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You really did yourself a favor. Good for you. :D The drama is going downhill anyway but it never good to begin with....

Its not they dont want to provide a closure. But they just in general like to write pretentious endings ~ somehow tragic endings are more poetic~ lol

I watched this when it was aired years back but I still remember how all these makes me so angry lol. You literally can predict Kdramas' endings just by watching their first episodes. This predictability aspect going to cause this industry later. Seasoned watchers like me will had enough... :(

They were enemies in the real history. Thats why in the drama, all their brotherhood scenes are only done behind the scene and no one else knowing except only few of people -- thus the 'secret' in the title of this drama. They are still following the exact historical events but with twists.

What a bad way to start your journey! That drama scarred me till this day. :P

OMG I cant stand preaching in dramas esp when it combined with dumb decisions after that. Please for the love of God, please stop doing that lol

Actually, I'm a big fan of Jdramas and I think I have watched really a lot of Jdramas for the past decades (but never got to rate them properly in this site). But I never got around to watch SNHGIK despite it has been sitting in my harddisk for yearsss.

I'm actually very easy to please so you must roll your eyes when you see my list. X'D 10/10 only being given to perfect shows like Joy of Life & Nirvana in Fire. But like I said if its below 4, it means it really bad in term of message (Because This is My First Life which I rated it 2/10) or horrible and uneven script (Moon Lover; Scarlet Heart Ryeo which I rated 4/10). ^^''

What is your favourite show then. The ones you rated 9 and above.

And it makes me curious how would you rate my fave shows lol!

What are Croton dramas though? So I can avoid them in the future

Thank you for this! Your comment really made me lol!

Ohh this is so interesting! And ngl that I lol when I see you rated Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto 4.5/10. It must be so bad X'D

Usually, I rated shows below 4 when it have bad / awful message. Or just badly written dramas with uneven plots and doesnt make sense characters.

What is your mum's other favourite dramas? Maybe I can watch it as well

Which historical dramas that you've seen has sexual assaults?

Yes yes the drama is very addicting but the at the same time it made me so happy watching it. Its my go to drama everytime any other dramas let me down. I always like; 'Fan Xian would never!!!' everytime I encountered character in other dramas doing dumb decisions haha. And everytime I made a rewatch, I will realize all this little and small nuanced actions did by the characters which make me appreciate the script even more. ♥ The foreshadowing is a lot and it amazed me so much how both the writer and the director incorporate it in the drama -- like every action means something. Its really amazing. :D

And you are right! The drama is so funny. Their humour is definitely up to my alley. I was in stitches everytime Fan Xian and Wang Qinian are together. And luckily I watched enough Cdramas to understand some of the jokes that didnt transpire well with subs. Like Dabao calling Fan Xian 'Xiao Xian Xian' which is a double blow to him or Fan Xian made fun of Gong Dian's name 'Lou Gong' which means husband in Chinese. I really appreciate all the jokes lol

I think another drama that is very close to NIF and JOL would be Sword Snow Stride. IMO, its the best C-drama for last year hands down. It also starred Zhang Ruoyun as the lead with the same writer of JOL penned down the script. The chess game in SSS is amazing as well.

lol!

Wah 6 episodes in one night? Congrats! :D :D

I doubt he died since we have 2 seasons after this. :D My guess is that it is his plan with Yan Bingyun (plus, Yan Bingyun is listed as his allies in the novel) to fool the 2nd Prince. Fan Xian is very unexpected so I'm sure that it is his plan all along. One thing he never did is disappoint us.

Episode 41 will revealed who is his parents. ^^' I know sometimes the curiosity is killing you but this type of drama not knowing spoiler is the best as you will get surprised the same way as the character when they learned the truth. The foreshadowing is a lot in the drama so all that lead to the final truth so the fun part is guessing together with Fan Xian and decipher who is the real mastermind behind the whole thing. Like for an example the real bad guy behind the assassination attempt at Nailing street, if we already know the spoiler since the beginning, the fun wont be there anymore -- the brilliance of how that particular character was constructed to fool our eyes will be lost -- his acting, his motives, the way he behaves, etc. You are 6 episodes from finishing you will know everything in 6 episodes. :D

Yes, but Yang Yang projects are high profile and big budgeted with famous female leads. But we cannot said the same thing about Xiao Zhan. :( At this rate, Xu Kai will have an even better filmography than him which he already did atm with Yangmi drama & Royal Feast drama on the way. And not to mention Yibo already much better than him project wise. If I were him, I will be nervous lol

I think he need to agree and find time to be in JOL2. Zhang Ruoyun had amazing public reputation and JOL2 reputation gonna expose him even more to the general public. He need to be wise in choosing his next dramas.

China is very strict in their censorship. Things about reincarnation, travelling to the past or future, change of histories are not allowed in their script. So in JOL, instead of showing Fan Xian just reincarnated in a body of a baby, they made it clear that its only fiction -- that the whole drama is just a fiction written by a university student.

You can read more here about Cdramas censorship:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/comments/s6gfcw/censorship_stories_examples/

In the novel, he actually reincarnated from the future/past in a body of a baby. I dont want to spoil but thats the gists of it. But due to China censorship, it got changed a bit about this part -- it is told as a novel written by a student. It's actually one of the biggest secret in this drama so I advise you to find it out yourself because I didnt expect it as well lol. Because after the revelation, all those future knowledge inconsistencies made sense that Fan Xian himself even wondered whether he is just living in a fake/dream world.

They are arranged to be married by the Emperor and they happen to fall in love with each other without knowing each other identities at the beginning of the drama. At one point in the drama, Fan Xian said to his sister whether he would he be so lucky that the girl he falls in love with is the one that he's going to get married but his sister said its impossible as Wan'er is sick. They are fiancee in this season as they only get married in the 2nd season.