Ugh, there's nothing I hate more than smart FL and/or ML suddenly becoming moronic dumb idiots so the villain/villainess can suddenly run circles around them.
I’m currently on ep 20, It’s decent at times, but nothing particularly impressive.The drama drags in places…
Very nicely written summary, although I plan to finish it (hoping for more FL's strategic brilliance, plus I'm using FF quite a bit ).
The only memorable shot for me so far happened during the lead's discussion over the ML's box, when he finally explained to his wife what is kept inside. This was a really nicely done scene, ending with the FL resting on ML's shoulders.
Ugh, episodes from 11 forward are such a bore. The "grain conspiracy" is all-time terrible (ML's laugh and sentence defending the FL was great, though). What a letdown after a strong start...
Not much enmity left between leads - well, I would also be quickly falling in love with such a good-looking, thoughtful and competent FL :). Even if I don't necessarily think she is as beautiful as described in the drama. The word "Beautiful" is like "10" in MDL's users voting - it's used way too often.
Tropes continue to run wild, but so far the positives easily outweigh the negatives. For example, the ML's advisor is absolutely phenomenal.
At this moment, I didn't like only one thing - after we saw the FL's family debating and rejecting the FL's plea for help, we should also get a scene with them getting the news (and getting shocked?) about the Qiao's flag planted in Boya territory, following the FL's brilliant arrangements. Also, I'm a little surprised by how much the ML is letting his uncle run his mouth and nitpick. For a guy who obviously does great things for his clan and leads their impressive comeback, I would expect his position to be looking much stronger.
Tropes are already running wild (ML's sidekicks aka "generals" are made to be dumb, so he can save the FL), but I am loving it much more than I expected. The female lead should IMO react and act differently in a few situations (like asking "are you joking", when a family member came to tell her about the grandfather's death), but overall she is absolutely fantastic with her forward-thinking and scheming.
Trusting MDL would be much easier in theory, due to lack of cultural differences, but the ratings here are highly inflated, and Idol Dramas are having way too easy a time to buy "10s" from the voting crowd.
I stopped last night at Episode 30 and plan to watch it 5 together in packs. I am rather patient. At least by…
Well, thanks, but it helps that I have a million Micro Dramas to watch, plus I am trying Prisoner of Beauty in the meantime, as the female lead there seems to be fantastic.
"Princess Agents" had a million episodes, and still pacing was awful, the director chose some secondary…
I'm picking that with 45 episodes, they probably would spend 5 more in the village - cheap to film, and Romance-fanatics would eat it up.
They broadcast so much filler that it would be easy to do the whole 30 episodes (where I am personally) in 25/26 episodes. It's just a director/writer decision not to do it and pay for it by having to rush things in the last 10.
In episode 29 (30?) they spent the whole 6 minutes on crazy Sui heir drinking and killing some insignificant family. I'm pretty sure that with 5 episodes more, we would be getting more filler like that. The guy already killed the whole village. We know he's evil; there's no reason to add fillers to show his evilness even more, if it's not against the main characters.
The only memorable shot for me so far happened during the lead's discussion over the ML's box, when he finally explained to his wife what is kept inside. This was a really nicely done scene, ending with the FL resting on ML's shoulders.
I just watched the segment with the"strangling" and the FL moment of badassery mixed with brilliance and eloquency to prove her innocence.
I hate watching choking and how widespread it is, but here, the whole segment was one of the highlights of the drama.
Even if I don't necessarily think she is as beautiful as described in the drama.
The word "Beautiful" is like "10" in MDL's users voting - it's used way too often.
Tropes continue to run wild, but so far the positives easily outweigh the negatives. For example, the ML's advisor is absolutely phenomenal.
At this moment, I didn't like only one thing - after we saw the FL's family debating and rejecting the FL's plea for help, we should also get a scene with them getting the news (and getting shocked?) about the Qiao's flag planted in Boya territory, following the FL's brilliant arrangements.
Also, I'm a little surprised by how much the ML is letting his uncle run his mouth and nitpick. For a guy who obviously does great things for his clan and leads their impressive comeback, I would expect his position to be looking much stronger.
The female lead should IMO react and act differently in a few situations (like asking "are you joking", when a family member came to tell her about the grandfather's death), but overall she is absolutely fantastic with her forward-thinking and scheming.
Also, 6.8 there means something like "pretty good", which IMO is a matching rating to the quality of "Zhu Yu".
Trusting MDL would be much easier in theory, due to lack of cultural differences, but the ratings here are highly inflated, and Idol Dramas are having way too easy a time to buy "10s" from the voting crowd.
But it's entertaining, has a good looking leads, and it's a relatively fun ride.
Also, some could say 9.2 is well deserved, if tra... mediocrity like "Legend of the Female General" is ranked at 8.6.
I am rather patient. At least by 2026 standards :).
They broadcast so much filler that it would be easy to do the whole 30 episodes (where I am personally) in 25/26 episodes. It's just a director/writer decision not to do it and pay for it by having to rush things in the last 10.
In episode 29 (30?) they spent the whole 6 minutes on crazy Sui heir drinking and killing some insignificant family.
I'm pretty sure that with 5 episodes more, we would be getting more filler like that.
The guy already killed the whole village. We know he's evil; there's no reason to add fillers to show his evilness even more, if it's not against the main characters.