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Try it, it's fun if you turn your brain off!

This is another one of my favorite types of shows, the best/worst short dramas to watch! And I can't believe it looks like I'm the only person watching this in the world? Spoilers ahead (though it won't matter to the story at all, trust me).

The Pros
The cast is very good looking. The hair, costumes, and accessories, for the most part, are excellent. The sets and scenes are beautiful, and if you watch a lot of cdramas you will see some familiar places. The wirework that the ML and FL performed was excellent, you can tell they must have done a lot of practicing to make the flights look so effortless. The music was really fun in some places, like the series couldn't decide if it was a light romcom or an exciting costume drama and the music showed that. The ML and FL are both really good actors and they could almost pull off this trainwreck of a show, but not quite!

The Cons
What the heck is up with the editing. The scenes go like this: they are in the middle of town in the daytime, no they are in the forest at night, wait, they are now in a dungeon? wait no they are in a bamboo forest in the daytime, no night time, where the heck are they now? No transition just flittering back and forth between times and locations. You could make a fun drinking game out of this. Every time there is a sudden confusing switch take a shot!

I never did really figure out what the story was. They were all looking for a chart and then somehow said fck it all we'll forget about that aspect of the story and it wasn't mentioned again. And the ML and FL were married (contract/temporary?) but how/why we'll never know. The FL and ML were both in disguise, one was an assassin and the other a marquis? Maybe? The fight scenes were so bad they were like a high school production. Keep that FL away from a sword please!

The villain was over the top cheesy and not in a good way. Even his wig was bad!

All in all I had fun watching this one. Try it, you might like it too. I have found that I really enjoy these short series, where you never know what you are going to get. The episodes are only 10 minutes long, less then that if you don't count the pre and post credits.

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That was one ridiculously fun ride! ?

Another completely biased review from me to you.

The story sounds like your typical wuxia/xianxia drama but trust me this is not! The humor is just spot on. The ML is outstanding, my favorite form of snarky ML who doesn't take himself or anyone else seriously at all. I am absolutely in love with Pan Lu Yu and can't wait to see more from him! And even though it is a short length series with each episode only 10 minutes or less (plus intro/exit music and credits) the story is so well written!

Lots of spoilery bits below:
The story starts out with the ML doing some sort of ascension trial (?) and ends up dying. That scene is when I knew this series was going to push all my buttons in the right way! The ML breaks the 4th wall and deadpans into the camera "I'm doomed.' His expression and delivery made this sweet perfection! 😘

The ML wakes up in the recently deceased body of a guy who was pretty much a lazy waste of space in his life and proceeds to snarkily have fun with this new life, going from a supreme being to a wastrel! 🤣

Along the way we meet his 3 gorgeous fiancés, his adorable maid who thinks he is the best in the world (everyone needs someone like her on their side!), his beautiful martial arts master, a foster brother who hates him and is constantly trying to get rid of him and talks smack to his father about him, and a father who treats him like dirt and definitely favors the foster brother. Not to mention a pair of incredibly badly over-acted villains with hair so bad you just know it's camp, right?🤣 Oh, and an evil prince too.

The quality of this series is way higher than most short dramas. The writing and direction are superior. The job the stylists did was fantastic (except for the villains of course). Even the OST is great. I let the opening credits play each episode cause I love the song!🥰

Oh, and the story ends nicely but then gives us a To Be Continued! I hope this is one that actually gets a second season 🤞

So what are you waiting for? Got watch this now! With only 24 ~10 minutes episodes it won't take up much of your time and is guaranteed to make you laugh!😍

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Seriously Silly Fun!

