Shijian Qiutu

Time Prisoner / 时间囚徒
Shijian Qiutu
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Supernatural
Themes: Super Power
Producers: Youku
Rating: 6.23 / 10
Rank: #8857
Popularity: #15686
Users Listed: 752
Users Scored: 217
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 02/21/2022
Aired: October 3, 2021 – December 12, 2021 (Fall)
Type: ona
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:

In the year 2060, a global organization relies on specialized agents to address supernatural occurrences. The Phantom Squad, once an elite unit within this organization, suffered a devastating defeat three years prior, leaving most of its members presumed dead. Their captain, Haoyuan, was critically injured and left for deceased during that mission, only to be resurrected by the very artifact they sought: the Immortal Stone. This event granted him the power to manipulate time, transforming him into a fugitive seeking anonymity while protecting Gu Xiaoxi, a close friend’s sister.

When a mysterious blue virus begins rapidly spreading across the city, turning victims into grotesque figures, Haoyuan is forced back into action. He assembles an unlikely team – including a skilled agent, a precocious young genius, and a formidable gangster – to confront the crisis and find a cure for Gu Xiaoxi’s infection. The series explores themes of redemption, loss, and the burden of extraordinary power within a world grappling with unforeseen threats.

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Reviews:

  • User iamKetranLang (Score: 7/10):
    Imbalance. guys are cool, but women really suck. MC is cool. The donghua had made some good effort in the action sequences with the guns usage and physical combat that I really liked. When MC shot his brotherhood teammate that was held hostage at gunpoint, I got Detective Conan Fourteenth Target vibes where I learnt, you shoot the hostage to draw the perp away from the hostage. MC timed the shot and the teammate was able to about face with MC and take them all down before teammate went down as well. MC fights a rage battle that is dealt. Like unfortunately, MC lost all the guys on theteam early on in that first mission. MC had some good leadership and jokes with the team. He left alone after surviving to take care of teammate's sister. She is alright actually, has some real guts.nnAgain the first few episodes were amazing, epic drills and team mission but then afterwards it banked so much to the annoying pink haired woman, literally a petulant child, it dropped the quality.nnLiterally loooooool when the guy who was holding the pink girl hostage gun point to head, FIRED while she was still blabbing cause she was blabbing so much, yeah uh huh shut up. FIRE.nnbut MC superpower soldiered her out. The other love interest woman to stay alive is also just another stupid serious woman. Even if you don't mind them, they being here still drops the quality.nnMy expectation in Season 2 is now that action stay as good, the women stay away, and MC and enemy, he return along with his puppet gun lackey, transform more hardcore. Dues are still owed.
  • User ST63LTH (Score: 5/10):
    Time Prisoner is about our main character, Huan Yuan who is part of a secretive task force called phantom force that prevents danger coming to humanity. However, during a mission to obtain and extract the immortal treasure Huan Yuan and his squad members are betrayed by another squad that were out to collect the immortal treasure for another party. While losing his team and being on the brink of death, Huan Yuan manages to escape with the immortal treasure and fused with it. Now Huan Yuan is framed by the team that betrayed him because he 'ran' off with the treasure and becomes a wantedperson in the city. Huan Yuan also learns of the powers he gained from fusing with the immortal treasure which has the power to stop time, move heavy objects with ease and many more functions. It also seems like the people who betrayed him are also after him plus begin to spread a virus known as HP that immobilizes humans permanently. How will Huan yuan fare against these odds stacked against him?nnStory & Character: 5/10nThe beginning had a great hook with a secretive operative squad and all the right reasons to enjoy it: Betrayal, MC becomes OP, MC wants to find who betrayed him etc. However, I think the longer I stayed watching the more uninteresting it got - We are introduced to so many good characters but they don't suit the story where MC tries to save the world and there is so much going on in the story that the execution of all of the side-stories feel sloppy. We have the HP virus situation that evolves every episode with more victims and more devious symptoms; We have the corporation out hunting MC because of the immortal treasure, and we have MC trying to maintain an unsustainably active lifestyle with no plan/goal to solve his problems or improve strength - only concerned for how he can join up with his former comrades or his family members. He always gets random power ups when he finds out some of his close family and friends are in trouble which makes no sense and the immortal treasure feels clumsy when it's used by MC. Wished for a more competent story and main character.nnArt & Sound: 6/10nRendering 3D CGI is not an easy feat especially with high fidelity polygons but come on, the scenes have maximum 5 people in them. It confuses me that in city scenes you'd expect crowds or busy streets, in this series the streets feel more secluded and low detailed especially the extras that run or walk in the background. The sound is pretty decent not too deep in quality.nnEnjoyment & Overall: 5/10nThis series feels like a rip off of so many donghua/anime that it is sad that the beginning was so interesting. So many plot holes and poorly planned logic make this series a hit or miss in my opinion. If you don't enjoy the first 2 episodes I'd suggest skipping this series because…

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