Handsome Siblings (2020)

Predictable story but entertaining and super cute main lead

The legendary siblings (1999) was one of my first Chinese dramas as well as favorite dramas back when I was little. I was quite excited when I heard about this remake especially after bromance dramas getting better and more popular nowadays.

I was a bit disappointed watching the first episodes as I found Chen Zhe Yuan a bit too baby faced for playing Xiao Yu Er and Hu Yi Tian’s acting too stiff. Even story-wise the first mini-arc felt really unrealistic that I almost dropped it.

But then the story became better and I really enjoyed the drama until episodes 30ish.
There are two longer acts in the story: the hidden treasure mystery and the tender to transport a pile of silver. Both have their own twists and mysteries. The arcs connect themselves to an overarching plot, though I knew about the overarching plot I was not able to foresee (at least not as quick) the resolution of those acts which made them suspenseful. There are also some small emotional climaxes where Xiao Yu Er falls into a slump or the villain gets to pay for some of their evil doings.
As in many Wu Xia dramas, there are many idealistic occurrences and unrealistic coincidences; e.g. Love is always, at first sight, strong women never want to continue living when their lovers die, 100% survival after falling from cliffs, finding your friend quickly in the big vast nature without any idea where he might be, etc... Just watch them with one eye closed and you are fine.
To my opinion, the last arc, ~10 episodes before the finalee, could have been cut. The story becomes repetitive and does not add value to the overarching story: someone becomes a hostage and is saved later; someone else is deceived and gets caught again... Since I did not read the source material so I don’t know whether this is from the book itself but it felt like the screenwriter wanted to introduce more characters from to this drama but had not a good idea how to. Luckily, the ending was really well-executed (though expected) with a satisfactory happy ending.

As for the cast and the acting, I was very impressed with Chen Zhe Yuan’s acing as Xiao Yu Er. Some might find him overacting but this did not bother me. He is very cute and extremely fun to watch. I just could not get enough of his jokes and saw myself looking forward to seeing how he times and times tricks himself out of danger. I really fell in love with Chen Zhe Yuan (he is only 23!) - he will for sure become a great actor and I cannot wait to see more of his works.
I was not a fan of Hua Wu Que but slowly got a liking at him too as he slightly let his emotions peeks through here and there. XYE and HWQ are a great couple whose character traits and relationship development strongly remind me of Wei Wu Xian and Lan Zhan from Untamed. And there were 1-2 heart-racing scenes which actively target BL fans like me (e.g. XYE falls from a tree and was caught by HWQ the sweetest way while there was no need at all to put XYE on a freaking tree!!)
Also, most supporting characters are fairly interesting and three-dimensional. And the villains, esp. Jiang Yu Lang, have done a marvelous job. I heard that this adaption is one with the most complete cast set based on the main novel, that seems to be indeed the case.
The only part I was not very happy with is the female leads. Vicky Liang’s acting is pretty average; though she had great chemistry with XYE, she and HWQ were not a good fit at all. Liang Jie playing Su Ying did a good job in terms of acting but her character is not at all likable, in fact rather egoistic and deceiving. Even though this might be true to the source materials it would have been more realistic to have the womanizer but extremely kind XYE to stay single rather than for him to end up with Su Ying (Where is my cute little Xiao La Jiao (little chili pepper) from the 99 edition?!). Murong Jiu would have been even a better fit.

Luckily, the romance is not key in the drama. From the production point of view, the costumes are beautiful, sceneries are beautiful and the Wu Xia fights are visually satisfactory. It took them two years to produce this!! Small CG elements were spotted but overall the production value is great and sets well crafted.
The title and ending songs are really nice - I just wish they would use them more in the drama rather than the sad Er Hu BGMs that they kept playing towards the end...

Overall, I had a good time with the drama but you might want to fast forward the last arc to save some time. I would recommend it to those who love Untamed, bromance and any adaption of handsome siblings.

