Aired: 1/18/2024
Novel adaptation?: No, but it’s adapted from a Chinese computer game.
Total episodes: 36
Leads: Xu Kai (Ancient Love Poetry) & Esther Yu (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Where to watch: Viki.com
Synopsis: After waking up together in a village without any memory of their past, our two leads have been on a mission to reclaim their memories. In their quest, our two leads will end up meeting a nefarious cult and a cursed clan who want to expose the evil dong of the cult. Will all these seemingly unconnected yet mysterious people and events eventually help our two leads find their past…and each other?
First Impression: I am five episodes in and I am feeling tentatively hopeful about Sword and Fairy. The story is still in the setup stage but thus far, I feel the show has done a good job at keeping up with the suspense yet not overdoing it as to make the story confusing. Sword and Fairy probably fall into the C-immortal fantasy genre (like Last Immortal) at first glance since we are dealing with fairies and demons after all. However, the show really has more of Wuxia vibe which helped make the show feel fresh for me.
I had pretty high hopes for Xu Kai and Esther Yu’s pairing before the show aired. I am happy to report that I was not disappointed. The show started off with our two leads more like siblings so their chemistry was super cute and fun, but by the time we were going into episode six, their chemistry was definitely heating up!
Ninja’s verdict: Too early to call yet for me, but just on the star power of our two leads and their chemistry, I am planning to keep watching for now.
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I’ve not started this drama yet, I’m looking at it everyday, I’ll probably start it soon, Esther’s voice is a wee bit annoying for me at the moment, hopefully I’ll get over it.
Thank you for 1st impression for this drama.
Im not a huge fan of Esther Yu’s acting, unfortunately. Hopefully you’ll update us on your thoughts on this series so I’ll know if it’s worth a shot!
Hello Ninja ,
Thank you for sharing. I didn’t see it yet , i was immersed in some other korean historical drama ..I also re_watched ” Zhou Yi wei” old movies like ” brotherhood of blades “..
This choice was not at random since YouTube has announced a new trailer of an interesting novel based Drama written by a Dutch author ( very famous of his mystery style themes ) in Tang dynasty setting ( priceless 😀) .
Name of the adaptation is ” 大唐狄公案“
Judge Di mystery case ”..
From the title you can instantly decipher the drama ‘s tone and mood.
However the adaptation this time is definitely going to be HUGE by seeing the Cast choice ..everyone will be hooked especially the older generation since the names come from Chinese Cinema industry..
I won’t spill the beans !
Please check this out, I will wait for you to write your opinion about it 😊 ☺️.