Wǒ gàosù nǐ the stress and tension will grip you almost immediately. Very strong writing and directing that gives the actors a platform to properly show their skills.
I really appreciate the places where they inject some levity. War is no joke but the Nazis of Asia are no match for people who have a higher calling than their own individual gratification or need to dominate others for material advantage.
The whole world owes a debt to the 450 million Chinese people that resisted Imperial Japan, 35 million of whom gave their life as the ultimate sacrifice.
This drama is truly working my last nerve. After each episode I feel I need a damn drink 😅; the writers really know how to write tension that feels like a tourniquet getting tighter and tighter around your heart.
Yu He Wei knows how to choose a script that will allow him to demonstrate his mastery of the art as an actor and Ailei Yu consummately plays a villain that you will fear and despise equally till your dying day.
It really drives home to you the enormous sacrifice tens of millions of Chinese people made to liberate their country from fascist imperialists, and why the struggle must continue until the last inch of China’s territory is finally united as one civilisation, in the fullest meaning of the word.
So for those who have started this, how is it so far?
So far I find it watchable, appreciate the injection of humorous light heartedness as the world is too heavy right now, but unfortunately the writing does not sparkle.
I’m so glad the poison needle is what was needed to kill the Gu worms and I was more than pleasantly surprised at the end to see Jiang Hu enter his family home piggybacking Ye Hu all the way there. Round of applause to everyone involved 🤩🥳😍. Eight rounds of applause to the entire team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Can’t believe I only have one more episode to go as much as I have been dragging this BL out to not say goodbye to this story too soon.
Loved all the subliminal politics about care, who does it and how; how individualism takes a back seat to collective solidarity; the demonstration of violence in pursuit of justice but not making it the only necessity in pursuit of reparative justice; the focus on true fathering (that’s not differentiated from mothering) that doesn’t rely on surrogacy or any other mode of female exploitation in at least 6 different scenarios.
All this and they’re still managing to go out with the tension still high, the stakes progressively elevated for the finale and we’re all massively invested in the outcome.
Well done writer, director cast and crew!
PS: The capitalists are the ruiners but collective solidarity among the oppressed without respect to identity or nation is how everyone has a chance to overcome - much like today.
Uhhh if you're asking if the drama is centered around romance, then the answer is no
I just started it a couple of months ago and have two more precious episodes left so I’m stretching it out.
Empress Ki I also watched in 2019 and at least once every year since and also adore Prisoner of Beauty although I never binge anything no matter what I’m consuming. I like to absorb it at a leisurely pace so I can really digest and think and discuss critically with other drama lovers, not watch just to finish something
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Someone has kindly added the historical context for people struggling to grasp the wider significance of the investigations and plot points
Killer and Healer does this much better and you’re in no doubt how deeply they feel for, understand, are committed to and in love with each other.
I also enjoyed Realm’s Night Rain immensely; one of my top BLs of 2025
I really appreciate the places where they inject some levity. War is no joke but the Nazis of Asia are no match for people who have a higher calling than their own individual gratification or need to dominate others for material advantage.
The whole world owes a debt to the 450 million Chinese people that resisted Imperial Japan, 35 million of whom gave their life as the ultimate sacrifice.
Yu He Wei knows how to choose a script that will allow him to demonstrate his mastery of the art as an actor and Ailei Yu consummately plays a villain that you will fear and despise equally till your dying day.
It really drives home to you the enormous sacrifice tens of millions of Chinese people made to liberate their country from fascist imperialists, and why the struggle must continue until the last inch of China’s territory is finally united as one civilisation, in the fullest meaning of the word.
Middling ratings from CDramas on MDL is usually a sure guarantee it’s worth watching 👍🏼
Kudos to the entire cast and crew for this fine work of art ❤
Loved all the subliminal politics about care, who does it and how; how individualism takes a back seat to collective solidarity; the demonstration of violence in pursuit of justice but not making it the only necessity in pursuit of reparative justice; the focus on true fathering (that’s not differentiated from mothering) that doesn’t rely on surrogacy or any other mode of female exploitation in at least 6 different scenarios.
All this and they’re still managing to go out with the tension still high, the stakes progressively elevated for the finale and we’re all massively invested in the outcome.
Well done writer, director cast and crew!
PS: The capitalists are the ruiners but collective solidarity among the oppressed without respect to identity or nation is how everyone has a chance to overcome - much like today.
Congrats on the new gig 🥳
Empress Ki I also watched in 2019 and at least once every year since and also adore Prisoner of Beauty although I never binge anything no matter what I’m consuming. I like to absorb it at a leisurely pace so I can really digest and think and discuss critically with other drama lovers, not watch just to finish something
Jiā yóu to you and your watchlist.
Just checking in to see how you go on with K&H.