After watching Episode 19; of Pursuit of Jade, the first thing I want to say is- this is absolute peak. My goodness. I never thought it would take such a drastic turn. Not even in my wildest imagination did I think it would go this far.
This is exactly what I expect from dramas- be bold and go to the absolute extreme with your vision. This is a masterpiece of writing, and what direction! My goodness. I can literally feel that the director must have had many sleepless nights before approaching certain scenes.
I can sense this drama is heading toward legendary status. My heart aches so much- my mouth went dry, and tears fell without me even realizing it. I couldn’t resist reacting to it. The kind of emotional investment I’ve put into this drama is something I can’t even properly express.
The drama spends so much time focusing on the internal, small conflicts in this little town while the big event quietly waits to explode. The director literally makes us his slaves to the story- “slaves” might not be the perfect word, but I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.
The amount of plot and subplots, and the heart-wrenching romance… it won’t let me sleep tonight. I can feel where it’s going and how it might end, but I want it to go even wilder than what I’m imagining- just like it did in these previous four episodes.
I don’t even want to start talking about the cast because all of them are just mind-blowing. Zhang Linghe once again showed why he’s one of the best. And the music… absolute masterpiece-level work. This is beyond anything anyone could ask for while watching a drama.
I’m still in absorbing mode, trying to process how everything unfolded. I need some time to settle my thoughts onto one page. I’ll write more after watching the next couple of episodes.
If anyone here is not watching this drama- do not miss this. Do not miss this.
After watching Episode 3: disappointing so far. I watched the 3rd episode weeks back, I think, and couldn’t move forward to the fourth episode. The acting is so bad. Lee Sung-kyung, you disappointed me big time. You’re still in the Dr. Romantic zone. I plan to watch Episode 4 today.
After watching Episode 9: first of all, a couple of days back I didn’t even know Zhang Linghe had a release before “Overdo.” I was waiting for that like ages, so I hadn’t watched the trailer of Pursuit of Jade or read the synopsis before starting. I just jumped into it after seeing the name Zhang Linghe.
He’s one of those actors who looks effortless while acting, and you get immersed into the drama through him. He’s absolutely nailing the character. The biggest plus point of this drama is the music- it’s so, so good and heartfelt. I’m like wow. The screenplay and direction are also going pretty well; I just thought the editing is a little slow and the pacing is moving a bit slowly.
About the production quality, it’s just top. And last but not the least, Tian Xiwei as Fan Chang Yu has impressed me the most. She’s so beautiful that I can’t take my eyes off her. She’s captivating, cute, very natural, and blew my mind with the way she’s playing the character. I can’t wait to see her explore more in the upcoming episodes with Xie Zhang.
I’m hooked. It’s just 9 episodes down and I’m talking this much - now time to watch Episodes 10 and 11.
Has anyone watched today’s episodes? Any thoughts to share?
The male and female leads here are the seniors of Sang Yan and Wen Yifan.The male lead here in When I Meet The…
Thanks a lot for the insights! I haven’t watched Hidden Love yet. Do you think I should watch it? I’m wondering if watching Hidden Love first would make this one even more enjoyable.
After watching Episode 10: Woo Hyeon Jin and Park Yun Seong are the main leads here, Seon Tae Hyeong is just a sidekick, i mean such a pathetic writing and direction, performances are so poor and terrible editing ruined the experience completely. What started as a slice-of-life rom-com about taking care of a nephew suddenly turned into a wild, unnecessary love triangle. I don’t know who approved this genre shift, whichever creative head made this decision took the dumbest call for the drama.
And about the performances, don’t get me started. Most of them were poor i mean so bad it's hard to sit through. Bae In Hyuk handled some emotional scenes well and delivered those dialogues nicely, but the rest felt emotionless and robotic. And when you’re confessing your feelings, can’t you at least say the person’s name? Why confess by saying “sadun”? I laughed there, such lazy writing and direction. the kiss scenes… many korean dramas doing them beautifully in recent past, but here it was awkward as hell. I don’t know if it’s the actors or the director fault, but a kiss should carry emotion and feeling. Here it lacked everything , no chemistry, no attraction, nothing. At this point everyone already knows how it’s going to end. The screenplay is the biggest fraud, it’s not engaging at all.
