Yea it is quite similar to The Story of Ming Lan…. But like a newer version… or like upgraded version with…
Yeaaaa…. Well. The focus is also romance…. Like it is the main theme….. BUT….. it’s not the same in the sense that it doesn’t have so many heart wrenching moments…. Which also makes sense given this novel is meant to be between a 15 yr old and a 20 yr old…
Story of Ming Lan’s romance is defo a lot more mature. Esp in the original novel I think the ML is much older, well at least the drama the ML is defo a lot older. It is less “dreamy” vs LLtG, I.e more realistic….
Please dear viewer, can you recommend a drama like this one if it ever exists. I liked "Nothing gold can stay"…
Yea it is quite similar to The Story of Ming Lan…. But like a newer version… or like upgraded version with even younger leads and defo a bigger play on roller coaster emotions.
The themes+ topics are similar, and the standard is also similar.
There aren’t many series that come to mind…. Esp not like this whereby it had so many moments/scenes between the 2 leads. Not to mention the comedic spurts.
Do recommend Sword of Brocade as well but please have lower expectations…. The plot is defo weaker/more generic and the leads are not as striking, amongst other things. But defo worth the watch…
The Rebel Princess is one of my favourites as well but I’m biased, the series was pretty controversial but the themes and messages delivered were somewhat similar.
I’m totally experiencing withdrawal syndrome. My entire wkn feels empty after I finished binge-watching…. SIGHS….. This is bad……. Only a handful of series have made me feel this way……
I tried rewatching immediately but my memory is still super intact. Damnit… memory loss would be awesome right now.
Not gonna lie: this drama is 95% slow motion, 5% characters moving their heads in slow motion
LOL. I felt the same too. It’s especially apparent in the first 15 episodes or so…. It really changes after 20 episodes. I couldn’t take my eyes of the screen. The slow-mo bits are less obvious after and also less frequent.
It was also because of this whole slow-mo thingy…. That I managed to wait until it finished airing before binge watching, 🤣 I was super surprised the ratings were so high…. Coz I started watching maybe 1-3 episodes when it first aired and easily stopped watching. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up if the ratings dwindled. But the super high ratings made me curious. Like only Story of Ming Lan (similar genre, C-drama) had these kinda ratings.
I totally gave it a 9.5 after I finished watching it.
I added a Comedy tag for this series, the drama is hilarious. I had no idea it was partially comedic!! But I think it needs voting, well hopefully it gets approved.
lol. I waited until it finished airing before binge watching too. I’m so glad I waited…. It would have been…
Gosh. I thought of the exact same thing. I felt the first 15 episodes or so were a bit….. I wouldn’t call it boring per se but I thought it was a bit slow… yes! I realised this was a comedy after, it was hilarious!! I was crying and laughing at the same time.
I finished it in like 2 days. I finished around the same time as you yest.
This is actually a comedy….. it’s super funny, I laughed and cried at the same time….. Gosh this series was really well written and production is amazing…..
You may want to continue with Doulou Continent - very similar genre. i'm only at episode 3 of this drama and between…
Ah…. Now that you mention, yes… I have a vague recollection that there was some key…. I just remembered clearly that I was shocked and perplexed with the ending. And she took something from him, I thought it was the ring.
In the novel she does, apparently she has remained faithful via the entire novel and ended up being his ultimate wife….? Or the main wife… I can’t read Chinese but I think that’s wot it roughly translates to.
Looks like season 2 even if it happens will be an entirely different cast, which is dumb….. 😔
You may want to continue with Doulou Continent - very similar genre. i'm only at episode 3 of this drama and between…
Yea I did some digging and he has like multiple wives, specifically only 2 but like dalliances with a few….
Apparently she has been spying on him all along… at least it seemed to be the case in the novel but the person who posted didn’t mention why. Ah I see, yes fair point. I thought of it yesterday too like she perhaps really thought he was dead.
Huh but I thought she took the ring in the last episode? No? Probably I remembered wrongly, watched it a while back. Wasn’t he in the cave and she took the ring away?
Have to admit that it’s one of the most logical war-historical (albeit mixed with fiction) C-dramas I’ve ever watched… and the plot was crafted in such a smart way. Also not too convoluted unlike some other works I.e The Longest day in Chang An.
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Story of Ming Lan’s romance is defo a lot more mature. Esp in the original novel I think the ML is much older, well at least the drama the ML is defo a lot older. It is less “dreamy” vs LLtG, I.e more realistic….
The themes+ topics are similar, and the standard is also similar.
There aren’t many series that come to mind…. Esp not like this whereby it had so many moments/scenes between the 2 leads. Not to mention the comedic spurts.
Do recommend Sword of Brocade as well but please have lower expectations…. The plot is defo weaker/more generic and the leads are not as striking, amongst other things. But defo worth the watch…
The Rebel Princess is one of my favourites as well but I’m biased, the series was pretty controversial but the themes and messages delivered were somewhat similar.
This is bad……. Only a handful of series have made me feel this way……
I tried rewatching immediately but my memory is still super intact. Damnit… memory loss would be awesome right now.
It was also because of this whole slow-mo thingy…. That I managed to wait until it finished airing before binge watching, 🤣 I was super surprised the ratings were so high…. Coz I started watching maybe 1-3 episodes when it first aired and easily stopped watching. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up if the ratings dwindled. But the super high ratings made me curious. Like only Story of Ming Lan (similar genre, C-drama) had these kinda ratings.
I totally gave it a 9.5 after I finished watching it.
I finished it in like 2 days. I finished around the same time as you yest.
Gosh this series was really well written and production is amazing…..
In the novel she does, apparently she has remained faithful via the entire novel and ended up being his ultimate wife….? Or the main wife… I can’t read Chinese but I think that’s wot it roughly translates to.
Looks like season 2 even if it happens will be an entirely different cast, which is dumb….. 😔
Apparently she has been spying on him all along… at least it seemed to be the case in the novel but the person who posted didn’t mention why. Ah I see, yes fair point. I thought of it yesterday too like she perhaps really thought he was dead.
Huh but I thought she took the ring in the last episode? No? Probably I remembered wrongly, watched it a while back. Wasn’t he in the cave and she took the ring away?
Also not too convoluted unlike some other works I.e The Longest day in Chang An.