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TOOL is a regular drama that depicts two people falling in love amidst crisis. It can give the viewers the necessary feelings. Plus, the leading actors (who without a question, possess incredible talent) have a huge number of fans who might rate it subjectively. Last year's You Are My Glory is a proof.

Legally Romance is more on the serious side and deals with character development, regrets and life lessons in general. In terms of plot, it beats TOOL. And the leading cast's acting prowess is no less than other well known actors.
Sadly, "idol dramas" are overlooked and underrated, even the good ones. It only has 400+ ratings and they tend to be more objective.

I found a twitter post with the WeTV subtitled clip of Qian Wei's journal in EP23.
https://mobile.twitter.com/noviaini/status/1507697723944095745

The last sentence is the very purpose of her dream. It happens by the end of EP23.

That might be the case, but I didn't think much into it. To me, it seemed to tell that House No. 88 did not have any living occupants left anymore.
(In the 1st episode, we see the house occupied by a ghost, Phob, when Phat and his mom arrived. Now that everyone is gone, it gets another supernatural tenant once again.)

I really, really liked this. And I really need to find that haunting instrumental.

I think Lu Xun never clearly showed indications that he loved her while she had Li Chong Wen. He tried protecting her from afar in the way he can. We as viewers connected the dots, but she always saw him as a ruthless boss.
When she woke up, she had LCW beside her; so Lu Xun once again retreated. Especially after the comment about him overworking and tiring her.
To Lu Xun, nothing changed. It's just that Qian Wei finally realized that Lu Xun loves her. She couldn't change overnight, so now she has to prove her sincerity.

I browsed through the novel, but felt too lazy to read. Bracing myself for the 'adult life'. The college life just wrapped up and I miss it terribly.

Yep. We get 6 episodes each week. (Thursday - Saturday. Two each day.)
She might wake up in one of today's episodes based on the trailer. (23 -- 24). The past is definitely going to end this week.

An excellent introducton to the series!
Thanks for the article, ChoNa. I was waiting for it to get published! :D
This is the only CDrama that caught my attention this year after Reset. I' ve completed 22 episodes and so far, it did not disappoint.

Me too! But, after EP22, I'm really curious to know how Qian Wei will change her approach to Lu Xun.

This drama deserves a better rating than 8.1, considering it's quality.
And I've seen a lot of dramas that have absolutely no content get a higher rating than this.

Well... I just saw the whole trailer and music video. The 'angst' is definitely real. I just hope it doesn't ruin the mood and is worth it in the end. (He apparently finds her journal. All the trouble starts after she wakes up, I guess? So many tears in that trailer.

It didn't happen yet upto EP16.

I love how effortlessly funny everyone are! Even the passerby students. :D
My face hurts from laughing too much. Especially the play in EP16.

LCW was exclusively offered an internship at AES, which finally lead to him climbing up the ladder. Since that has been eliminated, I don't think LX would be able to go down that path. He seems to have his own fate ready. (Like how he became a lawyer instead of a judge.)

First episode and some part of the second are very 'legalish'.
(ML is a lawyer and FL is his assistant, so there is some case+evidence and all going on.)
I personally did not find any character annoying. And the leads begin their relationship before half of the drama, so there is still plenty of room for misunderstandings. (Hoping that it's not the case. We have 16 more
Episodes left.) The 'time travel' part plays a major role when it comes to chara ters. FL doesn't actually travel in time. She witnesses the events from a different and experienced perspective. I've watched upto EP15 and enjoyed it immensely. I've no idea about the future episodes though.

Happy ending. (I read the last chapter of the novel.)

Phew! Now I'm excited for the 'back to the future' moment. I did not watch the trailer, but if the angst happens in the past, she can simply go back anytime.
But, I do wish that the angst isn't 'filler', and leads to meaningful changes in the story. We still have 17 more episodes to go through and anything can happen. Thanks for the info, sulkytofu!

Honestly, the more early a relationship starts in a drama, the more angst we have to look forward to.
My hope is that I Qian Wei can't actually change the future as she is attempting to do so.
(I haven't read the novel, unfortunately. Does she really change the future?)
Things are bound to go wrong. Lu Xun in the past was a pure rival in her eyes. She fell for Chong Wen and that's when she reached a dead end and began over again after Lu Xun reappeared in her life with a straw. She experienced those heartbreaks for a reason: as we see, once she goes back to 2011, she manipulates every single event in her favour. But, can she really go through a smooth journey throughout these 11 years as she hoped?
Sigh... I just hope that all that angst we are going to face is worth it in the end. Also, the field of law seems to extremely competitive and corrupted, so the leads have multiple challenges to face both in their personal as well as 'legal' life.

I'm not going to keep my hopes up since 90% of CDramas tend to lose their steam during the latter half of their run. But, from what I've seen, this has a strangely special charm to it.
I hope we get to see Qian Wei's growth for 11 years straight -- somethings are just meant to happen , even if we try our best to avoid it.
This 'time travel' is a chance for Qian Wei to reflect on how she ended up where she is now in 2022.
Also, I'm surprised by Lu Xun -- I expected him to be a cold boss who doesn't care about his assistant, but even before the time travel, we can see that he does comfort her and protect her from difficult situations. Sure, she is getting pushed around a lot, but at the end of the day, I feel like it's her own personal grudge against him that clouds her vision even more. I feel bad for 18-year-old Lu Xun - he doesn't have any grudge towards Qian Wei for snatching his 1st position.
But, changing the future/fate has consequences after all... so I'm going to give this drama the benefit of doubt and keep following it.