earwhipper

I really like your summary and agree with many things you said about the dramas pros and cons. If you left reviews for dramas I would read them as this would have been a great read before watching the drama for me!

Since I was looking to watch this series, I went and looked at the Chinese non-subbed 34 episodes (40 min each) and compared it to the HBO/SBS English subs 30 episode version which are 45+ minutes each). Some of that time is intro/outtro but from what I can tell at least some of the "missing" time is in fact, not missing, but rather within the 30 episodes.

I compared episode 34 in the Chinese version and it was 20 minutes behind episode 30 the subbed version in the story-line. Its likely the English-subbed version divides the story differently so the missing time is probably a lot less than the 4x40 min you indicated.

Trailer with English Subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scaZJxrwQKM

An exceptionally talented actress. Big fan.

I would suggest you wait because S1 finishes on a cliff-hanger.

One kiss scene iirc.. romance with Lin Qi is important to the ML (as he falls in love with her at first sight in the 3rd episode) but story line focuses on a lot of other things. As a romance lover myself, I was satisfied with the attention the drama gave to their relationship.

WRTW is my favourite drama, but I also very much enjoyed 'Joy of Life', 'Sword Snow Stride' and 'Legend of Fei' - maybe one of those will be to your liking too :)

P.S I see you've watched a lot of classic Kdramas. If you haven't seen 'Crash Landing on You', it definitely belongs to that list!

Another 10/10 episode! Loved every bit of episode 14! 🤩

see the user Kyung-mi's comment 4 comments below... i just checked and you can see episode 12 there

Loved how they resolved the misunderstanding by the end of ep 13. Great to see the plot moving along 🙂

Oh and loving Sheng Si Lin more and more as the eps go by! He brings so much fun to the series!

Drama is about the ML getting revenge/justice for the death of his childhood friend. The FL is hired to stop him taking over a company, but later works together with him towards his plans. The FL has a superpower which makes all rich men fall for her, but the ML is constantly trying to resist it. It really is a cat-and-mouse romance with both of them getting annoyed at each other while secretly liking each other.

Been loving the drama but found the ML scolding the FL in ep 10 on both occasions regarding her trying her best for his deal with Joseph was a missed opportunity for the ML to say at least a few words that he appreciated her efforts.

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absolutely agree :)

decent review and fair assessment. i also rated it a 7.5. oh and for people reading your review, if you can modify, I'd suggest you change the FL's name from 'Shan Gen' to 'Shen Zhen' so people who haven't watched it know who you mean.

I have a feeling they are going to have the brother in love with his sister and him be stupidly pyscho obsessive about it... as for the plot... seems currently pretty focused on the FL getting her "needs" met 😂 i'm going to need some holy water for my eyes if this keeps up 😅

Ep 19-23 focus on the political side/main plot which is resolved in 23. Ep 24 is a bit of a filler with ML losing his memory. Resolved at end. Wedding last scene.

As for whether to keep watching, i found the first half of the drama extremely entertaining, the second half fell somewhat flat in acting and engaging content but ultimately tied up things with happy endings.

All survive

He was enprisoned. At the end of ep 16 he is still alive.

Eps 15 & 16 were great. Particularly loved when both the MLs called Minister Shen "uncle" at the same time. The comedic timing has been really well done so far. :)