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From an old interview of Ren Jialun's I understood the drama was supposed to have around 80 episodes but they were forced to drop about half of them,hence the disjointedness of the first 10 episodes or so,but if you hang in there you will eventually get the story.I dropped it once because of this,but came back to it and was really glad of it,it's one of my favourite dramas ever.

I think it was the script that didn't know what to do with itself. The male lead has no qualities other than his compassion.After so many years of life he has gathered a bit of fortune and ....that's it. No knowledge,no wisdom. He knows so little about himself that when he finally finds his long lost little brother ....he decides he never wants to see him again - because he was offended by his deception?
He found out about the meteor stones and... doesn't even ask for as many details as possible, especially after being defeated by one. He thinks nothing about ....hm, finding the stones and bringing them together to see if he could cure his condition.
After the first close call with death he goes back to his life as if nothing, no plan or strategy to prevent his enemies from attacking again or from getting captured.
His young enemy doesn't know if he wants revenge or express gratitude for the help he received in his teenage years.
I couldn't even understand what the superintendent of the army wanted.
Mu Li Hua was the only one that made sense.She wanted the secret of immortality to survive her family's curse.

I've just finished episode 13 and I was so ....meh...that I came here and read a bunch of comments. I will drop it. It's a pity the story seemed promising.

I would love it if I could find the bgms for both first and second season....

A Familiar Stranger

Great mystery series. I loved everything about it : the asymmetry of the episodes (some contained one mystery, others finished one problem and started another leaving its conclusion for the next episode) ; the fact that everything was connected to one big scheme ; the mix of Chinese and English (although, the dubbing was painfully obvious when characters spoke English - even the British characters) ; the variety of the cases being investigated ; and most of all the dynamic between the three main characters, I felt each of them brought something to the table.

I didn't feel Bai Youning was annoying as others have pointed out, given her background it would have been surprising if she had turned out to be the perfect, kind , smart "princess" who solved everything on her own. Instead, she was quite realistic from a psychological point of view - raised as an only child of a rich mobster, surrounded all her life by tough men - of course she had a prickly, nosy, smart-mouthed personality to cover for her own loneliness and insecurities.

As unusual as the cases were, the really entertaining part for me was the way the characters (and not just the main ones) interacted, evolved and matured by the end. Especially the main trio, each with their own quirks and flaws, who went from barely standing each other, to having each other's back and supporting one another as true friends.

10/10 - especially for the end song.

What a treat this drama was ! I loved everything about it, despite some flaws and some scenes that could have been played better if the ML had a bit more acting experience.
After the disappointment and snoozefest that was Burning Flames, and the complete fiasco of In Blossom (of which I could only watch the first 14 episodes), this drama was a comfort and joy. It had such a cozy feeling.
Hua Qing Ge was cute and fearless and all her antics felt natural to me because she knew she was in a fictional world and as such she thought actions didn't matter much. It was only some time later that she realised her trying to change the end of her novel brought about serious consequences and that her characters had their own traumas, motivations and feelings, and so took on a life of their own.
I really liked Ding Ze Ren's Ji Chu ( I wish they had kept his first hairstyle all throughout the drama, it was the best look for him). He was great as a villain and as a man in love, but he still needs to work on his expressions in emotional or sad scenes. I look forward to seeing him again, hopefully in another costume drama.
I thought the ending was quite fitting, it was a lesson about revenge and the heavy price it requires.
The costumes and make-up were unusual enough to be good looking. The soundtrack is great.
All in all a great drama that I recommend watching, and despite its few flaws I give it a 10.

