Kim MC

Absolute kudos to the actress that portrays Ming Lan's mother in law. Every time that woman has a scene, even to take a sip of tea, I have to pause the show to stop yelling at the screen and get my blood pressure back down.

It's sad that reality gets confused with actor's performing their craft.

I'm loving the second male lead also!

I thought Park Bo Gum and Song Hye Kyo both did a good job, the cinematography was outstanding, the plot line vaguely interesting. I think this series lacked realistic grit; Song Hye Kyo's character needed less of a stoic attitude, Pak Bo Gum's character should have flashed more of a temper. I'd love for both of the above actors to play in something against type and show their true acting ability.

Thanks for the insight, Erudite. I agree with another comment in that it's surprising that Arthur Chen was replaced due to his father's influence in the entertainment business. I did see a video of Dylan Wang learning fight scene choreography and he looked pretty good.

In going along with the slavery issue, the way that marriage / women were regarded as a family commodity blows my mind. In the latest episode, Gu Ting Ye is mad that his wife Sheng Ming Lan doesn't rant and rave about a concubine. I wondered, from a female point of view, how intimacy between your husband and another women would not bring out murder, but the carefully laid out plot line showed how little input women and their children had in any decision . Maintaining your husbands favor guaranteed somewhat of a life and a wife's interaction with her husband had to be carefully thought out and planned. That being said, I would have probably been discarded / murdered pretty fast....

Oh my gosh! Seriously! I don't care if the ending is sad or happy, just so long as it makes $#!! sense! Ugh!

I agree. This is the only drama that I've watched that I hang onto each and every minute of screen time. A perfect 10.

Right now I'm crawling through the streaming Chinese sites to see if anyone has a raw episode 23 posted.

I wish this drama could have atleast one more season! I love Hyun Bin's portrayal of Yoo Jin Woo. Push him into a corner and a really cold, calculating SOB becomes your opponent. Love it!

The first four episodes of this drama made me almost drop it, thinking the show pace was too slow. I will gladly shout to the rooftops that my opinion was terribly wrong. The writers seemed to be fleshing out the characters and their backstory and the show pacing is carefully low key to allow all personality facets to be shown. I'm well hooked into this drama at episode 17 .

The actor that plays Eun Seo gives the absolute gold medal of performances.

Could every one of the cast please be given an award for outstanding acting! This drama is extraordinary with every episode.

This would have been soooooo much better if the female lead, instead of being stoic and somewhat passive, had hauled off and karate punched her mother in law and ex husband (for not standing up for her) . This quiet endurance , although written as a heroic trait, makes me throw things at the tv.

Wishing you a very speedy recovery and all the best in 2019!

Agreed!!!

For the amount of money that Bloody Romance had versus the other productions, it was the miracle Chinese drama baby of 2018. I felt the Legend of Fu Yao and Ashes of Love should have had 20 less episodes to be a really good drama. Instead, they place "filler" episodes in which, my opinion only, bored the viewer by drawing out the plot points.

I agree. Originally, I put this one off thinking that the plot had been done enough. When I started watching, the two leads drew me inside the story and I binge watched all the way up to episode 16. So far, love it.

I absolutely love this series and think the only flaw is Park Shin Hye's lack of involvement in the main plot. I keep wanting to take one of the lenses, shove it in her eye and yell, "now, get out there and show 'em what you've got!"

You are beyond awesome! Thank you!