harunomasu

Everyone has different taste and preferences, and it's totally okay for you to not like it. Others might like it, but you don't. It's never your problem.
Just like how I don't like 10 liners (or is that what the title is, I don't really remember) and Me and Thee (given that I already read the book long ago and the drama didn't give me the same vibe that I like in the book), but others do. It's all about preferences.

Let me know if you can find them as well

Because it's going to be relevant to the plot of the entire Arthit-Dao story. Their romance started because of this skill that Dao has to see ghosts, so if there's no ghosts, then it will be very weird. It will be tied up to the main progression, but I can understand if people think it's sudden and weird. Though I enjoy it, because the ghosts got scared by Arthit and Dao is a mood

Yeah I'm glad Gu Man created LIn Yusen as the comparison. I thought she is going the route of 何以笙箫默, and make Xiguang-Zhuang Xu the ultimate pair. Thankfully, we all got her with Lin Yusen instead

I agree that we can get the lesson from Lin Yusen's positive attitude to life honestly. Even through his misfortune, he is able to be positive and start a new life rather than just going down in self-pity all the time. As he said, being miserable for a year is enough, he needs to start looking forward, and that's what he did

I see that too. Like, Lin Yusen is not without fault. His family relationship is terrible. His beloved career as doctor is gone. And yet, despite everything else, he put it behind and start anew with Xiguang. He can do self-pity like what Zhuang Xu did, and he's definitely justified for it, like you said, but he just didn't. Instead, he turned his misfortune into another chance in life, and he is successful in what he did because he's devoted to it.

Zhuang Xu just saw it far too late. By the time he realize he is wrong, Xiguang already fall in love with Lin Yusen (and to be honest, who wouldn't?). So his regret is understandable, but I think that the way he always pitying himself, like when he tried to reason with Xiguang that he miss her due to "study abroad" thing, and even then he still tried to put the blame on others instead of his own insecurities. Like what Xiguang said, even if he can't contact her through phone, he can always do other things like sending letter (which is what Lin Yusen do after his silence for days after knowing who invited him to Wuxi). If you wanted to reach out to someone, you can always find the way. But Zhuang Xu make the excuses that he can't reach her, so he miss her. Thankfully, at this point, Xiguang already deep in love with Lin Yusen, she can see the lack of effort from Zhuang Xu

I guess I read the books (especially book 1) too many times so I'm able to catch on the details haha

Lin Yusen is definitely the complete opposite of Zhuang Xu. He is mature and calm-headed, and he is not afraid of being with Xiguang no matter what people said. He change Xiguang as well, to make her be more confident and love herself more. And I'm happy to see Xiguang change over the time and be happier with what she's aiming to be.

Xiguang's college life is terrible though. Like I can't believe she can stand those people for so long. But then again, there are people who truly love and support her, so I guess it's not all that bad

Yeah haha
I didn't realize that my rating can be deceiving. But 7.5 is already high enough for a romance drama

The highest rating I gave to a drama is 9/10, and that's for Nirvana in Fire. It's only once I gave such high rating because I enjoy all aspect of it, and it made me emotional

I mostly watch chinese short dramas nowadays, and there are a lot of reborn-revenge type. You can search them and I believe someone will have playlist
Though a lot of them got TD (take down) but most of them stays.

It's been a long time since I commented here, but that's because I focus myself to short dramas nowadays, as it's easier to follow with shorter span and low commitment. But this is the long drama that I finally watched because it's based on Blazing Sunlight, which is the book I love and read back when Gu Man first published only the book 1 (imagine the anxiety waiting for book 2 that said it will be more focused on Zhuang Xu, thankfully it's not)

What I love in this drama is that we have 2 male leads, Lin Yusen and Zhuang Xu, as the complete opposite and comparison when they're with Xiguang. With Zhuang Xu, it feels like Xiguang lost her personality more and more. The deeper her feeling for Zhuang Xu, the more she is lost in this hell pit of relationship that's unhealthy. But with Lin Yusen, Xiguang found stability and her own personality back after what could be considered as heartbreaking moment of her youth.

