Story & Characters: 3/10
The story starts off very abruptly and skips a lot of plot points so we’re left in the dark from the get go; There are a lot of plot holes throughout the series up until the end that it becomes confusing to discern Su Yi’s objectives as he explores the world around him. The cultivation system isn’t described clear enough which may be due to the translation discrepancies. There isn’t any substance to the concept of cultivation levels when Su Yi can defeat practitioners in higher realms than his own with flashy sword auras. The story’s progression is very slow and it doesn’t help that a lot of the development is paused by side characters intentionally making trouble with Su Yi only to be protected for being a saviour to an important political figure. I did enjoy several moments where Su Yi’s knowledge of the past life aided in his understanding of curing illnesses but they were unrelated to major plot development. The characters are obviously lacklustre and their involvement with Su Yi’s lifestyle feels superficial especially his sister in law who he obviously favours over his fiancé/wife. The characters all bend to Su Yi’s will because of his reputation with important characters, only extras challenge him but only from afar. Overall, the story and characters feel underdeveloped and full of flaws.
Art & Sound: 2/10
My eyes were blown away by how jarring it was to watch this series. Character movement and flow of the camera were difficult to follow because they felt very unrefined and stiff. It doesn’t help that the texture quality and ambient lighting were nearly non existent making the scenes appear like a unskippable mobile advertisement. The colors of this show are muted, skin tones are pale and look more like clay than skin; This is a common theme for the environment where the backgrounds are starved of detail.
Sound was atrocious; Quality and expression of voice actors were poor quality and the action scenes were devoid of proper sound effects and well timed suspenseful music. It fell apart in terms of audio and visuals making the viewing experience worse in conjunction to port story and characters.
Overall & Enjoyment: 3/10
I’m lucky enough not to have to watch more than 8min per episode let alone more than 20 episodes for the first season because it’s clear the series won’t improve if it had longer or increases episodes. This series failed at broadening the scope because it was stuck trying to introduce all the important characters to the story in a short period which led to obvious story points being rushed. Overall, there are better series to watch for reincarnated OPMC.
