Men with Sword Season 2 (2017)

Wow, just wow! I'm amazed on how this series improved since the last season, not only the budget got bigger, but the locations, costumes and even their wigs looks prettier! The costumes were absolutely beautiful, I loved all of them :3 The story is almost the same: kings fighting for land and power, Ah Li's revenge on Tianxuan and a new incorporated love triangle between Ah Li, Zhi Ming and a new handsome king (who can easily pass as Zhi Ming's twin lol, Ah Li has a type I guess xd), it's funny to see how the purple king gets jealous all the time.

There are many new actors in this season and almost all of the old ones are gone, I really missed them since I got very fond of them. Many of the new people are amateur actors, I can't say I didn't like their acting but it wasn't that great, just the average. However, Ah Li and Zhi Ming's actors acting skills improved a lot, I loved the way they portrayed their characters feelings for each other, so sweet to watch. And as always, the soundtrack was beautiful, it got me emotional many times (again haha).

My only complain is that some romantic scenes were cut off by the censors (Zhi Ming picking up Ah-Li in the air, Yu Xiao catching Ah Li when he falls, Yu Xiao and Ah Li holding hands, Zhi Ming holding Ah-Li's hand, Yu Xiao and Ah Li's hug), but I'm glad cause this season somehow survived the slaughter the first one has gone through, is way more complete and the light romance scenes are still here! I never got tired of watching the sweet scenes between the these handsome men.

OVERALL: 8 of 10

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great drama of political intrigue

after slow start （maybe because I did not watch the prequel so not familiar with background）I loved this superlative action drama and very involving once you begin to unravel the overload of information about various courts intrigues and players〜one I watch many episodes together〜 also this drama really lives up to its name as it is episode 4 and I have not seen a single female： how do they reproduce？(^_-) as usually it seems with Chinese dramas the introduction songs are too long、 I assume Chinese audience like action shots with music as a distinct part of the show〜but though I like rock music it seems bizarrely out of place in this type of period drama〜my only criticism is the very unsatisfactory ending on which see separate comment with spoliers〜〜

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