The art is actually quite lovely - Li Qiang and Lian Shiying especially. The fight scenes are nice, and the characters are quite badass. There's an element of mystery and political intrigue, which is nice. Finding out Li Qiang's backstory, and seeing his character develop is actually fairly interesting. A good blend of humor and more serious elements. The problem I have with this is that it has a large roster of characters, but doesn't do the best job at convincing us to care about them. The show is fun to watch -- mostly for the character designs -- but they don't do the bestjob of investing us in the storyline and plot. With maybe the exception of Li Qiang and the childhood friend, Memory of Chang'an, the characters aren't fleshed out enough to be interesting. Also, Li Qiang almost seems kind of OOC in the second season, especially when compared to the first - and it's nice that he's opening up a bit, but the rest of his changes, the oft-patented jealousy especially, don't really feel natural; the lying, especially, is kind of cringy. I got second-hand embarassment watching it. Compared to better Chinese anime like qzgs and mdzs, Memory of Chang'an is fairly mediocre. However, if you're just looking for something to pass time and/or some pretty characters, Memory of Chang'an has that. All in all, not the worst show out there.