Till the End of the Moon Episode 37
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Not a bad episode. Not a great episode. At this point, the plot is just kinda dragging. The writers have dove all-in on 'misunderstood hero' trope, with everybody blaming him for everything. While he clearly has a plan that requires that. Fine. We get it. Now they are just taking forever to get to the point.
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When is Zuo Qing Ci going to grow up and stop being an immature jerk to Su Yun Luo? And being such a smartass, asking her to marry him in exchange for helping her master was stupid because while it made him happy to hear her say, "yes", it will always be clouded by the question of whether she would have said, "yes" without the condition of helping her master. I do think she likes him legitimately and probably would have said, "Yes", anyway. But it is dumb to make a muddle like that out of a proposal His behavior continues to be that of someone very, very immature about love and romance. Otherwise, while this wasn't a bad episode, it wasn't very exciting one. Mostly this episode was just about the various relationships as they currently sit after the latest battle from last episode. ZQC & SYL, as mentioned, make up and even get engaged. Jing'er and ChanGe seem to be getting closer and the latter swears a blood oath of brotherhood with Zhu Yan. The most intense relationship addressed is Zhu Yan's relationship with his mother/clan master. That does not go well as she coldly pushes him away, trying to keep him out of the coming battles.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 36
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Ugh. Once again. The "misunderstanding" plot trope. Cang Jiumin gets conveniently drugged and kidnapped by the idiot Nian BaiYu who is incapable of doing basic logic (trying to save his village by helping destroy the world - brilliant). Simultaneously, Di Mian turns traitorous and frames Cang Jiumin for both killing SuSu's adoptive dad as well as stealing the Evil Bone. And of course, because these are the idiots that consider themselves 'enlightened' immortals, they naturally believe the frame job without any questions or investigations whatsoever. And just to re-inforce the plot-trope, SuSu, the only one who doesn't buy into the trope, gets confined to house arrest by the idiot JiWu who has shown that living 500 years doesn't make you smarter or wiser. The whole thing feels like a repeat of the same plot cycle that we've endured multiple times in this show again and again.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 34
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Feeling pretty mixed about this show at this point. On one hand, the overall arc is fine and the actors are all wonderful and doing a good job. But the plot implementation has really leaned into recycled plot tropes of late and has started to feel like a lot of cheap manipulation. Things like, characters misjudging each other and over-reacting based on lack of or wrong information, key people just 'happen' to be late / missing / in a coma when their presence would resolve drama. Stuff like that. It's all gotten a little tired at this point. I'm also really tired of the fact that (a) people keep spitting up cherry juice / blood every time they stub a toe and (b) no one takes one second to wipe their chin. I feel sometimes like I'm watching a cheap vampire flick.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 33
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This episode had a lot of good plot content, but the editing was awful and made a mess out of the story. There seems to be some missing scenes and transitions were abrupt and weird at times. The final, closing scene, of a refreshingly healthy, adult conversation between ML & FL was almost shocking in that this seemed abnormal for this series which to this point almost always has avoided clear communication between the leads.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 32
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Much better episode than the last couple. actual plot movement, with some reveals. It's a little weak in explaining why SuSu has to reject TTJ, despite being in love with him still. The writers could have made it more clear to the viewers that she can't be with him while pursuing the Heartless Path. And also pointed out that it's simply dangerous to have him physically near her while she has the evil bone in her - the last piece he would need to complete his transition to the Devil Lord.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 31
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Not a lot happens in this episode until the very last couple of minutes. You can tell it's slowly building up to a 'history-repeats-itself' moment. And yeah, there are a few random plot details explained. But mostly it all feels like waiting around until TTJ & SiSu finally meet.
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Episode starts off with ZQC continuing to just 'not get it' and acting like a petulant 13 year old with regard to Su Yun Luo. Sigh. We all have to be patient with him, I guess. Fortunately Su Yun Luo is more mature and tough as nails. Looks like have a 'ship forming between Jing'er and Change. Some very good fight action, though it was strange how Su Yun Luo let herself get captured by Chi Ba's men, just when she started to get an advantage on him when she whipped out One Inch of Yearning.
