17/01/2023

This is more or less about a faceless King in hiding and a peasant that wants vengeance for the death of his best friend.

All inside the kingdom of Silla that has no place for the poor.

Both, it seems, want the same thing as in a unified Silla with fair treatment and no rank system or anyone starving or resorting to theft. However, the Queen and one other have other plans and the King in hiding turns out to be the peasant's target of revenge.

Under the Queen, Hwarang is formed in order to train elite fighters from high class families of Silla to support the Royal family, only among those training are the peasant and the King so their story and all involved unfolds from there...

The peasant is not just an ordinary peasant and his real story comes to light eventually as well.

I actually enjoyed this drama and watched it in two days.

In some places I read that there were a lot of plot holes and unanswered questions, but I liked it for what it was which was light, likeable and well paced with a decent cast.

The bromance in this was quite good to watch and the humour was funny throughout most of it. Not all, but most.

The female lead's character, A- Ro, was a bit irritating after some time with all the crying and emotional outbursts, but all the males whether mains or support were solid.

Park Hyung-sik was a good fit for the King as was Park Seo Joon as the peasant, Moo Myung.

I will say that some of the fight scenes in this were not as good as some of the ones I have seen in Chinese Dramas - no where as good!!! Like the angles were not caught right, the speed was wrong and they weren't captured in a way that it was a wow factor for me. They weren't as spectacular like the ones, for example, in The Long Ballad or Ever Night S1 and S2.

Overall, this is a fairly decent drama and is something I'd watch again once a year no problem.