I liked the first episode. Curious to see how it'll go, since I enjoy these kinds of stories. If it does well, there's a good chance we'll get a second season. The original novel has more than 20 cases and each one is pretty lengthy...
I wonder what the screenwriter (since they don't really follow the novel very well, it seems) was thinking about when writing the female characters personalities in this drama. No matter how good or bad the leading actress is, you just can't make it not annoying lol.
The donghua was good, and the novel was decent (I haven't finished it though). However, I must say that the romance in the original work was basically non-existent. The author just added harem at some point for whatever reason. Harem is not equal to romance though. So either the adaptation made significant changes to the story, or having “romance” genre is rather unreasonable xD.
In October, the series was changed from 32 episodes to 27 episodes. On November 13th, the drama was featured in Youku's 2025 Spring Festival lineup of major series.
It says in related content: A Journey to Glow (Chinese shared universe)It will probably be an indirect sequel…
Someone also said in the comments that the events will take place several decades after the events of this drama. So we may see some references as well.
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It says in related content: A Journey to Glow (Chinese shared universe)
It will probably be an indirect sequel with the same screenwriter, which makes the return of the original cast unlikely, unless the actors try hard to get those roles (and why would they lol).
I found this synopsis on Douban:
A tale of five people thrown to rock bottom by fate in chaotic times: a wandering female thief, a demoted petty official, a general searching for his master, a female tomb guardian, and a rich heir who keeps failing at business ventures. Their stories intertwine as they search for themselves and rebuild their homes through light-hearted healing moments.
no love triangle. If you want a happy ending, just stop at episode 34. Otherwise, it's not, cause I don't know what writers were thinking about while making the last 5 episodes. Very confusing. It's just your typical cdrama situation, where morally grey characters can't exist without sacrificing themselves in the end.
its been promised for november 29th. i hope this is a happy ending because the cdramas this past few months have…
The original novel is relatively short and has a happy ending if I got it right. I haven't read the whole novel, I just peeked at the last chapter out of curiosity. So to make the 36 episodes, they probably added a lot of stuff. They might have changed the ending as a result.
Imma be honest, the story seems good (still watching), but the choreography is not the finest in my opinion... Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's not. Although maybe it's just that the last few dramas I watched, all had a great fighting scenes and special effects, thus now it seems a bit clunky to me xD. But it's not really that big of a deal, cause overall it's interesting to watch. Also, I kinda have mixed opinion about ZLY dubbing. It's not bad, but I think tey could've found someone better to do the job.
I wouldn't call it sad. They lost their memories, but they met again. When they saw each other, they were about to leave, but then stopped and smiled at each other.
Generally, a decent watch. While the ending was... well, typical, it was not completely tragic, so I am fine with it.. Xu Kai was great as always. Esther Yu... never liked her that much. When she acts cute, and most of her roles are like that (might be wrong, I haven't checked specifically), this "cuteness" at times can be too much. But I kinda liked her here.
As somebody said in review, this show is good but they left out all the juicy details from the novel. Obviously, because it's China. Generally, this can be a good thing or a bad thing, depends on your preference, because... in the novel, she uses her body to accomplish some things and, well, bed scenes are rather uncomfortable to read. I didn't read it as the result, but yeah. It depends on your preferences.
It will probably be an indirect sequel with the same screenwriter, which makes the return of the original cast unlikely, unless the actors try hard to get those roles (and why would they lol).
I found this synopsis on Douban:
A tale of five people thrown to rock bottom by fate in chaotic times: a wandering female thief, a demoted petty official, a general searching for his master, a female tomb guardian, and a rich heir who keeps failing at business ventures. Their stories intertwine as they search for themselves and rebuild their homes through light-hearted healing moments.