Gen Z

Very educational

I would say that Gen Z is a very good show, long winded but good to watch. This series, if you really watch in-depth has alot of life lessons taught. Combining with the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the life lessons you can learn, it is indeed an absolute wonderful series to watch. These aside, I would say the series is abit tad long winded, certain aspects (like some of the people reviewed here) can be done without. Romance factor is not a really big thing in this series. Yes, you can see romance slowly blooming between the male and female lead along with other side couples, but not big and sizzling. I really enjoyed watching this series, although I played the skip button alot on certain parts of the series - especially parts with Meng Meng and Zhao Li Quan (character names in the series). They should not have made these parts so long winded and draggy. I enjoyed watching the banter between Zhao Lu Si and her master, it is very refreshing. I love the relationship of marriage between the characters Ren Xing Zheng and his wife and also the relationship of their parents. It is so nice to watch.

I actually noticed this show for some time already because I was a really big Zhao Lu Si fan, however the total amount of episodes was what dragged me this long to bring myself to watch it. After watching it completely (finally), I can say it is a good series to watch - as mentioned, I really love the life teachings brought up in this series along with the TCM. Reminds me of my Grandmother, when she was alive back then, how she would tell stories etc about her life while growing up in China in the ancient times.

Overall, the entire crew + casts really did a good job bringing life to their characters and also the series. A big applause for them. Zhao Lu Si, as always, brought alot of fun, humor and laughter to her shows. Though the initial few episodes was quite fascinating when her master just "picked her up from the streets" to be trained. Luo Yi Zhou, the male lead, is not bad. If the info provided here is accurate, for his first series, I would say he did a good job. Alina Zhang was abit more difficult. I honestly hated her from the start because of her obnoxious and selfish ways. But she really did a good job portraying that character.

The music, for me, is just average. There are some nice pieces but not all is to my liking.

All in all, I would say give this series a try. Especially if you want to know more about TCM or the Chinese life teachings within. But it is abit too long winded for me to say / recommend a re-watch, unless you really love it from the first completion.

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please be aware, I will complain about some foolish comments I have read below

I usually don't comment but I feel utterly annoyed by the comments belowe, here is why

First of all, for those who are complaining about not having a kissing scene or a more developped romantic plot, it's completely normal as the main focus of the serie is TCM (Chinese Traditional Medicine), you have the right to dislike the drama because since there is not enough romance it is not to your taste, but don't complain about it because it's not the purpose of the drama anyway

Second of all, for those who are complaining about the main female character Sun Tou Tou, I do agree with you that she was rather unbearable at the beginning, I myself had a hard time watching her behave in any situation, BUT, I still decided to continue watching as I was interested in the TCM part. And what I can say is that after a few episode, Sun Tou Tou improves a lot and even become a character that you respect and look up to, so I can understand the comments complaining about her in the few first episode but as someone who watched the show until the end, I can attest of the fact that she is an interesting and worth liking character as she improves a lot and eventually become you will root for (to give an idea, I would say that she starts improving and become enjoyable to watch around ep 10). Let's not forget that the whole purpose of Sun Tou Tou in the show is character development.

Another clarification, for the matter of Meng Meng, her parents were mad at her and started to lock her up because they were ushamed that she was a sex addict, her parents are extremely proud people and they didn't want her to stain their reputation and bring shame to their family. Unfortunately, Meng Meng's issue was an ilness and not some random lust desire. Her parents failed to comprehend what she was going through and decided to lock her up until she became 'normal' again. This played a part for a later downfall, but the main issue was that her boyfriend, an extremely toxic partner was blackmailing her of sharing private videos of her online and publically shame her. She was scared of his threatenings, scared of her parents but also extremely disgusted with herslef, ans THIS is why she eventually ended up taking her own life, it's not just because she was masturbating as some comments seems to claim. If you think that this character was stupid or that she took her own life for foolish reasons, then you didn't get the situation at all.

For the matter of Tian Zhen (the one that people call the ML even though appart from Tou Tou everybody in the show is a side character), he will also improve with time, I agree that his behavior in the few first episodes is not the best but once again, he has his family's pressure on him, his father is always degrading him, and his every moves are controlled by his family, so let's say that his behavior is completely understandable even if not 100% right. I feel like I am repeating myself but the basic of having flawed characters from the start is to make them improves throughout the show, having perfect chracters would be uninteresting and there would be nothing to develop at all.

To finish up and this is the thing that bothered me the most when I read the few comments on this
website, the main point of the drama is to show what TCM is, so if you are not interested in the main purpose of the show, don't critisize it and rather go watch something else. I don't understand the people who claimed having fast forward more that half of the scenes, what's the point of doing that ? If you truly don't enjoy it and don't want to try appreciating the show then just drop it.

Well that's it, I truly had to comment because it seems that the only people who decided to give their opinion here were unworthy of it. I could understand objective and argumented critics but what I read was only dumb criticism ans it brings down the show for no valid reasons.

For those who read my complain until the end, I would recommend watching the show if :
- you enjoy Zhao Lusi's acting
- you are willing to give it shot with at least 6 episodes
- you enjoy ennemies to lovers romance, even though it's a sub plot only
- you like educational dramas and would like to learn more about TCM
- you like binge watching dramas (as there are 41 episodes)
- you want to educate yourself (I learned a lot from this drama and you will as well)

That's it ! I hope you will give it a shot ! And if you are not interested or didn't like the show, please provide intelligent ans well argumented comments down below without missing the point :)

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i love this drama and i have found it to be eye opening for TCM cultures. I especially love Sun Tou Tou and Ren Tian Zhen character.

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As mentioned and written, this is not misleading information. If you can't find the channel meaning someone report the uploader. That is good news, please do go clarify and verify whether the link valid or invalid before accusing me of writing misleading information when clearly I have explained above.

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