Movie Download Alchemy Of Souls Season 2
Lain Lattin
Set in a fictional country called Daeho, the series is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.[11][18][19]
*SPOLIER ALERT?? I just finished season one of Alchemy of Souls and I started season two and I hate it. I could barely make it past the first episode. I have very strong feelings about and I have three main points I want to make.
I watched the first two eps. I do not like the fl. Her acting is flat and I don't think she has good chemistry with Jang Uk. The story went in a interesting direction. The Jin mother made the choice of keeping Bu yeon's body alive, but Naksu soul survived not Bu yeon's soul. Now the Jin mother is keeping Naksu captive in her property because the Jin mother keeps saying it's Bu Yeon's body!!! Now Jang Uk can teleport people and can run like the flash? Because he has the ice stone in him. The comedy is not as good as last season. That Park Jin is retired and is a bad cook comedy bit got old fast. They made the same joke 4 times.
I want to know if the plot does get better and no spoilers pleaseDoes Naksu and Uk have better chemistry later on? It seems like the first season where Mu deok/Naksu helps Jang Uk, but Jang Uk helps Naksu in this season
I liked S2 a little better, but that is not saying much as I did not pay enough attention to S1. I was late to the game on S1 and I think I went too fast. I fully intend to re-watch both seasons slowly, as I think they deserve it.
I was not too impressed with the premise of AoS when I first read about it, but decided to give it a chance mostly for LJW. I think of it as 30-episode drama rather than 2-season drama. I found the world-building consistent, the characters memorable, and the story engaging.
I loved season 1 of Alchemy of Souls, but I somehow missed the memo that the FL actress was changed for the second season. I just finished episode 2, and I can sort of accept how they're justifying it, but I'm really worried by how the romance will play out with the new Noksu/Bu-young -- particularly withthe memory loss and the fact that she feels like a totally different person than Noksu as Mu-deok. I'm sure the actress is great -- I have no complaints about her acting -- but it feels like they've just introduced a new character.
My main concern: If Jang-uk falls in love with/makes a move on Bu-young before he knows that she's Mu-deok, that would feel like an utter betrayal to his characterization and what we saw in season 1. Maybe I'm missing something here, but I can't imagine a scenario in which I'd be able to suspend my disbelief through that.
So that's my question. Given the concern I have above, should I continue watching? Do you think I have a reasonable chance of enjoying this season 2, or should I quit while I can still pretend it doesn't exist?
Yes, to all!
And I am actually more creeped out by Mama Jin this season. Last part, she was so desperately searching for her daughter and so twisted by grief. But now that she has Bu-yeon's body with the hated Naksu inside it's like she both hates and loves this daughter. She needs the blood/power in it to preserve her own power and the whole purpose of the Jin family in keeping all those intimidating and powerful relics but her methods for doing that are warping her further and further.... creepy
GYJ is amazing too. So many go over the top with the innocent/cute acting but she can balance the cuteness and helplesness so well, I want to protect her too. No wonder no matter how hard Uk is trying to keep her out of his life, she is still getting under his skin. I would watch this kind of dynamic a little bit more, I wouldn't mind if he only found out the truth about her around the half mark of the season.
I agree... I find Go Yoon Jung's expressions a bit bland. I can't help but compare with Jung So-Min, I just came off of a marathon rewatch of season 1. I don't expect her to be a copycat of S1's Mu-deok/Naksu, but it would be great to get the same intensity. Fingers crossed she'll get more comfortable with her character as the episodes go on.
I feel like the only reason for the actress switch is because the show needed an excuse for Jang Wook to not recognize Mu-deok/Naksu without giving HIM amnesia. Haha... I'm not against the story, though. The logic checks out, and I have high hopes season 2 will be another magical ride.
