I was surprised just how quick Huai En nodded his head in agreement. We know who’s wearing the trousers in this…
When everybody was expecting a long dramatic final meeting between HuaiEn and his not-father, XiaoBao was there like - NOT ON MY WATCH!! And HuaiEn immediately agreed.
That girl will find herself married ASAP when she's of age, LOL. For now, whenever they're trying to kiss, she's being summoned, like a c*ckblocking demon :D
Okay... but I'll miss Que SiMing the most.
And now we've had this one, can we have more? Pretty please with a cherry on top? :D
An 8+ drama, but I added an extra half star for all the pretty. Nice OST, too.
Why the hell did she need to save him from the shotgun?! He's a demon, he wouldn't die unless by those rules. So that kind of ruined the last two eps for me.
God(dess?) was also pretty cool until the last eps - even her cute worn out cap with one of the "o"-s in "good" scratched out was a very nice touch, LOL - but then why does she break the rules so easily? And out of the myriad miracles she could've made, she chose to revive one of her own demons that had broken the rules and not - say - save the little cancer patient. *sigh* And if she DID revive him, why not make him human again to live out his life with DDH?...
Out of all the endings there, the one I liked best was the sword-dancer's, what's-her-name. She didn't have anything much to do throughout the drama, but at least she found a calling in the last ep. Oh well.
First 10 eps were pretty good, last two were kind of out of sync with the rest of it. The father-and-son duo commanding a serial killer also didn't make a lot of sense, but at least it was entertaining while it lasted. This drama was always going to float on the power of love and not reason anyway LOL. (And yeah, there were paralels with Goblin, but for the main part they were kind of subtle and not really in your face, so it's allowed).
But ooooh, so much pretty. So much pretty!!! Song Kang looks amazing here, and so does Kim You Jung. The OST added a lot to the show, both the songs and the BGM.
Overall, a good drama to come off the highs of the Olympics and through the withdrawal, LOL.
Now I want to know if its happy ending. because ep 11 was nothing but suffering
It is a general rule that danmei have HEAs. Unless they're the very, very few who do not (those tend to be mostly modern though.) So don't worry, they'll get a HEA.
Seriously, the second half gets better by the episode.
Not XiaoBao and ZhaoCai doing the surprised Pikachu face when Jin Bao is taking responsibility for Que SiMing, LOL. Also, this happened:
Jin Bao: Well, if you look at him carefully, he's pretty cute. XiaoBao (totally riled up): He's NOT as handsome as HuaiEn!
Cue ZhaoCai doing an epic eyeroll with both idiots in his life, LOL.
And Que SiMing channeling his inner Lin Chen is my absolute favourite, LOL. I could stay here and watch a whole series of him being rude to everybody in China and their relatives outside the country, hahaha~
No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
After TU, I started reading a lot of Chinese webnovels (well, danmei, but what can you do, LOL). I'm already used to the names, some of the usual expressions, a bit of history (not a lot), the costumes (for costume dramas), quite enough (hopefully) of the tricks of wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan LOL, a lot of the main actors and actresses and SO MANY of the support actors :D
So the secret is just exposure :D
OOOOOOH finally someone who also falls for the music!!! NiF has one of the best OSTs ever (and I mean the BGM in particular - I mainly fall for the BGM usually :D). Beautiful haunting themes, I love it all! Just listen to this little gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5ROyaHuk0
Don't let the length of some dramas daunt you, LOL. It's already been a while since they made all cdramas be shorter than 50 eps, and then when some of them sidestepped the rule with adding seasons, they also made them release them further apart, so now most of them won't pass 50, some not even get close. Lengthier dramas could take their time getting anywhere. I'm happy that NiF was made when there was no restriction (not that it would've been too long even by today's standards). You'll get used to the longer dramas - cdrama eps are never longer than 45 minutes, so nowhere close kdramas eps that can be anywhere from 1hr to 1.30hr or so :D Just consider AoS - 30 eps of at least 1 hr but more often longer, so in the end somewhere between 30-40 hrs of drama, compared to Nif that has just about 35-36 hrs of drama-time. You've ALREADY watched longer dramas :D
No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
I haven't watched either, LOL (I want to watch The Double, but more dramas are coming through and getting in the way.)
