The Story of Pearl Girl (2024)

No esta mal....

La serie no esta mal, pero lamentablemente.... no me resulto entretenida.

Los primeros 10 capítulos son bastante lentos y un poco aburridos al menos para mi, eso de ver como se es sometido por los supuestos giros del destino, que están esperando para quitarle el camino hacia la libertad, cuando no es mas que la voluntad de personas egoístas y oportunistas, me suele molestar mucho en los guiones... Pues ese tipo argumentación ya esta bastante desgastado al menos para mi...

Del capitulo 11 al 16, ver como la trama comienza a enredarlos y acercarlos tan fluidamente, estaba dando indicios que algo como un giro inesperado ocurriría, porque en los dramas la armonía no dura para siempre... ademas de una cuestión de números ya que la serie es de 40 capítulos y aquí llegamos casi a la mitad de ellos....

Del17 en adelante no es mas que la biografiá del crecimiento personal del personaje Su Mu Zhe, el cual no me muy pareció entretenido ni perspicaz, sino mas bien de un tono intrigante y para sus adentros...
Las partes del desarrollo y desenlace de las familias Cui y Zheng, fueron bastante repetitivas en cuanto a estrategias y tomo mas tiempo de pantalla del que debería, podrían haber dedicado ese tiempo al desarrollo final de la serie, ya que no aportaban nada nuevo ver lo mismo 2 veces. O a mostrar realmente el arte de la fabricación de joyas, en el cual siento que se podría haber ahondado mas y culturalmente hablando hubiera sido mas enriquecedor.

El vestuario es acorde, nada que destacar.
La música nada memorable.

Me ha gustado mas la actuación de Zhao Lu Si en las series de The Last Immortal y Who Rules the World. Quizas es porque siento que se adapto mejor a ese tipo de personajes.

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I don't know where this drama was going.

The first few episodes of “the story of Pearl girl” were legitimate and well-directed, but after that it was completely lackluster. Drama has its strengths and weaknesses, but there are few to no hooks to keep viewers on their toes. Pros include the concept of escaping from slavery and discovering a new life, which is a good story, great costumes, actors' performances, makeup techniques, and screen appeal due to the dark color palette. On the other hand, the drawbacks are that the first storyline drags for about 10 episodes, there is no second male protagonist syndrome, and there are no supporting characters. In addition, the male protagonist is an unlikable character in the beginning, (he's rude to female lead). Yet, he knows a great deal about her family and the girl herself; but falls for her head over heels later. The sudden development of his feelings is felt to be of C-grade drama logic. I think that other viewers like me may stop watching the drama halfway through.

(more specific ranting cons below)

CONS: -initial story dragged from 1-9. Episode 10 is where they finally sailed to a new land. 11 is where FL questions her dad's identity.
-no 2nd male lead syndrome in this one. He is just there to be a connection to the prince
-the Cui family's daughter/and Cui people plot felt like it went on too long
-11 episodes in and you haven't met the king/princes, or any big players yet.
-The support characters not interesting, or don't even exist. Who is there besides the little boy and noble woman?

I feel like the most EGREGIOUS thing is that Male lead was a dick for most of the beginning, but then he somehow knows all her family history, and then falls for her? Like the way their relationship developed is bad c-drama logic on display.

This drama could honestly finish on episode 17 when they kissed in the town. She's traveling with his trading caravan, and he fell for her. I forgot to watch it for several days, so at this point I've dropped it.

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Good beginning but already declining before the midpoint

Really enjoyed the initial episodes, lusi was carrying the show but the writing and story were interesting as well. But around episode 12 the writing and story were becoming quite uninteresting to me. Every scenario now follows the same program on repeat as they move around to the next people to take down. I went from binge watching and looking forward to the next episode release to struggling to get through episodes 15 and 16. I fear there's no way this holds up for 40 Episodes and will struggle like almost all c dramas do to finish the show.

I like the male lead and his acting but don't feel any chemistry between him and lusi, and as their love interest is becoming a part of the story i feel his acting is getting worse.

The other males aren't very good actors either, including the second male lead. The worst of the bunch is the character Cao. The females in the show are doing a much better job of acting.

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A disappointing showing.

Started watching this because I had seen really pretty gifsets of the show. This is the second Liu Yuning (LYN) drama I've tried to watch - A Journey to Love was the first - but unfortunately, this one didn't take either. I was hesitant to start watching this to begin with, as I've never been fond of Zhao Lusi (ZLS)'s shows. This was no exception, which was a shame.

