Reviews

Spring of the Blade is a gorgeous drama with a leaky plot, like a silk robe with a few moth holes you keep noticing but still wear anyway. It holds an 8.0 on kisskh from over four thousand users, and honestly that feels about right, though I land closer to 7.9
The production is the showpiece. The costumes are rich, the mood is dark and moody, the camera work is lovely, and the soundtrack fits every scene without stealing it. The acting is just as strong. Xu Kai as Shen Run is the reason half the internet is still awake at night, all cold control and sharp patience, then suddenly a man undone by love. Zhou Ye matches him as Qingyuan, and the two of them circling each other in that enemy phase, teasing, testing and out-maneuvering one another, is the best fun in the whole show. Their chemistry carries the drama when the script cannot.
The Xie family deserves its own mention. They are so deliciously terrible that even Shen Run walks into their hall like he bought a ticket to a live show, and you will want to throw a shoe at the screen. The supporting actors played them well enough to make you truly angry, which is a compliment.

Now the honest part. The story was ok, as you said, and the strategies could have been much smarter. Qingyuan starts out sharp and calm, then revenge swallows her good sense, and she keeps needing Shen Run to pull her out of trouble. Her choice to marry Li Congxin for his family power, while already caring for Shen Run, is the plan that made many viewers sigh loudly. Shen Run is brilliant, but his own past is mostly left in shadow. How does a boy from a wiped out family end up standing beside the emperor? The drama shrugs and moves on. Much of the big court politics is explained to us instead of shown, so it feels far away.

The chemistry between the male and female lead is real. You can feel the spark when they share a scene, and the early push and pull between them is the best part of the show. That is why the romance disappointed me so much. With chemistry like that, I wanted warmth, and what I got felt cold and calculating. They felt more like two clever partners in a plan than two hearts who waited for each other. The longing was there on paper, but I never truly felt it on screen. The sparks were lit and the fire never caught. The story was ok, and my biggest wish is that both leads had been smarter. For a revenge drama built on schemes, the strategies and plot twists needed sharper thinking from both of them. I wanted to be amazed by a clever move, and too often I was just waiting for the next reveal to arrive. Brilliant minds should win by brilliance, not by convenience.
Then came the ending, which felt rushed. After so much struggle, I wanted to see the main couple at peace, even for one short epilogue, and the drama never gave me that. I finished the last episode satisfied but still hungry.

My honest word is this: it is not a bad drama at all. It is beautiful, well acted and gripping enough to finish, but it is a love story that forgot to let us feel the love. Then there is the ending. After years of waiting, separation and slow burn, the reunion pays off, but the final episodes rush through everything and skip the couple epilogue you wanted. It is like cooking a feast for thirty days and serving dessert in thirty seconds.

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Unpolished but Drake x Frank made it work

It's an unpolished, probably low-budget BL but Drake and Frank make it work, and I don't regret watching this one. I wasn't invested at all in the second couple, though, and skipped all their parts.
Not everything in the script/storyline made sense—Is Tee's dad gay? Why didn't Au like Tee? Who is Som? What's Mork's illness?—but some lines were really good, like when Mork's dad spoke about grief or the way Tee declared his love to Mork.
I'd say the synopsis doesn't really describe the story, so here's my take :

Storyline goes like this :
Mork and Tee become friends in 7th grade and grow close over the year. Mork is attracted to tee but probably confused about his own sexuality. One night he makes a move on Tee but it startles Tee, who then leaves and don't talk to him again from then on. They both think the other one is ignoring them so they don't reach out and grow apart.
They only meet 3 years later when they're both in 11th grade. Tee is the rich, model student while Mork is the scrappy problematic one.
The Bambie story line is very short lived : Bambie isTee's friend and has a crush on him. To mess with Tee, Mork insinuates Tee is gay in front of Bambie which makes her step away from Tee. Then, Tee asks Mork to pretend to be in a relationship with him to make Bambie jealous. Mork agrees to this plan. As they grow closer, Tee explains he never had feelings for Bambie but didn't know how to reject her so he "pretended to like guys".
The boys realize they both have feelings for each other and start dating.
Then ensues drama : the boys are caught kissing. The school is against it and threathens to evict Mork while Tee's mom also tries to separate them. But it all ends up well and it's a happy ending.

