EPISODE 1 RECAP 500 years ago, there was a war. Gods fell, the world descended into chaos; and then… we get an upbeat opening theme song. The female lead Wushuang is a goddess who has just awoken from a brief slumber. Her job is to protect the world, I guess.Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The night our female lead Zhuang Hanyan was born, her grandmother died; so she was deemed bad luck and was sent away to live with a scholar’s family. They did all kinds of evil things to her, like making her drink black ink and tying her upContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP This drama starts off with the most uncomfortable thing ever for any woman: a sexual harassment scene. Good thing our female lead is fearless. She beats the guy up and wait… something strange happens: her face changes into multiple different faces: man, woman, lion, etc. Hmm, interesting.Continue Reading
The opening music of this drama sounds like in a settler game tutorial — when they tell you to create buildings and watch for your kingdom’s food level. EPISODE 1 RECAP A wedding. When the bride gets to her in-laws’ family, the custodian rudely orders for the dowry to beContinue Reading
At this point, I have stopped trying to figure out what these translated drama titles mean. EPISODE 1 RECAP A crown prince is being forced to watch an opera. Huh, never thought of this as a form of torture, but it’s definitely effective. We drama viewers are subject to itContinue Reading
It’s not good, but it’s not bad enough to be called “bad”, either. Gosh, so many dramas fall into this category lately, I’m not sure what to do with them. EPISODE 1 RECAP A young woman — Luo Yining — is travelling home for her grandma’s birthday. In the carriage,Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP Miaomiao (Esther Yu) is a regular city girl who works for a busy company. She’s also a big fan of fantasy books. On a Saturday, she is listening to an audiobook when her boss calls and asks her to summon everyone for a meeting at the company.Continue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP Pearl collecting is a risky business in this world. Most divers never come back from their first plunge. The most famous pearl corporation in the land enslaves people and trains them as divers. The abuse in here is not at all subtle, there’s a lot of beating,Continue Reading
I mean… I guess it wasn’t terrible. But that’s only because I was already expecting something terrible, so “not terrible” feels like a treat. EPISODE 1 RECAP This first episode wastes no time. In the opening scene, you see a city on fire. It’s chaos everywhere. Inside a household. AContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP The episode opens with an attack on a military camp. A general is chilling inside his tent, the camera showing us his awesome clothes and his slender cheek as the soldiers outside battle the attackers. They seem to be professional bandits. At one point, The general stepsContinue Reading