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Officially the worst episode in the series so far. I'm sorry, but the completely, stupidly contrived way they writers brought Lige back to the same clinic ZiQing was recuperating at was already so bad and stupid. But then they made it worse by totally accommodating Lige's sick, psychopathic obsession to attach himself to the princess BY ATTACHING A PIECE OF HIM TO THE PRINCESS!!! And they did it while she was unconscious and completely unable to consent to this. And her stupid guard and made watched and allowed this to happen? And Doctor Sha broke probably every medical ethical boundary by going along and doing it? This made no sense whatsoever other than to continue the writers relentless obsession with trying to make Lige a sympathetic martyr. The whole event was just obscene to watch, robbing ZQ of her agency to make her own decisions. Disgusting and the writers should be ashamed.The only thing that makes it okay is that when she returns to the modern world that stupid disgusting piece of Lige slobbering all over her face will be left behind.
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Episode took a nose-dive at the very end. This episode started as a improvement over the prior few episodes, as it finally featured more time with ML, who they had sidelined in a coma for, like, forever. But it still is weak because the writers now have sidelined the FL in a coma. Who are the stars of this show? They can't seem to keep both the main characters active in the plot. Worse, the episode took a dramatic nosedive in quality at the end when they had Wei Sheng and Lige show up at the same doctor that ZiQing is recovering at. This is just pathetic plot contrivance and feels worse than cheap. And the amount of screentime being devoted to these side characters is really dragging on the show.
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Far too much screen time spent on 2ML. This show is making the same mistake that a lot of poor-quality c-dramas do by devoting far too much screen time to the 'romantic competitor', trying to pump up sympathy for him -- despite objective facts showing him to be a psychotic, obsessed creep who is guilty of some pretty serious crimes. Every second Lige is on the screen, the show plays this annoying 'romantic' piano music and the only expressions he seems capable of are woe-is-me-I'm-a-tortured-soul or disingenuous 'charming smile'. The writers intent is clearly to try to build some sort of 'romantic tension', but it is lame, obvious and just isn't working because it is simply hard to be sympathetic with a psychopath. Worse, the net effect of this is to barely give the actual ML hardly any screen time compared to, well, MOST of the characters. It's frustrating as a viewer because this show is best when either or both of the 2 leads are on screen.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 25
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This episode sucks because of the plot-induced-stupidity that they ended the prior episode with. None of it feels real because it made no sense for SuSu to be this stupid. It was bad enough she made this mistake earlier in the series when she foolishly visited Xiao Lin's army camp. But to not have learned from that mistake and to be repeating it now is just beyond stupid.So, yea, lots anger, fear, mistrust, betrayal, death happen in this episode, but none of it makes sense because it's built on a plot-contrivance that isn't credible.
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Till the End of the Moon Episode 24
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Disappointing. This episode was looking great, right up to the point where SuSu once again decides to interfere on Xiao Lin's behalf. This totally sinks the episode because this is a case of the writers leaning heavily into plot-induced-stupidity. It was bad enough that they had SuSu make this mistake once before (with disastrous consequences). But for her to not have learned from that mistake and to be repeating it, is just an inexcusable idiocy that just seems totally contrived out of nowhere. It is insulting to the viewers. This isn't rocket science. SuSu has repeatedly shown she is not stupid. For her to think that Xiao Lin is being 'helped' by getting out of prison is ludicrous. He's far more likely to be killed by stepping out of that cell. So the best way for her to help him is to not do anything. Further, doing stuff like that is taking her ey off her mission. Her mission isn't to save Xiao Lin or to interfere with the politics. Her mission is to keep Tantai Jin alive, have him fall in love with her, and then destroy the evil bone. Nothing else matters.She seemed to have finally understood this and was making great progress and then bizarrely, the writers had her turn into an idiot, just to create a crisis and drama. It felt fake and manipulative (of the viewers).
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Too much Xuanyuan Li Ge in this episode. 'Would have scored this episode higher but the writers seem to have resumed trying to pump the white-haired psychopath's tires up to inflate his 'sympathetic' profile. They keep having him give 'knowing looks' at the FL and flashing his fake smile while also trying to look sad and pitiful. It's pretty stomach turning. And incredibly inappropriate socially for him to keep approaching a married woman the way he does.
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Kinda saw this rift coming. Zuo Qing Ci kept holding on to her too tight and trying to make all of her decisions. He also doesn't give her time to really form her words to respond when they have the talk by the river - he just keeps inserting his take on things while she is struggling for words. Literally putting words in her mouth. He is lashing out because his concept of love is still childish. Real love respects the other as an individual who has autonomy to make her own choices. Real love also respects what is important to the other person. He clearly didn't understand just how important her quest is to her. Loving her means accepting that part of her. He needs to learn that and separation might help. I think Master Xie Lie must have read that into their relationship immediately and also probably may not think it's safe for him to go with her on the next step of her quest. Hence he put her commitment to her quest vs the doctor to the test.
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