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Wait, cut!! What the fuck was that ending, really??

There are many, many things I was disappointed with in this drama, but THIS ending? Okay, they died in the war. I can accept that. I'm actually a fan of sad and tragic endings. But they even LOST the war?? The Japanese killed them and won. Yes, Japan eventually lost the war( surrendered years later in 1945), but the ML's sacrifice and the lives of all those soldiers didn't contribute to that victory. They refused to retreat, fought until their last breath, and it all went to waste.

Since the love story itself was fictional, couldn't the writers at least have made their sacrifice meaningful? Let their deaths contribute something to China's victory. I don't need a happy ending, but I do need a well-written tragic one. There's a difference between heartbreaking and just frustrating.

Honestly, the only things I liked were the acting and cinematography. Otherwise, this was a pretty toxic drama with some seriously disappointing writing.