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The rank has dropped from a high of 14, or perhaps 16, to 24 now. On the other hand, the popularity has been going up. I’m really looking forward to the last few episodes and keeping my fingers crossed that they’ll be great and that, once all the dust has settled and everyone has finished watching the show, we’ll still be above 9 :)

I’m pretty sure most people here know better than to watch substandard pirated leaks and will wait for the official releases, for the best experience, to support the team behind Pursuit of Jade, and not to reward piracy. Please do not promote piracy and pirate sites in this forum.

Don't read this. It's referring to a scene from one of the leaked episodes.

You may be right. I did a bit of digging and it looks like they only joined a couple of days ago. Also, as far as I can tell, this is also their first post in this comment section, so it’s probably not an account created just to sow dissent.

That’s a lot of certainty for something built on absolutely nothing :) But then again, that’s how conspiracy theories usually work.

Since you asked, you probably wouldn’t understand the answer :(

…and of course for most of that last third you were watching substandard leaked episodes, bingeing through all of them, and now commenting on what is essentially a half-digested mess in your mind. Splendid :(

I can completely see why my experience of episode 33, which was officially released yesterday, is so different from yours. I’ve just rewatched my favourite parts. Yep, still a 9.2 as far as I am concerned.

Please, if you have watched any leaked episodes, do not post comments here, even with the spoiler tag, until the relevant episodes have officially aired. It is important that we support the team behind Pursuit of Jade and do not play into the hands of those distributing the leaks.

Also, many of us on kisskh rely on subtitles. Watching leaked episodes with poor subtitles can diminish your viewing experience and may lead to misunderstandings that affect how you interpret and discuss the drama.

If your aim is to out yourself on this site, you are doing a wonderful job :( How clueless can you be?

Those substandard leaks? Personally, I am looking forward to today’s episode on iQIYI and plan to relish every minute. And then I am looking forward to the discussion of that episode here on the forum.

... with terrible machine translated subtitles ... What rock have you been living under? Check the last 5000 comments below :)

Please, if you have watched any leaked episodes, do not post comments here, even with the spoiler tag, until the relevant episodes have officially aired. It is important that we support the team behind Pursuit of Jade and do not play into the hands of those distributing the leaks.

Also, many of us on kisskh rely on subtitles. Watching leaked episodes with poor subtitles can diminish your viewing experience and may lead to misunderstandings that affect how you interpret and discuss the drama.

Why do you do this to yourself instead of just waiting for proper subtitles? So you binged a pretty unpalatable, substandard leak instead of letting a genuinely enjoyable experience last a couple more days? I do not get it.

I just hope you will not rate the drama down because of the “poor quality” of the last few episodes. And I am not being sarcastic. I know of a couple of amazing older dramas that were seriously downvoted on this forum simply because only machine-translated subtitles are available.

Why would a loyal subscriber blame a platform for ignoring piracy, as long as it delivers what the subscriber signed up for? Also, we are not just talking about a single platform but a whole set of platforms, likely bound to specific release schedules by mutual contracts.

If iQIYI were to release all episodes today, that would be effectively the same as a full leak from a pirate site, at least from Netflix’s perspective. In fact, it could be even worse for Netflix and international audiences, since an official iQIYI release would come with high-quality subtitles, which matter a great deal to them.

I guess we will never know. I have no idea how exactly the platforms “make dramas work”. Having said that, readily available pirated content must present a huge challenge, with some pirate sites mirroring newly released episodes within minutes of the official release. On the other hand, pirate sites must also contribute to exposing content to audiences that would otherwise never access it, thereby making it more popular.

I can definitely see a point to sneakily releasing episodes in substandard quality, goading pirate sites into exposing their audiences to inferior versions and thereby nudging many of them to sign up for the real deal. At the same time, leaks also create a positive buzz for the drama.

But what's been leaked is substandard at least for international audiences because of the atrocious subtitles. Very happy to wait and pay for the episodes with good subtitles.

The latest officially released episode is 32 of 40. Anything beyond that is leaked, usually with abominable auto-generated subtitles.

Looks to me like engagement with the drama is holding up just fine https://d2.guduomedia.com/

Guilty as charged. I have watched my fair share of pirated content over the years and I do not lose any sleep over not subscribing to every platform that happens to be airing a drama I am interested in. On the other hand, I also do not mind people accessing pirated versions of my academic books. In fact, the more people who end up reading them, especially those who cannot afford them, the better.

All I am saying is that we should try to minimise the impact of piracy on individual dramas and the teams that worked hard to bring them to life, and not let piracy dictate how and when these shows are released or experienced.

No, they should absolutely stick with the original plan. Anyone with integrity would avoid watching leaked episodes, as doing so harms the team behind Pursuit of Jade.

Also, why is it so difficult to simply watch one episode per day? Personally, I am more than happy to make this very enjoyable experience last a few days longer :)