randomshowenthusiast

yeah the 1-star raters are starting to show up which is frustrating atm (from 8,2 to 7,9), but overall it will balance out when 1000+ people have rated it, if they don't screw up the ending it'll def will be an 8+ overall rating :)

I think you have a wrong concept what investigating means here while also giving the 5th day some 'magical' relevance even the show doesn't give it:

No investigator knows which clue will turn out to be wrong until it has been investigated. The loops changing simply means gaining more info you have to sort.
And the clues on the 5th day will not automatically bring results, if you haven't taken in the clues of loop 1-4 and used them to figure out all the possible people involved (background, connections, motives etc) then you would literally be starting at 0 info on day 5 ^^

Just cause the antagonist is aware of the loop too doesn't mean he can change Everything, just like for ML some things influence his plans too (road accident, café stampede etc).
The fun of the loop is that deaths are forgivable in a sense during the loop and that you have a few 'fix points' (like e.g. the road accident) while other things can move and give you a new clue (and ML can become a know-it all compared to his colleagues lol).
But from a purely investigative side this is not much different from having a normal Monday-Friday for investigation with an antagonist who can anticipate some of your moves (like in other shows before). Friday will not automatically deliver the wanted results if you didn't put in the work Monday-Thursday.
And if the case isn't solved on Friday and somebody dies then well that's what happens on Friday and you have to live with it and get back to work on Monday, that's pretty much the relevance of the '5th loop', nothing more.
(Just like his regular life, e.g. he has to live with being involved in An Lan's mum accident and didn't have to chance to see if a loop could change her fate...).

If he would solve cases with things he only learns/does on the 5th day, he also would've solved the cases in the first 24hrs before he knew it would turn out to be a loop day ^^
So for him the loops mean that he gets Monday-Friday all packed into a loop and if he's lucky (e.g. with the bank case) he can show off and act as if he solved it in 1 day, if it's a super easy case like the handbag thieve he can drink coffee for 3 days cause he already knows how to solve it, but all that doesn't mean no case in his career would end badly or unsolved on a loop-end ^^

For the romance, it's very slow burn anyway since their situation & how they got to know each other isn't an easy start, but their fondness for each other was already obv before the recent loop. So he simply has the chance to get to know her a bit more for 4 days of the loop while she only remembers a sense of Deja vú, but it's not like they only have 5 days to fall in love and he's mostly busy with the case anyway ^^

...It's ok if you dislike a show cause it's not your taste, but I'm honestly wondering what you want from it:
there are multiple suspects cause the loops are like a moving puzzle allowing the audience to guess along with each new information we gain with every change in each loop, but since you call that 'waiting around' time instead of investigation you seem to expect to get the results on a silver platter...?

have you ever watched time loop shows before, if him accepting his death as possibility in the loops is the thing that throws you off, cause it def isn't relevant to what he's actually trying to do: solve the case.
and that 'wait time' of the 4 loops is def important cause as you see he hasn't solved the case in loop 3 yet, so how would he automatically solve it on day 5 if he wasn't investigating each clue on the other loop days?
Day 5 being the end of the loop and the day that can't be changed anymore simply means what happens on that day will be what happened in the overall continous time-line (whether a case was solved or people died etc), it doesn't mean that everything automatically falls into place for the ML and he can just read a book on the other 4 days...

Oh yay~, another acc that contributes to BS on MDL... I'll never understand why being a troll & spending time on things you dislike is more important to some than simply finding things you enjoy, gives toddler tantrum vibe, maybe get a snack & nap lol

Tastes are different, this is not an action drama but an investigative drama, the situations & hints change with each loop, so it's fun to guess along :)

with his boss I personally I think it's more that the boss kept his 'I live through time-loops' confession in the back of his mind, probably as silly little thing at first, but considering this has been happening for yrs and they're sus of him knowing so much (even if they conciously only remember loop 5 it's sus how well planned ML is on that day for a case), I'd say he's starting to srsly believe it ^^

I too would say wait until after exams, cause this is an investigative series & events change with the time-loops, so the main chara has to play 4D chess atm to try and solve it/keep everyone save. and if you enjoy shows like this your brain will be busy theorizing about hints we get esp if you have to wait until the next epi ^^
All the best with your exams & preparation!

