Sunshineeeeeee

a good watched

pretty good for a mini serie. I was watching while airing and I was waiting for new eps.

pros :
- I liked the leads. they were good together. Good chemistry and kissing scenes.
- I really liked the relationship between the leads and I enjoyed watching the development of their relationship, them falling in love. From strangers to « fake relationship » to friend ? to dating. they loved each other a lot, trusted each other, pretty healthy relationship. The ep when he asked her to marry him, I loved this ep a lot and made me emotional. Their first interaction got me hooked.
- I like the plot in general and the action
- ML is so handsome and bad ass
- the acting
- happy ending, even if it lasted like 10 sec ahaha

cons :
- the music wasn’t always to my taste
- like some people, I didn’t really like the closeness and skin ship with the second FL, feel like it was a bit too much, even if ML’s didn’t have interest in her. Made me uncomfortable sometimes because he was dating FL, but he’s undercover… so I understand. at the same time, too many scenes with SFL, I would have like less of them and more of the leads romance
- ending was really too short and a bit rushed at the end

I would recommend

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not like those high budget drama but

The reason I was waiting for this drama was mostly the poster that immediately caught my attention. Happy that this finally came out.

Let’s start with the good :
- the osts were honestly so good, never skipped the intro or epilogue
- I liked the plot in general, found it pretty engaging, I was waiting and watching everyday. Feel like I was more hooked by this drama that other popular ones that aired in January, that’s mostly why I gave it a 9, because I rated the other January drama 8-8,5. it wasn’t without flaws obviously, but I still liked it. I will talk a bit about that below. I looked a bit away from plot holes and flaws😅😅
- I liked the romance in general, I think it was focus good on the leads, we got enough of them together, from enemies-hatred to working together friends? to lovers. first kiss in ep 13, another kiss and sleeping together in ep 14, I think the pacing of the romance was good. the kissing scenes were good. I think they had chemistry. After they got back together, I liked how good their communication was. fighting for their love, but also not forgetting their responsibilities, I like that too and how each understood. That was pretty mature. The proposal was cute and how her family accepted him was good. ML became a bit lost in love… she was more clear headed, but both leads pretty strong and intelligent in general. FL was the pillar of her family, handling family business, intelligence, handling second family scheming and saving her family. Her family was pretty weak in those aspect, wouldn’t have made it without her. she gave years of her life and pretending to be a man for her family. Now doing business proudly has a women. I like the conversation between ML and her dad, he knows how much sacrifice she made.
- the costume were mostly good and I liked the men hairstyle, the raids and outfits. ML was very handsome (he had ML aura) and FL pretty.
- the acting : I thought ML did good, never really saw him before, but I’ve seen complaints before. FL is not the best, but wasn’t horrible to me. Supporting cast was okay. SML surprised me with his acting (never seen him before), like I’m ep 24, he expressed good all the emotions during the wedding. His expressions and face acting were good, didn’t need to talk to get how he feels.
- Luo Qi : I really like him, he was kind, loyal and a good character. We didn’t got a lot, but his pairing with FL little sister was cute, made me smile. That was a better second couple…
- Qi Min : though he was an interesting character. good guard and friend to FL. Good fighter. He wasn’t the bad kind of SML. Once he like captured her to take her away to protect her, but like he never force her to be with him or anything. He also accepted at the end he would never be with FL. He lied to FL and her family about his identity, but he protected them and defied the king. He was the king puppet, now poisoned, I think death was peace. Sad he died and felt bad for FL and her family, they were longtime friends and her father, he was like a son to him. Not gonna lie, he annoyed a little with some remarks to ML after ep 20.
- The sister’s bond : I liked the sisterhood, how they loved, supported and protected each other. When they learned about FL situation (pregnancy), reputation didn’t matter to them
- Sun Shao Min : another good character. Strong and intelligent women in a world of man. I like her friendship with the leads. Glad they showed her again in the last ep. succeeding against the bandits. Wish though she was more recognized and gave a good position, she deserved it. But the king is still prejudiced again women. It was sad when her dad died, he was a good man.
- Luo Zhi Zhou : didn’t hate his character, I actually think it was a good twist him actually being an adversary of ML (and doing what he did), but he also didn’t actually want to hurt him and in the end, help him get the title. A fool in love, betrayed his friend for love. He just wanted to protected her and get her out of this life. At first, I wasn’t sure if she still had some feeling for him and also think she was using him. But I think she actually liked him still at the end. When she died, she imagined him, when he died, he imagined her. Their story was actually sad, impossible love. But they found peace in death, that was the only ending. I hated the king when he separated her from her kid, she died without seeing him again. I honestly think their characters were somehow interesting and the acting was good. When he found out she died, I felt his pain and almost cried. the maid screwed up a few things, but she was loyal and another fool in love ahah we saw at the end she liked him. But I liked how she never hurted FL and even went to help her
- I liked how they made it with the leads, both felt the pain of loosing the other, when they both faked their dead. After ep. 23, FL kept pushing him away, saying heartful things (and it became annoying), but after she thought he died, we really felt how much she loved him.
- during the competition, that guy death, don’t remember his name ahaha but the son of that bad guy. It was brutal but good how his plan turned against him, his actions (and his father) lead to his death, deserved. (those 2 are actually one of the few ones who actually got what they deserved).
- In general, good fighting scenes and badass men
- short and not that satisfying, but happy ending

