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I followed Mirae, the crown princess of Seolla during her coronation ceremony when the event ended with death and terror after she unlocked her new strange power that has caused the risen of Seolla’s ancient enemy. Amid the chaos, Mirae’s older brother, Minho was taken captive resulting to more threats to the peninsula’s already tenuous truce. A hunting mission begins with her trusted companions through the vast land, a journey that soon unravel the story of her ancestors and the reason of the current queen’s misbehaviours. \n\nI like how Mirae’s name actually represents her ability to switch places with her future self (some parts of it giving me sort of spoilers) also how the magic system gets me intrigued with its surreal spirit world and dark magic having glimpses on shamanism and stories of gwisin. The plot execution can be a bit underwhelming because of its slow progression with too many changing scenes that at a point did leave me with a hanging wonder. The conflict too honestly did not excite me much but love both friendship and familial parts of it as well the thrilling adventure they encountered during finding Minho mission. Bit intense with some action-packed fights— love Captain Jia for this and I find Netherking’s character to be quite appealing for a villain (somehow anticipated to know more about him in the next instalment). \n\nMinimal dynamic and characterization for Mirae as well for the secondary characters (intentional because of the sequel,maybe). 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