Till the End of the Moon

Why, Just why?

To start, I am a big fan of the actors and i genuinely have no qualms with them but this drama made me question myself.
So to clarify it has some great music and sets as well as the cinematics are all super beautiful but in terms of story it ranks abnormally low for me. It actually felt like I saw the same thing happening three times and that too the result in every situation was the same. Only LYX's character felt like it had depth everyone else just kept on making the same mistakes and at a certain point the story becomes so predictable that it takes away the emotional effect it should have on you. I won't lie the first two phases of the drama were absolutely class but the last one just threw everything off.

If you have to ask me for a recommendation, I would say that watch it if you are a fan of any of the leads otherwise if you just have too much time and want to see something beautiful, go ahead! But don't expect it to be extremely surprising in terms of story and the writing!

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Melodrama, stock characters and not even mediocre writing

Beautiful visuals are probably the only positive aspect of this show.

The main issue is the subpar writing - basically just haphazardly stitched together tropes with abundance of melodrama. The intention, i think, was some sort of star-crossed lovers & with bad-boy-saved-by-love story, the result makes cheap day-time telenovelas seem like quality tv.
Honestly, the only criteria for the plot seemed to be over-the-top angst and the absence of logic. The emperor? The scared brother with parental issues? The amount of torment dished out to ML? And what about the clothing - if you make a storyline about ML not having warm clothing in winter, can´t you let everybody wear warm clothes? How am I to take it seriously when half the cast is in chiffon?? And for godsake, can´t you let them sleep without the ridiculous headpieces? (I know this one is truly silly, but given the overall problems, it irked me so much).
The FL in the first few episodes is painfully stupid, her decisions driven by nothing else but topping up the already exaggerated situation (example: XY explains what has to happen and how she needs to go and do this and that, FL says ok and stops and watches bad things happen so you can have here cry and shout uselessly - otherwise we would not get that this is a severe problem, oh no, just world ending, without the crying heroine, how would i know?!). And then suddenly she turns into the perfect actress - and competent fighter and responsible member of society without any issue despite the fact till that point she was a spoiled idiotic villainess.

All (main couple included) the characters are paper-thin stick figurines, driven by the magical plot-said-so-shut-up without any personality, stable traits or logical motivation. A scene to scene their behaviour changes for no good reason aside from what sort of trope the scene had to convey.
The show tried to cover up the lack of care for the characters by the tragedy and melodrama and... a sense of forbidden fruit, i guess (psychopathic male lead, the steamy scenes - ah, another plus, the kissing scenes are realistic not the usual barbie dolls), but it´s not enough - definitely not for this type of show. Instead of taking time to develop them, to make me as a viewer care about the story and its inhabitants, they just rushed to epic fights and emotionally hightened moments (where the stakes are so high, it´s almost laughable) for a momentary entertainement but without any substance. (I think i would enjoy it more, if the ML stayed evil and just went around murdering anybody).

The subpar writing is probably a reason why the acting seemed... less than idea (ML switching from besotted to trademark evil to constipated to blank model face randomly; a character talking suddenly in deep voice and being all powerful and suave just because she turned evil). But i will admit the choice for the ML was great - the actor looks like tragical heroine suffering from consumption with just the right amount of decadence, so at least they had that going for them.
As for the main couple - yes, their chemistry is nice to watch, as long as you forgot the ridiculous plot (the weriters surely seemed to - early happy frolling in the snow and then hurray, our main guy is emotionless psychopath again) and take them as generic FL and ML in tropey situations.

Can be used as background show for the pretty visuals and brainless nonsense.

Or even better - if you enjoy xianxia and are deseprate for something good, go watch Love between fairy and the devil, this one is really waste of time. (Did they make LBFD as an angry response to this drivel? It does sound like that.)

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Best fantasy drama of 2023

First episode got me literally so hooked to the drama i love the chemistry between all the characters the ending made me shed many tears it was truly a masterpiece and it was the first time i ever spent money on drama pass just to watch the episodes early. I looked forward to ever episode when it was streaming and when the last 2 episodes were streaming in the morning i just shed so many tears truly one of the best fantasy dramas I’ve watched rewatched about 3 times now and still cry over tantai jin and ye xiwu. The ost are literally the best ost I’ve ever heard literally listening to immortal bird rn and thinking about tantai jin and ye xiw. This drama holds a special place in my heart now its my roman empire.