All the book fans love Lin Yusen (some might pity or like Zhuang Xu, but I think it's 2 or 3 for every 10 people like Lin Yusen). The reason why I love Lin Yusen for Xiguang is because he didn't just go and be a coward. He also had his own past, terrible family situation and relationship, and when he thought that Xiguang is the one who betrayed him and making him unable to be surgeon again (though it's not the case), Lin Yusen bravely took that one step to be with Xiguang despite everything else. Zhuang Xu meanwhile, always pitying himself first and thinking of himself first before he even think of Xiguang. It's not Xiguang's fault her family is rich. It's not her fault that the female beside him (yes, I'm looking at you Ye Rong) is such a green tea and he's blinded by her. Zhuang Xu will blame everything before he even take that step to be with Xiguang, and it's his own fault he miss her.

I'm glad that the drama use the full book 1 and book 2 story to create one complete show. While Song Weilong is not my first choice for Lin Yusen, but after some time, I believe that he is Lin Yusen. Gu Man always make her male lead so desirable, and I love Lin Yusen for who he is. Lin Yusen is like the combination of Feng Teng (for all his strictness towards Xiguang), Xiao Nai (for his somewhat vague flirtiness), and Yu Tu (for his devotion towards medical), and maybe that's why I love him so much.

Story is the usual Gu Man. Those who like Gu Man's previous work, will definitely love this one as well.
Overall 7.5/10

It's not Korean, but you can find reborn revenge theme short drama in Youtube. There are tons of them, and some better than the others. It's short, compact, easy to watch, and offer more satisfying revenge plot.

For example: the newest drama called "Professor Zhou was the one who fell in love first" 《是周教授先动心》Shen Haonan & Jin Zixuan
Short summary: Heiress got tricked and stabbed in the back by the man who is supposed to be in love with her, and found out that her ex-husband is the one who loves her the most. She reborn to the 4 years before the time of her demise, and she exacting revenge to the people responsible for her death. It's one satisfying plot with quick-witted heroine. Having the knowledge of the past, she's able to get her revenge through careful step-by-step plan, which is satisfying to watch

Maybe I watched too many short dramas with Reborn-revenge theme, which is more satisfying than this 12-eps drama, because unfortunately, I can't get through the drama or rave about it like others.

The premise of the drama is the heroine being reborn 1 year before her death, in which she supposed to have knowledge on what's going to come and what's going to happen. And yet 6 eps later, I feel like she didn't do any "revenge" at all. You have 1 year knowledge ahead of everyone, but what did you do? Most of the time she's being overpowered again and again, despite knowing what would happen. Case in point, the painting. She knew that she will be blamed for the fake painting, and yet she did nothing to trap the stepmother about it. Instead, she just passively waiting until the stepmother take the first step and she encounter it. Another case point, the ex-fiance. She know about his relationship with her sister, and yet did nothing to expose it. She didn't even take that advantage and use it to gain more power. Instead, she's just waiting passively and let the sister trample on her over and over again.

Her being reborn feels like a foolish setup. Might as well not do it.
Even worst of the worst short drama with Reborn-revenge story feels much more compelling than this one. She said she wanted revenge, but did almost nothing to execute that revenge.

The bonus point for me is the hero is also reborn. We found out at the end that it's because of his desperate plea to save the girl he love that he could be reborn. And he did much more to achieve his goal, being careful and able to execute what he needed to do.

Too bad, the reborn aspect is not utilised and therefore making the story longer for no reason other than it needs to be longer.

Story/plot: 5/10
Acting: 8/10
Song: 10/10 (really love the song)
Rewatch value: 1/10

Can you share the link?

It's still their rights though. They take the time to translate, sub, and upload it because they wanted to share it. And someone use it for bad things instead. So they can take the action that they think is good for them.

What's the team?

I really dislike it when something like this happen. I won't blame the translator, as it's their rights to upload or delete it. But yeah, I guess I have to be back reading the Japanese text instead.

Which scene?

Ohhh they start this arc now! I don't think I can watch it and not dying from curiosity lol

It's Fan Shiyan in the novel, not sure about his name in the drama since it's changed.

Fan Shiyan is the professor of where the first killer in the first arc based from. He is the one who pulled the string and trying to uncover the entire corruption within the police.

The AI concept in Eternal Butler is not really that good. I think the AI concept in Anti Reset is better in a way, in my opinion.