I'm writing this because the sysnopsis is misleading : it's not really about them pretending to be a couple and ending up falling in love. It's more about two teenagers being attracted to each other but struggling to come to terms with it and navigating a world who is against them being together.

Quote i loved :
Mork's dad talking about grief : "For people in love, it's not "gone". It just moves from out-here to inside the heart. It may be hard at first, but don't rush it. Live your life as normal. If you can't forget, don't. Although you don't have them beside you, they are in here the whole time. For those in love, even though your loved one is far away, it feels like they're close to you all the time because you always miss them."

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Why the AI Propaganda?

Honestly this was a very good representation of how queerness is not immediate or strictly defined, and how people can just love each other without really even understanding. However, the amount of times that they shoved a generative AI chatbot down my fucking throat made me want to stop this drama immediately and bash it online. I was genuinely both surprised and thoroughly pissed that it was even included, much less used as a plot point to make the parents more susceptible to queerness; because that's just not how that works. On top of that, the AI gave them incorrect and useless answers anyway; basic critical thinking would have helped them understand what not to do if they had just thought about it for 2 seconds more. Why do you need a GenAI to tell you to not text them silly irrelevant things, especially when the AI pulls from other queries on the internet such as blogs and I guess the Japanese version of Reddit where you could have just gone to directly? I wasn't even upset that I didn't even get a romantic hand hold, much less a kiss, because Japanese dramas are known to still be fairly censored, especially when they have idols as the main cast. But the generative AI was an absolute spit in my face; it's goes against everything creating a drama like this would stand for. How can you tell be talking about progressive views and a world that is trying to break boundaries, while also simultaneously furthering a knowledge crisis and a literacy gap through the use of GenAI chatbots? That also just makes me question how much other generated AI did they use to create the show itself was the music AI? Were the establishing shots on that house that looked animated AI? Were all of the cloud scenes AI? Was any CGI actually used or was it all just a cop out?

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Immortal Concept, Mortal Script

I’ve seen enough vampire stories to know that a compelling concept alone isn’t enough. Nour initially felt like it might have something genuinely different to offer. Its immortals aren’t quite vampires, and the idea of someone who wants to die falling in love with someone who desperately wants them to live has real emotional potential. The dark atmosphere and the mystery surrounding the Nours made for a compelling start.

Unfortunately, the more the series revealed about its world, the less convinced I became that it fully understood its own rules.

The mythology is full of inconsistencies and unanswered questions. Nours heal instantly in some scenes and need blood in others. Their supernatural strength seems to depend on what a particular moment requires rather than any established logic. Major plot points — including James’s father’s death and Ken’s backstory — feel underdeveloped given the significance the series places on them. And the finale, rather than resolving these gaps, adds more questions to an already crowded pile.

My biggest disappointment, though, was the romance between James and Ken. Their relationship is supposed to be the emotional heart of the story, yet it develops so quickly that I never really got to experience them falling in love. We’re shown glimpses of their time together instead of being given the space to understand what makes their connection so powerful. Meanwhile the second couple receives considerably more screentime and more room for intimacy — a difficult imbalance to ignore when both pairings are supposedly central.

The ending left me with genuinely complicated feelings. The second couple’s resolution worked for me. James and Ken’s didn’t if Ken remains trapped in immortality, what the series frames as a hopeful ending reads more like a quiet tragedy.

Nour isn’t a bad series. Its premise is compelling, its atmosphere works, and the ambition behind it is clear. There are moments where I could see how powerful this story might have been with more room to breathe. It just never quite became that story.

A fascinating concept that deserved a more confident script.

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Kamen Rider Ryuki: Great concept mishandled

Let me preface this by saying i LIKE Ryuki, despite all its faults. The idea of a Kamen Rider Battle Royale is so crazy, original and awesome...i only wish they had actually used it more.
The general concept of Ryuki is that 13 Riders have been selected by our main antagonist to partake in a Battle Royale to the death, the winner getting 1 wish...So why do we never actually see 13 Riders? Throughout the whole series we only ever see 9 of the actual 13 Riders that have been chosen (Tiger and Alternative don't count as they are part of a different faction). That just isn't enough participants to carry a 50 episode series, especially when there is a such a large gap in between the episodes with no new riders introduced, or the main plot just grinding to a halt. I never got to feel like the game had actually started.