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Great production and ending, but poor structured and and too many love interests

This drama is pretty good especially the costume, props, buildings and backgrond scenary are superb. Character profiling is extremely good too
But it still have problems, most of which can be summed up to 2 points
- most girls being xiao love interest not only is wasted plotline but also undermines development and relationship of lot of other character
-the plot structure is very kind of messy and repeatative (foreshadowing and lores are not properly/effectively placed

If i go in plot detail, i would divide the show into 5 parts/arc
1) Beginning and individual journey arc (i.e from their parents death to the point before the two brothers meet each other)
Problems with this part include
- their parent died from suicide, which kind of undermines the the entire revenge drama. (Because biehe cannot be blamed for it, even though the show tries to blame him for it. If anything yao yue is more at blame than anyone else, but since it was suicide it still undermines the blame)
-hua wu que individual journey is extremely bland. Especially the lover arc was totally bland and partially nonsence and also were the worst episodes of the entire series.

2) Jiang Bie He arc (i.e treasure map +silver cargo arc, basically from the brothers meeting to jiang bie he being exposed)
Probably the best arc of the series, but still
-Problem with this arc is all the unnecessary love interest of xiao yu. Especially the fat girl is discriminated by narrative being fat, poor girl is discriminated by narrative for being poor etc. They dont really add much to the narrative anyways.
-Also especially in silver cargo arc, xiao yu character was kind of dumbed down for other to outwit him. He literally knows everything, but never uses that info in clever way.

3) 3 months to duel arc (i.e the part where xiao yu and ha wu que promises a duel in 3 months and goes on a journey with each other's master)
-This arc have the recipe to be a really good arc, since it has a lot of twist and turns. But is executed very poorly. Like for eg- hero lu was barely mentioned (like once or maybe twice), so it was more like his character coming for the twist out of nowhere or Mr tong's identity was too obvious and the was waste (if tong was lian xing instead of yao yue, there would have been support of emotional weightage for her action in finale and not to mention sight better attempt at surprise element)

4) wu ya clan arc (ie the entire thing that happened in and around wu ya palace)
-Next best arc after the second one. It problem stems from how 12 zodiacs were underused as group and how rat or su ying were introduced too late.

5)finale/duel arc
-The was almost perfect except for two minor problems. The members of 10 great villan's death felt forced and yao yue hallocinating jaing feng was not only disservice to jaing feng's character, but also empowerment to her stupid jelousy

Character wise-
-Xiao yu was quite a delight to watch since he is very expressive, but it never really felt like he was naturally getting stronger (even though he got those manual and even after the scene with being intelligent is not enough, growing strong is needed emphasis). He beating rat with his two days learned martial art was a joke tbh
-Hua Wu Que was way too stiff. He never showed expression like jelousy which should have been present considering the love triangle. He expression does get better towards the end, but it's was never upto mark.
-Tie Xin Lan for most part is ok for her role. She and hua wu que didnt have much chemistry is the only problem
-Su Ying and Jiang Bie He's only problem was they were not introduced early. While jiang bie was indeed introduced in 1st episode, it was like a 1 sec cameo image. His relationship with jiang feng should have been explored with some actual speaking role.
-Rat would have had a better role as tragic villan considering his backstory, appeareance and his daughter being heroine, but unfortunately he played out as petty generic hateable villan. He should also have been introduced early on considering 12 zodiac was major part of 1st episode.
-Yu Lang actor was extremely talanted but unfortunately material given for that character is too generic. He had a chance of played Redemption arc and showing he is different from his father (like how the yi hua palace sisters are different from each other). But he born and died as a evil with 0 character development like his father. Well, being killed by tie ping gu was the next best thing. But i wish tei ping gu learned about his hand in her grandfather's death to have some additional emotional weightage
-now coming to Murong Jiu and black spider. For most part black spider played as second fiddle to xiao yu rejected love interest and when murong jiu finally go her memory back, they rushed everything and skipped all the dynamics and development of their relationship
-zhang jing and gu ren yu had even worse. One min they started working together when murong jiu disappeared and next min he like her suddenly. There was 0 development whatsoever
-12 zodiac were very poorly used. They were never shown together or as group (which they were supposed to be instead of 10 great villans who were not a group, but still shown as group). They were placed randomly and killed one by one. Some were even killed in the episode or even seconds after introduction. Also the tiger and rabbit were forgotten at the end. (Especially tiger got forgotten is weird, considering his wife died with 10 great villans

Finally action scenes were ok, but this series need more action. Also action scene are scenary like instead of adrinaline pumping with stakes and strategies, So i was not really all that into it.

