Story: It’s quite good and light. Interesting cases and will remind you of Detective Conan. More on political and underground theme based on old Shanghai. I really love how they have diverse characters in this series. Dubbing was acceptable and it didn’t ruin the show.

Acting: They all did great, even the villains and foreigners. I can understand why this drama was a breakthrough for Yitian. Leon Zhang stole the limelight though, he looked dashing and badass here. I love every expression of his. In terms of Xiao yan, I expected her character to be annoying because of the comments, however, I didn’t think it was that bad for me. She has this entitled attitude but it served it’s purpose. She acted really good, even with the sad scenes. However, despite good acting, I still didn’t feel any romantic chemistry with Yitian. Visual-wise, they don’t have that chemistry but their acting as a couple and pace of their relationship was convincing. Another guy who had a good impression from me is the coroner, he’s really cute. ☺️

Music: terrible. The intro and ending song were not catchy or mysterious enough for a detective drama.

Rewatch value: I don’t think I would rewatch this, however, to yitian and Leon fans, there are cute scenes of their bromance that is worth rewatching.

Overall: Although it took me sometime to finish this, i think it was a decent watch. It has a steady pace with some boring moments but still watchable. 6.5 to 7 stars because of the acting and the setting. I’m looking forward to ‘checkmate’. I think it has great potential.