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There will not be a wedding. However in the part of the last episode it is revealed that they are going to be wed very soon.

But dont be discouraged by that.
Under normal circumstances I do think this wedding is necessary to have for a complete plot - escpecially in a romantic historical drama - however this drama shows how it is done perfectly without it.
I was suprised myself that I was not angry at all that I missed that.

The ending was just too perfect - a wedding at the end would have felt out of place.
Why the wedding did not take place sooner - there are reasons and the story explains this very well.

Loved the drama.
Best historical drama I have watched so far.

Both leads did an amazing job. Incredible character background storys for all characters
No unnecessary characters (well maybe Yuan Shan Jian, but even he had some critical scenes)

The emporer was on of the most amazing characters, together with his empress and his concubine these three were incredibly. the three characters together are a very very rare sight seen in any drama.

Incredibly work !

To be clear it really depends on how you depend ending.
The series ending where this story is a book and both leads meet at the end and with the love story in mind basically show case both leads falling in love with each other at first sight is basically the end.

However that ending is neither the story that is supposed to be told nor the "real" story. Everybod should understand that this is part of the show because otherwise - because of chinese censorship - this drama gets no right to be aired. Time travel or body swaps are not allowed as "real" stories and that is the reason they introduce always a book being written or someone had a dream.

With this knowledge you should basically scrap the last minutes from the story and it showcases the real story that producers, writers and actors wanted to portrait.

Removing that part: we have great chemistry - two love stories, a happy ending and still a little unsatisfying ending (if you need your science to make at least SOME sense ;-) )

Because of censorship this has to be in a book or anything remotely similar
"real" time travel or even body swap stories are not allowed and have to be integrated into "reading a book", "having a dream" or something similar - otherwise the drama is not allowed to air/be produced.

So just keep in mind that any story where the hint of "dream" or "book-reading" is only at the beginning and/or end of the drama -> the scriptwriter and directors only put this part of the story into the drama to be able to actually air the drama.

Just remove that part from the story and your mind.
Then you have the actual story the drama supposed to tell :-)

I am 100% with you on principal.

But I do not think that Taejoon gave into his mom. He was ready to fight for their relationship.

I believe he initiated the break up because of two reasons:
One: he found out that Taeyang promised his sister to break up because she knew as long as Junyoung did not agree with their relationship she could never do that to her
Two: Knowing exactly this Taejoon "sacrificed" himself and saved Taeyang from bringing up the breakup and did it himself.
Although I believe that at any time he was ready to take the necessary steps to Taeyang if and when his sister would forgive her.


Also:
Taeyangs Fosterdad was out of line a lot of times, however the mother of Taejoon was not that bad. She was not devious, she was up front with everybody.
This was not just about "being against a potential daughter-in-law", this was about someone who injured her daughter, even though it happened without malice, and she and her daughter/husband would have to interact with this woman probably on a "daily" bases and could potentially become her daughter-in-law which she would/should welcome into her family.

Welcoming someone into your family that has hurt or wronged one of your loved ones is extremely hard to do - for anyone.

Yes - last episode while they are visiting Taejoon at the hospital, his sister and mom are already in his room and thats when he gets caught ;-)

Actually not true. They get seperated - yes. But thats before they start dating and his profession has nothing to do with it.
Actually it does not deal at all with him being an idol and getting a girlfriend
They are getting together in the second episode after he returns

There are obstacles to overcome but angst is nit really part of it. Nothing compared to other dramas. It is light hearted

No probs. I get the feeling, especially with this character :-D

To me his reaction to their engagement felt just REALLY out of place.
It's not like he ever had a chance. Every single turn he got rejected and he knows she has a boyfriend more than that: ml and fl had been together at that point for over a year.
That is just bad writing because the character reacted like he suddenly found out she had boyfriend and got engaged two days prior to the engagement party

I could understand everything he did up until paris (you can hope) and even the time in paris I could understand "his hopes" of going between them (being alone in the city of love with her and all that) - however: it was still annoying all the way

Everything after she returned home (WITH her bf): thats just straight up stupid and did not fit into the rest of the story.
He flipped because she got quarantined and attacked ml - common. how stupid can you be. Its not like they slept together or broke the rules together and she got sick because of that.

