Meu drama favorito
Essa é uma história emocionante que vai te fazer, rir, chorar e se sentir vivendo um grande romance! A forma como os personagens e o trama é desenvolvida prende a audiência do início ao fim em um dos dramas mais bem desenvolvidos que já assisti! Os atores fizeram um trabalho incrível em explorar todos os lados das personalidades dos personagens à tela, trazendo à vida personagens multifacetados e nos mostrando a humanidade deles. O drama é um show de emoções! Vale totalmente a pena ver!Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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Minha maior paixão de todos os tempos
Ashes of Love é cativante. Não é atoa que assisti esse dorama mais de 20 vezes, e em todas as vezes me emociono como se fosse a primeira, me acabando por chorar. Em principal, o casal Xu Fen e Jin Mi são os meus amores e o amor mais intenso e puro que já vi em doramas. O esforço para ficarem juntos, em qual quer que seja a vida, é capaz de deixar até o mais duro dos corações amolecido. Xu Feng...que protagonista. Lindo, másculo, maravilhoso e disposto a fazer tudo para ter sua amada em seus braços. Para que ela seja sua esposa em todas as vidas que se encontrarem. Espetacular. Não consigo colocar em palavras o quão a atuação deles me deixou encantada, tanto que quando assisti esse dorama pela primeira vez, no ano de lançamento, fiquei totalmente obcecada por Deng Lu e Yang Zi. Passei a acompaha-lós em outros projetos, e espero que em breve tenham outro dorama de fantansia juntos, como casal principal. Ashes of Love não decepciona, mas é capaz de te empurrar para o abismo com tanta tristeza dilacerando seu coração. Para SEMPRE, meu dorama favorito.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Mas ao invés de falar sobre a história em si, eu vou falar direto o que eu gostei e não gostei nesse dorama, e te ajudar a decidir se vale a pena assistir.
Pontos positivos:
* Apesar de ter mais de 60 episódios, é muito fácil de assistir, os episódios são dinâmicos e não tem enrolação.
* Início leve e divertido! Me diverti muito assistindo o começo.
* Ambientação: o gênero dele é wuxia (que mistura fantasia e artes marciais); é histórico; e aborda a mitologia chinesa, que eu achei muito interessante, mostra que o mundo é divido em 6 reinos e que existem divindades.
* Não tem só romance, também tem ação, intriga política (que eu adoro), comédia, mistério e magia.
* As atuações são muito boas, os atores nos fazem sentir a mesma emoção que o personagem tá sentindo naquele momento.
* Os figurinos, maquiagens e cenários são perfeitos. Tudo é de qualidade bem alta, até maior do que a dos k-dramas históricos e de fantasia.
* Os efeitos especiais são bons e realistas, não são toscos, o que faz toda a diferença nas cenas de luta e de magia.
* Normalmente eu não ligo pra ost, mas essa é muito boa! Ideal para cada momento e deu certinho com esse dorama.
Pontos negativos:
* Eu me decepcionei muito com a personagens femininas principais. No início elas pareciam ser independentes e empoderadas, mas ao longo do drama se tornaram superficiais e mimadas, que só pensavam no homem amado e a vida delas girava em torno deles.
* Aconteceu uma mudança muito brusca na trama no fim da 2ª parte, e a história foi pra um caminho totalmente diferente, um drama leve e divertido virou muito dramático.
* O amor do casal principal é trágico (eu até gosto de sofrer, mas nem tanto).
Considerações finais
No geral eu gostei muito desse drama, ele tinha tudo pra ser um dos meus favoritos, mas por conta dos pontos negativos, e principalmente por conta do rumo que a história tomou, eu acabei dando 8,5 pra ele.
Mas ainda sim eu acho que vale muito a pena assistir Ashes of Love e embarcar para outro mundo, que é tão mágico!
