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Overall a lovely show

Lovely show and while I hadn't much expectations in the beginning, I found myself waiting for the episode to drop every day. The characters were very attaching, the story was engaging even if I have my grips.
Li Mama is the MVP of the show, I loved her so much.


REVIEW OF THE STORYLINES WITH SPOILERS !!!

- Shouhua & Du Yangxi : Well they started not bad, I had not many prejudices against Yangxi because I kinda understand why he was behaving like this. BUT at some point I got annoyed by him because I didn't like how he pushed her and made her suffer even if it was to protect her (I just hate this excuse).
I think their storyline could've been much more enjoyable if they could've been less dramatic, 10ep was maybe too much for their plot. But when the story wasn't focused on them I found them cute.


- Fuhui & Fan Lianghan : They didn't have a real storyline, they were much more like secondary characters than main lead and it's shame because I liked her personality. Honestly their couple was the least enjoyable and interesting out of all of the couples. I just couldn't get past the fact that he was cheating on her and they had the audacity to make her the crazy one.


- Kangning & Chai An : 2nd favourite couple, my darlings ♥️.
I loved them, loved their storyline even if they got me annoyed at some point. I also loved she broke up with him and defended her family, it was kinda beautiful to see her stand with her family instead of compromising and bending the knees to her in-laws. After the storyline ended, they kept making cute appearances, just regret that we didn't get to see their twins.


- Haode & Shen Huizhao : My fav couple, fav plot they are my EVERYTHING. They are the reason why the show went to mid to a good show.
The amnesia plot was done nicely, not too dragged and because of it their relationship made great progresses. Even after the amnesia faded, the investigations were still entertaining without taking too much place.
They even had a second (real) wedding ceremony. In short they were the BEST 🩷🩷🩷


- Leshan & Yang Xian : their plot was not well developed despite the potential.
I found Xian irredeemable at first because of all the bad things he did in the beginning even more when he kidnapped her to marry her. It was fun to see her beats some sense into him but I didn't see the romance, the love between them, because their plot was kinda rushed. Also I didn't like and understand how all the family ganged up against Xian to "make him a better person" when he had already changed at this point of the story

Anyway, I recommend this drama because it was really entertaining.

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The fictional story that come into your life like a tsunami but every waves makes you love it more

Very very late review but I needed to come back to that drama because I think it's the one who suits my taste the most out of the many ones I've watched.
It was a perfect balance between enemies to lovers & arranged marriage, romance & politics and the comedic aspect was also great. The pace was perfect, I didn't feel bored at any episodes (and it's really important).
Last but the most important I want to praise the actors' performances because it made the drama even more good.

1. The Leads

- Wei Shao : I admit that I didn't like him at first not because the way he was treating Manman, it's an enemies to lovers so I couldn't expect less from him. I found that for a leader he was often blinded by his emotions and made hasty decisions, he was not what I call really smart 😭.
However after ep 6, he started to grew on me. Everyone around him had an agenda about him (his grandmother, his mother, his cousin even his wife...), he could get angry about that but he didn't held any kinda resentment and always tried to find a solution. I think that's the thing I liked the most about it him.
Of course I also loved how his romance with Manman was showcased, how he struggled between his feelings and his sense of loyalty toward his family and finally came across a solution to accept this situation.

- Qiao Manman : My girl 🩷, I think there weren't any moments she annoyed me, I love everything about her : her calm composition, her intelligence, wittiness, how shed stand for herself. Also loved how even if she had a strong character she wasn't made of steel and obviously could be swayed (ike when Wei Shao was putting an act in ep 6-7).
I think she was a good demonstration of a woman who can be strong without resorting to the cliché of the woman who can only be strong when she acts/fights like a man.

2. Side Characters

They blended well in this story. Some were annoying like the vilains but necessary to the plot I guess.
Wei Shao's little generals were my lights, they were so fun even if the end has broke my heart.

3. small small bad points

Some elements were lacking in the end firstly about Manman's cousin, they were close but grew apart so I wanted to see more about Manman's reaction about her cousin's death. Did she feel sorry, guilty because they couldn't reconcile before she died ? I don't know if I'm too curious but I think we should've seen it.
Secondly, I wanted also see a more strong reaction of Wei Shao about Wei Liang's death, I mean Wei Shao expressed that his generals were like his brothers so I wanted to see more.

Lastly I wanted to see more moments between our couple and their little daughter, yes I'm really greedy 🥹🥹

Anyway it was just me ranting about my beloved drama and I can only recommend this drama because it was true a mind-blowing experience.

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Beautiful depiction of a strong woman’s life

While I have some complaints about some interpretations of some characters personalities especially the King, I still loved this drama.
I think they did I a great job at portraying a strong woman who defended her vision of a better world and her principles till the end.
And while I was annoyed by it, at the end it’s quite remarkable of her to not resent the King even if he had wronged her many times. The end who also beautiful and emotional, with her son dancing for her one last time.

- Weak point of the story : the King’s concubines. Honestly even if they weren’t the main leads I hoped they would get a real storyline.

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Beautiful relationship between characters, but plot need to be more consistent

Overall it was a good drama, I would recommend it because of the relationship between the characters, the comedic aspect and the cinematography that was great even if I disliked a few things.

Good points :
1. The acting was good and sometimes scenes perfect. The costumes were great, the OST too.

2. The characters : Honestly they are the reason why I can't rate this drama less than 8. They really grew on me, because I love found family plot. Their chemistry together was amazing truly that's why even now, as I'm writing this review, I feel so sad about the ending. Zhuo Yichen and Bai Jiu's relationship was something father/son and big/little brother and this was honestly my fav duo. Zhu Yan was so silly and hilarious. Wen Xiao, even if I didn't like her character individually, blended well in this family. Pei Shijing and Ying Lei (I won't forget you ever 🥹) were great too.

