Lee Jae Wook Works with Lee Jun Young to Achieve Their Individual Goals In The Impossible Heir Episodes 1 & 2

I started watching this new on-going drama called The Impossible Heir starring the now trending actor due to his dating scandal, Lee Jae Wook. He's with actors who I haven't seen before which are Lee Jun Young and Hong Su Zu. 

The story started off with Han Tae Oh (Lee Jae Wook) who regained consciousness of what he seemed to have done, which is killing someone we don't know yet. The scene alone made the whole story mysterious as to how he was caught up in such situation. I think it's still too early to make assumptions, but I feel like the person he killed was his father. Hmmm... This is just my prime candidate for that since it's his violent father who drove him to want to reach success in life. But I could be wrong, it could be his friend Kang In Ha (Lee Jun Young) too since they both fell in love with the same woman Na Hye Won (Hong Su Zu).

I really like how Tae Oh and In Ha begun their friendship. I supposed that's how men make friends?! lol They got annoyed by each other's arrogance and rudeness that ended up in a brawl. In Ha thought that Tae Oh was like everybody else who are talking behind his back for whatever he's doing with his life as a rich delinquent person but after having a boxing match with him, it turned out that Tae Oh wasn't what he thought he was. In fact, he has sensed his desperation of killing someone which is not him at all. The next day they became friends and made a pact to help each other out to achieve their individual goals. 

Fast forward to their adulthood, Tae Oh and In Ha became real good friends and their plan to make In Ha become an heir to his father/chairman has commenced. But what really bothers me so much is Na Hye Won. WTF is her deal?! Ugh, I feel like she'll cause a rift between the friendship of Tae Oh and In Ha in the end. I just really hope that these two male friends wouldn't really end up breaking up/fighting or else I'm gonna throw Hye Won in the river. hahaha! I'm kidding... I'm just gonna hate her with all my might. kkkk

First impression of the show... hmmm I think it's good?! I'm not that much in tuned with it yet but... I'm still gonna wait for more episodes and see how it'll turn out! Hopefully it's good because if it's not, then I'll have to drop it along the way. 

Alchemy of Souls | Part 1| Honest Reaction

I just finished Alchemy of Souls (1-20) and I honestly don't know how to react without hurting anyone's feelings here. I know lots of people loved it, I can see why after witnessing the amazing concept and cinematography, I can understand where the hype came from. The story was set on a period where mages practice magic but forbidden sorceries also exist, and these mages are divided in 4 houses namely Songrim, Jinyowon, Cheonbugwan and Seo. There exist also the royal family that rules the whole Daeho. The royals serve as the balance of the mages but turned out to house sorceries such as alchemy of souls. The late king created a heir thru alchemy of souls with the help of a genius mage Jang Gang. And later, the royals housed the soul of a shaman Choi inside the body of the Queen. Because of alchemy of souls a lot of greedy people became soul shifters that feeds human energies in order to achieve immortality. This prohibited sorcery of alchemy of soul became widely used because of Jin Mu who is also responsible of Naksu transforming into a ruthless assassin. 

The episode 1 was a blast! The badass fight scene of Naksu and Park Jin was an all time favorite of mine throughout the whole part 1 of the show. It's just saddening that Naksu was not given such a fight scene afterwards when she was shifted to a Jinyowon's family member's body, Mudeok. The early episodes was explosive with excitement but could not maintain throughout the whole series which was disappointing. 

When AoS aired, it was in par with Extraordinary Attorney Woo when it comes to popularity. Although I did not watch AoS when it was airing, EAW gave out a whole show without dullness which proved its worthiness of the hype. Therefore, although they're of different genres, I had huge expectations to AoS due to its popularity as well. It's a shame it did not meet my expectations. Showing off Naksu's power on the first episode truly set a high standard for the next episodes. Too bad they did not plan or probably failed anything to outdo that. But maybe that's just that. Naksu's story ended in the episode 1 and the focus transferred to Jang Uk and the other young mages. Naksu was a favorite character of mine, seeing her getting involved with different kinds of relationships really makes me happy considering that she was once loveless and a ruthless assassin. It's just a waste to think that I cannot see Naksu's power anymore. Jang Uk just ain't enough to bring out that excitement at all. 

Wait, she actually got her powers back in the later part but chose not to use it anymore because of her promise. Only when she got controlled by Jin Mu that she went totally berserk. I love that where she's able to use her powers and show us what she's got but it all felt rushed though. Suddenly at the last episode of part 1. Hmmm....

Alchemy of souls part 1, mainly focused on the training of Jang Uk, the development of relationships between mages and masters, the discovery of an existing being with a King's star, the schemes of Cheonbugwan house to gain power and how Songrim tries to correct that, there were small fight scenes after episode 1, and more. These are, what I think, a preparation only to what's about to come in the part 2. It's a minor build up for an explosive part 2. I just hope it won't disappoint. 

Overall, I think it's not proper to rate the whole Alchemy of Souls drama without the part 2. Only then I can tell that it's amazing or plainly just a waste of time. 

Anyways, I liked a lot of characters, Jang Uk, Mu Deok, Seo Yul, Park Jin, Kim Do Ju, Heo Yeom, Heo Yun Ok and finally the crowned prince Go Won. Ah seriously, I thought I was going to hate the crowned prince for being greedy over power and foolish but he turned out to be a wise and warmhearted man. He's really one of my favorite characters and I hope he would not go astray from this path in the 2nd part of this drama. 

Anyways, next part Naksu's gonna be back in her own body!!! But how?????!!! Where is Mudeok!? Now that's really exciting and I can't wait for December 10!!!