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dropped at ep17, waste of time
the score is 8.8, when you see something like this it means you're gonna see a masterpiece, it's NOT.
I have two major issues with this drama:
1_ his sin is unforgivable. his mistake cost the life of thousands of people. there have been dramas about the mistakes of generals or emperors like this that the main leads want to exact revenge on them. I hope this all be a conspiracy against him(if it is pls someone spoil it for me) but doesn't seems like that. the the cost of his mistake is death penalty. sorry but it's true. a murderer who killed thousands of people can't be a male lead.
2_ the female lead in this drama has two problems:
first is that a woman can be a leader or general, SHE can't.
her character is too poorly written. I can NOT even imagine her lead a casual group for anything let alone being a general who's gonna command at least thousand men in war?? give me a break. the example of a female leader can be Zhao liying in legend of shen li. she is nowhere near her, not in the least.
second problem is that, she can't ACT. her acting is too fake. when she laughs specially her sadness and anger is fake. come on!!!
8.8 I don't believe this is the score for such a drama. even in terms of romance this is not good and it's not like I haven't seen romance dramas; on the contrary, I've seen a LOT.
the drama is waste of talent like Ryan Cheng, what a shame

I was watched AvenueX’s review of this drama, and i mostly agree with her—especially about the earlier episodes where there were so many plot holes and the character introductions felt way too rushed. It was like they cut a lot of scenes just to fit everything into a 30-ish minute episode.
But! Since i’m watching purely for ZY & CL chemistry and their fight scenes, so i decided to just let it go and turn a blind eye to the illogical parts of the story 😃

Honestly, this is just my personal opinion, after that episode with the scene “我喜歡月亮，月亮不知道” (I really like that scene, hehe), I slowly started to get bored—up until episode 21 yesterday. There’s a lot i could rant about regarding the scenes.

For example, when HY cried over her “Shi Fu” who died—it’s clear that she was very sad, but as a viewer, i couldn’t feel any sympathy for her tears. Why? Because we never really got to understand what kind of close relationship they had.
From what we saw in the early episodes, the only scene where they met was when HY woke up from her “coma” and Shi Fu was by her side. And… that’s it. There was no detailed explanation of how big of an influence Shi Fu had on her. So, i just couldn’t feel the sympathy for Shi Fu’s death or HY’s grief over it.

Another example, the scene where HY and Huyate fight on horseback.
You can clearly see the water is shallow and full of rocks—they weren’t even submerged. When HY stabs the guy with her spear all the way through until it hits the rocky riverbed, you can see that the water is shallow. But then, when HY gets thrown off and falls into the water, suddenly it’s deep—like she fell into a lake 😒
Did she get thrown that far ?? But logically, no, the throw shouldn’t have been that far because from the camera shots of the soldiers fighting, that water was clearly not deep-lake water.
And of course, our hero XJ swoops in at the perfect moment to save HY , like XJ is a psychic who just knows HY is drowning. (yeah plot armour😅)

Those are just a few of the scenes i wanted to rant about. But still, i keep watching for ZY and CL’s chemistry. As for the rest… i just turn a blind eye 😆✌🏻❤️

This dramas so far is too tropey and too much romcom. Sometimes things just not believable and you need to turn off the brain so trope can happen.

I thought ML might remember the FL resemblance when she wear mask as General Feihong but it seems he never paid full attention in the past since they are not friends but just respect one another.

Also the fake couple under fake identity is nothing new but it need so that the FL will show her Female side and of course let the romance blooming beautifully.

FL as general 🤔⁉️
FL as housewife ✅💯

I'm in ep 15, but I hope it has better directing and scriptwriting of the FL backstory. Cause we dont see much of her struggle to use it as the premise of her journey to regain her title as a general.
The plot was presented just as it was, with little thought given to her backstory, ie suffering and struggles, even with ML's story.
This left me emotionally unengaged in her journey, which is the main element of this drama. Her "simple" non-complex portrayal of character, even cheerful at the beginning of the drama, with the cute face(is it the actress?) despite the actually tragic suffering she'd toe ndured since child, makes no sense to me, BUT I do enjoy the drama overall & the plots have a good premise.

