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I remember this having the worst ending ever. And I don't remember Cheng DanDan in it (and typically, she is hard to forget).

Costume drama with adult-looking actors? Will try this one for sure.

@Meari21
Great post, thanks.
It made me tempting to watch it on my never-ending hunt for the fl-centric dramas , as the FL sounds fantastic.

@Alexasopretty
+1.
I still didn't watch it (tempted at the moment), but great post on the average FL's behaviour.

Your explanation makes me want trying to watch it, as the FL sounds very smart and capable - exactly how I like.

I don't like the actor playing ML, but I'm still somehow tempted.

Such a powerful strategist like ML looks extremely dumb not knowing when the right moment was to share his true identity with the FL.

It doesn't bother me when the dumb characters make mistakes like it, but it bothers me here, just like it bothered me in LOFG, Journey to Lowe and many other shows.

I would take less drama/more boringness over making an otherwise very smart characters behaving dumb just to create extra friction in the storyline.

Just finished watching Episode 26 - I will always appreciate the writers here allowing the female lead to beat a powerful villain on her own, and making the ML appear after everything was over. And instead of collapsing, she was even able to run away from him (before he caught her).

This is how you do a powerful/badass female lead on the battlefield, you dumb writers from LOFG (and many other shows).

Observation after finishing Episode 26.

So, how about we do a guess regarding the upcoming Douban rating?

"Romance of the Female Soldier" has a 5.4 there, so as "Pursuit of Jade" is substantially better (still with many flaws and tropes) , I will pick 6.3.

@paxxie
Agree on Dilraba - I've tried a few dramas with her and gave up every time quickly, not always because of her though.

And too bad regarding verticals - it takes some time to sort through them, but these days they are the main source of female-centric dramas for me.

You can always turn darkside to the Micro/Vertical Dramas ;).

To the people who read a novel - was there more about Changning's kidnapping? The drama version looks really sketchy/unlucky/incomplete.

An overpowered character wouldn't get saved sometimes more than once in a single fight. And there were a few instances like that in the opening 15 episodes.

Episode 19, when the ML saved the FL after she slipped on the hill - this is the unnecessary moment I hate in the FL-centric dramas, making the heroine look incompetent, while adding nothing to the story.

However, Episode 18 was absolutely fantastic, and the FL killing the 2nd in command among bandits was a truly spectacular kill.

Yeah, I watched it back in the day - it also has a teenage (?) Wang Chu Ran, which is a major bonus in visual aspects :).

The FL there is amazing, but it can happen when the ML is weak (combat-wise at least).
Typically, a bigger issue is when both FL and ML are supposed to be strong fighters, and in the majority of cases, the FL is watered down (including Dramas listed by @Kami abowe).

Hah :).

Thanks.

But I guess we have a very different definition of "getting the glory".

"Legend of the Female General", lol :).

Could you list a few more Dramas where the female is getting the glory?
I would gladly watch them :).

LOL at the scene at bandits spot in Episode 18, where injured Sui Yuanqing beats the supposedly undefeated master of the stronghold using one hand only.

So, the whole stronghold didn't have even one member who could defeat her using both hands?

This made absolutely no sense.

LOL, just going through Episode 17 - it's always funny when the ML or/and FL lose 50% of their IQ points just to make the breakup and the Drama more dramatic. LOL.

In this case, I think the ML comes off worse - if he weren't a handsome guy, the ladies would burn the MDL to the ashes because of the lack of consent, lol.

Great slap, though.