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??? Siblings ;)

It's a good show. I am fan of Hu Yi Tan from Life is beautiful! in this his role was not equal to Chen Zhe Yuan. Chen Zhe Yuan has a more screen time. Over all the story is satisfactory, with good martial arts scenes, humor and story line. This series is one of those which makes you think if ancient chinese people did this all the time that would be ridiculous and that is poison someone and cure them next minute with an antidote or take antidote first and play with poison. In every other scene someone is given some kind of poison and they are looking for antidote i found that funny and very un realistic, yes wuxia is fantasy but this was quiet ridiculous. If you can get over that story is good with martial arts which i really like. FLs are no strong leads and yes i felt character of Su Ying was unnecessary and had no chemistry with ML. I thought it is not always needed to pair up with someone, this is one of that case.

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wuxia elements

I enjoyed the ride as I was not expecting much from this
but i got hooked once Xiaoar enter the scene
production quality was good love the dresses and colour of sets and Xiaoar'sd dresses
Story is not anything special if u have seen many wuxia its same I felt so much resemblance with The legend of condor heroes except main protagonist there was v innocent while here he is trickster . but its all different masters different character journey a map
acting by Chen Zheyuan is v good I have never seen his otehr drama so loved him here his eyes are v expressive
Hutiyan didn't have much expression as hs character is shown to be a silent quiet one but he look elegant
Love all zodiac signs depiction character ,and ten great villain the most Jiang Be he and his son Jiang Yulang acted well I hated him so much and was surprised why he never got killed but than how would story would unfold
What was disappointing was all females charcter main female protagonist Tie xin lin I liked her but her carcter was monotonous , Su character was forced one
I didn't understand why all females were shown to fall in love with Xiao'r but yes his character was lovable even i fell for him but why later Miss Tie says she loves other brother , why director thought that they should show some girl with him that triangle was totally badly dipicted and left me forward scenes of them , I didnt like Miss su at all i think her charcter was forced in the story . I felt Xiaor chemistry more with Miss Mu than ny other females
Last arc of Rat cave was most boring and un necessary , if they could have made that well this drama would have been iconic
i enjoyed it till last four episode than started skipping
I felt directors had some problem with adaptation as all adopted parents were shown bad
re watch: NO I wont but now going to look for Chen Zheyuan other dramas

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Besties for the Resties

I enjoyed the overall plot. Not many surprises or shock factors, but that's fine. The ending was satisfactory, and it didn't leave me with many questions.

The best part of this show was undoubtfully XiaoYu, love that the dude who was raised by a handful of the most baddest baddies turned out to make friends and gain the trust and affection of everyone left and right. His brother on the other hand.... was a little boring, lol (I still adore him tho).

I loved the scenes between XiaoYu and HuaQue, they had great chemistry, I just wish the show had spent more time building their brotherhood/brotherly bond. We basically just got them spending one birthday together, and then boooom they're besties for the resties.

Other Pros:
- I really, really loved the supporting characters. They were all so lovable!!! Especially little fairy, Hei ZhiZhu, Mu RongJiu, and Ms. Gu!!!!
- The YiHua Palace aunts hold such a strong presence whenever they're on screen, they were never boring! Love them!!!
- Many of the scenes with the ten great villains were so hilarious, I just wish we got more out of them towards the end...
- Su Ying and Xiao Yu are a great pair!
- The romance between Hei ZhiZhu and Mu RongJiu!! They were my favorite pairing on this show, so cuuuuuute!

Cons:
- Tie Xinlan was both the most annoying and most boring character on this show, I felt like skipping every scene with her. I honestly can't even think of one thing I enjoyed about this character. x.x Her romance with WuQue was boring, they're the only pairing on this show that I straight-up disliked.
- The show overall would have benefitted from focusing more on the brotherhood.

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This is a difficult drama to review, because I have so many opposing opinions on many aspects. Firstly, I want it to be known that this drama is 100% carried by Chen Zhe Yuan. Xiao Yu'er as a character is just so entertaining and amusing, and although he has flaws, he learns these flaws himself and acknowledges them. He's full of charisma. I could watch a thousand episodes of Xiao Yu'er just wandering around talking to random people. This is a role that Chen Zhe Yuan really wanted to play, and he did everything to put himself into the character; as someone who has read the novel, I think he is perfectly cast. He understands Xiao Yu'er very very well. From watching his interviews, you know he could go on for hours analyzing his character. His acting for me is perfect and natural. If at times he seems to be "overacting," that is because the scene calls for it, ie. it is supposed to be a comical scene with XYE acting ridiculous. His eyes alone are capable of conveying all different emotions in a believable way.

