The fact Asule and Bai Zhouyue dont end up together hurts the most out of anything in this drama.
Yeah, that was infuriating to watch. It would have been better if they couldn't be together because of death. But the reasons they choked up with were just a slap to the audience's face.
Up to now feels like all the comments claiming he's weak is far from the truth. Sure his character may "appear" physically weak and timid but that's only natural for a privileged birth crown prince being thrown into the wild. Stressing on the word appear.
He's actually a strong character because he's smarter than he looks and actually pretty damn strong physically and emotionally. He reads people well and doesn't get tricked. His determination in valuing other lives and Yu Ran's feelings for Ji Ye while keeping in check his own love for her is commendable.
His self-deprecation in front of Yu Ran in ep 20 is pretty heartbreaking.
"I envy Ji Ye. I was born with a silver spoon, but I still can't get anything" while talking to Yu Ran. Right in the feels.
Ji Ye is a petty dumb character... his friends have saved his life multiple times while risking their own yet he acts like a little b just because he misunderstands so easily with that bird brain of his.
Old man with the spear is annoying as hell. Bro, you're about to croak stop screwing up the younger generations' lives. Probably the most useless and ill-effect causing character I have ever seen.
Bai Jinghong's ambition is pretty stupid. Dude looks like he'll die from old age any day but he dreams about ruling the world so he's constantly pushing the main characters into a corner trying to tame them. His son is an idiot who can't even feed himself... so what's the point of trying to rule the world?
Amy Chen as Princess Xiaozhou; one of the reasons to watch this drama. She did a marvellous job and her character is just lovely.
Lady Su is another reason; her facial expressions and that sweet, low voice.
In conclusion: if you want romance then watch up to ep 20 to see the character development. Then watch some more until you figure out who loves whom. Quit after that because the rest was a waste of my gdamn time! The rest was mundane political strife that mainly served to separate our 4 main characters.
Either the writers hate lovers ending up together or were trying really, really hard (and failed) to be "different." Because the reasons our lovers couldn't be together were simply lame. Oh, they went through multiple near death experiences, but let's not be together because sudden bs logic. Honestly, infuriating to watch toward the end.
Wait what who? Asking for spoilers here: how many couples and who? Is it a happy ending?
3 main, unique couples. 1st main couple is a tragic story. 2nd couple is a monk and princess. 3rd couple is a prince and 3 girls. The 3 males are sworn brothers after their lives intertwine during the story.
I believe it's the book's ending (same as 2003 version). Main Guy Xiao Feng takes his own life to stop the turmoil/war. The girl (his lover's younger sister) in love with him rips her eyes out to give them back to another dude and proceeds to dive off a cliff with main guy's body.
So, happy ending for the other 2 male characters; tragic for 1.
This is the closest to classical wuxia that you will see. Also, you seem to be misunderstanding something. The…
Oh wow he played uncle wu zhu in joy of life. Supposedly his acting wasn't good until he got the robot role of uncle wu zhu which apparently fit him lol
Damn. Started reading the book by chance this past week and then found out this drama was the adaptation. Wanted to drop the book due to it's ending, but difficult to walk away since it's pretty damn good. Too bad this drama doesn't sound too good per the comments/reviews.
Up to ep 30. Too many side stories of the supporting cast so it stalls the damn story. It would have been good if I actually cared about the supporting characters, but I do not, so it just drags.
Yukee's likeable character contributed in the beginning, but then her love story became it's own drama series. - Update: Yukee's strong character meaningfully contributes again after ep 40. Thank goodness to see a character with some morals/loyalty back into the story again.
Worse is how all the villains and their mother know every scheme present but our two main characters are oblivious for eternity -- it gets tiring to watch after 10+ episodes.
FL is fun to watch; especially the chemistry between her and ML. Takes a while, but to finally see her take the initiative in love really pays off the long wait!
2nd male lead's character is strange; introvert, good personality, and has a strong relationship with ML, but all of a sudden a random girl he meets changes his whole world view almost overnight. Unbearably classic NiceGuy. - Update: dude doesn't know what love is. Only thing he loved was finally finding a weakness/vulnerability in the ML (ML's love for the FL).
No justification for the manipulation and abuse toward Jinmi; don't even defend that bs. It ain't right in any universe -- reality or fantasy. Infuriating to watch his scenes again; mofo got off light for the multiple times he tried to exterminate XF. His retribution is more of the "I'm not sorry I did wrong, I'm only sorry I got caught (and finally lost)."
Really like the old fox; he's an actual supporting character while everyone else feels like a Hindering character.
Finally got around to watching this. My goodness haven't had this many tears for a long while. A male lead has not cut so many onions since Peeta Mellark from Hunger Games or K from More Than Blue.
Ming Lan from The Story of Ming Lan is the winner for me in this category. She is smart. She might appear weak…
After watching Story of Ming Lan, she's currently setting a standard for the strong non-martial artist female imo. Her fierce wit and intelligence are quite inspiring -- especially the family dinner, flying chopsticks scene. Plus, the loyalty and developing love between her and the ML is refreshing to watch.
