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this drama is def better than half your list

I say watch the Taiwanese ver first

Very heavy romance actually and the angst does exist but it really lasts and ends within the same episode and doesnt drag.

I mean that's every costume cdrama lmao. Lltg was also like that if i recall

Just finished this one and the story telling here is more coherent and characters are def more interesting than PR.

Actual hidden gem and definitely the best costume drama that aired this year so far. Only time i'm mad that there's a 40 episode limit too damn

You can't be serious to say that DY even had a good story in the end when it was butchered by having Yi Wen Jun make the most stupidest and confusing character decision I've ever seen in all media literally.

Yes.

If you want the main lead in Princess Royal in a similar character like Duke Su, you can watch him in Story of Kunning Palace

Try Princess Royal it's youku as well

I don't see how this is not a good ending rather than the fact that she didnt end up with her first love. I saw your comments from earlier but I can bluntly see that you re mistakenly just isnt fond of the Emperor.

This show is literally complex from what you're trying to brand it is. She gets a satisfying ending and same goes to Fuca Fuheng, her first love which ends up becoming her love trial to be wary of trying again. The literal reason why we spent like 30 episodes of just the Emperor and Wei Ying Luo pushing and pulling because one of them dont want to give in and the latter afraid to commit the same mistake. Then the show gives a good development where WYL, from seeking and using the emperor as a pawn for revenge to finally developing deep feelings and settling down. This is not your typical elementary romance and I do hope you do not condemn strong disagreement with the ending just because of the Emperor's looks not the standard like Fuca.

Dont get confused with the comment by @Sareh. This show is good even with the minimal romance. The story/romance of the Emperor and Wei Ying Luo is similar to the recent The Double's Xiao Heng and Xue Fangfei which is also our actress here, from pawns to revenge to developing strong feelings. Stick to the end and see for yourself

I think you would like this show if you just finished The Double. It's more cohesive and the pay off is nice. But then I would agree that the romance is like 8% of the drama and plays off much later in the show. Still, I found the emperor (my favorite character in the show) character here interesting and complex than most dramas I've seen.

Also, this one is a happy ending don't get confused with the comment above, the FL experiences a love trial with two characters in the show. Towards the end, she develops deep feelings from what started only as a pawn to revenge to finally settling down. Altough I wish you watched this show blindly without others' opinion instead and had a good watch experience like most

Her best drama so don't worry. Also 70 episodes wasnt enough lowkey

This was me reaching episode 70 and I wanted more afterwards

Mind you, Lovely Runner itself has a pretty simple and easy to follow time travel plot which is okay so they couldve given focus on the characters but they were just written badly and thats what people have been criticizing.

There's hundreds of rom-coms out there similar to lovely runner that has a less complicated plot but the attention would be given to the characters of the story and make them the 'plot'. Lovely Runner failed to do so.

Fastest post production I've seen and hopefully they've done justice and didnt rush things

They had a lot of kissing scenes

Have you watched Story of Yanxi Palace? She was amazing there as well.

Thanks, I've read it just now and share the same insights.