Well, I don't know what people expected from a rom-com in 2026. This "genre" is literally for entertainment, not for you to leave crying or enchanted by the acting. It's just a normal drama to laugh at. Up to episode 5 I haven't found any irritating aspect that would make me drop the drama, even knowing there's gratuitous hate for Jisoo. This is the only drama I've seen her in, so the acting feels normal to me, neither too exaggerated nor too natural. So people will probably drop the drama because of that. But I don't know, the drama is a solid 7.5 so far and believe it or not that score isn't bad yet. At least for recent releases. Hopefully it won't start getting irritating from now on and it will keep this pacing, which I quite liked.
Every time I see Seo In Guk, he looks more and more like Faker—especially when he’s wearing glasses. Maybe I’m going crazy, but he really does resemble him.
My conclusion about this drama is that it goes nowhere. I wish I had liked the second couple more and honestly I didn’t really like the first one either, but the cinematography makes me give it an 8.0 otherwise it would be a 7.5. It’s not a bad drama, just frustrating. I wrote this when I was halfway through episode 8 because with the time the drama has had and the way it developed, there’s no way these last two episodes can change my mind and make me give it a 9, which would be too high for this drama. Not that 8.0 or 7.5 is bad.
It's funny that this drama was the last one out of about 20 that I finished that I haven't increased the speed of yet, and I'm genuinely enjoying it to the fullest. If I'm not mistaken, this also happened to me with Gaus Eletronics; I think this type of drama is good for me (hopefully I'll continue not increasing the speed even knowing that the second half is different from the beginning).
While I find the protagonist cool, I also find him irritating. I don't know, maybe watching so many dramas with almost perfect characters makes me dislike characters like the protagonist of this drama as much. In this case, characters with a more "realistic" writing style, even though I haven't seen many people like him in real life, it's not like I hate him, it just doesn't grab me as much because while he seems like a real character, he doesn't appear natural either; it also seems a bit forced. But the actor managed to make the character quite acceptable with his good acting.
People I trust said that the series starts to improve in episode 4 and really finds its footing by episode 5. Honestly, if it keeps the same pacing it had up until episode 3, where I stopped, this drama has great potential as a wuxia. Since it was cut down from 40 to 37 episodes, it feels like the beginning may have been sacrificed to allow for a stronger ending. If that’s the case, it might still turn out to be a very solid drama — around an 8 or 8.5 for me.
Cara, quem fez a tradução da sinopse para o português colocou a sinopse de outro drama kkkkkk. Pelo que parece. Quando eu comecei o ep 1, achei que estava vendo o drama errado. Só depois de ver a sinopse em inglês que entendi.
When I saw that the creator was the same as Love Like the Galaxy and The Story of Minglan, I really felt a strong urge to watch it, but my hiatus from costume dramas won’t let me 😥
Bela review, infelizmente esse drama não me pegou, assisti o ep 1 inteiro mas acabou que não me fisgou acredito que por causa da FL, por conta que ela meio que se importou tanto com a criança que não me pareceu o pensamento de alguém que cuida da saúde mental (mesmo que de crianças), ou ficou parecendo algo natural, não na parte da atuação e sim na do jeito que estava sendo tratado, ou eu me acostumei demais com dramas que os personagens são meio que irreais, e por conta das reviews em ingles as pessoas que eu conhecia estavam dando uma nota alta então talvez eu tenha criado muita expectativa, e como você falou esse drama não tem grandes emoções entao preferi dropar para não ''perder meu tempo''.
The actor lineup for this is wildly stacked, but the director's track record is not good (e.g. same director as…
So, regarding the director, I liked "Work Later, Drink Now," but I haven't seen "No Gain No Love." It might not be a disaster, but as you said, "Strong Girl" makes me very hesitant. But I think I'll watch it because of the actors themselves.
I miss this drama so much, it was the last modern drama I managed to give a 10. Every time I finish one that I found mediocre, it comes to mind. It's sad that no modern drama (that I've seen so far) has had more of an impact on me than this one. It had everything I liked, from the main actors to the supporting actors, the theme, the cinematography, etc. Sad.
Honestly, it's a story that even if you fall asleep during one episode, you can still understand what's happening. I think that's good, especially since the last dramas I watched required you to pay close attention. Another good point is that the problems are resolved in a maximum of two episodes. I don't think that weakens the story or the narrative, so it's an 8.0 up to episode 14. Depending on the outcome, I think it could easily get a solid 8.5 by the end.
I think if you can get past the first 3 episodes, it gets better.
Now that I've reached episode 16, I realized that if you skip the scenes focused on the villain — in this case, Wang Chan — or the parts that feel boring, and just let the scenes with the protagonist and other cultivators play, the drama works much better. I think this might be due to the editing, since the drama was cut, which makes the parts without the protagonist feel bland. But honestly, you can't blame it too much. I've read around ten manhuas, and they’re usually like this, so you can't expect much more. In conclusion, if you focus mainly on the protagonist’s cultivation journey and the characters around him, the drama flows very well.
I think if you can get past the first 3 episodes, it gets better.
Thank you so much for the information. I managed to pick up where I had dropped it and I'm really enjoying it. I think at the time I was watching something better, so I must not have realized how good the drama was.
After dropping this drama a few months ago at episode 8 (I don't even remember why), something is very clear in my head: the opening episodes manage to be better than 70% of the Chinese dramas released from 2023 to 2025. This beginning is a very unique experience, mainly because of its atmosphere, especially the ending of episode 3. From what I've read in some reviews, people's opinions are quite mixed, and I’ve seen comments saying the script is somewhat unstable, but if it delivers a sequence of episodes as strong as this start, it's already worth my time lol.
So, yeah, I think I dropped out of the drama around episode 14, but the romance between the male lead and the female lead had started to develop because the second male lead started doing some annoying things to the female lead, so the second male lead was there to "help" her, so I think it must have started to get a lot more romantic around episodes 18-21 (although there was a bit of that up until episode 14).
I see, its nice that its comfortable in Brazil. I am from India (also in Asia), my country is a diverse nation…
It’s really interesting to hear the perspective of someone who experiences this firsthand. We do have similar issues in Brazil, but in most cases they don’t become such a strong barrier. Since I started watching Asian dramas, it’s been eye-opening to see how much pressure there can be. Fiction really does seem to both reflect and reinforce these expectations.
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I think this might be due to the editing, since the drama was cut, which makes the parts without the protagonist feel bland. But honestly, you can't blame it too much. I've read around ten manhuas, and they’re usually like this, so you can't expect much more.
In conclusion, if you focus mainly on the protagonist’s cultivation journey and the characters around him, the drama flows very well.