Masterpiece
I’ve watched Legend of Fuyao for the second time after 3 years and loved it as much as the 1st time. You can expect amazing scenery, script, acting and OST. The perfect mix for one of best Chinese production. It’s not for nothing that this drama became a classic. I removed one point for the last 10 episodes though, where the ice became slower and the side stories drag a bit the main plot. But... but it does more envergure to secondary characters. If you haven’t watched it yet ... don’t miss out on this masterpiece!Was this review helpful to you?
Good war drama
I've been watching this drama for a long time, this is one of the first 5 Chinese dramas I watch as I remember. At first I didn't know if the story would turn out like this (unexpected) and I really like it if the female lead is like Fuyao! he is great and superwoman. Their chemistry is very good and they match here, maybe there are some episodes that are too monotonous on the issue of war, but it's still good, before this was the first Yangmi drama I watched and I immediately thought she was the most beautiful woman in china hehe, you know this drama exists On YouTube, when the ending song in each episode when Fuyao wears a purple shirt, it's really pretty, I like it.Was this review helpful to you?
The best drama I have ever watched in my life!
How should I begin this review? With all sincerity, after watching almost all fantasy Chinese dramas, I though I would never find a drama to completely adore.Even trough Ashes of Love, Eternal love etc I skipped some parts that I thought were boring, but I never skipped a part of this drama. I lived it as I was there, part of the cast, and also daydreaming about it.
For some reason, after watching Eternal Love, even if I heard about Legend of Fuyao, I didn't want to watch it until I wanted to give it a try.
The first episode, was a little confusing to me, I thought "good, but probably I am going to drop it later on". The second episode got me so hooked that I was jumping on my bed and my eyes hurt from watching episode after episode haha.
Let's start with with the main actors.
Gosh, I fell in love with Ethan Juan, he deserves an Oscar for his acting, the way he flirted in this drama made me blush and scream like a little girl, then his moments of pain, of courage and total devotion. I am sure you will love him as much as I do.
Yang Mi, I thought her acting and chemistry with Ethan was way, way, way better than in Eternal Love.
This is also first time for me when I actually searched on youtube my favorite scenes of the drama, created a playlist and re-watched them.
I even loved and watched the other love stories and stories of this drama, I didn't feel bored of watching the evil actors, or the second couple, or the other characters, that's how good this drama is.
The music is fantastic, 10 out of 10.
This drama is divided in two parts, so don't be scared that it will change at some point. I personally loved that, it felt like I watched two great dramas in just one.
I felt like it was that way to show the real growth of their love story, the young one that is without real pain, when everything is butterflies and the second one which is more mature and carved with difficulties.
I could have said more and give you an insight about everything, but I don't want to ruin the joy of living it by yourselves.
And now with tears in my eyes because it actually finished, I am going to re-watch it again...the downside of it is that it is so short :(
Ah, now I feel so sad, really amazing, amazing drama.
Good job, cast, director, writer, soundtrack, effects, costumes.
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Legend of Fuyao – Curses, Crowns, and Choices
🔹 Would I rewatch? No✨ What if breaking a curse meant exploring new lands, facing betrayal, and finding love with the one person fate keeps bringing into your life?
📕 Overview
🔹 66 episodes, historical fantasy romance
🔹 Adapted from the novel Empress Fuyao by Tianxia Guiyuan
🔹 Yang Mi plays Meng Fuyao, a servant who decides she's had enough of being powerless after discovering a forbidden technique.
🔹 Ethan Juan plays Zhangsun Wuji, a clever crown prince who always plans three steps ahead.
🔹 Fuyao embarks on a quest to lift her curse and finds herself caught in the political struggles of the Five Kingdoms, where fate and romance intertwine.
🔹 Ideal for fans of epic romance, palace intrigue, and martial arts adventure.
🌸 How It Felt Watching
🔹 The opening arc grabs your attention right away with exciting battles and lots of tension, giving Fuyao’s journey a real sense of urgency.
🔹 Seeing her get stronger while Wuji works his magic with charm and patience really feels like the show's heartbeat.
🔹The grand scale and exhilarating adventure make for an enjoyable experience, despite some pacing issues and extended subplots.
🔹The tone switches from being light and funny to tragic and dramatic, giving you a mix of romance and intense moments.
✨ Cast & Acting
🔹 Yang Mi portrayed Fuyao with a blend of energy and resilience, skillfully balancing strength with vulnerability.
🔹 Ethan Juan's portrayal of Wuji was charismatic and captivating, often stealing scenes with his blend of mischief and determination.
🔹The supporting cast brought humor and depth to the palace intrigue, creating fan-favorite characters despite limited screen time.
