Douluo Continent (2021)

Great Drama Have Rewatched 3x already

I absolutely LOVED Douluo Continent. I am a huge Marvel and DC fan so this drama catched my eye. I heard it is the most viewed and most popular drama of 2021 so of course I had to give it a shot and it exceeded my expectations. I’ve also heard only good things about the lead actor, Xiao Zhan and his acting abilities and he did not disappoint. Between the acting quality, the cgi, the production, and the action scenes, this was a fantastic drama. It was fun for the whole family as both my parents and my nephew really enjoyed watching Douluo Continent with me. I really hope they make a season 2. They can’t just leave us with that cliffhanger. 10/10, I highly recommend.

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Enjoyable Fun watch and Interesting too !!!

I've read the novel but still will analyze the drama in its own way.

Plot: The plot of this drama is finely written but it required more attention and more emphasis on story development. Like over the period of 40 episodes the amount of knowledge and revelations are only a handful. None of the plot twists surprises you the most and does not leave a long-lasting impact on you. But it's never boring or slow-paced, the story progresses pretty fast and also has elements like humor, friendship, squad goals, etc.

Acting: I would all the actors were amazing in their given roles. They were the main strength of the drama who carried the drama throughout. Especially Xiao Zhan did it so well, portraying the right amount of expressions and emotions in the given scenes. Characters like Dai Mu Bai, Ou si Ke, Ma Hong Jun, etc have a special place in my heart. You'll get attached to each one of them.

CGI and Music: The CGI was top-notch, all the graphics including the action sequences were so much fun to watch, some even brought me to the edge of my seat. It was definitely mindblowing. The music was my biggest worry as it did not even suit the situation which was going on. The flute music still irritated me a lot.

My biggest conscience was I expected a lot from Tang San's character but we did not see much of his abilities and power being utilized, moreover did not feel his character was much developed in any manner, I feel they might have planned it to focus on season 2. Still, we've got a long journey to go as there are still many issues to be settled, many things to be unveiled.
Season 1 was a fun one-time watch. Do not expect anything just watch for the experience the drama gives.

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Interesting journey that may teach you a lot if you allow it

Ahhh, I'm done! I loved it. And I liked the ending, it gives so much future opportunities.

What I liked:

The casting is very good, there are unique characters and the actors did a great job. I understand that the drama is different from the book and the anime, but since they had to comply with censorship, I think they did a very good job. It was a wonderful adventure about growth (and about the formation of human principles in the process), about friendship and loyalty.

I want to say a few words about the difference from the book and anime. Can you really, really imagine anime Tang San on a drama? Yes, he would be strong, powerful and perfect and then what? After 5-7-10 episodes with perfect, powerful, ever winning Tang San, how his character can develope further? The drama Tang San make viewers to relate to him. He starts from zero, he grows and makes his own way. He teaches people behind the screen to not give up, to be loyal, to keep getting better. I find him interesting and real. I like him a lot.

I liked the costumes and the styling.

The effects were very good: colors, spaces, weapons and beasts. I was very pleasantly surprised, I did not expect them to be so good.

I like the 3 songs: in the beginning, in the end and Xiao Zhan song.

What I didn't like:

Apart from the songs mentioned above, which I like, the background music itself was not always used properly. There is definitely room for improvement here.

Some battles were great, some were not finished, they left the viewers to guess exactly what happened.

There were some more details, which I noted in my mind, but they were minor things.


So I want a 2nd season. I want to see them again, how they got wiser and better, as well as their new adventures.

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Good to BINGE ON.

Xaio Zhan's performance is purely a joy to watch , not too dramatic or out of character. He played the role of Tang San quite nicely compared to most up & new comers in hi peers.

Yes!~There were some cliché plots/line here & there but still good enough to binge watch for a whole weekend.
Yeah! There fights 7devils combat story could have been better than that, given the fact the anime was quite influential.
Yup!~ if you want to complain you can but I won't.
S01 is more about Tang San finding his way/mom/dad & embarking on a new journey to become a Soul Master & find him self . But with this new generation they might redefine a whole new way of becoming one with the "Soul Beasts".
Well because this series was made before Xaio Zhan's rapid fame or the fact it was a small budget production.
With the very limited recourse they did pretty good.

