Amor e Redenção (2020)

My heart can't forget about Love and Redemption

My heart can't forget about Love and Redemption. I think this sentence with which I start this review is the one that best describes my current state of mind, since, even though I finished this drama about a week ago, I couldn't forget it and always find myself listening to the osts and seeing random scenes (most of them impacting). To what is this my forgetfulness due? Is this due to the memorable love story told in this drama, or should I tell stories? (since we have Zi Hu and his "smelly monkey"). I must say that I am not a fanatic for xianxias, but that I watch at least some of the most cited as Legend of Fuyao, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, The Legends, Ashes of Love, Love and Destiny and Eternal Love of Dream, having each one these stories touched me a lot and raised my definitions of love (although I myself don't believe in such an abstract concept), but why am I bringing these dramas to my consideration?

This is due to the fact that Yu Si Feng, our prota, raises the definition of devotion (yes, he is a devotee to his love for XuanJi) to a new level, which I think will hardly be reached. This devotion is demonstrated by the excellent performance of Cheng Yi, who knew how to pass us through his reactions and facial expressions as the love that makes redemption possible (pun on the name of the drama) must be. In those 59 episodes that seemed more like 16 episodes, we were able to follow how Cheng Yi and also the beautiful and competent Crystal showed a love that was planted in the Celestial Kingdom and extended for 10 lives, 9 lives marked by the apparent indifference of the incarnations of XuanJi, who immersed in anger arising from an injustice, she was unable to perceive the love that lay before her in time. A love that I think goes beyond any definition and adjectives that we have, with that I return to the protagonists that I had previously mentioned. When reviewing the scenes and stories of Ye Hua and Xufeng in particular, I was always somewhat perplexed by the delivery of each of these characters and even fell into the folly of thinking that I would never find a character who suffered as much as they did, but lo and behold I face in 2020 Yu Sifeng, who in addition to raising my standard regarding the idea of ​​immortal love so to speak, also made me redefine my understanding of suffering.

Think about it, in 59 episodes we saw that Yu Sifeng lost his celestial status, reincarnated 10 times (in 9 he died for Xuanji or he was killed by her, that in THOUSAND YEARS), and he had to endure in his tenth life a series of injustices that resulted in a series of tortures and near-death situations, all to console Xuanji's spirit, all without support. Some of them may tend to be angry with the prota, but even though I got irritated at times, I couldn't because the INJUSTICE she suffered, the pain she had to bear was very great and besides that pain she was still treated as a criminal, as enemy of the three for just wanting a repair. Here I come to question some ideas present in the dramas. Well, as is known in the drama, we have 5 sects that, at least in theory, follow the right path, but just like in other dramas it is noticed that the very notion of the just is distorted and not only by these just sects, but also by immortals who serve as a guide for these individuals.

The notion of justice, morality, right here appears in a caricatured representation, where the actions, the motivations behind these characters do not go against what such abstract concepts should mean, because the "just" know little about what justice and righteousness, and that we see during the episodes and we have some illustrious representatives like the one I really consider as the main villain, Hao Chen / Bai Lin Dijun. And I find it interesting that even to show the meaning of evil we have a counterpoint because we see in this drama an evil in its representation, say that a little caricature (with Yuan Lang) and that evil that is not perceived, the evil disguised as morality by middle of Dijun, but I’m not going to go any further, otherwise I’ll give you crucial spoilers). Anyway, if you want to know a little more about love, hate, redemption, justice and injustice WATCH Love and Redemption !!!

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Truly my genre and story

I'm a big fan of xianxia world and watched lot of the drama in this genre. Couldn't find something breathtaking after Love and Destiny (my top 1), but then started Love and Redemption and yes, it was it!

I saw the teasers last year, but wasn't so impressed, it seemed like fluffy story with pretty leads. But I was absolutely wrong. There are drama, pain, emotions, love, and of course redemption. This drama is very satisfying regarding the plot development and side characters. Wu Zhi Qi is my favourite. I would watch new drama about him and purple fox.

As I'm fan of Xianxia I also should compliment CGI effects - it's getting better and better every year. Graphics in Love and Red. is on top.

I would rate it 9 to be honest, but Sifeng deserved 10 for sure...

