Shen Yin (2023)

I didn't expect that I really liked this drama.

I watched this drama when it was on-going until episode 15 and then I stopped because it was a little boring, BUT after the drama finished I just continued watching again AND IT WAS VERY GOOD!!!!

In my opinion, the cgi and editing are not too bad for a xianxia drama which only took about 8 months to air since the last shooting. Again and again, there is no need to doubt Zhao Lusi's chemistry with his co-stars, I fell in love at first sight with Wang Anyu's good looks and acting here. I love the music, some of it is sung live by Lusi and Anyu, they are very talented!

I won't talk too much about the plot, there are too many painful things that ultimately lead to death because this is xianxia drama. I like their acting which can bring the audience's feelings into the storyline.

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Aying (zhao lusi) dari sebuah telur sui ning sou yg mendapatkan sebagian roh dari feng ying yg menyebar ke 3 alam. Setelah ditelah ditemukan gu jing (wang an yu) kemudian dibawanya ke rumah dan ditawatnya. Setelah menetes dari telur aying menjadi seekor sui ning sho yg lucu. Setelah menyuri minum arak gujing, aying menjadi manusia yg cantik dan lucu, mulai lah ceritanya di ep 2,kemudian merekan mulai memcari roh feng ying yang menyebar ke 3alam lainnya. Dalam perjalan mrk bertu hong yi (lie yun rui) dan yen suang(jia nai na) suka sekali sama 4 karakter ini. Terutama aying, lusi bisa membedakan 3 karakternya dalam derama ini dengan 3 nada suara yg berbeda. Ditunggu ep selanjunya👍👍👍👏👏👏

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A drama full of interesting storyline and not too heavy and easy to understand.Each character played by the artists is carried with enthusiasm.The female lead played by Zhao lusi and male lead Wang yu have made a deeper impact in this storyline more interesting..I am very interested in the custom that they use looks beautiful, colourful and elegant..Through the 6 episodes that i have watched i am very satisfied even though there is a little lack in the cgi part but does not effect the whole this story line.The cooperation between each actor involved in this drama is really good and make the best result..Everyone has their own opinion and i really love this story and I'm looking forward to next episode..

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The Last Immortal is a stress reliever

Everything about this drama is great! The first 8 episodes are pure eyecandy! I love Zhao Lusi's voice and everyone else's! The costumes are so on point! The cgi 100%. I am enjoying the adventures of Jin and Ayin. Can't wait for new episodes and with too much time on my hand this week taking care of my child who is home sick, i got to watch ALP to get a gist of Jin's origin.

I love how each character is portrayed. The best artists are well fitted to their roles. I cannot wait for the angst and see all the casts perform with high emotions. I have no idea if it's from a novel but i love the surprises i see each time i watch new episodes. I am watching it with anticipation of light entertainment.

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A Journey worth watching til the end…

Currently on Top of my Watchlist and keeps me wanting to see more how the leads story unfolds.
It might not be a cup of Tea for others but definitely my Cup of Coffee! :) Keeps me up all night rewatching and up in the morning to watch as it currently airs.

It’s a storyline worth standing on its own and a story of growth, self-realization, and a path of the greatest love story about to unfold….

Per my perspective, you really don’t have to overthink the plot but sufficient enough to make theories, because of how this journey started and hopes how this story ends . On top of that, the OST is MAGICAL, ACTING is on POINT! COSTUME… je l'aime!😘

Love, love, love How it is starting from innocence to the point of silliness (hahaha), to the subtle “caring” without knowing, the goofy banters but also learning, and falling without realizing…. (ugh I know I will pay for it dearly later down the line when they catch em’ feels and fall too hard).

The Key is patience and perseverance on how Ayin & Gu Jin’s story evolves from master-servant, to best-mate, to lovers trope along with their “friends”. I can’t help but root for them and cheer them on! LOL
I love the pacing so far… It’s giving, let these kids have their fun cause they don’t have ANY idea what they are about to go thru!!!🤧

It has only been 5-6 episode in for me as I type this review, but I will have to say this, enjoy the show while you can, smile and laugh a little and embrace the light part of the drama cause I can foresee the ANGST forthcoming brought by “the chaos” looming for our leads.. Tissues, Coffee or Tea and a warm blanket will be your weapon in the future coming episodes…🥹

Let’s go to this journey together ‘til the end…💜


Sidenote: I will come back and update this review as I go on a journey to collect the “horcruxes” … I mean fragments of the Phoenix. LOL

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Drama is good only because of A Yin

I confess that I just didn't drop this drama because I love Zhao Lu Si.
Yuan Qi irritates me with his passion for a woman who has nothing to do with him, I loved A Yin, she's super fun, it's a shame she's in love with a muggle, who doesn't know anything about anything.
I know that Yuan Qi is the son of Shanggu and Bai Jue, but his father was much better than his son.
In short, the drama is good only because of A Yin, because if it were a matter of Yuan Qi we would be lost, I sincerely hope that it improves in the next episodes, because as it is now, it's not good at all.

