GUARDIANS OF DAFENG is everything you want in a Wuxia or any television series for the matter and
more. Guardians is the joyfully cheeky love child of
Joy of Life and My Uncanny Destiny, and
THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO GOOD!
The unaware Chosen one trope is altered in a timely manner. Our ML is the always in 2nd place, a ‘could’ve,
should’ve, would’ve’ man with a broken dream and
heart. Add + plot armor + ‘look how smart I am’ style palace intrigue + a massive cast similar to JOL

This is cleverly and hilariously balanced by the
boundless energy of ‘over the top’ tomfoolery, and
humor that stays consistently throughout the entire
series. The undeniable assemble cast chemistry is the yummy stuff. I only wished it would have taken some of Uncanny’s skinship as well.

Our ML is a Chinese Millennial salesman whose
dream it was to be a detective. Dafeng grants his deepest held wish. A quid pro quo is expected. Dafeng
wants a good one, just as we all do.

The good news is that this is the 1st series in a long
time that I didn’t care about if or was a show that
advertised as Romance without any Romance. I was
so invested in the story. The FL ( who I 1st saw & 🫶🏾
In New Life Begins ) antics didn’t bother me.
Tbh, I never really saw them as a real couple.
I adore both actors. In fact, this is the 1st series of
Hedi’s that I could finish since my GOAT 🧚🏻‍♂️🖤😈

To note: What Lil Bro Xunnan and Simu pull off in 1 episode gave me the feels. And Secret Sect’s # 2 and #4 , I’d be happy to follow either 2LMCs to 🫶🏾town.

I’m cynical, not by choice. And I’m well past my angst era too, so to find myself crying early in the series,
then at least once per 10 episodes. While laughing in every episode, often. That is the cure for me now.

The writer was straight up showing off by Episode 31. Betting that he could drive to viewer to the edge of
existential despair where madness makes so much
sense. Seconds later tears are now crying with laughter as our ML goes from humanist stoicism to the
embodiment of a cartoon character con man. I was so blown away by this. Bravo! Even the losers get lucky sometimes.

As he said dying, Losers, the common people, their experiences have meaning. Success or Failure. I came, I did, I had. That is also meaning.

Only when I begin a profound tear filled rumination of these words I look up to see our hero call for the nurse and proceed to die. And like a Cdrama, Rick &
Morty, Once and Future King,-ish we watch the cycle of death and rebirth to annoy the enemy play out over and over again, each death and rebirth with the a
chaotic Lau Tsu energy renewed each turn.

They made you legitimate laugh and cry at 2 different scenarios in less than 10 mins. That’s magic.

Our ML Silver Gong is experiencing existential crisis, can you blame him? I don’t.

Someone being slow will get you dead.
Sometimes being slow gets others dead.
Sometimes being slow will cost you the love of your life.
The people of the Dafeng cohabit with time.

Is it me or my whimsy. Or he needed the $$. No shade I need $$$. Did everyone clock DFQC lil bro from LBFAD as the Witches Cult Leader’s right hand man. Then suddenly the bros are in a triangle, slowly swirling in red with a ferocious father at the apex preparing to demand. In my head this could be what DFQC spent his 500 years doing: tribulations. And this is one. Let me dream.
Big up to cast, crew and producers and Wang Hedi, our man Dylan for giving us 2 iconic characters that no one will forget for years to come.