I started this because of Wang Yibo – after watching his drama, Gank Your Heart. To be honest, I have tried this a few months ago, but stopped because I felt it looked too cheesy and I was super confused at the beginning scene. Then I read the synopsis, and felt that it has a boys love vibe (which I was not comfortable with)

However, I was motivated after finishing Gank Your Heart. It’s also one of the highest rated drama on MyDramalist, so I decided to get over my prejudice and watched this.

The first 2 episodes starts off in the present time, which makes it super confusing. It dives right into the climax of the story, without any introduction. The beginning of the tale starts in episode 3 and it all starts making sense – with flashbacks. After the flashbacks, I began rewatching the first 2 episodes to see what I’ve missed.

What I really like about this drama:
• Plot twists! I did not see some of it, and I have also anticipated some of it.
• Eye candy galore. I have never seen such a pretty cast. Guys/Girls/Villians
• Mysterious/addictive. There’s just something about this drama that I find very addictive.
• I love watching the interactions between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. When they fight together, it’s just totally in sync.
• Villain development. I can sort of understand the villain’s motivations. I did not want to but, there’s a bit of empathy towards the villains.

What I didn’t like about this drama:
• Even though I was not comfortable with the boys love drama – I felt the lack of it in this drama. There seems to be chunks missing from the drama. When/How did Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian become so close? I hardly seen any interactions. It seemed to go from A -> Z and all of a sudden they’re BFFs.
• The ending! Whattttttttttttttttt. Something’s missing because of the Chinese censorship
• Some CGI looked cheesy. Haha. The colour of blood was bright red and looked too fake. They could have made it more creepy if they darkened the blood colour and made the music creepier.

Acting: In the beginning episodes, I thought Xiao Zhan (Wei Wuxian) over acted a bit, but as the show progressed I thought he was really good. He plays a very happy guy. However, when Wei Wuxian gets angry - Xiao Zhan was perfectly scary. Wang Yibo was the stoic Lan Wangji, but I never felt he was wooden - I do not know how much is this attributed to Wang Yibo and how much is it is from the Voice Actor.

The voice actors were amazing. I didn't realize this was dubbed at all until I watched some BTS footage. Though... lol I should have because I've already seen Wang Yibo in another drama.

Now I’m probably going to read the novel… to see what the censorship covered. Haha.