🎶 OST
🔹 Fu Yao by Karen Mok
🔹 Flourishing Dream by Isabelle Huang
🔹 Blood like Ink by Zhang Bichen
🔹 Proud Humans of Society by You Zhangjing (Nine Percent)
🔹 Window by Wu Qing-feng (Sodagreen)
🔹 Youth by Sun Jun
🔹 A Love Is Hard to Wish For by Lala Hsu
🎞️ Production Style
🔹 The vast landscapes and colorful kingdoms made the world feel like a cinematic adventure.
🔹 Some viewers might find the CGI inconsistent, but the overall atmosphere remained grand and immersive.
🔹 The costumes were elaborate, and Fuyao's changing wardrobe symbolized her transformation from a servant to a heroine.
☕ Tea Notes
🔹 What I liked most was how Fuyao and Wuji always returned to each other despite the messy politics.
🔹 Would I rewatch? No
☕ SpillTheDramaTea’s Rating: 8/10 — a nice brew, I enjoyed it
✏️ As SpillTheDramaTea, this drama felt like a warm cup of tea infused with romance.
✨Which storyline did you find most captivating: Taiyuan, Tiansha, or Xuanji?
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I usually get bored with Chinese dramas, but this one kept me excited.
So this drama is divided into 5 parts (that's just me doing so). This is Fuyao's journey through 5 different regions and I loved all regions except 1. So that 1 region was the time I was a bit bored. But rest of them were awesome.
The acting is beyond perfect and one of the best acting I saw in a Chinese drama.
This drama also taught me some life lessons and made me a better person.
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Engaging
Beautiful Yang Mi and handsome Ethan Yuan had such amazing chemistry in this series, although Yang pretty much dominates this genre notwithstanding whoever plays opposite her. I thought the series was well-plotted and each episode, engaging. However, parts of the story that involved the character played by Gao Weiguang were so badly acted that I had second-hand embarrassment for Gao. I couldn't believe this was the same guy who gave us some of the best scenes in Eternal Love because he was just so bland on screen. Thankfully, the other subplots and characters made it worthwhile. Hate the ending but what can one do: you win some and lose some.Was this review helpful to you?
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Killing one's inner witch is a bad idea :-)
Having another wusia drama with Yang Mi and Someone Damn Handsome the first thing that comes to mind is to try to compare it with the Etenal Love. With the Legend of Fu Yao that would be a great mistake to do since this is not a love story even though it unfolds as the one and we are teased with some gorgeous scenes of half-naked Ethan. This is rather a "road adventure" with a bunch of great characters who are on a quest through the 5 worlds to bring back their powers, which is a totally different genre, beautiful in its own way. But, once you get that, you are not dissapointed with something that IS NOT happening here. If we disregard the major failure in the plot around Fu Yao's battle on "killing her inner witch" somewhere at the end of show (which is pointless and inconsistent and, the worst is that I start smelling this early on and this is the only thing that prevented me from giving this show the highest rate), the whole other process of her empowerment is smooth and beautiful. The 5 kingdoms are aaaamaazing, each having its own style. My compliments to the crew. The costumes of main couple's royal wedding are jaw dropping. But my biggest gratitude is to the composer. There aren't many tracks here, but those few are superb. I finished this drama almost a year ago and still keep them on my playlist marked as favs. With a few shortfalls that I have just mentioned, this is still a good show with its own vibe and I may even rewatch it some day (which I don't do often). Too bad it is not a love story, though. The chemistry between the main leads is fantastic.Was this review helpful to you?
ONE OF MY BEST FAVORITE
Legend of FuYao is one of my favorite. Ethan Ruan, Yang Mi had strong chemistry together (Just like Yang Mi with Mark Chao). I love Ethan Ruan here who's manipulative, loyal, high intelligent, sexy, flirty. 66 episodes is a long one, honestly I didn't watch the last 10-8 episodes, skipped till the end. The best episode was ep 17, 21, you know what I meant....lol. But in serious note, the story was great, acting amazing, Soundtrack awesome, a lot of outdoor scenes. Although so many so in visual effect that I don't like, I can over look it as part of enrichment in scenes. Ethan Ruan fitted as Emperor, very imposing figure with distinguish appearance, fallen in love with him just because he did an amazing acts. Ethan Ruan and Yang Mi dynamic - they're compatible in their performance, although I've never seen Ethan in any drama before so to me he was beyond expectation. Fu Yao and Zhang Sun Wu Ji's love affair is a bitter sweet courting.Gao Wei Guan was kind of a naive but an excellent general...the girl that he married to, is kind of match with his character, serious battle-worn general with happy go lucky dedicated princess who's been in love, adore and follow him around.
