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Wasted Potential, Dumb FL, and a confusing ending
Rating: 3/10 (1 point for the cool kid, 1 point for the ending concept, 1 point for the first 4 fun episodes)
Overall: A frustrating mess with glacial pacing, a infuriatingly dumb FL, and wasted potential. The final reveal is rushed into the last episode after countless hours of filler.
The Play-by-Play (My Thoughts)
The Beginning (Eps 1-12): Promising, Then Disappointing
The start was fun! A girl gets transported to another world.
The FL is energetic, but also a dummy and childish. By Ep. 11, she has had ZERO character development. Finally, some progress with her wielding a sword!
Ep. 12 (31:30): Her crying doesn't seem real? Her face is just frowning but there are no tears! 🤓
I wish the development of her feelings was slower. It's only Episode 12 and she already wants to stay in this world just because the ML is in it? Why is it always the woman longing?
On a positive note: I love the songs in this cdrama. Ep. 12 (32:40), this song is a chef's kiss 💋. And the opening song is so good! I approve.
I hope she becomes more independent or at least stronger. I am longing for character development!
So the man had to go away for her brain to start working? For her to finally start practicing?
Ep. 13 (8:09): Bro, for real? He is the leader of Tiangang. No worries! 🤠 I can already guess it. Oh, he's mysterious. That's his way of protecting her and making her be close to him, I bet.(when he asked to marry her)
Finally, the FL is acting mature?
Ep. 13 (10:03): No, my love! He wants you.
Ep. 13 (11:41): So you started loving her when she changed? When she was weak? Jerk. I don't like Shaoci.
I wish we could get a glimpse of the original girl in the FL's body. She seemed badass, but it's unlikely we'll see her possess it again.
Ep. 13 (35:40): Why are we wasting time doing childish shit like interrogating one of the attackers? And the FL is acting childish again?
Ep. 14 (6:23): Why did they let their attacker go free? And now she's tied up the FL? No survival instincts.
Because of the FL's stupidity, she got captured by the villain. Are you playing with my nerves?
So the villain is actually the reason why the FL and ML are alive?
The FL is becoming dumber and dumber. She just untied him? This man could have ended both of them. So now the villain is becoming friends with the main characters?
Ep. 14 (30:10): So now the FL has lost her brain cells again and would go around the world with the ML? Girl, didn't you say you would marry to help your manor? When she meets the ML she loses all her brain cells. Even the ML is telling her she isn't using her brain! Please, girl, use it.
Why is this turning into a comedy?
They could have easily killed the villain but obviously didn't—how else would they drag this out?
Ep. 15 (28:10): The FL finally tells the ML she isn't from this world, which I like. But because of the childish way she says it, he doesn't take her seriously 😒. There's dumb music playing in the background. Why does she have to act childish all the time?
Eps 16-24: Dragged Out and Illogical
Ep. 16 (10:45): The small kid the ML saved is becoming one of my favorite characters. He has swag. If the ML doesn't tell the FL he's the leader, I'll take it as him not taking her seriously 😒.
The sick girl is obviously the spy. She tried to poison the kid who was working with the villain! The kid told you! Does that not ring a bell? It's all to drag this out.
Currently on Ep 17. For about 3 episodes, we've been doing the same boring shit. How long will they drag this out until she finally marries the Tiangang leader? PMO.
So the FL's maid was a spy. The ML let her go free after she was proven to have betrayed the FL. The maid is working with the sick girl (Young Lady Lin), who is also a villain. Letting her live served no purpose. And because they let her leave, the maid now has a knife to the FL's throat.
This had so much potential! Even after the maid learned it wasn't the FL's fault for her parents' deaths, she still colluded with the enemy. She knew who she should go after once the ML told her.
Ep. 17 (11:46):
FL: "Would you be willing to give up everything for an obsession?" 💀😭
The irony! You should ask that to yourself because that's exactly what you are doing.
Oh, the ML said he would, and the FL agreed that she would too? Bruh.
FL: "So what you are saying is that I am the most useless and always need protection?"
Gurl 💀 Yes, you do. Sadly, the writers decided to make you obsessed with a man since episode 4.
The ML answers that she is not? Please, bro, stop lying to her. She needs to use that brain. She has done almost nothing useful until now.