It felt like the writers created a great script and then said: lets put in one character that does not fit the entire message/story/underlying theme and make him as much as annoying as possible ;-D

Forever Love
Put Your Head On My Shoulder
The Love Equations
Don't Disturb My Study
Binary Love
First Romance
Meeting You
Go Ahead (more Family)
Memory of Encaustic Tile
Please Classmate
Wait, My Youth
Accidentally in Love
A Little Thing Called First Love
A Love So Beautiful (Chinese & Korean)
Professional Single
Reply-Series

I am really celebrating the director :-D
I love the fact that the girls are drinking corona in episode 24 while the corona pandemic was part of the story.
This kind of humor is exactly my cup of tea. First thing I did after catching covid was sending out pictures of me with a corona :-D (and yes: I did stock up corona for this possibility)

Overall: Wen Tao was incredible annoying and his whole storyline seemed misplaced compared to the rest of the story
Xao Ji was unnecessary however: I saw that kind of character coming. the entire script screamed that out loud.

Yes. All 24 episodes for VIP available on iQiyi.
Every Tuesday and Wednesday Non-VIPs will get 2 new episodes to watch.

tbh - one of the most beautiful well rounded drama I have ever watched
It stays true to itself, does not exaggerate anything and keeps everything simple but true

This drama gave me a really rare feeling that I don't get often with any drama (even those I have rated 10):
Completion!
My heart does not want to add anything to this story and does not miss anything.
There is not a single thing of the story missing in this drama, there is not a single unnecessary scene.
This to me is a gem.

The acting is great.

Hayashi Kento is amazing in this drama and although I like every character and every actor he outperformed everybody.
It truly felt like he embodied this role and there is only one comparison purely based on "nailineg a difficult character" for me: Joo Won as Park Shi On in Good Doctor
Amazing work !

This drama was cute, funny and the cases were great and "dark" as they portrayed some of the struggles of human beings.
I liked the over all character development, the different types of characters and the storyline for all couples.
Overall I give this 8/10 because I do like the main couple and their story

This drama could have been amazing if Fan Qi and his story was completely removed.
I understand that his story also gave a very interesting insight into human psychology but in reality it felt out of place for this drama and compared to the other cases it had less impact on me although his story was much more time consuming.
Fan Qi is supposed to be a primary support role but if you remove his character and story completely, it almost has zero affect on the overall story and character development - at least thats how I feel about him.

I wanted more time to watch the character development of the supporting cast, especially Yan Luo and Zou Yan.
The Fan Qi story got in the way of that and this is unfortunate.

The ML is a psychological counselor and a college professor. however they do not meet as teacher and student. They meet because of a patient of the ML and eventually FL will start working as assistant for ML and also tries to further her own knowledge in the field of psychology. But because you have to have a degree in this field to qualify as a certified professional, she starts to attend his classes. this "little arc" is only about 3 episodes and just subplot to further the interesting case that it triggers.
By the time she becomes his student they did not start dating but there relationship is already on solid ground.
Also: because she started her job as an assistant with the wish to learn more about psychology she starts to call ML "Mentor" early on.

So if you worry about student / teacher storylines, don't.

ML is 26 if we take the numbers the ML tells the FLs father literally (his parents car crash was 20 years ago and he was 6 at the time)

I can understand your point but I would like to mention on thing: their "student/teacher" relationship is about 15 minutes in the entire drama. There are reasons for that which I can spoiler if you would like.
It really does not feel like a "student/teacher" relationship and if she would not call him "Teacher" in chinese, you basically would not recognize the student/teacher relationship. It could be just any couple with about 10 years age difference

I'd say "Hello Monster" has a similar vibe but its less Melo and more Crime Mistery. But I very much like it ;-)

yes, I would say that it has a happy ending

I think its 31

The sister ends up with Youda - but Youda first has to go through major character growth through the series. But at the same time he is pivotal to Cheng Yi changing her mindset and setting herself free from her self created obstacles