so now the negative:
- everyone noticed that ahaha but bad CGI and special effect, it was very noticeable in the first episode.
- be warned, contains misunderstanding, keeping things from each other, not good communication in a big part of the drama. It was frustrating at time, example (I know it was to lead to the cliff scene but) waiting for so long, the wedding had already started, to tell FL the plan, that was stupid😅anyway wasn’t that annoyed, but it’s present.
- it was unsatisfying both kings no punishment, absolutely nothing happening to them, but at the same time, expected and maybe realistic, what could have happened? what could have the leads done? maybe it would have been more possible the king of ML’s country. Both annoying and power/money hungry, selfish. He was damn annoying when he wanted to force ML
- The ending : disappointed we didn’t get a wedding and we didn’t get to see their kids
- All that time and build up on ML to be the wolf clan leader (Am I even saying the good title😂 I don’t remember the name), to lead to mostly nothing. we didn’t get actions or anything with him with this title, I was waiting for something
- the worst part of this drama is definitely princess QingKou and the second couple. The princess was annoying and spoiled from beginning to end, even if maybe she was less bad in the last few eps. She was doing whatever she wanted without thinking about anything except herself. She added mostly nothing to the drama except annoyance. They missed an opportunity with her and this couple though, it was not written well. We could have gotten somehow good character development, but no. For these 2, for example, the scene when she was having ptsd? not feeling well, they said to get Qi Ming to her, but they didn’t showed any of that. could have been interesting to see him learning about her trauma. This relationship was one-sided till the end. There were some scenes that weren’t horrible, like during the festival. I just couldn’t root for them. She treated him like a dog, a slave for most of the drama. He had to do everything she said, she threatened him, she forced him to stay and be with her. She was acting like he belonged to her. At the end seems like he stayed because he wanted too, but just felt forced. The wedding scene in ep 24, that was horrible. I’ve seen positive reactions on TikTok, « I loved them - how cute - married life starting » I don’t remember exactly but people were liking this. This was just a hard watch and bad, poor guy. He was so happy to marry the FL, the shock, disappointment, sadness, anger after he found out it was her. Both actors did good in those scenes, but SFL is honestly an horrible person. SML had FL in his heart till his dead, hard to believe but maybe he did have somehow some affection developing for SFL, but he loved FL till the end. There is no denying that! Their ending wasn’t a bad outcome, thought it’s good they didn’t end up together. Felt no pity or not really pain for her😬😬😬 Anyway rant over ahaha but disappointing since they looked good together and their story could have been interesting if it wasn’t for the bad writing

So to conclude, I would recommend, it’s not a bad watch, this drama had a different vibe to me and we don’t have often dramas during that period of time

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Waste of time

Another drama that I was eagerly waiting for that left me with disappointment....

It started with an interesting premise. The first half was okay and the only enjoyable part of the drama for me. I liked the dynamic between the leads and how they started to work and scheme together against crown prince and the Meng family. That was honestly pretty fun to watch. We also got some development between the leads and some moments going into the direction of romance. Then we got the cliché stupid cliff scene and amnesia. Honestly, this after the cliff scene, it was just so boring and annoying. Almost nothing was happening... we has FL ''Spying'' on SML (in which lead to mostly nowhere and a waste of time. Finding out he works with the empress, but other than that nada), her being saved by ML and her saying how many times!!! ''we shouldn't see each other again'' or whatever similar things, again and again. That was damn eyes rolling. FL somehow felt pretty stupid in the second half too. What did she even think she can do, a weak women with 0 support. ML also became somehow a fool in love, lost some appeal I don't care. Angst and some problems are inevitable, but how it was done was just so eyes rolling and annoying. We could have had some few eps of angst and after that the leads working together sooner, but that took forever to happen and for them to get together. At this point, my interest was just gone.

Just like in dramas like ''The Glory'', the romance didn't felt much believable at all, after what we've seen and the flow of the story, their romance was questionable to me. I don't believe you can be madly in love after what we've seen and risk his life for her. Chemistry was average. Maybe it was a director's choice, but on another note, not good kissing scenes (well there was only like 2), but not surprising... Liu Xue Yi, we know this man can kiss. no hate, but Meng Zi Yi cannot do kissing scenes. If you have seen some of her past work (even Blossom which maybe was the least worst), you know she can't deliver on kissing scenes. Even in her next project ''Blossom of Power'', if you saw that leak behind the scene of the kiss on the like bridge, you see ML moving his mouth, if the kiss somehow look decent, it's gonna be because of him.

The drama totally went down after the death of crown prince and the cliff scene... That reminded me so much of ''Kill me love me'' in which I also thought the drama died half way after the crown prince death. It is quite similar when we think about it, we have in the middle of the story getting ride of the crown prince (first like villain), then the lead separate and we have FL going with SML for many eps.

The prince and empress were such doll and uninteresting villains, totally forgettable characters. We can be happy that they didn't went for the cliché of him being in love with FL, but that was damn weird making him being groomed and obsessed with her.

36 eps was too much, many fillers and not interesting eps, felt really dragging.

I didn't really mind ML's sister and the younger prince, they didn't annoy me like they did for some. ML's and FL's guards were cute for the little we got.

Some things that I liked :
1) I liked how it went for the divorce with main wife and concubines, pretty amicably. It was all for the best and the little talks between the ladies.
2) Costumes were fine
3) Most of everyone did good in term of acting. ML carried this, he never disappoints in term of acting. Also the Meng girl, the actress did good.

Other rants :
1) First kiss was filmed damn awkward, a shame it had potential. We went from them kissing standing to her on top on him on the bed ?? No in between, that was weird and made no sense for them to sleep together.
2) In the last ep, ML with the poisoning was just annoying nonsense
3) When we first saw FL's brother, he looked so much like a young child and they looked to have a big age difference, but few eps later, he looked like a grown man after how much times ? few months? made absolutely no sense. Flashbacks of them younger, they looked similar in age.
4) It should have been over for the empress on the wedding episode. After that, an episode or 2 for a conclusion, poison issue and ML's revenge. Unnecessary drag. I rolled my eyes. Also, there was no satisfaction in her end.
5) Ending : complete ass ending. Some will call this a happy ending, but that was such a BS ENDING and you can't tell me otherwise. We have ML poison and we don't know when he will wake up, she plant a tree and waiting for ML, the tree has blossom, how much time as past ???? It looks like a dream with how it was filmed and the background. A reunion of a few seconds, a hug, no dialogue, nothing.... How is this a good ending ? A saw someone before in the comments saying how the ending was satisfying. Excuse me, how is any of this satisfying. These are such horrible kind of ending that gives us absolutely nothing, I would rather a sad ending at this point. Also, no conclusion for side characters and what the hell happened with the 2 kingdoms. Some cdramas writers are so lazy and have no imagination or they don't want to give us the endings we want. I have seen some low budget 10 min per ep mini drama that had a better story and ending

We could totally see that this drama had 11 screenwriters and that the main one of the first half wasn't involve in the second half