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"Till The End of The Moon" is one of the best cdramas I've ever watched.

Susu is a woman who goes back in time to stop a man named Tantai Jin from becoming the devil god and destroying the entire world. To do so, she assumes the identity of Ye Xi Wu, Tantai Jin's wife, and her mission is to destroy his evil bone, which means killing him before he becomes evil. But the problem is that, as she spends time with him, Susu discovers that Tantai Jin is not a bad person, but the way he is being treated will turn him into someone bad. So, she tries to make him fall in love with her, thinking that this way he won't become bad. The twist here is that Tantai Jin is a liar and that was his plan all along: to deceive her, because he was not innocent.

The couple basically has three lives throughout the drama: first we see Ye Xi Wu and Tantai Jin, then we have Sang Jiu and Ming Ye, and lastly Susu and Jiu Min. In all their lives, they made a beautiful couple <3

I was dragging my feet to watch this drama because I knew it wouldn't have a happy ending, as most dramas of this style barely have one. Couples who become enemies are a recipe for someone to die in the end. HAHA!
But I'm glad I watched it, this drama is incredible, it's a spectacular production in every sense. The couple's chemistry is simply perfect, with sweet and passionate moments. The kissing scenes really surprised me and Tantai Jin is a very intriguing character, sometimes he seems like a villain, sometimes he seems very sweet, he's a mystery. I wanted a happy ending for him, but I understand why he had to die, it was his way of redeeming himself for everything.

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This is an absolute masterpiece

What a fantastic gem 💎. The most beautifulI drama I have ever watched over more than 200. I didn’t prioritize watching this great show and I regret. It is absolutely gorgeous and addictive. It has all, so moving, emotional, cute, sadness, Joy, heartbreak, tragic, epic, beautiful love story, fights, Fantasy, everything you can enjoy in this drama style.
The story is amazingly staged, well articulated and rich, you never get bored along these 40 episodes
First, I love the ML, Tantai Jin is everything, handsome, dark, cute, pityfyl, lovable, attaching, majestuous. The actor becomes one of my preferred chinese actors as whenever I see him in a show, he is doing great.
I also like the FL, who is also doing great. They are such a beautiful couple, with wonderful chemistry.
Never cried so much in front of a drama.
This is really a must to watch, and it is my favorite in this style.

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masterpiece one of the best xianxias

ok lets start with the chemistry between luo yunxi and bai lu, literally romeo and juliet, ofc they have a 2nd drama, their relationship went like enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to death and he loved her and never gave up on her throughout the whole story even when li susu/ ye xiwu “betrayed” him unconditional love at its finest and how they were also lovers in their past lives, taking abt their past lives, chef’s kiss, i cried so hard when cdl’s character killed her clan and how she misunderstood luo yunxi’s character, making her hate him and he still ended up sacrificing himself for her. needless to say this drama had so many misunderstandings i couldnt count them on my fingers+toes i dropped this when li susu came back to her tine and pretended not to know tan taijin like just talk bro and when she finally accepted him, he became the demon king and had to act like one, he made her hate him again and ended up sacrifing himself for her AGAIN i was bawling my eyes out at least 5 times throughout this whole drama. and pianran and ye xiwu’s brother (i forgot his name), i wish they had a happy ending i absolutely loved pianran and xiwu never found out that she died?? also when xiwu’s brother was revealed to be reborned as a king (or something i forgot) i wish they couldve met so badly. ok lets talk abt chen duling’s characters now, literally the perfect villain and its lowk justified sometimes i have no words she pulled this off so well. ok now to bailu’s acting, whenever she cries i cry it always feels so authentic i have no words and the osts??? all of them hits the spot right i have no words this drama is an absolute masterpiece

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THEY PLAY WITH MY HEART SOOOOO MUCH

