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I've enjoyed this one quite a bit until approximately 3/4 of the story when it dragged a little bit and then the ending felt rushed. Last 15 minutes could have been easily a separate full epilogue episode. Waste opportunity in my opinion.
I liked the concept of evil empress that tries to live quiet a normal life but everything around pulls her again in the middle of the state affairs. And that not everything can be changed. Some things, no matter how hard we try will still happen. That were parts of the story I liked the most and that what kept me watching it.
There is just one huuuuuuuuuuuuuge "but". The romance they went with was forced, there was no chemistry at all. Zero. Nothing. For me it was abuse and forced relationship rather than love (some would say unhealthy obsession even). I think it would be best if both leads would get different endings. Still she was an evil empress and he was plotting with the rebels. I was hoping for different, certainly less happy, ending. Those 2 things (romance and the ending itself) severely impacted my final score.

Not at the beginning. I wrote it after 10 episodes, she become more cunning and smart later on. I honestly don't like how her character was written. Very uneven across the whole story.

I'm 10 episodes in and it is good, even very good but I have one gripe with it. I was looking for some good "go back in time" series where the knowledge of previous life is used to the advantage of the main character.

I don't see it here. FL is not smart not cunning not does she remeber enough of her previous life to make it relevant for the story. If she wasn't brought back in time, I don't think much would change for this series.

I've pushed it until the end (FW a lot), and it is not getting any better. Wise choice to drop it, should have done it myself sooner but my monkey brain said it will get better... it didn't :)

I have only 13 episodes left and ohh man I have the same feeling and came here to rant about that :) . There is just no chemistry between the leads, zero (please don't try to convince me there is, I accept for some people there is, but not for me).
Cases are interesting, this is what keeps me still watching the show, but it is getting a little bit ridiculous that FL is "solve it all" kind of person (part with Empress Dowager is just hilariously illogical and improbable), but still enjoying to watch.
I cringe every time there is a romance/flirting scene between leads and skip all of those (which I never do in other shows). I think this show would work better if there would be no romance and rather some more "arrange marriage" and "family politics" stuff especially of how big exposition FL gets later on.
Also I think ML is just not that handsome (I'm a guy so I accept I'm wrong here :D ). For me it is absolutely horrible casting for the role.

According to google, in Korea you go to high school between age 15 to 18. I don't remember exactly but I don't think they were in the last year which would mean below 18. But that is just semantics. It gave a creepy feeling and that is a fact I cannot change.

It starts great. first episode might be the best first episode of any historical drama I've ever watched. Unfortunately it loses momentum somewhere in the middle and drags a little bit just before the couple final episodes. It is definitely worth watching.
The Emperor's attitude towards First Prince is great, he is trying hard to "mold him to his image" and I like how he tries to do it. It is toxic as hell, but written and played in the way I've really enjoyed it.
And the princess, what a character. She annoyed me with her being so madly in love at the beginning, but at the end she wasn't that naive and was actually smart. That was, for me, the best character growth in the whole series. And the actress is absolutely stunning ,so there is also that :)
Ending itself is too abrupt IMO, but apparently novel is similar in that regard. It is a shame as adding 1 extra episode might add a lot to the rewatch value (at least for me).

This has more BL than bromance vibes and because we are talking about 40+ years old guy and a teenager it just got too creepy for me and I've dropped this one on episode 5.
I have nothing against BL, but not in the setup like this, it was just too uncomfortable to watch.

Also ML behaving like old dude all the time, not even trying to fit in, also got old at the time I've dropped it. Drama had cool idea, but horrible execution. Wouldn't give it more than 3-4/10 but as I didn't finish it, no score on MDL from my side.

I don't recommend it at all. Waste of time. I would rather recommend movie "The Dude in Me", which handled similar idea way better.

I must have gotten too old for high school settings. Fighting scenes were top notch byt everything else just annoyed me too much. Dropped it after 5 episodes. I had similar problem with Weak Hero Class 1, which I've also dropped in the middle of the season.
I just need to accept that I'm no longer a target audience for this stuff :D

But I can see why it has such a high rating. Everyone that enjoys exaggerated or cartoonish productions will most likely enjoy it.

I don't remember last time having such a big trouble to rate the drama. It is a slice-of-life drama that technically doesn't have a true ending. It just stops at some point giving you hints what will happen in the future. I had to read "the ending" discussion above and it gave me closure I needed.

I still think that telling the story not in the chorological order needs to be done well, and this drama is not example of that. It was forced only to confuse the viewer. The same with time jumps, those are usually easy to do, but if you don't give (for multiple episodes) even the idea how much time might have past (or I've missed it), it is very difficult to relate to what is going on as I didn't know was it months or years. Closer to the end we see it was actually 2-3 years, but this should have been explained sooner, lack of knowing that distracted me from enjoying the drama fully.

