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You can also check my FL-centric playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL07cQXP6zFrZTavwmT5YLL3CpmMKNHJlP

Too many of them :)

Officially, its " 换亲后我顺便换了江山" aka "After Changing the Marriage, It's Reasonable for Me to Change the Country" (very fitting title), but if you want to watch it, Dramabreak has a nicely translated version on YT under a title "Used, Betrayed, Married to Power - Her Rise Was Just Beginning" (3:32 long).

Just a reminder - It covers only the first 140 chapters out of 775, but the ending is clear enough not to feel disappointed. And I've read that the 2nd Part is supposed to be filmed in September. Not a surprise, as the YT comments were hugely enthusiastic (and Douban's weren't too bad either, it also has an MDL profile).

And yes, if you can live with Microdrama limitations, it's a must-watch for capable FLs.

I've realised a few more things:
1) "Fighting for Love" - I've seen recommendations of the Novel before as having a great FL, and the synopsis of the Drama sounds very good as well, but I've heard that it is seriously underwhelming. I still have it saved to watch, though, on my list as "A Mai Joins the Army"
2) "Kill me, Love me" - it looks like I've tried to watch it before, actually, as it has an actress from the "Yanxi Palace" and "The Double" as the FL. However, I think I've lost interest, seeing how easily she was defeated during the 1st episode mission.
3) There are a lot of things I disliked about "Journey to Love", but unless I watch Indonesian movies, I rarely complain about brutality :). Here, I've had issues about a lack of villains, the ML being too perfect and overall, more powerful than FL (inexcusable in a Drama built and advertised around Liu Shishi), also, there were too many situations when I was thinking "How did Ren Xin become Legendary Assassin and was able to stay alive before meeting ML?". And on top of it, her desire to get pregnant during the big mission was seriously one of the most stupid things I've ever seen in a Drama, especially from someone who supposedly should be smart, capable and resourceful enough.

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Well, for the record, I always have a issue with a so-called powerfu/capable characters who died and need to transmigrate/rebirth.

And based on a trailer, "Awakening" looks rather terrible, so many teenagers everywhere, I can only imagine how painful it will be for me with acting and fandom around it ;)

I actually thought "Princess Agents" was rather good (except the ending), it was my first C-Drama, I've seen better later on, but also seen worse (sometimes, highly rated on MDL) like "The Double" or "Journey to Love"

However, your description of "Princess Agents" made me quite curious, thanks.

I can only judge it by the Dramas: both Chu Qiao and Han Ye were saved a bit too much for my taste, but the former at least has the excuse of the amnesia and losing her skills (which is a typical trope used by the writers/directors to make sure FL won't be too strong - they are ready to say "A", but pretty much never willing to say "B").
I found out "LOFG" to be rather underwhelming (didn't read the Novel, but felt the Trailer was heavily misleading), and if it were to be to me, 2-3 times Han Ye's character and strength would be better protected, definitely ML wouldn't have a chance to teleport himself to save her :).

If we compare Dramas, both FLs in my ranking aren't close to the FL of "Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance", I also felt Bai Feng Xi in "Who Rules the World" was written and protected by writers better (not perfect though).
Ren Xin in "Journey to Love" was good too, but I still shiver when I think about how her character was butchered compared to its full potential.
And the FL in "Seirei no Moribito" is absolutely amazing as well, a rare example of Fantasy Drama that I truly enjoyed. Anime is quite famous too (but I liked real-life Drama better).

Never heard about "Kill Me, Love me" and "Fighting for Love" before, so I can only put it on my list ;).

And there are some well-written FLs in Microdramas, but you have to be ready to digest them will all the limitations visible there.

And, like I said before, Lu Songli is in a class of her own (in a non-Martial Arts way).

I know that, I'm just curious what was the "Moonlit Reunion" MDL's rating before recent jump?

You seem to read much more than I do :)

After my recent 775-chapters long endeavour, I'm thinking about trying a "The Princess Wei Yang" Novel - when watching Drama a few years ago, I remember some comments that the FL was much more capable, cunning and ruthless in the Novel. In the Drama, she quickly became a Damsel in Distress, saved multiple times by the ML (one of the most overused tropes in Cdramaland, typically used to promote Romance).

I'm not a fan of transmigration/rebirth stuff, but it's difficult to get away from it. So, if you know any Novels with similar FLs, I will gladly take notes. But, I am also worried that Lu Songli (from "I became the cannon fodder who died early, and I angrily married the villain") with her brilliance, ruined many future Novels for me, as all other FLs will look incompetent compared to her...

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.