I like this show. Part of me is wondering if he's just lying about the 10 breath thing. He's doing 10 breaths for now to save his internal life force until that moment where he will go past 10 breaths to get his revenge at the cost of his life. Qi Tian Feng has already suggested this as a possibility.
Am I crazy or does the synopsis not match the first few episodes at all? The parts that seem accurate are - she's a twin, she's a bit precocious and the male lead does not want to marry. That's about it.
Also yeah.... 8 minute episode show. It's not that bad all things considered but it's not easy to follow as someone who watched the first 4 Viki episodes (whatever that equates to for the 8 minute episodes). It jumps around and the characters reference important events I am almost positive were never shown to the viewers. And I'm not talking about referencing a backstory. I am talking about important events to the story itself. IDK maybe something is wrong with Viki. The comments don't seem to make much sense either.
Just a mess all around. It's not horrible and I like the female lead, the male lead isn't too bad either. They deserve chances to show off their acting skills in other dramas going forward.
Zhang Yue looks beautiful and elegant in this drama, I like the style and hopefully she gets a chance to lead a period drama. The leads are pretty good together. It's light and shorter than most so worth giving it a go to see if you like it.
The plot is kind of going off the rails. Not very convincing or interesting. Probably played a part in releasing episode 19 early to give viewers something in terms of the romance.
It will be interesting to see how faithful this remake is. As described in the article the original had an episodic story format with a series long main story. So each episode she would solve a problem or help someone out with a problem and over the episodes you would get bits and pieces of a bigger story involving her former life as a spy.
I liked the original but Japanese stuff tends to be a bit hamfisted so there is room for improvement (and with a strong writing/directing team and someone like Chae Soo Bin that could happen, it could also fall flat too and be worse than the original). I also wonder if this series will include the movie as part of the series remake.
It's cool they are doing a remake and I hope it's a good watch.
The leads are good together. Chi Lan has a ton of colorful outfits. The crown prince is an interesting side character.
This has more of a plot and story that does better than say The Starry Love but not by that much. I enjoyed it about the same I would say.
But I think so far the theme in early 2023 with Chinese historical & fantasy dramas is that they have interesting characters but I'm struggling with the stories and wishing they would have a better story or explore more of the story.
I just started but the audio on Viki is horrible. Is this standard audio even on other platforms? This isn't a criticism of the actors or actresses or their voice actors if they have any... everything feels quiet and turning up the volume doesn't really help me. It still feels quiet.
I think it's interesting to keep things at a relatively low level, a county/state/region level through the first 5 episodes. No princes or kings or emperors (at least not yet). It will be interesting to see where they take this.
Dang. It ends just when it gets interesting. They rushed a lot into those last 2 episodes. I hope season 2 brings back the cast but knowing Chinese dramas a bunch of characters potentially even the main ones will be different.
It was fun. Over the top silliness at times but that's fine with me.
I think it started to go off the rails a bit towards the end but as someone who hasn't watched many KDramas in recent years, I enjoyed this one and would recommend it.
Finished it recently. It's pretty good but the romance was a bit awkward and done poorly. I think the show wasn't too sure where to be. Also the Dan princess(?) and the 5th brother were awesome. It's too bad one of the two or both had a 'no kissing' clause. The hugs were obvious.
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Also yeah.... 8 minute episode show. It's not that bad all things considered but it's not easy to follow as someone who watched the first 4 Viki episodes (whatever that equates to for the 8 minute episodes). It jumps around and the characters reference important events I am almost positive were never shown to the viewers. And I'm not talking about referencing a backstory. I am talking about important events to the story itself. IDK maybe something is wrong with Viki. The comments don't seem to make much sense either.
Just a mess all around. It's not horrible and I like the female lead, the male lead isn't too bad either. They deserve chances to show off their acting skills in other dramas going forward.
I think the actress playing the female lead is good at acting for comedy. I hope she gets more roles.
14 episodes feels like the right amount, could have been a bit shorter.
I liked the original but Japanese stuff tends to be a bit hamfisted so there is room for improvement (and with a strong writing/directing team and someone like Chae Soo Bin that could happen, it could also fall flat too and be worse than the original). I also wonder if this series will include the movie as part of the series remake.
It's cool they are doing a remake and I hope it's a good watch.
This has more of a plot and story that does better than say The Starry Love but not by that much. I enjoyed it about the same I would say.
But I think so far the theme in early 2023 with Chinese historical & fantasy dramas is that they have interesting characters but I'm struggling with the stories and wishing they would have a better story or explore more of the story.
I think it started to go off the rails a bit towards the end but as someone who hasn't watched many KDramas in recent years, I enjoyed this one and would recommend it.
I will agree it was predictable though.