Moving on to Hu Yi Tian. I'm sorry, but I feel his acting is not up to par. He cannot emote with his eyes. But I won't blame him entirely for making the character of Huq Wu Que so boring. In the novel, HWQ is actually more interesting. He is capable of smiling, of understanding the concept of humor, and of actually being funny himself in a weird way that may or may not be intentional. The drama decided to cut out all of his interesting dialogue, though, probably because it was usually in response to XYE saying some things a little too "rude" to be broadcast. But in the novel I feel HWQ is more self-aware and far more interesting. In the drama he seems a bit more oblivious, like he has no clue what he's doing most of the time. Only occasions he lights up at all are scene in which he's interacting with XYE. XYE can bring anyone to life, I guess.

It must be said that there is zero chemistry between Xin Lan and Hua Wu Que, but thankfully any romance there was very limited. Speaking of Xin Lan...she is not a favorite character of mine. Too wishy-washy and incapable, too dramatic, not entirely intelligent, but not unlikable overall.

This is a story with lots and lots villains, like an endless revolving door of villains. So this may take some getting used to if you're not familiar with stories like this. I was really angry the first time I watched this drama. The villains always outwitted people, and "people" seemed to believe every word any evil person said. Hua Wu Que's "aunts" are my favorite villains. But there are lots to choose from. Jiang Yu Lang is kind of amusing, I won't lie. I couldn't take him seriously at all, but he is great in the role. His scenes with XYE are hilarious.

Overall, I ended up enjoying it much more on my second watch, I guess because my expectations were different. I wasn't entirely satisfied with the climax, partly because it felt a bit rushed, but mostly because Hu Yi Tian's acting during that scene was horrendously unimpressive. He seemed almost unaffected but the insanity unfolding around him--no expression in his eyes at all unless he was directly interacting with XYE. Maybe Chen Zhe Yuan's charisma rubbed off on him during those times. Just...wish they could redo that whole scene and have HYT try to look like he gives a poop, instead of letting CZY carry everything.

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Strong female characters except the female lead

So i started this show because I love wuxia dramas especially which have less romance elements and more pain and good female characters. I dropped this drama after reading all the reviews here. One of the main reasons I watched this drama was because I thought it had good and strong female characters. But to my disappointment the female lead Tie Xin lan was extremely useless and annoying. At first she was very powerful more than male lead because she was disguised as a boy, but when the main lead found out that she was a girl she became damsel in distress in an instant. It was quite painful to watch her character was ruined and she became quite pathetic. Along with that other female characters that were powerful were depicted as immature brat and childish. They were easily riled up and fooled by the male lead. Honestly i didn't like the male lead he was quite arrogant with a lot of male ego. After reading the reviews here I got to know that the fl is gonaa be pathetic through and through so i am dropping this show. Can't handle another one of those useless female leads who have nothing better to do and become a lovesick girl. I really hate that kind of characters.

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Painful Writing

Rated = 1~ 10.5/50 ~ 2.1
RPG Scene // Ogre stomping through Murky Swamp. Rusty Dagger as useful as a spoon.

I realise this is from an old novel so I can't really say this had potential knowing that but, yeah, I feel this had potential. My western thought processing clashed terribly with this. I knew I was going to drop this on the second episode.
The pacing is painful. There are a lot of more exciting/creative ways to have summarized the beginnings of the plot. Nope. We're made to walk the story, inch by inch. I sat with my head in my hands realising why it's 40 episodes.

Side note - The father/twin, what did they do to this man's face. He felt like a robot and honestly made to look like one. Was he meant to be structured and porcelain white ? and instead ended up looking a face of flour with 2016 insta eyebrows. But perhaps that's my agitation talking. The actor is good looking. The father clearly was meant to be a heart throb. I did not see it.

