Alice

Thank you for explaining :)

I'm curious why episodes were cut though and the ending was changed? does anyone know why, I've read some comments about it but they were confusing.

This drama was one hell of a ride, I watched in 2 days, I've never been so frustrated and entertained, it's pretty dark too, tragedy bordering gothic. I read everyone complaing about the ending which put me off watching it but when I finally said I would just watch it, by the time I got to episode 20 I was having too much fun watching it that I didn't even care if I didn't like the ending, but after now watching the ending, I don't even think it's bad, it pretty much tells you a happy ending is coming. Obviously I would have liked to have seen it but it's fine.

The ML had one of the most tragic existences possible and the complexity of his character and his development were so good, the performance from the actor was brilliant, I think he stole the drama. I did have annoyance with the FL though, it just often seemed he loved her so much more than she loved him and that made it lacking since the love story from his side was so powerful, I know there are moments like when she takes the jade eye curse from him and when she swaps her divine essence for his evil bone etc. that show how much she loves him but it always felt like she back tracked after them or hid her true feelings. She made quite a few mistakes too like treason for example and let's not even talk about all the misunderstandings lol and honestly she was quite heartless and cruel to the ML many times in it despite the fact he was not the Devil Lord yet, so she had some flaws and it seemed she always showed up late to everything lol. Of course there are scenes where she does well but I would have liked more feelings from her. It was also annoying how she always believed the worst in him without checking facts, she was wrong about him every time so this was quite annoying, the actress was beautiful though and acted well, this didn't take away of my enjoyment from it, I didn't even dislike her, I just didn't love her.

What a ride it was, so glad I watched it.

I finally watched this! even though this drama seemed to have everything I love about dramas, I was hesitant to watch it since it came out as I stopped watching new dramas after 2019 for the most part, as they started inserting the same things into them that ruined western tv for me so even though I knew not all dramas were affected yet I still just wanted to stick to re-watching old dramas instead. I'm so glad I finally watched this! there was nothing inserted into it, just a normal drama, I absolutely loved it, it had everything that made me love dramas in the first place, a great masculine male lead and a lovely feminine female lead, and a wonderful love story that transcends all, a love to die for, along with beautiful scenery and effects and a well wrote script. I loved it. I also liked that the second lead characters like Chang Heng and Dang Yin weren't schememing or evil or trying to tear them apart which is the case most of the time so appreciated that too, I did not have to pull out so much hair watching it lol. Just a wonderful drama.

I just finished watching this drama again, it's always been one of my favourites, I actually think I wrote a review on here for this over a decade ago. It still has to be the saddest thing I've ever seen which says a lot, the entire show you are in pain for Moo Hyuk wondering how someone can have such a tragic existence and be hurt so much constantly, this poor man, it's so sad that it's hard to watch at some parts but I love it and I love the ending, these type of love stories are my favourite, I'm a sucker for pain clearly. So Ji Sub is brilliant in it also, anyway I'm in deep saddness after finishing this again so to cope I made a video of it and said I would post here just in case anyone is looking for a HD edit of it since I was always looking for that myself and there still isn't any I think considering it's a old drama.
https://youtu.be/Z2taSzFFGxg

If the ML cheated everyone would want him stoned to death but the FL cheats and we're being too hard on her for calling her out and it's somehow still the ML fault lol it's so predictable.

Lol more like as usual a female does something wrong and people still gotta try to blame the male, god forbid a female actually is held responsible for her actions.

I'm re-watching this drama again, have watched it a few times now over the years and I still don't get the low ratings, I love this drama, I think it has a nice story and I love the couple in it.

Word, they were too good for her, she was annoying as hell, her and the ML don't get together until the very end because she broke his heart about a million times, there was no scheming relatives or evil second leads etc, keeping them apart, it was all entirely due to the female lead being a total moron, she constantly claims how much she loves him but yet keeps rejecting him for no reason other than being a coward????? and she never did anything for the ML, he did everything for her so I don't even see why he even liked her after episode 12, he should have left her, god knows she rejected him enough times. And the fact that she never told him she was braces girl and kept lying to him, so annoying, she just was not worth it, he deserved better. The fact that even to the very end she didn't risk anything for him or ask him to stay, it was the second male lead that had to get them together, so ridiculous and unsatisfying, and it's such a waste because they had such great chemistry.

The only likeable character in this is the main male lead, the second male lead is fine but not as charismatic and he did the usual second lead thing that I hate by pushing himself onto the lead when she is already in love with someone else, although he was not nearly as bad as most second leads so he was fine, but all other characters are either annoying and/or acted stupid throughout the whole thing, I actually hated the female lead and that does not happen often, basically the couple do not get together until the very end, and I mean the very end, so there's no them getting together and being happy for a few episodes and then having something break them up for a while like all other dramas, they literally just don't get together until the end and considering how long this drama is it makes it beyond frustrating, and why you ask? BECAUSE OF THE STUPID FEMALE LEAD! she literally is in love with him for the whole show but just keeps rejecting him for no reason at all other than the fact she is pathetic and a coward, she is the entire reason they do not get together, every single time it's her, how many times can you rip a guys heart out and step on it? the amount of times the main lead confessed to her and did everything to win her trust , she rejected him every single time even though she felt the same as him?????please make it make sense, it doesn't. The first 9 episode were good but after that you have to wonder how on earth he even still likes her, he was far too good for her, and she never put her heart on the line for him like he constantly did. Also the second male lead is also a nice guy who she strings along even though she loves another man.....it's so annoying. Amanda and her child are annoying too especially her son, he needs a good spanking, he is spoiled rotten. Although I found Amanda a bit annoying, more so at certain points rather than as a whole, she actually did more for the male lead than the female lead did, she put her heart on the line for him too.
This was way too long as well, I think it was extended by 4 episodes well it shouldn't have been, and they should have followed the normal formula and had the couple actually get together during the series or at the very least they could have actually gave a proper reason for why they're not getting together but nope, from the start to finish, the female lead is the only thing that kept them apart, she is so annoying, everytime they progressed, she pushed him 3 steps back and not to mention her never telling him that she was brace girl.....UGH! both guys in this drama were too good for her, she was the only one in this that didn't risk anything for love so she doesn't deserve it. The fact that even to the very end she didn't risk anything for him or ask him to stay, it was the second male lead that had to get them together, so ridiculous and unsatisfying. I watched it to the end for the male lead and because I did like the premise of their romance in the first 10 episodes so I wanted to see them get together, but honestly you could skip episodes 13 to 19 and not miss a thing. I've had this on my watch list for 12 years now lol I finally watched it. I just re-watched Easy Fortune, Happy life so said I would finally watch this, especially since I wanted to see more of the handsome male lead but I much prefered Easy Fortune, at least the couple actually get together in that lol. I did like the first half of this drama but it just got ruined by bad writing, overall I don't regret watching it though, the male lead was too beautiful for me to regret it lol.