Another completely biased review from me to you.
I rate dramas according to the enjoyment I get out of watching them. And file this one under so bad it is genius! I absolutely loved the silliness of it. 😂
Where to begin? The really bad clothes? The incredibly bad acting? The 'omg even Scooby Doo villains would be embarrassed at acting this badly' villains? The adorable ML who does nothing but smirk through the entire series adorned in his white t-shirt? His harem of mostly gorgeous, incredibly bad acting, incredibly badly dressed, women? The FL who seems to be way too dumb to even work at a major company, let alone be in charge!
To sum it up, the helpless hapless FL, who somehow is a CEO of her own company (🤣🤣🤣please try suspending disbelief on this one) has her family plotting against her to marry some odious dude named Song so they can all take over her company?
Odious Song drugs her with an aphrodisiac (cause of course, this is a cdrama) but she manages to get away and stumbles into the ML who is a food delivery driver out minding his own business delivering food. They proceed to have a one-night stand (cause of course, this is a cdrama)🤭
Next morn FL comes up with the brilliant idea of marrying the delivery food driver to keep away Odious Song cause the ML looks like her idol, world's richest most intelligent CEO, who no one has ever seen without a mask on....so yeah, you probably figured it out. He is that CEO, just out delivering food cause...he got bored?😂
So they proceed to get married, FL does one dumb thing after another, ML rescues her, FL refuses to admit he is actually the CEO she worships, she gets in trouble again, he comes to the rescue again, over and over and over. The ML has the ability of just picking up the phone, saying make something happen and it immediately happens. But the FL is still in denial and insists he's a food delivery guy. This goes on way too long, really, but it's fun.
When you watch this please take special note of the wardrobes for everyone. I have never seen such a wonderfully tacky collection of gowns for women in any kind of show. They make telenovela wardrobes look classy! And the ML in his white ice cream man/orderly suit that he wears way too much. Or his white t-shirt he has on for the entire series! Watch it for the ML's smirk!😏 He is seriously the most chill ML, just sits back in his white t-shirt(s) relaxing with a smirk for the entire series 🤣
So anyhow, turn your brain off and watch it. Get a group together. Maybe turn it into a drinking game! Enjoy!

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Weird Anthology with Outstanding Cast!

I'm not even sure how to review this series. Weird AF comes to mind! It's a horror/suspense/thriller/twisted mind blower of a series. All very short episodes. There is an ensemble cast and this is where the series shines.

I originally started watching this because one of my favorites, Liu Chang, is in it. Then I saw that my favorite short series red flag kissing heartthrob, Yan Zi Xian, is in it. But wait, it gets better, Kenji Chen and Wang Ze Xuan are in this too! Best ensemble cast ever?

There are only 22 episodes (so far?) and they are all super short, only 10 minutes or so, and wont take a huge commitment in time to watch. Each story is a standalone, except for a couple that have a part 1 and part 2. The stories themselves are (mostly) centered around a weird store and the proprietor who gives/sells the items from the store that the story revolves around. I say 'mostly' because some episodes he is not in and the store isn't mentioned at all.

So, come for the eye candy, stay for the WTF did I just watch stories!

Oh, I've found 6 chapters of the original manhua on BATA.TO if you want to see how closely they followed the idea of these stories! ==> https://battwo.com/series/71313/guai-qi-bi-ji

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So funny up to episode 10

Another biased review from me to you.

This is chock full of spoilers so read at your own risk.

Episodes 1-10:
This little bit of light fluff is so damn funny! I watched each ~5 minute episode (skipping the intro/credits) with a goofy grin on my face. The premise is good, the execution is excellent! Guan Yue is delicious as the serious CEO and the sexy hallucination. I really love how he portrays both versions! Lin Xiaozhai is so funny as the girl with the very overactive and sexy imagination.

Lots of tropes here to cross off the list but they don't distract. Does anyone have a trope bingo card?

This one is for inhaling like a bit of cotton candy. Very satisfying even if not very filling.

Episode 11, omg the silk pajamas a fluffy coat! I thought it was another hallucination! And running hand-in-hand in a tux/wedding dress....whose hallucination was that? I think it was his!

Episode 12, well he moves fast, doesn't he?

Some of these machine-generated subs are unintentionally very funny!

I really wish the YoYo English channel would translate text messages too

Episode 13, well damn, it started out so good, why did they have to add the dark history/drunk dad to the mix. Couldn't they have left it light and fluffy? I may be taking some stars off of this, we'll wait and see.

And episode 14 we're back to light and fluffy. I don't quite understand this show but I am enjoying it 😁

Episode 15, why are they hiking in the mountains? What did I miss? Since she stopped having the hallucinations this isn't as much fun 😢

Episode 16, well that's one way to avoid the parents! LOL! She is serious about not wanting to get married isn't she.

Episode 17, oh here comes the evil dude. You know he's evil because of the really bad hair 🙄

Episode 18, it's cute how ML is the one who wants to hold out until marriage but the FL wants to go for it. hmm, upcoming angst ahead

Episode 19, not really feeling the SFL and SML. Seems like a really weird match

Episode 20 is just sad. All the fun and joy has gone out of this completely. I'm going to have to struggle to finish the last few episodes. I want to go back to the hilarious hallucinations!

Episode 21 SML is pretty darn funny in a little boy psychotic way. ML and FL are just boring now. At least this episode is even shorter at around 8 minutes.