Do I recommend this drama ? Simply no

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turned out so disappointing

what can I say… I enjoyed this a lot at first. The leads chemistry is the strongest aspect of this drama. I watched 16 complete eps, after that only reading comments, watching some parts of eps and spoilers videos. + checking out the last ep. I was waiting for more eps, but turned out too annoying to watch complete episodes later on.

pros :
- the leads chemistry
- such passionate kisses, probably some of the hottest kisses I’ve seen in a cdrama.
- FL’s parents, I actually like them. I knew from the beginning the dad was acting and that he wasn’t a bad guy. He loves his family and he wants to protect them. they aren’t the annoying type of parents and they just wanted to live happily together.
- I enjoyed the workplace scenes at first, FL’s journey in the company and her getting recognition for her work
- them being neighbors / landlord ML. I like this trope
- them bickering and the interactions between the leads before dating. I liked their first encounter too
- they had cute moments while dating
- « happy ending » … we will get to it

cons :
- so many annoying and insufferable characters. Who ? :
-> FL’s family (grandma, uncle, aunt, cousin). I hated them, but in the end, they weren’t the most annoying characters surprisingly
-> ML’s sister… she was insufferable, crazy, annoying… name it. wtf seriously. her being in love with her “brother” (adopted brother), obsessed and jealous. trying to break the leads up, scheming and doing some crazy shit, like faking being r*pe by FL’s cousin… the plot around her was horrible and ruined the drama
-> another character that ruined the watch : FL’s friend. Again with this annoying trope that never go away… the friend in love with the lead, that have 0 chance, has been told no and that she only sees him as a friend… but no he can’t accept it and he needs to get her. Again, with the scheming and trying to break up the leads, even trying to work with the enemy. no respect for boundaries and doesn’t know his place as a friend. it’s crazy to me that some people wanted FL to end up with him
- the plot turned out so annoying to watch and the script so bad. so many people scheming against the leads and with the relationship with the second leads : like
-> why was FL spending this much time, staying friend/as if nothing happened with SML after he confessed his love to her. Weird and she didn’t set boundaries with him after being in a relationship with ML. that whole thing wasn’t enjoyable, we know he still wanted her
-> again but now with ML and his sister. he was too much protective, always taking care of her and putting her first (which ended up screwing up his relationship with FL). She’s a grown ass women and also he didn’t put boundaries either with her.
-> the villain were “forgiven” as if nothing happened. no consequences… like what the hell. In the end, they still hang out with the second leads which makes no sense, again as if nothing happened. I know from the beginning it would turned out like this. like why were they even there in the end for ML’s proposal
- ML’s sister and FL’s cousin romance… really weird and uncalled for. completely unnecessary
- such an unsatisfying ending even if the leads ends up happy together and engaged.


I wouldn’t recommend or maybe yess with some fast forward past ep like 20

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I was left disappointed

first of all, I started this because I wanted to watch a BL and OffGun… but in both, it was disappointing for me. It was not BL focus, which I wasn’t expecting. I wish I knew before starting, maybe I wouldn’t have been left disappointed

I will keep it short, not motivated to write a review right now

I really liked the first few eps, I thought it was funny and we were getting to know the characters. My rating was like 8,5-9 at some point

what I liked :
- the friendship
- seeing the development of the trainee at work to at the end becoming mentors to their own trainees. even if we didn’t get much with Ryan character I think
- the comedy, had some good funny moments
- I absolutely loved Off character (minus maybe for the last ep a bit) and he looked so good here
- the acting was decent
- I also liked Pah and Pie, Baimon too actually
- chemistry, the few good scenes we got of Jane and Ryan
- Ryan after work

what went wrong for me :
- Bah-Mhee was mostly unlikable
- The hole plot with Tae and Ba-Mhee / Tae, Ba-Mhee and Judy : that was really uninteresting to me and it took to much screentime. It really felt more like a straight couple story with a side BL couple. And how it’s all turned out… how their relationship was, the cheating, them getting back together… couldn’t care less. Annoying that they got a better and longer ending
- Feel like the relationship between Jane and Ryan wasn’t written, development well. We really didn’t see enough of them and the development of their story. And what was that stupid time jump at the end, it was also 5 years… that’s a lot! and they just got back together just like that as if nothing happened and the love is still there as if they never separated? We almost got nothing of them dating and they get back together in the last part of the last ep… didn’t get a proper scene or dialogue either

I watched 4 BL with OffGun, sadly my least favorite unfortunately. Many people said Cooking Crush was bad and boring, but I think it was much better

I guess I could still recommend even with the plot kinda weak, lacking of BL,…. It was still funny.

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Arranged marriage trope at it best

Ongoing review ahaha I’ll finish later, just wanted to start for myself with some pointers after finishing


General points :

1) the costumes were gorgeous to me. Also like the hairstyle
2) fighting scenes were well done and filmed. I like this director style and work, it’s my third drama of him. Impatiently waiting for Shadow Love.
3) Music was okay, not the best osts to me, but the closing song grow on me
4) Great landscapes and scenery
5) I think everyone in term of acting did a good job, top acting from leads to support cast
6) Good cast and I think they fitted the characters. Also the characters had chemistry
7) No love triangle or third wheel

- Qiao Man :

- Wei Shao :

- Qiao Man & Wei Shao :
* First look : the first time they met and say each other, the expression on both their face spoke. His face was like softening and I said how he is probably thinking how beautiful she looks. Even her, she seemed I intrigued or something
* Wedding: I like how early it was, episode 5.



- Wei 4 guards + advisor :

- Wei Liang & Xiao Tao :

- Lady Xu : I pretty much liked her character.

- Wei Yan :

- Bi Zhi & Qiao Fan :

- Qiao Ci :

- Liu Yan :

- Su E Huang : feel like this was a good ending for her, the realization. The actress played this scene very well. How she wasted all that time, scheming and whatever she was doing. She missed 3 times, 3 man who actually loved her. All her fault and bu her own bad choices.

