Till the End of the Moon

Redundant and Underwhelming

I went into Till the End of the Moon with high expectations because of all the hype and glowing reviews, but honestly, it ended up being quite disappointing. It was surprisingly hard for me to finish this drama—I practically had to force myself through the last stretch just to cross it off my list.
The biggest issue for me was the repetitive storyline. I understand that the plot is meant to loop through similar circumstances, but it became too redundant. After a while, it felt like watching the same arc play out again and again, and I gradually lost interest.

Another thing I absolutely dislike—and this drama leans heavily into it—is the trope where the lead pretends to be invested purely for some personal gain. Yes, I know this is common and the characters usually end up falling in love for real, but it’s a plotline I find frustrating, especially when the characters are supposed to be mature adults. It just made their dynamics feel less compelling to me.

If I’m being honest, the one thing that kept me motivated to finish was TanTai Jin’s face card, because the man is undeniably beautiful. Sometimes, aesthetics are enough to keep a person going—and in this case, they were.

Overall, while the production value is high and the leads are visually stunning, the storytelling just didn’t hold up for me. 6.5/10.

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TL;DR the acting and chemistry saved this for me...

I see a lot of reviews that agree but the chemistry between the whole cast and the acting where so phenominal! I was hooked! BUT I had to skip the last three episodes before the finale... the arcs are so repetitive and thats because the conlfict is always the same. It's like no one has any critical thinking skills and just believe whatever lies or conspiracies that the evil guys cook up... It got real irritating that Susu,,, after thousands of years with this man atp... could not conjure up even a little bit of faith in Jin Tantai to investigate the claims of the lord of monsters.... His clan members too! it makes no sense if you want me to think she's a cunning heroine and these are the heroes that the world relies on...

Edit: ALSO WHY CAN'T WE HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS??? I get that it was bittersweet, but after all those betrayals and false accusations, I wanted Jin Tantai to at least fulfull his dream of growing old w Susu and some kids.

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I'd be a millionaire if I was paid a cent every time Luo Yunxi vomited blood :)

This was truly a high budget, high-effort, and reasonably well-done project. I really enjoyed a lot of things in this drama, and I think it's quite a landmark for the Xianxia genre (which everyone is exposed to at some point watching C-dramas).

GOOD THINGS:

1. LUO YUNXI is fantastic. Genuinely one of the most expressive and talented actors of his generation. I have never seen a devil portrayed so mercilessly yet fantastically (yes, I have seen Zhang Ling He and Wang He Di). He's probably aided by his background as a dancer, and you can see it in the way he moves across the screen or expresses himself facially. This is also an INCREDIBLY dramatic role which I think many other C-drama actors would have done in a fake/unrealistic way, and I could truly not see another person in this role. I would watch this just for the acting. Other actors are very good as well E.g. Bai Lu, Chen Du Ling, Sun Zhen Ni.

2. The storyline is actually pretty interesting; there is a lot of world-hopping and parallel-universe stuff that's really beautifully portrayed. The costume designer and set designers for this drama were definitely working overtime, and the gorgeous scenes contributed to a sense of world-building here. The parallel storylines were actually influential towards the story's development besides being creative/entertaining in and of themselves, which I really appreciated. That being said, there is character development in this show, though I find it a little bit cliche and even overdone.

3. The OST is beautiful. I think that's the general consensus : ) I do think some of the songs are a little monotonous but overall this OST trumps a lot of other ones I heard. A similar drama I'd say that's not as complex but with a more beautiful OST is Love Between Fairy and Devil.

CRITICISMS:

1. Blood-vomiting and make-up was a little overdone. Doesn't detract from the overall drama to me, but I noticed a lot of people complaining about it.

2. An expansive number of plot inconsistencies*. I think this had the potential to be quite a good drama actually, but I felt it was TOO MUCH that was executed in a way that was NOT ENOUGH. I appreciated the amount of creative effort and inventiveness that went into this work, but the recent 40-episode rule in China really implicated this drama. It's based on a very long and very expansive novel, and by cutting certain scenes, things aren't quite contradictory but not well-explained either. I appreciate a culmination of beautiful ideas- I'm just not sure they were tied together well enough here.

3. I think a lot of the things are pretty cliche. The idea of a tortured soul falling in love and achieving a sort of spiritual salvation is pretty unoriginal, and Tantai Jin's troubled upbringing leading to his devilish downfall is another cliche I notice. It's a giant web of woven cliches with a twist, I'd say. I don't mind cliches, but I found them a little excessive to the point that they hurt some of the plot's suspense.

OVERALL, definitely worth a watch. Very aesthetically pleasing and honestly a pretty good watch the first time around. Only after reflecting does it feel a little weird : (
The hype is understandable whether you buy into it or not.

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Frustrating but good

The story was good. What I couldn't stand in this drama was the unecessary misunderstandings, the never learning from mistakes, the lack of communication on all levels possible, the blaming EVERYTHING on one person based on stereotypes and never doing any form of investigation to make sure you're punishing the correct person even though this is the heavenly realm which should believe in "innocent until proven guilty".

There were several points in the drama where I thought this will all go to shit and I'll just cry in the corner because of the sheer stupidy of the FL but sometimes she manages to redeem herself without me noticing and by the time I notice I go back to saying the same thing because she doesn't really learn untill the last 5 eps. I do like her character she doesn't let people trample on her and doesn't like conflict. (Biased cuz I like the actress)

The ML has the best character development in the entire world.