NiF has a very structured feeling, IMHO. More of a slow burn, continuous build-up and at times very subtle hints. It has a kind of gravity of its own. (I won't say it's the absolute masterpiece, but it comes pretty close to it according to my standards :D)
It's also based on a novel, and the novel is great. It might take a few episodes to get totally hooked (I think it took me about 7 or so), but then you'll probably want to binge it, it's that seducingly good.
And it's going to hurt, a lot - but it's a good hurt, I promise. Just watching them move on-screen is SO freaking good, I try finding other dramas to compare it with and TBH none come to mind. This whole drama / story is about showing not telling, and it's masterfully done.
Just give it a try - it will be a little while maybe until you get the Mei ChangSu virus, but maybe not that long, actually :D
No, I think it is because it is tough to get into like malazan book series in fantasy
It's not tough to get into, but it's more slow and contemplative than the usual wuxia/xianxia. This is actually alt. history/costume drama with very little wuxia, its strength is based on the characters and plot progression.
So to speak, a lot less visuals and a lot more substance. (Not that there aren't any visuals to fawn over, LOL).
It's one of the very best dramas (not just cdramas) I've ever watched, and I don't even like politics/palace dramas all that much. This one has the politics and the heroism, and the bromance (nothing romantic, don't worry), and the heartbreak to win anyone ever. And some of the best charas ever, too.
Here's the Japanese DVD trailer for a taste - don't watch the original trailer in MDL, it's too spoilerish and frankly not that enticing.
Is it just me or is this giving great waves of The 6th Sense?! I hope they don't do that twist, seriously.Here's…
Since Great is having flashbacks - or is it flashforwards?! - to having sex with Tyme, it's either they're in a past life OR a paralel life OR he can see way further in than 4 minutes.
Also it doesn't look like he's "seeing" 4 mins forward, more like he's living them then gets a reset.
I like the way the clock is stuck but the time goes a bit forward each time. He started at 11.00, now he's at 11.02, I wonder if something extremely important happens by the time he's at the 11.04 mark.
Poor Tonkla, he's carrying all the sex scenes so far, LOL. Will the mains ever get to do something that's not a flashback? :D
somone, plz help me. I am literally just getting too obsessed with this drama , it's getting out of hands now.…
You don't get over it. And you still have the donghua (animated series), the chibi donghua, the audio drama and the world of danmei.
But for a little respite from time to time - some KBL - Love for Love's Sake might do the trick (it's short and it's good). And also maybe My Stand-In (a Thai BL based on a danmei novel) - that is - that's the trick - uncensored, well-acted, great music, kept 85% of the original :)
There are other great dramas, but so soon after finishing TU you won't probably settle down to them anyway :D
This feels like what Sa Ye would look like if / when they ever get the courage to make it a drama or a movie. (And in case you don't know Sa Ye, this is very high praise).
I can't believe all these guys are credited here as their first work, and they're all of them so young!! (I do wonder if they're using different names because this cannot be aired on the mainland like - ever, probably).
This makes me SO mad at the damned censorship - imagine if we did get to see stories like this, filmed with so much gentleness and talent, and not pretend they're best bros or something.
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It was clear then who's calling the shots LOL.
Okay... but I'll miss Que SiMing the most.
And now we've had this one, can we have more? Pretty please with a cherry on top? :D
God(dess?) was also pretty cool until the last eps - even her cute worn out cap with one of the "o"-s in "good" scratched out was a very nice touch, LOL - but then why does she break the rules so easily? And out of the myriad miracles she could've made, she chose to revive one of her own demons that had broken the rules and not - say - save the little cancer patient. *sigh* And if she DID revive him, why not make him human again to live out his life with DDH?...
Out of all the endings there, the one I liked best was the sword-dancer's, what's-her-name. She didn't have anything much to do throughout the drama, but at least she found a calling in the last ep. Oh well.
First 10 eps were pretty good, last two were kind of out of sync with the rest of it. The father-and-son duo commanding a serial killer also didn't make a lot of sense, but at least it was entertaining while it lasted. This drama was always going to float on the power of love and not reason anyway LOL. (And yeah, there were paralels with Goblin, but for the main part they were kind of subtle and not really in your face, so it's allowed).