Case in point - I absolutely hate love triangles and the big bad is jealous sisters, so either way, this Cassanova was effed from the start because even if he fell for a sister, the other sister would still be scorned. No wonder the poor guy ran away. These women are just delusional psychos and I hate seeing women pitted against each other for silly reasons. If there is a legitimate reason for this hate, I don't have the patience to find out.
I have no pity for pathetic villains. Meanwhile, the other villains were just straight up goofy and stupid.
I hated everyone on this show.
The women are just a misogynistic tragedy to watch and the male characters are just stupid and unreasonable.
I made it to episode 12 simply because of the lead. I was really enjoying his impish wits and heart of gold moments. I love intelligent characters who can think themselves out of a problem, until I caught the scent of putting him in a love triangle with his robot of a brother, who is trying to kill simply because he was told to. What?
I wanted to punch the FL (at least she is by episode 12) She came in with a lot of badass potential and as soon as she's dressed in pink, she's turned into a simpering, floundering brat who was thoroughly enjoying playing the lead's feelings because, hehe, he's jealous. No. Just no.
That's when I knew I wasn't going to make it through this series. I skipped right to the last episode for the conclusion and very thankful that I didn't waste my time.

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เราดูๆ ไปคือตกหลุมรักเฉินเจ๋อหย่วน (เสี่ยวอวี๋เอ้อร์) มาก ๆ เค้าแสดงดีจริง ๆ เราไม่ได้ดูอี้เทียนเลย 5555 สตอรี่ก็สนุกนะ คือสำหรับเราไม่ได้น่าเบื่ออะ ดูเรื่อย ๆ เลย ในนิยายคือพระเอก (เสี่ยวอวี๋เอ้อร์/ เซียวฮื้อยี้) จะเถื่อนกว่านี้อะ (ตรงๆ เลย) อันนี้คือหนูน้อยน่ารักกำลังโต รู้สึกเหมือนกำลังดูเด็กอายุ 18 ดื้อ ๆ ซน ๆ ทีแรกนึกว่าพระเอกอายุ <20 จริง ๆ แต่เค้าอายุ 23 แล้วอะ ตัวเล็ก ๆ (เทียบกับหูอี้เทียน) คือเราดูซีรีส์ก่อนอ่านนิยายนะ แต่ก็รู้สึกตั้งแต่แรกละว่าอี้เทียนไม่น่าใช่พระเอก แต่ในซีรีส์เค้าพยายามดันอยู่ เราว่าตรงนี้แปลกสุด 5555 character ของเสี่ยวอวี๋เอ้อร์เด่นและน่าสนใจกว่ามาก ๆ รวมถึงทักษะการแสดงเราว่าโอเคกว่า (ขอโทษนะอี้เทียน) ยังไงก็แนะนำให้ดูค่ะ !!! ไม่ค่อยดราม่า เราว่าออกแนวกะปุ้กกะปิ้กมากกว่า โดยรวมแล้วชอบนะ นางเอกก็น่ารักกกกกกกก (นางเอกของ ท่านอ๋อง เมื่อไหร่ท่านจะหย่ากับข้า) สรุปว่าไปตำด้วยนะทุกคน!!!

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Motivos pelo qual vc deve se apaixonar por esse drama

"Não importa se tem veneno no vinho. O que importa é se tem veneno na intenção..."

Já começando com essa frase iconica venho aqui dar a minha sincera opinião sobre o drama que eu acompanhei durante esse mês.
Eu amei muito, tipo muito mesmo! Ao longo dos episódios eu fui escrevendo algumas coisas que me deixaram feliz para nn me esquecer de citar na resenha, eu tbm fiz uma mini resenha sobre um dos meus episódios favoritos!
Assim que esse drama foi lançado eu nn dei mt atenção pra ele, até que um dia ele apareceu pra mim dnv no Netflix ent eu decidi dar uma chance. E eu nn me arrependi nem um pouco, recomendo que deem uma chance pra esse drama maravilhoso!
Se vc assistir os primeiros episódios já vai se sentir totalmente preso na historia!

