Tian Jia Rui is such a breakout star here, can’t believe it’s his debut role! Also this drama changed my perception of Yu Shuxin, i wish she’ll take on more ‘solemn’ roles like this she’s good at it.
Joy of Life S2 took over 4 years and managed to get most of their main casts back, would I be delusional if I’m hoping for the same with this one? 😭
Not a genre i’m interested in, but will definitely be checking it out for the sake of the casts alone (especially Tia nJia Rui!). Hopefully i’ll be hooked.
I feel like it’s been a while, why haven’t this show aired yet? last time when the coming soon trailer dropped on iqiyi it looks almost complete already. What happened??
This drama easily gone up to my #1 top drama in the idol period drama genre. Every second of it is so good, no fillers in the story every scene was purposeful either to build the characters or move the plot. THE FL & ML CHEMISTRY IS AMAZING, and the 2nd couple and supporting characters also have interesting individual stories of their own. Zhang Jingyi and Hu Yitian did great enough job as the leads, i don’t feel like they’re lacking in anyway.
Overall this is a very inspiring story of FEMALE PERSEVERANCE. More than enough brownie points for me to ignore the very minor flaws that it has (such as realisticially there’s no way the FL could’ve build her business empire to the extent that it was in like less than 8 months).
it’s a pity that hu yitian didn’t act more in period dramas. his modern dramas can really be a hit or a miss. hu yitian’s acting agent, pls get him more historical roles! 🤲🏼
omg the ending is so wtf, i couldn’t even have predicted that!
honestly in the first ep you’d see Papang’s character (Pu) sleeping with another person on the night of his wedding and you’d think ergh what a jerk, and by the end of the show you’d realise surprisingly he’s the MOST SAINT among them all (+Khun) and the only one deserving of the happy ending among the pool party attendees.
I watched AOL 3 years ago but dropped it at Ep24. Now due to having TTEOTM withdrawal, I’ve decided to give AOL a second chance.
At which episode does the FL finally stops being childish and becomes more mature/wise?
(she did become quite mature in the mortal arc episode that i stopped at, but would that continue or will she revert to her childish self once that mortal life is over?)
All this time I thought this drama is gonna be angsty (judging from sinopsis and the wrap up special video). But based on the new trailer that came out yesterday… is it more of a romcom? (with the more serious political parts brewing in the background kinda like New Life Begins)?
Finally able to fully process my thoughts and feeling about the ending.imo, it wasn’t a BE but rather a Hopeful…
1. The upbeat background music and LSS smiling while talking to her daughter at Mohe River 2. TTJ isn’t completely lost, a fragment of his soul is in the Heart Guarding Scale, and that fragment of soul is also smiling contently 3. The drama purposely choose to flash forward to 500 years instead of 1000 years like in the novel. Going by this LSS would still be in the process of collecting his souls, so it made sense at this point in time TTJ hadn’t reincarnated yet!
imo the the choice of timing and the bgm and the smile made my heart feel less heavy, that “yes some things will take time but it’s ok we’ll get there eventually”
Turns out they’re just strangers who only met few days prior, know next to nothing about each other (she doesn’t…
Thanks for the info! You’re right that would’ve made a lot more sense!
Hmm wonder why they changed that? Probably because they don’t wanna dive into why Min Hui wanted to suicide bc that would’ve opened a whole nother pandora box of sub-plots. But if they wanna cut that part out at least they should’ve made them close/old friends or something because that would’ve provided a stronger anchor/motivation for the subsequent events.
Need to talk about Min Hui and Su Tian’s friendship in EP17:
Turns out they’re just strangers who only met few days prior, know next to nothing about each other (she doesn’t even knew Su Tian grew up in an orphanage), and just happen to sit side-by-side in the bus on the incident day???
Like.. am I the only one who thought they were best friends or long time friends prior to that flashback?
And how did Min Hui just happen to conveniently have that childhood photo of Su Tian and her brother during the rainy scene with Jiajun at Shian Town? You can’t tell me she keeps that photo in a wallet or something and bring it with her everywhere just for nostalgic reasons, it’s a childhood photo of someone else and it wasn’t even her best friend or someone she felt indebted to (all Su Tian did was try to cheer her up when she’s sad, not save her from a life threatening situation or something).
Joy of Life S2 took over 4 years and managed to get most of their main casts back, would I be delusional if I’m hoping for the same with this one? 😭
Overall this is a very inspiring story of FEMALE PERSEVERANCE. More than enough brownie points for me to ignore the very minor flaws that it has (such as realisticially there’s no way the FL could’ve build her business empire to the extent that it was in like less than 8 months).
honestly in the first ep you’d see Papang’s character (Pu) sleeping with another person on the night of his wedding and you’d think ergh what a jerk, and by the end of the show you’d realise surprisingly he’s the MOST SAINT among them all (+Khun) and the only one deserving of the happy ending among the pool party attendees.
At which episode does the FL finally stops being childish and becomes more mature/wise?
(she did become quite mature in the mortal arc episode that i stopped at, but would that continue or will she revert to her childish self once that mortal life is over?)
2. TTJ isn’t completely lost, a fragment of his soul is in the Heart Guarding Scale, and that fragment of soul is also smiling contently
3. The drama purposely choose to flash forward to 500 years instead of 1000 years like in the novel. Going by this LSS would still be in the process of collecting his souls, so it made sense at this point in time TTJ hadn’t reincarnated yet!
imo the the choice of timing and the bgm and the smile made my heart feel less heavy, that “yes some things will take time but it’s ok we’ll get there eventually”
imo, it wasn’t a BE but rather a Hopeful Ending, because of (under the spoiler):
Hmm wonder why they changed that? Probably because they don’t wanna dive into why Min Hui wanted to suicide bc that would’ve opened a whole nother pandora box of sub-plots. But if they wanna cut that part out at least they should’ve made them close/old friends or something because that would’ve provided a stronger anchor/motivation for the subsequent events.
Like.. am I the only one who thought they were best friends or long time friends prior to that flashback?
And how did Min Hui just happen to conveniently have that childhood photo of Su Tian and her brother during the rainy scene with Jiajun at Shian Town? You can’t tell me she keeps that photo in a wallet or something and bring it with her everywhere just for nostalgic reasons, it’s a childhood photo of someone else and it wasn’t even her best friend or someone she felt indebted to (all Su Tian did was try to cheer her up when she’s sad, not save her from a life threatening situation or something).