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Riveting, interesting and well executed!
This has blown me away! I really loved the story and I enjoyed the the way they had blended the manhua in. I felt that it dragged a bit towards the end, but that was mostly because Changge seemed to lose her smarts. Her quick wit was a large part of why the show worked. But I think that it is something that unfortunately often happens in dramas, once the FL and ML are established they tend to lean into being taken care of and apparently can’t remember their ingenuity that kept them alive till now 😅 Be prepared to have your heart broken, but also healed again. 2ML and FL are forever faveszWas this review helpful to you?
Recommended
What can I say. Excellent story line, directing, casting. The characters development are well-done.None of the 40 episodes is boring. Which is quite an achievement by itself.
No excessive romantic scenes.
Great acting from Dilraba, Leo Wu, Yuning & Zhao Lusi. Even the supporting roles are doing great acting.
Dilraba is so cool as Li Changge.
But the charm of this drama is Leo Wu’s acting. He delivered that maturity aura despite his young age during filming. If I didn’t know his real age, I would have thought that he actually few years older from Dilraba.
The actor who played Khan is exceptional - I pity him, his character is not easy 😅. The actress who played Khatun is also excellent.
Worth my time. Recommended.
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Best Chinese Historical Drama
Beautiful story, powerful portrayal of characters, amazing chemistry between leads and soothing music. Rewatched several times and fell in love with it. I really loved everything about this drama.If you like powerful female protagonists, this is a must watch for you. Dilraba rocked with her portrayal of the FL. Also ML and all other characters have their one of a kind stories. The story flows like river so you won't realize before its over. Also the drama highlighted different aspects of good and bad for peace which was really mature. Surrendering in a war does not mean defeat as long as prosperity and peace can be achieved. This type of people-centric leaders are rare in these type of chinese historical drama. This drama carries a very powerful message. So, I will give it a perfect 10!
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Loved it!
Pros:power couple vibes
the costume
the songs (my fav)
the entry of the male lead (chefs kiss)
the acting is great (got me crying a lot)
great story with great character development ( especially for leyan )
Cons:
the lack of kissing scenes ( got me craving cuz of the ml and fl's chemistry, i still love it tho )
A Dou's death is unforgivable ( I cried so much, and then fl is gonna find out ml's identity after is just painful )
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Need to WATCH THE LONG BALLAD!
The story Was really great! I love all the CHARACTERS, the OSTS, Especially the STORY itself.In the First Episode, we could see that LI CHANG GE ( Princess Yong Ning) ( DILREBA), LI LE YAN (Princess Yong Gan)
( ZHAO LUSI) , ASHILEI SUN (LEO WU), HAO DU ( LIU YU NING), WEI SHU YU (FANG YI LUN). This story is well-known as CHANG GE XING it talks about the life of LI CHANG GE. In the first episode was the soccer fight but in the first round of the game, Wei Shu Yu ( Shu Yu Ge Ge) got injured so in the second round of the game Li Changge become the substitute for Wei Shu Yu. After Winning the game Chang ge go to her second uncle's house and give him the precious dagger. And she returned home to the EAST Palace and meet her mom and dad but her dad got angry because Chang Ge Gave the dagger to the second uncle but not to him. Li Change should be the real crown princess but her family was murdered by her Second Uncle ( Ep 2-3) and she was removed to be the crown princess. Her Cousin LI LE YAN got the title of Crown Princess. In order to know who murdered her family, she will have revenge. She stoled the Crown Prince Stamp. But she didn't know that she would meet Ashilei Sun. Their feeling for each other got deep and deeper.
JUST GO AND WATCH IT TO KNOW THE STORY!!
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Swords and Promises
**INITIAL THOUGHTS OF THIS DRAMA, REVIEW/RATING SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS DRAMA PROGRESSES*This drama is off to a great start. There's a strong plot desperately attracting you into the story. The first drama I've watched in 2021 and one of the first historical dramas I've watched that held my attention. I'm really a goer for historical dramas with political struggles.
**All of these are listed in my opinion**
This drama includes a strong + smart male and female lead. However, I'm not feeling the chemistry between the two main leads. It isn't a big problem in the drama though because both are visually appealing. At least the second leads have good chemistry (Hao Du and Leyan) imo.
Battles and some other parts are illustrated as cartoons. I'm not liking this fact because it is live-action after all, not donghua. This catches me away from the plot, it's quite disturbing imo. At least it's better than a war scene with horrible CGI and little effort.