Huang YaoMing do great here, first love of FuYao but he betrayed her love for ambition encourage by his father, sorry but he end up dead. So many memorable characters - the supporting actors did tremendous good job - good or bad guys - what a team work. Final scene though is quite disappointing, it still great but wish it ended better.....were they live happily in heaven or mortal world? I mean it's a 'sad ending' if they're dead and happily in heaven as appears in the background sets. I gave 10 overall score just because you don't see a costume drama leading man bared flirting with a girl at the pool...kind of awesome scene. Yang Mi took the credit for Ethan Ruan skill to flirt!!
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Mixed Feelings
So I feel like I have a lot of mixed feelings about LOF. I definitely love the way it started out. Hands down so good. But the end half is super rough. The thing that bothered me the most was the constant reuse of themes (Captured moms, evil brothers, getting knocked out every 5 mins, constant poisoning, blood spitting, etc.). I wish they would have spent more time on the seals and maybe she would have needed to unlock/activate each seal in order to change her tragic fate... ? As in, I wish that was the focus of the story. Her journey to unlock the seals as well as her love story with Wu Ji and their entangled destiny. In a way it was but it was more behind the other stories. I would have liked to know more about the seals and their origins and all that jazz.Also, I feel like the 2nd half had so much more focus on Wu Ji and that annoys me because Fu Yao is kick-ass and this is HER story. It's called Legend of Fu Yao, not Legend of Wu Ji. It also felt very draggy. It was kind of a struggle there to get through ep42-54ish.
However, I really do love Fu Yao and Wu Ji. I really felt they were destined regardless of the ending, they would be together. I really feel like one cannot live without the other. I just love them. Him yelling at her to leave in the last episode, I felt that. He was so panicked for her to leave and live on.
Also also, I love the friendships. Just the bond between their little family group is so heartwarming. Seeing them fight together in the last 2 episodes made me wish we had seen more of their group together. I wish we would have been able to see them in good times as well as bad together. Even sharing a meal or drinking together would have been really nice. I love those kinds of scenes.
Overall, I enjoyed the drama and I feel like it's given me a push to find other Wuxia dramas that are going to scratch the itch I feel like LOF left me with. Not that this was at all bad but like I want more. More fighting, more powers but with less reused storylines.
Would Recommend
Would Not Re-watch (Mostly because it's 66 episodes long)
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I loved Wuji and Fu Yao. I loved them so much I squealed out loud when they were on screen, because their chemistry was explosive. However, their scenes were the only parts of the story I truly enjoyed after the second arc. I found myself skipping almost all of the scenes with the other characters, even to the point of skipping main plot points, because I just didn't care anymore. Some of the plotlines felt recycled and dull, and the boring secondary characters took up so much screentime later in the drama. In some places, you could maybe find 5 minutes of Wuji/Fu Yao scenes in a 45-minute episode. You could cut out 3/4 of the drama's plot and still have a good story about a man and a woman fighting for a love that no one wants them to have, and I totally would've watched it over and over again.My main point of contention with this drama is that they leave the "big bad" for the very very last episode. Which sucks. Because I was really interested in the idea that the demon lord was going to use Fu Yao to cause chaos in the world. But...like...all that chaos happened without him doing anything, because the world was in such a volatile state anyway? All he ended up being was a rock that shook with black smoke coming out of it. And then both Wuji and Fu Yao die? But not just die, Fu Yao stabs Wuji to death while she is possessed by the demon, and then she frees herself from his control long enough to kill herself. I know they technically get a happy ending together in Nirvana, but WTF? What the Actual F***? I hated the ending passionately, because in the end they didn't really get to defeat their fates, despite what people might say about it.
The only reason I'm giving this drama a score of 6 is because of Wuji and Fu Yao. Their love story was beautiful. Otherwise, I'd be giving this drama a score of 1. Without those two, it was a dull and frustrating drama that I just couldn't bother myself to care about.
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Romance, revenge and politics
I am not someone who can usually sit through a long drama with politics and lots of characters. However, this one had lots of romance, kung fu, and eye candy (lol) to keep me entertained. There weren't a ton of officials that all look the same to confuse me, and the majority of characters had unique names and well established story lines.In the beginning the story got a bit racy at times. Lots of innuendos and flirting. Then the political story line comes in and lasts quite a while. I never thought of dropping the show, but I did have to take a break from binging to watch a movie here and there.
It's helpful to consult the wiki online that breaks the characters up by the different nations they belong to. There are 5 areas constantly referenced in the show and it may have gotten confusing if I didn't have that. I also kept notes on the items and town names they talk about regularly.
As for the acting, I thought most of it was good. Prince Fierce was a bit of a drama king and his facial expressions were sometimes over the top.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes romance and wuxia, and doesn't like to strain your brain too much with political intrigue. There is enough silliness to keep you interested to the end.
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