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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKJI_Nnr8U

it's the depth and breadth of his expressions that never ceases to amaze me

In my opinion, Xu Kai really delivered a best actor performance in his portrayal of Zhu Zanji.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLYJA_WvzZQ&t=560s

It's on Youtube. It was the second Xu Kai drama I watched after The Story of Yanxi Palace, It just popped up on my Apple TV one day and I said, Oh that's the same actor.

love the beautiful costumes

The blogger flat out denied it was Xu Kai but how to stop the rumors from getting out of control? Xu Kai haters are having a field day with it.

interesting.. I saw comment on Douban, someone felt that Yu Zheng has been holding Xu Kai back given how good his performance was in WOL.

I thought I read somewhere that Yu Zheng thinks Xu Kai is very talented or am I mistaken? Xu Kai is still young, but he seems like a smart guy who knows how to deal with people. I don't think he would leave his agency, not in the near future anyway, just my gut feel. Timing is everything in life and none of us know what the right timing is.

"Scandal" is a strong word. It's a false rumor.

The booting ceremony was 2/5/23 and then it takes 3 months to finish shooting. It normally takes a year after that before they air, so wouldn't it be reasonable for March or April airing?

I only come here to discuss SAF6 and will only reference other dramas if it is brought up. I just want to support this drama because there is a lot to appreciate about it. Nothing I say really matters. People know what they like or not like to watch.

On the contrary, in my opinion, my perspective is that gamer are the toughest critics, and they enjoyed the production quality. Most of the 13M watchers cannot be gamers. In fact, SAF6 game had so many issues, it is the least played of the series.

This drama is about a group of six. It is not a romance drama. There is resonance between Jinzaho and Qi. They have to show how this resonance can become more powerful because it is in fact a tool. There were only two real kissing scenes in the whole drama between the main leads and the second leads. They all had romantic feelings for each other but nothing more than that because that was not the focus of this drama. Exquisite Bian's romantic feelings were delicately done. The feelings each couple had for each other is not just your usual idol romance, it is intricately woven into the the story's themes (Bian feelings might be the one exception which was not in the game but nevertheless, it was beautifully done in the drama, Bian's personality was bland in the game, unlike Jinzhao but Bian really shined in the drama). The relationships, experiences, and feelings of the character are heart-warming and heart-wrenching to watch.

I'm sure in One and Only the characters also had romantic feelings too? They cannot show the real love between the leads in One and Only because that is the storyline; but in SAF6, they have to show the relationship is getting stronger because their resonance is a major plot of the story.

This is a closed loop of space and time story or time travel story and it's not those reverse harem as some is used to. This story is a bit complicated and not your usual "In the beginning... ". It's a fascinating storytelling. Myself, I find it so interesting and entertaining and so beautifully made. It's refreshing to watch something different. The acting in this drama is superb! The number of 5's in Douban rating for SAF6 is 14.4%. This is not bad at all considering the lack of promotion and Xu Kai is not popular in China. For point of reference, more popular actors Amidst a Snow Storm 16.9% , AJTL 16.7%. SOKP 15.9%.

SAF6 is inspirational! I saw a Douban posting that some food shops were posting egg noodles.

in my opinion, SAF6 is an classic inspirational drama of duty, honor, loyalty, love, friendship, moral conscience, humanity, esp. courage and bravery, not "gloom and doom"

every life is precious
heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice

Looking at the Kuyun daily broadcast data, the schedule turned off viewership big time. Every few days the schedule stopped for a few days, the viewership declined because there were no new episodes and probably accelerated the decline faster and sooner and possibly hurt ratings esp. this drama format saved the best for the last. But now all the episodes are aired so viewer don't have to break away for days According to the Kunyun broadcast, viewership has slowed to rate of 200K new views per episode. If it can average 40K new views a day to the end of the year, maybe it can reach almost 1B total views; if not, it will most likely end at 700M to 800M total views. In 2023, a drama over 1B total views would make it to the top ten Chinese drama. I'm hopeful SAF6 can reach total 1B views in 2024.

that looks passionate

This will be a treat because in real life Xu Kai is very respectful of family and he's a funny guy.
It will be overflowing with sweetness he and his 86-year-old grandmother in the drama.
In an interview, Xu Kai said if there is a spider, he will yell for his mom to come kill it for him.
His honesty is so refreshing.

This drama took 3 months to shoot and completed at the end of Sep. It normally takes a year before audience can see it.