In addition, the set is also poor, this is a S+ project but the set looks like its a low-budget project. The fight scenes are beautifully choreographed, but the shots and choppy editing makes it hard for people to understand whats actually going on. But stay and keep watching, it gets better! It has a pretty average script, but it has gorgeous landscape shots and CGI! But the editing and set are lacking, there is a lot of choppy editing especially during their fight scenes. And you also won’t feel their chemistry yet. It has very weird and fast pacing, everything is thrown at you so sudden that you might need some time to process what’s going on. The first few episodes of the drama tell the flashback of what had happened 100 years ago. The drama story timeline takes place when Kongsang was invaded by Cangliu, and after the sea emperor resurfaces again and wants to bring the mermaids back to the sea. Meanwhile, Bai Ying is the eldest daughter of the Bai clan who has the responsibility to marry the Kongsang’s crown prince. Su Mo is a merman who also bears the identity of a sea emperor, he has the responsibility to bring the mermaids back to the sea. Mirror Twin Cities drama narrative centers around Su Mo and Bai Ying. So Su Mo itself is a very dark character and he hates Kongsang people. Su Mo was also tortured, and in order for others not to have his eyes, he gouged his own eyes. His mother has her hand and leg amputated and turned into a human swine. Both Su Mo and his mother are also very miserable. Mermaids were tortured, forced to break their tails, and sold as a commodity and slaves. A mermaid’s tears will turn into pearls, the mermaids were forced to cry and if they cannot try, their eyes will be gouged out. In Yunhuang, the mermaids were tortured and enslaved. The previous sea emperor made a pearl to preserve his power and bloodline and 7000 years later, a mermaid unaccidentally swallowed the pearl. 7000 years earlier, Kongsang destroyed the sea kingdom.
In Yunhuang continent, there are 6 countries (Kongsang, Cangliu, and more). Mirror Twin Cities drama adaptation focuses more on the story of Su Mo and Bai Ying.Ī little background story for those who didn’t read the novel nor watched the donghua yet, the story takes place in the Yunhuang continent. The novel is broken down into 6 series: Su Mo, Bai Ying, Zhen Lan, Na Sheng, Yan Xi, and Yun Huan. Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities (镜双城) is a xuanhuan drama, adapted from the novel with the same title, 镜 this review focuses more on the background story, hope that others can grasp what's going on better. Edit TranslationĪ Background Story Review P.s. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Jing - Shuang Cheng" (镜 (Source: Liang Yun at MyDramaList edited by Lee C at MyDramaList) Will the burden of returning his people to Bi Luo Hai only enhance his hatred of Kong Sang? Or can Bai Ying’s enduring love alter his perspective? He must find Bai Ying to deal with what will soon be a mutual threat. Fast forward a hundred years, and an empowered Su Mo returns to a Yun Huang dominated by Cang Liu.
Waking from a century-long slumber to find Kong Sang on the brink of destruction, Bai Ying reassumes her duties as the Crown Princess. But fate being cruel, Bai Ying jumped off the high Mirror Tower because the seal of the crown princess was broken and she cannot inherit earthly power of the Bai family. A mere three years in Su Mo’s company had her falling for him. Su Mo, then a mere slave, had to cure the boredom of Bai Ying, bride to Kong Sang’s Crown Prince Zhen Lan. Nearly a century ago, Quan Xian’s Emperor Su Mo and Kong Sang’s future crown princess, Bai Ying first encountered each other at the Mirror Tower. But when Na Sheng flees from the chaos plaguing her home in the Central Districts, it is clear that the Shangri-La does not live up to its legend. Legend has it that God created the dreamlike paradise of Yun Huang.
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