Conclusion: Well written very frustrating story with a bittersweet ending but from my perspective it was a happy ending. To each their own.





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All the characters I loved perished, new characters were introduced at around ep 30 onwards I was confused af and dissapointed. The one character I held most hatred towards, died TWICE and brought me so much happiness has returned but this time I no longer hated her which lead to more confusion.

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Guys don't watch if you have a soft heart like mine ??

I ended this drama in 2 days and lemme tell you something 😭😭 I wasn't ready for the heartbreak I'm suffering I've been crying for the past 2 hours and even rn I'm crying writing this. I thought it was a wholesome enemies to lovers drama and in the end as always they'll have a happy ending but nooooo it didn't the male lead deserved soo much better there wasn't a single person in the whole drama who didn't betray him atleast once ,but the one person who did take his side no matter what he had to kill him by his own hands like why would y'all do him soo dirty 💔😭 all he wanted was to live peacefully with his wife but nooo he couldn't even do that he fully deseeved becoming a villain yet he still didn't and even if you killed him in the let you should've let his wife die with him so atleast they'll both be together in the afterlife but noooo they had to be separated again 😔

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Where was love?!

I've never thought I would write a review but my frustration because of this drama is too high.
My rating might be too high, but I loved the music and the acting. The story, though… was just awful.
I just couldn't understand why he loved her so much. She was so awful and mean to him, and only sometimes was she nice and kind. She behaved like she had a borderline disorder. On the other hand, his "love" looked like a toxic attachment just because there were a few moments when she was nice.
I was going to drop this drama, but I wanted to know how it would end… Huge disappointment.

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Star-crossed lovers

I'll keep this short and major spoiler free, a little word of advice I can give is that if you want to leave this drama with a happy ending, end at episode 35, if you would like to see a tragic ending, watch till the end
All in all this is a very well acted story with intresting twists and turns, but I wouldn't recommend anyone to rewatch it since its a little bit predictable. I heard they cut down the episode length of it, which makes sense considering how slighly weird the editing can be at points. I think that its initial premise is good, but it unfortunatley fails to fully deliver after the halfway point. That doesn't mean its bad perse, but that it falls victim to the typical issues that plauge many c-dramas, misunderstandings for misunderstandings sake. Even when the characters are intelligent and could just clearly ask, they just don't because the writers need to prolong the story somehow.
The chemistry between the leads is good and is worth the watch, but the story can hold it back at points. Thats why i'm rating the plot 7 and the rewatch value 5, because while its very well produced, i can't ever imagine someone going through this again.
I already knew that it wouldn't be a happy ending, but I wasn't expecting it to have such a non-ending as it did. Like really? thats how you're going to make use of the final moments of the show?

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Great costume and acting

This is my personal opinions so please don't judge me.
What I like is the cast and their good acting skills, their beautiful costume, and the CGI. The storyline it's interesting but I think it's too much drama. What I mean is there's a lot suffering for ML. Bai Lu looks very beautiful here but I don't really like her character here. ML trying his best to prove that he can be a good person and change his destiny but the FL keep misunderstand him. The FL characters from the beginning till the end is no any improvement. Chen Duling acting skills was on point. But for the second couple I think they're storyline is a mess. This drama is good but I'm not feel 'the empty' after finishing this drama.

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You might want to skip the subplot and focus on the scenes with the main leads

First in Broker and now in this, Luo Yun Xi seems to be a pro at leaving the viewers heartbroken. I do not like these kinds of endings, I kept hoping that he would reappear or be reincarnated so they could actually meet again but nope. If going into the drama I had known this, I wouldn't have watched it but then I would have missed out on a decent drama with leads that share powerful chemistry.

Of course there are many scenes that were too dramatic but the show kept things interesting. However after all the suffering these two went through they deserved to be happy together.

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Star Crossed Lovers

This story is beautiful. The novel, Black Moonlight holds the BE Script by Teng Luo Wei Zhi, is one of my favorites. It's a good story and the chemistry between Bai Lu and Luo Yunxi is out of this world. From Love is Sweet to TTEOTM, I really can't get enough of them. However, I'm not a huge fan of the story. I know a lot of people like Bo'er Life, but it was too long for me, it dragged on too long that the storyline was messed up for me. I know why it was in there, but it was way too long, they didn't need the huge story. I enjoyed the YXW and original TTJ romance in the beginning. The LSS and CJM romance was rushed, it was crammed because of the 40-episode limit and the Bo'er Life/YXW and TTJ romance. This drama did not need all of the blood spitting, it's like every episode one of them spits out blood, it's unsettling. I think YBC had this epic potential but then just died out in the LSS and CJM era. The romance I loved the most was Pian Ran and Ye Qingyu. I loved them as a characters. Sun Zhenni portrayed Pian Ran beautifully, I loved their story, every bit of it. It's a great story, however, some of the scenes could be cut so the story wasn't so rushed in the end. If you don't have all of the story, it was surprising how LSS and TTJ had a child. Plus, Yue Fuya was in and out and in the end she wasn't necessary. This story definitely made my cry with the star crossed fated lovers story. The open ending was really nice, it wasn't sad nor happy, it's like a breath of fresh air. The ending seemed rushed, but I understand the 40-episode limit, and I know there was situations and whatnot. This is an amazing xian xia drama, but it's not the best ever. The lyrics to the songs were so emotional, and they really matched the scenes, but it's not the best OST I've heard. This drama is definitely worth watching, but however, not worth re-watching.

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