Totally agree. I wasn't sure what kind of drama it would be, but after 3 episodes, it made itself clear. But it's OK, I will just sit back and watch the comedy and stop thinking about females being generals and all this latest fad of 'female empowerment', since much of this is performative and doesn't really tackle or know what it really is.

Maybe there will be one, but it's not this one I'm afraid. This is first and foremost a love story just set in the army. She gets masses of plot armour and gets saved a few times, so there is nothing unique about her character.

Being able spin and wave the sword is just like any other wuxia fight scene. Viewers are mainly captivated by her funny cutesy scenes. Pushing the boundaries of being cheeky with her favourite man and getting away with it. These scenes are easily transferable to any era and any type of workplace set up.

As for the novel, perhaps it was a little dated and too earnest they felt they needed more humour to make these scenes more palatable. Only novel readers will know.

i think the problem is more the way they wrote her character in the script than the casting. she doesn't seem like someone who was able to become a general under disguise, she's too happy-go-lucky, none of the guys in the garrison act like that.
mulan 2009 def did well with the girl disguised as man

I would have love this drama if they casted someone tougher as the Female General. So far, only two female actresses of whom I know had portrayed such role was Zhao Wei as a soldier in Mulan (2009) and Liu Shi Shi as an Assassin in Journey to Love (2023). Maybe they are others which I do not know.

Just so you know, ratings are usually done by ones that don't normally comment. There is a core portion of users that make accounts for the purpose of rating only. (up or down). It's something that MDL cannot control right now.

I advise that new users are not allowed to review or rate until 6 months have lapsed. That way, hopefully they will have moved on. Most ratings with big novel adaptations or with large fandoms are playing this game sadly. I am not trying to slander anyone in particular, but this is something that is so obvious.

The end result is the rating system is abused and makes a mockery of ratings as being even credible. Smaller dramas or dramas that have less romance are not touched so you will see more average ratings. I think more a realistic rating. Whereas dramas with idol actors & with romance are often inflated regardless of plot and acting. I know what I write is boring and repeated, but those that ask, I always have to say it.

Thank you someone who also agrees with me i personally believe the rating is high because of the romance thats why it didnt live to our expectations, this drama is a romcom taking place in militarily tiers , i am really hoping the other general drama i am waiting for wont disappoints me like this one

Yeah, I totally agree. I am starting to feel bored with all the filler tbh. There's too many scenes btw the main cp, which aren't about the plot but just for some romantic moments, to my liking. I need more of the plot to move. I thought the first ep started off pretty strong. Tbh, there are some pretty epic scenes and eps which I rave about, but a lot of the eps feel like filler to me, and indeed the drama feels all over the place. Like it's quite confusing me where we are headed. We're almost halfway thru the drama and here we are 😩

If you want a good drama with a female general and revenge, try "Qingchuan's Veil of Vengeance." It's a mini drama but it's a really good one. It also has a much darker and more intense tone than this one.

yes, exactly. I felt like it is so messy (all over the place like you said).

i feel u. it's objectively not that great so i'm also surprised by the rating. i like the actors and they're cute together but the story's all over the place. i don't watch dramas just for some flirty moments but for good character writing, relationship development, and a solid plotline, so it's also disappointing for me, especially by ep 15 and things aren't improving. she seems less like a female general and more like a random girl who happened to receive a general's memories. that maybe would've worked with the rebirth plotline but not the current one.

I’m so disappointed. I’ve read the novel multiple times waiting for the drama but it’s real bad. I dropped at ep 6. I can’t believe this is what I’ve been waiting for 2 years to watch. The fl is so weak considering she was a soldier who rose through ranks to the title of general. Even her disguise is not good. how come she wasn’t caught before if it was easily discovered from touching the ml from behind. And she got flustered when asked to take off her shirt. Was that the first time she was asked for that? Plus she should have scars on her smooth body. What a sloppy work.There are a lot more.
could you tell me if anyone has problems like me? I fell like I’m strange when I see the 8.7 rating