Ongoing 9/48
Miss .Z
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 10, 2021
9 of 48 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

Review on this Drama if you dropped it from the first episode

When i first saw or watched this drama back in 2020 i dropped it from the first episode because i didnt like the characters but now ive been admiring Xu Kai's acting and looks, i planned to watch it again and it was good and not bad as i thought. This drama has romance if you like romance but it comes as a support of the story so i guess thats why it wasnt in the genre or in the tags of this drama. The characters and roles were all funny. And like any other dramas if theres a happy and joyful scene, a tragic scene comes in. Some of your favorite characters may die and some may not.


I like the villains role. Its a girl and theres not many Girl Villains in dramas. but this one played out so well. Now i really really really like girl villains because i think they are all misunderstood and this one showed ot really well. Although we might not know what her plan really was or why she did all of those things but i think she was a puppet of the japanese.

I think this is it for my review. I hope you find this review helpful and you enjoy the drama

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RohitKumar
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 11, 2022
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

i like acting.

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Dropped 1/48
Kuya4LN13
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 20, 2024
1 of 48 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 1.5
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.5
Rewatch Value 1.5
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Smut but vanilla

From episode 1 with political undertones looks like a glorified smut story.

I can't help think of Mulan's story after reading the synopsis but after seeing all the toxic masculinity in the first episode and knowing the Main FL is being set up with her roommate as a romantic interest who literally tried to kidnap a woman just because he liked her made me want to scratch my eyes out. While this may be acceptable in some cultures and the setting of the drama looks like it's from an important part of Chinese history but the toxicity of men playing soldiers is not worth burning my brain cells over.

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PisbliBloqueada
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 18, 2024
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

It's just love! It's just love Who knows what is true

It's being trapped by will
It is to serve those who win, the winner
It's a possession with whom loyalty kills us
As opposed to you is the same love

temos varios tipos de amor, o da família, o amor entre amigos que se assemelham a irmãos, o romântico, o que ama, cuida, o mais precioso e o que nao se pede nada em troca..

It's a series about patriotism, I don't understand the historical context of the time because I'm not Chinese so I only speak for the history itself!

PERFECT SERIES!
Characters very well developed by the actors, each episode has a short direction, and EACH EPISODE IS VERY WORTH WATCHING!
1 - WOMEN: if you want to watch series to fall in love with perfect men and dream of someone like you, here we have six! (Shen Ting Bai, my favorite) I removed the female character.
2 - the story is beautiful, about true friendship, companionship, friendship between brothers, why not talk about generosity and kindness too
3 - there are no moments of romance, kisses, hugs but there is THE COURT, WANTING MUCH MORE THAN WANTING GOOD, DOING IT WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN, doing it because you love it.
4 - Get ready to be undecided between two VERY DISTINCT characters, and cry with the recruit you will hate the most.
5 - DON'T GIVE UP, VALE CADE SECOND WATCHED, for me as a story as I said, I wanted to have had the perspective of someone from China on the events of the time.

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Lunna
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 10, 2021
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
É um C-drama cheio de emoções e problemas que ocorrem entre os chineses e os japoneses, fazendo com que tivesse muita confusão e inimigos em todos os lugares.
Então é reaberta a Academia Militar do Arsenal para treinar os jovens. Aí então Xie Xiang resolve se inscrever no lugar do irmão que morreu.
Lá ela tenta manter um perfil discreto, porém com o nascer de uma amizade com alguns de seus colegas de classe esse segredo vai ficando cada dia mais difícil de guardar.
Gente, sério, recomendo demais, apesar que faltou algumas cenas de romance porém o foco do drama não é esse né?😅

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lyriabrokenwings
1 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2021
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Protagonistas femininas fortes, ação e romance na China da década de 20

Normalmente eu não gosto de dramas que tem personagens que assume outro gênero, eu acho um tema clichê e não gosto das interpretações, por isso, fiquei relutante em assistir essa série. Outro ponto que sempre me deixa desmotivada nas séries chinesas é a quantidade de episódios, já que eu costumo preferir séries mais curta. No entanto, essa série vale cada minuto!

O primeiro ponto que eu gostei na série é a protagonista feminina forte, ela precisa superar os próprios limites e esconder a verdadeira identidade em meio a um monte de homens, na China da década de 20. Além da protagonista as outras mulheres que aparecem na série também são fortes e com personalidade.

Um ponto que merece destaque é a ambientação e figurino. A produção da série é muito bacana, você é transportado no tempo.

Por fim, eu gosto da química do casal e o relacionamento de amor e ódio que acontece entre os dois. Você vai lentamente se encantando com o protagonista e torcendo pelo romance.

Essa é uma série bem completa com muita ação, comédia e romance. Além disso, ela foge da mesmice e faz com que você mergulhe em uma outra era.

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Melusinefandedrama
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 9, 2025
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.0

Somptueuse série

L'histoire
Nous sommes en 1915 en Chine, l'empereur a abdiqué, la première guerre mondiale est en route, les japonais veulent profiter du chaos pour s'étendre. L'école de formation militaire reprend du service, mais un élève n'est pas tout à fait prévu.

