Watchable if you have nothing else to watch.

First of all, I do not find it hard to finish the drama if I keep it to 1 ep per day. I didnt have the patience to sit through 2 ep at one go even though I was a fan of XZ. Maybe it is the screenplay and execution, most eps are draggy and lacklustre. There are some good or comedic moments but you lose interest easily by end of the ep and find yourself unable to tolerate another one. The idea of binge watching or rewatching the whole thing is painfully unbearable to me. I think his dedicated fans were rewatching at 2x, 3x speed to bump viewership so I dont think they were rewatching properly as well. Based on the cn popularity charts, XZ seems to lead by a huge margin, but putting away his 'achievements' in endorsement deal, I dont find his acting skills or singing skills that outstanding. Standalone, is ok but when comparing with pros, is average at best. To me, he is too overrated and is famous for the sake of being famous like the Kadarshians.
Pros:
The CGI is good and definitely a bonus. Decent Fight scenes sometimes like when TS and XW fought a battle as an entry test. They are not that many and I would love to have more.
Actors visuals are very high. There are no excessive or ridiculous costumes or styling.
Some actors are good and bring real comedic or entertaining moments, just not the male and female leads.
Lots of characters so you get a variety of conflicts rather than just 1-2 villians.
Some characters development can be seen which is good

Cons:
Many Slow mo and boring fights even with CGI. Guess we are spoilt by too much Marvel heroes movies or just craving old kung fu Jackie Chan style fighting.
FL is given too much screentime and was put in any scene with ML regardless of plot logicality
Bland execution with lots of draggy moments

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Dont waste your time

Please dont have high expectations before watching since you will be in for a massive confusion and disappointment. I got to know about XZ and saw his other recent works such as Ace Troops and some snippets of his stage play as patient no5: his acting is quite on-point. Mind you, DC was bearable and I managed to pull it until the final. Going to this drama, i already struggle to finish 1st episode. He almost has no facial movements like blankly staring into the camera reading his lines. I got confused and had to research that this drama was delayed in airing and was produced way back when XZ was relatively new. No wonder but that wont change my opinion that his acting was so bad. YZ has a lot more naturalness in her acting, her cuteness and bubbliness dont seem forced but that is from just 1-2 ep for me. And as I read other reviews her bubbliness got worse to the point of being pointless and annoying, I decided to drop this drama as nothing will save the drama for me: clique plot, bad acting from male lead and bad direction for the female lead.

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