Oh, hell yeah, the writers couldn't hold back! A woman who loves the villain and would do anything for him, even though he doesn't notice her. She seems like a cool character just wasted on this pitiful "love".
Ep. 17 (28:25): The FL uses her power? What a blessing. (Sarcasm) The writers decided to make the FL use her power randomly. This is so disappointing.
Ep. 18 (14:05): Oh, what a new idea! The ML has to choose between saving himself or the FL? I already know the answer. 😗 Obviously, the medicine to heal him is something really rare that takes 30 years to grow!
Ep. 18 (21:27): Oh, finally! He told her he was the disciple of her mother. Bro took 18 episodes to say five words.
Oh, girly finally tells him she isn't the girl he's been searching for all along. Finally, something serious.
The ML's face is literally like this: 👁️👄👁️
Ep. 18 (32:10): Even now, the FL can't save anything or protect herself.
Ep. 18 (34:50): The ML finally decides to use his brain and suspect Young Lady Lin as a traitor. Why is she so fixated on the ML? Again! A woman obsessed with a man! Do women not have anything else to value except men?(this is towards the writers!)
Ep. 19 (8:50): I do feel bad for Lady Lin. Wanting to be like someone else is an endless torture. Maybe in another life, she can have a strong body and travel the world like she wanted.
Bro, the villains are still alive? This is just repetitive. They attack, the good guys kill some, the villains leave and come back later. At least in the start, they were actually planning.
Ep. 19 (15:40): The FL randomly uses her martial arts? I know the cure helped her heal from the poison, but how does she magically know how to kill? All this time, the FL hasn't killed anyone, but now she does? Now that she's away from the ML, she's acting a bit serious.
Let me guess what's going to happen! The ML will die in this world and wake up in the FL's world, and the FL will wake back up in her original world, and they will be together. Now he is sick and dying.
Lady Lin is still calculating her bullshit? All of this could have been avoided if they had just put her in a cell. 🥹
Ep. 20: Yep, obviously he was the leader. I knew it. But why is he not showing the FL he is the leader? This makes no sense. Just tell her! She will be happy. I know you're dying, but bro, I have had enough of this stupidity.
The ML is wearing a mask to hide himself from the FL. Why, bro? What does that even help? Just dragging it. The ML is so stubborn not to show his face; it's annoying 😭.
Ep. 21 (7:08): Finally! Yes, FUCKING YES! Someone said it! The ML's guard finally tells him: "If you marry her as Chu Tianyao, you're hurting both yourself and her." Someone with brain cells! All of this could have been avoided if the ML could just communicate.
Ep. 21 (16:28): The ML says he was jealous of himself? 👁️👄👁️ (Jealous of his leader persona, Chu Tianyao). This just sounds immature, and the drama just dismisses it.
The ML doesn't care that the FL isn't the original person in her body. This makes me feel bad for the original owner. I would have rather seen her story than the FL's.
Ep. 21 (28:40): A flashback of the original owner of the FL's body. She is so badass! We lost the chance to see a baddie 😞. Why did they make her seem like a softie? At least she knew how to fight, and people said she wasn't one to get involved with.
Ep. 24: And the villain is still undefeated and thriving? 😀 And that Young Lady Lin is still free?
Ep. 24 (27:05): And the FL randomly uses her martial arts like an expert? These skills just come back whenever they're needed.
The whole time, the ML couldn't stop lying. Liar.
Oh yeah, I was right. He woke up in her original world and started to remember what happened. He finds her in the hospital; in this world, he is a doctor.
Kind of confusing.
Final thoughts:
Such a disaster and a disgrace.
My biggest complaint is the pace is really slow. They actually reveal everything in the last episode and give 70% of the screentime to that b*tch! The reaction when they found out the mastermind was so quiet and awkward.
That b*tch died too easily, and Shen Zuitian's sudden burst of power was out of place. In short, a waste of my time! I think this is for It is viewers who want:
A low-stress, brain-off viewing experience
A fluffy, tropey romance without complexity
A protective Male Lead and a "cutely" dependent Female Lead
Not looking for a tight, logical narrative. Turning of their their brain.
The acting was good(specifically the ml's actor)
I think there were so much more that could have been shown. Maybe, the past of some characters instead of the same repetitive non funny scenes? I would have loved it so much more if it was explained as to how did the fl went to the other world. Like what happened to the original owner of fl's body? What did she knew about the traitor?