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INSUPERÁVEL CHOREI HORRORES
NÃO SEI NEM POR ONDE COMEÇAR, MEU DORAMA DE FANTASIA PREFERIDO, infelizmente não tem muito reconhecimento mais é simplesmente PERFEITO, no começo pode ser um pouco "chato", só que vai ficando cada vez melhor TEM CADA REVIRAVOLTA, NÃO VOU FALAR PRA N DAR ESPOILER, APARTIR DO MEIO FICA SIMPLISMENTE PERFEITO E CONFUNSO, ELA (Jimmin) Perde um pouco seu brilho no final, mas a conexão q eles tinham pelo menos dentro da série era SURREAL SERIO SÓ ASSISTAM PFVR são 64 episódios que eu me viciei valei cada segundo e nunca superei.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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É difícil encontrar palavras que expressem o que o melhor dorama da sua vida significa, pois qualquer descrição parece não fazer jus as emoções que Ashes of Love produzem nos seus muito bem filmados 63 capítulos.É importante comentar que, diferente de muitos romances chineses arrastados, todos os capítulos de Ashes são necessários. Com ele, os arcos dos vilões, os sentimentos dos protas, as histórias são todas muito esclarecidas. Não ficam pontas soltas. Sabemos as motivações, algumas até justificáveis. Se outros personagens tivessem passado pela mesma experiência, teriam permanecido com sua moral intacta? E como é viver sem emoção?
Ashes of love não é uma comédia romântica. É uma história que evolui conforme a sua protagonista amadurece, de um inocente romance de fantasia de "primeiro amor" para um melodrama memorável. Conta história de amor Jin Mi e Xu feng, desde o seu começo "carefree", "slowburning love", onde os protas não reconhecem seus sentimentos, a família que não aceita seus sentimentos, a ponta de impedir a prota de "sentir", o reconhecimento das lutas por poder e seus resultados, até as suas batalhas para que eles possam finalmente "ficar juntos?". Uma grande reviravolta no meio da história acaba com nosso coração, de uma maneira criativa e dilacerante. É possível esse amor vingar?
O primeiro dorama que me fez chorar, que me faz voltar várias vezes e rever as partes mais bacanas da história. Não se deixe levar pelas vestimentas que soam "cafona" no início. Ashes of Love é insuperável e inesquecível.
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É bom se você aguentar chegar na segunda metade da história
*** TALVEZ ALGUNS SPOILES SUPERFICIALMENTE GERAIS ***Um dos pontos mais notórios nesse drama é o desenvolvimento de cada um dos personagens principais. A principio eu não imaginaria que eles pudessem mudar, mas conforme os conflitos ocorrem durante os episódios, seus sentimentos e pensamentos se transformam, influenciando portanto suas personalidade e se torna perceptível o amadurecimento de cada um deles. É fácil compreendermos as atitudes e decisões dos personagens, mesmo que não possamos concordar com suas escolhas sempre, ao menos a visão deles é transmitida e por isso podemos ir do "amor ao ódio" com facilidade. No entanto, ainda senti extremamente a ausencia de demonstrarem um desenvolvimento maior da personagem Jinmi, ela por ser protagonista amadureceu seus pensamentos mas não há evidências que demonstrem que seus poderes foram aperfeiçoados, não houve uma batalha que ela tenha protagonizado ou algum momento em que não precisou ser salva por alguém, infelizmente um desperdíciode pontencial nesse quesito.
Outro ponto são as histórias secundárias de romances ao longo dos episódios que contam pequenas experiências de amor do passado que falharam por algumas escolhas que determinados personagens fizeram ao longo da vida, inclusive esse drama começa justamente devido ao um doloroso amor que a mãe da jinmi viveu, e pequenas histórias como essa estão espalhadas ao longo de todo o drama, o que é interessante para você enxergar um pouco de humanidade naqueles personagens que pareciam inabaláveis, mas parece que há uma passada de pano nos erros implícita enquanto isso ocorre. Acho que cenas com personagens secundários são interessantes e por isso considero um ponto positivo. Mas é apenas isso, conhecemos os personagens secundários através de seus "romances" mas no desfecho final do drama apenas alguns foram lembrados. Acredito que poderiam ter desenvolvido um encerramento que pudessem mostrar o depois de alguns outros personagens que foram esquecidos e algo mais feliz para um outro em especifico, creio que a razão seja a total concentração em fazer um final agradavél para o casal principal, uma pena pois gosto quando todos são retratados.
