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Haha :)

It's my first time visiting profile here - what was the lowest MDL rating? I see Douban has it at 6.6 currently, which is quite good for there standards (for example, LOTFG is deservedly at 5.4)

Thanks. I don't read much and typically, I read Novels only if I liked the Drama before (same goes for Anime adaptations, "Seirei no Moribito as example).

523 chapters it's quite a bit. However, I've recently read "I became the cannon fodder who died early, and I angrily married the villain" after watching "换亲后我顺便换了江山" and it had 775 chapters, but fortunately, was really, really good. And its Microdrama adaptation is also excellent.

Very interesting post, thanks. It's not the first time I'm reading about how awful "Blossom" novel was, and yet, the Drama was really, really good, even with Meng Zi Yi so-so acting.

Based on the other comments and fangirls expectations, I should treat "Chasing Jade" like a radioactive material, but if it's done by Blossom team, then who knows :).

It's "I became the cannon fodder who died early, and I angrily married the villain"
It's very, very long, sometimes the translation is rough and sporadically missing, but at the same time, it's so good. Some of the political and financial scheming is incredible.

Yeah, when mentioning "Flurished Peony", I also think about Season 1, as the 2nd one was boring, repetitive and even the Rebellion climax wasn't anything special. But at least officially, it's a different Drama...

Still, even during Season 2 I probably FF it less than during watching "LOFG", as I was more invested in the characters than here.

These days, she is a big star in microdramas, especially Action and Martial Arts ones. I hope one day someone will find a way to update her Profile.

Yeah, as a person who rates this Drama rather low, this is a very good description of FL. Her drunkeness (two or three times) are probably the most stupid moments of he. There are smarter FLs around and she misses some things, but overall she is consistently above average in this aspect.

Well, "Flourished Peony" is officially from 2025 as well and after watching both "ROFG" is way, way below.
And I am someone, who in theory should prefer a story about kickass Female General compared to some Peony Cultivator Merchant.

I appreciate your effort and the information you provide, but the more you write, the less it sounds interesting to me :)

In return, I can recommend you to read "I became the cannon fodder who died early, and I angrily married the villain", which has the possibly most scheming, cunning and smart Female Lead you can find (and pretty ruthless to her opponent as well). But it's very, very long (775 chapters), but maybe the initial 57 episodes would pick up your interest (there is a big thing happening in episodes 54-57).

Thanks. From your synopsis, it still doesn't look attractive to me. In a best case scenario, she seems to be a ML's blade with a good heart.

Well, my issue is that strong ML is never as powerful as strong FL... they are always more powerful (even if sometimes the difference is not much). Just like "ROTFG" - Dudu was clearly more powerful and saved He Yan more times than vice versa, sometimes in a really unnecessary way to progress Romance. So this actually is not a good example, but I'm also used to it, so it's not like I have many Dramas to choose from.

Regarding "Are you the one" - I started it a few days ago, but I found it extremely boring so far. Still, Wang Chu Ran's beauty somehow keeps my interest, so maybe it will improve. She has already improved her scheming, so there's hope for it.

I gave other titles, because you can also search it using them here, and they are easier to use it on YT.

Yeah, I watched it a while ago. The FL was absolutely fantastic, and she made it very watchable. However, ML was a waste of screen time, and I found the teacher-pupil romance to be totally unnecessary. There were some veteran actors/actresses with great potential who could make it even better with extended roles.

Btw, If you can enjoy microdamas with all their budget limitations, go and watch "换亲后我顺便换了江山" aka "After Changing the Marriage, It's Reasonable for Me to Change the Country" instead, if you are looking for a very smart and powerful Female Lead (in non-Kung Fu way though).

Thanks for the details
.But before dropping it, I kind of took a look at some later episodes and just didn't have interest going through it.

It seems that you have a chance to stop yet :)

If you can enjoy microdamas with all their budget limitations, go and watch "换亲后我顺便换了江山" aka "After Changing the Marriage, It's Reasonable for Me to Change the Country" instead, if you are looking for yet another powerful/smart Female Lead.

Episode 6-7 - it's still progressing super slow and it's conventionally boring, but it also becomes more and more intriguing, with all the "who knows what" storyline and the FL's scheming (I'm not even sure if it's "scheming", as she makes it all look like natural decision making).

The most important thing - Wang Chu Ran remains beautiful :)

I don't know for how long it's been going on, but how did He Yan become "Bullied Female Lead"?

As critical as I was about her, she is much closer to "Badass Female Lead" than "Bullied Female Lead".

Try "Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance"

I've seen some posts in YT comments section, that apparently the 2nd part is expected to be filmed next month. Finger crossed.

Well, people have different expectations based on their individual needs.

I stayed with the "Romance of the Female General" until the end (with quite heavy use of FF), and already dropped Shadow Love after Episode 3, just not my kind of story and with ML spending half of the time, half-naked, I am also not a target :)

I wish, some writers/directors could use Wang Chu Ran (or some other beautiful actress from C-dramaland) in a similar way. But I guess, the majority of women then would scream in the comments about misogyny or/and sexism :)