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Very Entertaining Drama

Very entertaining & youthful version of Xianxia drama - that's the highlight of The Last Immortal. Xianxia drama had lost its popularity among younger audience and The Last Immortal will bring back GenZ Audience back to this genre.
The drama has a youthful appeal & even CGI visual effects also adds to the overall young audience vibe.
Loved some of the funny interpretation of Xianxia they have included .
Very good drama and it has a big re-watch value . That's another plus point which I saw in The Last Immortal. Giving it 10/10 since this drama is Xianxia 2023 .

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A fantasy drama like no other, must watch!

Really loving this fantasy drama, a story between the young immortal gods, both main leads are still naively young but Ayin is smarter. It doesn't start with some romance but it'll progress how the main leads had to work and support each other inorder to release them from master/servant contract bestowed towards them. And of course both are not happy about the situation but this is where their destiny with fun and adventure begins.

The first 4 episodes is about Ayin meeting Gu Yin for the first time and already this is hilarious with Gu Yin accidentally killing the 2nd phoenix before even meeting her ; then later he found a water beast egg that a part of Feng Yin scattered soul went inside the egg .... I love how A Yin despite being only a water beast she actually plays an important part of Gu Yin's development of his power. Gu Yin is too naive and makes you wanna smack him for his gullibility. While Ayin got a good heart to heal others as well as too smart with a good for his own good, she could tell from what is bad and good. There are already some signs of feelings development after Ep5 and it seems Ayin fall for him first and Gu Yin despite showing signs of emotions may not realize it so soon.. With the first 8 episodes you can watch now in Wetv, the story is already captivating with interesting story lines between the Yin, a diligent Shuining Beast, and Gu Jin, son of the true God whose magic power was sealed . How they will overcome their predicament will show in each episodes with how things are developing and it'll get more interesting! just can't wait to see more of the episodes!

As for the main leads, ZhaoLusi truly delivers a brilliant acting in her role here as a smart and innocent water beast, Ayin with her original cute voice; then changes to Feng Ayin for a more matured demeanor character worthy of a princess... Wang Anyu also suits well in his role as the naive and powerless immortal god, it seems he really portrayed his acting well when you just hated this guy for being lazy, naive and happy go lucky LOL he did well i think ... i hope he wakes up and realize his true feeling towards Ayin soon....

As for the CGI I do believe that it was brilliant and amazingly well done, the back drop and scenery is quite vivid and colorful depicting the three realms; luv the heavenly setting the most of course but also having light cgi is good not because of low budget but sometimes simplicity is best, like the one in the death realm with only purple flowers and darkness around nothing to exagerate about after all this is xianxia.

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Expected to much for nothing

Story started confusing with dumping characters. No natural flow of story and plot.
First 2 episodes acting is no up to standard . If Fairytales is geared toward family watching then it should not have intimacy that is not proprietary for families with children. For the adults Fairytales is just too boring. Drama focuses on nice outfits rather than on story. Some of introducing videos are on border of being totally inappropriate full of flirting and intimacy, focusing on individuals rather than a drama that they promote. From actors profiles expected more

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Nothing really good about this tbh.

TLDR: Stiff performances across the board with an immature, shallow ML and no real world building to speak of.

Disclaimer: 5 is average for me so everything above that is pretty good to perfect and everything below that is pretty bad to horrendous. I know nothing about how to make a good TV show but I can give me opinion on how much I enjoyed certain parts of a show relative to what I've seen in the past. Only watched to episode 8 but I can't see it getting much better.

Overall: This is the first show that was below a 5 for me. The story is simple on the surface but follows a nonsensical path with stiff performances across the board and a distinct lack of world building. When it comes down to it, the only real positive thing I have to say about what I watched is that I am really going to appreciate my next run through of Who Rules the World because I now realize it could've been soooooo much worse.