Epi 7 and ohhhhh I enjoy this show so much!!!
So far it's just one big case, so I assume we'll get maybeee 2 cases this season.
I'm ok with it cause he's playing 4D chess since the events keep changing and he also has to keep track of the 'regular events' going on in the city that suddenly can be relevant to his case and influence the situation for him,...(I'm glad they're incorporating everything, I knew they wouldn't just randomly let us listen to certain news-stories).
Also: no wonder he needs ALL the sleep after intense loops!!
(his body might reset along with the loop, but considering his mind is Locked In for multiple days with 0 break, damn, I'd collapse XD)
It's fun to see all the hints of people being sus...
And I'm super happy we got the team & boss throwing around theories about him, deserved haha

Often I don't post after 1 epi, but since I went into Mobius blind I just wanna leave a short ramble:
I didn't keep up with what BJT drama was being released, I just was looking forward to a new show with him, so realizing that it's another time loop drama was so entertaining & nostalgic lol
(esp there being a time-loop on a bus hehe)

Ding Qi is appearing nearly a bit too overpowered/1-man-army style at times (hope it'll be a balance in the show so his colleagues don't seem too dependent on him, or are just decoration ^^ ), but at least they gave us a believable set-up considering he time-loops very often and has the chance to hone his skills & approach to the specific situation.
Otoh they also added fitting humor & some of the akward/dorky scenes BJT does so well :)
(humor is subjectiv hit-or-miss, but they had me literally LOL with e.g. the bank-robbery comedy)

This is a totally different plot set-up to Reset, so don't be worried about being bored by 'just another time-loop show' and it's nice that his Ding Qi chara has a bit more freedom to enjoy the benefits of time-loops (I think having to write your thesis multiple times is bearable if you also can win the lottery ^^ and on the pos side, it means he had more time to work on his thesis XD)

Very enjoyable 1. epi & main-chara set-up so far :)

EDIT after ep5: ohhhh it's so fun, they have a great mix of intrigue & humoristic aspects and the potential romance has good chemistry (their cute moments made me grin) while keeping it 'not as simple as he thinks at first' XD

It was such an entertaining realization for me (I went into Mobius without knowing anything about it), like overall I try to avoid comparing shows/charas, but the audience getting to know Ding Qi when he's already used to living through loops was like a meeting Heyun again after years and them showing us a loop in a bus made me laugh XD

I hope he'll gain more success along the way & can get a ML in the future, because he caught my eye in 3 dramas :)

I had the same issue (esp since I wasn't that interested in the single cases being dragged out while the overall mystery case was still not rlly unfolding) but I can rec to try to make it through those epis, there's A LOT more happening in the 30+ epis ^^

The execution of the storyline feels like a fumble half-way through, the set-up as Nan Heng = 'villain' and Yimeng feeling distanced from these 'fictional charas' around her and just trying to keep herself alive is all well and good. but it went downhill when this set-up didn't change for 2/3 of the show.

Don't get me wrong I def give her the right to be wary of him & working against him since early in the show he DID try to kill her & harmed her, but that's why I wish the script had developed their 'romance' differently.
while I enjoy 'enemies to lover' tropes, I personally prefer when the charas are on equal grounds, they totally can try to stab each other, but if it's repeatedly misunderstandings, a one-sided suffering & hurt feelings, then it feels more like I wanna tell them to break free from toxic patterns than enjoying a fun trope & 'romance'....
And even when we had some small moments of development for Yimeng and she e.g. became closer to her 'ficitional family' and she wanted to protect the world as more than fiction, it still circeled back to her like most charas blaming Nan Heng somehow for everything and considering he was smittenly in love with her at that point and trying to do everything for her/doing good overall, this felt like a level of toxic set-up & gaslighting I struggle to enjoy as 'romance'.
practically switched from her suffering to him suffering, but never quite felt as if they reached equal grounds until the last few epis.

So halfway through I relied on the Night-walkers charas to keep my motivation to continue and only the last 10 epis got my excitement for the overall show back, sigh...

this was simply more a 'slice of life' epi for the 4 main charas as break between the more intense curse plot, but still fully related to everything (past life, curse, mysticism), so no the plot is plotting ^^

epi 5 was such a nice break between the major plot, other epis were packed with past life & curse & case of the week in the village & chara introductions, which is cool cause it makes the epis feel too short :)
but this week was a little breather between everything, we got to settle in with our 4 main charas, saw their daily life & more introduction to the mystic aspects and the first new beginnings of romance :)

tastes are different, so this is just my POV ramble ^^
I wanted to like this but I'm struggling.
Half the lightheartedness/comedy is just people throwing tantrums & misunderstandings & the constant running gag of the Li ladies being 'fierce'. All of these topics come with deeper reasonings for the charas, but are so often used as 'joke' that I don't feel connected when the show tries to tell me that I'm supposed to be deeply emotionally involved suddenly in some scenes...