3. The silly little dance in the ending : It was wholesome to see them dancing every time at the of the ep, they seemed enjoy it as well. First time I didn't skip the end credits, so this idea should be reused in every drama.

Things I didn't like :
1. The drama was way too more melodramatic, I felt the writer really wanted to create emotional scenes but it was way too much. I was honestly excepting something with more action and less tearing scenes.

2. Wen Xiao : The actress did was she could with the role the writer gave to her so it's not her fault, but she wasn't that important in the story. I mean she wasn't impactful, she felt more like a side/background character. At first I just thought she only needed her power to comeback for her to be a great character but nope. The more the story progressed the more I was annoyed at her crying nonstop and doing nothing when she should be powerful. She was kind but that's all unfortunately.

3. The romance : No chemistry, No emotional connection. Their bickerings were fun though, but I couldn't care less about them to the point where I didn't mind if they were separated. I found myself getting more annoyed every time the drama tried to force a romance between them.

4. The pacing & overused plot : This drama is a one where you feel it would've been better with less episodes because the pacing would've been much more enjoyable. I found myself skipping or fast forward some scenes because it was TOO SLOW and that's something I usually hate to do.
I think the point that annoyed me more was the fake death trope ; We kill a villain and he comes back to hunt us a 2nd time. I don't like this plot and it's obviously related to the pacing and the number of episodes. At some point, the story was not moving forward, they kept having meaningless conversation and this is clearly dark point of this drama. Don't need to stretch the story, if you don't have the material for it. Less episodes but packed would be more impactful.

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Grief is tough but is necessary to move on

“i’ll remember you. i’ll continue living. because to us, loving myself means loving you ». I’m just stuck with those words.

Small drama but funny, sad to the point it’s heartbreaking but at the end hope emerges. I’m glad Hee-wan overcame her pain and guilt and just a started to live her life without forgetting Ran-woo as he lives through her. Just sad he disappeared in the nature but I guess he fulfilled his mission so it’s time for him to leave her.

The lead’s performance were quite impressive (Big up to Kim Min-ha, hope to see her more)

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Grateful that supporting characters exists

It wasn't bad actually, it's just that when you don't like the main characters, you can't really enjoy a drama.

- ML : pretty much dislike him, because he didn't fit with the setting. Everyone was smart, cunning, manipulative and we have the ML who is not matching with the vibe with his naive and selfless character. I just hated the way he was behaving the FL trusting her at 100%, he didn't get angry about her manipulating him even once ? And the other thing I LOATHED about him is that as the head of the clan he should've made it his priority but instead he preferred romancing with the enemy. At some point, I didn't even know why he wanted to pass the 3 trials honestly.
At the end he redeemed himself a little and I feel like he had a development in his character but for me it wasn't enough to erased my bad feeling about him;

- FL : not much to say about her, she felt blank like a side character and not a MC, I'm just indifferent to her, I didn't like her nor did I disliked her. Her fighting scenes were great though.
(Unpopular opinion but I prefer Yu Shuxin with a more bubbly character & with her high pitch voice than this type of character)

- SFL & SML : SHOW STEALER, I swear they were the only one reason I finished this drama. The chemistry, their tension, the bath scene ? I was just so OBSESSED with them, I want to see this couple as main character in an other drama.
Shangguan Qian was amazing but I feel like we didn't see her fight enough, would've loved a lengthier fight scene with Shangjue.
Shangjue was everything the Gong clan needed as a leader but I guess he wasn't that ambitious, I was a little disappointed but it was coherent with his personality.

Conclusion : it wasn't my tea but if we have a S2 I'll watch it since I'm curious about a lot of things (and I want to see the baby 🥹)

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Advocating for a S2 ✊✊

I'm review this a little bit late, but what a drama it was incredible, everyone should watch it 😭😭. If you love Joy of Life, you will surely love it.

The plot was well written and well balanced between comedy and more heavy situations. The second half ( starting with ep24) was a bit slow to start but the end was emotional, heartbreaking and in a sense fulfilling with Qi'An decision. Also perfect between martial art, fantasy, political plot. Romance was the weak point but they were cute.

Things I loved :

- Xu Qi'An : Throughout the drama I kept surprising myself with the way I love him. In those type of series I tend to dislike the MC because I found them way too much prideful, arrogant and out the touch with their world in the end. But Ningyan, I just LOVED how he just accepted his place, knew exactly when to flaunt, when to be "submissive", not being naive but not being distant either.
When he was acting "reckless" I was surprised to support him fully even if I knew the consequences, because in a certain way I knew it was exceptional and his standard attitude.

(BIG SHOUT-OUT to Dylan Wang for this amazing performance, I know I wouldn't like Qi'An so much if it was played by another. He embodied this character perfectly with his expressions, playful tone, emotional reactions (specially in ep 39-40). It was my favourite performance of him knowing that Dongfang QingCang isn't easy to top.)

- Princess Lin'An : Loved her, but I struggled with her because I didn't think she had a great impact in the story, her relationship with Qi'An felt more like secondary plot. But I guess FL is always the weak point in male centric drama and it's kinda of sad actually that they still can't write a proper FL as not a side character.
The actress was great though with the "small" amount of screen apparitions she had, specially when she came to implore justice for her cousin/BFF, it was sad to the point I got chills.

- Qi'An friends & family : they were the story's comedic relief

- The Dafeng Guardians : funny how they kept arguing about who should take Qi'An. Feel like they can be still be more developed but I don't know how it will unfold

What about next season ? : I didn't read the novel but it feels like we didn't explored 20% of the story. Many points have yet to be developed, and I'm very curious about it

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