I’m confused about the number of episodes some platforms list 40 while others have 36?
That is weird. On iQIYI it says 36 episodes, on Viki and WeTV it's 40. I can't see the number of episodes on MangoTV. However, on Douban 36 episodes are registered: https://movie.douban.com/subject/36640247/
Guys, English-speaking people have started reacting to this show on YouTube and it's endearing how caught up they are in this drama. For most of them it's their first cdrama, so it's a great introduction to the genre. Fingers crossed that this will lead to a new wave of cdrama afficionados 🥰
i will never forget how mdl admins refuse to change the drama poster for days even tho several people requested…
I requested a poster update within the last 12h using a photo from the weibo account of MangoTV. Do we know if the people who requested it before that have received a reply? Mdl support should have cited a reason for their refusal.
how the princess agent drama? don't tell me the FL is the kind of FL who has a strong bond with the 2nd ML instead…
FL is too busy surviving to be thinking about romance. Her relationship with ML is complicated by the fact that she was his slave for a big chunk of the drama and only realises her feelings towards the end.
"they could’ve paid for the rights and continue the original story instead of doing it so loosely without…
The Princess Agents cdrama production companies are most likely the IP holders of the elements that they added to the story and unless Rebirth producers paid specifically for that as well, they couldn't incorporate those elements into the "sequel"
the producer/writer must be happy because their drama becomes a hot discussion, even as a bad one mixed with cursing.
250 mil yuan spent, 0 sponsors per episode on both platforms, less than 2 mil viewers per episode on average and 3.0 rating on douban. This drama is both a commercial and a critical flop, there is nothing to celebrate.
Do you remember or just know about any other highly awaited show ending on Douban below 4.0? Or at least 5.0?
I also found that Empresses in the Palace (2011) (og title The Legend of Zhen Huan) had 2.7 on release and now it's considered a masterpiece and rated 9.4 with 1 mil votes. So you never know what the future holds.
Why did the FL kill the ML? How did it get to this point?
Yan Xun's, SML. He is the only one who survives.
This is the explanation I found on weibo: "Zhuge Yue died in episode 39.
The scene in the final episode where he saves Chu Qiao from the fire is Chu Qiao's dying fantasy of Zhuge Yue. Therefore, Chu Qiao also dies.
Zhuge Yue and Chu Qiao having a son and a daughter, and Yan Xun taking Helian to celebrate the New Year, are all Yan Xun's fantasies.
Everything at the end is also Yan Xun's dying fantasy. He is the only one who truly survived. He fantasized about an elderly Zhuge Yue as king of the Western Alliance, about the two of them confronting each other again at the frozen lake, and about everyone having different happy endings. He fantasized about Zhuge Yue growing old like him, coming to the frozen lake to accompany him on his final journey. I think Yan Xun died at this moment.
Throughout his long life, Yan Xun wrote many letters to Zhuge Yue. He never sent a single one, not because he was shy, but because no one could receive them—Zhuge Yue was already dead. It's strange that after half a lifetime of infatuation with Chu Qiao, Yan Xun spent the rest of his life mourning Zhuge Yue. Zhuge Yue had been in his heart for many years: you can tell by how many letters he wrote to Zhuge Yue. He seemed to genuinely want this rival to live, to grow old like him. Even in his final moments, Chu Qiao was merely one of the many characters in his imagination, just like Li Ce and Chun'er, or even Eleven; the Chu Qiao in his imagination was only Zhuge Yue's lover, never alone in any particular situation. Conversely, Yan Xun felt his end was near when he saw Zhuge Yue, so he personally burned all the letters he had written to Zhuge Yue; then, carrying his likeness, he went to the frozen lake and died."
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I can't see the number of episodes on MangoTV. However, on Douban 36 episodes are registered:
https://movie.douban.com/subject/36640247/
"Reason: Thank you, but another user has already added the poster before you."
Fingers crossed that this will lead to a new wave of cdrama afficionados 🥰
This is the explanation I found on weibo:
"Zhuge Yue died in episode 39.
The scene in the final episode where he saves Chu Qiao from the fire is Chu Qiao's dying fantasy of Zhuge Yue. Therefore, Chu Qiao also dies.
Zhuge Yue and Chu Qiao having a son and a daughter, and Yan Xun taking Helian to celebrate the New Year, are all Yan Xun's fantasies.
Everything at the end is also Yan Xun's dying fantasy. He is the only one who truly survived. He fantasized about an elderly Zhuge Yue as king of the Western Alliance, about the two of them confronting each other again at the frozen lake, and about everyone having different happy endings. He fantasized about Zhuge Yue growing old like him, coming to the frozen lake to accompany him on his final journey. I think Yan Xun died at this moment.
Throughout his long life, Yan Xun wrote many letters to Zhuge Yue. He never sent a single one, not because he was shy, but because no one could receive them—Zhuge Yue was already dead. It's strange that after half a lifetime of infatuation with Chu Qiao, Yan Xun spent the rest of his life mourning Zhuge Yue. Zhuge Yue had been in his heart for many years: you can tell by how many letters he wrote to Zhuge Yue. He seemed to genuinely want this rival to live, to grow old like him. Even in his final moments, Chu Qiao was merely one of the many characters in his imagination, just like Li Ce and Chun'er, or even Eleven; the Chu Qiao in his imagination was only Zhuge Yue's lover, never alone in any particular situation. Conversely, Yan Xun felt his end was near when he saw Zhuge Yue, so he personally burned all the letters he had written to Zhuge Yue; then, carrying his likeness, he went to the frozen lake and died."