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What makes you think that?

47 eps really isn't nearly enough because of how many characters they've chosen to develop. This could have easily been a 3 season drama, 25-30 eps each.

Now that's a friggin cliffhanger. Wow.

Say what you want about this drama, one thing it has managed to do pretty well is character development for certain characters that makes you feel for them all the more when things happen to them. We cannot lose Jinqi's mom right now. We just cannot.

At least with loss, we still gain. I love that Nanke and Jiugao are getting their happiness, along with the other maids. I didn't expect Jinqui to continue to break the mold, being there for his wife and child like that. Being human. And it's that vulnerability that makes me feel for him all the more.

Probably one of the more interesting aspects of Jinqi’s speech today is what he didn’t say that also happened that cold winter night that neither he nor his wife can say. If he ever finds out her real identity, she’ll enter sainthood in his books.

My comment is on this drama, but sure, there are other FLs and stories like this. Even if you swapped an ML or male character for FL, I'd still think it ridiculous that someone is not only so capable, but successful at the same time.

Mother may be old school, but she's almost always been fair. She's able to analyze people and situations pretty well.

Jinqi 's speech in EP 40 feels like a massive payoff for everything that happened before. The stage was set beautifully for it given all the events that led up to it, even in the same ep. That's a clear contrast to how things were rushed and stitched together in EP 39. While we can understand the meaning behind the events, it doesn't feel as apparent or as rewarding as say Jinqi's speech here.

If they had put the consummation of the marriage a bit earlier or closer to something else that would have given it better context than just a time skip and bam, consummation, it would have felt a bit more impactful, to me.

While I understand that this is The Story of Xiang Lan, her solving all the problems all the time is kind of ridiculous.

It really does make my blood boil when we in modern day know that it is not the mother who determines the sex of the child, but the father.

The order and timing of events seem a bit odd to me in EP 39.

You might know better than I, the zombies/extras who take bumps and falls after being hit, that's all real, right?

The production quality is actually pretty good from how ambitious they are trying to be here. How often do we get a solid non-typical BL drama like this? Do I like the use of AI in dramas? Generally, no. But in a case like this, it's very specific and does not take away from my appreciation of Cheng Liang and Chen Ming Hao's acting, the choreography, the stunt doubles, the extras, and the set choices and designs. More than that, I appreciate that, while not the best thing ever, we're getting a solid post-zombie apocalypse drama that happens to have queer leads and queer love in it.

At least Pong (Jerry Loong) is cute here.

Shogun being dubbed like this is very very weird. Because this mouth doesn't do in sync to his words because he's probably not speaking Mandarin Chinese, it throws me off big time. I used to give stuff like this a pass in the past because there wasn't ass much BL out back then, but with the sea of BL these days, I'm a bit less forgiving. They could have clearly given this role to another actor who speaks Chinese.

I don't alway agree when people say that the profile pic does a disservice to the actor, but in this case, it really does a disservice to the guy.

It helps that she saved their butts on more than one occasion

For a period drama like this, one person’s actions can reflect on the entire family. If it’s grave enough then it could mean that it would be impossible for them to get married. You often have to get some contrived out for it to work.

One could argue just how grave the Lin’s family’s actions were in the past, but in this case the imperial edict for them to be married trumps everything. Now that they’re married, Jinqi collecting the Shen family bodies and burying them is an enormous debt that would be difficult for Lanxiang to repay in this lifetime. But it’s also the thing that would allow her see Jinqi in a new light and move on with her life with him. As annoying as the whole set up is, the way it’s written sorta makes sense.

Finally we're able to start moving forward.

It's kinda annoying just how dense Suzuki is, but it makes sense given that his self esteem is really really low and what happened to him with is ex-friends in freshman year.

Am I the only one who thinks Ryan pulled off the facial hair really well and should try it for more dramas?