Who still loves this period piece in 2021?
🙋🏻‍♀️ I do. This is my second time yet it doesn’t bore me. The path a great ruler has to go through, it is not always easy and smooth. You have to sacrifice many, (the sad part is everyone he valued had to die for the good of Goguryeo; his brother, first love, sister, and his comrades.) As someone who have watched a few Korea historical series (those with less fantasy and romance tho), I got to understand the plot better, since epi 1. But what I couldn’t guess is the royal family, DamDeok’s family. They’re the best part of this series to me, the warmth, the support, the understanding and later the sacrifices. But deeply saddened by how he and his childhood friend Ko Eun had turned into enimes, how Ko Eun who was someone doing everything for the sake of Goguryeo and DamDeok even by standing against his father politically is blinded by false grudges and become Houyun’s one. That broke my heart, watching a lovely royal family (the best among I’ve seen) got separated. Lol thanks to those I’ve watched before this, I am used to the loud voice of the ministers and the lead himself :3 (really similar to those from Dae Jo Yeong). The next best part is about the military tactics I got to learn and the history. It is based on the actual facts, the one strongest king of Goguryeo, how he conquered the land, even some part of today China. Yes, old but gold, hard to find one like this among these days ones.