This is mainly because I think she has a face suitable for dumb/cute roles.
But I do want to note that I have a really hard time taking her seriously when she’s trying to be tough. She portrayed her role well and did well with her more serious parts. Due to her experience, she is also one of the best actors in the series. She’s great at acting out a “dumb” and cute role. Watching Ariel is the same as watching her in her previous dramas.
However, this changed quickly, and he lost his shine as the plot thickened. In the beginning, he would bicker and tease Ariel, so it was refreshing compared to his recent angsty roles. I believe there’s a lot of talent that hasn’t been shown as he’s (in my opinion) slowly being type-casted. I was excited to watch Vin Zhang as a lead. For those curious, I’ll provide a comment below to spoil the ending if you wish to read it. They took no responsibility for anyone’s story and provided a distasteful ending. It was a badly written and executed ending. I don't mind tragic/sad/happy endings as long as they're done well, but this ending was none of the above. Either the director/writer did not plan accordingly to provide a substantial and fulfilling ending, they overspent and decided to make the last episode a cop-out, or both. I actually laughed when I watched the ending because of its mediocrity. I’m quite bitter to have spent so much time watching this and get such an awful ending. This also could’ve given the director/writer some more time to dedicate giving their audience a more satisfying ending. This doesn’t bother me much if they carried the plot well (but they didn’t) and I got frustrated near the end when the reasons for their misunderstandings could’ve been omitted (i.e. After the first 16-18 episodes, we rarely see them together. If you’re looking for a drama where the main couple is together often then look elsewhere. Besides having an" extraordinary sense for business" she did very little to change her fate. She left it all to Vin (and Austin) and was ultimately a damsel in distress at the end. Could she have learned martial arts/self-defense? Yes, but did she? No. I think they could've delved more into it and given her more of a role to stop everyone from trying to hunt her.
Especially with Ariel's identity as the Divine Maiden. Too much was going on and I didn’t find the conflicts to be a great addition to the overall plot. Not because I dislike conflict and details, but mainly because I found the story to be losing its focus. Everything did unravel throughout time and many different issues do come up to provide depth and conflict to the plot, but I lost interest as the plot became more complicated. The scriptwriter did try to insert random comedic parts, but they felt forceful and unnatural. The overall tone of the story changed near the middle of the drama it went from lighthearted to a more dramatic feel. It felt like I was on a rollercoaster for children small build-up and boring falls that repeats five to six times. Around episode 20, we got a new setting and therefore the story picked up a bit but…it slowed down for another 10 episodes until they decided to quicken the pace again. So, it started to lose its spark around episode 10-15. However, the plot wasn’t very deep at this point in the story. We also saw a lot more of the masked hero doing his thing. This drama started off cute and light-hearted with Ariel and Vin bickering. From my score, you can tell that I don’t regard this highly. Rewatch Value 1.0 Decided to write a review for this drama solely for the purpose to provide a contrasting perspective compared to the more positive reviews.
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