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Well each game already has its own plot, so drama producers just base the show off of that. They might also change/add some details to make it more interesting or make the plot flow better, as if it were always a story and not a game.

For example: Sword and Fairy 3 game has five possible endings (I listed them in the spoiler comment below). I see that you've already watched Chinese Paladin 3 so you should know which ending the drama adaptation decided to stick with.

I really wish they casted an older person to play Yun Que 🥲

I'm happy that you decided to continue! I also wish that the FL here could become much more powerful, but we can't blame her; she was basically sheltered by the Flower Deities her whole life. 🥲

Unfortunately I haven't seen too many dramas. I usually only watch like 7 dramas max per year (cuz of post-drama depression haha) so I'm sorry that my recommendation list is extremely short.

Love and Redemption (2020)
- This FL here starts out very similar to Jinmi — innocent, sheltered, and unable to recognize her feelings on love. She becomes powerful later on, though.

My Journey to You (2023)
- The FL here is powerful from the start, mentally and physically.
- FL has the same actress as Orchid from LBFAD.
- Note: This is a wuxia not xianxia so there aren't any gods or deities, only mortals with fighting and magic powers.

Who Rules the World (2022)
- I actually dropped this drama LOL it didn't have that "spark" to keep me interested. But you might enjoy it.
- If I remember clearly, the FL is also powerful and on the same level as the ML.

Same... Reading the novel is already so painful, now we'll have to actually see it play out on screen😭

I remember the first time I saw her was in Chinese Paladin 3 where she played the little potato spirit, so seeing her again in Love Between Fairy and Devil felt like a fever dream... Makes me realize just how much time has passed.

In my opinion, this drama wasn't (at least necessarily) intended to be loved and favored by the viewers. Rather, it was to convey moral messages and questions for the viewers to reflect upon. For example, the central moral question of this show: "How far would you go for money? Is money really worth sacrificing everything for?"

When you grab 456 random people to play a game, it's no doubt that they will have diverse attitudes and behaviors. "Squid Game" showed that realistic aspect incredibly well and I loved it. I felt like I was watching real people with real personalities (ex: a variety show) rather than a kdrama. Maybe that's why I have trouble understanding why people hate certain characters or their actions so much.

The only thing that was absolutely despicable were the white men. Now that was just unnecessary lmao.

Kim Kwon / Sung Mo carried this show. I said what I said.

It's a pretty nice drama overall. Jisoo did an amazing job, considering it's her first main role. But did they really have to stretch it out this long? This could've easily been done in 12 episodes.

lmao I had to ask ChatGPT to explain what this meant 😭

Girl... I think you just described my feelings about this drama perfectly. No wonder why I'm not a huge fan of cute romances anymore :( I like tragedies now LOL

also, off-topic but your profile picture is very cool. "you come to watch my profile picture?" no ofc not-

Haha I can see why you'd wonder if JSY hated LJS, but I feel like it's just cause she's not the best actress. She fails to show Jaehee/Seunghee's complex emotions. No wonder why so many people prefer the Quack couple.

For example: the hug at the end of ep 6 to the start of ep 7. Girlie is straight-up just staring into space lmao. You don't feel the underlying happiness, love, or sadness (or any other emotion besides shock) from her. It's as if Hoon was hugging some random stranger he found on the street, not his lover.

This was supposed to be a scene where the viewers go, "Omgg they're feeling each other's heartbeats like they did in the past!!" but because of JSY's lacking performance, the scene turned out very underwhelming and not as exciting.

For sure... all those misunderstandings and pressure can be frustrating to watch. But the overall storyline is amazing and interesting! I don't think I ever got bored while watching this drama. And Cheng Yi is indeed a great actor. I'm glad that this drama helped him achieve more popularity and the main roles that he deserves.

If you're asking when she'll become physically stronger and have powers, then.... never.

However, she does become more emotionally mature and understanding of her feelings on love during the mortal realm arc (ep 19-34) and the last episodes (47-63).

I feel like everyone who has watched this drama either loves it or hates it lmao. Probably cause of all the misunderstandings and certain characters making dumb mistakes. You can continue to see if it's your cup of tea, but if you really don't like it then don't force yourself.

But before you drop it! I highly recommend you check out the mortal realm arc. It's when Jinmi and Xufeng basically fall in love with each other again, but as mortals instead of deities. Many people have said this is their favorite part and prefer it over the drama's main plot. Here, Jinmi is A LOT more mature. Xufeng is basically the same lol.

It's happy.

But... I'll tell you right now that it's not the happy ending that will make you feel satisfied. Seriously. Some people have even described it as more of an open ending rather than happy.

This drama is iconic.

To those saying they don't get the hype, you just had to be there during the time it was released!

This drama should've been just a movie cause there are so many goddamn FILLERSSS.

Also, the first two episodes are the only interesting episodes. It all went downhill after that - not just the plot but the main leads' character development as well.

This show was so good.

And I say "was" because of that freaking ending. What was the point of having him suffer for so long just for him to forget everything??? That's basically a whole new person now! It's like drama makers don't know how to properly end the show smh.

If I just ignore that, then overall it's an excellent drama. Love the chemistry between the leads.

lmao 😭

Yes, our Sifeng suffers a lot. Cheng Yi deserves an award for acting out all those blood spitting scenes. But don't panic because the ending is happy! In fact, I thought it was a pretty satisfying ending compared to many other historical cdramas that'd only show the leads for like the VERY last 5 mins of the last episode lol.

I agree. Isn't the modern romance template basically meet each other, fall in love, date, problem, solution, then end? What could be so important in the story for the producers to stretch out the drama this long?

A cdrama with 25 eps is nearly equivalent to a typical kdrama. Even kdramas already have fillers, so imagine a cdrama with 40 eps. 😬

Approximately
1 cdrama ep = 45 mins but excluding the op and end --> 40 mins
1 kdrama ep = 70 mins

25 cdrama eps * 40 mins / 70 mins = 14.3 kdrama eps
30 cdrama eps * 40 mins / 70 mins = 17.1 kdrama eps
35 cdrama eps * 40 mins / 70 mins = 20.0 kdrama eps
40 cdrama eps * 40 mins / 70 mins = 22.9 kdrama eps