_SPOILER_
No começo do drama esses foram os pontos que eu anotei que me chamaram a atenção:
1_Evolução do Hua Wuque
2_As aparências enganam
3_Relacionamento da Tie com os dois irmãos
4_Até que ponto vale a pena se vingar?
5_Influencias
6_Acreditar cegamente, não ir atrás da verdade

1_ Nos primeiros episódios podemos ver o tanto que o Hua Wuque é ingenuo, ele é enganado diversas vezes mas sempre dá uma chance pras pessoas, sempre querendo acreditar que elas podem mudar
Ele dá varias chances para a mesma pessoa, e se recusa a imaginar o pior dos outros, assim que ele sai do Palácio Yihua podemos ver ele sofrendo com isso diversas vezes. Ao mesmo tempo podemos ver o tanto que ele começa a evoluir mas sem perder a sua essência, dps de um tempo ele não é uma pessoa tão ingenua que acredita em tudo e é enganado diversas vezes, pelo contrario agr ele consegue enganar as pessoas. Mesmo com ele mudando de atitude, Hua Wuque continua o mesmo por dentro, ele sempre procura ver o melhor lado das pessoas e sempre dá mais uma chance para as pessoas evoluírem.

2_ Uma coisa que chamou mt a atenção nesse drama foi que a frase "Lobo em pele de Cordeiro" nunca fizeram tanto sentido. Essa frase se encaixa perfeitamente no drama e em como as aparências podem nos enganar

3_Socorro, eu juro que shippava mt a Tie com o *** e sofri mt com algumas cenas dos dois, mas dps da reviravolta de um certo episodio eu comecei a perder as esperanças de que meu casal iria se concretizar. Eu até fiz uma mini resenha sobre o episodio em que tudo aconteceu, aquele foi um dos meus episodios favoritos e eu queria deixar registrado o meu amor por esse triangulo amoroso que me encheu de esperanças!

4_Vingança? Realmente vale a pena desistir de tudo somente para se vingar de alguém? Vemos mt isso nesse drama tbm

5_Influencias é algo que eu tbm pude perceber mt nesse drama, quando eu percebi que pessoas que foram cercadas de influencias boas nn se tornaram pessoas desprezíveis e pessoas que foram criadas cercadas de exemplos de maldade se tornaram ótimas pessoas.

6_Vi mt isso lá para o meio do dorama, as pessoas estavam começando a acreditar em só uma verdade. Acreditavam cegamente no que só uma pessoa dizia e nn iam atrás do outro lado da historia.

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Pontos negativos:
Eu senti que a partir do episodio 35-36 as coisas aconteceram rápido demais. Sinceramente eu me senti bem confusa quando assisti esses episódios, foram coisas tão interessantes mas infelizmente foi tudo mt rápido e eu realmente gostaria que esses episódios tivessem seguido o mesmo ritmo dos anteriores.
Claro que essas foram as melhores cenas que eu vi no drama inteiro, mas acho que elas poderia ser todas abordadas com mais tempo. Se o dorama tivesse 50 episódios e não 44 eu acho que eles poderiam consertar isso e ele se tornaria um drama ainda mais maravilhoso!
Como consequência desse s episódios acelerados o final me deixou um pouco triste, na hora que começou a "abertura do final" eu fiquei com uma sensação de "Já acabou?" Foi mt rapido, eu estava esperando por mais desenvolvimento nessa parte.
Esperava que dps daquela cena mostrasse os dois irmãos no futuro lutando para combater o mal, comemorando o aniversario juntos, se casando, contando para seus amigos que eles são irmãos gêmeos e que os dois sobreviveram...
Foram esses pequenos momentos que eu gostaria de ter no final do drama para deixar o meu coração quentinho!

