Roberthart555

This show is decent and any fans of anime will probably be entertained for all 12 of it's short episodes.

The problem is that as soon as you get into it, it ends abruptly and the ending doesn't satisfy. It feels more like a show that got canceled after the first season instead of one that was intended to end like that.

When I like a show, I want to watch it for a while. This one left me disappointed. I would have given it higher marks had they finished the story instead of being limited by how the novels ended (I.e. Unfinished).

Still, while it lasts, it is a great fantasy, romance tale that should have universal appeal within the small world of anime fans. There are far better options though, in my opinion.

This show is great and one of the more original Korean dramas.

I watched it on drama fever where it is called the Joseon Gunman btw.

The story is about revenge. The best swordsman in Joseon gets killed while on a mission for the king to catch a mysterious masked gunman who uses a Western style rifle. He is the victim of a broader conspiracy and after he is killed, the kind declares him a traitor. His son is then sentenced to death and his daughter is sold into slavery. The son (who is the star of the show) runs away to Japan for a few years and comes back as the best gunman ever.

Once back in Joseon, he pretends to be a Japanese businessman while he hunts for the people who killed his dad. He helps poor people n stuff while he searches and becomes a masked hero gunman of sorts.

There is tons of action and drama although the main story doesn't really start until episode 4 so give it a chance. I recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind subtitles.

I really liked the story for Tree with Deep Roots. It is about the King of Joseon (Korea) who invented their alphabet as a simple way for his people to learn to read. Before that, they used the Chinese writing system so only the noble class could learn as there are thousands of letters and poor people never had the time. I have no idea if any of it is based on a true story...

The focus is that there are numerous groups who are trying to stop the king publishing the new letters and they will go to any length to achieve their goals. Hidden Root is a secret organization who make stopping the new letters their priority and the king has to defeat them to succeed in publishing his new writing system.

The star of the show is a slave whose parents were killed by the king when he was a small boy and he starts off trying to get his revenge by killing the king until he learns about the project to help the people.

It's slow to get going. You need to watch 4 episodes to get into it but after that, it's got plenty of action including great martial arts / fight scenes. It's only 24 episodes in total which is short compared to some of the other Korean historical dramas but it feels about right.

I recommend this for fans of historical dramas and Martians arts etc. I doubt there is much universal appeal here. If you don't like historical stuff and have no patience for subtitles, this isn't the show to change your mind (probably).

I watched it on drama fever and the translation is very poor. There are loads of obvious mistakes that stop their sentences from making sense on occasion. I wish they would improve their quality control or get a native English speaker to go through it before releasing it.