Overall: A frustrating mess with glacial pacing, a infuriatingly dumb FL, and wasted potential. The final reveal is rushed into the last episode after countless hours of filler.
The Play-by-Play (My Thoughts)
The Beginning (Eps 1-12): Promising, Then Disappointing
The start was fun! A girl gets transported to another world.
The FL is energetic, but also a dummy and childish. By Ep. 11, she has had ZERO character development. Finally, some progress with her wielding a sword!
Ep. 12 (31:30): Her crying doesn't seem real? Her face is just frowning but there are no tears! 🤓
I wish the development of her feelings was slower. It's only Episode 12 and she already wants to stay in this world just because the ML is in it? Why is it always the woman longing?
On a positive note: I love the songs in this cdrama. Ep. 12 (32:40), this song is a chef's kiss 💋. And the opening song is so good! I approve.
I hope she becomes more independent or at least stronger. I am longing for character development!
So the man had to go away for her brain to start working? For her to finally start practicing?
Ep. 13 (8:09): Bro, for real? He is the leader of Tiangang. No worries! 🤠 I can already guess it. Oh, he's mysterious. That's his way of protecting her and making her be close to him, I bet.(when he asked to marry her)
Finally, the FL is acting mature?
Ep. 13 (10:03): No, my love! He wants you.
Ep. 13 (11:41): So you started loving her when she changed? When she was weak? Jerk. I don't like Shaoci.
I wish we could get a glimpse of the original girl in the FL's body. She seemed badass, but it's unlikely we'll see her possess it again.
Ep. 13 (35:40): Why are we wasting time doing childish shit like interrogating one of the attackers? And the FL is acting childish again?
Ep. 14 (6:23): Why did they let their attacker go free? And now she's tied up the FL? No survival instincts.
Because of the FL's stupidity, she got captured by the villain. Are you playing with my nerves?
So the villain is actually the reason why the FL and ML are alive?
The FL is becoming dumber and dumber. She just untied him? This man could have ended both of them. So now the villain is becoming friends with the main characters?
Ep. 14 (30:10): So now the FL has lost her brain cells again and would go around the world with the ML? Girl, didn't you say you would marry to help your manor? When she meets the ML she loses all her brain cells. Even the ML is telling her she isn't using her brain! Please, girl, use it.
Why is this turning into a comedy?
They could have easily killed the villain but obviously didn't—how else would they drag this out?
Ep. 15 (28:10): The FL finally tells the ML she isn't from this world, which I like. But because of the childish way she says it, he doesn't take her seriously 😒. There's dumb music playing in the background. Why does she have to act childish all the time?
Eps 16-24: Dragged Out and Illogical
Ep. 16 (10:45): The small kid the ML saved is becoming one of my favorite characters. He has swag. If the ML doesn't tell the FL he's the leader, I'll take it as him not taking her seriously 😒.
The sick girl is obviously the spy. She tried to poison the kid who was working with the villain! The kid told you! Does that not ring a bell? It's all to drag this out.
Currently on Ep 17. For about 3 episodes, we've been doing the same boring shit. How long will they drag this out until she finally marries the Tiangang leader? PMO.
So the FL's maid was a spy. The ML let her go free after she was proven to have betrayed the FL. The maid is working with the sick girl (Young Lady Lin), who is also a villain. Letting her live served no purpose. And because they let her leave, the maid now has a knife to the FL's throat.
This had so much potential! Even after the maid learned it wasn't the FL's fault for her parents' deaths, she still colluded with the enemy. She knew who she should go after once the ML told her.
Ep. 17 (11:46):
FL: "Would you be willing to give up everything for an obsession?" 💀😭
The irony! You should ask that to yourself because that's exactly what you are doing.
Oh, the ML said he would, and the FL agreed that she would too? Bruh.
FL: "So what you are saying is that I am the most useless and always need protection?"
Gurl 💀 Yes, you do. Sadly, the writers decided to make you obsessed with a man since episode 4.
The ML answers that she is not? Please, bro, stop lying to her. She needs to use that brain. She has done almost nothing useful until now.
Oh, hell yeah, the writers couldn't hold back! A woman who loves the villain and would do anything for him, even though he doesn't notice her. She seems like a cool character just wasted on this pitiful "love".
