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Yeah that makes sense and considering it has so many ancient poetry and literature refrences as you said, it gets even more difficult for someone not very fluent or who is not used to translating and it is indeed very time consuming work.

Yes I like keep seeing spoilers for the vip episodes and I feel so behind and I'm so eager to watch further

Yeah no fan has picked it up yet to sub the vip episode raws like you usually can find them on websites like dramacool. And yes, by Thursday, we will have subbed till 12 while for VIPs it'll already be at episode 22 :(
And then from next week, for us it's only gonna air from Monday to wednesday so we'll get only 3 episodes a week while VIPs will still get 7.

Signing up won't be the most difficult part even then but episodes won't be subbed so even watching vip episodes then, you'll just get spoilers visually while still not understanding so there is that.

The wait for episodes is killing me. I wish there was a way for vip episodes to be made available for international viewers too like honestly I don't mind paying for something I like and if I can afford it. After new week of airing episodes, we'll be 10 episodes behind vip, then week after 14. It will finish airing for vip while leaving half of the show and over a month left for the episodes to air for non VIPs. Have not seen this kind of airing schedule for any c-drama I have watched while it was airing. Hope youku can work out something.

The production definitely is not high. I have seen way way better. And I'm talking in terms of production design, CGI and costumes. I got no issues with the fighting scenes, they are choreographed well and yes cinematography in some of the scenes I really liked. But yeah I still stand by my former point, that's just how I feel and I still do appreciate their work despite all the constraints they might have had.

Just finished watching ep 5 and saw the preview for ep 6 and honestly despite the low budget and flaws aside I'm surprisingly enjoying watching the show and it seems like it's really tryna see how far it can push with displaying chemistry between the leads despite the censorship so I am just hoping and praying for it to safely fly under the radar and complete it's airing without any issues.

Oh wait didn't realize this was gonna be 20 episodes. Well the writers sure got their work cut out to keep the interest and attention and also that it doesn't get draggy. I really want this drama to do well so good luck to the team.

Done watching the first episode. I'm intrigued but ofcourse since it's only the first episode they still got lot of build up to do but it has got my interest. It seems like the drama where people might need a few episodes to get into. Anyway things got fun towards the end of episode one so yeah I'm looking forward to see how this develops.

Exactly. He absolutely had no affinity with so yong. Throughout the series bong hwan was the one beside him helping him and the one who he grew to love and now in the end so yong comes back and gets the reward of it all I don't know how to feel about it. This ending is more like you get some you lose some.

Yeah same. I would have liked to see him atleast acknowledge the fact that the person he fell in love with was someone else. With this ending I didn't get the closure I wanted. So I'm also just gonna make up my own alternative ending to believe in.

I don't know how to feel about the ending it just doesn't add up because the one who the king fell in love with was so bong and she was the one with him throughout and suddenly in the end so yong came back and it's weird that even the king didn't catch on to that. It was not a bad ending but it was not satisfactory either. Looking past that show was still fun and I very much enjoyed it.

Yes the length left a lot to be desired coz I felt this had so much potential and they could have done so much more with this story and the characters. But still a good job done with what they could.

I like how the intimate scenes didn't have a feel of awkwardness to them like I find in a lot of bl dramas. Will put that on actors being more seasoned. The characters just gave me mature vibes and the actors portrayed it well. Again I so so wish they could atleast make episodes longer coz I really feel some of these korean bl dramas have has potential that don't fully get used coz of these short episodes.

Totally agree. The first 6 episodes with young cast totally overshadowed the rest of 14 episodes for me. I think I kept going coz Lee Soo Hyun and other few grew on me but the fl's flat terrible acting was hard to look past.

Have watched this till ep 20 and I liked it much better than I expected. Don't expect it to be something really impressive but it is cute and fluff, no overcomplicated plot. The storyline moves fine which is enough to keep the drama going. Since the drama is only 24 episodes and each one is like a little over half hour long so the pacing is good too. I have enjoyed the acting from cast as well. The characters and their dynamics with each other are fun too. I don't find the fl annoying as I'm seeing quite a few comment. I have seen much more immature, unreaosonable annoying fl and this one is nothing in comparison. I also liked fl using her own voice and I think she did a good job. Overall the drama is light-hearted, there is comedy, there is romance, a bit of drama. It's a good timepass and it's a sweet watch.

Watched the first few episodes and so far, I don't like the lead actress' acting at all. I know this is her first acting project but yeah. Script could be better. Costumes are also nothing really good but that all depends on the production budget so will put that aside for now. The only reason I was watching this drama was for Arthur Chen coz I really liked him in ever night and the trailer kinda looked interesting. To be honest, I think he can do better seeing his work in this show. So hoping to see improvement as the story progresses and I hope the storyline development gets better too.