Yup it is difficult to admit - and you get shot down when you do, personal experience - because everywhere everyone seemed to be sooo into their chemistry and interaction/relationship. I just didn't feel it at all from her and felt like she was holding back quite alot. Maybe her character was written to be that way - intentional like you said - as chemistry is v heavily dependent on writing and directing as well. Tbh, I'm not overly fond of the execution of the drama across the 2 seasons, but that's a story for another day! haha. And yes it was the same for me, because it was set up to be a master/servant and mentor/mentee sorta rlshp, it was so front and centre that any sort of romantic chemistry also felt odd, like it felt wrong lol. And I thought that the series was better off without the romantic tension angle, because it was kinda half-arsed and so one-sided anyway. The series is actually all abt Jang Uk and his story/journey/growth, so perhaps the authors focused on fleshing that out the most also, and that's where the chemistry was also created. I felt the FL in particular (Mudeok and now it seems this new FL) just exists to propel his growth/story forward, like they exist only because of him/their story revolves ard him. Hence we don't really get to see much of their growth/emotions from them (I also get a sense they are not very well-developed and it seems to be a pattern of Hong Sis to completely flesh out 1 main character, like Jang Manwol in Hotel Del Luna and neglect the other lead (Yeo Jin Goo's character). And it's one of my biggest criticisms of this show in general, as I strongly dislike female characters being used as plot devices to propel a male character's growth. But well, Ig it's just a personal peeve.
Hey sorry I'm seeing your comment late. Yes, Hong sis havent written anything good to me since master's sun - and that was also another weird plot that worked because GHJ and SJS are seasoned actors who can generate chemistry. I've dropped all their other works since. Yes I also dropped AOS S1 at some point cos I got frustrated at how Uk was made to be some star of the show and MD was treated second class and used as a plot device to further his development.
I've since dropped S2 (at ep 4?) because it feels like I'm watching a totally new show. Yes! I don't understand Uk's reactions here and Buyeon/whatever her name is annoy me - both the character and the actress. It turned out exactly as how I predicted - that it will feel like Uk is falling with another girl altogether and that's exactly how it is playing out. This buyeon/whatever has zero continuation from Naksu/MD of S1 it's like watching a newly created character.
And yes to ur last para! I feel like im watching some middle school romance between a tsundere character and a naive annoying maiden. Where's the alchemy in all this? Also the villians are still ard and nobody is doing anything to them except flinging random insults, treating them like annoying colleagues/neighbours. It's all kinda silly tbh
Agree about the shifting rules of soul-shifting, when Master Lee said that Naksu didn't actually shift souls with Bu Yeon but rather was absorbed, I just had to pause and yell a bit. I mean, if that wasn't soul shifting, then why did the cursed bells work on Mudeok? And why didn't Mudeok start to look like Naksu (or any other soul shifter out there start to look like the swapped soul for that matter) if the body and soul have to be in alignment? Wasn't the shaman/queen in a shifted body for years and years before anyone found out and yet she still looked like the OG queen and not the burned shaman (also, foreshadowing for the queen bringing back soul shifting with help from Jin Mu). They would have been better off just brushing it off as an ice stone miracle that Naksu was brought back to life rather than trying to re-write the rules.
I actually thought the explanation for the original soul-shift was hugely validating! A lot of Beanies had been speculating that Bu-yeon was too powerful to just let herself be taken over, and she also wasn't the person Naksu was trying to shift with. That and the fact that she showed herself to be still present whenever Naksu was unconscious showed that the situation was different, so a lot of us thought that the alchemy of souls there had not been a normal one.
The cursed bells do give me pause a little, but maybe they work based on the fact that there is a body/soul mismatch, and not based on the fact that a true alchemy of souls happened. We know that Mu-deok didn't have a normal mark on her shoulder, but she did have a gap between her body and soul that the dog could sense. Bu-yeon mediating it also explains why she never ran wild until then.
To be honest though, I can forgive messy world-building, if the rest of the writing is good enough. But alas, my biggest issue with AoS's first season was that it reminded me a lot of the fantasy manwhas and webtoons I read when I was a teenager. Specifically in that would present a new issue each episode, and then invent a new rule the next to solve it.
We were left last season with the Daeho Wedding of two powerful mage families (and we know Koreans love their celebrity Weddings of the Century) which I thought would have been a great starting point for part two: all of the families blaming each other for the wedding day bloodshed; brawling with each other; and new alliances being formed in the aftermath of the called-off wedding. I think it was a missed opportunity.
A long long time ago (season 1) I decided to suspend my logic brain and just let the show flow over me (like modern art). Dang if today I didn't decide to re-watch S1Ep1 to see what actually happened when Naksu was looking for a bolt hole body to shift into. Nope, rookie move - we never SEE anything. We just get reaction.
So I'm back to enjoying the banter and the fully realized characters. Plot wise, like Hotel del Luna, what will be will be.