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Amazing love story.. watch it and you will not regret it

It is love story between heavenly god of war and the vermilion bird.
Before 1000 years ago Demon God of war befriend with the white emperor. He the most powerful Demon god of war, when the battle between Demon and Heaven start, it said that God Of War tricked the Demon God Of War.
Oh yea.. our female lead is the God Of War. This is new for me, because i have seen that normally God Of War was represent as a man. But in the series, it represent as a female. She was strong, powerful, she kill and demolish most of the demon tribe. During her sadness or when she was down, she always walk in the lotus pond and talk to the Vermilion bird. One day she was sent to kill the Demon king. After the God Of War kill Demon King, it said that God Of Heart start to have an evil heart. She start to disobey heaven so the heaven punish her into 10 tribulations.

The vermilion bird willing protect her from the heaven punishment and accompany her to go thru 10 tribulation. He willing to use his life to protect and relieve her hatred to make up with heaven. For the past 9 life, the God Of War did not pass her trial because either she kill or she kill herself. She unable to relieve her hatred.. till the last life time. This time it change everything..

On the 10 lifetime, she is born as daughter of Shao Yang sect. Her name is Xuan Ji, she has no 6 senses
She was lazy, clueless, does not know pain, unable to taste, unable to see color, does not know how to different shape shy/not shy as she thought everything were equally same. Boy and Girl are same. She unable to show her true feeling.

Meanwhile the vermilion bird is born as Si Feng. He is smart, handsome, and highly skilled in martial. He is the next leader of his sect but sadly his sect does not allow him to fall in love, he must cover his face and not allow to interact with other people.

The fate bring them to meet up again when 5 sect gathering, she meet Si Feng and both of start the journey together in the short period during the 5 sect gathering.

SiFeng heart starts to fall in love with Xuan Ji even though at that time Xuan Ji still does not have all the senses.
He break his sect rule by losing his mask and in love with someone. He was punished hard by the Chief Sect but that punishment does not stop him from loving Xuan Ji. He willing to go the heaviest punishment in his sect the 13floor and wearing the Lovers Curse Mask due to some miss-understand.

Si Feng understand that Xuan Ji is different that other people yet he patiently help her in many way even it takes his own life to gather her all senses back. There is a big secret why She unable to show her true heart to someone that she love. it is because her heart was made from glass. There is another big secret on her true form that you will not expected.

Beside that the male lead sacrifices toward the female lead are so depth and make heartaches. He loves her so much that he willing to die 9 times in past and even in this times only for her, he willing to teach her slowly how to love someone and willing to do everything the best only for her. There is another big secret of SiFeng true identity that it will make your heart melt and touched.

It is a wonderful love story that I ever watch and I would like to recommend it.

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Too much misunderstanding

I don't know why this drama was so much over hyped. People are saying its as good as ashes of love and what not but i personally felt it was nowhere near ashes of love. Male sacrificing himself all the time and female all the time acting as a fool. Nothing good about it. I had to drop it so many times to finish watching it. The female leads character got on my nerves all the time like at least she should have common sense, yeah we know she doesn't have five senses but still she lost her common sense too or what. The part of changing gender was way more weird. The part of destroying the world was way more weirder. What was the jade emperor doing when the heavenly emperor was causing chaos.

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Fairly good drama with good looking casts!

With the high ratings seen on MDL, I had a very high expectation of the show. In fact, it is good, but not super good.

In the starting, it gave me a very strong "Ashes of Love" vibes but the production wasn't as good as that, acting wise I think Ashes of Love's casts are better. BUT! I personally think Love and Redemption has a better 60-episode story, which although it was long but it wasn't boring at all! I thought it would be in the "immortal world" settings but turns out to be the "mortal" world settings but having "immortal world" as the main lead's past. It was sweet in the first half and sad in the second half of the drama. It gave me a lot of anger because the male lead is suffering so much for all the misunderstanding, distrust and judgement from his loved ones. To the extent, I don't even think all his loved ones deserve a good ending, like they should have get some karma for putting the male lead into such situation... but well, I guess love wins ?

Overall it was quite good, as long as you don't compare it with other Xianxia dramas, it is fairly good as a standalone piece and it's worth watching! Oh, especially if you enjoy watching good looking casts, this drama almost all of them (even the villians) are as good looking as the main leads which is quite eye-pleasing!