- Wei Liang’s death : it’s even more sad to me watching edits on TikTok, I was crying earlier. I was hoping he wasn’t death a few times, but when Wei Qu got him, I knew it was real. The scene of the 4 generals admiring the moon and how they were like they hadn’t done this for a while and they should do it again. Like that whole scene, we could feel that meant something was going to happen, I was expected at least one death because of this scene. When Qiao Ci I told them he was death…. That room was like filled with some guilt and everyone reaction got me. Wei Qu, who was suppose to go, but made him go instead. Wei Shao who is the one who send someone there. Qiao Ci, who think he should have died instead. Qiao Man, her uncle’s betrayal lead to the death, etc…

- the scene of Wei Qu getting Wei Liang’s Body : that scene was very good to me. Felt the heartbreak and emotion. The actor acted very well. Very cool scene, him puting him on his back, no matter what he will bring him home, when he was fighting too, that looked awesome to me. He is badass. I was so scared for a sec that he would die.

- liked how the 3 women, FL, ML’s mom and grandmother become closer and closer has the drama progressed. His mom finally accepted her at some point and in the last ep, how the 3 of them stayed strong together. After she gave birth, the 3 lady of Wei. The mom was annoying at first, she got some character development.

- Plot in general :

- Ending :
* Happy ending
* Felt a bit rushed to me :
* Disappointed we didn’t saw ML and FL reunite after war was over or him seeing for the first time their daughter
* I liked the scene of Xiao Tao and the 3 Wei general, saying their goodbye to Wei Liang. Their bond is still strong as ever and I appreciate how she’s also close to them. Beautiful scene and emotional.
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must watch

this drama has many good things
1) beautiful cinematography and beautifully shot (the fighting scenes, in the first ep the arrow scenes before they go back, the dream scenes, the shots with the petals, etc….). Well directed
2) acting was good from the leads. They did well for emotional scenes too. Also the supporting and older cast, I really like the portrayal of the emperor, I think the actor was great. Also other cast from the families of the leads.
3) the romance : it flowed nicely. them slowly falling in love, mature romance, trust, supporting each other. would do anything for each other and so much love. Good chemistry. I think compared to other cdrama, we got plenty of romance and cute moments. Also feeling confessed by ep 18 and married by ep 19 out of ep 34, I think that was very good. Less slow burn than many dramas this year. Absolutely no break or misunderstanding, strong couple till the end.
4) the transmigration/time travel was well written. I think « the dream » idea was very smart to pass censorship and very minimal since it was still obvious for us viewers that it was not a dream and they really went back in time. and only mentioned at the beginning of the story. I hate it when they do something like it was a novel or something, they add that at the very end to pass censorship.
5) I think the drama was well written in general, the plot was good, pretty fast pace, everything was going smoothly. as the story progressed, we were learning more about the villains, getting clues, etc… We got a bit of everything, some comedy, romance, action and more sad/emotional moments. ML and his uncle, mother (the pain from the deaths and seeing the flashbacks). When ML was dying, our sad couples moments, there was a pretty emotional ep, I don’t remember the number ahah but I was sad with the leads, they love each other so much. I think all the villains and their motive made senses. Like the 5th uncles who wanted his higher title (but still cared about the Dou family and his brother. I actually liked his death and I was almost sad. I think it was the scenes, the contexte and his brother/« lover » present. in the end, decided to do one last thing to protect his younger brother). The empress and her son, etc.. I actually enjoyed the political plot, I think it was interesting and I also think the villains were interesting.
6) great fighting scenes
7) Friendship. Between the girls, even the maids. ML and his guys, etc…
8) The character development of FL dad. how their story progressed and their reconciliation. He grow some bones, finally defending his daughter, standing up for his son-in-law (the drums moment), etc…
9) we got some diverse side arc/romance :
a)the sister and husband from the first life : I was feeling sad for Dou Ming. she was an asshole in her first life, but kind and gentle in her second life, she never did her sister wrong. But falling in love with the wrong guy. Not a complete trash in this life, but still a coward, a bad husband and a useless guy. Not gonna lie, they were kinda cute. She suffered a lot and her death was a bit infuriating. Dying like that and seeing her trash husband from afar drinking. Dying alone on the floor when she could have been saved. Anyway, I said KARMA when it happened, their bad deed in their first life and her mother sins. It was satisfying, the mom reaction and everything, learning she caused her own daughter’s dead. It was good how her dad didn’t even want to save her and she should be punished for her crimes. I laughed when he slapped her. Speaking of slapped, there was so many throughout the drama, that was hilarious to me.
b) An Su and Song Han : that arc made me mad. I was very mad at her for choosing/siding with the guy she barely knows against her friends for years. She was very stupid and easily manipulated at first. Their story was not interesting and making her a princess made no sense as she was literally a nobody/commoner. At last, it was satisfying when she learned the truth and killed him herself.
c) Chen Jia and Zhao Zhang Ru (FL’s cousin) : brief interactions, but they were very cute. They got their happy ending
d) the little past with the princess (sister of the emperor) and 5th uncle
e) the crown prince and crown princess. brief interactions too, but they were kinda funny at time and seemed like a good match. That was funny when they were the 4 of them and she mentioned the idea of betrothal between their unborn child, CP and ML reaction.
f)…maybe there is more ahaha
10) plot twist :
a) the fact that the dad (ML’s dad had an affair and switched the babies), didn’t saw that coming. How they explained he never loved his wife and the son they had, why he preferred Song Han. It was sad when he said those things to Song Mu. The sister was actually dead it seems, I was waiting for some plot twist and she’s alive + plus reunion, but that never happened. Anyway I think we had enough things going on ahaha
b) Ji Yong who was actually not with Prince Qing, all of this was a plan from the beginning with the emperor
c) the nephew of the empress who didn’t betrayed them
d) even the thing with the cat with Song Han, I think it was good that he was actually keeping the cat because he was using it for testing poison. I didn’t thought of that
e) the scenes when they were searching for the letter with the girl who was the maid, the flashbacks and reliving the scene and the letter that was hiding so close to them.
f) all the villains who were working together
11) villains getting what they deserved and punishment.
12) ending : great and satisfying ending. Closure for everyone and happy ending of course. Cute together and happy couple moments. Dad with his promotion, grandma being happy and travelling, them with the leads daughter was cute. Crown prince ascending the throne and the little monologue about the politics. Chen Jia and the cousin married couple. An Su doing her things and « looking for a husband ». Ji Young who will become a monk in this life too. Even them showing the kid of ML’s uncle
13 : no love triangle. We can say some side guys on liked FL, but that was very minimal, that’s not considered a love triangle. FL only has eyes for ML from beginning to end.