Sinceramente, a principio estranhei bastante toda a fotografia do drama, eu recomendaria apenas para aqueles que sinceramente são apaixonados por fantasias, caso contrário será um enredo complicado de acompanhar. E por falar em complicação, todo o universo e reinos que a história se passa é extremamente complexo de início, talvez esse ponto pudesse ser melhor desenvolvido no início do drama mas apenas me senti confiante após a metade dos episódios terem passados, o que atrapalhou um pouco meu apego com a história e os personagens no começo, mas essa é minha experiência pessoal.
São 63 episódios e me senti um pouco cansada em alguns momentos com a enrolação de algumas cenas e o exagero nas dramatizações, poderia ser menos episódios. Inclusive iniciei o show em 2019 e depois de quase dois anos finalizei. A verdade é que praticamente tinha desistido de continuar mas por alguma razão retornei e felizmente me surpreendi. Na segunda metade é possível compreender melhor o enredo e então o desenrolar dos episódios se tornam mais interessantes conforme alguns acontecimentos decisivos surgem, e consegui finalizar mais de trinta episódios em três dias facilmente. Talvez tenha sido um momento propício para assisti-lo então me sinto satisfeita por ter dado uma outra chance.
Gostaria que minha nota geral fosse 7.8 mas resumidamente Ashes of Love é interessante, vale a pena assistir e acompanhar toda a evolução dos personagens, mas talvez passar por todos os episódios não será uma tarefa tranquila de início. O enredo pode agradar alguns e outros não, por isso acredito que o essencial é estar com um humor favoravél para a proposta que o drama traz, por isso garanta que seja um genêro que esteja procurando no momento de assisti-lo. Até aonde você iria pelo amor? há bons e maus caminhos e você poderá ver diversos desfechos para essa questão nesse drama.
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Montanha russa de emoções
Dorama incrível, surtei demais assistindo. Uma reviravolta atrás da outra, sempre me surpreendendo. E claro, uma montanha russa de emoções, quando algo bom acontecia, logo vinha uma tragédia. O casal principal não tinha um minuto de paz. Atores maravilhosos, que entregaram tudo!Amei a Jimi, tão divertida, fofa e inocente, foi lindo ver o crescimento dela. Xufeng, sempre encantador de todas as formas, inclusive quando vira rei demônio. Runyu, ah esse homem, eu gostei demais dele, então me entristeci pelo que ele tinha se tornado, de uma forma ou de outra ele é um personagem incrível. Os imperadores, todos os males que ocorreram foi culpa deles, é isso. O casal secundário, Linying e Muci foi o casal mais fofo e lindo que existe. Linying lendária nunca errou. Yanyou é um personagem maravilhoso, ri demais em todas as cenas que ele aparecia, como também o Tio casamenteiro, os melhores personagens!
Acho que poderiam ter feito em menos episódios, 30 seria o suficiente, pois houve cenas enroladas e coisas desnecessárias. Apesar do final feliz, queria que tivessem enfatizado mais, foram só os 5 últimos minutos de paz e alegria, poderiam ter dado um episódio inteiro assim, mostrando cada personagem de sua maneira.
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Are you bored of watching boring storylines, actors that can’t act, bad cgi, not that great of a costume/design, and most importantly no chemistry, well no need to look anywhere else this show is it, it has none of the factors above, Yay! (:Plot: You know how most shows are pretty boring in the beginning and only gets interesting around ep15 or more, well HSALF it’s amazing it’ll hook you in right from the 1st ep. it’s very comical but then you have to get your tissues ready since ALL of your emotions will be brought out you’ll get happy, sad/heartbroken, frustrated, anxious and last of all it’ll make you crave for more on what’s happening next. I love how they developed all charcters from how they were in the beginning to their personality towards the end, everyone changed significantly for the better or worse. Also the cgi and costumes were so well done that I’m just so amazed by it especially on ep61 the war scene just blew me away. Okay adding one last thing after finishing the show was I thought we were free from the demon princess but no she still got to appear for the last 2eps. Other than the demons princess thing it ended really well and was so emotional as JM vanished into air.