If I have to describe this whole drama it feels as if they took my heart and place it on a mixer then turned it on, on a max level. Not gonna lie I was struggling to finish this at first but when I was in the middle of the show (around ep 14-16) I just can't take my eyes off of this and just finish the whole show in just like one sitting. It started with some basic trope about the MC has to kill the ML because of something but then they'll fallen in love at last yada yada yada but NO IT'S NOT SOME BASIC TROPE YOU THINK IT WAS, because they took it on the next level. The plot gets better every new episodes, it just gets better and the effect/graphic dang it was indeed chef's kiss AND THE OST wow it just so good like the placement on some scene is just so perfect, I was a bit picky about the placement of the ost on the scene or which part of the song came out like whether it was the intro part, the reff part or anything but I was pleased about this one since I think music really helped to build the atmosphere and this one is fine I think. I'm not gonna explain that much but my only advice to those struggling to continue this (which I doubt since this drama is just saur good) just trust the process y'all this got some insane plot and graphic that's just so pleasing to watch.

p.s english is not my first language pls don't come at me.....

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Not sure if I watched the same show

I'm trying to decide if I should give TLEOTM a rewatch and see if there is something I missed in the first watch that made everyone love this and rate it as one of the best Xanxia/Wuxia ever. I still can't understand how the relationship between FL & ML ever passed over from disgust to undying love. I loved Bai Lu and Luo Yun Xi in Love is Sweet, so it'ts not the actors, just the plot. I could not for the life of me figure out how the ML ended up being such a simpering fool who just kept getting himself in line for more smacks in the face from the FL, and kept coming back for more. He went from the most horrific being in all the universes to such a sucker... Like I said, maybe I need to watch again because as much as I had been looking forward to it and wanted to love it, I just couldn't,

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[XinXia] [Enemies to Lovers - Cursed love with NO redemption]

I watched this after Love Between Fairy and Devil because I saw the comparisons of DongFang Qing Cang and TanTai Jin...so I watched it to compared the two Devil Gods....they are both loved equally...I am sorry. HOWEVER, the main FL, Li SuSu is the most frustrating character if it weren't for TanTai Jin I would of dropped it. He carried the drama hard. It gives the Devil God who didn't have a choice but to be born "evil" he goes through all this tribulations in the mortal realm because he is supposed to be the DG. Can you imagine the pain and infliction a human must have to endure that? He is pitiful and shameless but you can't help but root for him. If you love seeing the ML to receive injustice, be misunderstood over and over, hated on, betrayed, hurt, mistreated and have not a lick of redemption...this is for YOU!

Luo YunXi's acting in here is amazing, he really dives into all of his characters he plays in this drama (Ming Ye, Taitan Jin, Jiu Min, and the Devil God) effortlessly. They are ALL distinguishable and great. His micro expressions with his eyes are quick and impactful.

Bai Lu always does great with her role to make you feel something on the screen. She serves all her roles without dropping a sweat. She played Li SuSu well, however, a very distasteful character at that.

[SPOILER]
The two main leads have amazing chemistry despite the fact that I despise Li SuSu and her...literally gr8ping TanTaiJin and MingYe...twice. Is insane to me. TanTai Jin will literally go the end ends of the moon for YeXi Wu/Li SuSu...without a doubt. This Xinxia will make you feel, you will cry, you will cuss at the screen. The ending is honestly one of the worse way to honor him and his tribulations he had to go through to bring peace to all realms...there is no true redemption for Tantai Jin at all. The only person who truly trusted that he was meant to be good, and deserves to choose his own path is his master whom he was a disciple for. The fact the even Li SuSu couldn't love him and trust him enough like her uncle in insanity. I would NEVER rewatch this series again, only clips.

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Awesome drama

I absolutely loved this drama and this was my first ever drama and it felt amazing to watch it. A big thank you to everyone who made this drama happen. This was a masterpiece. I would have given this drama a 10/10 but I didn’t because there was an open ending. There is no conformation that if there will be a second season of this drama, I am requesting Youku to air a second season because I want all of them to reunite as a family in the second season. But overall it was awesome and their chemistry was worth watching. They are so cute together. Hoping to see them together in a different drama in the future.

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