The only downfall might be the scene between BiBi Dong & Tang Hao fighting in the finale , which felt a little to sort and they cutout the whole fight sequence . Which might be have been awesome if we could see.
The in depth story of each character might be to much but at least we got the jest of it.
I could watch series again, if the casting was any different things might not be the same. So I hope they keep the same cast for the next season possibly or at least better new supporting cast, except leads.

They better make a S02 cause the story feels so rushed in the end. I would love to see the same cast to reappear in the next season too. With more dynamic characters and honestly it might be awesome to see locations too like the Island Tang San's mom was form.

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IMPRESSIONNANT

Aujourd'hui les 40 ep ont été diffusés sur TENCENT pour les VIP. et aujourd'hui ce drama a dépassé les 2 billions, oui billions de vues en 17 jours de diffusion!! ce n'est pas sans raison. cette histoire tirée du roman éponyme a tout d'un succès sans précédent. les acteurs sont incroyables, les décors magnifiques, les effets spéciaux grandioses . La bande son a également du succès surtout " youth riding horse" chantée par Xiao Zhan! Le héros Tang San nous donne une belle histoire d'amitié, de persévérance, de courage et avec ses 7 monsters de Shrek Académy ils affrontent tous les obstacles ensemble d'une seule voix. Je ne peux pas dire ce que j'aime le plus, car chaque épisode m'emmene au suivant de façon irrépressible. Je prie pour qu'il y ait une 2eme saison car je vais me sentir orpheline de Shrek académie et de ses élèves. Il y a toutes les émotions , de la joie, tristesse, rire, colère, amitié , amour, tendresse.;c'est à regarder et re regarder! NE MANQUEZ PAS DOULUO CONTINENT, VOUS LE REGRETTERIEZ !

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Team building

Although Tang San is the lead in the story, the other members have strong roles too. This drama is about team building using each person’s strength to make the team succeed. I like that everyone is proud of what they’re born and nobody is considered weak or better than the other. It sends a really good message that we each have the ability to be strong with what we have as long as we have the desire to make ourselves better.

If you’re looking for a love story, this drama isn’t it. There’s some but that’s not the focus.

I came here for Xiao Zhan after The Untamed. Tbh, I didn’t get that, “OMG this drama is soooo good! I love Tang San!” like I did with Wei Wuxian in The Untamed. Although Xiao Zhan was good at playing Tang San, he didn’t leave me falling in love with his character. Maybe I’m biased bc I love the range of emotions in Wei Wuxian’s character.

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THE ONLY REASON WHY I MADE MYDRAMALIST ACCOUNT

This is the reason why I made Mydramalist account. THIS IS THE BEST DRAMA EVER OUT OF THE 200 OR SO DRAMAS I WATCHED. Sean Xiao's acting was AWESOME. The chemistry between the ML and the FL was the best to me. Unfortunately, I do not like the ending as if it leaves a cliff hanger. I REALLY WANT A SEASON 2 TO THIS DRAMA. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO LET EVERYONE WATCH THIS DRAMA. And most importantly, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD OR DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE 2ND SEASON OF THIS. I SERIOUSLY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SECOND SEASON. I hope all the casts, crews, members, staff will all get together again to make the 2nd season of this. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO MAKE THE 2ND SEASON FOR THIS DRAMA.

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A competition of the strongest academy in which the students has a spirit powers

This drama gave me a Harry potter vibes, minus the spells but very fantasy and power like. Each person has a spirit power in one hand and in the other hand it tells you how strong you are. If you have full strength you are considered a prodigy in your spiritual power.