Which is a shame because the first 6 episodes do a great job of introducing our cast, the Riders, the game and are genuinely great. After Zolda is introduced is when the first cracks start to show. This then just keeps getting worse around the middle portion of the series when Ryuki turns from a Battle Royale to pretty much just "Everyone VS Kamen Rider Ouja" But that is what makes Ouja so great, because when he is on screen THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. By episode 30 i was just sick of seeing the same fights over and over again. It really isn't until Tiger is introduced where i feel like the series becomes really good again (~ Episode 34).

This is just the biggest shame about Ryuki. Its opening and final arcs are really good, but its middle portion is so dull. When Ryuki is good, it's REALLY GOOD. Episode 44 is not just the best episode in Ryuki but one of the best in the entire franchise. Which is what pains me so much about giving it such an average score. I don't mind bad media, if something is bad i just go about my day, but when i see something with potential being mishandled it drives me nuts. I want to storm into a writers room and rewrite the series from scratch.

I love so much about Ryuki. The characters, the suit designs, the fights, the soundtrack, the themes of "what is true justice?" I just wish we would've gotten a good and consistent story too.

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Find the spark in simple moments - La pluie

rule no 1 of mdl, never believe the rating and the comments, this was a great series. in a life where everything is going so fastpaced i loved how slow paced it was. The relationship between the siblings, friends, partners and even aquaintances.

la pluie is about saengtai who doesnt believe in soulmates after his parents divorce but after meeting his soulmate he realizes he knows nothing about love, he learns about love slowly,how to communicate and how to love and adjust. I loved how they introduce us to a universe where soulmates exist and then go on to defy soulmates, destiny and talk about the importance of understanding in a relationship.

If i compare to many many other dramas which i watched la pluie is very average, it did not have much spark but thats what makes it great for me who is tired of trying finding the spark in everything and want to see spark in the simple moments. la pluie made my week great!!

P.S
Loved Saengtai’s cardigans!!

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? Falling for His Own Wife Without Knowing It ?

OVERALL IMPRESSION🌟
Warning: if prolonged mistaken identities drive you crazy, prepare yourself because this drama stretches its central misunderstanding through almost the entire story! There were countless moments when I thought, “Finally, they’re going to discover the truth!”—only for something else to happen. 😂 Despite that frustration, I genuinely enjoyed the drama. The FL’s resilience, the ML unknowingly falling for his own wife and Grandma Bo fiercely protecting her granddaughter-in-law kept me invested.
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WHAT I LIKED💖
• The FL had every reason to collapse, yet she kept going. Her own mother exploited her desperation, her husband discarded her, his grandmother’s declining memory left her increasingly vulnerable, and after losing both her father and grandmother she had virtually no emotional support. Her determination to remain strong for her unborn children made her extremely sympathetic.
• I loved the irony of the ML gradually falling for the woman who was already his wife without knowing it—and not realizing that her twins were his children!
• Every time he criticized the FL’s terrible “husband” only to sneeze afterward was hilarious. Sir, you’re insulting YOURSELF!
• Grandma Bo was wonderful. She gave the FL the maternal protection her own mother never provided, fiercely defended her and certainly wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty when the green tea needed putting in her place!
• I enjoyed watching the ML’s feelings gradually change from suspicion and arrogance to genuine concern and protectiveness.
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WHAT I DISLIKED⚠️
• I understood why the ML was furious about being placed in an arranged marriage while unconscious, but I disliked how coldly he treated the FL afterward without caring what became of her.
• Some of his later behaviour toward the FL was also difficult for me to accept. Wanting her didn’t give him the right to ignore her wishes or pressure her.
• The FL suffered almost continuously. People repeatedly targeted, exploited or tried to sell her because she appeared to have nobody powerful protecting her.
• The mistaken identities were stretched considerably longer than necessary. One particular scene involving extended talking became frustrating because the truth was right there, yet nobody could connect the dots!
• The story was extremely melodramatic and occasionally medically questionable.
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PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCES🎭
• Zhang Bei Xi convincingly portrayed the ML’s gradual transition from cold suspicion and arrogance to genuine affection and concern. I might not have liked his character initially, but I believed his emotional change.
• Wang Qian Hui made the FL’s exhaustion, loneliness and determination particularly sympathetic. She felt vulnerable without becoming emotionally weak.
• Grandma Bo was essential both emotionally and narratively. Without her intervention, these two might still be wandering around wondering who was married to whom! 😂
• Despite some very dark situations, the drama maintained enough humour and romantic irony to stop the story from becoming completely miserable.
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FINAL THOUGHTS💭
What ultimately kept me watching was the FL. She had been abandoned, exploited and repeatedly hurt, yet she refused to let those experiences destroy her because she had her children to protect. I also enjoyed the delicious irony of the ML criticizing her supposedly worthless husband while unknowingly describing himself, then gradually falling in love with the very wife he had driven away. I certainly wasn’t impressed with him at the beginning, and understanding his anger did not excuse everything he did. However, his eventual transformation, Grandma Bo’s fierce devotion and the FL finally receiving the protection and family she desperately needed gave the story a satisfying emotional payoff. The identity misunderstanding could definitely have been shortened, but overall I enjoyed this melodramatic mess far more than I expected and could easily recommend it.

