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when hao jia showed up to the banquet I nearly started crying with li wei. she's such a good friend 😭😭 she's the one who's safety is the most at stake but she still came; I really hope she'll have her HEA. I need a hao jia in my life !!!

it seriously sounds really nice! they dub them because of many many reasons. Its a unique dilemma that is specific to the chinese language, The different dialects and accents in china make it that its hard the get a full cast speaking the same way because china is such a big diverse country. Some actors have weak voices, don't articulate correctly, don't speak correctly etc. Its not only about saving money, hiring voice actors makes it that the vocal delivery is clear, seamless and overall less headaches when filming.

For example I believe XK was dubbed for a long time because he's cantonese so he has some difficulties with pronunciation

wait what happened? dont tell m'e they'll cut all the spicy scenes bcs of censorship

wait what happened? dont tell m'e they'll cut all the spicy scenes bcs of censorship

i've seen a lot of xu kai dramas but I think this is actually the first time hearing his real voice???

hum I dont know about this, the historical genre has a fanbase of its own, watchers are on the lookaout for any new drama in that category, so they're always coming back. The top rated cdramas on mdl are all mostly costume dramas. I find that modern cdramas do well whenever its an adaptation, has an element of fantasy or game in it or has a famous actor playing in it, so not every modern cdrama gathers high viewership. its hard out there

ah here it goes! yep must be it, adaptations get a good deal of viewership. I guess the novel was quite popular ?

why is viewership so high on mdl for this drama? usually modern cdramas dont get this many watchers. is there an idol playing in this?

ngl I wanted her to leave him, he needs to work for it harder

finally something to EAT for the historical romcom girlies who don't like to use their brain cells. I was STARVING. the low quality short dramas are killing this genre, we're facing a plague. I need more of these high production, simple plot focused on romance and good cast dramas. more more more

its very engaging, you don't get bored at all. And the ml is honestly one of the best ml characters ever written.

I didn't have a hard time following the story because I read the manga a long long time ago so I had an idea where it was going, this doesn't change from the fact that this: sucked ass.

Don't remember if I even liked the manga to begin with, but oh by...this..this stinks.

People are really writing essays on this when really, this drama doesn't even require two working brain cells to understand the message. Because in actuality there's nothing powerful or inspirational about it. On the contrary, the narrative is soooo vapid, toxic and frankly very immature. This has as much depth as a an angsty wattpad book written by a 14 yr old. Also, all characters are deeply unpleasant. And don't get me started on the cinematography, nothing impressive just cringy superficial shots with no intention behind them.

If this is art to you, I beg you to widen your horizon.

they started dubbing dramas in korea too??? the dubbing plague is spreading we can never have good things

most underrated cdrama there is. this is like top 3

the premise was very interesting but the acting and direction was disappointing

this sounds interesting

to each their own

its incest and perpetuates the idea that blended families are not real families, that adoptees and step siblings can not develop real family bonds and let's also not forget how this trope is a fetish on the hub. it's problematic and I will keep calling it incest so that it is not normalized any further.

dramacool

weird, creepy; has an uncanny valley feel to it but I love it. its very artsy, nicely directed and the soundtrack is tastefully curated.

this will not be the cup of tea of people who like straightforward traditional stories.