Honestly the censorship update is not sudden. Some people have pointed out that the 40 ep max limit was in 2020.…
@SoTreeD As en exemple. TTEOTM and LYF aired the same year 2023.
TTEOTM took a 3 years process to be made. TTEOTM featured originally 54 episodes. Yes, the censorship was already in application before the airing but the production company had the possibility to sell the first season of 40 episodes max and the remaining episodes subsequently ( 14 episodes).
But then the update was put in place to forbid subsequent airing of remaining episodes. Therefore, production companies had to wait 1 year before airing the remaining episodes.
As a result, TTEOTM's production company chose to cut 14 episodes and merge then into 40 by extending each episode's duration by maximum 54 minutes.
This could have happenned to LYF but the production team chose to abide the law. So, they aired 2 seasons with 1 year gap.
So yes, the update of the regulation was sudden and it impacted the drama.
@SoTreeD I don't agree : episode 17 (When Xiang Liu is transformed into a woman on a boat sitting next to Xiao Yao. )
XL to XY : " If you are not happy, the people around you ...He...They will not be happy".
All XL did was for XY to be happy because he was in love with her. It is selfless love. He took the time and spent his energy to save TSJ for XY to be happy. It is selfless love.
I dropped it at 2 episode but I'm thinking about giving it a try again. Why it takes FL and ML so long to be together?…
FL is scared of being rejected because of the fake marriage contract. And ML is ashamed of stealing his brother's bride because he loves his brother. Moreover, I don't know if you remember ML and SML's stepbrothers and stepsisters? They also set traps to stop this wedding from happenning.
Yes, it is unfortunate that they cut all the scenes where XL looks for TSJ. He makes sure that he is healed and that TSJ can be brough back to XY. They cut scenes that show his selfless love for XY. I would have loved to watch all that.
A lot of people are complaning over the second season for being less interesting than the first one. We musn't forget that this is because of the censorship sudden update. ( one year between seasons) A lot of dramas were written to be aired in one go. So it is normal for the 2 seasons not to be balanced. There were not supposed to be a second season in the first place.
The romance here was subtle and minimal and for a political revenge themed drama it was appropriate and not overdone…
This is the most romantic drama I have ever watched. Although there is no skinship, romance is all over the drama. It is good that it did not disturb you.
I heard that they researched how people in North Korea lived/ dressed. So the drama is true to them on a lot of…
You are right, I heard that too. This is why they said people copied it of usb /CD and distributed it illegaly. Yes it is forbidden. I read that in an article at the time.
No, it seems like the 2ML is a first class jerk (he's an ex who disappeared for 3 yrs with no explanation and…
I agree with you, that jerk doesn't love her. He seems to be some sort of gigolo coming back in her life. But I suspect the writter to make him say later that he loves her [ so called loves her ] now that he lost her. Yes, competition => zero
As en exemple. TTEOTM and LYF aired the same year 2023.
TTEOTM took a 3 years process to be made.
TTEOTM featured originally 54 episodes. Yes, the censorship was already in application before the airing but the production company had the possibility to sell the first season of 40 episodes max and the remaining episodes subsequently ( 14 episodes).
But then the update was put in place to forbid subsequent airing of remaining episodes. Therefore, production companies had to wait 1 year before airing the remaining episodes.
As a result, TTEOTM's production company chose to cut 14 episodes and merge then into 40 by extending each episode's duration by maximum 54 minutes.
This could have happenned to LYF but the production team chose to abide the law. So, they aired 2 seasons with 1 year gap.
So yes, the update of the regulation was sudden and it impacted the drama.
Please, stop spreadind misinformations.
I don't agree : episode 17
(When Xiang Liu is transformed into a woman on a boat sitting next to Xiao Yao. )
XL to XY : " If you are not happy, the people around you ...He...They will not be happy".
All XL did was for XY to be happy because he was in love with her.
It is selfless love.
He took the time and spent his energy to save TSJ for XY to be happy.
It is selfless love.
Please, stop spreading misinformations.
Moreover, I don't know if you remember ML and SML's stepbrothers and stepsisters?
They also set traps to stop this wedding from happenning.
They cut scenes that show his selfless love for XY.
I would have loved to watch all that.
We musn't forget that this is because of the censorship sudden update. ( one year between seasons)
A lot of dramas were written to be aired in one go. So it is normal for the 2 seasons not to be balanced.
There were not supposed to be a second season in the first place.
I prefere not to be so critical.
Although there is no skinship, romance is all over the drama. It is good that it did not disturb you.
But I suspect the writter to make him say later that he loves her [ so called loves her ] now that he lost her. Yes, competition => zero