Acting: Hmmm what’s the word... ahhh it’s phenomenally amazing! If you watch it like seriously the acting will blow you away. I was skeptical if the casts in here can bring the charcters to life since it ain’t a easy task to do all the facial expressions and feelings in here. The leads had such an out of the world chemistry they’re literally the Perfect couple YZxDL. The acting here is so natural nothing felt forced or off.
YZ just stole my heart in this show she perfected her role so well and I’m glad that she was the one who played JM I don’t think anyone else can perfect the naiveness and pain the way she did. She’s the most pitiful charcter out of all like seriously she is, watch it and you’ll know. The cast was just perfect I’m sure some people will say that others can do better but like seriously who can other than this amazing cast from this amazing show?
Music: it’s gooood, especially Sa Ding Ding’s version it was just so emotional to just listen to it. Oh boy when it was played in the show I literally got goosebumps. All the other ost were so good that I had to search them all up and added it to my playlist. Also it’s so cool that one of the version the song were sung by the leads Yang Zi and Deng Lun.
Heck yea I’m definitely rewatching this amazingly true masterpiece many times. I don’t even know what am I suppose to do after it ends like it’s so so so hard to find a show that’s this perfect and I’m just going to say that this show is the best show ever to me it tops anything and it’s my #1 show. Totally, totally recommend everyone and anyone to watch this if they can but don’t feel pressured to watch it bc of my crazy little review.
Also if you’re in a withdrawal like me then I encourage you to watch the bts(behind the scenes) of this it’s so funny and I love how all the casts were so natural towards each other there were no awkwardness. You guys are so going to love the leads YZ, DL, and LYX after watching the bts they have such great chemistry together. To me this show can’t be rated it’s like infinite/10, that’s how good it is. I have never seen any show that tops this and let me tell you guys I’ve watched so many top rated/popular show where its not just as satisfying if compared to this. I’m sad cause after this show like everything other show will seem so bland, not up to par, and Ik for sure I will not be able to stop myself from comparing how well done this was. I don’t even know what I was doing before this show like what have I been watching? All the other shows really cannot be compared to HSALF. Also just to put this out I’m a big fan of the novel and I got to say that the show is better a lot better it went so much more in-depth and we got to know how or why a certain event or certain way someone did somethings.
So yes, overall I do recommend it, definitely do yourself a favor and try out this true masterpiece called Heavy Sweetness Ash Like Frost. 100+/10
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At 60 (or 63, depending on which version you're watching) episodes, this is quite a lengthy ride but I wasn't bored one single second. It had never happened to me before, especially when watching longer dramas. C-dramas tend to lose steam in the middle, have a couple of uninteresting side-plots and rush to the finish line, leaving you somewhat dissatisfied. Not so here.
The middle portion of the drama which took place in the mortal realm was just as interesting as the main plot, something the very popular Eternal Love, 10 Miles of Peach Blossoms didn't manage to do. The side plots and side quests also kept me interested because the drama made me care about every single character. Everything ended up enhancing the main plot.
I've read a lot of complaints regarding the huge amount of screen time given to secondary characters in the second part of the story. I think that some scenes could certainly have been shorter but on the whole, these additions made the drama a much better piece of work than the book it is based on. It's much more epic and ambitious, with layers upon layers.
The characters are intelligent and whether we agree with their actions or not, we always understand the motives behind what they choose to do. They're all very consistently written and there is no true villain in this piece. No one is just black or white. This is truly an achievement.
STORY:
Don't be fooled by the somewhat fluffy beginning. This is one angsty ride that will have your emotions all over the place. This is primarily a romance drama which depicts a love so strong that it can defy fate and overcome everything but only after a heavy price has been paid by all the parties involved. The romance is nicely balanced with friendship, family bonds, loyalty, power struggles, slices of life and epic battles. It has everything you could wish for. I loved that every single plot line was thoroughly thought-out and contributed to the overall story. The writing was top-notch and it showed at the end of the drama which did not feel rushed at all. Quite a feat for a C-Drama.
9.5/10 (Took 0.5 point away because they could have slightly shortened certain storylines).