Our male lead does not know his mom because she died while he was still a baby. His dad made his memorize a special manuscript from when he was young. Male lead's spirit power is a vine. His vine is the weakest of all things that can help him to fight. Like there are people's spirit power who is an animals which are the stronger. Some people are gifted of having two spirit power which he has, one hand is the vine and the other is a metal hammer. His dad tells him to not use the hammer and only use it to protect the vine.

The male lead basically tries to get into an academy to help become a spiritual master, which helps him understand his spiritual powers and increase them. To increase them he must kill a spiritual beast and absorb the beast's level of power/years. When you absorb the beast/creature's power you get their special ability. Which each ring you become stronger. There are some people who have 8 and higher number of rings and they are the duoluo ( i would translate it was the top of the top spiritual master battlers). He initially joins On Nuo academy but then eventually joins Shrek Seven academy where he meets his team mates and battle together. They also grow together in their leveling up ring conquest. They have to win in the spiritual battle to see who is the mastermind behind it all. There is some who is trying to control the people with the spiritual powers. Some have their powers change/configure... The male lead wonders who is behind it all and at the same time wants to find the whereabouts of his dad.

This drama is no romance what so ever..... lol up until the very last ep...

The female lead's spirit power is a rabbit, hence she is very fast. She enters the academy because she wants to find out if there is another way of becoming stronger without having to kill the spiritual creature/beast. She also has another identity, she isnt actually human, but a spiritual beast who has been practicing a million of years, which makes her able to turn into human form.

Slightly disappointed that they didnt develop/ uncover her storyline well enough. It would of been nice to see the leads have a romantic relationship. I believe there should be a second season. It ended pretty abruptly...

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Why you should watch it!!!

You should watch this drama because it contains soo many good aspects in it!! Like friendship (LOTS), romance, supernatural type of thing and the special effects are amazing and the cast and characters, I love everything about this drama!!! The ending to me was not disappointing because I feel like if you understand the story and the drama then you should be able to understand the ending... and why the ending is like that.... In fact I wouldn't even call this disappointing!!! THIS WAS A FANTASTIC FANATSY HISTORICAL DRAMA TO WATCH!!! OMG the OST is sooo amazing too because the actors sang it too!! I FULL ON RECCOMMEND YOU TO WATCH THIS DRAMA!!! ITS NOT DISAPPOINTING TO ME!!!! ALSO THIS NEEDS A SEASON 2 LIKE NOW!!!! so please do not hate on the drama, its so good, the ending may not make sense to you but if you think about whats going on in the last episode then you should be able to understand the ending!!!

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Story of growth and resilience

Before the drama airs, there has been various discussions between novel, anime and actor/actress fans. I have not read nor watch the novel/anime before and have no idea what the story is about. Due to the hype, I started to watch with no expectations at all.

I like the development of each characters from the beginning to the end. Now I understand why CCTV in China is promoting this drama because it is educational. The drama taught us about growth, obstacles, resilience and most importantly the strength of teamwork. I guess it is due to the nature of this theme that there are lesser than expected fighting scenes in this drama. The special effects are exemplary, but many fighting scenes were cut abruptly or not shown at all. The most enjoyable part for me is the team fight with Xiong Shen Zhan Dui and of course the school battles in the last few episodes.

BGM is another minus from me. There is no memorable BGM for the scenes nor characters, and I feel music plays a very important part in intriguing feelings from audience. E.g. Eternal Love, The Untamed, have solid BGM/OST that totally brings up the value of the show. I wish more budgets and efforts were invested into Duoluo Continent.

That being said, I give credit to all the actors and actresses in this show. Most of them are rookie actors while filming this show, and they acted well. While there are many negative comments on Xiao Wu, I find her cute and bubbly, and her fighting scenes are one of the best! I wish their costume can be a little more grand looking though. I have no favorite character in this show as I enjoy the team work of all Shrek Seven Devils.

In conclusion, this drama is worth watching for its educational value. Do not expect a lot of fight scenes and watch it from a different perspective. Do not compare it with the novel nor anime as they are created to appeal to different target audience. I am someone who do not enjoy reading novels nor watching anime at all, but that does not mean I should give novels and anime a bad rating.

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