Too much Ning. It’s really not helping the story. Even in 15. Can we get to wars now? Like actual battles against…
Agreed. I seldom complained about Ning though I don't like her, but there's too much Ning in episode 15 -16, I skipped a lot. Even the anime doesn't have that many.
After good - very good 14 episodes. Suddenly it went down the hill with episode 15 -16. Can't understand why they had to add so many scenes of Ning in these 2 episodes where there are a lot already in previous episodes. Why? Argh.. too many cooks? I'm starting to worry if this will crumble.
The anime doesn't show that scene either. Perhaps it's too violent. But, ... I've watched that scene in the anime…
If they do, I don't think it would happen in just a few more episodes left cos it would mean chopping off the story by 70% or 80% which would make this adaptation really bad in comparison to the anime. There's still some characters that are crucial to the plot that haven't appeared yet. At this point, up to episode 14 (the drama) is the same episode 10 - 11 in the anime which has a total of 42 episodes. By episode 42, there's no new fight between Dilin and Ah Xiu. I can't imagine how the story would be if a huge portion of it were cut off. I still hope there will be s2 😊
The chief wants LMH and DL at odds so that they never join up against him
Canxing needs both DL and LMH. DL because of his character traits (cold-blooded, ruthless, calculative, and intelligent) and he's young. LMH is much more senior but he has the experience that Canxing needs, too. But he also doesn't trust them so he sows hatred between DL and LMH so that they don't join up against him, just SakuraDream mentioned.
Canxing divides and conquers. I bet he intended for Di Lin to massacre Luo Minghai's family so that they hate…
I don't think they're as naive as they might appear. Si Yilin, maybe. But not Dilin and Zichuan Xiu. And Canxing fear these two the most apparently. Dilin is merciless and calculative. He can used if necessary but also can be a threat as well in the future. Zichuan Xiu doesn't have political ambition but he's hard to be controlled due to his carefree nature. Also in their last conversation, Canxing and Zichuan Xiu seem to be testing each other (Lord Ge's last words). Canxing tries to be as calm as possible but he senses that ZX may be suspecting something. He's relieved when ZX asks him to send him out of the capital in exchange for Dilin's freedrom.
Nope he didn't trust his sworn brothers at all. But the bro he really shouldn't have trusted was his real bro…
You probably missed the top part. Somebody mentioned that Lord Yuanxing (Ning's father) died suddenly. So I said that the drama had mentioned that Yuangxing died when the Liufeng family attacked Zichuan. Then somebody said it doesn't mean Canxing didn't have a hand in Lord Yuanxing's death. And I agree.
The anime doesn't show that scene either. Perhaps it's too violent. But, ... I've watched that scene in the anime…
From what I gathered, the novel itself is mostly narrated from Ah Xiu's perspective. In this case, the drama did justice by following the novel faithfully. Apart from that, it may have something to do with the nature of their tasks. Dilin and Si Yilin are mainly in the capital with Dilin doing intelligence under YMH and Si Yilin is the commander of the Royal Escort responsible for protecting the Zichuan family and diplomatic envoys. The only one who's always in the battlefield is Zichuan Xiu.
Dilin is described as cold-blooded and ruthless but gentle towards his wife and his brothers. They show it in the drama, though not much from our perspective as an audience but enough to show his character traits, e.g. when he stabbed father and son at Ning's birthday party, including betraying his own mentor YMH.
But I do agree that budget might have had something to do with it. They might not be able to get a lot investors investing in this type of drama. They prefer investing in fluffy idol dramas.
So it’s starting the brothers’ view differ and a split happened. I agreed with some who said the chief CanXing…
The anime doesn't show that scene either. Perhaps it's too violent. But, ... I've watched that scene in the anime multiple times and always bawled my eyes out. I knew what was coming while watching the live action, but I still cried.
I think it’s hilarious but your sense of humor must be different. I do agree there is too much politic talking…
I'm with you on that. It's too bad because it really is a good story. They should have told it in a way that both fans of the story and the audience who don't know the story feel the same about the drama.
I think it’s hilarious but your sense of humor must be different. I do agree there is too much politic talking…
You're absolutely right. They should have accounted for the audience who haven't read the novel and the anime. It's not fair that the audience have to suffer while trying to figure out what the story about.
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Dilin is described as cold-blooded and ruthless but gentle towards his wife and his brothers. They show it in the drama, though not much from our perspective as an audience but enough to show his character traits, e.g. when he stabbed father and son at Ning's birthday party, including betraying his own mentor YMH.
But I do agree that budget might have had something to do with it. They might not be able to get a lot investors investing in this type of drama. They prefer investing in fluffy idol dramas.