I have watched the Korean version entirely before. What I did not like so far in this version is that the class meeting felt lackluster. The other thing is that I hope that the evil false friend shows more interest in the useless husband of the FL. The fun of the story is wanting to see them two trashy people running into their demise.
What was the weird scene at the end of episode 2 supposed to be?
Otherwise the cast and acting is at least decent and that they didn‘t try a shot for shot copy.
Do someone think that Mei will be replaced? This is a Taiga drama after all.
No news on this so far. However her character Nao is just a fictional first love of the main character Hidenaga. She will likely be killed/die somehow etc. and since she isn‘t important she could technically easily be rewritten or recast. Yoshioka Riho is the one who is actually cast as the wife of Hidenaga. Mei‘s role is mostly just a gap filler role.
La familia Li no termina de salir de un problema y le llegan dos extra, no dejan respirar a la matriarca de la…
These scammers have also just arrived now that the Li family is starting to get more prestigious and their prestige will increase even more soon.
It‘s more likely that Kang Ning‘s twin brother who is believed to be dead might return soon, marry the adopted daughter one day etc. and carry on the Li name than this boy being an actual part of the Li family and inheriting.
I am still giving the storyline the benefit of the doubt. Looks like there is something bigger brewing, plus we…
The constant divorce threats are so annoying and undermine the second chance at love trope that was supposed to be Shou Hua’s story.
The only thing I will remember of this plotline are constant divorce threats. Normally Yang Xi would have to see her ending up with someone else with the way the story is written.
Kang Ning’s story was better so far.
Even with Fu Hui and her husband you get more used to them right now.
Hope they will move on to Hao De’s and Le Shan’s plotlines soon.
I agree with what many pointed out that it has many plotlines that I have seen before in regency era stories:
Mother invested in marriage game Enemies to lovers (the main couple) Second chance for love (the story of the oldest sister) bratty characters (the youngest sister and her future match)
I assume that it will go the same route as Bridgerton with flawed characters growing into becoming part of one big family.
Yes! most probably. Balgi and then Pae Ui. There is an interesting battle scenario as well.
Since in history Balgi was killed by Gyesu (the youngest brother and warrior prince) and since not many sources exist about Pae Ui I have thought about that Pae Ui might be eliminated by the Queen as well. She might be involved indirectly with Balgi and directly with Pae Ui.
**LITERAL SPOILER**Just read Wikipedia on Queen Woo and she's gonna become the consort of the Fourth Prince.
Yes Yeon Woo the fourth brother. It's interesting that he is put in the support cast and so far stands out far less than each of his siblings. This might perhaps still change in the second half when they explain why the Queen specifically chooses him.
Do you think that there will be a twist who the Queen marries or something?
Yeon Woo/Sansang is barely covered on the show and promo and very forgettable and half of the show is over.
The oldest brother was passed due to the former King preferring Nam Mu/Gogukcheon.
The third brother Balgi is the villain and gets screentime.
The fifth and youngest brother Gyesu was emphasized, he is loyal to Gogukcheon and seems to be likeable enough and is a warrior prince. He historically also defeats Balgi.
I wonder whether perhaps they only have her marry Sansang since she wants to keep being in charge since he seems the most colorless of the brothers. With Gyesu for example she would have a second Gogukcheon. They also don't have too many options for a twist with Sansang just being an ascension name for the brother who is successful since the third (Balgi) and first brother are both hostile.
What do you mean Ugly? He doesn't look ugly at all. He has the looks and the aura of a king
I think that Gogucheon/Nam mu (Ji Changwook) and Prince Gyesu (Jeong Jae Kwang) as shown in the 4 minute trailer are the best and coolest looking of all these brothers. I love their warrior general king and warrior prince looks.
I agree, it's a bit silly to think it's a spoiler, especially as the first line of the MDL description literally…
He is also shown dead in the teaser with his corpse lying in front of the Queen in a scene. The whole point is that Gogukcheon was a respected and competent King and his death leaves a power vacuum that the Queen has to fill.
This story is based on old sources, that are sometimes contradictory, especially when it comes to the brothers…
I suspect that the sister character will either cast her lot with or marry Balgi since she is said to be angry that Woo always gets the chance to be Queen.
If looking at the pure fiction, it's not that boring, although I skipped half of the scenes 😅But if I have…
The MurasakixMichinaga plot is entirely fictional. The court scenes however are actually pretty accurate regarding events (sources are Okagami, Murasaki's diary, Pillow Book, and Eiga Monogatari). However the court itself is far less glamorous, scandalous and much more tame than in reality. The real Michinaga also had close connections to the warrior class which we haven't seen yet (maybe in part 2 they will cast some Minamoto and Taira).
this gotta be the most boring and bland "taiga" ever. everyone is miscast and lacks charisma. none of these males…
A Michinaga Taiga would have the exact same character rooster and only little changes since it's a Fujiwara Taiga overall, that's true.
The only courtier whose looks I really like is Machida Keita as Fujiwara no Kinto. Kinto as the literature expert at court will mostly come into play later on when Murasaki is finally writing Genji (then he ends up reading it and nicknames her Murasaki after her own novel character). I think most people are also ok with Miura Shohei as Fujiwara no Korechika and the young watchers might like the young actor playing the older Emperor Ichijo.
I liked the last episodes focusing on Michinaga's rivalry with his nephew Korechika. It was pretty close to actual accounts like Eiga Monogatari and Okagami and Pillow Book.
