What you describe, is actually the reality in most investigations. It's never a straight line. Sometimes investigators…
Oh, you read detective novels, my mother does too. That explains why you were more patient than me while watching the investigations slowly developing. I do not have that kind of patience anymore. ^^'
What you describe, is actually the reality in most investigations. It's never a straight line. Sometimes investigators…
True, but it was the way they wrote the investigation and how long it took to solve some cases.
Cases can take years, even decades to solve, but if a documentary or series is made about the case, they are not going to make us watch the whole investigation process including the clues that led nowhere and make us sit through hundreds of episodes. One of the cases in this drama took somewhere between 10-15 episodes out of the 36 episodes to solve. There was no need to drag it for that long.
I grew up watching crime series and documentaries, I follow several true crime channels and have watched quite a few dramas with investigation, and this one had some of the most boring cases I have ever seen.
The drama itself was not bad, I liked the acting and the characters and the idea of the Qi and Qian races, but I felt that they could have made the plot so much more interesting. The romance was not the main focus so I was expecting to have some interesting cases and smart killers to make the experience more entertaining. Instead I found most of the cases and killers lame. :(
Just my opinion. I do not mean to offend anyone that enjoyed the cases.
I have watched other historical dramas with investigation and I felt the cases on this one dragged for too many episodes and most cases were not even interesting. The investigation itself was also very weird. Sometimes they would not see what was right in front them and other times they would think of stuff out of nowhere, more like they were guessing rather than actually investigating clues.
They would make"progress" and then go back to zero, not because the killer was smarter, but because they kept jumping into conclusions and later on figuring out they were wrong. It gave me the feeling the writer did not know what he was doing.
I am pretty sure the drama would have been a lot better if they had kept it at 24 episodes instead of going for 36.
I use deepL sometimes too. I am a programmer and AI can be very helpful. It is boring to add detailed comments to my code so lately I have been sending my code to chatGPT and asking it to add comments explaining what my code is doing. The AI knows how to explain better how the code works than I who wrote it myself. ^^'
I understand that. I worked in anime fansubbing many years ago and know how much work is put into subbing. Which is why I just have this drama on my on hold list and check from time to time to see if there are any updates.
I already know from experience that with japanese and thai dramas it is never a good idea to start watching while a fansub is still subbing because when real life gets in the way, sometimes it can take months or even years for them to finish subbing, when they do finish.
I think the tone stays basically the same as ep 1. It's a slower paced drama since there's 20 eps instead of 16.…
I think the ML needs to realize that getting him paranoid and unable to trust anyone is exactly what the person behind the whole plot wants. He really needs to decide who he wants to trust and who is not trustworthy and stop going back and forth. I myself do not trust people easily, but when you let that lack of trust impair your judgement, then it becomes stupidity.
I need the ML and FL to work together to find the culprit and until the ML stops doubting her it will be hard for them to accomplish anything. I am suspicious of a certain character but whoever the culprit is, he is pretty smart.
I think the tone stays basically the same as ep 1. It's a slower paced drama since there's 20 eps instead of 16.…
I have watched a LOT of dramas in the past 12 years and have seen a good share of slow burn romances, but my problem with this drama is that every time the ml acts like a jerk, I completely forget about the good moments they had together. And while the romance is slowly developing there should be another element keeping us invested in the drama which here would be the investigation part, but even that is painfully slow and boring so far.
Also, the SML is convinced she is innocent but it feels more like he does not want to believe she is guilty because he loves her and still has some hope things will somehow workout between them. Not because of the logical reasoning of "it does not make sense that she would kill her own family".
I‘m hanging on here because there are not that many historical dramas coming out these days and it has 2 of my favorite genres - romance and investigation, but so far it has not been easy, it is not meeting my expectations. Hopefully it will get better.
I think the tone stays basically the same as ep 1. It's a slower paced drama since there's 20 eps instead of 16.…
In 8 episodes there was barely any romance. Most of the time it was just the male lead not trusting her and calling her a liar.
Like is there no one in this drama with a working brain that would question why a woman would kill her entire family and leave a bunch of evidence behind, and we are talking about a woman who is supposed to be super smart and good at investigating things. Someone who is good at finding evidence would also be good at hiding evidence. The overwhelming amount of evidence is evidence itself that she is not the one behind the murders of her OWN family.
They really need to pick up the pace because so far nothing major happened and I keep prioritizing other dramas because I just don’t feel the need to watch the episodes of this one as soon as they come out. :(
I was going to say that we are half way in and there is barely any progress be it in terms of the case investigation or the relationship between the main leads, but then I saw that this is going to be 20 episodes not 16.