Also, it's sort of hard to figure out who is who (Li Shimin's officials (there are 3 I keep mixing up)).
The music is this drama is superb. I'm really enjoying the sound effects in the drama. The opening and ending OSTs are so heartwarming. That's what I love most about historical dramas, the OSTs are amazing!!!
**I will most likely add more to this review**
**Also note that my ratings for rewatch values are always lower because I'm not a fan of rewatching dramas, even if they're good. It ruins the drama if you ever rewatch it despite knowing the entire plot. I might watch snips and clips but definitely not the whole drama**
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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair
This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.
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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.
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IF U HVNT WATCH THIS UR MISSING OUTTTTTT
AND IM TELLING U PLS, IF U HVNT STARTED THIS OR WATCH THIS UR MISSING OUTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!! ALL THE CASTING IN HERE U WILL NVER SEE THE SAME IN ANOTHER CDRAMA AHA. THE STORY, THE OST, THE CASTS, MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!! I WILL LOVE THIS FOREVER AND FOREVER EVER EVERRRRRRRRRRRR. THE BEST THING I'VE EVER WATCHWas this review helpful to you?
A huge miss
Everything is here for this drama to be a great one but they decided to portray a "strong woman" as a dumb woman who barely knows how to fight. Since the beginning i found her dumb but i was waiting for a character development since she was still naive. They introduced her like a smart girl but she barely uses her brain.I was watching and saying "why doesn't she investigate what really happened ?", because we all know sometimes we see some things and guess but it's not really what happened.
I knew i was going to drop it when she attacked her uncle knowing he's stronger than her. I hate dumb main characters than think they're smarter than everyone else.
I know i'm harsh i didn't even watch 10 episodes to jugde this drama to be not that good but since i don't like Leo Wu (i find his acting really stiff), i apparently don't like the FL and since there isn't any chemistry between them i don't see why i would torture to myself to watch someting knowing i'd scream at the FL.
I find the beginning of the plot messy af.
It's a little all over the place but whatever i don't want to waste my time anymore.
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Bad timing!
This one is a "me problem" again! The story was actually interesting, even though the female lead was getting on my last nerve. I enjoyed it while I was watching, but I missed a couple of episodes during the original airing and just never went back. I honestly don't think I ever will. Once the momentum is gone, it’s gone! 😶Was this review helpful to you?
Its overrated...!!
Story :: the story is typical princess revenge type story...there is nothing so new about the story...i have seen so many dramas in that story..that's why story is quite good for me...The direction was good.. Production seems to be okay for me...
Cast:: this drama casted so many popular and great actor/actress i think... Zhao lusi :: le yan... I think It's absent in main manhua...nothing significant about her role..this kids badly need some improvement in her dialogue delivery, and expressing emotions..its really long way to go..
Dilreba:: Li changge...because she is the main female lead i think she really should do much hard work than any other actors in this drama..Her acting is not that convincing...Previously its happened to me that i liked her appearance,and look but i had to dropped that drama for her awful acting.. I know she has a huge fan following but i spent my time and money not only for her face..come on..! In this drama she needs to potray as a man. What is most hilarious about that is she wears lipstick and eyeshades even nail pain in portraying the 'male look''.. I mean seriously?? Her crying scene not that convincing also..u have a great potential girl why Don't u just learn some acting?? I m sorry i must say she is fit for the 'Li changge' character... There are so many dramas she fitted perfectly..
Leo wu::..Ashile sun.. I know him since my whirlwind girl..he had a great chemistry with seven tan..he has grown up but besides dilreba he looks like her little brother (i had no doubt about that).. I think dilreba put some wt, thats why she looks really aged, thats not the prblm but with imagining her with leo wu its really uncomfortable.. I Couldn't enjoyed them together..they can choose another actor rather than leo wu..but his acting skills is good..
Hao du...:: this is the only character that convinced me to watch the series...but less screen time..this is my first time to watch of his.. He did really well..
Overall :: i couldn’t made myself attracted to this drama.. May b later i will try to watch this once Again... ((Possibility 10%)) if in the beginning of the drama i found myself not convinced with the character that palyed by the actors,i dropped that drama..that goes same to this drama...
Don't take it as a offensive way...i m not a great cdrama fan though... But i have watched countless cdrama(specially costume drama))...so i wrote this review according to my experience... Thank u..
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