The story starts very beautifully shot, and it's a brutal beginning for the characters which gets right into it. ZLS' character meets LYN's, and she winds up on his merchant ship. Lots of red flag relationship markers where she literally gets whipped on his watch; and where normally this sort of thing would garner a female character scars on her and whatnot, it was as if it had never happened immediately afterward. I mean, she literally gets whipped on her front; not to mention the whip may well could have caught her on the face. However, ZLS' character immediately then goes running through the streets and to a place she has simply been given the name of in the middle of the night in a port town they have just arrived in some days ago. How does she know where it is? Perhaps the person who gave her the name of the place also gave her very clear directions. This also happens after she has been working basically about 48 hours with no sleep, has been dragging a heavy cart laden with rocks for a whole day after that, and gotten whipped. The suspension of disbelief required iThe s astonishing.

(Let's also not mention how when ZLS' character first gets on the ship, she's told that there are many crew members who stay in a different part of the ship, but then the next day when her little brother Shrimpy goes to collect information about who's who on the ship, there is zero mention made of these other many crew members when he lists off the basically 4 characters on the lower deck all of whom we just met last night and informed us that there are supposedly many other lower deck members like the cook [whom we never see or hear mentioned by Shrimpy during his recon debrief].)

The romance develops... because the story says so, apparently, despite this being their beginning (where she effectively gets bullied and again, literally whipped on his watch). I don't actually know how this happens, where you would develop feelings for someone who decides to watch you get whipped on their ship because them's the rules. Anyhow. They kiss, and then shortly afterwards of that, they announce this to everyone in the crew, and everyone celebrates. It's like LYN's character just changes personalities suddenly, because that's the power of love, or ZLS' character, perhaps. Same with the rest of the remaining crew at this point in the story - everyone has gone from sullen and dour to :D.

The acting is fine. ZLS plays another similar version of the strong, stubborn female archetype I have seen her play in her other dramas like Love Like the Galaxy orThe Romance of Tiger and Rose. There is not much to report on this front for me. LYN is fine, as are the other main characters. The most interesting character was Chloe Xie's Cui Shijiu, whom I sincerely contemplated continuing watching to see what happens to her for. The actor who plays Zhang lang-jun is also fine, although I will note that his name + honorific in the show (Zhang-lang) literally makes the same sound as for the word 'cockroach'.

Sadly, the story is sorely lacking and displays the same 'scenes happen consecutively, I guess' sort of feeling that many of this calibre of Chinese dramas do. I don't know if this is bad editing or if it's the writing; most likely both. In one instance, the last episode ends, and then in the next episode, ZLS' character is kidnapped in some place in the desert. How did this happen? Because the script says so, I suppose. LYN's character starts off portrayed as someone who is moving chess pieces in a carefully-plotted plan, but ZLS' character is simply snatched out from under his nose without him even knowing. Apparently the personality change and becoming interested in someone is directly proportional to how much less smart he becomes. Okay then. There is also a storytelling mechanism of flashbacks in the middle of the next scene to explain something that happened before this scene, so that instead of A -> B -> C, you get A -> C -> B.

Pros: It is very pretty to look at. Again, I had initially been drawn to watch it because of how lovely the .gifs I had seen looked, and the styling is really quite something, notably for ZLS and LYN. However, this did not make up for the abysmal story/scriptwriting, and it definitively lost me when basically all the starter supporting cast were written off abruptly on one such 'this scene happens (and this is happening now even though I don't really see any well-written reason for it to be), I suppose'.

From the comments, it would appear that the ending and the way the story goes after this episode are really just more of the same lack of coherence and good reason, which is unsurprising. Overall, it is my sense that this drama suffers mainly from not knowing what it wants to be and really committing to it; but instead tries to weave too many things into a cohesive product, which it fails at doing, in my opinion. It would have been much better off if it had decided on one or two simple themes, but is instead overrun by the many haphazard aspects it tries to tie in. Additionally, I felt one of the big bads was quite obvious (from what I could tell from other reviews and comments) immediately following the abovementioned 'well, I guess this is happening' scene.

The music was adequate. I was not particularly taken with any particular track.

Rewatch value for me is incredibly low as I lost interest quite early on, within the first 5 to 10 episodes, and the main reason I made it through to the end of episode 18 was because I was mostly listening to it rather than watching while doing something else for much of the episodes. Rewatch value is rated at a 2 because I might one day decide to continue listening while doing something else to see what happens to Chloe Xie's character, although this is very unlikely.