But, I think the kissing scenes weren’t great. I don’t know if it was a director’s choice, censorship or because the kisses were not so good (so they made it that way), but they were somehow disappointing for most of them. Pretty much cut short or we see nothing. The lips touched and them it’s all these camera angles and editing. Anyway just an observation, I wouldn’t call this an issue, I’ve seen way worst.

Also, the character of Mu (I don’t even remember if that’s the good name, but the guy at the beginning who liked FL). I think this character and arc was just completely useless and non interesting. Why did we need this useless side guy who had unrequited love. He personally annoyed me. At least, his presence was short. Even when it seemed like Ji Young liked FL, that was very annoying, can’t they just be friend?

So, to conclude, I would recommend, I think it’s a good watch, filled with romance, actions, intelligent leads, interesting plot and characters

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well found it overrated

so what I liked :
- the friendship
- the acting was good
- beautiful setting, cinematography
- the costumes are great
- romance was still cute, the chemistry was there
- the characters are interesting I guess
- very minimal love triangle, almost nothing, which is good
- mostly centered on the leads
- I like the scene with ML and his hairband and demon moments. I was here for ML, I just like this actor and he’s very handsome to me. FL is a good actress.

but I don’t know :
- this was mostly boring to me. first few eps were interesting, we were setting the plot and the characters, but I was mostly bored from almost eps 8 to 20. I was watching at 1,5x and not always paying attention. I dislike eps 17-20. (i don’t remember exactly, but the eps she was under the bracelet). Got a bit more I interesting after ep 20 for a few eps. last few eps were okay i guess, but i was still not that into it
- the romance wasn’t really giving to me, even if we got some cute moments
- a bit too childish to me
- second couple wasn’t really interesting, but the scene were he was controlled and we learned that he was actually dead, I think that was good and interesting, I was actually sad when he was dying
- classic unsatisfying ending, but I was expecting it. Classic meeting for 2 sec, we don’t see both of them, they don’t even have a conversation. I don’t think I can consider HE, it’s definitely more an OE to me. like they don’t know each other in the real world, (he knows her from childhood, but at the same time, they don’t know each other, she doesn’t know him personally, she knows he is an author) so it’s like meeting for real and getting to be together, she wasn’t interacting with the real him in the dream. Well or maybe he was and I misted something, but I don’t think so. but the backstory with the book was interesting

So, do I recommend, maybe it okay to pass time

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a must watch among short dramas

Chemistry : 10/10
Kiss : 10/10
Breakup? : No
Annoying second leads ? : no (the second leads are the villain and a couple)
Any secondary couples? : yes if we count the villains
Happy ending ? : Yes
Ending : 9,5/10 (for a short drama)
Kids ? : Yes

I was seeing videos while it was airing, I wanted to watch, but it was nowhere. Saw that it was now on Wetv, it was my chance even after seeing some spoilers. For a short drama, this one didn’t disappoint.

I really love the romance between the leads. Plus, good chemistry, kisses (it was seriously hot, better than some normal length drama) and I love their dynamic. The costumes are also beautiful and the CGI not bad. ML is so handsome, it needs to be said ahah I was thinking this so many times while watching. Well both of them are beautiful and look good together, but ML is an eye candy.

It’s a simple and easy plot to watch. It’s not a masterpiece plot and neither have surprising big plot twist, but that not why I wanted to watch this. I just wanted a fun watch with good romance. Also, almost no conflict/problems between the leads. Only in the mortel world, but the misunderstandings were cleared in like the same episode (happened like only twice I think) So, we don’t have like many annoying eps of the leads not talking or one being mad. So no annoying moments or trope in my opinion, but maybe except the villain couple who could be considered annoying. So, no love triangle either.

Had funny and cute moments. I also liked the relationship with ML’s mother and the master.

I also like the ending. A beautiful and happy ending that fits our leads. On another note, their daughter is adorable, could have at least give her a hug, but bro wanted to kiss is wife ;) priority…. ahaha The acting was also good in my opinion, you could feel ML emotion in his eyes in their reunion at the end, that the first thing that comes to my mind right now.

I recommend this drama, I wanted more :)

Personally, not going to say names, but I liked this more than many popular normal length episodes drama. It’s so more enjoyable without the annoying tropes/things and forever long misunderstanding. So, for me who is not a fan of wuxia drama in general and only liked/finished a few (I dropped so many), this was really entertaining and enjoyable.

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Typical romcom Chinese drama and could have been shorter

In general I like it, there are things I liked and things that I didn’t. It made me smile and laugh, but also annoyed me at time. I also like a drama with multiple couples. I think it’s more interesting then a drama concentrating more on a love triangle, with like the 2 leads and a side or 2 SL with unrequited love. That was here a bit, but not for the entire drama.

I didn’t want to start at first because I wasn’t feeling this pairing for the leads. But it wasn’t that bad, they were kinda cute together. The kissing scenes were good, much better outside the drama though. Annoying censorship, they were shorter with not good angles for a lot of them in the drama. But still great skinship and moments

I was annoyed at both of them after her secret was out (how she was using him at first) :
- she was making no efforts and only thinking about work. She lied for so long, she deserved the silence treatment in the beginning. Also, her spending time with Yi Yang was so much annoying, like girl should have told him from the beginning that she’s not interested in him and she should have told him no to hang out (she told him later, but should have done it in the beginning). That guy was so annoying and weird. Bro literally showed up at her parents place and try to get with her went she was already and a relationship, in love with someone else.
- I agree that he had the right to be mad and ignore her, but he still could have let her try to explain too after a while. The breakup was too damn long, both of them incapable of talking was annoying.

The plot was a bit draggy, too many episodes, but still enjoyable. It’s a romcom, you can’t expect much more than that for a plot.

The third couple could have had a better and more interesting story. Their chemistry was amazing, but the misunderstanding and their story kept going in circles before they got together. Since they were already in love at the very beginning of the drama, they should have made them get together sooner, since also all the couples got officially together quite late.

I loved the second couple, I think they were cute. I was looking forward to their scenes, I was patiently waiting for YY to realize is feeling and get jealous.