As for Sei Shonagon vs. Murasaki Shikibu the feud is not possible yet. While Shonagon already serves Empress Teishi/Sadako it will still take some years until Michinaga's daughter Shoshi/Akiko is married to Ichijo as a rivalry empress. Since Murasaki will side with Shoshi by becoming Shoshi's Chinese teacher it will lead to Shonagon and her being on opposite sides. Some historians also think that Shonagon likely wrote the Pillow Book since her Empress, Teishi, was on the losing side due to her brother Korechika falling from grace, her being eclipsed by Shoshi and dying too soon (thus people might have already started to forget about Teishi).
As for the real Genji: The ones most often mentioned: Ariwara no Narihira (often called a Proto-Genji due being a playboy poet). He is already dead way before Murasaki lived.
Minamoto no Takaakira is also often mentioned. Takaakira is not on the show only his daughter who is a wife of Michinaga.
Minamoto no Toru, also dead for a long time already.
Fujiwara no Korechika, brother of Empress Teishi and nephew of Michinaga, often said to have been a huge inspiration for Genji. He is the only Genji model that actually is on the show (played by Miura Shohei).
Emperor Ichijo's double marriage to Teishi and Shoshi is the model for Genji's double marriage to Murasaki and Onnasan no miya.
The series seems to insist that Michinaga is a Genji model as well as some websites but I have to agree with Liza Dalby (who wrote the novel Tale of Murasaki about Murasaki's life at court) that Michinaga has little in common with Genji.
What I did not like so far in this version is that the class meeting felt lackluster.
The other thing is that I hope that the evil false friend shows more interest in the useless husband of the FL. The fun of the story is wanting to see them two trashy people running into their demise.
What was the weird scene at the end of episode 2 supposed to be?
Otherwise the cast and acting is at least decent and that they didn‘t try a shot for shot copy.
As for Le Shan she is perfectly cast the acting is so convincing 😂. I am also anticipating bratcore (couple 5) already 😂.
It‘s more likely that Kang Ning‘s twin brother who is believed to be dead might return soon, marry the adopted daughter one day etc. and carry on the Li name than this boy being an actual part of the Li family and inheriting.
After this with Le Shan and her significant other there seem to be many imperial plotlines.
I definitely think that Kang Ning‘s twin brother might also still play a role.
The only thing I will remember of this plotline are constant divorce threats. Normally Yang Xi would have to see her ending up with someone else with the way the story is written.
Kang Ning’s story was better so far.
Even with Fu Hui and her husband you get more used to them right now.
Hope they will move on to Hao De’s and Le Shan’s plotlines soon.
Mother invested in marriage game
Enemies to lovers (the main couple)
Second chance for love (the story of the oldest sister)
bratty characters (the youngest sister and her future match)
I assume that it will go the same route as Bridgerton with flawed characters growing into becoming part of one big family.
Yeon Woo/Sansang is barely covered on the show and promo and very forgettable and half of the show is over.
The oldest brother was passed due to the former King preferring Nam Mu/Gogukcheon.
The third brother Balgi is the villain and gets screentime.
The fifth and youngest brother Gyesu was emphasized, he is loyal to Gogukcheon and seems to be likeable enough and is a warrior prince. He historically also defeats Balgi.
I wonder whether perhaps they only have her marry Sansang since she wants to keep being in charge since he seems the most colorless of the brothers. With Gyesu for example she would have a second Gogukcheon. They also don't have too many options for a twist with Sansang just being an ascension name for the brother who is successful since the third (Balgi) and first brother are both hostile.
The court scenes however are actually pretty accurate regarding events (sources are Okagami, Murasaki's diary, Pillow Book, and Eiga Monogatari). However the court itself is far less glamorous, scandalous and much more tame than in reality.
The real Michinaga also had close connections to the warrior class which we haven't seen yet (maybe in part 2 they will cast some Minamoto and Taira).
That's why Korechika is one of the better characters since they are covering his historical scandals and adding a toxic court atmosphere.
The only courtier whose looks I really like is Machida Keita as Fujiwara no Kinto. Kinto as the literature expert at court will mostly come into play later on when Murasaki is finally writing Genji (then he ends up reading it and nicknames her Murasaki after her own novel character).
I think most people are also ok with Miura Shohei as Fujiwara no Korechika and the young watchers might like the young actor playing the older Emperor Ichijo.
I liked the last episodes focusing on Michinaga's rivalry with his nephew Korechika. It was pretty close to actual accounts like Eiga Monogatari and Okagami and Pillow Book.
As for Sei Shonagon vs. Murasaki Shikibu the feud is not possible yet.
While Shonagon already serves Empress Teishi/Sadako it will still take some years until Michinaga's daughter Shoshi/Akiko is married to Ichijo as a rivalry empress. Since Murasaki will side with Shoshi by becoming Shoshi's Chinese teacher it will lead to Shonagon and her being on opposite sides.
Some historians also think that Shonagon likely wrote the Pillow Book since her Empress, Teishi, was on the losing side due to her brother Korechika falling from grace, her being eclipsed by Shoshi and dying too soon (thus people might have already started to forget about Teishi).
As for the real Genji:
The ones most often mentioned:
Ariwara no Narihira (often called a Proto-Genji due being a playboy poet). He is already dead way before Murasaki lived.
Minamoto no Takaakira is also often mentioned. Takaakira is not on the show only his daughter who is a wife of Michinaga.
Minamoto no Toru, also dead for a long time already.
Fujiwara no Korechika, brother of Empress Teishi and nephew of Michinaga, often said to have been a huge inspiration for Genji. He is the only Genji model that actually is on the show (played by Miura Shohei).
Emperor Ichijo's double marriage to Teishi and Shoshi is the model for Genji's double marriage to Murasaki and Onnasan no miya.
The series seems to insist that Michinaga is a Genji model as well as some websites but I have to agree with Liza Dalby (who wrote the novel Tale of Murasaki about Murasaki's life at court) that Michinaga has little in common with Genji.