Episode 22, now it's all about the SML and SFL, and they are the most noncompatible boring couple that just got thrown together for what, they ran out of ideas? Trying to slog through these last 2 episodes, just cause I hate leaving something undone. Holy fuck, what a really awful 'joke' to pull on your son. 'you can't date, she's your sister'. And I don't get the story line, the parents are her pen pals? wtf did I miss there? Wait, and now he's leaving for 2 years for some reason, no idea why, and she is looking for another job? How are they going to wrap this up in one episode? Do I really care?

Episode 23, final episode. What can I say? This started out so fun and then just got depressing. I was loving it so much I started a episode by episode review so I wouldn't forget all the LOL moments. Damn shame. Did he leave for 2 years? Did she get that other job? No idea. And my cliche bingo card was full with the ML growing up in an orphanage and then the FL getting kidnapped. Too bad they couldn't throw in an accident with some amnesia too. I suppose it had a happy ending, so there is that. And I did smile at the very end with the whole kidnapping/shotgun wedding bit.

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It's sort of a Lost Tomb Story. Sort of.

Another completely biased review from me to you.
I highly recommend watching this movie. It's in the vague vicinity of the Lost Tomb series. I mean, they have Zhang Qiling and Wu Xie and the 9 families and they go around robbing tombs, so yeah, it's loosely based I would say!
What is this demented magic? An origin story for Zhang Qiling?😯 Wait, what? Jing Bo Ran plays him? 😮And seriously, WTAH, Lu Han is Wu Xie?😯 And an origin story for Wu Xie too? 😮And their first meet?😲 🤯
Words can't describe how wonderfully awful this movie is! It is beautiful though, the look and feel is just amazing. The sets and props are really excellent!👏
Here's just some thoughts I jotted down while watching. I hope you watch and enjoy too.🍿🎬📽️
Vampire moths! 🤣
Wu Xie before he learned he shouldn't go around touching stuff!💣
Totally love all the cogs and gears and steampunkish look⚙️
Zhang Qiling sitting on top of a skyscraper drinking beer? ok....🍺
This gives us a very talky and angsty Zhang Quling 💖
The bromance is strong with this one.🥰
Wu Xie needs to learn how to turn off the camera's flash if he wants to sneak around dark tombs📸
Why do the bad guys always have the coolest toys?😉
Now that's a safety lock!🪤🔒
Balls of flame, pretty damn cool🔥
Yeah, these guys are tomb robbers, they don't care about preserving the history⚒️
Creepy wooden puppets!👺
LOL Wu Xie dancing through the sword statues and then teaching everyone else. One-two-three-one-two-three🕺
So, zombie tree/human hybrid monsters. ok. And Poison Ivy wanna be who just makes ugly faces and screams and dances like a Bollywood lady? 🤣
Why was one of them a blue smurf version of a monster?🤔
Wu Xie as pied piper🪈
Wait, Wu Xie convinces the bad guy to turn into a good guy by telling him to be good? omg this part🙄🤮
And the laugh the boys were doing at the end when Wu Xie rescued Zhang Quling 🫠
WTAF was that ending? I don't get it. You mean I sat here for over 2 hours and that's how you decided to end this?🥹
Still, it was worth it. A fun easy watch. Not too scary or gross and the effects weren't THAT bad

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We all need more Kuno Totono in our lives

Another completely biased review from me to you

I love this character, and the way Suda Masaki plays him. I have a thing for quirky characters and Totono is one of my favorites.

First of all, not enough Garo. It was nice to see a little bit of Garo in the beginning but that just leaves me wanting more!

There's not enough Totono spouting theories in this. That's one of the things I love about this character is the way he talks and talks and talks until he drives the villains/bad guys/antagonists crazy! (I knew I loved the character from the first bit of the series when he is being questioned by the police and just tears apart their reason for suspecting him. I laughed so hard when I saw that the first time, and still laugh when I rewatch! 'Maybe it was a twin who was separated from me at birth...Do you have a twin that was separated from you at birth?...I don't' The delivery from all in the scene was perfection!)

And there's not enough of the majestic King Gnu that played all the time in the series, except finally in the last couple of minutes. Damn I miss that! Yep, too much silence in some scenes, they need the music more.

Nanoka Hara was adorable and I love how the resolution of the story went.

I loved seeing Furomitsu Seiko, Ikemoto Yuto, and Aoto Nariaki, even if it was just in the last 3 minutes of the movie! And my heart is full, got to end the movie with Garo. What a smile. Where the hell is Season 2???

