Till the End of the Moon

best xinxia 100%

Best effect , best actors and actress, best storyline,best romantic couple,best kissing ,love the Bailu and Luo Yunxi costume.
it's so perfect. every episode is worth to wait. i like the fantasy effect cgi .
i like the bounding between major actor and actress.and of course i love Luo yunxi and Bai lu couple. uhmm make me got the feeling of sad , happy, and others .
this drama have many talented actors and actress . many hours spending efforts to this drama. im very appreciate this.
i saw behind the scene and i saw they do so many times to make one scene perfect.Good job everyone.
PERFECT!! keep the good work..!!

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Loved the premise, not so much the execution

Thoughts:
- oh my god the blood spitting, half the time everyone on screen had bloodied mouths
- there were several storylines (lives) of MCs that didn't really connect that well, at the end it seems it's just too complicated for no good reason, but there was no amnesia thankfully
- the MCs never really come together, one is always angry at the other, it seems like it was just endless running in circles! He became the devil god like three times already before the final one. There were so many unnecessary developments that sidetracked the main story
- I loved that he actually became the dreaded devil god, but I don't understand why she didn't love him, it was still mostly him, just more evil!! He was still the same old softie below the facade
- I feel like a lot of the things made absolutely no sense and were invented just so they could spin the story whichever way they wanted

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the last two episodes of the all-powerful devil god 🔥🔥

I disliked the ending. I hated that their resolution was for the devil god to be killed out of existence.

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Probably My Love & Hate Chinese Fantasy Drama

Honestly, i watched this because it just wouldn't leave my netflix front page, it would always show up. So bet, watched it and i did not expect how good this show was going to be.

First off, I'm very much that guy who's really eagle eyed when it comes to CGI and cinematography as well since i studied animation for a year. Immediately, i noticed the CGI Effects, i really like the vision that the people behind this wanna show to us viewers, it's fire and that's the thing that will always draw me in in these types of shows, is the VISION, but i can't really help but judge the effects since sometimes it's very jank and it doesn't blend in sometimes. You see, i just watched 'The Longest Promise' before this and that drama had the cleanest cgi that i've ever seen from a Chinese Fantasy drama, it's not perfect it had some flaws, but it's not jarring for the most part, but mind you that dramas doesn't have a grand vision unlike this one. And it's very EPIC as well, like the opening episode of this drama, so epic, again it's the OVERALL VISION URGGHHH!!!

The story honestly, what sold me in this like around episode 3 is the Romance Aspect and the Dynamic of ML and FL as well. The Romance aspect is so so good. In the beginning, the romance is non-existent cuz i thought this was something like a revenge drama, i mean it is, but i actually did not expect it to turn out the way it did, though it's kinda very obvious as well that there's a chance that it might happen, but what really carried it in the early parts of the show is the dynamic of the Main Couple plus the off the charts chemistry from their actors, that's what i kept clicking the next episode for and the way it developed later on, is soo good! Literally every turning moment in the later parts i kept saying "ugh! i can see why it's till the end of the moon, shit! literally till the end of the moon!". I hate it in dramas where the characters are playing tug of war with each other's feelings like the break up-make up cycle, i find that really toxic, especially in real life, but here, i don't know how the writers did it, but it's done really well, it's not annoying at all. I haven't mentioned the other plot of this show, which is the fighting/magic aspect, that's because i find it just okay, again mostly because of the jarring effects, but i like the vision that they're trying to portray, i don't think i have much to say about it, i mean it's there, it's okay, but i think if you set that all aside and look at only the Romance aspect this is more than just a 10/10 because they really nailed the part, but in my heart, i know it's a 10. Also, that dream arc, really surprised for how well written that arc was, they actually invested a lot of time and effort for that arc, but i just couldn't really get invested in that arc, because this is just a dream, why else would i care about it? and it was such a long arc as well, i almost got checked out in this series by the end of that arc, i know it had a contribution to the overall story, but i think they could've made it shorter.

