That's write, I'm so grateful I barely have the words left to explain why.

Back when I heard the were gonna turn Mo Dao Zu Shi into a drama, I was so worried about the inevitable influence the chinese censure would have on the story. Now, almost a year later and 50 episodes held close to my heart, I just feel so grateful to the entire crew for what they managed to do despite the hardship and obstacles they had to get around.

The cast was amazing, perfect from tip to bottom, the acting so intense I found mysef crying almost as much as I did for the novel. The are differences, yes, of course there are, but I valued each of them so much -both for what they took away from the story and make it gain. What scared me the most ended up being one of the many strength point this adaptation has, because we need to remember than MDZS is not just a BL, not just romance -it's a story where war, friendship, family, hatred, love, forgiveness and betrayal have all an incredibly important role, intertwining with each other in such a powerful way that it's hard not to weep in longing at the end of the voyage.

I feel lucky to be part of this fandom, even more to have watched this drama and come across so many talents -which I'll make sure to follow closely! I enjoyed it so much! So the only thing I can say is, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

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Lack of pathos, lack of engagement, poor editing

I didn't set my expectations too high before watching this, but I can't help feeling somewhat disappointed.
The story has its attractiveness but loses much in execution and delivery. I would have appreciated more details about the tribes, a smarter distribution of the plot points; instead, everything comes out as badly assembled, iterative, and just slightly catchy, bordering with boring and annoying.

The delivery of the story mostly fails to convey its depth, so we continuously assist to repetitive and sometimes incoherent dialogues, repetitive scenes, cheap dangers with no concrete consequence if not what is needed to keep the plot going. The editing is probably the worst part - the way scenes were cut, assembled, and linked together ruins most of the best scenes, and the excess of zoom makes me still wonder whether I am exaggerating or if it is truly this bad.
The actors didn't do a bad job, but many moments seem so fake that they prevented me from really feeling it; there is too much self-pity, little depth in communication, rushed explanations and the characters are strongly unable to plan, observe and act based on the circumstances. They circle around the same sequence of events, and when I felt like it was time for them to finally develop out of their repetitiveness, they kept falling into the same hole. Yu Huan was always in prison; Zhen Lan had no significant development after he awakened; Bai Ying sacrificed and lucked out, sacrificed and lucked out; Su Mo is ambiguous enough to attract a bit of interest but remains a victim of the events surrounding him, indecisive when it matters and determinate always about the same things, to the point that he becomes a bit useless.

Dubious leadership, confusing character development or total lack of it, boring, quick missions, unengaging fights. Some scenes and the OSTs save the score, otherwise, it would have been lower.

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