soundtrack and how it added to the scenes.
90% of part 2 is hardship and I wish the drama used more time to showcase the characters growth to become stronger and fight against evil together. My advice is if you can handle an angst heavy drama, which is apparent from the first few seconds of episode 1, then you can handle this drama to completion.
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