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At minimum, the ML character (Yuan Qi ) is the son of the ML/FL in Ancient Love Poetry who were the two most powerful gods.

LAR was equally toxic, just the other way around. That dude just endlessly suffered the entire time. If the mark of a good ML character is how much you can suffer (even endure being abused by the woman of your desire in multiple lifetimes), I'm not sure that's a good measuring stick to use as a basis of comparison.

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The ML in The Blood of Youth was weak for 3/4 of it and that didn't hinder the story at all.

No it wouldn't they're biologically cousins lmao

He didn't. He wanted an assistant and used that as a means of observing her behavior.

Yes.

Nah not ...really. One of the characters is a mermaid/man that has the option to switch genders after a period of time (like 300 years or something) if they wish. She started as a male and then became a female. She was in love with her good friend which made things awkward for him.

Well following the logic of the premise if she didn't marry the same guy then her son-from-the-future would cease to exist.

They really should have gone the Quantum Leap route. Just one scene or two with him looking in the mirror and seeing a different person would have made it make more sense easily.

They don't get together romantically until after he gets a new coach.

It's nothing compared to some of the moms in KDramas, *especially* weekend "family" dramas lol.

Zhang Xin Cheng getting a main role in this is really interesting. He's a talented actor and has experience with martial arts oriented roles such as him being a stand out in Young Blood. Considering he's got a main role in Bright Future along side of Hu Ge (and is another Kong Sheng project) this wouldn't be too much of a surprise.

Leo Wu as another ML is actually surprising to me because somehow I doubt it would be a continuation of Fei Liu's story after the events of NiF 1. If that's not the case and he's playing a different character entirely it would feel a little weird to me since NiF is engraved in my soul so it would be hard to see actors from it as different characters.

At first glance this appears to be a much deeper LOTCH remake that also includes more emphasis on the background arcs for some of the other major characters.

Zhou Yi Wei as Huang Yao Shi, Gao Wei Guang as Ouyang Feng, and Peter Ho as Hong Qi are all super interesting casting choices.

I'm all about it.

I saw a comment somewhere that said Doldam Hospital is basically Top Gun for surgeons. It's a great way of putting it.

WTF is this insane cast lmao... Also both Story of Minglan director and screenwriter

Oh that definitely happens. Every relationship is twisted and that one is no exception. I won't spoil it but she definitely has some messed up stuff happen to her.

Love is Sweet has a similar overall premise where the guy seemed like a bastard but was truly devoted to her the entire time.

To people saying the ML is naïve, well of course he is. He grew up on a deserted island after all. Then he studied medicine in a remote place until he he was a teenager, then he wandered around a few years more until he was an adult. He had very little interaction with people and practically no street smarts.

Also he was inherently "good" and good characters always tend to be naïve.

He was good in Handsome Siblings. At least the better of the two MLs in it.