CAST:
Ashes of Love has a stellar cast. All the actors shone in their roles whether they played a main character or a minor part. Every role was lovingly crafted and acted and every single character has depth. To focus on the main trio though, Deng Lun, Yang Zi and Luo Yunxi acted their heart out and made me want to watch every single drama they've appeared in. Deng Lun brought a rawness and touching sincerity to the character of Xu Feng. Yang Zi was able to use her broad acting range to successfully portray Jin Mi's journey from a sheltered and naive fairy to a young deity wounded by mistakes and betrayals. Luo Yunxi was able to masterfully convey all the shades of grey of Run Yu's character.
10/10
MUSIC:
The music is gorgeous. No other word for it. It's one of the only dramas where I always watched the opening and end credits. Epic. The only problem is that although what music we do have is superb, we don't have a lot of it. So the same songs and background music are played over and over again. Luckily for us, they're so good that you don't really mind.
9.5/10 (Took 0.5 away because I would have loved a few more songs)
REWATCH VALUE:
Through the roof. This is a timeless story. Love, betrayal, revenge, redemption, acceptance, regrets. It has everything a classic should have.
10/10
OVERALL:
Watch it. You won't be disappointed. It has everything: a great story, great acting, great music, splendid cinematography and great CGI. You will be totally immersed in the world of Ashes of Love.
9.5/10 Perfection.
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STORY (No spoilers)
For the C-novel readers:
To manage expectations, I'd like to take a short section to address those who've read the C-novel on which this drama is based and are thinking of watching this show. Firstly and most importantly, please kindly put aside your preconceptions because while this show does follow the novel, it does it in very broad strokes. Key events and key character actions are retained but the journey/ route to those events and actions can be very different. This might disappoint some of you if you're going into the show thinking that it will be a completely faithful reproduction of the novel. In order to help you enjoy this show, I'd like to encourage you to watch it with an open mind. If it helps, I personally found that by doing so and by following the story the drama itself is trying to tell, the plot-threads and character portrayals all hold together very well and this show becomes a more substantial adaptation and, I'd even venture to say, a more glorious homage to its original source material.
For non-novel readers & newcomers:
This show is more than just a pure xianxia romance. I was pleasantly surprised with how meaty and more substantial this show was, and how multi-faceted it can be. It will surprise you with its twists and turns, and with the evolution of our main characters as it progresses. Love (particularly star-crossed love or ill-fated love) and obsession are key themes but they are not the only ones. Themes of filial piety, integrity, loyalty, ambition, vengeance/ revenge, sacrifice, atonement and redemption are also wonderfully built into this show. This is a dish of many flavours. It's not pure sugar though it may start off on the sweet side. It will surprise you with its turns of fiery spice, bitterness and sweet-and-sour, with a touch of savoury thrown in.
Also, to help you understand a bit of what the show is like so that you're prepared, here's a broad outline:
The first half is full of sweetness and comedy, light-hearted and fluffy with some small build-up of plot threads. The romance development here is eminently ML-focused (he falls in love first and fast) and it runs the gamut of playful to moving as it progresses.
The 2nd half will start to bring together several plot threads introduced in the 1st half and so side characters have more screen-time as the show fleshes their story arcs and motivations. The main couple will also encounter love trials along the line of star-crossed love/ ill-fated love (hence the Romeo & Juliet premise). The trials have sound basis and foundation though, so it's not stupid misunderstandings and noble idiocy type issues. But the trials eventually prove and confirm their love and in the end, they overcome them for a suitable end.
I'd really like to encourage you to watch this show as it is quite amazingly crafted and if you like romance shows with a bit more complexity to it and to have more substance to it, this will suit you very well.
ACTING/ CAST
With over 60 episodes, this show's cast is not small. Screen-time for our characters will fluctuate depending on the plot thread in focus at the time so please don't expect our main characters or main couple to continuously dominate the screen. The show takes some pains to explore and flesh out some of its key side characters too, which is really great because it makes the show less riddled with one-dimensional/ cardboard cut-out characters. Even our 'stock villains' are given realistic internal motivations and drivers, and the 'comic relief' characters surprisingly have a core of values in them too. I personally found myself growing fond of many side characters (e.g. Yuanji Immortal, Moon Immortal, Yan You, Water Immortal and Lian Yuan) which makes this show extra enjoyable/ watchable to me. Love them!
