Watched in 2025

start: dec 25, 2024

finish: apr 20

start: dec 27, 2024

finish: jan 4

loved the concept and overall, genuinely enjoyed the show throughout

my only wish is that we saw more of the continuation of ep11 into ep12 rather than have all the flashbacks and memories and that we just ignore the whole war sideplot

start: dec 30, 2024

dropped jan 7 on ep 26

love the main pairing, especially their wedding

i don't feel like it leaned too into the politics or too into the romance, if anything i feel like i didn't get much of anything from each episode

start: jan 7

dropped jan 17 on ep 20

notes while watching: 

a bit too fast paced for this type of drama, like how much story are you trying to jam in, you have 40 episodes

feels low budget when we see the demon palace sets, things look cheap and the palace is entirely empty except for our main characters

start: jan 12

dropped as of jan 17

start: feb 18

finish: mar 20

loved the flashbacks to highschool days along with the present day story

one of the few times i went into a show not knowing the general plot, so it was a pleasant surprise with each episode

start: mar 21

finish: mar 29

other than the eldest sister's story, each pairing was amazing, couldn't even pick a favorite pairing

favorite wedding has to be the fifth sister's

start: mar 29

finish: mar 30

start: mar 31

finish: apr 8

honestly like all of the characters (except the obvious mean girls) and wasn't even put off by the FL having a relationship with the 2nd ML

the first few episodes did feel like a drag, but after the FL and ML meet, I can understand why this show is so loved

start: apr 8

on-hold as of apr 12 at ep 40/56

start: apr 18

drop: apr 30

previously dropped at ep2, so this time giving it another chance

and dropped it again at middle of ep19

start: apr 25

finish: july 20

not my favorite season, but still decent

li yun rui was a great addition to the main cast

start: may 17

finish: may 24

started off so strong, i absolutely loved their high school era, but the writing sort of went down hill by the time they hit college. too many misunderstandings that are so frustrating considering how close friends the characters are meant to be and so many time skips that you can't keep track of how much time has passed

love the main trio + du man, who is my favorite supporting character that deserved more screen time

start: may 26

finish: may 29

loved it in its entirety!!!

wonderful writing and amazing acting by everyone in the cast

start: may 31

dropped as of june 11

got halfway through ep29 before dropping

liked the enemies-to-lovers, but dragged on for a bit

start: june 2

finish: june 19

start: june 19

start: june 25

finish: july 24

loved the story and the plot, though the love story side-plot really felt off by the end. like, they built up to it, but when it happened, it felt like it lost its charm

ji hanna's character was also a bit lackluster, but loved drugmon's character and wish we got to see more of her and leo

start: july 25

finish: july 29

loved it! wasn't as sad as I thought it would be

both pairings were perfect and couldn't get enough of either of them

start: aug 3

finish: aug 10

loved the scenes from when FL traveled back to 2011 and how detailed and connected they were to reality

returning to 2022, it did feel like the realism left the room and there were so many missed opportunites with 2022 ML and FL

the second pairing had the most perfect slowburn in 2011, but was absolutely rushed and came out of thin air in 2022

start: aug 11

finish: aug 22

loved it! good balance between the drama + love story + war/politics

sad that so much of the second pairing got edited out, could tell that their story would have been incredible

start: aug 22

stopped at ep17 on aug 28

really enjoy it, definitely a good and consumable xianxia but havent gotten to the amnesia plot