It's impossible to hate ANY character

Breaking my silence and extreme laziness to lift my fingers and write my first ever review after being a MDL user for 2 years.

First and my FAVOURITEEE part of this entire drama is the CHARACTERS. It's like every character was custom made and designed for the actors. Their style and appearance really suit who they portrayed. Particularly the secondary characters, the character development makes it IMPOSSIBLE to even hate the villains. There's so many interesting diverse characters that surface as the drama progress, all very unique and serve an importance purpose to the storyline. The small little details attributed to them make them all so LIKEABLE. For example, the Emperor is the most enjoyable and distinct king i've seen. Emperors in historical dramas would refer themselves as 朕 or 孤 (a first person pronounce used exclusively by emperors). However, he simply uses 我 (a first person pronounce used by everybody such as you and me) in front of his ministers.

Secondly, the plot is very well written as a historical-romance drama, with the former having more weightage than the latter. The dialogues utilise plenty of 成语 (idiomatic expression) but isn't too fancy that ordinary folks like us cant handle. Oh did i mentioned how it isn't draggy?? I'm quite lazy to watch drama that has more than 30 episodes as I'll usually burn out by then. But the numerous suspense and exciting gameplays kept me going.

Thirdly, stock up on kleenex as you'll be bawling so much that no concealer can cover the puffy eyes and red nose. It was truly an emotional rollercoaster and the soundtrack complimented it so well. Only con is that they should have played it MOREEE.

The only downsides in this drama are (minor spoiler alert):
1. Poor stylist for the female lead. She practically only have 1 hairstyle throughout, even when she was playing a male in disguise.
2. Blurring of kiss scenes. I really don't get why though?? -RAGEEE-

Nevertheless, kudos to the entire production team and cast. I started watching this drama without any expectation and left with multiple takeaways. Thank you for the magical journey~

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Watch if you can stand loopholes, idiocracy and unserved justice

Acting is great not gonna lie.
The main issue i have with this drama was how they presented multiple themes/backstories but left them all hanging/unsatisfiable.
Seriously, the bullies’ outcome aint equivalent to what they delivered to their victims.
Also, there were quite a few unnecessary sacrifices, omg, all the character development for them to be written off so badly..
If you can stand illogic, stupid and selfish decisions made by the survivors, do go ahead!
Brace yourself to take everything lightly if not this show will seriously give you anxiety and hair-pulling moments.
(Think i've gotten myself high blood pressure from screaming at the screen whenever the survivors do something WITHOUT common sense.)

Nevertheless, its pretty fast paced and addicting.
Also, KUDOS TO THE ZOMBIE CGI!!!
The choreography of the infected turning into zombies is so beautiful and creative!

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Witty leads and fast paced story!!

Chen Xing Xu's acting in this drama is SOOOO refreshing!! He can pull off the smart/sly/playful/jealous looks and his character and dialogues are so CHARISMATIC, likeable and funny! Zhang Jing Yi's acting pales a little in comparison but her character is also pretty smart where she wouldn't go down without a fight! Definitely NOT the traditional damsel in distress!

Cdrama need to tap MUCH MORE into the Chinese Republican Era!! (Without the propaganda/patriotism)
The 1920s COSTUMES are sooooo gorgeous and its good to have a change of scenery from the typical modern/xian xia genre.
Plus its more natural to have villains committing kidnaps/instigating fights than in modern drama settings.

The only downside i have for this drama is the secondary couples. I'm sorry but they add no value to the story, ain't cute and are in fact, rather annoying.

Nevertheless, kudos to the screenwriter for the amazing strategies/ploys/story execution that catapults the leads and spare not a single boring moment. Also, 36 episodes is the PERFECT LENGTH. Thank you to the cast and production crew for bestowing me a great drama to end 2021!!

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