The Characters, i think all of them got overshadowed for how good the Main Couple were and their actors as well, ugh!! Like this is my first time with these actors/actresses and My gawd... ML and FL didn't have to go this hard, you can really feel that they are being pushed to the limit. Like the director on the set was probably like "Come on! I know you can do more!" they are so goated actors that i don't know why i feel bad because there's a lot of blood spitting scenes here, especially with ML. And FL, was trying to stop myself from liking her as an actress because i still have a lot of drama from other actresses that i want to watch. I don't want to add more on my plate, i don't wanna get invested, but oh my god! she's just such a good actress you know? and i really like her playful/bubbly acting, she's really really cute when she does it. The writing of their characters itself is also good, i really like how it started and how it developed along the way, though there are some few ass pulling plot convenience, but that's just a minor complaint of mine. And i say overshadowed by ML and FL, i joke, there are other side characters that i really like as well. For example Ye Qing Yu, i love him as a brother character, he is done really well, especially in the later parts when he's standing before ML not as his General, but as a brother of FL, the scripting is so so good and I love her dynamic with Pianran, their side plot romance is really cute and really tragic as the same time. I also like Nian baiyu as well, he's such a goated side character because he has a big contribution to ML's characterization. Xiao Lin, i think he's a decent character, he was ok written, and when he's on screen he's hitting all the points to make his character standout. During the dream arc as Sang You, he was mostly passive, and as Gongye Jiwu he's also great, but i wish they spend a little bit more on him questioning his own existence you know, that was really good and at the end as well though he kinda became annoying a little. I really don't like Ye bingchang, she was written to be that weak minded character and i don't get how she didn't even develop that much at all, all of her incarnations are annoying as well, though her devil incarnation was really good because its the culmination of all her incarnations combined into one. The rest of the side characters, most of them are okay, there are a lot of them and most of them we didn't even have the time to explore so it ended up most of them getting wasted

The music, oh my god! it's so good, i love all of the OST here, they know how to do it and when to put it in which moments, combine that with the top tier acting and well written scenes, it's soo good. The music really did a good job at elevating this drama, though i would minus a point for it since sometimes it's loud, like louder than the dialogue of the character.

Other than that, i don't think i have any more critiques or complaints for this drama, it is really good, though i hate to rate it higher, but i just can't deny how good it is. Go watch it if you like these kinds of drama and the chemistry of Main Couple Actors here is so good too.

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Idk why it has to be so painful

It's a love story about sacrifices, learning, sharing and most annoyingly, MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

Personal favourite lines:
“如今我拿走你的邪骨，还你一条仙髓，你不会再成为魔神了。”
“我是第一次做人丈夫，不懂得如何去爱一个人，这么久以来，也没为你做过什么，等我开始懂了，你却什么都不想要了。”
“如果有的选，我真的好希望可以和你永远待在那片竹林茅舍里，就这样平淡地度过一生。”
“是你彻底改变了我，我学会了喜欢、期盼、酸楚还有许许多多的美好。”
“我曾经想保护你，却把你骗得团团转。我曾经想拯救你， 却把六枚灭魂钉打进你的心口。我曾经想跟你相守一生， 白头到老， 如今也无法老去了。我没想到，我的存在 生来便是为了你的死去。” “没关系。苏苏，我这一辈子好辛苦 就由你来帮我结束。”

