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if you like your female lead consistently dumb
A completely unserious, beautifully styled drama with transmigration. To be honest what interested me in this drama is Liu Yu Ning and his latest string of enjoyable dramas. His presence in this drama does not disappoint as the misunderstood but also ruthless male lead. His character development and the unraveling of his story are so enjoyable to watch that I was riveted to the screen every time he was on it. What starts as a comedic parody slowly unravels into a dramatic tale of misunderstandings defining a person and their struggle to escape the cage placed around them. And then it stays there for a long time. One misunderstanding after the next with absolutely no growth or sense in the characters.
The story revolves around Song Yi Meng that is a mediocre actress paired with an exceptionally popular and high maintenance male lead in a historical drama. While reading she is transported into the world of the script and forced to play out her character's devastating role. With her knowledge of the script she skimmed through and her steadfast desire to avoid the same miserable fate that is written for her character she does everything in her power to change the story and escape her fate. But the rules inside the script are different and major scenes will always be played out no matter how much she changes.
The story is told from both the female and male lead's perspective so as the viewer you know how misunderstood and villainized the male lead is and how incredibly biased and naive the female lead is which leads to a very frustrating watch. To be honest I keep waiting for the female lead to figure out how wrong she is so that I can actually like her but halfway through the drama and I still can not stand her character. She is determined to not have the miserable fate that is written for her character and I can sympathize with that plight but she has no character development or situational awareness. She always sees the male lead as the villain no matter what is revealed about him to her. My dislike of her likely stems from my obvious more interest in the male lead, Nan Heng, and my knowledge as the viewer of his actual character and struggles. While I know she doesn't know that yet I still get incredibly frustrated watching her continuous mistreatment of him and lack of character progression.
Satire style comedy is also not often in my wheel house so the comedy does not always hit here for me. I love Nan Heng and his band of martial arts brothers and their interactions and even the references to other popular works but there are many times where the comedy feels more cringe to me. Also the drawn out miscommunication and misconceptions does begin to feel tiresome. The overly ridiculous Eighteenth Prince and obnoxiously biased and cruel Emperor also make this a bit difficult to continue watching but I think once the truth is revealed it will make up for the frustrations. Liu Yu Ning carries this show on his shoulders with his gripping portrayal of Nan Heng and his desperate fight to survive.
Having seen well into three quarters of the drama and the female lead, Song Yimeng, is still behaving with the same misplaced and blatantly ignorant aggression toward the Nan Heng makes this something I can no longer recommend. The plot feels glacial and goes in circles with her making one stupid decision after another. Skip this drama and pick a better one.
The story revolves around Song Yi Meng that is a mediocre actress paired with an exceptionally popular and high maintenance male lead in a historical drama. While reading she is transported into the world of the script and forced to play out her character's devastating role. With her knowledge of the script she skimmed through and her steadfast desire to avoid the same miserable fate that is written for her character she does everything in her power to change the story and escape her fate. But the rules inside the script are different and major scenes will always be played out no matter how much she changes.
The story is told from both the female and male lead's perspective so as the viewer you know how misunderstood and villainized the male lead is and how incredibly biased and naive the female lead is which leads to a very frustrating watch. To be honest I keep waiting for the female lead to figure out how wrong she is so that I can actually like her but halfway through the drama and I still can not stand her character. She is determined to not have the miserable fate that is written for her character and I can sympathize with that plight but she has no character development or situational awareness. She always sees the male lead as the villain no matter what is revealed about him to her. My dislike of her likely stems from my obvious more interest in the male lead, Nan Heng, and my knowledge as the viewer of his actual character and struggles. While I know she doesn't know that yet I still get incredibly frustrated watching her continuous mistreatment of him and lack of character progression.
Satire style comedy is also not often in my wheel house so the comedy does not always hit here for me. I love Nan Heng and his band of martial arts brothers and their interactions and even the references to other popular works but there are many times where the comedy feels more cringe to me. Also the drawn out miscommunication and misconceptions does begin to feel tiresome. The overly ridiculous Eighteenth Prince and obnoxiously biased and cruel Emperor also make this a bit difficult to continue watching but I think once the truth is revealed it will make up for the frustrations. Liu Yu Ning carries this show on his shoulders with his gripping portrayal of Nan Heng and his desperate fight to survive.
Having seen well into three quarters of the drama and the female lead, Song Yimeng, is still behaving with the same misplaced and blatantly ignorant aggression toward the Nan Heng makes this something I can no longer recommend. The plot feels glacial and goes in circles with her making one stupid decision after another. Skip this drama and pick a better one.
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