16 already seems like a task since in 8 episodes almost nothing happened, but 20, oh boy.
Anyway, so far this is neither a good investigation drama nor a good romance drama. Hopefully they will pick up the pace and not keep it slow just to rush everything in the last episode.
wow, a chinese historical that does not have 8.5 star rating. i'll give it time. usually shows like this get a…
Some short dramas have lower ratings just because they are short, but the rating for this one is actually fair.
Although the premise seems interesting, the execution was not so good. The story was messy with boring scripts and cheap mistery. Most of the characters were not interesting and the wrap up was underwhelming to say the least.
I too have an excellent memory. So much so it has felt more like a burden than a blessing all these years. I'm…
Age itself tends to make us a little more forgetful. I definitely can feel a difference now compared to when I was 16. I did not study for tests or exams, unless I missed classes because I knew that just being there and listening to the teacher would be enough for me to nail the test.
If you have less social interactions, I do too since I work from home, it can also make it harder to communicate when you do have them. I spend most of my day without talking to anyone and when I do have a conversation sometimes I cannot remember the word or can only remember it in English and not in my native language - Portuguese.
I would say the biggest disadvantages I find of having a good memory are: 1 - Just as you remember the good things in detail, you also remember the bad things no matter how long it has been. I wish I could only store the good memories and get rid of the bad ones;
2 - Because you remember every little detail so naturally, you expect other people to remember too, especially if it’s related to them. So it can get quite frustrating when you have to keep reminding them of stuff that they should know and that has nothing to do with you but that you just cannot forget because you heard it or read it once.
But of course, it is mostly good. I take a lot less time to learn new things because I do not feel the need to constantly go through the same topics.
English is not my native language but if I read about the meaning of a word once it will stick with me, so my sister likes to ask me "how do you say this in English?" or "what is the meaning of this English word" instead of googling it or looking in a dictionary. I don’t mind since it is a good brain exercise. XD
This was such a waste of time. It is not the first time I have seen this, I think it is a cultural thing. I will…
It is not the first time a Japanese drama ends with the married couple still together no matter how unhealthy and hypocritical their marriage is.
The message I get is that it is ok to cheat, it is ok to feel no shame in what you are doing, it is ok to be selfish, to lie, it is even ok to use violence, but it is NOT ok to end the marriage. As if asking for a divorce is more shameful than being unfaithful. I find it extremely hypocritical and selfish that people have no respect for their partner but remain in that marriage for what?, because of society, because it is convenient, and don’t you dare say it was because of love because neither of the main leads love anyone other than themselves.
I am usually someone who thinks people divorce for the dumbest reasons and that they should put a little more effort into making things work, but this is the extreme opposite. They are maintaining something that is rotten, that has no meaning.
The story and the characters were already pretty messed up, but to not clean the mess at the end and just roll on the mess to make you even more dirty was a bad move.
Dramas like this one are the reason I watch less and less jdramas these days and it worries me how such a messed up plot with such unlikeable characters can have such a high rating. It says a lot about how people view romantic relationships. No wonder so many people are getting into toxic relationships. They have no idea what love is and how to express it.
This was such a waste of time. It is not the first time I have seen this, I think it is a cultural thing. I will explain below because I cannot do it without spoilers.
Yikes, I see mgtv, I run. Let me know if this gets picked up by someone because mgtv subs are the worst subs I have ever seen, even for machine translation.
I am soon turning 29 and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 2 years ago.
When the medication is not doing its’ job properly I feel I have a harder time focusing and can kind of forget things I was supposed to be doing, like going to the fridge and forgetting what I wanted to get. ^^'
But my memory is still better than the average person. I started studying programming last year and have been able to remember a lot of stuff that I could just google but that naturally sticks with me.
Btw, should I be screaming because Vincezo Cassano just interacted with me?? Just kidding XD
Cases can take years, even decades to solve, but if a documentary or series is made about the case, they are not going to make us watch the whole investigation process including the clues that led nowhere and make us sit through hundreds of episodes. One of the cases in this drama took somewhere between 10-15 episodes out of the 36 episodes to solve. There was no need to drag it for that long.
I grew up watching crime series and documentaries, I follow several true crime channels and have watched quite a few dramas with investigation, and this one had some of the most boring cases I have ever seen.
The drama itself was not bad, I liked the acting and the characters and the idea of the Qi and Qian races, but I felt that they could have made the plot so much more interesting. The romance was not the main focus so I was expecting to have some interesting cases and smart killers to make the experience more entertaining. Instead I found most of the cases and killers lame. :(
Just my opinion. I do not mean to offend anyone that enjoyed the cases.