What I enjoyed:
• Acting: Luo Yun Xi's acting is solid here, with sufficient microexpressions but not overboard to communicate his character. This is not easy as the character is a... very complicated one with multiple facets to him. I also enjoyed Chen Du Ling's acting here... as much as I would like to not admit that LOL because of how annoying her character is but I guess she really brought her character to life?! Just, UGH though.
• Story progression: Kinda, as they do round up the story to avoid any big loopholes.
• Casting: I guess Luo Yun Xi really fit his role as a 病怏怏 sickly ML cuz of how he was being treated so he's like supposed to be really malnourished??? Bai Lu is also really cute in her role as someone innocent who taught the ML emotions, in contrast to the cold and emotionless ML.
• Love story between the ML and FL: When things are cute, it is very cute and I would very much want things to stay that way infinitely :) Luo Yun Xi and Bai Lu's chemistry with one another is cutee.
• Really pretty names: I really like how they're written in Chinese, feels very poetic. My favourites are 冥夜 (Ming Ye), 澹台烬 (Tan Tai Jin), 叶夕雾 (Ye Xi Wu), 桑酒 (Sang Jiu), 翩然 (Pian Ran).
• Characters: I love 冥夜 and 澹台烬 - while I can't understand 100% of the time, I feel so pained for Tan Tai Jin :( (Just not super into him killing whenever he's triggered but I guess that's the character ahh) Also I love 护妻狂魔 MLs hahahaha (literal translation is "Wife Protector" I guess? Someone who really dotes on their wife and prioritises them on top of everything else ya know)
• Good OSTs: Not the best but enjoyable, I am biased towards OSTs by 刘宇宁 - all the songs he's been doing for all these period dramas they're all so good AHHHHH.

Parts I am (kinda/very) annoyed about:
• Acting: Not hating but I wish Bai Lu had differentiated more between the different characters she portray? They felt like the same person to me, from Sang Jiu to Li Su Su to Ye Xi Wu (except for the bad Ye Xi Wu before Su Su travelled back in time)
• MISUNDERSTANDINGS: EXPECT LIKE 10,000 MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN THE ML AND FL. Like omg. I can't. I was on the verge of dropping the drama around 26 episodes in I was SO ANNOYED OMG. If it's just misunderstandings it's ok, but it's the number of zero development between the ML and FL. I don't get it, they were doing ok with sweet scenes then bam 1 misunderstanding then it's all about killing each other > that and repeat another 10 times and that's the entire drama. I felt SO DRAINED IT'S SUPER TOXIC. Ok I really tried to put myself in the FL's shoes and I understand why she reacted certain way it's perfectly understandable from all the traumas she went through but it's just really annoying to the viewers it felt like zero progression between the leads, the trust between them crumbles so easily it's weaker than my CNY love letter cookies man. Around episode 20-30 I really wanted to slap the drama upside down and I would, if I could physically do it. That said, the portrayal of the ML character by Luo Yun Xi is so good that he basically hard carry the emotions for me not to drop.
• Story: Idk, I've watched many dramas with similar stories - demon lord ML with saviour FL, 剧本杀 (uh like roleplaying in another story?), multiple timelines - so it's not something new to me (BUT NOT A MINUS POINT- cuz it could be just me who doesn't find these new or interesting)
• Progression: Could have made it a 30~35 episodes thing, it felt like they tried to squeeze too many things in and it muddled the waters. Could have a shorter episode allocation to Ming Ye and Sang Jiu's story and focus on the impact more. And save at least 1 misunderstanding between ML and FL in their Tan Tai Jin and Ye Xi Wu's lifetime.
• Makeup: Okay I guess they want to make the demon lord look more ~glam~ but it's kinda awkward when ML is like 10 times more glammed up than the FL hahaha
• Production: Idk what happened, just annoyed at how the words on the voiceover don't match what the actors are mouthing. It seems like the production changed the script during the voiceover?? It took me out of the story - it's like when you're into a scene then suddenly bam! The mouth shapes and the voice doesn't match at all.
• Attention to details??? Like 盛国's king's crown - it has two swishy beads hanging off the left and right tip of the crown's top and then in some scenes it was only left 1 I just found it funny.
• Too many blood vomiting scenes haha - I do enjoy some good blood vomiting but too much just makes me numb like uh ok they're vomiting blood again sure.
• There's more 虐 (torture?) than 甜 (sweet) scenes... _:(´ཀ`」∠):_
• Ending is??????????? I don't usually fault HE/BE/OE but this ending is...? Like whatever happened to some other characters can you at least show me a bit more they felt kinda forgotten and collateral damage at some point. Very wasted after all the development :\

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I hate this drama or anything - I did enjoy it! But it just really tire me out a lot.

