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It raised the bar in many aspects, that's why it's called in china the dark horse of surprising success in China and abroad, and which would change xanxia from now on: A long time of preparation and only filming when they had everything, investing budget in high quality CGI (in 4k video is amazing), a hero who places the heroine above everything (finally) instead of sacrificing for the good of everybody else (also very strong and not spitting blood every few episodes as usual), a carefully targeted marketing strategy by releasing episodes in such a way that allowed viewers to interact and comment without waiting forever, strict focus on the plot and character development and eliminating filler scenes, and above all, a great script with a lot of foreshadowing and great directing and cinematography (lighting, shooting angles). And a love message that resonates (expression of love in different contexts, personal, fraternal). Even the OST was top in charts for weeks. Praises everywhere among critics.

As I said in another comment, LBFAD raised the bar in many aspects, that's why it's called in china the dark horse which will change xanxia: a long time of prep-time and only filming when they had everything, investing in high quality CGI (in 4k video is to die for), a hero who places the heroine above everything instead of sacrificing for the good of the rest (and a very strong hero too, not spitting blood every few episodes), a very targeted marketing strategy that released episodes in a way that allowed viewers to interact and comment without waiting forever and ever, focus on the plot and character development and eliminating fillers and repeated scenes, and above all, a lot of foreshadowing in the script and great directing (lighting, editing, shooting angles). And love message that resonates (personal, friends, family). Even the OST was top in charts for weeks. Praises everywhere among critics.

As I said in another comment, she's childish at first because she's very young by that world setting standards (less than 1500 years), and has been raised alone and living remotely without much experience. But she's the opposite of selfish, actually very kind-hearted and her character has been criticized by users because of this. But I think she's like that on purpose: because since she's naïve and trusting , it was possible for the ML to trust her and start changing .

It's her real voice though lol

It got a very good rating in Douban, which is rare (7.6) and I love him since My fated boy, so I'm adding it to my watch list. But I read the comments here and I won't have high expectations lol

I'm happy his last 3 dramas where he's the lead (My fated boy, Let's meet now, and So funny youth) got very good ratings in Douban :)

I think it's due to our own personal tastes across c-, k- and j-dramas. For example You are My Glory has only 6.9 rating in Douban, which is lower than other modern c-dramas like Forever Love, Mr. Bad, You Are my Hero, My Fated Boy, Lovely Us, The Day of Becoming You, Le Coup de Foudre and so on (some of these also have higher ratings in imdb as well). In chinese wuxia and xanxia there are also several with amazing romances (I still can't move on from Love between Fairy and Devil) but some people love them and others hate them. It's a trial and error process for each of us to find dramas that we consider perfect :)

Does anybody know why the director listed in "My Roommate is a Gumiho" is Nam Sung Woo, and not Park Joon Hwa as it's indicated in this article?

https://kisskh.at/discussions/one-two-three-mu-tou-ren/82631-smile-to-life-ost

She's childish at first because she's very young by that world setting standards (less than 1500 years), and has been raised alone and living remotely without much experience. But she's the opposite of selfish, actually very kind-hearted and her character has been criticized because of this. But I think she's like that on purpose: because since she's naïve and trusting , it was possible for the ML to trust her and start changing.

But the FL irritated me at times too!

My son liked very much the FL lead and how she portrayed her character, and he's extremely picky

I edited my original comment to make it clearer, thank you!

Yes, for all c-dramas, there's a huge difference between Douban ratings and MDL ratings (except Word of Honor and a very few others). But I hope this drama does well in Douban, as I said below.

I'll watch it for sure, but I hope the drama will allow DW space to show off his acting so he doesn't have to go again through a miss the dragon experience...

Now I'm even more worried

2019 - Well-Intended Love - 6.6 (50k)
2021 - Historical: The Dreamlike Seal - 6.4 (only 2k)
2019 - Xianxia: The Eternal Love 2 - 6.2 (34k)
2021 - Miss Crow and Mr. Lizard - 5.5 (66k)
2020 - Well-Intended Love 2 – 5.3 (21k)
2020 - Historical: General’s Lady - 4.8 (only 5k)
2020 - Well-Dominated Love - 4.6 (8k)
2021 - Cute Programmer - 2.9 (9k)

Although he has a big pipeline of projects, I’m kind of worried about the director’s drama rating of General's Lady in douban (one of his recent historicals). Although not entirely their responsibility, directors’ performance weighs highly in the final product. In my comment below, his Douban ratings in descending order (and thousands of ratings) of recent dramas he directed:

I love your gifs 💕

You're not alone. I keep rewatching LBFAD instead of starting the next ones in my list lol