Anyway too many ongoing dramas, time to pass to another one😂 but I think I would recommend this drama, not everyone would like it. It can be cliche, cringe and dragging misunderstanding for like all the main couples, but it’s an okay romcom

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Beautiful and emotional journey

This was one of my most awaited drama, I couldn’t wait to see this pairing again.

What I liked :
- Cinematography
- acting was great, both leads were phenomenal, but also side characters did good
- music
- actions scenes. exemple ep 18 was heartbreaking, but very well done.
- costumes, hairstyles, makeup
- friendship
1) ML and Kang Ju : I absolutely love Kang Ju, one of my fav character. their bond was very strong. They went through so much together and have been together for years, I love this duo. Poor Kang Ju couldn’t save him…. His reaction to ML poison and wanted to save him broke my heart
2) the girl’s friendship at clear mind
3) not sure how I feel about FL and Cui friendship, feel like I didn’t really feel it after everything that happened and it happened pretty late in the story. At some point I was like, a thing to bound about, both lost their men….
4) the trio : FL, ML and SML. it was fun to watched them and the development between ML and SML. how they eventually became friends, their bickering and how they helped each other
5) we cannot forget the the late ones from the convoy. I loved their friendship and their moments together. Their deaths marked a tournament in the story and it was pretty sad.
- The love triangle was so well done and it’s how it should be : very minimal and rejected relatively early. he accepted it, no obsession or annoyances to get in the way or to get her. He was a friend to both FL and ML, helped them alone the way. His present created some funny jaelousy moments. He was a bit annoying at first, but he came to understand their situation and was they went through, their way of thinking. I don’t even think this should be called a love triangle. this is a very good/positive point for me, I’m tired of obsess/delulu/crazy/annoying SML
- the pace of the plot was pretty good and the story in general was interesting and well written
- the first half was more interesting to me, but I like seeing FL’s journey, I know the drama is about her.
- the story was different. It contained hard scenes to watch and emotional scenes that kept us attentive
- I actually did not dislike second couple, in the end I came to like them and they had chemistry. They liked each other for real and it was too late. I cried a bit when he died, the acting was good and I felt it. It was heartbreaking to me, how he wanted to protect her and everything. I had to look away when he was impaled and when through it because he had to save her. And after that how she didn’t to leave him, I would have wanted her to respond to him when he asked if she loved him for real. I felt so bad for her after that. when she was in her room and like saying she finally got the shop, but she’s alone, she just wants her family back. both had trash family that were using and treating them bad, they deserved better and also I would say a happy ending. in the end, they just wanted to escape and be together
- to finish this, let’s about the leads : strong, intelligent, beautiful, capable, kind, we can go on and on. both suffered so much and were perfect for each other. they understood each other suffering, they went through similar things. very mature and heartwarming relationship. their chemistry was very strong. such good moments and romantic scenes we got, even if romance was not the main focus, even if I wished it was. Seeing their relationship progress was beautiful, seeing them slowly falling in love. they loved each other so much, my heart broke for them, they so much deserved a happy ending, they deserved better. I cried a lot during ep 40


So now :
- personally, the misunderstanding lasted too long.
- got somehow less interesting with the business part a little, but still enjoyable. Every 40 eps drama have some boring moments in my opinion, so I’m not deducing my rating because of this, I didn’t for other dramas.
- I wasn’t satisfied with the revenge/ clearing the family name at all. Actually there was no revenge, we saw almost nothing and it was all cleared by the law, which is not satisfying to me
- didn’t like the ending. A sad ending is already bad to me (but can be well done I guess sometimes, but didn’t like it here). but an ending that doesn’t feel complete, like we didn’t got closure, is worst to me. didn’t like his choice and how it was left to him leaving and dying off screen. Even the last scene and the thing about business, didn’t care much to be honest even if the drama is about FL’s journey. I’m not satisfied with the ending, it’s feels a bit like I wasted time when the ending is not satisfying. I don’t know why the writers do this ? (it was the same in KMLM). the characters have suffered for years and everything, but they don’t even get an happy ending? If they absolutely wanted him to die, I think maybe it could have been written otherwise. like it was also misleading some people saying that in interviews she said or hinted (I don’t remember) that it’s happy ending. I remember reading about this in the comments at some point. I shouldn’t have paid attention to that ahaha my mistake
I’m saying nonsense here ahaha (I just finished, I cried, I’m tired), but both FL and SFL lost their men, like what is it, to bloom and be successful she should be alone with no men. Anyway, now I don’t even wanna watch the next dramas of Liu Yu Jing that are in my watch list…. And one of them I have been waiting for so long. The novel has a happy ending, but I have trust issues now with Cdramas, they actually change HE in SE sometimes and many writers don’t know how to write good endings. actually just like Allen Ren, they have so many sad ending dramas, that I don’t even wanna watch anymore.

Hopefully next year, we get more happy and satisfying ending. don’t know how to rate, I can’t give 10/10 because I’m not satisfied with the ending/last ep. I would say between 9-9,5 should be my rating. I would absolutely recommend, but be prepared for the heartbreak at the end.

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Missing passion and boring drama

Waiting for damn express to be over and then I’ll finish this at very high speed, some thoughts for now

This goes on my disappointing list of 2025. That drama didn’t hook me at all, finding it boring and I am not attached, invested in anything…. Such a lame story. Even for just 24 eps, this is too long.

Everyone talks about it, that topic will never end, but I’ll still give my two cent. A drama without kissing scenes can be okay, even if it’s not my preference (I love a good romance with great skinship and chemistry), if it’s done well and depending of the story. Like exemple, I think it was okay in The demon hunter’s romance. (Even if we got a little peck kiss in that one). It had not passionate kiss, but I pretty much enjoyed the romance either way. At the same time, that drama wasn’t main focus on romance, so we had other things going on