After 14 epis it's exhausting atm.
The Li ladies are being so slowly established (even tho they're main charas) that the 2 youngest girls are still just nothing more than 'the kids' to me cause we know nothing deeper than that.
with other charas it switches between very raw/deep moments to then the chara nearly being non-existent in other epis, which again makes me feel less connected to any of them.

personally I don't like how the couples are handled, they feel flat:
1. already established couple exists...and that's it...I can't even remember them having 1 proper conversation as couple cause all that's stuck in my head is the man's constant pleading towards his wife (comedy relief that's not landing for me)
the 'main couple' so far had an interesting set up and then after getting together turned into the 'mild version' of 1. couple...
the 3. new couple could also be interesting except their non-communication level is at 'might as well talk with a wall' atm, which will obv improve towards the end of the show, but atm I struggle to hold on until then, gonna take a break from the show for a bit ^^

I really enjoyed this drama esp cause we got a full-on friendship group (found family) development, I adore them :3 (yes All of them XD)
It was a great mix of lighthearted bickering but also heartfelt/caring moments or raw talks between the friends at times (which sometimes is missing between all the 'tough guys' in dramas), we also got actual group-hugs etc :)

On the investigation side I overall enjoyed it too, some things were a bit obv and in the middle it felt a bit redundant that 1 member had to proof their innocence in 2 cases and therefore felt dragged out when I was waiting for more interesting story parts to develope, but other times they had me fully invested wondering in which direction they'd decide to go with the main plot :)

I appreciate that FL/ML were a genuinly well balanced & well written couple:
living for investigations but also having loving moments. FL was due to circumstances keeping her feelings more supressed + simply more a hot-headed personality (nice variety to the 'more refined ladies' of other dramas). We actually got moments of them saving each other and each being the strong one or grounding partner at times, YES thanks!

Sadly this drama seems to be flying under the radar between all the other recent releases, I hope more people will discover it over time so this solid drama (imo 8,5/10) receives the attention it deserves :)
I'm going to miss this little rag-tag team :')

Thank you for that summary of some of the differences between novel and show :)
those are def some major differences for the FL and the show reduced a lot of the political complexity.

yeah I'm not surprised that Sml is the 'bad guy' in the novel cause I saw some spoilery comments from novel readers and I'm used to dramas often 'resolving' love triangles by killing sml off or having him be an unredeemable guy ^^
it's just the show established him as someone with principals & compassion as part of his grey characteristics, but then suddenly in the last few epis it's as if he had a psychotic break and chara turn-around out of nowhere lol, so it felt inconsistent of the chara-personality ^^
I'm also just personally a bit disappointed cause up until the last few epis I was hopeful this show would be added to my list of love triangles that are showing some (grumpy) cooperation between the men instead of just backstabbing rivals or even enemies hehe ;)

Tastes are obv different, so this is just my personal rant ^^
This is another one I had high expectations for, but while it's overall a good watch it failed to deliver the Legend I had hoped for.
I know there had to be made some cuts/editing adjustments, but that's no excuse for the overall lack of depth in storytelling.

It easily could've introduced charas we're supposed to see as relevant at earlier appropriate times in the story to build a believable connection between the charas and also towards the audience (e.g. her master, the classmate-connection leading to her gender reveal, her fellow trusted generals from her life as He Rufei etc.) but they all were introduced later in the story just to get certain plot points across (whether a death was needed or a reveal), but lacking impact due to the rushed feeling of sudden chara/relationship set-up.
This overall lead to the delivered story & charas feeling flat at times.
Sadly even her struggle to have grown up disguised as man (and hardened general) and now slowly being allowed to discover her identity as woman fell short at times, e.g. how she was all cutesy (& coaxing) when she wanted to. where was that personality trait coming from so easily considering in her upbringing she wasn't even allowed to interact with her own mum or play as it was deemed 'too feminine'??
So yes there were story telling parts of 'finding her identity' but def not the depth I had hoped for.
In parts it seemed like progressing 'the romance' as concept & checking off tropes from a list was more important than adapting it to this specific story/this specific FL/ML couple, e.g. the silliness of that 'underwater kiss'-scene...

The last 3 epis honestly kind of ruined it for me, I haven't read the novel, so yes maybe this was the end that was 'supposed to happen' following the novel story line. but considering the set-up of the '3 main charas/love triangle' throughout all 30 epis of the drama, this felt like a chara-assasination of SML & a cheap way out, cause we apparently can't have a peacefully resolved 'love triangle' (SML never had a chance anyway) in this show.
Yes SML had grey chara set-up (which honestly made him one of the more interesting charas in all of this), but the total switch-up from him being merciful to a woman he doesn't even like because he doesn't want her to suffer like his own mother did back then, to totally going down the deep end just 1 epi later and trying to ruin FL's life (& the kingdom) is so laughable I barely finished to show lol sorry...

I honestly was just expecting too much from the script, the actors did well with what they were given and if people are more interested in a cute romance than a gripping tale about identity & war/politics then there's lots to enjoy Ig. Also the side-charas like 2nd couple and FL's ragtag group of new soldiers & Fei Nu were adding fun entertainment even if only appearing in small doses ^^

yeah the show is as good as I had hoped for (so far at least)(haven't read the novel yet) it def became one of my happy-excitement shows atm. watched the cast reacting to epi 3 today, then watched ep 4 and enjoy that we got them singing in the Khemjira busking last weekend & today at DMD Sportsday, nice to see these kiddos thrive :)