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Feminism tells women they should NEVER sacrifice their careers, (or their personal vendettas) for love, marriage, and family. Men, on the other hand, are expected to sacrifice everything. I would like to see a script that explores a woman giving it all for love. But there are too many feminists (including male feminists) involved in writing those scripts.

Why did the ratings drop so fast? MD rating system is a joke.

Yeah, it's weird. The drama is actually good. I've seen worst dramas with higher ratings after 10 episodes.

The development between the leads is very well done.

I much prefer a female lead who isn’t necessarily strong or a mastermind, but who’s kind and shows incredible bravery in life-or-death situations—over the cold, bloodthirsty Mary Sue types who magically girlboss their way through every dangerous situation.

Ban Xia saying "Xuanye" every chance she gets gives the same energy as Xuan Ji constantly calling out "Si Feng." lol

Very low budget.

It's not on par. He's clearly better, although not by much.

She's not better. What did you watch?

To be honest, it's the FL's fault, and she admitted as much. Knowing how crazy her assassin friend is, FL should've given clear directives for the assassination.

I haven't read Si Jin, so I can't compare. But Are You The One pissed me off. They ruined a perfectly great love story. My only issue with the novel is the final act.

You’re right. Don’t get me wrong, I understand her decision. And I don’t hate her character. But I can’t whitewash what she did.

This is such a weak excuse. When the assassin, who is an excellent fighter and more than capable of completing her task, EXPLICITELY suggested the assassination, FL didn't stop her. Directly or not, FL approved. When the assassin asked the FL if she did something wrong in the aftermath, she said no because she knew that the assassination attempt that almost killed a man for doing his job was her decision. She went along with her explicit suggestion and didn't object. Whether in the service of a friend or to escape the law, murder is murder. I can't believe anyone is defending this. Her decision was pure evil.

That happened to me with "Are You the One." I hated what the drama did with the story and characters. Absolute trash.

Yeah, most novel to drama adaptations often use the source material as a loose framework to tell a worse story. lol

That's interesting. So we might have a rare occasion where the drama improves on the novel.

"That act, while perhaps morally wrong, was driven by sheer survival, and I found it incredibly compelling."

She sent an assassin to kill a man for simply doing his job. While I understand her decision, it was definitely morally wrong. To make matters worse, when she later reflected on the potential human collateral damage caused by her decision, she only saw the little girl as worth saving. In reality, no one in that house—least of all her primary target—deserved to be burned alive.

I can understand the reason for killing her foster parents. But killing a man and his entire family for doing his duty, is straight-up evil. I can appreciate these kinds of grey and dark characters. But I don't want a show to whitewash what they are.

I've learned my lesson. NEVER watch a drama of a novel that you like because 9 out of 10 times, the novel is so much better.

We don't fully know how she killed the adoptive father. I'm betting that she 100% had some help. I also suspect that ML has been keeping tabs on her for a long time, even before she came back to home.

The twist about the mother was obvious, but I’m glad the confusion was resolved quickly. I don’t like the trope where someone hurts another to "protect" them. Still, six episodes in, this drama is good. The pacing is great, and I appreciate knowing the male lead’s intentions early on. Best of all, every scene between the male and female leads is captivating. Their relationship mixes a mentor-student dynamic—he’s helping and teaching her to improve and be more efficient in her methods—with an enemies-to-lovers twist since she once tried to have him killed.