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No, I didn’t miss this memory, literally the only one in the three years of their life together. And what new did we learn from there? The situation simply copies one of many in the show, where one gets into trouble, the other saves, this situation does not even have any normal intro. We found ourselves in the middle of a tiny episode. Yes, it's cute and that's all. Did we learn anything new about the past of these characters or were we just repeating one situation out of many similar ones?
Did I say that I want more kisses? I said that I wanted to see where their friendship began, how it was built, at least in fragments. Just saying that they knew each other for three years is not enough. I love the chemistry between Xu Kai and Esther, and I find their characters interactions cute, but I don't find myself particularly invested in their relationship, for me it came out of nowhere, it doesn't feel earned. They could have just remained close friends and that would have been enough, this type of show doesn't even necessarily need romance. Even if they have at least a hundred kisses, without a normal backstory it still won’t work.
And I said that Zhao's character needed more backstory and characterization. At least it would be possible to more clearly separate him from Bian.

It may be easier for a fan of the game to delve into the lore of the drama, already knowing the lore of the game in advance, but this is difficult for an outside viewer. Fans therefore may not notice certain problems. The task of the drama creators is not only to please fans of the game, but also to make it easier for ordinary viewers to understand if they want popularity not only among fans of the game.

That's why I mentioned the "show, don't tell" rule. I know that the ML has no memory, but he remembers those three years with Qi in the village, their first interactions. Why don't we show them at least in flashback format, if not at the beginning, then in the middle of the story? We were shown glimpses of the history of Qi and Bian. It would have given at least something to the character. It’s hard to care deeply about a complete blank slate, relying solely on the imagination of the viewer himself “figure out the rest yourself.” And I understand that this is not pure romance, but there are still romantic couples here. They also need to be able to be built correctly in the plot so that the audience really cares about these relationships.

And all these ratings are deeply subjective since they mostly depend on the local public of each particular site.

It doesn't matter what type of story it is, if you should care about the characters. And it’s not possible to care much about characters that you don’t even really know what they are all about. At the end of the story, I noticed that I like more Bian Luo Huan than Yue Jin Zhao because at least towards the end we are given some kind of backstory to Bian, while with Jin Zhao, even at the end it is not clear what exactly he is. And not only in romance should a certain development of relationships be shown. All these details increase the emotional involvement of viewing. Otherwise, all these sad and funny scenes, even those wonderfully played by actors, lose their value. So those "not made for everyone" means it is made mostly only for hardcore fans SAF game series, thats it.

Regardless of which studio she chooses, I just hope she can get more main roles in really good projects. She really deserves it. (imo)

I can understand twinty. Its not just "not true romance drama" problem, for me in SAF 6 there is a lack of some substance storytelling problem. The lack of many important scenes and details for the story. The golden rule of any good movie is “show, don’t tell.” We're given a lot of exposition for the characters, but very little actual showing of it on screen. For example, we were never shown how exactly the main leads lived after waking up in the village before meeting the others. We are given too little actual background on the character even at the end. A game is a game, and a drama is a drama; a correct adaptation is needed specifically for the drama, because not only fans of games can watch it, not only fans of the game need to understand what is going on , but casual viewers too. . The actors' performances are remarkable, but this does not alleviate the script's problems.

This is exactly how I feel. They could be such a power couple, plus a healthy one with excellent chemistry (thanks Xu Kai and Esther interaction off and on screen). I can only hope for another collaboration between them.

It is also important to remember that there are two different love tropes being used here. "Love Between Fairy and Devil"- "from enemies to lovers" plus complete opposites attract and in "Sword and fairy"- "from best friends to lovers" and the two characters are similar in many ways. This is why the chemistry in "Love Between Fairy and Devil" can seem more intense and chemistry in "Sword and fairy" softer and calmer.

Well, I just thought they have the same genre, also they both have sad moments and angst but not the same level like most wuxia, like Till the End of the Moon or The Blue Whisper.

For me the closest thing to a "Sword and a Fairy" would be "Back From the Brink". It seems they have some similar vibes.

Well, we have another upcoming cdrama with Shu Xin and Ding Yu Xi (from "Moonlight"). so maybe there is still some hope for this, not in the near future, of course.

Так у всех дорам рейтинг поэтому периодически и меняется- больше людей посмотрит, больше людей по разному оценит. Но в принципе поэтому я считаю рейтинги на MDL весьма субъективными, потому что они будут строго зависеть от того, какое количество людей посмотрело дораму, какие категории людей смотрело/оценивало и по каким параметрам/личным предпочтениям, а так же от степени разрекламированности самой дорамы, таким образом здесь нередко попадаются действительно годные сериалы с низкой/средней оценкой и достаточно посредственные с 10/9-ми.

В смысле? Оценка дорамы дается как средняя по количеству всех проголосовавших людей, она периодически меняется, в зависимости от того сколько людей на какую оценку оценило сериал