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Too far from M16
A lovely xianxia about pure, respectful love, trust and growth
'The Starry Love' is a lovely xianxia story about pure love, respect, kindness, finding your true self, the importance of accepting your emotions, an art of making decisions and having trust and faith in others. It's hard to talk about this beautiful story, you just have to see it yourself like I did.
I've seen many xianxias. Or most likely I gave them a try. Each time I hope it would bring me the same amount of emotions that the unforgetfull classic from 2017 did. I mean Eternal Love - my first xianxia and my most favorite of all the time. Each time I watch xianxia I can't stop comparing it to the Eternal Love - I don't mean the story, but the vibe, the thrilling, the emotions.
I often find most xianxias disappointing, boring, predictable. How many time we saw the classic tragics, reborns, this genre has its own cliches. The Starry Love follows some of them but it also give the freshful punch. And surprisingly, it gave me the thrilling and fun that my beloved Eternal Love did.
The humour! The jokes! The story surprisingly doesn't contain as many tragic, sad moments as most xianxias do. Most of the time it's a heartwarming story, that would often make you laugh and bloom some hope for humanity in your heart.
The characters are very respectful to each others. Each person has a deep, well-written story. Characters do change. They evolve. They learn to understand themselves and others. The Starry Love is a beautiful story about finding your true self and accept it. Accept the change in yourself. It's about learning what's important in your life. Each characters is strong, even when they seem weak. Kindness doesn't mean weakness.
The love the characters give and receive it's one of the purest and greatest - there is no place for distrust, they have only faith, they believe in each other, they don't part, they will support each other and stay together no matter the price. There is a strong loyalty and trust in each pair. And that beautiful smile from Chen Xing Xu... Did you see it? The way Xuanshang smiled at Yetan - it tells everything. It's pure, honest, full of love. It warmed my heart many times. And also, Luke Chen's hairstyle and all the design - such a hot man! :D Honestly, I watched first 7 episodes or so only for Chaofeng and Lanjue - these characters were sooo cool. I couldn't stop watching them :D And later on our female leads and Xuanshang stole my heart and then I hadn't even realised when I started to being attached to every character.
The OSTs are very powerful and addictive - I'm gonna listen to them for some time... I mean, for a long time. It's strong, yet subtle, it's building its own story and brings a huge emotional impact.You can't stay indefferent listening to it. Your heart and your soul will melt only from listening to these songs.
The CGI is okay. It's a nice quality, nice standard that we can watch nowadays in dramas and some movies. It's a nice watch.
Honestly, I usually get tired of the story around 30s episode - the story gets draggy in most dramas. And here I binged all 40 episodes in 4 days and I wish there were more. The pace was great, all the time. The whole plot wasn't draggy at all. They could add more episodes, and I bet the story would still be interesting and not draggy at all, but... you know, the 40 episodes chinese limit. Ehh... :( I'm gonna miss all the characters I'll definitely rewatch some of my favorite moments (there were many of them!) and keep the story deep in my heart :) It did bring me so much joy and I'm starting to believe that there is a hope that we will live to see some more master xianxias and not only the tragical cliches.
I've seen many xianxias. Or most likely I gave them a try. Each time I hope it would bring me the same amount of emotions that the unforgetfull classic from 2017 did. I mean Eternal Love - my first xianxia and my most favorite of all the time. Each time I watch xianxia I can't stop comparing it to the Eternal Love - I don't mean the story, but the vibe, the thrilling, the emotions.
I often find most xianxias disappointing, boring, predictable. How many time we saw the classic tragics, reborns, this genre has its own cliches. The Starry Love follows some of them but it also give the freshful punch. And surprisingly, it gave me the thrilling and fun that my beloved Eternal Love did.
The humour! The jokes! The story surprisingly doesn't contain as many tragic, sad moments as most xianxias do. Most of the time it's a heartwarming story, that would often make you laugh and bloom some hope for humanity in your heart.
The characters are very respectful to each others. Each person has a deep, well-written story. Characters do change. They evolve. They learn to understand themselves and others. The Starry Love is a beautiful story about finding your true self and accept it. Accept the change in yourself. It's about learning what's important in your life. Each characters is strong, even when they seem weak. Kindness doesn't mean weakness.
The love the characters give and receive it's one of the purest and greatest - there is no place for distrust, they have only faith, they believe in each other, they don't part, they will support each other and stay together no matter the price. There is a strong loyalty and trust in each pair. And that beautiful smile from Chen Xing Xu... Did you see it? The way Xuanshang smiled at Yetan - it tells everything. It's pure, honest, full of love. It warmed my heart many times. And also, Luke Chen's hairstyle and all the design - such a hot man! :D Honestly, I watched first 7 episodes or so only for Chaofeng and Lanjue - these characters were sooo cool. I couldn't stop watching them :D And later on our female leads and Xuanshang stole my heart and then I hadn't even realised when I started to being attached to every character.
The OSTs are very powerful and addictive - I'm gonna listen to them for some time... I mean, for a long time. It's strong, yet subtle, it's building its own story and brings a huge emotional impact.You can't stay indefferent listening to it. Your heart and your soul will melt only from listening to these songs.
The CGI is okay. It's a nice quality, nice standard that we can watch nowadays in dramas and some movies. It's a nice watch.
Honestly, I usually get tired of the story around 30s episode - the story gets draggy in most dramas. And here I binged all 40 episodes in 4 days and I wish there were more. The pace was great, all the time. The whole plot wasn't draggy at all. They could add more episodes, and I bet the story would still be interesting and not draggy at all, but... you know, the 40 episodes chinese limit. Ehh... :( I'm gonna miss all the characters I'll definitely rewatch some of my favorite moments (there were many of them!) and keep the story deep in my heart :) It did bring me so much joy and I'm starting to believe that there is a hope that we will live to see some more master xianxias and not only the tragical cliches.
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