A good story doesn't always rely on intimate scenes or skinship of main leads rather the storytelling itself although the premise of the story isn't unique but the execution of the story itself was great. This drama didn't focus entirely on romance but rather Li Changge journey on revenge and her dilemma whether to forget and move on for the sake of her people or continue revenge and bloodshed ,finding a goal for herself and the people she encountered during her redemption and self discovery .The romance is just a bonus but on the side note it added spice on the drama BTW the main leads had an amazing chemistry despite the limited skinship. Each character also did great in portraying their characters and did their best as essential to the story specifically Wu Lei for me he outdid his performance as Ashile Sun and Dilraba who levelled up from her cutesy bubbly role to a decisive princess warrior in her own right. There's also Lusi who came to break out from her normal role and came to challenge herself as a weak princess then to a self determined one and Liu Yuning who as a singer who ventured to acting did improved his acting skills as Hao Du who was once just a loyal follower of his adoptive father but came to collect himself and proved that he's not only a robot .There was also Ah Dou who can't not left unmentioned because despite being young he braved himself to protect his country on his own way and the young actor himself did well on that .Wei Shuyu who can't and was always undecisive came to understand himself better and his priorities. I can go on and on but the point is if you immersed yourself on the story you're find a compelling one , one that was beautifully told although phenominal it has flaws and one thing was the ending which i can agree, it was a bit rushed ,they could have explored more but i can understand they maybe not able to do so as the source material itself wasn't finished. I rate it with 10 regardless of the rushed ending and will always be one of my all time favourites.
Review of The Long Ballad
