At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the evil grandmother turns out to be the mastermind behind everything. Even that ruthless father turns into a meek little kitten whenever his mother gives him an order and does exactly as she says. Talk about a staged act. She’s a seasoned old fox who’s seen it all—I wouldn’t put anything past this woman.
especially now because of the proposal and omg I was screaming I was about to break my tv like what the hell he…
Let’s hope the Emperor himself isn’t the mastermind behind all this. Otherwise, the Shen siblings will have nowhere left to turn. I want to believe that the Emperor is actually a good person.
especially now because of the proposal and omg I was screaming I was about to break my tv like what the hell he…
Absolutely. These episodes were seriously testing my patience. She’s completely oblivious to how the world works. Without Shen protecting her, she would’ve died several times already, yet she somehow thinks she can bring two old foxes to their knees with a few amateur schemes. She’s way too idealistic, way too much of a Pollyanna.
She actually thinks she can solve the corruption that even the Emperor himself couldn’t easily put an end to with nothing but her inexperienced little schemes. The First Madam wasn’t wrong when she was locked in that room and said, “You’re too naive, girl.”
And the fact that she thinks her mother was simply the victim of some ordinary womanly scheme, when an entire family of 72 people was massacred around the same time—and the child from that family (Shen) had been entrusted to her mother…
It’s getting worse and worse. Someone please kill this backward, traditionalist, son-obsessed, misogynistic grandmother who cares way too much about the family name. These outdated schemes and helpless main characters are seriously bad for my sanity. After all those bloody scenes where lives were taken without a second thought, watching this helplessness unfold right before their eyes is utterly exhausting.
After such a long time, Xu Kai is finally giving us a fantastic start again! I’ve missed his charismatic, cocky, mischievous side so much — the same energy he had in Arsenal and Lingjian Mountain. Finally, you’re back to me, baby. 😭❤️ I could stare at you forever.
I love Zhou Ye too, but honestly… what wouldn’t I give to be the target of those deadly, smoldering, heart-stopping eyes? 😭🔥 Like, how am I supposed to watch that scene and NOT get jealous?! Ahhh, I’m definitely jealous of that moment. 😂
One of the dumbest female leads and one of the dumbest, most despicable second male leads. The plot is ridiculous and just keeps going downhill. They’ve taken a storyline that could have been great and ruined it with the kind of petty, annoying schemes that we’d expect from scheming palace women, except here they’re coming from a brain-dead second male lead.
And the worst part is that the female lead, who was actually smart at the beginning, suddenly loses all common sense and starts trusting that bastard second male lead instead of trusting the person she loves and her own feelings. Yet this same female lead had suspected even her master over the smallest thing and followed her instincts.
If you’re going to be suspicious, you should be suspicious of everyone. You don’t have to trust anyone, but you shouldn’t be so stupid that you can be easily manipulated by a piece of shit.
She’s an idiot who never matures, like a spoiled child. She’s seriously testing your patience.
It was a five-star drama. A brilliant plot from the director of Guest and the screenwriter of Dr. Brain. A beginning with Hwarang vibes, but definitely not all sunshine and rainbows like that one.
Our drama, which has a very dark tone, is a visual feast with its atmosphere, plot, and music. After a long time, I watched a drama that I could call “amazing” without criticizing a single thing about it. The male lead here delivers incredible action, almost as if making up for the pain of Alchemy, which got us all excited with the female character Naksu but failed to give us what we wanted. He gives us everything you would expect from an assassin. That dark atmosphere, those incredibly satisfying, deadly scenes....
He absolutely kills it in this drama. Without a doubt, this is his best role. Full of pain, dangerous, cool, proud, and rebellious. You can’t help but feel the weight and pain he carries inside. It’s impossible not to be affected or get excited while watching him. You can’t help falling in love with a male lead who is this difficult and full of pain. If you’re going to fall in love with Lee Jae-wook, it’s going to be in this drama. Amazing. I loved it, loved it, loved it.
After seeing female lead in her recent dramas, it’s really nice to see her play a character that suits both her own character and our male lead, and actually gives us what we want. So yes, we’re also getting a nice love story. As for the veteran actors, I don’t even need to mention them. They all give amazing performances. Our psychopath is here too, and there’s no shortage of villains. So there’s no end to the dark games and strategic battles. In that sense, it also reminded me of Zhang Hai, which has a similarly dark tone.
I also absolutely loved the main OST, which elevates the scenes with its epic melodies and gets right under your skin. All the other OSTs are also perfectly placed and really beautiful.
How did a drama of this quality not make more noise and get overlooked despite being on Netflix? You can’t help but question it, especially when so many ridiculous Netflix productions become popular for no reason.
Revenge, thriller, mystery, action, drama, romance... It has everything.
In short; if you want to see a charismatic male lead who, like our leads in A Journey to Love, especially our assassin female lead 's character there, dives straight in without thinking twice, never giving the enemy a second chance, and is a proper avenger and assassin who truly lives up to his identity, and if you also want a nice love story as a bonus, and on top of that you want the plot to flow and be impressive, this is the place. If you like the genre, don’t miss it.
This might be one of the storylines I hate the most. I watched the 1999 version and I’ve hated it ever since. Even one adaptation was more than enough for me. I couldn’t get through Tempted either, even with all the skipping.
And yet they keep remaking this story over and over again, both internationally and in Korea. I genuinely don’t understand what’s so interesting or lovable about it that they keep going back to it.
