09/01/2023

This was kind of unique to watch from the very first episode.

Imagine 3-4 males from wealthy families plus one prince from the royal family hunting 30-40 young women with bow and arrows, destined to die anyhow, along side manacing wolves as sport.

It is the introduction episode to Princess Agents and for some it will be understandably unsettling, but also it is the first glimpse of the main female, Chu Qiao, in action bacause she is one of those women.

She does survive to go on to becoming a slave to one of those distinguished households and works her way up quickly towards being a fighter/assassin/soldier due to having such "strong natural abilities." However, she has no memory of her past so isn't aware of the secrets she might hold...

I really liked the relationships she had with all the main male characters, but especially with Yuan Song, Yan Xun and Xiao Ce.

As for Yuwen Yue I found him too stiff and cold plus he looked like a 50 year old male. The actor did play the part well enough, but he just wasn't appealing at all.

It is a series full of action and story telling so isn't really boring at all and it is well paced.

For the first 8 episodes or so we see the dynamics between her and Yue and then after that it is her and Yan Xun when she ends up with him due to certain circumstances. With Yan Xun it starts out strong only it changes over time when he loses perspective and they no longer walk the same path anymore whereas with Yue he undergoes changes in how he views the world due to the losses he sees and the war which puts Chu and him on the same wavelength some years down the track.

What I did like was that out of all the males Yan Xun accepted Chu as Chu regardless of rank or wealth and allowed her total freedom whereas the other males, although they liked her too, still had that "slave is a slave" mentality. This also included Yue.

As for the last episode and no season 2 - I had no issues with how it ended or that it wouldn't be continued. Nothing whatsoever!

I feel the last episode made its point and rather well. Xiao Chu made a choice and that choice was to be with Yue regardless of whether or not he made it out of the lake after Yun's attack on him. However, it would have been great to have had an additional 10 minutes or so just to see what had awakened inside of Chu when she opened up her eyes under the water trying to save Yue.

Before I forget, the only annoying character in this story for me was the princess over time although she didn't deserve what happened to her. It was a shame she was so jealous and petty because it didn't get her anywhere whatsoever and was her absolute undoing.

Overall, I really liked this series and would have no issues watching it once a year at least.