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Incidentally Rookie historian is the one I have on hold, haha. She's not bad in it, but I think that the acting quality of both leads is really low.

I've disliked that actress since The Bride of Habaek, such a beautifully drawn manhwa that her acting and scriptwriters ruined. Thankfully in SFL, she was not that important to affect the show much. I think I still have one of her shows on hold, her blank face and lack of expression in acting are just too much for me to handle.

From Chinese dramas, I can think of The Untamed and Ever Night, and from Korean dramas maybe Six flying dragons? The older historical dramas were much better in my opinion. If I start watching a show that goes on for 50-80 episodes it almost always drops in quality somewhere in the middle (Legend of Fuyao for example). Very iffy and inconsistent script writing that no amount of good acting can salvage.

I think that the show would've been better if it had been fully set in the past (flashbacks) as it seemed to have much more fast-paced action rather than just a romance story with action as a side dish. Still, it was short and without fillers so I mostly enjoyed it.

Yeah, I feel like the majority of Cdramas of this genre tend to be of the same mold... repetitive plot and stale character tropes made me drop a dozen just this year :/ They could really do better in crafting interesting stories considering how much the international interest has risen in the past few years.

You might want to try The romance of tiger and rose or Love better than immortality as in both of these shows she had good chemistry with her male co-stars and they are primarily comedic shows so her acting wasn't as bad.

The anger at the plot and the low number of episodes kept me going though I was very close to dropping it just a few episodes in :D The female lead is truly not cut out for these kinds of stories in my opinion, and I do agree with you on not being able to find a likable aspect of this show.

Both voice actors of WWX and LWJ have voiced each of these characters before in other MDZS adaptations, which you can clearly tell by the amount of emotion that is shown in each scene in the show, as it is glaringly obvious that they know these characters well from way before they did these voice overs. Admittingly, the CGI isn't stellar and the fighting scenes aren't the best but frankly that is not all that this story is about and I didn't find it to be so cumbersome to watch? The moral lessons, the family relations, the world building, the character studies as well as probably the most subtle, yet lovable romance I have yet seen in a drama, make this an outstanding story no matter which format it is presented in. If you do find the drama that difficult to watch, I recommend either the book or the audio drama, there's also the donghua or the manghua as well, which are all a bit different from each other but nevertheless provide a similar experience. I think that this abundance of the ways that MDZS is being presented in as a story shows why it is loved by so many people; would be a shame to miss out on it.

Could you send me the link as well?

I would suggest to watch first 10-12 episodes and then skip the the last one. You won't miss a thing.

Could you message me a link as well? Thank you in advance.

Avoid at all costs.

That's a pretty nice MV, congrats.

Honestly with how boring the rest of the cast is, I do consider him the main character. Would really love more of his story rather than whatever this is.

Hear, hear!

Right now I really feel like having some sencha tea and almond pocky :)

Will do :)

I messaged the staff few days ago because I'm interested in joining but there was no response yet, so I'm unsure if there's a selection process or not?

Such a chore to watch. It's like Noble, my love, just way more draggy and way more 'Hey remember those shoujo mangas you read when you were 12?'.

Damn me, that was a beautifully painful watch.