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I need to learn how to use a fan

Another completely biased review from me to you!

This series is sheer perfection! I won't go into tons of details as to why I love it, it's all been said before. Between the music, the sets (mostly) and locations, and the actors (oh my lord the actors❤️‍🔥) this series to me is perfect. I will forever rate any love story on the 'Wen Kexing flirting with a fan' scale, with 10 being Wen Kexing himself and 1 being most other cdramas 😉

I always play the opening and credits when I watch. The music and clips are magical. And yes, I do have the soundtrack and play it often.

The fight choreography is incredible! And I don't mean the closeup of the actors themselves 'fighting' I mean the distance shots where it looks like they are doing aerial ballet. Stunning! My favorite episodes are:
Episode 2, when Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing are fighting among the flowering trees at Mirror Lake Mountain Villa - some great fight scenes there!
Episode 4 Where Zhou Zishu fights the beggar clan. Gorgeous!
Episode 6 where they go from spying to fighting drug men to sucking poison out of wounds to fighting to the big reveal of Zhou Zishu's actual beautiful face. All while flirting outrageously!

Wait, this was supposed to be a short review. Enough of my favorite episodes, just watch and enjoy.

Please, whatever you do, if you watch this on Netflix hurry up and find a way to watch the REAL finale episode, which is 37 Epilogue on Viki. If you only watch till the end on Netflix your heart will break.

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Steamy scenes and sexy kisses

Another completely biased review from me to you.
This was surprisingly good short web series. The ML is smoking hot, which is my favorite kind in these little series. 😘The FL is gorgeous and definitely what you would call a grey character, but I like her. And she's not a toddler!😍 The acting of the leads is really well done.🎭 I've watched a lot of these short series and a bunch of them seem like amateur hour or maybe a high school project, but this wasn't bad!👍
The secondary characters were all pretty awful acting wise (sorry guys). Or should we say over-acting wise? 😉Why do they always have the 'villains' over playing their roles?🦹
The OST was really good!
Nice chemistry between the leads, some really nice steamy scenes, excellent kisses, and some things I don't think I've seen in a c-drama before (The elbow in the dong and the comments after? Color me surprised! 🤣). And they were surprisingly creative in all their 'sex' scenes in the first scene in the first episode. That first scene was a great way to start this series!🔥🪭
And a lovely happy ending👏What more could you ask for? And have I mentioned it's short? 🥰

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A Nice Bit of Silly Fluff

Another completely biased review from me to you.

Initial impressions: if Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella started smoking crack together late at night they might come up with this storyline. I don't know wtaf is going on but l am laughing my ass off. Really super attractive cast with great wardrobe and hair. (Including 'those ladies' lol.) The location (hotel?) is wonderful too. BTW, this has nothing to do with What's Wrong With Secretary Kim so far. Completely different story line. And since each episode is ~10 minutes long, including the intro/exit credits at around 1-2 minutes, leaving about 7 minutes or so of story, you can easily watch this in a couple of hours. I do wish the subtitles were a bit better, but having them be so bad actually adds to the weirdness.

All the spoilery bits are below. Read at your own risk!

Episode 1, I think she got sucked into a book world/game? 😂
Episode 2, I shouldn't be laughing this much for such a silly show but I am.
Episode 3, the 'falling into a kiss' trope is done so badly and yet so well. Definitely LOL! Also same actor is playing 2 roles (so far) 'since all bossy bosses look alike, and the budget for the cover of web fiction is limited'🤣
Episode 4 with him boxing 🥊I just can't.....
Episode 5, I can't believe how adorable the ML is, allergic to alcohol and the FL was able to save him with mouth to mouth!
Episode 6, the ML is playing yet another character? Too funny. And the chef is great!
Episode 7, oh no, ML doesn't remember her. Boohoo!
Episode 8, hmmm aphrodisiac drug trope?
Episdode 9, well that's one hell of a twist on the drug trope! lol
Episode 10, ok, the pigeons in the courtyard scene was pretty cool
Episode 11, cheesiest lines with the new "SML"! But I love her. Best "SML" ever! And this is a story line that I'm having a hard time believing got through the censors
Episode 12, another twist! I like the 'real' ML's character too! And whoa, the "SML" really looks beautifully androgenous in that suit dress.
Episode 13, the playing scene is a bit silly
Episode 14, psych!
Episode 15, another interesting twist! My head is starting to spin with all the twisting. but why did it have to get all angsty? I wish it would have stayed light-hearted and weird
Episode 16, hanging off the merman's ass lol
Episode 17, the edge of the world is pretty cool. why do FLs always talk out loud to themselves in such embarrassing ways? Just curious. Why is his tux so awful, the rest of his clothes are wonderful!
Episode 18, I don't understand the changing the card bit. Or the wedding
Episode 19, and evil NPC? 'the bus takes 30 minutes' lol
Episode 20, wedding kiss, what an awesome scene! But damn, that ending after all that silly fun! "you are the determination in my chaotic life" and the huge smile on her face, at first. And then....