Also I still don't know why there are so many comments here about what happened to Fu Ling and Tian Yi, no one in all the comments seems to know what happened to them lol it is stated in this that Fu Ling and Tian Yi sadly died when she was 6 years old, They died protecting the Wingkind city, which is very sad, I was so glad they broke the fated curse and got a happy end, I was pleading for that when it was airing and to see that they just ended up dying anyway after all they went through to save each other, I feel cheated. They could have at least made it that they died when she was about 12 or so, at least then they would have had more years.

I finally got around to watching this, I absolutely loved season one, it is one of my favourite dramas and Tian Yi and Fu Ling are one of my favourite love stories but since season 2 didn't have them in it and I stopped watching dramas that were made after 2017 so I didn't plan on watching it, but I just re-watched the first season so I said why not give this a go.
I did really enjoy it but it was not as good as the first season, basically the best thing about this is the main love story and Xue Jing Kong, they're the 2 reasons to watch this, he was great and the 2 of them were so cute and they have everything one wants in a proper love story, fate, dying for each other and true love so I enjoyed that. The things I didn't like about it was the writing wasn't as good as the first season at certain points and left some loose ends (for example Rue Che never even bothers to find out about her parents, she just assumed they abandoned her and another example, why was Jing Kong with Rue Che as a baby? how did she end up in his hands when he was fighting Tian Yi? they really don't explain any of this) and the story was weaker than the first season and I blame the whole warrior arc they brought in after episode 10, it took a turn and lasted so much longer than I thought, it took up about 10 or so episodes, maybe more and with this Yun Mu Yang and Du Xian Yin took up so much time and I thought they were both annoying, he was quite stupid throughout the whole thing and she was just constantly lying throught the whole thing so safe to say i did not enjoy them, and then another thing to add to my dislike of the arc, LOL fantasy or no fantasy I will never take 90 pound girls beating the crap out of everyone seriously, and most of the warriors were women, it's so stupid and it's one of the reasons I stopped watching dramas after 2017, I don't care if they have "super powers" it still looks totally ridiculous but most of the warriors had no powers they were like humans so LOL it loses points for that. I would have much prefered if the story went how it was going in the first 10 episodes and more with Jing Kong and the Mute and stuff like that, I think they could have done so many different things than the warrior tranining camp or whatever it was, many people probably enjoyed that arc, I do admit the episode where she works so hard and passed I enjoyed but the rest not so much especially since it dragged, but all in all it was still a very enjoyable drama, it's more than worth it for the beautiful love story and the Hero.

They explain around episode 12 or around that, Fu Ling and Tiany Yi died protecting the wingkind city when she was 6 years old sadly, I feel cheated honestly, after all they went through to save each other and to break the fated curse and then they just ended up dying anyway.

They explain around episode 12 or around that, Fu Ling and Tiany Yi died protecting the wingkind city when she was 6 years old sadly, while I enjoyed this drama, I would have rather have not had them killed off than having a season 2, but at least they broke the fate curse and they died together.

Lmao yes it's funny how it means that when someone wants it to and that's exactly why it's a load of bull and my comment was taking the piss and mocking it.

"you guys" is gendered and it offends me, you're telling other people to call someone they/them but then call us all guys.

A lovely little drama, I highly disagree with the review that said the main couple was lacking in development and seemed more like friends, their development was well done and you could see every moment of them falling for each other, and everyone around them could do, their romance was lovely, really loved watching their bond grow and I could see the romance long before Asaba did. One of my favourite thing about a lot of Japanese romances is the two unlikely people who seem mismatched actually somehow go so well together and find true love, Japanese do it so well and I think this is another nice example, they're very different and mismatched but they fit so well.

You literally said it's racially insensitive lol. I get it it's 2020 so everything is either "racist" or "sexist" or some "phobic" of some sort but it's just a word, and it makes sense, black comedy has been around as another word for dark comedy for ages, you're literally the only one thinking of skin colour when hearing that, not once in my life have I ever thought of black people when hearing a film being refereed to as black comedy lol and I'm pretty sure black people don't care, people need to stop getting offended on others behalf. I'd think for someone being around in the 80s you wouldn't be such a snowflake.

Just listened to it and you're right, would be great if someone made a video of them with the song ^^

Just watched this again and it's still my favourite Japanese drama, such a unique plot and so good at the same time and forever love the romance in it, literally has the best Japanese kisses, and Otaro's development is done so well, so glad they got a happy ending still. It seems many are still confused on the ending, Todome no Parallel episode 10 is the official ending to the series, the creator stated so, it's not a parallel like the other episodes.