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I watched the anime long time ago so I knew what to expect story-wise, but I was honestly surprised by how much I liked this live adaptation. I thought it wouldn't be good, but it actually was.

This was really touching, I'm positively surprised. The ending is really gratifying & I love how they portrayed the friendship between Kakeru and others. All in all, beautifully emotional!

I have mixed feelings about this one. I feel it's underappreciated, but while I enjoyed the first half, I lost interest towards the end and didn't really feel anything even though there was A LOT of angst. I'm not sure whether I'm the problem or there was something missing, either way I wish I could've connected more to the characters.

The political aspect was also rather weak. The acting, however, was really good! I was impressed by Gala Zhang's portrayal of sickly traveling doctor who is actually quite cunning and mysterious. Other did a good job as well. Den Yu Li stood out in my opinion.

All in all, 8/10 from me. I can't bring myself to rate it lower because I did enjoy it in the beginning, it had some really good fighting scenes, nice costumes, good OST, good acting etc.

I know the feeling. It's not something I feel when it comes to XZ and his works, but I follow quite a few actors and liking their acting, but not enjoying their works can be frustrating. I came to love XZ for his roles in costume dramas, and while those are still my favourite, I'm quite fortunate to actually like most of his dramas, especially the new ones.

Hopefully he chooses something you can enjoy too. Like you said, supporting someone shouldn't feel like a chore :/

There were some misunderstandings between them towards the ending, but they reconciled and she accepted to be his wife and queen. However, she committed suicide before he came to pick her up, not because she hated him tho. They both loved each other very much in the end.

I'm being superficial af right now, but if it had the same poster as the one on IMDb I would've watched it ages ago 💀

This drama made me realize I pay too much attention to posters when deciding whether to watch something or not. Thankfully, Bai Jing Ting was in the cast so I gave it a chance despite the really bland poster. I still haven't finished watching it, but at ep. 30/40 I can say it's a really good, character driven, slice of life drama. Chemistry between the leads is off the charts! They're adorable together, but I also enjoy more serious moments in which we see how healthy their relationship is. Supporting cast is also really good, they're given a lot of screen time but it doesn't affect the whole drama negatively. Everything feels natural and organic.

Aside from the few "earthquake episodes" that made me think about dropping it, it's a really good show.

The way I started watching two 40+ ep dramas before this started airing is so ... I have no words.
Waiting to finish those two before I continue with TOOL but all these positive comments & short clips that I'm seeing are making me so excited!

Sad. Ning Yi does become a good emperor but the love story between him and Zhiwei is tragic.

I liked it from the beginning, but episode 16 is where it got really interesting to me. It's when (plot-wise) major things start to happen, it gets more serious & angsty. I wouldn't compare it to Korean historical dramas tho, it's a completely different genre.

I needed a few days to sort out my thoughts before writing a comment.

I REALLY wanted this to be a drama that I could rate 10 & the first 60 episodes were promising and done really well. Everything was almost perfect. The story was interesting, the scheming was intriguing, Chen Kun and Ni Ni were amazing, the chemistry between them was out of this world and Ning Yi as a character was like a dream come true for me.

However, compared to the first 60 episodes, the last 10 episodes felt disconnected and messy, and there were so many "things happening out of nowhere" moments. It wasn't all bad, some of my favourite scenes are from the last few episodes, but damn, they really messed up. Despite all of that, I think the ending was, in a way, fitting.

But yeah, taking everything into consideration it's a great drama and I would recommend it to anyone who likes more serious historical shows.

The ending 'theater scene' was so cute!

Ah, I see. That makes it even more tragic then. Thanks for answering!

Yeah, once you remove mystery it becomes somewhat tedious. I still finished it because I wanted to see how it all ends, but first half was definitely better.

I've already seen spoilers about their relationship and how it all ends and all I can say is - my heart is broken. So much suffering for both of them and in the end it was so pointless 😭

I'm gonna be honest, the only thing that keeps me watching is the relationship between Man Wol and Chung Myung. Also, the receptionist, he's adorable! I want to see the ending of his story.

So, was Feng Hao Zhi Wei's real brother and Dancheng's prince or was he the son of Qiu Mingying? I am confused. Mingying kept that birth certificate (or whatever you call it) with Feng Hao's real name, but it could've been fake?

Hmm, the first half was really interesting and I enjoyed the whole process of finding out who's responsible for the explosion, but the second part, after they found out, became somewhat draggy and in the last two episodes I just wanted it to end already.

I loved both ML and FL and their interactions and relationships growth felt really natural which is a big plus. All in all, 8/10 from me.

Finally! 😭
I really hope SJK returns for the second season, it's the role that made me his fan & it's one of my favorite dramas.

They really tested my patience with the relationship between brothers in ep. 10. Gosh, it was unbearable to watch. They did fix it in ep. 11 tho, it's finally developing into something healthy for both sides.