Lulu_haneul

absolutely!! i see it as one of the best scripts of 2026 so far!! I knew the main actors were solid but i wasn't expecting as much waw!
everything women related, the greyness, nuance, variety in character, i love it all! my only complaint about that is while the pains of the women good or bad, are clearly because of the patriarchy/men... i was expecting more male villains?! how do we get a full confession scene of cique but her brother only has a question about his sister's plan? you know what I mean?
this show is so brillant that it has me expecting a lot now 😅😅

what i mean is that we barely have any nuanced male characters beyond main lead and maybe marquis

i loved her confession scene! this show has been giving us nuanced villainesses even if we didn't know much about cuique's past!! her confession was long for sure and i wish we had hints or clues of her benefactor. What i wonder though is that among all villains we only see the women have their downfall displayed in a big speech. i love that!! but i also hope something awaits the brother in future episodes even if he wasn't the brains of the operation...

ep 18 was just so satisfying! honestly i wasn't hoping for much with this show but i knew the main leads were strong actors... what actually amazes me is the super well scripted story. and in this episode we finally have a really cute scene by the moonlight without it being overly sensational...

everytime i remember its 47 i smile because its a long series i'm enjoying each episode! other shows by ep 18 we are more than halfway done...
also amazed how the series is very well written wishing 47 episodes but not just useless ones

i agree with u! the whole era accepts a 'good match' is like the best thing a woman can look for... even our main lead before her family is executed was looking forward to a match... first sister is a classic young n naive but also susceptible. Du realized this to influence her. her ego will take the best of her. while second sister will need to outgrow her selfdoubt.

i hope second sister uses her smartness instead of just being scared

rather than drag him down i think they want to neutralize the lin... to keep the corruption... first it was the first wife, then maybe the battle?? now its the du and her brother...

she dodged the bullet there! du almost suspected our FL then but du underestimated her. lanxiang is still a step ahead with the chess board

with that number of episodes i can see how the story is at a great pace. there are a few nuanced characters too beyond the main couple so its nice... the plot, clues and the complicity building between the main couple is evolving very nicely!!

our FL has been far away from du's radar so far , i hope lanxiang can stay ahead before she is targeted by du, because du and her bro are fishy as hell

its a classic historical cdrama but i like that its not fast paced 47 episodes!!!

thats exactly how'd rate too

i'd love to hear ur recommendations

u cant deny the impact it had in the cdrama world... even if it failed in aspects, in others it shined

still listen to the ost sometimes until now... one of the best drama of 2026

same😂😂

looking back at 2026, i only find 1-POJ and 12- love for you the most impactful!but i didn't try road to splendor, 1970's and between the lines yet...
all the rest i dropped somehow even if they start off strong like how dare you and first jasmine...even POJ i was close to give up bc of the second underwhelming half...

Also here are 3 i enjoyed but aren't mentioned:
-veil of shadows ( great woven plot!)
-love has fireworks ( modern drama but filmed a few yrs ago, it was both cringe & funny)
-phenix heart ( i dare say i also dropped it by the end but it was enjoyable)

will add road to splendor, 1970's and love between the lines to my watchlist!

it hit the right marks but for some reason i wasn't tooooo wawed either

we can clearly see the camera work has changed by now! i don't know what happened for the first episodes, but they look like they had a completely different editor 😅😅