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It’s what happens when a drama is about the FL character. Not just this drama. Not just cdramas. .

They purposely gave him softer look in appearance and tone including camera angles and editing. Later they removed softness as he’s no longer at village lived in husband and entered war and politics

I watch it like as if the character is marvel superhero type or those anime games not because she’s strong but because she’s stronger than the man who can fight 10,000 men. Both are comic characters. The character got her strength from slaughtering pigs and her father taught her martial skills and how to use her body to lift twice the weight of what other men can. Her fighting is strategy which explains why she can kill men that no other man could do what she can do. This is way beyond strong and is fantasy character not just her.

even that was comedy to me because of how he did it or how they showed it, I didn't' know if I should laugh or what, perhaps it was ridiculous dramatic to the point the serious tone got axed

This drama leans heavily into comedy — no matter how intense things get, it always circles back to humor. That’s why, when the horrific or terrifying moments hit, I don’t feel them as deeply; the tone swings so quickly that my emotions don’t have time to settle. Still, it’s incredibly well‑executed and genuinely entertaining.

I just realized Pursuit of Jade is a dual‑platform drama airing on both Tencent and iQIYI and Dragon TV, as well as on Netflix. With both platforms, the drama would have had a huge budget. It made me wonder: when we compare market share, does being on two platforms automatically give a drama an advantage over another show that’s equally popular but only streams on a single platform? And if a drama also airs during Chinese prime‑time TV, wouldn’t that boost its market share even further?

Douban listed Pursuit of Jade as #6 most anticipated drama for 2026, so that means there was huge anticipation this drama before it aired. It lived up to it.

I think she does weightlift, i can see the muscle tones in her arms when she flexes it

it was funny but what ever became of that afterwards

she was in the middle of cooking stew so she needed to get back to it

There are probably another 10,000 user ratings still to come. If those remaining 10,000 average around 9.2, the overall score will stay at 9.2. If they’re lower, the rating will drop.

Terrifying” really is the perfect word for him.

That’s why you can’t rely on every review. Not everyone fully understands the subtitles or the cultural and linguistic nuances, while others go to great lengths to understand because they appreciate the work.

In this drama, Deng Kai kind of reminds me of Ding Yuxi, and Lin Muran also has a noticeable resemblance to Luo Yunxi. Maybe it’s the makeup, the costumes, the camera angles, or their acting styles, but every time they appear on screen, those other actors come to mind.

As the brother lies dying at his sibling’s hands, he says, “So this is what you mean when you say you never intend to harm me.” For a moment, I wondered whether that line was meant to slip a bit of humor into an otherwise horrifying scene.

In this drama, a recurring joke is that the characters keep reminding the audience their lives are nothing like storybooks or operas.

no don't' take any ratings seriously

Douban 6.8

Market‑share percentages aren’t always fair to compare because it depends on what other shows are airing at the same time. If a drama has no real competition, it can get a very high percentage. But if another drama airs during a time slot with other big, popular shows, its percentage might look lower even if it’s just as popular — or even more popular — because the audience is split.

For example, Drama A gets a lower market-share percentage because it aired alongside a super-popular drama. If that big competitor hadn’t been there, Drama A’s percentage would have been much higher. Drama B gets a higher market‑share percentage, but only because it had less competition during its run. That doesn’t automatically mean Drama B was more popular — it just had an easier time slot.

So the numbers don’t tell the whole story.

and the wife of a Marquis has a title too, called a Marchioness, which would suggest a very high status, unlike a general is just a general's wife

This drama filmed for 4 months and one week, Filming Period: 2024-Dec-15 to 2025-Apr-22; but there is pre-production and postproduction time too which adds many more months to make the final product. When I look at MDL works, I see directors do less than one drama a year, while actors average two dramas a year.