This show actually showed me a bigger picture of how badly korean dramas are going these days. It’s also a reminder that Chinese dramas currently have much more versatility. Yes, some have a bit of propaganda, but overall the quality and variety of stories are getting better there.
After watching Episode 2- I think I'm getting addicted, the suspense is on point. And I think it's going to get better with each episode. Yes, some scenes are slow and dragged a little long, but the music and overall vibe are kind of intact.
Man, am I the dumbest one? I was waiting for Overdo for ages, and didn’t even realize that Zhang Ling He has another release before that, and it’s this month, with only two days to go. 😭
This is exactly what I expect from dramas- be bold and go to the absolute extreme with your vision. This is a masterpiece of writing, and what direction! My goodness. I can literally feel that the director must have had many sleepless nights before approaching certain scenes.
I can sense this drama is heading toward legendary status. My heart aches so much- my mouth went dry, and tears fell without me even realizing it. I couldn’t resist reacting to it. The kind of emotional investment I’ve put into this drama is something I can’t even properly express.
The drama spends so much time focusing on the internal, small conflicts in this little town while the big event quietly waits to explode. The director literally makes us his slaves to the story- “slaves” might not be the perfect word, but I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.
The amount of plot and subplots, and the heart-wrenching romance… it won’t let me sleep tonight. I can feel where it’s going and how it might end, but I want it to go even wilder than what I’m imagining- just like it did in these previous four episodes.
I don’t even want to start talking about the cast because all of them are just mind-blowing. Zhang Linghe once again showed why he’s one of the best.
And the music… absolute masterpiece-level work. This is beyond anything anyone could ask for while watching a drama.
I’m still in absorbing mode, trying to process how everything unfolded. I need some time to settle my thoughts onto one page. I’ll write more after watching the next couple of episodes.
If anyone here is not watching this drama- do not miss this. Do not miss this.
The acting is so bad. Lee Sung-kyung, you disappointed me big time. You’re still in the Dr. Romantic zone.
I plan to watch Episode 4 today.
He’s one of those actors who looks effortless while acting, and you get immersed into the drama through him. He’s absolutely nailing the character. The biggest plus point of this drama is the music- it’s so, so good and heartfelt. I’m like wow. The screenplay and direction are also going pretty well; I just thought the editing is a little slow and the pacing is moving a bit slowly.
About the production quality, it’s just top. And last but not the least, Tian Xiwei as Fan Chang Yu has impressed me the most. She’s so beautiful that I can’t take my eyes off her. She’s captivating, cute, very natural, and blew my mind with the way she’s playing the character. I can’t wait to see her explore more in the upcoming episodes with Xie Zhang.
I’m hooked. It’s just 9 episodes down and I’m talking this much - now time to watch Episodes 10 and 11.
Has anyone watched today’s episodes? Any thoughts to share?
And about the performances, don’t get me started. Most of them were poor i mean so bad it's hard to sit through. Bae In Hyuk handled some emotional scenes well and delivered those dialogues nicely, but the rest felt emotionless and robotic.
And when you’re confessing your feelings, can’t you at least say the person’s name? Why confess by saying “sadun”? I laughed there, such lazy writing and direction.
the kiss scenes… many korean dramas doing them beautifully in recent past, but here it was awkward as hell. I don’t know if it’s the actors or the director fault, but a kiss should carry emotion and feeling. Here it lacked everything , no chemistry, no attraction, nothing.
At this point everyone already knows how it’s going to end. The screenplay is the biggest fraud, it’s not engaging at all.
This show actually showed me a bigger picture of how badly korean dramas are going these days. It’s also a reminder that Chinese dramas currently have much more versatility. Yes, some have a bit of propaganda, but overall the quality and variety of stories are getting better there.