Spotlight on our main leads:
DENG LUN as Xu Feng (aka Phoenix), the Fire Immortal. C-novel readers will probably be a bit surprised at Deng Lun's portrayal and take as our God of War, but I liked this different characterisation of our main male lead in this drama. He's not your perfect male lead, not by any means, but he has a strongly loyal, warm and loving heart. This central and core aspect of his character is wonderfully and consistently portrayed throughout the show and Deng Lun's less imposing physic and his warm voice (I just loved the fact that he voice-dubbed his own character!) makes him a more approachable and less dominating character than his C-novel counterpart.
Acting-wise, I think Deng Lun did well in portraying Xu Feng's emotional and character development. I think he does his character justice and that's good enough for me.
YANG ZI as Jin Mi, our Little Grape and Flower Immortal. I personally think that this is not an easy role for any actress to portray as her character undergoes a lot of ups-and-downs, internal conflicts and changes in this show, but kudos to Yang Zi for being able to make her a naively cheerful Little Grape at the start, and to showcase her evolution as the show progresses. She had me invested in her character and in her character's story and progress throughout the show.
LEO LUO YUNXI as Run Yu, the Night Immortal. Like Jin Mi, his character also undergoes a lot of ups-and-downs, internal conflicts and changes in this show and I have to also hand it to this actor, he rose to the occasion in this drama. As one of the 3 main leads in this show, he certainly has not been overshadowed by his fellow co-stars on the acting-front and some of his key scenes really brought the emotions out through the screen.
I personally think that our 3 main leads were well-balanced on the acting-front. No one consistently overshadowed or out-acted the other, everyone was on more or less equal footing in terms of screen-presence and screen-impact, to me. The well-balanced nature of it made the show good, because there is nothing worse than to have a co-star consistently overshadowing or out-acting you in front of the screen, making the scene imbalanced and making the actor and character being overshadowed to be out of place.
MUSIC
There appears to be 3 theme songs for this show (male and female version of the opening, and the ending theme song), and while they are lovely and beautiful in their own right, and when well-employed in a scene they really elevate the moment, I personally felt that the limitation of songs later on became a bit of liability to the show as, with over 60 episodes, there is going to be inevitable song-fatigue. I personally think that this is one area in the show which could really do with additional work and improvement to make it truly great, but well, it is what it is.
RE-WATCH VALUE
I personally loved the first half of the show to bits and can see myself re-playing a lot of it in future. The second half where the real business end of the show starts picking up steam is compelling and addicting to watch for the first time because of the breathless anticipation of wanting to know what happens next. I am not sure how re-watchable this section will be in future once the suspense and excitement is over but it doesn't make this show any less impressive on its own merits.
EDIT: Since writing this review, I've re-watched almost the entire show twice more so clearly my fears about the watchability of the 2nd half was unfounded. In fact, a lot of the emotional scenes in the 2nd half were some of the best scenes in this show.
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First tkme writing a review but this drama is definitely worth a watch.I admit it might but slightly slow at the start especially the first episode when introducing JinMi, but the story is full of creativity and new ideas each episode onwards.
I find it very interesting especially at the beginning of the episode (at start of OP), they used different colours to represent each main leads’ nature, (spoilers!) for example, JinMi is pink; XuFeng became the Demon God in the end, he is black; LiuYing is the princess of the Demon World, she has purple; RunYu is Night God from Heaven World, theres bit of black mixed with his white colour; SuiHe is the princess of the Bird Kingdom, he colour is red with bit of yellow.
I’ve also watched a few videos about their production, I respect this dramas a lot because they literally built the scenes out in the tents, also mention that it was summer when they filmed this, and the temperature inside the tents could be up to 60 degrees, it is definitely hard work!
A word from the director: he wanted to present the same feeling and emotions from the original novel, to have that “torturing romance” as the main element. He aims to let the audience sense the feel of getting their hearts broken and twisted.