And if the actors can still portray chemistry well and still some kind of intimacy (can be hugs, the eyes speaking, tension, holding hands, cheek or forhead kiss, etc…). We got some of that in here, but for a drama mainly on romance, it was lacking to me, The worst in this drama is not the no kissing scenes policy, it’s that this script was definitely written with intimacy and kissing scenes…. I don’t know who made those choices, but fake weird angle kisses was such an horrible idea. I am not in this to watch a « kids romance ». And then talking about the « passionate kiss, good kisser or whatever » damn weird since we know none of that happened. Just like the hickey…. Such missed opportunity, when you know that atmosphere, scene would have been perfect for a passionate kiss, but we get ML trying, obviously see they aren’t kissing, even looks like his lips are on her nose, her doing absolutely nothing. Ruining the moment. Mistake and miscast were made unfortunately. Maybe that was the less expensive solution, I don’t know, but instead of those fake kiss, couldn’t they modify the script a little and completely getting rid of kissing scenes and having more something else ? But at the same time, would it really had been better, if she’s clearly not comfortable in being close or anything at all 🤷‍♀️ another possibility someone actually said in the comments, a double for kissing scene 😅 anyway, would another actress really had made this drama better for me, not sure since I don’t even like the plot in general

He’s handsome, but the second guy is completely unnecessary in the story

The leads look good together at least I guess

If we take out the romantic side, I don’t think she’s a bad actress. She just need to find a drama that have 0 romance and mostly 0 contact with male costar if she’s not confortable and can’t act the part. Waiting to see in her next drama starting next week to see how she does

Want An Yu is great. He mostly carried this. It was not my first drama of him (this one is like the fourth ?), even if it was mid, most recent one, I think he gave a great performance in « Such a good love » this year, I knew he would be good here too.

I’ve seen a few comments about it, but I agree the the music wasn’t bad

Directing, editing and all could have been better at time


To be continued…..

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Beautiful and tragic story

Many spoilers ahead.

Can’t believe at first I didn’t want to watch this drama, but now it’s probably in my top 5 watch of 2025 so far. I watched more than 20 2025 dramas so far and not many succeeded to keep me really interested, waiting for more eps. I was waiting and watching mostly everyday for this one. I was glued to my TV for the last 6 eps. Made me feel hapiness and sadness. A cried a lot, that says how much I was attached to this drama and it succeeded for me

The Good for me :
- Such a good group and friendship, I enjoyed and like every characters. Their bond and friendship was great to watch. I got attached and felt for the characters
- This drama has many good love story :
1) Baimu Yao x Du Niang Jun : not much to say for those 2, there were there for a such short time, no time to get attached or feel anything for me. But he sacrificed himself for her clan and for her in the end, we can see they loved each other.

2) Yang Yang x ? (man I forgot his name and can’t find him in the cast list, anyway you know who I mean) : ep 8, such a sad episode. The second tragic love story, they just wanted to be together. Zhang Ruo Nan acted very well, I felt her pain. I hated her family, they bullied him even on their wedding day and caused his dead. That was satisfying when she cuted ties with her family and left. That father was the worst. We never say her again, be we knows she’ll alive and should live a few years.

3) Dongfang Huai Zhu x Wangquan Hong Ye : I loved the leads characters and their love story very much. I felt their love, they loved each other so bad, broke my heart at the end. I think their story flow nicely, at first as mask man and then slowly working together and falling in love. They confessed, got together around eps 16-18 ? I don’t remember, but I think it was at a good time, almost middle of the story, I appreciated that. They were cute and I think they had chemistry. The little moments, holding hands, hugs, spending time together. Like at the end of ep 28 ? the marriage proposal or when they did the firework for his sister. She was like ‘’you want to watch the fireworks with me’’. He responds ‘’no I don’t’’, she says ‘’Yes you do’’ their smiles and playful talk, ah I want what they have. They made me smile and cry. They had a pretty healthy and mature relationship, good communication in general, helping, supporting each other, working together throw hard ship. Strong, powerful and great couple. No breakup, a bit distant close to the end which is totally understandable after both and mostly him losing so much. I will talk about the ending below for everyone

4) Wangquan Zhui x Yang Yi Tan : loved these 2. They were cute and also loved each other very much. From childhood companion to friend to engaged. I also appreciated the little moments and when they finally got together. For them too, also middle of the story ? They loved and wanted to protect each other. They never got to get married

5) zhang Zheng x Quing Mu Yuan : another interesting couple. I liked his background, thought that was interesting. They didn’t have much time together ☹ She never gave up on him. the couple that had maybe the less horrible kiss.

6) Jiu Huo x Ji Lan : I liked how they gave almost an episode on their backstory. It made us understand more the villains and how they became like that, how the Black Fox came to life. He did everything to get her back, sacrificed, but in the end he lost her a long time ago. Also the betrayal, she has been dead long ago. He had no will to live anymore and I felt it when he said he wishes for her to be free. We could somehow appreciate these 2 in my opinion even if they lead to our beloved characters downfall, I’ll get back to it when I’ll talk about the villains.

Love in Pavillon has a great main couple and romance, I think that this is one of the things Red Moon Pact failed at.

And 0 love triangle or much of third wheel at all, only that senior who was obsessed with FL, but that was very minimal and very limited screetime in general

- I liked the costumes, setting, scenery
- CGI was good in general
- Some were maybe less interesting at time, but I enjoyed the different arcs and the story, character we saw amount the way,
- Other relationship :
1) Dongfang Huai x Dongfang Qin Lan : I liked the bond between the sisters. Heartbreaking when they lost their father, FL did everything to get her out and save her. Sadly they never met again before FL died. She was a bit annoying to me when she was between the leads, but at least the writer did not get far with that and she wasn’t too much.
2) Wangquan x Hong Ye : another great sibling dynamic. Since they were kids, he has been protecting her, he failed in the end. I cried again when he was in the cave with the masks and when he got to her mask, he broke down crying…
3) It was interesting to see the story of FL’s parents with the flashbacks
- The actors : I think everyone did good. I think I will praise a bit Zhang Yun Long. I think he did a great performance and expressed well the emotions
- The villains of the story :
1) Jiu Huo x Ji Lan : strong, powerful and intelligent villains. Black Fox was such an evil villain. Like damn, that was crazy to see, how she made them kill each other. I actually could appreciate a strong and very evil antagonist. I think in the end, these 2 characters were pretty interesting to watch. Some dramas, the villains can be annoying or boring or whatever, that when they appear on the screen, you want to skip them, but I didn't felt this here.
2) FL’s senior : that was a bit of a led down, just an annoying and not really interesting villain unfortunately. Bro was delulu ahah

Ending: (eps 32-36)

First off, I like how it’s a clear ending, still a bit tiny open because the story is not over, Sword and Beloved coming next, but no BS everyone who is dead is dead, no weird open ending (like cough cough Red Moon Pact). I actually liked the ending. ML and their son, hope for the future, every clan and everyone preparing themselves for what is to come next, getting back on their feet. the Black Fox will come back again some day too.

