08-30-2025, 06:11 PM
the mysteries are shown sort of in-camera, with more scenes added in.
like, in one episode the Good Boy has been afflicted by an as-yet-explained illness. he's coughing and there's some consternation about it as he's a strong cultivator and should not be ill. The Bad Boy is sitting next to him and being solicitous about it and also kind of a pain in the neck. so Good Boy starts to cough, Bad Boy makes a crack about if he'd known the team carried such weakness, maybe he would have rethought his decision to join them, Good Boy gives him a disbelieving look and then doubles over with a more severe coughing fit.
NEXT episode, Good Boy is glaring at Bad Boy and says he knows Bad Boy has made a deal with the Fish Water Demon they've been tracking/trying to destroy, Bad Boy tries the "oh, little old me?" innocent look and Good Boy produces a fish scale token as evidence. Then there's a quick flash back of the first coughing fit wherein Good Boy notices the scale tucked into Bad Boy's sash, hence the disbelieving look and then the second, more severe coughing fit which gets Good Boy closer/leaning into the Bad Boy and he grabs the scale under the distraction/cover.
so its basically, the camera pulls back a little more each time, showing what you didn't see. A figure lurking in the background. A statement in one episode has a followup in the next. A distracted moment where you don't see what they were distracted by until two episodes later.
its just really well crafted, the visuals are top notch, the writing is very engaging and the characters/acting are A-list. i haven't watched a ton of wuxia/cdrama or anything but its like nothing i've seen before in pretty much every direction.
like, in one episode the Good Boy has been afflicted by an as-yet-explained illness. he's coughing and there's some consternation about it as he's a strong cultivator and should not be ill. The Bad Boy is sitting next to him and being solicitous about it and also kind of a pain in the neck. so Good Boy starts to cough, Bad Boy makes a crack about if he'd known the team carried such weakness, maybe he would have rethought his decision to join them, Good Boy gives him a disbelieving look and then doubles over with a more severe coughing fit.
NEXT episode, Good Boy is glaring at Bad Boy and says he knows Bad Boy has made a deal with the Fish Water Demon they've been tracking/trying to destroy, Bad Boy tries the "oh, little old me?" innocent look and Good Boy produces a fish scale token as evidence. Then there's a quick flash back of the first coughing fit wherein Good Boy notices the scale tucked into Bad Boy's sash, hence the disbelieving look and then the second, more severe coughing fit which gets Good Boy closer/leaning into the Bad Boy and he grabs the scale under the distraction/cover.
so its basically, the camera pulls back a little more each time, showing what you didn't see. A figure lurking in the background. A statement in one episode has a followup in the next. A distracted moment where you don't see what they were distracted by until two episodes later.
its just really well crafted, the visuals are top notch, the writing is very engaging and the characters/acting are A-list. i haven't watched a ton of wuxia/cdrama or anything but its like nothing i've seen before in pretty much every direction.
