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Period romance drama with bits of fantasy. It does not fall into wuxia nor xianxia. Not every drama with martial arts is considered wuxia, they have specific traits - Shadow Love doesn't portray any of it.

Does MDL just throw the Wuxia tag on every single Chinese drama? This has zero wuxia elements, it's just costume drama.

That explains a lot!! Thank you! It's my first time hearing it!

Does anyone know why they use "An" as "I" instead of the standard "wo?." Is this like a dialect or province thing?

Something about this drama was lacking and I cannot pinpoint what it was. I don't even have the heart to type out a proper review. It's definitely very Mulan-esque. The reasoning for the antagonist to always be on He Yan's ass is weak af making the whole storyline pointless imo. The martial choreography on the otherhand was pheneomenal - everyone execute it perfectly. I like how they actually use the Xiao family martial arts repertoire and I can see it when they use it. The acting is mediocre - I've seen Cheng Lei's dramas before but honestly this just felt like he was an eye candy and nothing else impressive. As for Zhou Ye, this is my first time watching her drama, I wouldn't say she has award-winning acting - just average.

Zhou Ye can't seem to act drunk - I thought she was faking the drunk scenes, but in reality her character was truly drunk. LOL

To be honest, asking about screen time in general is weird. It just sounds disrespectful to other castmates. I have only seen one group of fans constantly complain about screen time on a variety show, it was quite indignant because at this point just stop watching if people gonna complain about their favs lack of screentime. Then they went on to say their fav carries the show cause of their popularity, but everyone carries the show in their own ways. Hence, I find it weird when people ask about screentime.

Hmm I wouldn't say it's amazing, but it's not bad either. There's nothing exciting yet, it feels like a remake or adaptation of Hua Mulan. So far, the plot is driven by He Yan wanting her title and honor back. I don't know it's sort of like a revenge story but leaning towards justice and equality type of story. I'll still keep watching, it's not deterring me from stopping yet.

I have been binge watching to catch up to the finale. I kind of knew the Emperor was off from the get-go. The acting gave it away, but then again I also thought the actor was not acting well initally. LMAO He kept up with this acting style until his true self came to the surface. Thats when I realize it was all an act of the Emperor. The actor did an amazing job!!I loooove the way they filmed certain scenes to give it more powerful meaning. Then the transitions between the three ladies when the Crown Prince was murdered- GOOSE BUMPS. The Prince Cheng's execution scene was chef's kiss. ARP's facial expression was phenomenal! The martial choreography in the drama was amazing, and ARP gives it immense justice. I am not done with the drama yet but just wanted point these out since they really caught my attention.

I agree! He would fit quite well with his energy and competitive spirit.

The fish episode was great as well! My favorite was the water balloon game hahaha.

Yeah :(

Final episode was fun! Loved the water games! The fan game was quite hilarious!
I feel like i don't hear enough about Zhou Shen because he's quite hilarious in puns and comebacks. I love that Chen Zhe Yuan was having a BLAST in this episode, he was so excited like a kid at a theme park. LOL I also hope Li Yun Rui comes back next season! He seems to fit quite well in Keeping Running! :) Overall, amazing season, despite some disappointments but love Keep Running as always. Can't wait for the next season!!

What's everyone's favorite top 3 favorite episodes? These are mine: ep 6(7 on MDL) with Ao Rui Peng, I recall laughing my arse off with that one, episode 10 (I think it's 11 on MDL)- the charcoal powder episode. LOL and episode 9 (10 on MDL) with Zhang Ruo Nan, Wang Chu Ran, Xiao Gui and other guests stars i don't recall the names of.

yeah, even Ao Rui Peng seem to lost a lot of weight as well. :(

I did notice she lost weight when she first appeared, but she's not unrecognizable. lol

Landi looks nothing like ZLS. She is just Li Landi! Gorgeous in her own way!

Qiqi is using Huan Er. She is so annoying and I'm only on episode 4. Does she get any better?

That was literally what I said though...LOL

Oooh that! That explains a lot actually, I wasn't paying attention whenever they were deliberating cause I was multitasking LOL. I'm gonna be delusional and think he was just being a gentlemen lmaoooo

Oh my bad, I think the episode when Sha Yi took punishment for Bai Lu was ep 9, not 10. LOL I saw the behind the scenes for that episode on XiaoHongShu, BaiLu was holding her stomach off camera. She most likely had period cramps, and I recall Sha Yi was concerned for her so he took the punishment for her along with trying to redeem himself after his betrayal. lol I don't recall Fan Cheng Cheng acting alone unless you're talking about him hiding while his teammate, Zhang Ruo Nan, was fighting alone during the name tag game? (Also during ep 10.) Cause in today's episode (ep 11), he didn't abandon anyone, he was just being a gentlemen with Bailu. Oh I just realize MDL has the episodes incorrect, I am just following the episode order on youtube, not MDL. Sorry