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Agora vamos para a coisa que mais me deixou feliz nesse drama:
Lá para o final do drama no episodio 42 eu comecei a perceber uma coisa, que acabou me deixando bem surpresa.
NÃO TEVE BEIJOS
Dps de lembrar de todos os momentos em que eu assisti o drama, eu acabei percebendo que nenhuma hora eu fiquei esperando por isso, ou fiquei imaginando uma cena de beijo entre os casais.
Eu sinceramente achei estranho eu nn ter percebido isso, geralmente quando estou assistindo um drama Coreano, Tailandês, ou até mesmo Chines fico doida esperando por uma cena de beijo com os olhos abertos e com uma duração de 2 segundos kskssj
Nesse drama isso nn me fez falta nenhuma, tanto que eu só fui reparar nisso quando já estava acabando ele, ent significa que eu nem tinha me preocupado com uma cena dessa antes. Eu não precisei de uma demonstração fisica de afeto para sentir o amor entre todos os casais.
A gente que assiste as produções asiáticas acaba se acostumando com a cultura de afeto deles que é tão diferente da nossa e começamos a perceber que certas coisas nem são necessárias para demonstrar um amor verdadeiro!
Esse foi o primeiro drama que eu comecei e terminei sem nem me dar conta de que eu nn precisava de uma cena como as que eu estava acostumada a assistir, o drama por si só já encheu meu coração com todos os personagens cativantes.
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Uma resenha um pouco grande, mas eu precisava deixar registrado em algum lugar os meus pensamentos sobre essa linda jornada de dois irmãos!
(Acabei perdendo a primeira resenha que eu escrevi, ent ainda deve faltar algumas coisinhas)
Encerrando aqui com a melhor frase do drama: "A VIDA É COMO AS LENTILHAS, SE UNINDO E SE SEPARANDO"

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[CONTÊM SPOILERS, só leia se já assistiu!]

(Essa review contém meus pensamentos finais depois de terminar o drama, assim, há spoilers.)

O drama, como o próprio nome revela, é sobre dois irmãos. O plot é simples ao nos dizer nos primeiros episódios que ambos são separados no nascimento e serão obrigados no futuro a se matarem.

Enfim, a primeira crítica plausível a se fazer é que o drama tem como personagens principais dois irmãos, e particularmente, eu comecei a assistir esperando ver as cenas das interações dos dois, de inimigos forçados a irmãos gêmeos. E sim, eu estava muito ansiosa para isso.

Contudo, apesar do plot proporcionar diversas possíveis histórias interessantes sobre amor fraternal, isso não acontece muito, e sinto que essa foi minha maior frustação com o drama (Isso fica evidente como a última cena do drama não é do futuro dos irmãos mas sim de seus interesses amorosos).

Outro ponto interessante a se destacar foi o final das irmãs do Palácio de Yihua, principalmente da Yaoyue. Apesar de todo maldade, sempre gostei dela lá no fundo, mais como meu eu interior amando ver uma personagem foooda feminina. Ela era poderosa, mas se deixou levar por uma falsa ilusão de um homem que ela pensava gostar dela. Isso é no mínimo triste, pensar no rumo que sua vida levou por conta dessa desilusão. Entretanto não fica claro porque ela acreditou tão seriamente que o Jiang Feng a amava, ou se ela apenas possuía um grande sentimento de possessividade (que se pode ver um pouco que ela tem em relação a sua irmã). No decorrer da história ela alcança o nível mais alto na Palma de Jade Yihua, habilidade que se diz necessitar se desprender dos sentimentos mundanos, mas é um pouco difícil acreditar nisso quando analisamos a mente da personagem. Por fim, fico apenas esperando que houvesse uma reviravolta no final que desse um final mais justo as irmãs.

Sobre os relacionamentos amorosos dos protagonistas, sinto um enorme e concluinte vazio. No começo, amava a relação do Xiaoyue e da Tie Xinlan, eles tinham muita química e a construção da história fazia muito sentido. No decorrer da história foi se adicionado o temível triângulo amoroso, decorrente da insegurança do Xiaoyue, vendo o interesse amoroso junto com alguém que considerava perfeito (e que sabia que o queria morto) e da Xielan que, desiludida de seu amor que considerava não recíproco, encontrou alguém cheio de qualidades que era devotado por ela. Sobre a Su Yer, gostei da personalidade diferenciada dela, que combina perfeitamente com a do Xiaoyue, e confesso que fiquei felizinha com algumas cenas deles. Contudo, ao final, fiquei feliz pela felicidade dos personagens em si, mas não por shippar os pares formados.

Ainda possuo muitos mais pensamentos conflitantes sobre outros personagens que me incomodam, e poderia escrever muito mais sobre cada um.

Comecei a ver o drama pelos irmãos e apenas terminei por eles. Ainda assim é interessante a forma como o drama retrata a presença do bem e do mal, e como nem sempre aqueles que se acredita ser bom ou mal, realmente assim o são por inteiro.

É um bom drama, indico que assistam, mas fica aquele sentimento que poderia ter sido muito melhor.

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