Keshein

I have a very different opinion of his acting. Just today I was thinking how can he act so well with such a short acting background.

How interesting that you had the same thought! I wonder if it's her acting style, or maybe scriptwriter + directed wanted Bai Lu for the role first and it was written/directed to fit her. I also have not really watched Li Yi Tong before, I've only seen her briefly (one support role and one main role from a drama I dropped soon) and did not remember her.

I think he fits, but it bothers me that he looks younger than the 18th prince. At first I thought 18th prince was his uncle or something, not little brother :D But according to google they are the same age, 35 years old.

Anyone else feel the FL is a bit miscast? Nothing against the actress, but I just can't shake the feeling that her looks don't fit. I keep imagining Bai Lu instead of her. There is something similar in their mannerism, or maybe Bai Lu played a lot of characters like this. Or maybe she and the sister's actress switched, Li Yi Tong looks very much fit to the sister's character.

Ok, thank you! Maybe I’ll check back when it’s finished

How "youthful" is this drama? I'm interested because of the lead actors and the good score, but I usually find it hard to relate to dramas that are aimed for teenage audience

Also I'm surprised to see people here calling the ML red flag. He had low EQ but was like 95 % green flag, and Viki commenters mostly agreed that the FL didn't deserve him.

I saw a clip of that and it made me come back for a rewatch :D

Pretty soon I noticed this is not my type of drama and was going to drop it. Yet something kept me watching until the end, I have no idea what.

Thank you for the update! I agree it would have been better shorter. I think limiting dramas to 40 eps max is the only good decision Chinese censors have made :D Maybe part of why I love this drama is also because I had not seen as many dramas then as I have now, but it's not only that. Just a couple of days ago I once again read the prologue in the original novel and cried my eyes out - as I do every time I read it. We also seem to have a bit different taste, since I dropped The Double after 15 eps, and I haven't even been tempted to try Blossoms in Adversity. Recent historical dramas that I liked are Legend of Shen Li, Story of Kunning Palace and The Princess Royal. All of them the new 40 eps limit so not so much extra side plots :D

I love this drama! It’s not for people who are looking for boyfriend material, or for other reasons want to see perfect people making perfect choices. But if you are like me just want to see an entertaining drama with lots of big emotions and funny moments, don’t hesitate! The first episode can make a wrong impression, because the high schoolers had a lot of screen time, but later they are only small side characters.

I think you can find many of them at The Princess‘s Gambit -page

I'm glad to hear it! After you have watch until the end - which you hopefully do - let me know what you thought about it.

Good point, I also found that out when I kept reading. So a very faithful adaptation indeed!

I just finished this and it was pretty entertaining. The rom-com part was funny (I'm into absurd comedy) and I liked the FL. Especially when she was acting all shameless with the ML in front of the annoying people. The crime plot was okay too, and drama raised some serious questions about life in Thailand. Is it really that terrible for poor women? I liked that even when the bad guy was like really really bad, the character was not one-dimensional, he had full background etc. I did not care about ep 13 that other people in the comments are talking about, I mean it's a thai lakorn after all, but what annoyed me was how that one person's hired sniper tried to kill and they got zero repercussion. Everyone was just like they just got a little overboard and did it out of love. C'moon! And yeah, the kisses were not good.

Ouch. Okay then I hope they will be good quality even if they come a bit later.

Why the schedule change? I was just about to start watching, since I though the last eps would drop on Thursday...

Seems super interesting, but last ep comes July 17th! I have to erase this from my mind until then...

I'm reading the novel right now and I have to say this is a super faithful adaptation. I'm half way through and far the only difference I have noticed is that the Demon Emperor is man in the novel.

It's funny how this comment section is full of praise and part 2's comment section is full of complaints :) Well this did start off really strong and then went downhill when they went to mortal world. One thing that always bugged me was the casting of Yu Mo. I think they should have chosen someone with boyish looks for that, round face and young looking. The leads fit their roles very well but Yu Mo always looked wrong to me.