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The acting didn't make it right, but the cuteness did

As a remake, I feel like this one didn't totally follow the original. Maybe it's because the new cast is younger, but I kept thinking that they were around the same age as the original cast when they filmed the original, so I don't really understand why they changed or toned down certain parts.

I also wasn't really into the acting. The main couple lacked chemistry for me, and there weren't really many cute or romantic moments between them that gave me something to hold onto. Thankfully, the second couples made up for it, especially FrameBook. I really loved their chemistry. They honestly carried a lot of the enjoyment for me. I feel like the series made up for the lack of story and acting with how cute the cast was instead. I ended up just finding them ridiculously cute.

Honestly, I mainly watched this because I wanted to see some new faces, I wanted to see Fuse/Shane, and I've been really into BL high school series lately.

I did have pretty high expectations going into this after watching Class Crush Crisis, though. Both have newer casts, but I found myself much more intrigued and invested in Class Crush Crisis. The acting worked better for me there, and, admittedly, the cast also had more of the visual appeal I personally look for. But at least Make It Right 2026 made up for that with cuteness instead of just relying on looks.

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Promising but utterly disappointing towards the end

It started off well with a few plot holes that wasn't a big deal so I felt it was promising but it devolved into the script writers feeling the need to resolve everything in a "win" for the leads.

That's the biggest problem with this show and that's chasing wins which ultimately makes their script cheap and weak with how they resolve things.

My pet peeve is when you present an antagonist that has years and years of ruthlessness but you resolve it like it was a fly on a wall it just feels cheap.

Female lead also annoyed me like I don't like shows that present a person as the "good" one and then she goes cheating like that's so shitty like I could tell the script writers didn't want to come out the bat and paint the female lead as equally shitty so they pulled the trigger back but if she going to be shitty they should have made her shitty from the start and shitty to the very end for the sake of revenge.

Instead they wanted the win, they wanted to present her as the good guy vs bad guy, they wanted to resolve all the bad guys being punished etc...

It's just not a good script and because the script was pulling them left and right the actors couldn't do their job properly.

We also have had back to back female leads on revenge arc this year and heaps of astonishing shows. This one would work better if it was like 5 years ago but this year, this is just weak and cheap.

I was 3x speed at the end and thank god because the ending was just appalling like oh wait we have to resolve this bad guy so we'll just do it this way ahhhh resolved ughh the end.

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Palace Intrigue with Ghosts and Monsters

#Halloween Watches

The East Palace was drenched with the blood of maidservants, princes, concubines, and anyone else foolish enough to capture attention. Gu Cheon was brought into the palace, very much against his will, to exorcise the spirits who caused such death and despair.

