After the first case I felt like taking a break, but from the second case forward, the storytelling becomes more enthralling and I felt like binging directly to the end without stopping. This Song Ci’s brainstorming and case-solving is so very similar to the mindset of the infamous 1990s manga and anime series Detective Hajime Kindaichi. If you watched that series you’ll get this feeling starting from the second episode. One criticism is after around episode 5, the chosen quotes from the historical forensic handbook are just tacked on and start to have nothing to do with the contents of the respective episode. There doesn’t seem to be news of a second season yet but there’s very strong hints of a season 2 coming up concerning the medicine fairy’s biological father and song ci’s eminent ascension into courtly politics.