Steel Crown
Great Start, Terrible End
No Boundary is a drama that forgets itself halfway through the runtime. From an easy-going and light-hearted drama, it makes a sharp turn into heavy drama land and loses all its charm. It doesn’t have the ability nor the material to make the second half engaging or even watchable, so it becomes a boring drag.
(There are slight spoilers in the review)
Characters: The main leads of this story are both phenomenal. If you’re looking for a sweet romance with lots of funny coincidences and charming moments, then you’ll fall in love with the main couple. Duanmu Cui is proud, but also quite childish and loyal, while Zhan Yan is steady, positive, and very supportive. The two of them make a cute pair. However, the main supporting characters pull the story down. A lot. Wengu is extremely obsessive and has no personality besides his obsession, while Hong Luan is crazy about him and also has no other concerns but him. The rest of the support cast is pretty good and likable.
Story: It should be separated into two parts. The first half (up to ep.20) is great for its genre. It’s light, fluffy, and cute. In other words, all that you can ask for. However, right after, the story becomes heavy on drama and all sense of logic is lost. People die, then come back to life without any explanation. Main leads make decisions that even a 5-year-old child would tell you are stupid. Hundreds of people are killed, yet everyone says that the murderer should be forgiven because the guy was once a friend. And there’s just no end to it. Every new episode brings another batch of illogical events that throw you out of the story.
CGI: The drama itself is done with a lot of love and care, so it only makes the terrible CGI stand out more. There’s a lot of magical effects due to the nature of the story, and many of them are cringe-worthy. They’re so bad that even someone with an untrained eye would wonder if they were done by a student still in the process of learning the ins and outs of making CGI.
I don’t really know how to judge this story, if being honest. I loved and binged the first half, but barely finished the second half on 1.5x speed with constant skipping of scenes. On top of that, there’s no satisfying end. The season ends in the middle of the story and just expects that you would continue onto the next season.
(There are slight spoilers in the review)
Characters: The main leads of this story are both phenomenal. If you’re looking for a sweet romance with lots of funny coincidences and charming moments, then you’ll fall in love with the main couple. Duanmu Cui is proud, but also quite childish and loyal, while Zhan Yan is steady, positive, and very supportive. The two of them make a cute pair. However, the main supporting characters pull the story down. A lot. Wengu is extremely obsessive and has no personality besides his obsession, while Hong Luan is crazy about him and also has no other concerns but him. The rest of the support cast is pretty good and likable.
Story: It should be separated into two parts. The first half (up to ep.20) is great for its genre. It’s light, fluffy, and cute. In other words, all that you can ask for. However, right after, the story becomes heavy on drama and all sense of logic is lost. People die, then come back to life without any explanation. Main leads make decisions that even a 5-year-old child would tell you are stupid. Hundreds of people are killed, yet everyone says that the murderer should be forgiven because the guy was once a friend. And there’s just no end to it. Every new episode brings another batch of illogical events that throw you out of the story.
CGI: The drama itself is done with a lot of love and care, so it only makes the terrible CGI stand out more. There’s a lot of magical effects due to the nature of the story, and many of them are cringe-worthy. They’re so bad that even someone with an untrained eye would wonder if they were done by a student still in the process of learning the ins and outs of making CGI.
I don’t really know how to judge this story, if being honest. I loved and binged the first half, but barely finished the second half on 1.5x speed with constant skipping of scenes. On top of that, there’s no satisfying end. The season ends in the middle of the story and just expects that you would continue onto the next season.
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