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I thought In Blossom was fantastic. Kill Me Love Me I could have lived with but for the ending (unless it's a Nirvana in Fire type/quality story/production, zi don't do SE, life is hard enough already). As for the rest, I very rarely watch true xianxia, so haven't seen them.

Moonlit Reunion

It's weird because I can see A Dream Within a Dream on IQIYI in my region but can't see previews for this on Tencent although I can see the preview for the Legend of the Female General. We will see, I guess.

I really enjoyed the lead actor in In Blossom, very underrated, IMO, really looking forward to this.

Correct. When ZH confronted ZZX , the latter admitted that he cooperated with ZBW because ZBW could give him what he wanted, i. e. ZBW could help him rise and revive the Zhuang family, whereas ZH was responsible for his father's downfall and ZZX loved his father regardless of how he treated ZZX's mother and ZZZ himself. No, in the end, ZZX was not sincere to ZH before he went to the border even though he certainly acted sincere at the time.

There could have been several reasons for this. First, while I don't claim to understand it, loyalty to one's Lord and master was huge in ancient Chinese culture and that is what ZBW was to Gaio Ming, especially since ZBW had saved his life. Another factor could be simple denial - until Gao Ming was confronted with the fact that ZBW was about to kill Zang Hai he was not willing to acknowledge, even to himself, that it would eventually happen - it was easier for him to live that way. Remember, he says in his letter to Zang Hai that the other master killed himself because he recognized much earlier than Gao Ming that it would eventually happen.

Well, the villain has been at it much longer than Zang Hai and definitely had bigger teeth and claws. Ultimately, Zang Hai had been playing the villain's game pretty much the whole time and he is what, 21, 22, still very inexperienced. What saved Zang Hai in the end was that the villain did not count on the strength of the adopted father/adopted son between Gao Ming and Zang Hai, which come to think of it is a glaring error on his part because he is a father himself and obviously loves his daughter since she has freedom that is unheard of for the time and place.

Son of one of his brothers, Prince of Linzi, who is guarding the border. This prince is mentioned in one of the first episodes.

He knew who he was dealing with and could have tried to save himself. He chose to save his adopted son instead. For me, that redeemed him.

I actually think he wanted to make a better world. His definition of a "better world" was just really twisted.

Well, he got an extra 10 years of life because of Zhinu, what's not to be thankful for?

I should say Youthful Glory is well done for what it is and has good production values. It's just not for everybody.

It's not Legend of Zang Hai. If you like romance and eye candy, you will like Youthful Glory. If not, there isn't much else to it.

He was one of the MLs in Youthful Glory and had a very different presence in that, I didn't even realize it was the same actor until someone pointed it out.

Xiao Zhan did a phenomenal job in this, I am so happy to discover this actor. The ending was much happier than I expected (and I am a big fan of happy endings, life is hard enough, although if it's a Nirvana in Fire or One and Only-type story and the sad ending makes sense in context, I can live with it). I did not expect Master Gao Ming to live until the end so I am at peace with his death, but I am glad he (because I always suspected he wasn't completely on the up and up) and ZZX were redeemed at the end. But generally I expected a much higher body count and I am glad it didn't happen.

Seriously, time to start a pool on who at that table is going to come out alive.

Doesn't matter what I think. ZH thinks ZZX is good and innocent, he said so himself. Sure, Zhinu (although he is certainly not a good person) is also innocent as far as ZH's family is concerned, and so is Zhinu's wife, that goes without saying. But anyway, you are entitled to your opinion and I to mine.

ZH doesn't know that ZZX didn't keep his promise, (although we the audience still don't know the reason for his actions) so the emotional impact on ZH isn't lessened. And ZH knows that ZZX didn't want his father to die, and because of ZH's actions ZZX ended up in a situation where he was the tool for his father's death. We the audience know more but ZH doesn't and to him it's a huge burden.

Well, what was ZZX guilty of? And he ended up killing his own father. ZH himself says he ended up hurting a good and innocent young man.

Well, as someone else said, every revenge story ultimately goes back to the Count of Monte Christo. At a certain point you begin to realize that the price of your revenge is too high and too many innocents are suffering.