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If I knew what was coming in ep 23, I would have waited for Monday to binge-watch. The teasers at the end of ep 22 left me so anxious. >.<

Definitely do when you have time. Not only Sa Ding Ding, but there is a male singer that also did a great job. The osts are pretty good, so is the plot, the acting, the love stories.

Yeah, same. I listen to it while driving all the time. It was her voice and singing style that I found familiar, probably not the song per say. Have you watched The Starry Love? It also has some amazings osts, including at least one by her. The drama itself is also pretty good. One of my favorite in the xianxia genre.

Not exactly that one because I listen to that one ALL THE TIME. Maybe it did not remind me of a specific song but more like the vibe.

Sa Ding Ding has a unique voice, love her songs from Monlight Mystique and The Starry Love. Pretty sure I have more songs but those 2 dramas had some amazing ones.

Yeah, I noticed it too. Sa Ding Ding sings a lot of c-drama osts, mostly xianxia but also other historical c-dramas. I will edit this comment if I figure out which song and drama it is that we are both reminded of.

You forgot to add bad cgi. What was that scene of them in the car right at the beginning of the 1st episode? That alone was enough for me to give up on this one.

This is entertaining with some good episodes and some boring ones.

My biggest issue is that the characters' backstory and plot development felt very superficial. I feel like they could have fleshed it out a bit more.

The ending was also kind of disappointing, unless they actually release a second season soon.

I started feeling something off early on. I liked the first few episodes but then found myself bored while watching some of the second plots. I wish they added more fight scenes showing the main leads working together and the FL being badass rather than wasting so much time on dumb palace politics and what is going on (not much) in the other kingdom.

I feel like this had so much potential but somehow it fell flat. I honestly just put it on hold. Want to wait for the last 10 episodes to push through it because I can tell I will be either annoyed or bored most of the time. T T

I think the writer has a grudge against the whole Feng family, mother, father and children. ^^'

I think it is a problem with the writing. I wanted to love this drama but I keep being thrown off by some of the things they add to the plot and some characters actions. I´m sure with better writing we would be feeling more chemistry between them.

In theory this drama shoud be my cup of tea. The way it starts, a general female lead that is both smart and strong, a good amount of romance...BUT I found myself skipping A LOT of scenes.

The main issue I had with it after watching about 10 episodes or so was how they were basically splitting screentime between the main couple and the prince and sister + the other side plots. I honestly have never cared much for those 2, mostly his sister. For me her character does nothing for the plot, she is just an annoying, selfish, dumb brat that is there to make other people's lives more difficult. I just skipped most of their scenes and scenes in the other kingdom, cause I could not care less.

Having watched the latest episode, ep 28, I now have more things to add to the list of things that bother me about this drama.

Some scenes are made to be too dramatic with the lighting, music and camera angle, mostly the kisses and such, it just feels a bit too much. I love romance but there is no need to be so extra about it. ^^'

And what is wrong with everyone? So many characters acting out of character and going against their own principles and people dying left and right. It almost feels like we are near the end of the drama, except there are still 10 episodes left. The writing for this drama feels a bit off. Like it could have been a great drama but it somehow feels good or average depending on the episode.

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I just felt like ranting a little while I wait for the last 10 episodes to push through them and finally reach the end of this. It has been a while since I last had a love-hate relationship with a drama.

Now that you mentioned it, no wonder I felt like I had seen him before but could not remember in which drama. It was not exactly him, his face just felt familiar. ^^'

I did not think of a specific drama when I made the comparison. The cgi here just reminded me of some of the older Chinese fantasy dramas, some I had to drop because of how bad the cgi was.

I have watched them so long ago and my list is huge but I remember how bad the cgi was back then and this movie unfortunately reminded me of that.

There are still some pretty recent productions out there with bad cgi but it got much better.

If you are a fantasy fan I recommend using the advanced search. You can select the fantasy tag and any other tags you like and then filter by things like country, movie vs drama, release date, rating, and so on. I have used it in the past when I had nothing new to watch and it was pretty useful.

I am not sure the comedy part will be my cup of tea, but this seems like the perfect drama to watch during my lunch break.

Ok, so, I never read the novel and with such a great cast I had to give it a try BUT the CGI really is bad, worse than what I would see from some fantasy Cdramas from 15 years ago.

A good cast is not going to carry a movie when you neither please the fans of the original work by properly adapting the story nor bother to invest in making good CGI. This was an embarrasing attempt at doing whatever they were trying to do. Such a great cast and this was the final result? ^^'

Yeah, I started with Kdramas but in recent years I have been mostly watching Chinese dramas. Not many great Kdramas in recent years. I mostly watch historical dramas but some modern day Chinese dramas I also find interesting, like this one. I am also a huge Zhao Lu Si fan so I will watch pretty much anything she is in.

I actually thought this was going to be more depressing and dramatic but it seems the main leads are slowly starting to understand each other. So yeah, not as makjang as I thought it would be. So far I am really enjoying this one.

Yeah, I understand. It also bothers me when I see it happen to a drama I really like.

Usually I´m fair with my ratings and try to watch until the end even if I am not enjoying it as much so I can judge the drama in its entirety. I only leave reviews for dramas that I really loved or if I find a drama to be so bad that I have to go on a rant. This one did not fit in either group so I just left a comment with my overall opinion and gave it a decent rating.

P.S. - People who give ratings of 1 because it was not what they expected or do not like an actor/actress and on the other side people who give 10 to an average drama because it has their favorite actor/actress really bothers me. It makes it hard to trust MDL ratings. I have watched great dramas that did not have hight ratings and have started dramas that I had to drop that had super high ratings just because the cast was full of idols.

I have seen it quite often in regular length dramas but it usually happens more in soap opera style dramas, like Korean makjang or lakorns (Thai dramas).

I do not watch vertical dramas because I like watching dramas on my pc or tv but I watch short dramas and they are pretty similar, just not filmed vertically, so I know what you mean, they are pretty over the top. XD