The Good:

• Nam Joo Hyuk has returned from his military service with a more mature edge. I'm glad to see him evolve from parts as a college student into an action hero role. He played Gu Cheon perfectly: a man who'd been traumatized and ostracized and whose daily existence was one of bare survival. He wasn't the classical charming hero: he was sullen, hostile, and standoffish with his unkempt clothing and uncombed hair. All the poor man wanted was to be left alone, but neither the supernatural nor the humans would let him be.
• Roh Yoon Seo played Princess Saeng Gang with strength and intelligence. She'd suffered trauma and could empathize with Gu Cheon, even when he was being sarcastic and difficult. Her interactions with Gu Cheon, though they were terse and combative, were more interesting than most romance couples.
• There were some visually magnificent scenes.
• The music enhanced the action.
• The drama was dark and deadly with twists and revelations. I appreciate a story that can keep me guessing.

The Bad:

• Some CGI monsters were more comical looking than scary. One was supposed to be cute, and it was in that I'll-eat-your-face-off kind of way. The little ggeomeoksali provided the only light moments in the drama. I know it's a monster, but I'd probably end up taking it home with me.

So far, The East Palace was the spookiest of my October watches. It was drenched in supernatural atmosphere, kept the tension ratcheted, and told a compelling story (which only proved to strengthen my opinion that 99.9% of all palaces in K- and C-dramas should be nuked from space). I'm not admitting to being a wimpy scaredy-cat, but if I could handle this, Gentle Viewer, I think most people could.

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't

“If I could spend eternity with you, eternity would feel like the blink of an eye. But even if it were only the blink of an eye, I would cherish every moment for as long as I could.” Ken in his poet era, here we go again.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Nour, the show you are. All in all, I lowkey loved this show. From the start to the end, I was so fucking invested; we did OUR BIG ONE WITH THIS. Okay, so I would give it a 9.15 out of 10. Then I am going to say what I liked, what I didn't, and then do an episode overview and lay this great show to rest. (Also, disclaimer: no matter what I say, good or bad, you should watch this show lmao).

Starting off strong with what I liked: THE ACTING AND THE CHEMISTRY. Just all around, really good for everyone in this, even the characters that got killed off and were not in our 3 couples; phenomenal job, and this was very impressive. Good job, especially to our main couple. I have never seen Boss before because this is his first gig, but I love me some Tongtong, and these two together really brought the story to life in a way I would have never suspected, so just good job, and this is truly one of the strongest points in the show.

Next up for things I liked, I would have to say the plot. I was truly invested from start to the end, and I think that is because they did the plot well. My main criticism of shows that follow the supernatural and police investigator theme is that they have to pick either a good plot or a good romance, but I think that this show almost balanced it perfectly, and I love that. I was really worried that it would end just like all the others, but it didn't, and I was truly impressed. The directing, the screenwriting- really, everything was done very well, and it became a nice full-circle moment at the end.

Another thing that I really liked was Ken's character. Ken is our main character, and the show starts off with him and, of course, his mission to find the Nour who can kill Nours so he can finally die. He killed himself 253 times and is now working on a case to find that Nour, and I just love that so much. He is very emotionless but has this almost sad look on his face, which is due to Tongtong's beautiful but very sad face, and just yes. He doesn't know how to use electronics because he never learned. Everything in his house is old; he has a signed album from Elvis, stained glass in his house, old expired ramen- just everything was fucking perfect. I feel like they really didn't need these details, but it added to everything and just made Ken's character truly one of the best in the show (ALSO SPECIAL MENTION TO THE RANT ABOUT HOW NOTHING IN HIS LIFE HAS EVER BELONGED TO HIM BECAUSE HE ALWAYS HAS TO TAKE PEOPLE'S IDENTITIES AND IN TURN HE IS LOSING HIMSELF, GOOD FUCKING NIGHT).

Chita. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. If I didn't get spoilers from the literal actors' Instagram, I would have been so gagged, but fuck. He has such an unassuming face, so I think that the reveal was even worse, my god. Just a really well-written character with a tragic (rightfully) end to his story. I like the slow reveal of his whole character. I do think that they needed a better justification for ALL OF THE FUCKING KILLING HE WAS DOING. But I also understand his hate for other Nours because he was killed by one, brought back to life, and then left to die in a fucking house fire by the one who was supposed to love him, like come on now, I would be mad too. But yeah, loved his character, and I hope for like a couple more happy clips of him and Jira, because I don't know if I can handle the way their story ended.