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Almost flawless drama

I reckon the vibe of this drama was so high even a year before it aired because the story and the casting, following the success of 3 lives 3 world and Ashes of Love. But I still wait until it finished aired to watch therefore I can give a clear review of the whole pace and production. This drama indeed had been highly anticipated for all fantasy wuxia romance drama, and it really give all the best that fans can wish for.

Story: The story is very smooth and flowing like almost no plot hole. It is very enjoyable even though we have to watching through 59 episodes, pretty long drama since most recent dramas already cut off their episodes for maximum 50 episodes. Although like typical Chinese drama, it had some dragging episodes, but the visual has paid the price. The story's main point is human feelings, specially love and hatred, which can build or ruin everything in the universe. The other point is ambition and judgement, which always be used to determine right or wrong. What I like about the story is that this is not merely simple love story, but told us a deeper meaning of relationship's bond.

Acting: Although I haven't watch other of his drama, I already give Cheng Yi a credit as a promising actor since he acted in Noble Aspiration. Even back then he only acted in little role, but he successfully brought the emotions of the character he played. And he prove it in this drama as main character. Si Feng has emotional and deep personality, and Cheng Yi brought that emotions with his eyes and face expressions which can touch audiences heart.
At first I only thought that Crystal Yuan only can bring out cute and feminine character, since many of her drama characters are related to princess personality. But when she transformed to female god of war, I can see her acting is developing to more complex character's personality.
Other worth mention acting are the villain, either the most evil one or the villain which had psychological issues. They all successfully make audience either hate or pity them.

Music: This drama didn't use many traditional music as other wuxia drama. However the fusion of modern songs also make the love story feel sweeter and touching. This drama OST are a must-have in my playlist.

Rewatch value: This is one of the drama that I will rewatch in some episodes, especially the scenes between the two main characters. The beautiful chemistry between them is too good to be missed.

Overall: Like I write in headline, this drama is one of almost flawless drama, despite of some unimportant and draggy scenes. Worth to watch!!!

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Hands down, one of the very few best dramas of 2020

Hands down, one of the very few best dramas of 2020:
- Joy of Life
- Cross Fire
- Love and Redemption

FYI:
I can not believe how good; Crystal Yuan has become.
Her new and improved acting skills are lights away from her days in Ever Night and Listening Snow Tower.
For me, this is her best acting performance yet. She always had difficulty conveying her characters’ emotions. However finally, in this Xianxia drama, she did a damn good job... Ironically, her character is lacking her 6 senses.
As for Cheng Yi, He looks even better now than in his younger years in Noble Aspiration.
The years just didn’t affect him at all.
What the hell is his secret?
The production crew could not have selected a better actor than him for the male lead role of Si Feng.
His whole performance was pure perfection.

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The BEST XianXia Drama of 2020!!!

I started Love and Redemption just because I like the XianXia Themes, so I've any big expectations . Although I noticed Crystal Yuan in Listening Snow Tower and Cheng Yi in Legend of Chusen, they are not my favorite ones.

But after watching the first few episodes of Love and Redemption, I have a bit interesting in their chemistry. Because both of them so cute of acting as teenagers. This drama show the character development for each characters and all of them portray this very well.

Also the storyline is really interesting. Although I really hate the spoilers, I keep searching about Love and Redemption in every sites. All the actors, fight scenes, the CGI effects, the costumes and the OST songs fit perfectly.

Beside the hidden story plots, Si Feng's eternal love for Xuan Ji is really heart warming. Moreover, the bromance between the handsome squad (Si Feng, Wu Jiqi, Liu Yi Huan, Min Yan, Ruo Yu) & (Teng She, Qing Long) is really entertaining. And beside the main characters, Teng She is my favorite ones. His appearance can light up my mood.

As for me, the best thing about this drama is the Fight Scenes. The CGI effects are perfect and their movements really cool.

After all, Cheng Yi and Crystal Yuan becomes my favorite actors. I really wish I could give over 10 stars for Love and Redemption.