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Love everything but not the story line

Love this drama so much. The cast is super! the productions and all hard works paid off nicely. Only the storyline is a bit weird at the end. Lots of misunderstandings which were sometimes too silly. The acting of both leads are better than any other dramas. The drama separated into 3 parts, once I watched part 2, I already forgot part 1. All part are lovely. Highly recommended. I love the 2 leads so I went to watched their first drama together called "Love is sweet". This drama is like 2nd season of TTEOTM. They both lovely and had a happy ending.

Edited: Rewatch value 10 as I rewatched it 5 times already....

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It's an entertaining watch . The acting is amazing specially Luo cause we could always connect with him . In many dramas I feel like why did he that but he expressed his emotions really well. The production team did a great job . The growth of his character was gradual .Beautiful costume, great cgi and the fighting scenes are so well coordinated. The chemistry between the leads was so good. Even in a story mainly focused on agnst they were able to give us moments that would give us butterflies . Not a big fan of second couple but the sfl did well in playing the villian role.
Third cp was such great addition to the drama. I liked pian rian bond with ye xiwu and ttj

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Lisusu’s love is all the Tantai Jin needed in his life.

TTEOM is an amazing show with great story line, amazing cast, great scenes, loveable and cute romantic scenes, breathtaking beauty and heart throbbing climax. The scenes and the emotion were portrayed amazingly by the cast, giving the best to the character. I really enjoyed it, and rewatched it also. The another thing that i really love about it is its amazing osts , seriouly they were the best ever. The scenes and the osts are being use in other reality shows as recommendation and as the role model for others. I feel so happy. I can guarantee that any one who watches this show will not disappoint and will recommend others to watch it and rewatch like i am doing,,heheh.
The love story is heart throbbing its like you are watching it first handedly and you are experiencing their love an pain clearly. I cried many times during this show. But i laughed my ears out too. I think that is the Beaty of amazing shows , that they engage their viewers into their world and let them experience the whole story.. marvellous…just amazing.

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You have to enjoy angst

==Breakdown==
Background plot - 25%
Romance - 65%
Misc comedy - 10%

Background plot - Excellent
Romantic chemistry - Excellent
Misc comedy - Good
Production value - Excellent

Things I loved:
1. The romance is the story. Thus, this is a romance. My favorite.
2. Sometimes, if the romance is the story, the plot and the world building feel a tad lacking. Not this time. The plot (twists and turns, etc.) were PERFECTION, which made the romance story so much better.
3. Okay, the chemistry between the ML and FL. Holy cow. The chemistry. 1000x this chemistry. I was feeling the chest aches from episode 3 onward (my favorite).
4. The happy times were so cute and satisfying. Even though I enjoy the angst, it has to make sense; it always did, and periods of sadness were followed by satisfying periods of just the most adorable, lovely interactions. <3 LOVE <3
5. The characters were flawed and how great is that?? No one was perfect, everyone had issues, they were all doing their best. Based in a fantasy world, their characters and motivations felt realistic and relatable.
6. The battle scenes and actions scenes were so well done. I actually watched them (I usually don't)
7. Artistic direction!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!!! So many shots felt like a painting. The artistic direction enhanced the story and I love that for us.
8. She's a badass.
9. He's also a badass.
10. They save each other multiple times.
11. The kiss scenes looked like they were actually kissing, not like weird fish smashing lips that we sometimes get with C and K dramas.
12. No overuse of dramatic staring contests.

Things I didn't love:
1. That it ended. It should've continued forever. *CRIES IN CDRAMA*

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Tragic Misunderstandings... but the chemistry kept me going.

STORY: A woman goes back in time to defeat a demon lord who caused so much chaos and death in the future. She plans to humanize him so she can kill his demon bones and then kill his actual body. So, you already know heartache ensues.

ACTING: As soon as my favorites were announced as the leads in this drama, I was HIGHLY ANTICIPATING it because I love them in Love Is Sweet & I love any of my favorites in a good costume drama.

Luo Yunxi + Bai Lu owe me some money for the therapy sessions because from beginning to end this drama made my emotions go on an intense rollercoaster ride. I barely caught a moment to breathe when they were happy times in here then we were back to angst.

