![]() ![]() But I already got myself a wife.’ Or ‘Er.…I need a little bit more time. So how about the five of us live together happily ever after.’ Or ‘What? Sorry honey. I know his character is written that way – so perhaps I should blame Jin Yong instead and agree with those who accuse him of being sexist – but I still long to hear him saying things like the simple ’I love you too ’or ‘Thank you for loving me but there are three other women who love me too. No matter what time you’re in – Zhang Wu Ji was centuries behind this permissive age – or what culture you’re from –he’s from old China that was very strict in its rule of conducts between men and women – it’s wrong for a man to treat women as nicely and familiarly as he treats the women around him, and not expecting them to fall head over heels in love with him. I would like Zhang Wu Ji much better if he could be honest and straight forward with those girls and himself to prevent the heartaches and him looking like either a player or a man without honor. With her temperament does he think she’ll let this out of this world beauty to stick to her husband and her ugly self?Įven Guo Jing the stupidest hero in Jin Yong’s trilogy from The Legend of Condor Heroes knows how to make the hard decision when it comes to the women in his life! Is he stupid or what? Does he think it’s fine to have this incredibly beautiful girl with him for the rest of her life and his for that matter without her ever marrying anybody else and just be his faithful servant? And if he marries won’t he consider how his wife would feel about this girl who is obviously in love with her husband? Let’s not forget that he’s already declaring himself as Yin Li/Zhu Er’s husband. ![]() When she says she wants to spend the rest of her life serving him and asks him to take her along with him wherever he goes, he is happily accepting that ‘forever’ request. Well, whatever it is, I’m sure you’ll have at least something to say.īut our hero Zhang Wu Ji doesn’t feel the slightest alarm or inclination to clarify things when he hears declaration of love and devotion from his servant Xiao Zhao. I mean if you know someone loves you –in his case it’s four women – and they declare their intentions to spend the rest of their lives with you, if you’re not freaking out or thanking God for his blessings what would you do? I’m not blaming him for the fact that they all love him, at least not 100%, what turns me off is that knowing they all love him he chooses to do nothing about it. The fights of five women over one wussy man. Otherwise I could just imagine the kind of fights that we’ll see. And it is only four because Yang Bu Hui whom he’s saved and taken care of along their journey to find her father decides early in the game that she wants to marry his sixth uncle instead of him. Unless he considers women less important than men hence not worthy of the same courtesies.Īs I already mentioned above, Zhang Wu Ji’s interpersonal skills with other men are excellent but I hate the way he behaves around and deals with the five, okay, not five but four women in his life. I mean if he could be considerate yet decisive in his dealing with other people – should be read as men – all those admirable traits should also be applied when he is dealing with women. His one and only weakness is women.ĭespite being a great hero and all as a man I don’t consider him as an admirable one. He has everything a hero should have: the looks, the lineage, the superior fighting skills, the big heart and the die-hard followers. The one and only thing that I don’t like about this great series is its male lead. No matter how many Wu Xia series I watch I think I would still love Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre the most. Amazing story and amazing storytelling.Amongst the Condor Trilogy by Jin Yong his last the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre is my favourite. But it is totally worth it to watch it all the way through and to be able to really appreciate it as a whole. It's really a 9 because the second half wasn't executed as well as it could have been. I gave it a 10, because I thought it was underrated on here. ![]() There's a lot of amazing changes the large cast of characters go through. Rather than feeling like chess pieces used to tell a story, the characters go through changes, they evolve and they fail to evolve. This is one of Jin Yong's (the author of the books) great strengths, inventing a fascinating array of different characters that each take their own journey throughout the story. There are subplots that feel a bit stretched out and tedious, but the show more than makes up for it with the fact that every character is interesting and a lot more than just the main characters have amazing story arcs. The second half was great but felt a little muddled in certain parts. The first half of the series is a masterpiece. Just finished my second watching of this series. ![]()
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