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Heaven's Door! Another Fantastical Kishibe Rohan with Issei Takahashi

Another completely biased review from me to you.

Issei Takahashi is back and more beautiful then ever in this new 1-hour story. Everything about the series and movies are just so sublime. I can't imagine another actor would ever be able to step into Issei's shoes to play Kishibe Rohan. He's perfect in this role.

The story was interesting, and I really wasn't expecting the path it took, nor the ending. But I am happy with it.

The wardrobe department did an excellent job with this episode. Rohan's wetsuit was scrumptious with the unbuttoned white shirt. Then the black outfit was just gorgeous. Chef Tonio's outfit was interesting, to say the least. The hat was extra! And his diving suit with those red boots, the TT on the chest, and still wearing the hat was, dare I say, the chef's kiss?

I'll stand by my previous reviews/comments to say that Kyoka is the most irritating character and I really wish they would use one of these episodes to kill her off or have her immigrate to Australia or something, and replaced with someone who isn't so over-the-top. IMHO

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Dreadful but fun BL mini drama

Another completely biased review from me to you. Warning, spoilers ahead.

File this one under its so awful it's good? Why did I finish watching this? I guess solely for the 2 MLs. They are both just lovely. Hair/makeup/ wardrobe are 😘

I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes with the 2 MLs. I mean, it was bad but funny. 🥰
But then episodes 3 and 4 they threw in some really really REALLY terrible actress playing a seductive toddler who keeps trying to rape one of the MLs and ick. 🤮Yeah, really, she does that. Luckily he is rescued in time by the other ML! Love his line: "Serves you right for lusting after women" 🤣

I watched this on youtube where they combined 2 short episodes into one slightly less short episode. So maybe something got lost during the combination, but between each double episode there is an obvious gap. One episode the 2 MLs are somewhere chatting and then boom next episode they are someplace completely different in the middle of another scene that makes no sense!

Special shoutout and kudos to the set designer for episodes 19-20. I've not seen anything that looks like an old timey Star Trek episode quite like that cave scene with the moving boulders. 🪨Thank you! I haven't laughed so much in a while! 🤣

I loved the ending. Yes, lame as hell, but even with 'modern' hair they both look pretty! 🥰😘

So is it worth it? I had fun watching it! It didn't take up much of my time or brain cells. ⌛🧠 Bad acting and sets and music and all! The 2 MLs really were pretty together.😍 I would love to see them again in something that gives them a bit of room to stretch! Would I watch it again? Hells no, they are pretty but not THAT pretty! 🤣

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Beautiful Tan Jianci and Art, what more do you need?

Another completely biased review from me to you.

This is the show that introduced me to Tan Jianci, and I must say I am hooked!💖 What an incredibly talented entertainer he is! I have watched this show a few times. I'm keeping this on my permanent list of shows to watch over and over again.

The opening credit visuals are really striking and set the mood for the entire series nicely. The series can be rather dark at times but it does keep your interest and your heart rate going. The music and lighting all add to the atmosphere. Probably a not-very-realistic depiction of forensic artists but damn they do such a beautiful job showing the process of creating these portraits. I really wish I knew who was doing the drawing when they show close-ups of the hands. Beautiful! And who did the paintings that are part of the series. Whoever they are, fantastic job! Do they show in the credits? Sorry, I can't read Mandarin.

The friendship that develops between the 2 MLs is good, after a rocky start. A spoilery bit: it's sad to know that the age-progression drawing basically ruined/changed both of their lives forever. I find it hard to believe that Shen Yi forgives the cop for the way he blamed him and treated him and ruined his life. A promising young artist has his creative life forever cut short 😢

The different cases are interesting, strange, and somewhat twisted. The methods used to solve the cases may require you to drop your logical thinking for a bit but I really love how they show the process. Being able to draw someone's portrait from a blurry partial side view of a masked person? Hmm, nice skills?