THE SEX SCENE (for our main MAIN couple). I think in recent years of watching Thai dramas, I of course try to be more and more woke and not only watch Thai dramas for sex, but this was so beautifully done I can't help but talk about it. I loved the setup despite everything, with him trying to kill him, and it being right after he found out he was a Nour. The signs and the universe are really threatening to pull them apart; they still fuck, with Boss's tall ass smacking the light and the best part of all: KEN COVERING JAMES EYES BECAUSE HE IS ASHAMED OF HIM READING HIM AND SEEING THAT HE'S A NOUR. YALL, I NO JOKE THINK ABOUT THIS SCENE EVERY GOD DAMN DAY, BECAUSE HOLY SHIT. LOVED THAT DETAIL.
Another thing that I really liked was the slow dancing. I feel like it was a nice blast from the past to help with Ken’s lore about how the house he lives in is the bar he used to frequent, and I just love everything about it. Them holding each other and Ken crying fuckkkk. I loved that. I also liked how we connected back to it at the end of the show; lowkey loved.

I loved the titles of all of the episodes. I don't think I even really appreciated it until the final couple of episodes, but that was a good addition to this already really good show.

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about dislikes is the whole thing with the dad and the house fire. I didn't really want to put that here, but it lowkey felt very random in the plotline. Like they were really pushing it at the start, and I mean, that is what the introduction is showing: his house burning and his dad dying, but we didn't really get any lore other than that. Like, we thought Ken killed him, and then we thought Chita killed him, but we don't even really know because all we saw was the rainbow on the head, so we are just mad at the entire Nour race? How does that make any sense?

I needed more with the true love thing at the end. Okay, so James doesn't quite die, and he is in this weird limbo that sends him back to when Ken first died (also I wish he went through all of his deaths in the limbo, but I also understand that that would have been doing WAY too much). Ken's true love his crying over Ken's body and turns him into a Nour. Then he dies (which I also still don't understand why, because how does that even work if Chita turning Jira into a Nour didn't kill him), and the soulmate and James both have that white glow and also the same build and face, so does that mean James is his soulmate? So if he is, why didn't Ken recognize him at first? I don't know because they didn't tell us, so I was left with more questions than answers for that, which I wasn't very fond of.

I wanted more with the ending, but I really don't know what. I now have an empty hole in my stomach as I think about all of the people who have died with no one to care for them, no one to even notice they have lived for 200 years because no one ever cared in the first place. I am forever heartbroken, my lord. "I don't know what I was expecting for the ending, but it was definitely not our side couple fucking dying. That was a lot. I wanted more, but I also don't know if I could handle more. But yeah, holy shit. I'm at a loss for words right now. This was really phenomenal, and I think they did a really good job with this. I'm so gagged right now."

Questions (something new for shows that have supernatural elements in them):
1. Can Nours have kids?
2. If Nours die and wake up almost right away, then how do they change their identity if they are people near them during that death?
a. My example is when Ken shot himself in the military, like someone had to hear that gunshot and come looking, but he dies and wakes back up under a different name like what?
3. Is Chita the Nour that can kill Nours because he was killed by a Nour? But Jira was too, so wouldn't that also make him a Nour that can kill Nours? I'm very lost.
4. Also, if Chita could kill himself this whole time, why hadn't he done it before already?
5. Before Ken started working at the hospital or as an inspector, where did he get all of his blood? Like for the past 200 years, where did he get his blood?
6. What happened to Chita's original man? Like, did Chita kill him or what?
7. Can you have more than one true love?

