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Joy of Life chinese drama review
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Joy of Life
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by Lyrry
Feb 5, 2025
46 of 46 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers

Well written and well produced drama...

Episode 1-2: Was heartwarming. My favorite scenes were the poison/medicine lessons with Fei Jie, martial arts training with Wu Zhu, farewell with Fan Xian's grandma. The first 2 episodes were powerful.

Episodes 3-18: The emperor is frightening and cunning, mysterious and crazy. The whole kingdom is his chess board. Fan Sizhe and Wang Qinian were the comedic relief. I already know Teng Zijing will die based on the flow of the story. I am afraid for Qinian since he was the 3rd sidekick.

Fan Xian and Lin Waner have good chemistry. They have interesting love story. Forced engaged and now they are being forced to separate.

I really think Fan Xian's mom was from modern times as well. I think Wuzhu might be a non-human since he does not age and when he killed Lin Gong he has electricity.

Episode 19: Strong guts for Fan Xian not to bow or kneel before the emperor. And he acts casual around him. I was nervous the entire time.

Episode 20-21: The good thing about being a modern man is you have knowledge and open-mind to condition like Dabao's mental illness. That was why Fan Xian is patient to him. The revelation that Fan Xian being an heir to both Neiku and Investigator's Office is mind blowing.

Episode 26-27: Fan Xian being the center of everyone's attention. And being accused of plagiarising a poem. I find this nerve wracking. Ep 27 is my favorite so far. FX reciting over 100 poems to say 'in your face' to the villains is marvelous. FX looks like he has a possible photographic memory if he remembers that much poems from his memory of modern world.

Episode 28-30: Answered my question if FX mom came from the modern world as well. Still confusing though when she said she was unfrozen from the frozen world of ice age. Chen Pingping is a genius. His trap was flawless.

Episode 31-32: Teng Zijing's death really set precedent to FX's resolve. His principles cannot be bent. Episode 32- the poison division is too awesome for me. They're like the Tang Clan of murim world. They are invincible with martial arts.

Episode 37: Is like a scene in the manhwa "Heavenly Demon Can't Live A Normal Life" where the warriors of enemy country challenged FX to one on one fights.

Episode 41: Revealed FX's and his mom's true identity.

Beiqi arc was really good. It showed FX's analytic and intelligent mind. But that cliff hanger was too much. Lol

Final thoughts
-Well written drama. It's really good
-Story is epic
-Acting is brilliant


After watching Guardians of the Dafeng before this. I found similarities
Inspector Office = Guardians
Si Lili = Fu Xiang
Poetry
Chen Pingping = Lord Wei
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