I think it was just the consciousness of her glory crystal becoming corrupted by the evil high priestess

Under the power
Love a lifetime
Forever and ever
The Blue Whisper
Twilight

I have watched most of Ren Jialun's work.I started watching this without any expectations as I know nothing about the story it is inspired from.But I did not expect to be so disappointed and bored.
The drama could be cut in half if they had shortened the villain's speeches and the heroes' speeches and focused on the actual fights,and if dying people didn't take half an hour to deliver one final speech. I felt like I was watching 90's anime or a mmorpg dungeon/raid, and I fastforwarded through many such scenes.
The ML seemed flat and one-dimensional.I felt more emotion from Ren Jialun's character in A Thousand Years For You-and he was accused of having the emotional range of a stone there.I did not care one bit about Wu Geng, from the beginning you can guess that even if he dies, he will always be brought back through some plot device.
I agree with those that complained about hearing "A Gou" waaaay too many times that it made the poor Bai Cai very annoying. But I think Xing Fei has matured from her Miss Crow and Mister Lizard days, and I quite liked her evil episodes.
The main villain's story was not given proper time and attention, so again,I felt nothing for his struggle and motivation.
The costumes were very nice, and the soundtrack is ok.
Unfortunately I can only give it a 6.5,as I think it has no rewatch value.

I rarely start modern dramas, but I saw a short that intrigued me, started it for the sci-fi description, got hooked by the story and acting of the main leads. At some point, I realised it wasn't what I initially thought at all, and I absolutely loved that about it. Finally a story that is unpredictable enough to keep you interested till the end. The romance was just perfect, it evolved at such at a natural pace. Looking forward to seeing more like this. Congrats to the whole team behind this drama.

Finally finished this after fast skipping through the last ten episodes. My God, what a huge let-down. It started so strong with great funny scenes, great friendships, good character growth, only to turn into the sloppiest soap opera I've ever seen with the stupidest "unexpected" plot twists, infinite character deaths and resurrections and a moronic ending to top it all off. The only redeeming point is the soundtrack, which is actually really good. I am really sorry for the actors, they deserved a better script.

I know nothing about the manga or anime, but to me it looked like she didn't just enter the dream/spiritual world, but that she dragged the entire place and everyone there into it, making the insects inside the spirits of the people infected visible, and distinct from them, so that's why they were able to cut them leaving the physical bodies intact.

I am not a fan of him, nor of any of his other dramas(I did like Love and redemption, though), but I just have to say he was absolutely brilliant in this, and the chemistry with all his co-stars was just off the charts amazing.

As a member of the audience mentioned earlier, I must say I do not want any love kissing scenes. I want a good story and great complex characters. I think all Ren Jia Lun's dramas are different just as his chemistry with his female partners, and he brings so much nuance to each and every character he plays, and after seeing his latest, Twilight, although at first I was a bit afraid because of his performance, I ended up loving Qi Lianshan . As for Demon Hunter's Romance I was so looking forward to it, that trailer let us glimpse such a subtle but rich performance from all actors, and the lady director's way of guiding the actors and the people behind the camera looked so different, and the colours and manner of filming stood out. I really hope they manage to release it.

I really wish people stopped coming to this page and dropping useless comments about them not watching Ren Jialun's dramas because of him not kissing.We get it.Nobody is forcing you to.I have not seen any such comments on other actors' pages for the same thing(like Neo Hou for Back from the Brink).I have not gone to Li Hong Yi' page to write how much I dislike his acting or lack of talent(I found him so wooden and lacking expressions in Blood of Youth,it was like watching a robot or heavily botoxed man whose only redeeming quality was his handsomeness).So go watch your favourite types of dramas with your favourite actors who are not Ren Jialun,stop coming here to throw dirt and let's all live in peace .Thank you.

I really liked his dual natured character in Love A Lifetime(my second favourite RJL drama)-but please have patience with the first ten episodes,as I understood from some interviews,they were forced to drastically cut the drama episodes to half,as a result the first ten or so episodes felt like a madman's cut and pasted together fragments.But it does get better,the story will start to make sense,I really liked the chemistry of the characters and the soundtrack is very good.Also,Never Say Goodbye features him in another role with two personas.Give them a try.

they should change his photo to that of his character in Rebirth for You, he looks quite unusual and striking there.

I can understand your and many other people's point of view on this,but after watching decades of hollywood films turning more and more pornographic,I can honestly say I absolutely love Chinese dramas for this aspect.Plus,after falling in love with Ren Jia Lun in Blue Whisper,and then binging most of his other dramas,I just have to praise him-for me,any of his almost-kisses is sexier than anything else they could show.