Cette série a un très gros budget : on voit plein de voitures anciennes très jolies (bon ok, pas forcément de 1915 mais on n'est pas à un anachronisme près, il y en a d'autres) . Les costumes sont là aussi incroyables.
Si je vous disais qu'on retrouve beaucoup d'acteurs/trices de la série Story of Yanxi Palace ? Et la musique aussi résonne similaire !
Ce qui j'ai le plus aimé c'est Xu Kai qui est époustouflant (il a eu des récompenses d'ailleurs pour ce rôle) et Bai Lu qui est vraiment crédible dans ce(s) personnage(s). Les personnages secondaires ne sont pas en reste, à vous de voir combien étaient dans Yanxi palace !
La seule chose que je n'ai pas aimé c'est le personnage de Qu Man Ting, qui fatigue au bout d'un moment.
En conclusion on rigole bien, on a des moments tristes (peu) et on apprend plein de choses sur l'histoire de la Chine !

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Lou Yi Qiu
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 22, 2021
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

He disfrutado cada episodio, de verdad

Este es mi drama favorito ahora mismo. Al principio no creí que pudiera sorprenderme tanto, pero fue toda una sorpresa para mi.

La ambientación, el reparto y la trama son elementos muy importantes y esta serie cumple con todos ellos. Por una parte, tiene una ambientación de diez, con escenarios preciosos, una dirección de cámara genial y muy buena forma de comunicar lo que pasa en cada momento, consigue que te metas de lleno en la historia y te atrape desde el principio. Sientes el miedo constante de que descubran el secreto de la protagonista.

Por otra parte, el reparto es brutal, con Bai Lu como personaje principal no esperaba menos. Bai Lu ha demostrado una gran habilidad para desempeñar su trabajo como actriz, he visto varias series de ella y en cada una es una persona totalmente distinta. Tiene sus rasgos como actriz, pero no deja que su personalidad entre en el personaje (al contrario que otras actrices que no voy a nombrar aquí), y eso es lo que construye a una buena actriz como ella. El personaje de Xu Kai a veces me resulta un poco molesto e incoherente, no voy a mentir, pero su habilidad como actor es inmejorable, es uno de los personajes más desarrollados de la trama, tiene un cambio paulatino desde el principio hasta el último episodio, y el actor es capaz de representar ese cambio, hace que te lo creas. Por último, el otro personaje destacable que me gustaría mencionar es Oda Hiroshi, interpretado por Gao Yu Er; creo que es una de las mejores villanas que he visto en un drama chino. Su personaje está bien construido desde el principio, sabes perfectamente que no pinta bien desde su primera aparición en escena, llegas incluso a sentir lástima por ella en algún momento. Es conmovedora y odiosa al mismo tiempo, y por supuesto el trabajo de la actriz tiene mucho que ver.

La trama quizás es algo densa, al principio cuesta coger el ritmo, yo no he sido capaz de ver más de cuatro capítulos seguidos de esta serie. Cada capitulo requiere atención y paciencia, no creo que sea una serie para ver de forma rápida, sino para apreciar la historia, entenderla bien y fijarse en cada detalle. Lo que más me gusta de esta serie es que el motivo principal no es el amor, sino el orgullo, la familia, los valores del ser humano. No quiero dar muchos detalles, solo espero que os animéis a darle una oportunidad y disfrutéis tanto como lo he hecho yo.

Si has llegado hasta aquí, muchísimas gracias!

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piruli
0 people found this review helpful
May 4, 2020
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 10
No me esperaba reirme tanto con este drama. Lo comencé basicamente porque tengo debilidad por las series donde la chica se disfraza de chico y este drama, que ya tenía buena pinta solo por el argumento, ha sobrepasado mis expectativas.
La historia parte de una premisa sencilla, una chica que ingresa a una Academia militar y tendrá que compartir habitación con el más rebelde de la Academia. Eso solo es la punta de iceberg, el contexto social y político está realmente muy bien desarrollado y con gran habilidad vas conociendo acontecimientos importantes de la época en ese pais puesto que muchos afectan a los personajes. Las distintas formas de pensar y vivir van viendose poco a poco creando una imagen muy amplia del contexto social. El vestuario y los escenarios son maravillosos.
No solo nos relata la vida de la protagonista sino que hay varias otras tramas que van confluyendo y uniendose. Los distintos personajes, sus distintas formas de ser, su pasado y presente van descubriendose poco a poco consiguiendo que te encariñes y conozcas muy bien a cada uno.
Sin duda lo que más me ha gustado ha sido la pareja protagonista (una pareja espectacular de la que voy a ver todo lo que hagan juntos). La química entre ellos es increíble (ya los había visto en “the legends” y también me enamoraron). Como se desarrolla su vida como compañeros de habitación, como se hacen amigos y como poco a poco sus sentimientos aumentan. Es un romance lento pero es de los que merecen mucho la pena ver… sobre todo por lo divertido que es el protagonista, ¡lo que me he podido reir con él! Cuando se metía con la protagonista o la chinchaba o intentaba camelarla me sacaba carcajadas. El actor lo ha hecho espectacularmente bien, su expresiva cara lo decía todo y contrastaba mucho con la cara más bien calmada de la protagonista. La protagonista es fuerte, decidida y valiente, me ha gustado mucho su carácter y forma de ser.
Una de las cosas que menos me han gustado han sido los múltiples triángulos amorosos de los que no soy muy fan pero han sabido hacerlo poco dramático y eso ayuda a que no me molestase verlo.
La trama se desarrolla de forma muy dinámica y amena, hay fluidez entre los momentos de drama, acción y comedia que consigue hacer la serie mucho más entretenida.
Un drama que lo tiene todo para convertirse en un gran favorito.
P.d: Tengo la canción que cantan a dúo los protagonistas y es parte de la ost en bucle, ¡qué bonita!

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