Ending was unexpected and I had to digest everything so I'm writing it couple of days after finishing the last episode. It reminded my "My Mister" but it wasn't as good. But at the end, if someone enjoys slice-of-life drama with no real ending, then it is for sure worth watching.

If someone expects a conclusion (like i.e. with My Mister), then they better don't touch it.

It was so good I've binged it in 2 days. It starts very innocent with FL being so positive, open and happy that by the time of the main twist i was caught completely off guard. It gets more depressing and more serious.

This is not an easy nor light drama by any means. It touches some serious and very sensitive problems and, as far as I can tell, does it in a very good way. I didn't like the main romance/triangle, it was unnecessary. Mentor relationship would work way better. I liked the second leads a lot, but the way their story ends was very unsatisfying. I mean, I choose to assume that she will be back to be a nurse (that was at least my impression), but I'm not a fan of such open endings for characters.

It is not for everyone, but if it clicks with you, then it is a gem. And the ending for FL is somehow realistic, which was a big plus (albeit I wonder what would be the reception if they would go full dark and depressing route :) ).

I didn't like the teaser, but this is my type of the movie and Kim Da Mi is in it, so it will be day 1 watch for me.

I don't mind what they did with the story but there was absolutely zero chemistry with Hua Rong Zhou. His character was pissing me off every time he was on the screen. As soon as they went with that trope, it was really hard for me to watch and I've FF all scenes with him.
But overall it is rather realistic approach. No do overs, you need to pay for your actions. I like they've done it this way.

High seas there is. Why they need to do it.

It is been a while since I've been watching an ongoing drama and I'm not used to wait for next episodes. It is a good show for now. I like the setting. I like the chemistry. I like secondary characters. I'm only worried that we are half way into the show, and there is still a lot of things to unpack.

To people knowing the source material, do you suspect season 2 or they will manage to finish this in 36 episodes?

I'm on episode 6 and it is decent but if anything would prevent me to finish it would be a behavior of ML. He is so childish and annoying.

When you put it like that "she has no one" it makes more sense for me now :)

Note: My thoughts are my own, please don't try to convince me that "I'm wrong". The same as you are not wrong if you have a different view. We can all be right having different opinions :)

I've finished it couple of days ago. Overall it is a very good series but not without some big flaws. Some thoughts:
+ First half is great, when we don't really know what happened and why everyone behaves as they do. I didn't skip a minute from first 12 or so episodes.
+The flirting, the slow burn was unexpectedly fun to watch (I tend to be bored by it, but not this time)
+ Slow realization what had happened to FL. Suddenly I've started to think that she is in a great place (mentally) considering what had happened in her life.
+ And the ending (without spoilers), is a tearjerker, I really liked what they did
- grandpa subplot is boring as fuck, like I would suddenly watch a different series (at some point I've started to skip everything related to that, so I have no clue how it ended)
- second leads had such a good start, but then it all fell flat as it was unnecessarily tied with grandpa story

+/- I'm on the fence with the whole mother situation. Yes she messed up, badly. It could have resulted in tragedy for FL. But still we are not perfect, parents are parents and if she is trying to make a mends, admit to her faults and try to atone to what she did, cutting ties seems excessive. That might be me and the way I was raised so this is very, very subjective view (and probably different for everyone depending from their relations with their parents)

Overall very good, but if some subplots would be dropped and retrospections limited (especially in the last 4 episodes) this would be a superb 25 eps drama. Still worth watching for main leads and for the way the whole story unfolds. The ending is also uplifting so you don't have the urge to cut yourself when you finish, which is always welcomed :D

Even if neither drama is inspired by one another, which from what I read is the case, doesn't matter. They are touching very similar subjects in very similar premise and have been released relatively close to each other (LR released 5 months after TW). It is only natural that comparisons will happen. Especially with disability topic plus time travel combo, which is a very very specific theme.

I just don't understand why some people have an issue, where comparison to TW is brought up. In first episodes it is there, but just goes in different direction pretty fast. At the end LR and TW are completely different dramas, which for some is a good thing and for some is not. Ones taste in dramas doesn't have to be explained or defended.

So I agree with your "To each his and her own". There must be different kind of dramas so everyone can enjoy what they like :)

I never said they did try that. I just said this is how I felt after finishing the drama. That is the difference. Both are touching the similar topics (disability, friends, family, time travel, changing your fate etc.), but, in my opinion, one does it better than the other. And that is it.

I can understand why some people might like LR more than TW, I'm just not that person.

And out of the blue serial killer trope in rom-com is almost automatically at least -2 points for me (this can be done right, just see "Someday or One Day")