Found a YouTube version that had good subtitles (even if they DID overlap with the original Mandarin ones...) but they do cut out and then come back delayed a few minutes later near the end (It's rather easy to figure out what was said in those last minutes though since it was rather obvious based on what's shown on the screen).
💀 I've completed this. I'm sure some people will be very happy with the last episodes... Personally 🤦♀️🤷♀️ I don't know why I was expecting they were going to somehow plug all the massive plotholes and not just make MORE in the last 2 episodes... 😮💨
Doppelganger was 100% better 🤣 - I still stand by that show being best watched going into it blind - this one was so bland the "middle" part twist couldn't even be obvious because it felt like they made it up just to make SOMETHING happen... and FBS well I've predicted almost everything that happened before it happened.
I finished it and can't even use my brain to choose something new to watch so I'm reading a book instead as a palate cleanser... Cough... I also binged 24 episodes of Fate Beyond Script and am waiting for the last 4 episodes of that... hint: Not impressed there either 😅🤦♀️
Well I finished it so I'm counting this as a win as this is the first mini I've actually finished this year (even if it was through sheer will power alone).
Gone from YouTube - now on Reelxia as Rise of the Thug 2: Power CourtI want someone to watch the 4 hour Part 1....…
Not yet because Part 2 is only available on Dailymotion in 4 parts because of length... But some kind soul left a comment about how one of the parts was MISSING so there's an entire almost 2 hour segment that you'd have to switch over to the raw version for and 🤣 I don't have time for trying to cobble together what's going on for an entire 2 hours 🤣🤡.
I'd have to rewatch it with the Iqiyi subs to see if I somehow missed a detail about being an interim head of state but generally an Emperess wouldn't just suddenly know how to run court since she runs the harem. But even if for some reason she did take over briefly until one of the sons became Emperor the guideline of whoever marries the daughter becomes Emperor and there's two daughters and two sons is... 🤡. At what point do you call it which son has married the 'correct' daughter and name him Emperor? (Assuming of course that none of this extra drama details ever happened and it was just 2 sons marrying 2 daughters 😆)
His name is Sun Dan'en 孙单恩 - he also plays in The Daily Life of a Spoiled Princess, Inviting You To the…
He has clips up on Douyin about being the Crown Prince and then once I found his name I found him through Baidu and Douban listed for those projects above
A loose adaptation this version cuts off what would normally be the last act or two and makes almost the entire drama be he not knowing who he is. That said, I felt this is THE most romantic version of all with the directors choices of camera shots and script changes making for a more involved ML. It's made more obvious that he's protective of her and interested in being 'more' with her within days 😅. This version probably the least frustrating of all versions.
This version was very good despite the ML giving off more of a 'love-sick prince' vibe than the other versions more 'mature and untouchibly regal' vibe. Best benefit of choosing this version over one of the other adaptations is that it actually follows the story into the Capital and palace and gives an answer to her past.
This version of the storyline is less of a straight adaptation and more of an inspiration as it changes some characters while removing or adding others (such as there being no Song family storyline but instead she has a non-blood 'sister' that shows up at one point that helps set the tone for later. While this version is VERY different that the others I felt it had the best story flow and best highlights the betrayal arc and why she can't handle it. That said... like all versions there are still a LOT of plotholes, and this one definitely has more of them than the other versions.
While this version doesn't feel as "romance/chemistry" driven as a few of the other versions of this storyline, my opinion is that it gives the best satisfying depiction of justice for the antagonists involved in the storyline.
Title: 《消失三年归来，依旧独占帝心》 - After Disappearing For Three Years, She Returns And Still Holds The Emperor's Heart ML: Qiu Baihao FL: Ma Junke Synopsis: Three years ago, Song Yi accidentally transmigrated into a book, successfully capturing the heart of Emperor Jiang Lanye and returning to the modern world. Three years later, she returned to the book's world again, only to discover that the tyrant Jiang Lanye had been driven mad by her for three years! To return to the modern world, she used a system bug that allowed her to change her appearance to infiltrate his side, intending to transform the tyrannical ruler into a benevolent one. She thought she had hidden herself perfectly, unaware that she had already fallen into the gaze of those deeply affectionate eyes. Adapted from the novel 《死遁三年归来，暴君黑化了》 "Returning After Three Years of Escape, the Tyrant Has Turned Evil," by Ying Li.
Title: 《都大乘期了还讲啥道理》 - We're Already In The Mahayana Stage, What's The Point of Talking About Principles? ML: Jiang Yushun FL: Ma Junke Synopsis: While criticizing a melodramatic female-oriented fantasy short drama, Su Chen transmigrates into the drama, sharing a body with the original owner, Mu Qingxue, and becoming the female lead with unparalleled combat power. Faced with the slander of his scheming junior sister and the unreasonable favoritism of his sect, Su Chen smiles slightly. "Those who don't cultivate diligently but dare to spread rumors—they'll all be recruited into the Human Emperor's Banner as soul slaves!" Adapted from the novel 《都大乘期了还讲道理？我就是道理》 - "Already at the Great Ascension Stage, Still Talking About Reason? I Am Reason," by Shan Niao Yu Yu.
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That said, I felt this is THE most romantic version of all with the directors choices of camera shots and script changes making for a more involved ML. It's made more obvious that he's protective of her and interested in being 'more' with her within days 😅.
This version probably the least frustrating of all versions.
Best benefit of choosing this version over one of the other adaptations is that it actually follows the story into the Capital and palace and gives an answer to her past.
While this version is VERY different that the others I felt it had the best story flow and best highlights the betrayal arc and why she can't handle it. That said... like all versions there are still a LOT of plotholes, and this one definitely has more of them than the other versions.
ML: Qiu Baihao
FL: Ma Junke
Synopsis:
Three years ago, Song Yi accidentally transmigrated into a book, successfully capturing the heart of Emperor Jiang Lanye and returning to the modern world. Three years later, she returned to the book's world again, only to discover that the tyrant Jiang Lanye had been driven mad by her for three years! To return to the modern world, she used a system bug that allowed her to change her appearance to infiltrate his side, intending to transform the tyrannical ruler into a benevolent one. She thought she had hidden herself perfectly, unaware that she had already fallen into the gaze of those deeply affectionate eyes. Adapted from the novel 《死遁三年归来，暴君黑化了》 "Returning After Three Years of Escape, the Tyrant Has Turned Evil," by Ying Li.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa11qzq
Part 2 - RAW
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa11qzo
ML: Jiang Yushun
FL: Ma Junke
Synopsis:
While criticizing a melodramatic female-oriented fantasy short drama, Su Chen transmigrates into the drama, sharing a body with the original owner, Mu Qingxue, and becoming the female lead with unparalleled combat power. Faced with the slander of his scheming junior sister and the unreasonable favoritism of his sect, Su Chen smiles slightly. "Those who don't cultivate diligently but dare to spread rumors—they'll all be recruited into the Human Emperor's Banner as soul slaves!" Adapted from the novel 《都大乘期了还讲道理？我就是道理》 - "Already at the Great Ascension Stage, Still Talking About Reason? I Am Reason," by Shan Niao Yu Yu.