The animation is also top rated, especially the pet deer, they captured the very detail of its facial expressions, giving it life in the screen.
I understand that most people don’t like watching dramas with so many episodes, same with me tbh, but I reckon this one is a dramas that brings Historical Fantasy Romance dramas into another era, hard to say any of the dramas I’ve watched could top this in terms of story, cast, animation, and music.
Lastly, if anyone wants to talk about the drama with me, don’t hesitate! ^_^
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Run Yu Steals the Show
The closest contender so far to top Peach Blossoms. Except the intended demographic felt more targeted towards teens than adults and the pacing sags significantly in the middle. Too much screen time given to uninteresting side stories. The Demon Princess's love being the worst offender.Still, there is a lot to take-away from Ashes of Love. For one, the overall story is very compelling with sweeping world-building located in a fantasy realm to set it up. Costumes are gorgeous, as most dramas will not lack in this category and the music was not only very suitable, but lovely. You'll be happy to know this drama also does come with a happy ending, complete with a mounting emotional climax between three main characters which eventually spills over into thrilling CGI battle/grudge match, loaded with emotion.
Now, I'm told compared to the book, the two main male leads Xu Feng and Run Yu, were reversed in the drama, in terms of temperament. I haven't read the book, so it's not for me to proclaim, but after finishing I did realize something very interesting. The antagonist love rival, Run Yu/Night Immortal, was, dare I say it... more sympathetic and likable then the leading man, Xu Feng. Now this is usually very detrimental to a story, as you want to root for the hero, not the villain. In the case of Ashes of Love, I would say this fact keeps it from being 10/10.
I don't want to dump on Deng Lung's acting because this may not have been his fault, but Xu Feng's character delivery came across as mopey and inexpressive. This was probably a conscious choice to make Xu Feng more likable compared to the book, which seems to have been frosty but still proactive (a lot like his dad in the drama). By being mopey, he is less threatening than is book counterpart. The problem with this approach is any emotional acting in comparison will stand-out. And that is exactly what Leo did, as Run Yu. He was sympathetic because he emoted so much more. I cared about his plight, because he convinced me of it. Xu Feng, was like the spoiled rich kid where as Run Yu was the orphaned poor kid going through all the suffering. Who am I naturally inclined to be more sympathetic towards?
Now since this drama falls under the romance genre, I'm also most critical of it's delivery. Jin Mi and Xu Feng are a couple much like Romeo and Juliet. The romance is not compellingly deep. It's a young love, filled with passion and a little superficial. It takes a lot of time before I am convinced their love goes beyond surface level. It's also a story about learning to love, mostly from Jin Mi's perspective. Yet, from the very beginning I could never shake the notion that between Run Yu and Xu Feng, it was a first come first serve basis. Jin Mi only fell for Xu Feng because he met her first and her decision to choose him was as immovable and permanent as the gender you're born as. Poor Run Yu. Though, I can't say I think him getting Jin Mi would have been ideal either. Run Yu started with a pure heart but became increasingly more dangerous as he grew obsessive.
It's nice that this drama does end happily, with all three sharing a mutual understanding of where eachother stands. I wanted a happier ending for Run Yu but at least this drama introduced me to the wonderful actor that is, Leo Yun Xi. I would go as far as to state Ashes of Love is worth the watch, for him alone.
One last thought. It might not be worth mentioning but... was it really fair to give Sui He / Peacock Immortal the ending she got? I get it, she was the bad guy. She tries to get between Xu Feng and Jing Mi and commits many foul deeds fueled by muddled obsession to achieve that. She deserves a comeuppance. Still, as the drama is wrapping up and the overall feel is happy, out of nowhere were treated with a scene of Sui He stumbling into a den of crazy cannibalistic brothers. She was already ostracized for her actions, left to die lonely and crazy. Why was our happy ending interrupted by more kicking of her when shes down? It felt wrong. The scene was unnecessary, gross and went too far.
It's been about a year since I gave this drama a try and so much of what I'm writing about is all that stayed with me since finishing. It's not the freshest review, but it's potent with the memories that stuck out the most.
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