Also I already knew even before the drama started that almost everyone will die and what is the ending, so I was prepared for what was to come and can’t complain about that.

ML tried to go alone, but they still all followed. They were not prepared enough or ready or strong enough in my opinion. All went to sh*it fast, it was doom anyway with the third eyes already possessed. ML succeeded alone in the end ☹ I like the little talk between ML and his father.

Let’s go down one by one :

1) First off, we lost zhang Zheng x Quing Mu Yuan : His death was a bit of a lead down, I was so happy when he resisted the black fox's control, but died pretty fast and easily at her hand. Even her, she tried, but way to weak to defeat the black fox. Anyway, how to live after this, she liked her lover, at least they died together. I wasn’t that affected by their deaths honestly.

2) After that, the Li brothers : damn these 2 got me crying☹ so that is how he came to be in a wheel chair. I liked the flashbacks, how much the older one loved and protected his younger brother. Sacrificed his hand and life work to save him back then. Now younger brother wanted to be the one to protect and save. He decided to become the vessel and sacrifice himself, but plot twist, the brother exchanged his life with him to save him. The talisman his brother gave him was not a life-saving talisman, but a life-exchanging talisman. I liked how they wrote this. His fate didn’t change, he still lived. And like seriously, how he was so close to see Qui Lan again, not nah, they will never meet again.

3) Next, Wangquan Zhui x Yang Yi Tan and the other group member (I am so bad with names) : how tragic, they made Yang Yi Tan kill his love. The little flashback of the life she dreamt for them, sadly that will never come true. He killed their friend. His daughter will never see him come back as a hero, when that dialogue came up… so sad. Then he decides to destroy his third eyes and kill himself, tragic but the way to stop the black fox from controlling him. Now they can rest in peace together.

All those sacrifices, was it worth it?

4) ML losing them, that man is left broken after killing Black Fox. No will to live or continue. Poor FL also suffering and wondering if he is alive. She just wants to go to the pavillon again with him. Then ML shows up, save her and wedding. Concubine was a bit nah, but it was the plan, FL understood and in the end, she's just like an official wife. Distant a bit at first, which I think is understandable, he lost his sword spirit, depressed? broken, name it… She was so glad he came back. They reconcile and FL made that plan with their child. Their child will be so strong. So sad, they love each other so bad, she knew she was dying and wanted to spend the most time possible with him and their child, but that was short lived. ML was so happy to be a father and motivations. When she talked to the child and said he has to stay with his dad and keep him company, because she knows she will be gone and won’t be able to do it (and he lost everyone else), I lost it and cried again. Honestly cried a lot in the last 4 eps. They never got to go together to the pavillon either. Then her last wish, last hug and it’s over. Their story touched me.

Other points:
1) kissing scenes for every couple were bad
2) Wish they have shown again Qui Lan even if we know she’s alive.
3) The couple in the future: that could have been better and it was stupid how they made her kill herself to get blue eyes back
4) Music was a bit meh at time, but I particularly liked a lot one of the ost
5) I liked how FL found out early that ML is the mask man
6) Had maybe some more boring moments or eps in the first half, but seriously pretty much every drama to me has those. Don't know if I ever watched a drama that had zero boring or less interesting moments
7) they really should not have released Red Moon Pact first

Anyway, to conclude, for me a great watch, likeable characters, friendship and great love story. glad I watch this drama. You need to prepare for the sadness, but I definitely recommend this drama anyway

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Love through seven lifetime - beautiful drama

I really love the concept of this drama. I love romance and this dramas gave it. We got to see them falling in love again and they were so cute together. They also have good chemistry and they were together for lots of of episodes in my opinion compared to other dramas. There was no misunderstanding, no break up also.

They loved each other so much, they were truly fated and it’s was beautiful to see also the past when they first meet and fell in love. All the details too, like the red string and the soul protector spell. I absolutely loved that

I really loved the ML, he was so cute and handsome. I love his acting. The FL was good too.

It’s was sad and beautiful, made me cry, smile and laugh. The second couple broke my heart too.

CGI and costumes were beautiful. love the ost

Some negative point for me :
- the kissing scenes were horrible
- the second lead was so annoying for most of the drama, I just wanted him to go away and die. He was always in the way and he was delusional if he ever thought he had a chance. At least he got useful at the end.
- happy ending, but I hate 1 min happy ending, it makes me mad. Like the ML died early in the episode, the could have show a lot more of the happy ending of the main leads. I didn’t care about the others and the people in the heavenly realm, they showed too much of them. I read somewhere that in the novel they get married in the end, we needed more. Also, all the talk about completing their wedding, travel together, etc and we got nothing
- also the ending for the second couple, why ? It’s like an open ending, I wanted him to recognize her and run to her. They both left their way.
- so I don’t know in general the ending wasn’t good enough for me, so…. had to give 9,5 and not 10/10

I would recommend this drama

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Not my cup of tea

I think I am gonna drop this for now and maybe watch it in spare time in the background, at least English dub available, it’s easier for that. When I get to the point of watching with English dub while doing something else, it’s not a good sign

After the first 1-2 eps, I thought this could be interesting and I mostly liked it. But I honestly forced myself to watch after that. It is like the story is not clicking to me, it quite boring and I think 16 eps on only one case is not interesting to me. I don’t like much either the main characters and I am not into them. Maybe Kim Jong Hyeon is the character that interests me the most.

I don’t like to compare, but I think a concept like Flex x cop, with in the first half solving different cases every ep was more engaging. Like here we have everything related to one case for 16 eps… I don’t know

Also, could have passed on the cliche of ML having a crush on FL for years. There could have been a way more interesting way to add the romance than this… Should have made them meeting for the first time in ep 1 and the team in general.

I know it’s comedy, but this feel stupid at time and childish? I know ML has trauma and his behavior can be understandable, but I just don’t like him that much. Not my kind of ML

At least the action scenes are pretty good and I think acting is decent

Anyway, to be continued. *** or not, few weeks lager, I am definitely not finishing this👋

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