Story: The summary is a pretty straightforward Mcguffin search quest that quickly goes off the rails. The world building is pretty bad and I had no real sense of who was who or why certain people were important. Everything happens because the story needs it to rather than the characters have any motivation to do so. I never knew why anyone was doing what they were doing and it felt like the story just jumped from plot point to plot point in order to progress the story rather than the characters logically progressing the story. "Oh, we want this character to get introduced, i guess he has to get hurt here so the leads can find him. Why is he there? who tf cares." Spoilers but the master ascending to godhood at a completely random moment was the most shoe horned in 'just kill him off' I've ever seen. They wanted the leads to have some tools to not get wrecked but also realized it couldn't happen forever otherwise the story wouldn't be fun so they chose the lazy way out and had his character serve his purpose then dip. Like, you've said you care a lot about this person, you've been monitoring him and making sure he is ok, you know who he actually is and seem to have a vested interest in his safety, he is about to go on this dangerous journey.. yup seems like a good time to yeet yourself out of the story.

I will say it is harder to build a world in a fantasy setting than in a real world setting because viewers have no inherent knowledge of how things work. But this show didn't even try. They just had subtitles pop up identifying characters and places as they appeared on screen but forgot that we have no idea why these people/places are important or how they connect to each other. Rather than a fantasy world that felt like people actually lived there, I got more of a greenscreen for the actors kind of vibe which made the world feel very claustrophobic even though the scale of it was likely meant to be much larger than the real world. Side note, but if you ever have an inn/public setting in any story across any medium, there have to be more characters than just the leads... Otherwise how am I supposed to believe this is an actual world where people live rather than a poorly constructed vehicle for story. I cannot express how artificially small you can make a setting feel by having a huge location with only the main characters in sight. Obviously they're the only ones that really matter in the scene, but if I ask myself the question of who made this building? Who rented them the room? Who served them the food? and I can't immediately conjure someone to mind then the world building hasn't done its job. (it doesn't even have to be the actual someone that did it, I just need an inkling that people outside of the main cast exist at all)

Apparently this is a sequel to another drama so I may revisit this after seeing that but I wouldn't count on it.

Characters/acting: Not my favorite performances. I think Zhao Lu Si does ok as the FL but I haven't watched enough of the show to see how she handles the progression of the character. Though I'm assuming she does well given what I've seen from her in other stuff but I can't see this even coming close to some of her other roles.

My big problem is most of the other performances with an emphasis on the ML. For whatever reason his character just doesn't click with me. He starts off as immature and not in the charming sense but more the annoying 'I want to kick his teeth in' kind of way. His motivations and ideals are inconsistent and go from super mature wanting to atone for his sins to drinking wine while thinking with his lower half. I haven't seen many Xianxia dramas but I have read quite a few Xianxia mangas and some of my favorite protagonists follow this journey where they start off immature and grow. However, you are always shown little glimpses of the kind of person they are underneath. They always get several moments or scenes to show you that they are a good person with the potential to be better in the future which draws you in, keeps you going, and even makes their shenanigans charming. And almost always you are shown the hard work they are putting in to improve which gives them some leeway in the immaturity department because it feels like they've earned it. My favorite lead from Xianxia manges is probably Cheon Myung from Return of the Mount Hua Sect. On paper, he has a lot of similarities to the ML from this show. He is arrogant, brash, rushes into things without a plan, and would probably sell an unhealthy amount for some good booze. The notable difference is that when the time comes to be an adult he locks in. He understands when its ok to mess around and when it isn't which goes a long way in making me enjoy his immature moments because I trust him to get serious if he needs to. Obviously this is a different medium but I think the principles still apply. If you can't get me to empathize with, or at the bare minimum not despise, the ML why should I care about the romance, the journey, or the story in general.

My problem with the ML in this show is that he does get these moments, but they don't land. The performance didn't convince me that he was anything more than a hormonal teenager reading off lines for the sake of it. The story didn't do him any favors either because right after his big atonement scene at the beginning, you'd think we would see a more humble version of the ML who takes ownership of essentially murdering a child and committing the worst crime the world has seen in likely thousands of years. Instead we are left with someone who is doing the equivalent of waiting by their phone for a call from their crush. If that doesn't show you his maturity level then I don't know what does. I don't think there was a single moment in the first 8 episodes where I thought he was capable of being mentally more than 15 years old. The actor managed to pull of the immature parts well but couldn't make me believe he would ever grow out of that which is a problem. Because now I'm left with a ML I don't like who probably won't get better, which means I'm not going to like the romance, which means I already dislike a large portion of the drama.

Needless to say the leads didn't have much chemistry if any from what I've seen (unless you count slavery as chemistry) but haven't made it to the later stages of the show so that kind of makes sense for where I left off.

The other characters were pretty one note and shallow as well though I've only seen a fraction of their total run time so maybe they show more facets of their personality maybe they don't (I wouldn't bet on it though).

Music: Not a music person and didn't get to listen to everything.

Rewatch: If I can't make it through the first time it gets a 1.

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