Currently on ep 35.Frustratingly moronic ML; there was absolutely no reason to keep hiding his idenity after they…
Best thing about the drama is the two main characters' love for each other never wavered. They trust and support each other wholeheartedly; it's nice to watch the scenes where they reinforce this. Personally prefer this rather than draggy misunderstandings because of something stupid.
Frustratingly moronic ML; there was absolutely no reason to keep hiding his idenity after they met again. Caused more pain and misunderstanding -- more unnecessary twists. Simply stupid.
One of the best scenes was with K walking through his work's hallway after being terminated and he ran into the cat girls manager and assistant. Everyone was happy for K because they thought he was going to America but only the assistant was sad -- almost in tears -- because he knew the real reason. K even consoled him. K doing his best to put up a smile and act happy but inside he's dying. Such a simple yet powerful scene.
None at all. There's only one case of a side female character that has unrequited affection for the male lead.…
2nd male lead meets her by chance and starts to become fond of her. They meet and interact some more throughout the drama, and he starts to like her. I say unhealthy obsession because he would say things like "you're mine" and "He's (male lead) trying to steal my woman" when it's known to the public the two leads are in love and together. Plus, she explicitly tells the 2nd ML that she doesn't want anything to do with him.
Up to now feels like all the comments claiming he's weak is far from the truth. Sure his character may "appear" physically weak and timid but that's only natural for a privileged birth crown prince being thrown into the wild. Stressing on the word appear.
He's actually a strong character because he's smarter than he looks and actually pretty damn strong physically and emotionally. He reads people well and doesn't get tricked. His determination in valuing other lives and Yu Ran's feelings for Ji Ye while keeping in check his own love for her is commendable.
His self-deprecation in front of Yu Ran in ep 20 is pretty heartbreaking.
"I envy Ji Ye. I was born with a silver spoon, but I still can't get anything" while talking to Yu Ran.
Right in the feels.
Ji Ye is a petty dumb character... his friends have saved his life multiple times while risking their own yet he acts like a little b just because he misunderstands so easily with that bird brain of his.
Old man with the spear is annoying as hell. Bro, you're about to croak stop screwing up the younger generations' lives. Probably the most useless and ill-effect causing character I have ever seen.
Bai Jinghong's ambition is pretty stupid. Dude looks like he'll die from old age any day but he dreams about ruling the world so he's constantly pushing the main characters into a corner trying to tame them. His son is an idiot who can't even feed himself... so what's the point of trying to rule the world?
Amy Chen as Princess Xiaozhou; one of the reasons to watch this drama. She did a marvellous job and her character is just lovely.
Lady Su is another reason; her facial expressions and that sweet, low voice.
In conclusion: if you want romance then watch up to ep 20 to see the character development. Then watch some more until you figure out who loves whom. Quit after that because the rest was a waste of my gdamn time! The rest was mundane political strife that mainly served to separate our 4 main characters.
Either the writers hate lovers ending up together or were trying really, really hard (and failed) to be "different." Because the reasons our lovers couldn't be together were simply lame. Oh, they went through multiple near death experiences, but let's not be together because sudden bs logic. Honestly, infuriating to watch toward the end.
I believe it's the book's ending (same as 2003 version). Main Guy Xiao Feng takes his own life to stop the turmoil/war. The girl (his lover's younger sister) in love with him rips her eyes out to give them back to another dude and proceeds to dive off a cliff with main guy's body.
So, happy ending for the other 2 male characters; tragic for 1.
Yukee's likeable character contributed in the beginning, but then her love story became it's own drama series.
- Update: Yukee's strong character meaningfully contributes again after ep 40. Thank goodness to see a character with some morals/loyalty back into the story again.
Worse is how all the villains and their mother know every scheme present but our two main characters are oblivious for eternity -- it gets tiring to watch after 10+ episodes.
FL is fun to watch; especially the chemistry between her and ML. Takes a while, but to finally see her take the initiative in love really pays off the long wait!
2nd male lead's character is strange; introvert, good personality, and has a strong relationship with ML, but all of a sudden a random girl he meets changes his whole world view almost overnight. Unbearably classic NiceGuy.
- Update: dude doesn't know what love is. Only thing he loved was finally finding a weakness/vulnerability in the ML (ML's love for the FL).
No justification for the manipulation and abuse toward Jinmi; don't even defend that bs. It ain't right in any universe -- reality or fantasy.
Infuriating to watch his scenes again; mofo got off light for the multiple times he tried to exterminate XF. His retribution is more of the "I'm not sorry I did wrong, I'm only sorry I got caught (and finally lost)."
Really like the old fox; he's an actual supporting character while everyone else feels like a Hindering character.
Update: gets quite addictive after ep 40!
Only regret: not watching this sooner!
Frustratingly moronic ML; there was absolutely no reason to keep hiding his idenity after they met again. Caused more pain and misunderstanding -- more unnecessary twists. Simply stupid.