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Legend of Awakening chinese drama review
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Legend of Awakening
4 people found this review helpful
by mz4jun
May 24, 2020
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
It was generally an okay idol/youth wuxia drama.

Story:
The plot was a typical wuxia hero story - Luping and his journey to break the Spirit Lock, and friendship between the lead characters. The friendship between the two male leads as well as among Zhaifeng disciples was well done. There were also character development but there were inconsistencies as well. The pacing also had lots of problems.
The first 15 episodes were pretty good with a focus in younger generations, later the plot became a bit messy and boring with inconsistent pacing in the middle the last 4 episodes got better again.
As a wuxia fan, I also feel the fight scenes were a bit lacking; they didn't have that big impact and also not grand enough.

Acting/Cast:
Personally, I think CFY has improved a lot compared to his acting in EverNight. Chengxiao was a bit stiff but it didnt affect the story that much. The chemistry between the two was not that convincing but still okay for me.
Other casts also did a great job. I really like the two shifus from older generation as well.

Music:
Both the intro and outro songs are really nice. Especially, the intro song has that youthful feeling that really fits with this drama.

Rewatch value:
I probably won't rewatch it again since it doesn't really make me feel attached to the drama or the characters.

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