Ep. 17 (28:25): The FL uses her power? What a blessing. (Sarcasm) The writers decided to make the FL use her power randomly. This is so disappointing.
Ep. 18 (14:05): Oh, what a new idea! The ML has to choose between saving himself or the FL? I already know the answer. 😗 Obviously, the medicine to heal him is something really rare that takes 30 years to grow!
Ep. 18 (21:27): Oh, finally! He told her he was the disciple of her mother. Bro took 18 episodes to say five words.
Oh, girly finally tells him she isn't the girl he's been searching for all along. Finally, something serious.
The ML's face is literally like this: 👁️👄👁️
Ep. 18 (32:10): Even now, the FL can't save anything or protect herself.
Ep. 18 (34:50): The ML finally decides to use his brain and suspect Young Lady Lin as a traitor. Why is she so fixated on the ML? Again! A woman obsessed with a man! Do women not have anything else to value except men?(this is towards the writers!)
Ep. 19 (8:50): I do feel bad for Lady Lin. Wanting to be like someone else is an endless torture. Maybe in another life, she can have a strong body and travel the world like she wanted.
Bro, the villains are still alive? This is just repetitive. They attack, the good guys kill some, the villains leave and come back later. At least in the start, they were actually planning.
Ep. 19 (15:40): The FL randomly uses her martial arts? I know the cure helped her heal from the poison, but how does she magically know how to kill? All this time, the FL hasn't killed anyone, but now she does? Now that she's away from the ML, she's acting a bit serious.
Let me guess what's going to happen! The ML will die in this world and wake up in the FL's world, and the FL will wake back up in her original world, and they will be together. Now he is sick and dying.
Lady Lin is still calculating her bullshit? All of this could have been avoided if they had just put her in a cell. 🥹
Ep. 20: Yep, obviously he was the leader. I knew it. But why is he not showing the FL he is the leader? This makes no sense. Just tell her! She will be happy. I know you're dying, but bro, I have had enough of this stupidity.
The ML is wearing a mask to hide himself from the FL. Why, bro? What does that even help? Just dragging it. The ML is so stubborn not to show his face; it's annoying 😭.
Ep. 21 (7:08): Finally! Yes, FUCKING YES! Someone said it! The ML's guard finally tells him: "If you marry her as Chu Tianyao, you're hurting both yourself and her." Someone with brain cells! All of this could have been avoided if the ML could just communicate.
Ep. 21 (16:28): The ML says he was jealous of himself? 👁️👄👁️ (Jealous of his leader persona, Chu Tianyao). This just sounds immature, and the drama just dismisses it.
The ML doesn't care that the FL isn't the original person in her body. This makes me feel bad for the original owner. I would have rather seen her story than the FL's.
Ep. 21 (28:40): A flashback of the original owner of the FL's body. She is so badass! We lost the chance to see a baddie 😞. Why did they make her seem like a softie? At least she knew how to fight, and people said she wasn't one to get involved with.
Ep. 24: And the villain is still undefeated and thriving? 😀 And that Young Lady Lin is still free?
Ep. 24 (27:05): And the FL randomly uses her martial arts like an expert? These skills just come back whenever they're needed.
The whole time, the ML couldn't stop lying. Liar.
Oh yeah, I was right. He woke up in her original world and started to remember what happened. He finds her in the hospital; in this world, he is a doctor.
Kind of confusing.
Final thoughts:
Such a disaster and a disgrace.
My biggest complaint is the pace is really slow. They actually reveal everything in the last episode and give 70% of the screentime to that b*tch! The reaction when they found out the mastermind was so quiet and awkward.
That b*tch died too easily, and Shen Zuitian's sudden burst of power was out of place. In short, a waste of my time! I think this is for It is viewers who want:
A low-stress, brain-off viewing experience
A fluffy, tropey romance without complexity
A protective Male Lead and a "cutely" dependent Female Lead
Not looking for a tight, logical narrative. Turning of their their brain.
The acting was good(specifically the ml's actor)
I think there were so much more that could have been shown. Maybe, the past of some characters instead of the same repetitive non funny scenes? I would have loved it so much more if it was explained as to how did the fl went to the other world. Like what happened to the original owner of fl's body? What did she knew about the traitor?
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