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open ending and more of teaser for potential s2 (nothing is confirmed but we are hoping it will be announced soon)

I think you didn't get my point 😅
weibo is not a metric to know if a show is successful or not
when I said "data" that means viewership count, market share, advertisement/ commercial value, etc
GOTD kuyun views for today was 70 million and yunhe views 59 million
Flourished peony had 56 million yunhe views today and around 50 million kuyun views but the blossoming love is very low in the list. You can check it from here,

https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/1880976287080333572?t=aT-a2aQJXqmrTXbEms08pA&s=19

https://x.com/cdramacharts/status/1880977494645653724?t=CwnBsJ8CIISkBcWfieINbA&s=19

Hot search on weibo can be bought for marketing strategies but they don't give a drama success if viewers are less because then advertisement will be less etc. I hope I explained well. I haven't watched the show so don't think I am hater or something. Just wanted to point out that it's an underrated show rather than popular blockbuster

Ohh lol
I don't think tbl is that high in terms of data overall... but idc about the show to debate on this haha

Wait which chart showed the blossoming love ahead of GOTD??
All I see is GOTD & Flourished peony both in top 2 of all charts & data. FP definitely has the strongest start so I am sure overall it will get ahead of GOTD eventually but so far I see tbl nowhere so curious to know where you get this

Okay now that I am done with GOTD, I am finally starting this. I have a feeling that I will enjoy this

if people think it's low douban score & 10+ black hot search against the show within first 10 minutes of its premiere means everyone in China dislikes it then they will come to this conclusionThe truth is that it's viewership is highest for from the start despite releasing 1 ep per day on weekdays (mon to fri). Only flourished peony beat it for 2 days but now it's back on top. Market share is also highest 20%. Ads seconds are double the amount as compare to other shows (all time all platform legendary level advertisement). if it doesn't live up to hype then why advertisers are crazy about this show? (They have all the data ). it reached 30k+ heat index, 1.1 billion playback volume and many more achievements. The audience is majority male centric which is different from usual female audience who hype their cp etc so it doesn't have that level of social media presence as compare to Flourished peony & Moonlight mystique (high engagement but not doing that well in china). However, wang hedi acting skills was trending top 1 on weibo last week and yesterday there were 8 hot searches after the end (all praising the show). In short, it started with many controversies surrounding it. Many people called wang hedi monkey or what not for his accent and not using dubbing etc. plus, criticism of his rap and comparing the show to joy also didn't help because it raised high expectations and now those people will claim that it didn't live up to expectations. Joy of life is a next level hit and I don't think makers were expecting GOTD to reach that level. All in all, it's a masterpiece for me and I am glad that so many now are loving it

It's doing exceptionally well in China. Almost at the level of GOTD viewership wise (little behind) but reception is way more positive. Douban score is highest 7.8 out of all airing shows and same with weibo opening rating 9.3. Considering that market share started with 3% and now to almost 20% is big achievement because mango tv is limited and this type of achievements is more expected from big tencent shows like currently airing GOTD
I want to try this show just because of so much positive reception in China. So far, I only watched GOTD (became my favorite), MM looks boring but this sounds like loved by many so excited to start this

Tbh his haters are just loud minority. He still has many fans who support him that's why he is still so popular. I used to think that he gets hate a lot which is true but I also noticed a lot of praises for his acting as XQA in last 1 week so yeah majority of people who are casual watchers don't care about controversies surrounding him and they still choose to watch his shows regularly

I totally get that they can't adapt everything in detail nor I expect adaptations to be 1:1 copy of source material. I am fine with them deviating as long as it doesn't ruin the story. I just don't understand the plot of killing Lord wei when it's implied he will be fine if s2 comes. Feels pointless but maybe it's a setup for something I don't know yet like XQA teaming up with witcher guy (his father) as equivalent exchange for Lord wei revival. That will be interesting but we can only speculate for now 😭

This would have been better but ig they wanted to tease s2

I just rewatched the last ep and first 10 minutes were just pure perfection and masterclass acting. XQA announcing the execution with so much anger, him yelling that he quits & says his famous poetry lines to remind us what he stands for and then everything is silent, he is shaking and we get THAT moment. The two actors silently sitting and making all of us emotional with their crying

Tbh I remember when I started it, I thought it's not my type of show so it will be a decent watch but this caught me my surprise because the more I watched it, the more I was loving it. It's now my favorite

Tbh it's hard to adapt novels fully so I get that this can feel rushed (limited to only 40 episodes)
For me, Lighter & princess, Lbfad and when I fly towards you, these 3 were my top 3 but now I love GOTD most

I can watch 100 episodes of this show tbf
Never felt this way before towards a cdrama

Let me go grab my food and hit the rewatch button 😭
Tbh last few episodes had so much content that I need a rewatch haha

Thanks
Also, can you explain what's the deal with emperor and what happened to him at the end. Like why he was afraid of knife?

Same
I thought nothing can beat what lbfad made me feel but this show changed my opinion

I think this is temporary and we can just undo it if s2 happens

Guys, I was so into the show that I even forgot to eat dinner today (it's midnight here lol)
That's what happens when you are obsessed with a show 🤣
Dafeng is worth it

Now I want to watch that show. I am new to cdrama so doesn't know everything about him. Thank you for informing me