The ending credit song is just so gorgeous and dark and emotional. It perfectly fits the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOsDojKP0k

I cannot wait for Season 2!

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The Wig!

Another completely biased review from me to you.
For the review I could just write 'The Wig! That godawful wig! She wore it every day. It was never washed or brushed. She wore it sleeping, She wore it in the rain. She wore it in the wind. She wore it pulled back into a ponytail. She wore it while showering. She even wore for her wedding?' 😱
That could be the end of the review right there! Who in the world was the stylist on this? Was it supposed to be an ironic statement of some kind? 😏
I guess you could say I hate-watched this more than anything. I adore Xing Zhao Lin and I am watching him in the Quirky and the Charming right now. That show is oh so funny! The FL in the Quirky and the Charming is the best he has starred with I think. This show on the other hand....
The ML was his typical smart handsome arrogant CEO character. He just does those so well! He always looks good in everything he does. The FL on the other hand. 🙄
The FL was not just not intelligent, but dumb as a stump! Bad choices should be her middle name. Like taking a taxi late at night somewhere into the country on a dark night and having the taxi driver saying he can't find the address so the FL says ok just drop me off here. At the side of the road. In the middle of nowhere. At night. By herself. Yeah, well you know that would end well cause the neighborhood human traffickers showed up to try and grab her. Wait, what? Yeah.🤔
The FL is pretty incompetent at work, doesn't really seem to do much of anything but take care of the ML. Like a nanny. But she asks for and is given the job to be a planner for a mobile game. Well, not a mobile game but a dungeon for a mobile game? They totally lost me on that one! What the heck is a dungeon? Well, besides the obvious!😕
So the FL spends all her time whining and fucking things up while complaining to other people about the CEO. Usually where he can hear her. Not to mention the obligatory oops I sent this text message complaining about my boss to the entire company instead of my friend. Yeah, real smart FL 🫣
The ML spends all of his time being an arrogant dick to the FL while also bailing her out of all her troubles. There are a couple of other guys after the FL at one time or another. And the typical deranged psycho chick after the ML.🥱
The FL dresses like a middle-aged housewife doing a midnight run to Walmart. All of the time! I really cringed when the FL walked into a swanky reception where everyone was dressed to kill in her short shorts and tennis shoes! 😶The wig of course doesn't help but the clothes are just awful too. I don't know why, for some reason stylists always seem to dress Bai Lu up in just awful clothes in modern dramas. I think that's why I prefer her in historical dramas, she is just so beautiful! But in modern dramas, it's always short-shorts, short skirts, weird dresses and shirts with strange hems and bindings and cutouts to them. The saving grace to her look on this show is there was no beret! For anyone who has seen her modern dramas there is always a beret! I guess it couldn't fit properly over that wig?😂
There's not a lot of heat. There are I think 4 decent kisses between the FL and ML? So even though there is barely any contact between the 2 (hells they don't even walk beside each other and hold hands, they are like covid distance away). The 4 kiss scenes they have were quite enthusiastic!😘
Anyhow, would I recommend it? If you go into it knowing that it's pretty awful and you want something light that you can laugh at go for it.😁

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A Fun Lighthearted Romp!

Another completely biased review from me to you.
This was a fun little romp to watch when I got tired of too much angst and darkness from other series I've watched recently. I needed something light and fluffy.
The ML and FL are good together. Both of them are master planners/schemers and their chemistry was ok.
I loved that the emperor was a good guy since they always seem to make them evil in these historical dramas!
The FL's family were great. I love the generals!🥰
I loved the way the FL had the ability to turn her 'enemies' into friends. And the cute ceramic dolls she made for Jiamin and the prince!🤗
I was a bit irritated at the FL hiding her abilities all the time because she wanted to be the most famous weak/sickly beauty? Whatever for I don't know! But when she fought she was a badass, as good as her scheming!
The ML was a typical domineering male but he was cute the way he got flustered any time there was physical contact between himself and the FL. And I love how he couldn't help but stare at the FL all time.😍
The sidekicks for both FL and ML were great. I'm so glad neither of them bit the dust! Sad that they went ahead and killed off such a major character. There was really no need for that! That was the jarring note in this series.
I really wish they would give Jeremy Tsui a new wig though. It seems like almost all of his historical dramas he is wearing this awful helmet head with the most bizarre sideburns and hairline. Have you seen pictures of this guy in real life with normal hair? He is handsome as hell under that helmet! Not the MDL picture. That one is pretty awful. Really! 😂

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