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For me this is the best cdrama that i ever watch love the story, character, how the story flows, the actors and actress really nailed their charcter specially chengyi after watching this i cant get over it like the Untamed last year... its really worth of your time and every episode makes you laugh, cry, anger, sad. My favorite part is when Sifeng always care and protect Xuanji no matter what, the 9 life times of their love stoey is really sad that it made me cry for Sifeng, cant get over with this drama maybe it will take 2 weeks for me to forget and move on. Best cdrma for 2020. Looking forward for more of Cheng Yi dramas.

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HANDS DOWN TO THE GREATEST XIANXIA OF 2020 ?

To start off, I even made an account just to make a review for this drama.

With all the unfortunate events happening this year, I can say that this drama is the HIGHLIGHT of my year. Never have I been so invested in a drama until I came across Love and Redemption. Was it perfect? Of course not. Was it full of plot holes? There were some, especially with how the villains got their endings. They were anti climatic and far from my satisfaction (that’s why I rated it 9/10 for the story) Anyway, onto the bright side. One factor why I absolutely love this was, of course, THIS IS DEFINITELY MY CUP OF TEA. And by that I mean, I’m a sucker for STAR CROSSED LOVERS stories 😭, to add, ENEMIES TO LOVERS BEING REINCARNATED FOR THE 10th TIME! IM SUPER SOLD!

The plot itself was what made me intrigued with this at the first place. But that wasn’t enough to make me stay; it should be consistent considering 59 episodes were not easy to watch. Fair enough, there wasn’t even a filler episode. Every episode was a ride, some were light like going on a steady road trip with fluffiness and heart eyes but most were like adrenaline filled roller coaster of emotions that almost gave me a heart attack. This is most certainly not for the weak heart.

Moving on to the actors, big props to the lead couple Chengyi and Bingyuan for carrying the whole show like a pro! LaR wouldn’t be the same without them. Their chemistry is out of this world l can’t explain it. CGI is decent, far way better than other fantasy cdramas. OST was sick that I can’t just choose one!

And one thing that really struck me deeply was when Sifeng as Xixuan said “I will go with you, i will love and redeem you with my life, resolve your hostility and make up for the fault of the heaven to you” Against all odds style. My hopelessly romatic phoenix 😭😭😭

Xuanji symbolises the ‘Love’ as on her 10th lifetime she was incapable of feeling any emotions yet she surpassed every struggle to slowly feel it, and yes, Yu Sifeng, was her ONLY ‘Redemption’ all throughout their bittersweet lifetimes. What a beautiful love story ❤️❤️❤️

Ps. Eternal Love: Ten miles of peach blossoms (2017), Ashes of love (2018), The Untamed (2019) may have set the standards so high for being the God tier Xianxia dramas yet Im afraid Love and Redemption surpassed them swiftly 👍

Pps. I’m rewatching this drama like a crazy nerd 🤪

Thank you for redeeming my 2020!!!

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An absolutely epic love story

In the real world, if a Si Feng existed, the bar for romance would be set unattainably high. The loyalty, staying power and crazy patience of this character is second to none. At times he made his own problems even worst, but this is fantasy!
This 59-episode series features impossible choices, secrets, anger, betrayal, resentment, grudges, hate, guilt, hypocricy, racism, battles and one of the most manipulative characters I've watched; but it also provides laughs, loyalty, kinship, friendship, trust, selflessness, devotion and, of course, love.
There were a very few times when I felt certain aspects of the story were a little laboured. Some characters also had the most frustrating habit of constantly ignoring advice (always messing things up, yet never learning), being overly judgmental and not listening to anyone!
But isn't a good story one which makes you shout at the screen?! 😁
Some of the evil characters were portrayed a little pantomime-like (think wicked laughs... "mwa-ha-ha"); however, the casting of actors and acting though, really were spot on.
The accompanying music was mostly good, but sometimes I found the electric guitar stuff a little intrusive and not quite appropriate.
Cheng Yi and Crystal Yuan were wonderful to watch. I loved that she didn't mumble, whisper or talk like a 5-year old ~ which too many actresses often do (perhaps they're directed to, but I loath that).
The way he looks at her at times is breathtaking. He didn't overplay the role at all and for such a powerful character, the gentleness he portrayed, even when being cold and detached, was so appealing. A joy to watch. The drama is stuffed full of great characters (Lord Flying Snake being a favourite).
I will definitely watch this again one day and it's been added to my list of favourite dramas.

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