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For me it never did. I skipped entire episodes and felt like the plot had not progressed at all, then after watching the ending I understood why.

I am unable to keep watching cause this is not a man that grew up thinking that having several wives is the norm. This is someone from the 21st century who clearly knows you are only supposed to be in a relationship with one woman but has the opportunity any playboy would want to have as many women as he wants without getting into trouble. Of course the drama is much more than this but I cannot ignore this trait of the male lead so I am dropping it.

Was this originally on Viki?

The reason is probably because this is not your cup of tea. You said you dont really enjoy time-travel dramas, so it is normal for you to not feel as hyped about this drama as people who do. Take me as an example. I do not really care much for the wuxia genre but have watched several dramas in this genre that I liked, yet I think there was never one that I loved.

I was a little skeptical about this because it is not the first and probably wont be the last drama that I watch with a similar plot. But this one was better than most I have watched so far in the way it was executed. I did not really feel bored and was quite invested while watching it. I guessed a lot of things right, including a "little" detail that happened at the end, but I still kept guessing a few other things.

The ending was bittersweet but not bad. Overall there were no huge plot holes like I have seen in similar dramas, although there were a few things, mostly about the evil character, that I felt needed a little more clarity.

The high rating is well deserved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQwOUL-V81w

It is not subbed but I think this seems to be the trailer. It was the video that made me find out about this drama and read your comment. ^^

Yeah. And from what I read the ending is rushed and disappointing. I have had it on hold for a while as I do not want to set it as not interested, at least not yet.

There was a scandal involving the main actor beating up his girlfriend and being arrested so that might have caused the subbers to give up on this.

Oh ok. Now I understand the review that someone left saying they crammed everything into the last ep. They just wanted to get it over with. Thank you for replying. It is a shame cause the plot seemed promising and the hard work of a lot of people was ruined because of the actions of one person.

I am wondering about that. Is the drama actually bad or did it drop because people were mad at the main actor?

I am actually going to stay away from this one as a thai remake was made and it does not have the tragedy tag so hopefully it has a better ending.

While the whole event was far from realistic this drama portrayed a very real side of society. It is easy to place the blame on someone, and even easier while suffering, like when your child goes missing, and when something is hard to believe. As many guilty people roam around free, many innocent people have been convicted. Even if some do not actually go to prison, they are judged guilty by the public opinion.

Whatever happened to "innocent until proven guilty". The new trend, a lot to do with social media and media in general, is "guilty until proven innocent".

Yup. They are twins that lived separately. The twin in the sequel is presumed dead as a baby. While this one grew up to be a soldier, the other one grew up as a thief. The actor is the same of course, but I liked his role as the twin from the sequel better than his role here.

The sequel’s rating is a lot better so I guess I was not the only one with this opinion. XD

I have no idea how I came across this only now. I might have ignored it in 2018 because I was not in the mood for tragedy. But this is pretty good. Obviously the whole time traveling thing is fantasy but their raw emotions are very realistic. I cried a little, mostly when their kid was talking about the things he was good at and during the last few minutes of the movie.

It seems like she has a burn scar on her face or something like that. In ancient times for women to have scars, especially on their faces was enough to call them ugly. I remember watching a drama where the female lead even slit her wrist to cause a scar so she would not be forced to marry the emperor because there was this law that women with any sort of scar on their body were not "worthy" of marrying the emperor.

EDIT: I finished watching and if you are able to get through the 1st episode, then you will probably watch the whole thing. It is entertaining in a weird way. I never got over the fake eyelashes or the short wig tho and when it comes to the romance part, I am not sure where the writers wanted to go with it. I liked seeing her with the "Master" but felt like the writers wanted us to ship her with Ya Long. I never felt any chemistry between them tho. It felt more like he was obsessed with her and she could not abandon him, just like she could not abandon any other character and leave them to die. In fact I did not feel like she loved either of them in a romantic way. One was like family to her and the other was like a good friend.

So if you are looking for something to pass time without giving much thought to it, this might be the right pick but at the end of the day I know I would never re-watch this kind of drama.

Ugh, I kinda want to give it a try after watching the female lead in Young Blood. She did a great job there. But all the fantasy elements in the trailer make this seem silly and the male lead does not look like a male, he looks too feminine. I remember the first time I saw him in a drama I was wondering if he was a man or woman. I am afraid I wont see any chemistry between the main characters. I mean no offense to Ma Ke, it is just my opinion. We all have different preferences. If you have watched this, do you think it is worth giving it a try?

I usually like my chinese historical dramas with plenty of romance but this one was able to keep me hooked without it. I think one of the main reasons is how both main leads are smart and have great chemistry. I like female leads like Zhao Jian. The last 10 episodes or so were not as interesting as the rest but I understand why. The ending is great as long as there is a second season....with the exact same cast. Otherwise I will feel betrayed. XD

I did understand the ending. But like you said, it is an implied happy ending, not necessarily one. It was basically an open ending, which is something I dislike most of the times. The ending hinted at him possibly finding her and them getting together, or he might not find her ever or even if he does find her, it does not mean she would want to be together after all the mess they went through. For me the second season completely ruined the romance that they built in the first season. And the first season already had an open ending so all I wanted was for the second to have an upfront one. By the end of it I was so disappointed that I did not even care if he found her or not, I was just done with the story.

If there was a 3rd season I probably would not bother watching. It is a shame cause this definitely had potential.

I also felt around episode 40 it got a little boring. It became focused on the fight against the japanese and Yan Shi Fan. The main leads and their interactions were probably the best thing about this drama. ^^