They would make"progress" and then go back to zero, not because the killer was smarter, but because they kept jumping into conclusions and later on figuring out they were wrong. It gave me the feeling the writer did not know what he was doing.
I am pretty sure the drama would have been a lot better if they had kept it at 24 episodes instead of going for 36.
I already know from experience that with japanese and thai dramas it is never a good idea to start watching while a fansub is still subbing because when real life gets in the way, sometimes it can take months or even years for them to finish subbing, when they do finish.
I need the ML and FL to work together to find the culprit and until the ML stops doubting her it will be hard for them to accomplish anything. I am suspicious of a certain character but whoever the culprit is, he is pretty smart.
Also, the SML is convinced she is innocent but it feels more like he does not want to believe she is guilty because he loves her and still has some hope things will somehow workout between them. Not because of the logical reasoning of "it does not make sense that she would kill her own family".
I‘m hanging on here because there are not that many historical dramas coming out these days and it has 2 of my favorite genres - romance and investigation, but so far it has not been easy, it is not meeting my expectations. Hopefully it will get better.
Like is there no one in this drama with a working brain that would question why a woman would kill her entire family and leave a bunch of evidence behind, and we are talking about a woman who is supposed to be super smart and good at investigating things. Someone who is good at finding evidence would also be good at hiding evidence. The overwhelming amount of evidence is evidence itself that she is not the one behind the murders of her OWN family.
They really need to pick up the pace because so far nothing major happened and I keep prioritizing other dramas because I just don’t feel the need to watch the episodes of this one as soon as they come out. :(
16 already seems like a task since in 8 episodes almost nothing happened, but 20, oh boy.
Anyway, so far this is neither a good investigation drama nor a good romance drama. Hopefully they will pick up the pace and not keep it slow just to rush everything in the last episode.
Although the premise seems interesting, the execution was not so good. The story was messy with boring scripts and cheap mistery. Most of the characters were not interesting and the wrap up was underwhelming to say the least.
I personally gave it an even lower rating - 5/10
If you have less social interactions, I do too since I work from home, it can also make it harder to communicate when you do have them. I spend most of my day without talking to anyone and when I do have a conversation sometimes I cannot remember the word or can only remember it in English and not in my native language - Portuguese.
I would say the biggest disadvantages I find of having a good memory are:
1 - Just as you remember the good things in detail, you also remember the bad things no matter how long it has been. I wish I could only store the good memories and get rid of the bad ones;
2 - Because you remember every little detail so naturally, you expect other people to remember too, especially if it’s related to them. So it can get quite frustrating when you have to keep reminding them of stuff that they should know and that has nothing to do with you but that you just cannot forget because you heard it or read it once.
But of course, it is mostly good. I take a lot less time to learn new things because I do not feel the need to constantly go through the same topics.
English is not my native language but if I read about the meaning of a word once it will stick with me, so my sister likes to ask me "how do you say this in English?" or "what is the meaning of this English word" instead of googling it or looking in a dictionary. I don’t mind since it is a good brain exercise. XD
The message I get is that it is ok to cheat, it is ok to feel no shame in what you are doing, it is ok to be selfish, to lie, it is even ok to use violence, but it is NOT ok to end the marriage. As if asking for a divorce is more shameful than being unfaithful. I find it extremely hypocritical and selfish that people have no respect for their partner but remain in that marriage for what?, because of society, because it is convenient, and don’t you dare say it was because of love because neither of the main leads love anyone other than themselves.
I am usually someone who thinks people divorce for the dumbest reasons and that they should put a little more effort into making things work, but this is the extreme opposite. They are maintaining something that is rotten, that has no meaning.
The story and the characters were already pretty messed up, but to not clean the mess at the end and just roll on the mess to make you even more dirty was a bad move.
Dramas like this one are the reason I watch less and less jdramas these days and it worries me how such a messed up plot with such unlikeable characters can have such a high rating. It says a lot about how people view romantic relationships. No wonder so many people are getting into toxic relationships. They have no idea what love is and how to express it.
I am soon turning 29 and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis about 2 years ago.
When the medication is not doing its’ job properly I feel I have a harder time focusing and can kind of forget things I was supposed to be doing, like going to the fridge and forgetting what I wanted to get. ^^'
But my memory is still better than the average person. I started studying programming last year and have been able to remember a lot of stuff that I could just google but that naturally sticks with me.
Btw, should I be screaming because Vincezo Cassano just interacted with me?? Just kidding XD
I read somewhere that there might be a second season so I put it on-hold. Maybe it ended that way because the story will continue.