My episode overview (just quotes I thought were relevant to the plot or funny that I put in my reviews! Episode 1: "HOW HAS IT BEEN 200 YEARS AND WE ARE STILL POOR." Episode 2: "I’m hooked and feeling a little crazy." "THAT'S WHY HE WAS TYPING ON THE COMPUTER, WEIRD. I’m like, why are we so close to the computer screen, typing like a moron?" Episode 3: "I like how we think. Just shoot it." "We are kissing again… this junk is addicting, and I'm gonna lose my mind waiting for this." Episode 4: "THEY WERE GETTING INTO THAT AND THIS BITCHES TALL ASS KEPT HITTING THE FAN. ALSO, OH MY GOD, HIM COVERING HIS EYES SO HE COULDN'T SEE HE WAS A NOUR WHEN THEY WERE FUCKING, I'M ACTUALLY SICK." " PRAYING OUR SIDE COUPLE HAS PLOT ARMOR BECAUSE I WILL BE SICK IF ONE OF THEM DIES, OH MY GOD." Little did I know. Episode 6: " I'm in love with these two, especially in the beaters! IM GONNA JUMP." " You are my only friend because all of our other friends have gotten murdered…Also, the brother only kissed his friend because he saw his brother Chita kissing, bruh. He did not know that was an option." Episode 7: "I KNEW IT HAD TO BE SOMEONE WE HAVE ALREADY MET, BUT I WAS NOT FUCKING EXPECTING CHITA. LIKE WHAT? I AM ACTUALLY SO GAGGED." Episode 8: "CHITA HAS KILLED EVERY PERSON THAT HAS DIED IN THIS SHOW, AND I'M GAGGED." "I'm like, why the fuck is her arm backward? Because they blew that shit off. That's why her arm is backward. He fully got his spine snapped in half. I was wondering why he was slumped over, but I didn't wanna question the small details. Should have questioned it." Episode 9: "We have had 200 goddamn years to think about it, and now we are changing our mind." Episode 10: "Wow. I'm so glad we have plot armor!…oh." "ALSO WHY WOULD WE EVER GO BACK TO WORK? Like in what world? I will be jobless for the rest of my life after this shit." " Imagine if James killed himself, and then Ken spent the rest of his days looking for him. I think I would have dropped the show. Thinking about that is making me very sad." "I'M NOT OKAY, I'm too INVESTED, I'm not okay, I'm not okay. Holy fucking shit, that was the longest 56 minutes of my life. I'm going to die in this house."

I am at a loss for words. I would 100% recommend this, and I actually thought this was really well written, and the more you think about it, the sadder you are gonna get. I am not even into supernatural shit like that, but I would rewatch this over and over again. Okay bye!

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Women's Empowerment? Yes. Romance? No.

The biggest problem with this drama is the main character, Xu Lanxiang. She is a "Mary Sue" for lack of a better term with skewed motivations and confusing actions. She seems unaffected by her biological family's deaths unless or until the plot requires it. It gets to the point where her identity as Shen Jialan is only relevant to explain why she's so good at everything. Towards the middle, she exchanges all of her charisma for stoicism that's simply not enjoyable to watch. And throughout the entire second half, her feelings towards Lin Jinqi are inconsistent. She goes from the silent treatment, to risking her life to save his, to confessing they're not compatible, to consummating their marriage. Even after they have children, she goes from doting wife to literally saying "one lifetime" with him is enough. It's just confusing and quite frankly exhausting; and can we please get my man Liu Xueyi in a historical drama that doesn't turn his character into a complete simp? The female friendships are wonderfully written, but the romances really are not. It's possible for a woman to be inspiring while also being in love 😭

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Very Poorly Acted Drama

I noticed quite a few folks saying that this was some kind of new twist on the "vampire theme". I really beg too differ. This had nothing too do with being "vampiric" besides the drinking blood aspect. More importantly as with any drama i watch the story is key with me. And this story was all over the place. I found the pacing was terrible, and the acting wasn't much better. The actors were laughing and joking one minute and then trying too be serious in another scene. It's almost if they were forcing their emotions. That's what i mean by it was all over the place. I watched My Golden Blood which was a good vampire themed drama. In fact, it's probably one of the best out there at least right now. I encourage everyone too give that one a watch. And it was also FAR better acted and had an actual story behind it. However, the ending too "Nour" was done terribly. I was BY FAR more into Chita and the doctor's love story than the main characters. And those two actors could act...!!! I've been watching Asian BL's for the better part of 25yrs now. And this just isn't one i can recommend in good faith.

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