Disappointed

It's my first time to make a review so bear with me on this one.
AOS is one of the kdrama that I got hyped watching. The first episode will always be the best episode of this series and is one of the reasons why I got into this series.

Story: This is one of those series that has the potential to be one of the best but ended up not living to its hype. I think the writers got influenced by the fans and didn't know how to continue the story later on.
So many questions left unanswered. So many plot mysteries that was left hanging - because the story started to focus on romance - almost each characters has romance shown in the series.

There are four young mages - yet, there was nothing for them to do - except to be part of love story.

The most disappointing is Jang Gang's return. He was the biggest mystery in this series but they made him come back just to die like that...

It would of been better if they announced that there will be season 3 - so the plots will be cleaned but they choose a rushed ending.

Cast: One of the best aspect of this drama is the casts. They all did a great job. The Somin did a great job portraying two different personalities - so it didn't take long for me to get use to her as new Naksu because her acting as Naksu was so close to the real one.
The rest of the casts did great job as well - even the extras.

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Disappointing

I watched it because of Park Eun Bin (I lover her so much in King's affection)
This drama started quiet interesting - so no wonder it got all those attention and early news of American remake.
However just like most kdramas that suddenly got too much praise... the drama started to get boring after episode 6 - either the writers got pressured from all the attention or they really didn't know how to continue later on.
In the latter part of the series it felt as if things became repetitive. So many plot holes that was ignored since the story started to focus on romance and side characters.

I dislike the romance for the main couple, we never get any background story about the ml and how he started to like fl, it honestly bothered me so much... because I feel like watching a fully grown adult grooming a child. It would've been better if they were just friends or the romance was properly executed.

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Not perfect but the MC love story got me hooked

Am not a fan of Dilraba and often avoid her dramas and I have never seen any dramas of Ren Jialun before this. But there is this one scene that took my interest and got me watch this drama (The scene where Yunhe had to bathe Changyi)

Story: The story is not perfect.. there are too many boring scenes that I actually skipped. I Even skipped the first episode because I do not know what that purpose is. However the two leads were so adorable so I mainly watched their scenes - I kept rewatching their scenes again and again.
I read the novel after finishing the drama and I really wish they kept some parts of the novel.
I wish they didn't change the reunion from the novel - Their reunion in the novel was so beautiful unlike in the drama where Changyi was acting as if nothing ever changed (Hey, I am sorry forgive me please stay) there was no show of remorse or regret that Changyi in the novel had, there was no character development which Changyi had early on (when he decided to destory Yun He's body in order to save the north)

The novel showed us the love Changyi has and the trauma that Yunhe's betrayal has given him. In the drama it just made Changyi look so narrow minded.

No amount of crying and cheesy sad lines from the ML and FL - made me sad. Unlike in the novel where I really cried a bucket.

They added so many extra parts - so unnecessary.
I hate that they made Lu Haoqing the second ML - forever longing for Yunhe.

Casting: The casts did great job, especially the two leads - if they casted someone else as Changyi and Yunhe I doubt I will be able to finish this series.
The chemistry at the start of the series was good. You can see that they do get along. The friendship between Changyi and Yunhe.
However in the later part of the drama, it almost made me wonder if the two leads had some issues with each other or the shooting because they suddenly felt so distant, even the ML look so tired and no longer trying to show any acting that he actuality showed in the first half of the series.
FL was steadfast, he acting isn't topnotch but it's passable.

I think I must praise the director but had to say I'm disappointed with the writers.

Anyway BW is not perfect drama. It is a drama that made me skip a lot of parts and just go straight to the MC scenes. It's a drama that will not work if not for the two leads. Since I was able to rewatch those scenes for countless of times. I will give it an 8

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