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Slow and Steady Story

I must say with pride that I am always blaze through 30-40+ episode in a week, but this story is not meant to be like that. There's a lot of things that going on, a lot of nuances that would be lost if we went straight to the end. I feel like I need to take a break after watching 1-2 episode to break down what's really happening in the story. I want to applaud the storywriter to be able to make the story a bit more complicated and not straightforward.

for now, I'll give this rating 7.5 as I'm only a third from the end. Nonetheless I'll just enjoy the story bit by bit

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Not quite right

I enjoyed the beginning story where FL fights her fate and gets to escape the island, and develops her skills under ML guidance. I also liked how the ML plotted against Cui family so wonderfully, but then it's going downhill after that. I had guessed it from the start that the sworn brother is the bad guy.. he's a successful figure in a dangerous area, isnt it obviously suspicious?

It kills the whole drama that the supposedly scheming ML rushed to find the dragon bandit and fell into the trap.. they didn't even give him a chance to reflect on his mistake and find out how he got fooled. Why did he hire people without any caution in the first place, that's such a big deviation from his character.

I also think this drama elevates female characters and their careers too much. The villain who started off killing anyone who's in her way actually survived the ordeal and became a successful merchant, all thanks to her devoted childhood sweetheart who died for her. Then she suddenly shifted her hatred from ML and FL toher father in law because her man died miserably..

Lastly, the ending is the most disappointing to me. Why not give us a happy ending for the ML????? He's still consumed by the revenge and died for it. Too disappointing!!! I have loved the leads acting and coupling since Long Ballad so I'm very heartbroken that ML had to die from the poison.

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If Pirates of the Caribbean had a baby with a C-drama. One of the best drama's of 2024!

The Story of Pearl Girl had me hooked from the first episode. I give a lot of credit to Zhao Lusi for learning to swim for this role because the under water shots were amazing. I'm not going to rip apart the CGI because I could really care less how the waves look or how realistic the sharks looked. The budget was used in the right places. Everything looked stunning and I give credit to all the set and costume designers for making this a truly beautiful drama to watch.

The story: ... This drama took risks! So a lot of people are hating on it. But I personally loved it. Duanwu's story grabbed me instantly but her tenacity and sincerity is what really made her character so likeable. Then the romance between her and Yan Zijing was a sweet addition. The show was definitely dark and did not sugarcoat anything but I found it refreshing. But it also wasn't so dark that it made me depressed and the characters still showed so much relatable emotions that kept it interesting. I think it was a good balance. Sometimes when dramas are too serious the characters are too cold and emotionless, but all the characters here did amazing at showing all sides of the human heart. I'll admit that I almost quit watching midway after what I like to call the "red wedding" episode. And it's because of this episode where we lost Shrimp that this drama doesn't get a 10/10. I'm still grieving! But I'm glad I came back and finished this drama because it was truly a great watch.

Lead characters: Duanwu started out as my favorite but YZ took that spot once their romance started. He was one of those male leads that is obviously pleasant looking but his looks didn't really strike me at first. But by the end of the drama I found him to be one of the most handsome and charming male leads. I give credit to the actor for that. I'm familiar with Liu Yuning's songs but his acting here was top notch. He gave life to this character. I particularly love YZ because although he is cold-hearted in his decision making and hell bent on revenge, he is not the typical robotic tsundere. He has a cheeky/playful side from the beginning which makes him more human and likeable.

Supporting characters: I didn't love Cu Shiju. She is beautiful but her acting was just okay, she wasn't evil enough to be a memorable antagonist so I didn't hate her either. Her ending was lackluster for all her efforts throughout the show. I actually loved the second male lead, which I usually don't care for. He was just adorable, sweet and earnest without being too pushy or annoying. Shrimp and the others grabbed my heart in the first half but Lady Shi Qui and the others in the second half took over that spot by the end.

The ending: I did not mind the ending. They set the precedence from the very beginning that this story world was cruel and no one was getting free lunch. We knew from the first few episodes that YZ was sick. I think that if they had showed him as a domesticated man in the end it would discredit his character. He was never going to be a loving husband and father. He was lucky enough to have found love in an unexpected place. And I'm glad they didn't show his death either because I didn't need to see it. The only alternate ending I would have liked to see was if DW had a baby with him and that baby could grow up and carry on the Yan family name and business as well.

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