Let's talk about Luo Yunxi as Tantai Jin. He is the BEST character in the show and low-key saved the whole show. I always knew Luo Yunxi could act, but he showed out in this drama. He expressed his emotions so well in his eyes and voice so I always feel so deeply any emotion he is conveying. I dare say... he is the best when it comes to that. He completely won me over with this performance as all 3 characters... TOP 3 C-Drama actors. I even love him over my fave Bai Lu now.

Bai Lu as Li Su Su | Ye Xi Wu | Sang Jiu. So, first things first Bai Lu is tied as the #1 favorite C-Drama actress… so any role she plays I am going to try my best to love... and that was the case for her role in this drama. I understood her character's role in avenging her people and I had no problem with that, but it got to a point where I was a bit exhausted. Luckily, her character "redeemed' herself. Besides that, I did love how fun and spunky her character was and how creative she was in coming up with plans to make Tantai Jin fall in love with her.

Deng Wei. I am always rooting for his success in Dramaland since I loved him so much in Miss the Dragon. I liked how honorable and kind Xiao Lin was, but hated Gongye Ji who was so pretentious.

Ran + Qing Yu were the dark horse characters and couples here and deserved so much better than what they got.

MUSIC: The intro song (The World I Love by Liu Yuning) sets the tone for every episode while the outro song (Black Moonlight by Zhang Bichen + Mao Buyi) leaves us in our somber thoughts with all the misunderstandings that goes on in here. The OST was so top-tier & memorable... I pretty much added them all to my list. My favorites were Boundary by Tia Ray, Let's Be Like This For 1000 Years by Huang Xiaoyun & Silent Moon by Hu Yanbin because these 3 songs played during my favorite scenes.

RE-WATCH VALUE: I low-key already re-watched my favorite parts already, but I can see myself re-watching this for Tantai Jin, one of my favorite male lead characters ever.

OVERALL: I say this was more of a character-driven story than a plot-driven story which can be good or bad depending on what you are looking for. Luo Yunxi + Bai Lu did what needed to be done for me to love this drama & I really hope they bless us with one more drama with them as the leads.

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Great story!...(just had to shut half of my brain off to continue)

After finishing the first 5 episodes of this drama I figured I'll have to shut half of my brain off to continue watching. I figured I'll have to ignore the heavy eyeliner and makeup on Leo Lou. Ignore that all the characters go to sleep pretty and wakes up pretty. I wanted to continue because the drama have a very strong concept. It tells of the main lead, Tantai Jin, who's fate is to be none other than the Demon God. Our main FL is Li Susu, whose main focus is to save to the world from the destruction of the Demon God. The concept of the story is refreshing and intriguing to watch. I really like the idea that the biggest and baddest villian the protagonist.
Leo Lou did such a fantastic job protraying his character, that made me pity, hate, and love Tantai Jin. Because he have so much screen time, his character was the most rounded of all, but no arguments with that decision because the story revolved mainly around his choices and his will to break free of his fate. Although it took me about 30-ish episodes to get use to his eyeliner (makeup artist was very invested in glamming everyone up), I was finally able to accept it. It was not horrible, just heavy.
Since the writers poured all their attention into building Tantai Jin, I feel they lacked in creating good supporting characters. All the supporting leads seemed very linear and have no growth in their characters, especially our second couple. Their loved was forced and seemed to have a lot of blurs in between. It would have been better if they would just start their relationship like our third couple (the general and fox). Despite their limited screen time, I seem to understand and feel their love and was sadden when they did not end up together. The second couple, I wouldn't care less. Despite that, all the actors and actresses as a whole did a beautiful job portraying their characters with the limited screen time they have.
Another thing I would applaud is the CGI, especially for the attention to the environment. It really added the fantasy into this xanxia drama. The Demon relam and the immortal relam awed me in addition to all the effects of the powers used within each episode.
Not sure if I will rewatch this show again, but I feel it was worth it for me to go all the way to the end to find out how Tantai Jin will change his fate.

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