A pathetic man leaving an intelligent woman and falling for a woman who’s almost ridiculously naive, while their love is romanticized like he’s some completely innocent guy and the other woman is made out to be the bad one… It just makes me sick. I honestly can’t stand it.
It felt like they took a story that could have easily been told in just 6–8 episodes and unnecessarily stretched…
Also, I understand that emperors can’t just do whatever they want, but come on, this is literally a matter of one sword stroke. If he had simply killed him the moment he was threatened and come up with a justification afterward, who could really do anything about it? He’s already the most powerful minister in the court. Are you seriously afraid of everyone else? This is such a ridiculously weak royal family. Their lack of power is completely illogical. A complete fiasco.
It felt like they took a story that could have easily been told in just 6–8 episodes and unnecessarily stretched it out to 14. The episodes after the body swap became incredibly boring, as they kept repeating the same things over and over, and the amount of time spent with the characters in their different bodies was unnecessarily prolonged. Watching the male lead laugh stupidly was not enjoyable at all. I also think the ratings are way too high for this drama.
Also, even though the female lead had lost her memory, she shouldn’t have lost her intelligence along with it. Having her act incredibly smart in some situations while behaving like an idiot when it came to the most basic things felt like a major contradiction in her character. Her constant stupid grinning also became quite irritating after a while.
It’s getting more and more comedic as it goes on. I was literally laughing out loud during today’s episodes. The absurd comedy, especially the way it makes fun of all the serious scenes, is so good.
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She actually thinks she can solve the corruption that even the Emperor himself couldn’t easily put an end to with nothing but her inexperienced little schemes. The First Madam wasn’t wrong when she was locked in that room and said, “You’re too naive, girl.”
And the fact that she thinks her mother was simply the victim of some ordinary womanly scheme, when an entire family of 72 people was massacred around the same time—and the child from that family (Shen) had been entrusted to her mother…
I love Zhou Ye too, but honestly… what wouldn’t I give to be the target of those deadly, smoldering, heart-stopping eyes? 😭🔥 Like, how am I supposed to watch that scene and NOT get jealous?! Ahhh, I’m definitely jealous of that moment. 😂
My man in red. ❤️🔥
And the worst part is that the female lead, who was actually smart at the beginning, suddenly loses all common sense and starts trusting that bastard second male lead instead of trusting the person she loves and her own feelings. Yet this same female lead had suspected even her master over the smallest thing and followed her instincts.
If you’re going to be suspicious, you should be suspicious of everyone. You don’t have to trust anyone, but you shouldn’t be so stupid that you can be easily manipulated by a piece of shit.
She’s an idiot who never matures, like a spoiled child. She’s seriously testing your patience.
Our drama, which has a very dark tone, is a visual feast with its atmosphere, plot, and music. After a long time, I watched a drama that I could call “amazing” without criticizing a single thing about it. The male lead here delivers incredible action, almost as if making up for the pain of Alchemy, which got us all excited with the female character Naksu but failed to give us what we wanted. He gives us everything you would expect from an assassin. That dark atmosphere, those incredibly satisfying, deadly scenes....
He absolutely kills it in this drama. Without a doubt, this is his best role. Full of pain, dangerous, cool, proud, and rebellious. You can’t help but feel the weight and pain he carries inside. It’s impossible not to be affected or get excited while watching him. You can’t help falling in love with a male lead who is this difficult and full of pain. If you’re going to fall in love with Lee Jae-wook, it’s going to be in this drama. Amazing. I loved it, loved it, loved it.
After seeing female lead in her recent dramas, it’s really nice to see her play a character that suits both her own character and our male lead, and actually gives us what we want. So yes, we’re also getting a nice love story. As for the veteran actors, I don’t even need to mention them. They all give amazing performances. Our psychopath is here too, and there’s no shortage of villains. So there’s no end to the dark games and strategic battles. In that sense, it also reminded me of Zhang Hai, which has a similarly dark tone.
I also absolutely loved the main OST, which elevates the scenes with its epic melodies and gets right under your skin. All the other OSTs are also perfectly placed and really beautiful.
How did a drama of this quality not make more noise and get overlooked despite being on Netflix? You can’t help but question it, especially when so many ridiculous Netflix productions become popular for no reason.
Revenge, thriller, mystery, action, drama, romance... It has everything.
In short; if you want to see a charismatic male lead who, like our leads in A Journey to Love, especially our assassin female lead 's character there, dives straight in without thinking twice, never giving the enemy a second chance, and is a proper avenger and assassin who truly lives up to his identity, and if you also want a nice love story as a bonus, and on top of that you want the plot to flow and be impressive, this is the place. If you like the genre, don’t miss it.
And yet they keep remaking this story over and over again, both internationally and in Korea. I genuinely don’t understand what’s so interesting or lovable about it that they keep going back to it.
A pathetic man leaving an intelligent woman and falling for a woman who’s almost ridiculously naive, while their love is romanticized like he’s some completely innocent guy and the other woman is made out to be the bad one… It just makes me sick. I honestly can’t stand it.
Also, even though the female lead had lost her memory, she shouldn’t have lost her intelligence along with it. Having her act incredibly smart in some situations while behaving like an idiot when it came to the most basic things felt like a major contradiction in her character. Her constant stupid grinning also became quite irritating after a while.