Thousand Autumn Ode (2025)

Surprisingly not bad for a time travel caper

At less than 15 minutes for 24 episodes I knew I’d be able to get through it quite quickly but actually found myself enjoying it.

The time travel aspect made it quite interesting and though she lost her memory, she was a modern girl transported in time to save our male lead.

The villains always seem to have the upper hand for 95% of the drama otherwise this would’ve been a 7 possibly an 8.

I put this down to Chinese culture always trying to maintain the status quo.

Indoctrinating its people into believing that if you have a high status then everyone else is beneath you and should accept whatever nastiness comes your way even though you’re righteous and a good guy.

The Lord of the city was constantly plotting against our heroes while they were constantly defending against his schemes.

I just wish for once the roles were reversed and we could see our heroes actually fight back and deliver the same kind of ruthlessness to the villains that they receive themselves.

My only major complaint is the wishy-washy ending. She confessed everything to him that she would be leaving in three days and she was from the future which he didn’t seem to understand and then he was asleep by himself after they spent the night together and she was gone , THE END.
I don’t know why the editors must’ve had to chop this up, but it seemed ridiculous.

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Great acting, lackluster ending

I watch a lot of mini dramas and this is one of the better ones ive seen when it comes to production, acting, and editing. The MC have great chemistry and both brought their A game. Its funny, sweet, dramatic and sad. Pacing is good until you realize you're on episode 23 and there is still much to be resolved and very little time to do it. This is where they did us dirty. I would have liked to see things play out, instead we get a 3 month time skip via a coma and a brief conversation about what certain characters are doing now. And no, there is no heart to heart about all the deceit that went on even though the main guy offers to explain. Because the "i'm in a simulation and ive lost my memory" plot finally comes back around and nothing really matters anymore. Theres a few sweet and sad scenes and then poof the girl disappears. The end.
Its really too bad that so much good work went into a short drama like this only to have such a crappy ending. But it happens so often i guess i should be used to it by now.
Id still recommend it for the chemistry.

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