December 11, 2023

The Last Immortal | Open Thread

The Last Immortal
A weak-weak couple in a xianxia littered with fowls. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Wang An Yu: Gu Jin / Yuan Qi
Zhao Lu Si: A Yin / Feng Yin
Scriptwriter
Liu Fang (Author: Xing Ling)
Chinese Title
神隱
The Hidden God
GenresXianxiaRomance
NetworkTencent Video (MangoTV)
Year2023
Episodes: 40

Jump to Remarks | Reviews | RecsComments

Related Dramas

Ancient Love Poetry

Cast


Wang An Yu:
Gu Jin / Yuan Qi
Zhao Lu Si:
A Yin / Feng Yin
Li Yun Rui:
Hong Li
Jia Nai Na:
Yan Shuang
Ying'er:
Hong Ruo
Cao Fei Ran:
Hua Shu
Xue Jia Ning:
Feng Yuan
Cui Hang:
Lan Feng
Others:

Huang Ri Ying
Qi Pei Xin
He Kai Lang:
Xiu Yan / Ao Ke


Romcom/Romance Checklist


How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
The ML
Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /
The FL
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / 
Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 
Relationship Progress (officially togetherfirst (official) kiss; breakup*):
Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20* / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40
# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3+
Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screencaps


[Ep1]

First ML who doesn't do "You jump, I jump." He doesn't love her! 
Oh no. Dong Hua?!

[Ep2]
His first time meeting her, and he's incubating her. In his bath. 
Then he's cooking her for some braised egg!

[Ep3]
First god to use the potty on Chinese TV? A Jin, you set the bar so low.

[Ep4]
I hate her, but I love that she's dressed like a peacock.

[Ep5]
Riding Li Yun Rui!

[Ep6]
The moment she realizes she's in love....
...with Wang An Yu's big fuzzy head. 
Thanks director-laoshi. 
Firefox, you reap what you sow 🫦
[Ep7]
[Ep8]
[Ep9]
[Ep10]
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[Ep11]
[Ep12]
[Ep13]
[Ep14]
[Ep15]
[Ep16]
[Ep17]
[Ep18]
[Ep19]
[Ep20]
[Ep21]
I guess this beats Dilireba's white wig...... low bar though. 
[Ep22]
[Ep23]
He levels up when everyone's dead.
[Ep24]
[Ep25]
[Ep26]
[Ep27]
So he jumps! But the hole doesn't want him.
[Ep28]
[Ep29]
[Ep30]
[Ep31]
[Ep32]
[Ep33]
So sweet! Hong Yi waited all night for Yan Shuang....to have her prepare his wedding with Feng Yin
Our True God steals his buddy's bride!
I've never see such a shameless True God
Is that dark disapproving cloud from Mommy Shang Gu (ML's), Goddess of Chaos? 
Li Yun Rui! When will you give up! xD

[Ep34]
[Ep35]
Gugu: Impossible! You're A Yin?!
This is Feng Yin
This is A Yin

No shit, Sherlock Gugu. 

Now misunderstandings are resolved! ...Through dreams and flashbacks...

[Ep36]
[Ep37]
[Ep38]
[Ep39]
[Ep40]
This poser...
...she's interested!


The last 3 CPs! (The way their final scenes are, I wonder who's the main....)
2nd CP
Happy and Pretty
Main CP 
The white specs among the white specs.
The Last CP.
The final scene, the real hidden god. The last immortal was him!


Remarks



[Drama Info] It's not necessary to watch Ancient Love Poetry first. The ML is Shang Gu (Zhou Dong Yu) and Bai Jue's (Xu Kai) son, but the parents don't matter in this story, and mother is actually very irresponsible, neglecting her poor son.

[Cast&Crew] The directors (Chen Jia Lin and Li Cai) have experience with phoenixes, and Wang An Yu respectively. Li Cai also worked on Ancient Love Poetry. 

Will Li Yun Rui once again be the unfortunate 2ML for Zhao Lu Si? (Yes. Sorta)

[Ending] Happy. 

Reviews



Five (5/5)


Four (4/5)


Three (3/5)


Two (2/5)


One (1/5)

Reviewer: cynylnn
Date: January 2024
Hearts: 
Not every popular actor needs a xianxia in their resume.

It's a struggle to rate this any higher. It's 2023/4 and only the billionth xianxia out there, they can’t recycle the same formula and do it worse, right? They did.

I very much liked the idea of an amateur CP, and a divine true god taking the potty, but it’s bundled with amateurish storytelling: eavesdropping to learn pivotal information, flashbacking to resolve misunderstandings, catastrophizing villains into Big Bads when they’re the size of bed bugs.

Zhao Lu Si and Wang An Yu are too cute for this. Zhao Lu Si really wanted this drama because for once her FL isn’t the source of stupidity, a character she excels at (lol), but this is not how you chose a script, girl! FL is logical only because everyone else is dumb. This bird show also fouled Wang An Yu. It's the least attractive I’ve seen of him, which includes the time he was bald in Dreaming Back to Qing Dynasty. At least the actors look like they had fun together (esp their live-streams, omg lol).

P.S. One of these days Li Yun Rui, one of these days. Hwaiting!


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