That changes the course of the events: 75/25Īnd changes the minds of characters around her about her: 50/50 (Like being a good Qin player, orīeing a good teacher for a woman and often in defiance of choosing love Main motivation is about men, but there are unnamed secondary Yes.Ībout something other than men… most of the time no, but it does Romance which is reading more than friends, less than lovers type. So the thing that keeps the majority of the interest and pacing is the Most of the time, and picks fights, so he comes off as immature, but itĪlso means quite a bit of room for character growth along the way.įemale lead is more focused on solving the main plot, but honestly, theĬamera nor the writing seems very interested in this main plot at all, He has issues expressing how he really feels towards the female lead Mischievous trickster type, which is a breath of fresh air in many ways. It’s mostly light-heartedĪnd they thinned out the book’s serious plot a lot. In order to solve the case, theyįind themselves getting married to catch a murderer connected to her Ju Mu Er and Long Yueįind themselves trying to solve smaller cases related to finding out Ju Mu Er’s Qin Master is wrongfully put to death. Quickly swirl around them about their relationship to each other. Yue, while trying to investigate and look for an old score. Qin player, accidentally meets the richest guy in the capital, Long Serious… but I think it’s more along this line: You want a heavier and more detective-based drama, then Maiden Holmes Like 10% events and plot and 90% romance. Plot, is honestly thin compared to the book from what I gather and is They don’t have enough material on the serious events ends to make it sad. You might like it if you liked Under the Power from 1-17… Chinese drama mystery review 2020 romanceĮnding Type: Fairly sure this has a happy ending. With Japanese mysteries, though this aims the formatting slightly You’d probably beįamiliar with the use of kishotenketsu in mysteries if you’re familiar Long as you’re not looking for conflict 24-7. You’re into watching My Unicorn Girl, you’d probably like this drama, as Life, but it does have quite a bit of slice of life elements. On the conflict, and character arc/development. Everything is used to illustrate who theĬharacters are and their relationships to each other, rather than focus
You have no patience for Kishotenketsu, especially Chinese style, which Prior to that the plot doesn’t really have that many mysteries and is The romance thrills/idol drama, and maybe the mysteries after episode 8. The acting is good and makes the characters The weakest part is the polish on the writing. Lighting is decent, and it’s clear some thought was put into theĬostumes. You can taste the money being poured in, like say, Joy of Life. They don’t have limited sets, and they aren’t hurting, but it’s not like Number of times within the first 6 episodes.įor China, it feels like a medium budget for this type of production. Uses this to fuel the conflict of will they won’t they–she has Passes the Mako Mori test by a large margin and If you count cross dressing females) discussing cases, etc. Bechdel–passes by two named females (though It takes a little while for it to pass all three feminism tests, but it The Magical Blind Man trope in a totally treated seriously way, which That the blindness included in the drama is kinda running a bit close to
Slight warning for those sensitive to social justice issues Which, granted, is longer than most Chinese dramas, which tend to do it So you can’t see everything about the case.Įpisodes for the drama to pick up speed and get to the central plot, That you can figure it ahead of the detective team and cut some scenes Mostly romance-heavy with minor conflict. Switching back and forth between the romance and the cases, but it’s To a larger string of cases, that a mysterious entity has beenĬommitting, but also smaller cases. To Under the Power, (Though under the power was better written, to be All of the casesĪre there to facilitate learning more about the characters and theirīackgrounds rather than to fuel conflict. Kishotenketsu, which probably will throw people off. She meets Pei Zhao (Prince Qi in disguise), a man with partialīlindness, they come to know each other and with their friends solve Su Ci is a master detective disguised as a guy working for the Episodes: 32 Runtime: 45 minutes Dubbed?: Yes, but mostly with their own voices (from the ending scenes) Ending type: Not sure yet… they are kinda leaving it up in the air, but it looks slated for a happy ending?
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