But ooooh, so much pretty. So much pretty!!! Song Kang looks amazing here, and so does Kim You Jung. The OST added a lot to the show, both the songs and the BGM.
Overall, a good drama to come off the highs of the Olympics and through the withdrawal, LOL.
Jin Bao: Well, if you look at him carefully, he's pretty cute.
XiaoBao (totally riled up): He's NOT as handsome as HuaiEn!
Cue ZhaoCai doing an epic eyeroll with both idiots in his life, LOL.
And Que SiMing channeling his inner Lin Chen is my absolute favourite, LOL. I could stay here and watch a whole series of him being rude to everybody in China and their relatives outside the country, hahaha~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTz9QtcBo4
So the secret is just exposure :D
OOOOOOH finally someone who also falls for the music!!! NiF has one of the best OSTs ever (and I mean the BGM in particular - I mainly fall for the BGM usually :D). Beautiful haunting themes, I love it all! Just listen to this little gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5ROyaHuk0
Don't let the length of some dramas daunt you, LOL. It's already been a while since they made all cdramas be shorter than 50 eps, and then when some of them sidestepped the rule with adding seasons, they also made them release them further apart, so now most of them won't pass 50, some not even get close. Lengthier dramas could take their time getting anywhere. I'm happy that NiF was made when there was no restriction (not that it would've been too long even by today's standards). You'll get used to the longer dramas - cdrama eps are never longer than 45 minutes, so nowhere close kdramas eps that can be anywhere from 1hr to 1.30hr or so :D Just consider AoS - 30 eps of at least 1 hr but more often longer, so in the end somewhere between 30-40 hrs of drama, compared to Nif that has just about 35-36 hrs of drama-time. You've ALREADY watched longer dramas :D
NiF has a very structured feeling, IMHO. More of a slow burn, continuous build-up and at times very subtle hints. It has a kind of gravity of its own. (I won't say it's the absolute masterpiece, but it comes pretty close to it according to my standards :D)
It's also based on a novel, and the novel is great. It might take a few episodes to get totally hooked (I think it took me about 7 or so), but then you'll probably want to binge it, it's that seducingly good.
And it's going to hurt, a lot - but it's a good hurt, I promise. Just watching them move on-screen is SO freaking good, I try finding other dramas to compare it with and TBH none come to mind. This whole drama / story is about showing not telling, and it's masterfully done.
Just give it a try - it will be a little while maybe until you get the Mei ChangSu virus, but maybe not that long, actually :D
I wonder if that woman is the one who also has 4 minute warnings?
So to speak, a lot less visuals and a lot more substance. (Not that there aren't any visuals to fawn over, LOL).
It's one of the very best dramas (not just cdramas) I've ever watched, and I don't even like politics/palace dramas all that much. This one has the politics and the heroism, and the bromance (nothing romantic, don't worry), and the heartbreak to win anyone ever. And some of the best charas ever, too.
Here's the Japanese DVD trailer for a taste - don't watch the original trailer in MDL, it's too spoilerish and frankly not that enticing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYSZpTICPzs
Also it doesn't look like he's "seeing" 4 mins forward, more like he's living them then gets a reset.
I like the way the clock is stuck but the time goes a bit forward each time. He started at 11.00, now he's at 11.02, I wonder if something extremely important happens by the time he's at the 11.04 mark.
Poor Tonkla, he's carrying all the sex scenes so far, LOL. Will the mains ever get to do something that's not a flashback? :D
I hope they don't do that twist, seriously.
Here's a flashback song that fits the tone of this drama, LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoX2ixNX6EY
But for a little respite from time to time - some KBL - Love for Love's Sake might do the trick (it's short and it's good). And also maybe My Stand-In (a Thai BL based on a danmei novel) - that is - that's the trick - uncensored, well-acted, great music, kept 85% of the original :)
There are other great dramas, but so soon after finishing TU you won't probably settle down to them anyway :D
I can't believe all these guys are credited here as their first work, and they're all of them so young!! (I do wonder if they're using different names because this cannot be aired on the mainland like - ever, probably).
This makes me SO mad at the damned censorship - imagine if we did get to see stories like this, filmed with so much gentleness and talent, and not pretend they're best bros or something.
Beautiful!!
Is there any actual release schedule?