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7.9 RATING IS CRAZY

I think the title was more for the viewers than for them because every episode I had to tell myself “DONT BE TOO EMOTIONAL”. They did not disappoint OK. I went into this thinking P’Jane was the red flag 🚩 because that’s how he’s portrayed but for me HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG it’s always greedy people making him out to be the bad guy but I’ll defend him to my last breathe. Janalee somehow managed to piss me off every single episode and for the longest I couldn’t feel his love for P’Jane but towards the end he really stepped up even when he pissed me off. I STILL THINK P’JANE DESERVES BETTER AND I STILL DONT KNOW WHY HE LOVE JANALEE SO MUCH BUT AS LONG AS HES HAPPY SO AM I. P’Dan should have joined PUT a long time ago but it was satisfying at the end. Lil Jane’s Mom really got on my nerves for a couple episodes but she managed to become tolerable at the end. Over all this was a GREAT series and I’m gonna Miss my P’Jane 💔 but I hope they’re happy forever. THANK YOU TEEHENG 🙇🏽‍♀️I’ll miss you guys until next time.

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Boring

The first season wasn’t exactly spectacular but there was still some things I was curious about and looked forward to. The second season felt plain boring.

The first two episodes did not get me curious enough about who is messing with Yi Su. I simply, do not care. The police work, everything felt so careless even for a comical police drama setting. The investigations felt uninteresting. There is no suspense that keeps me hooked. It just felt plain.

The casting was also a miss for me. I personally have no problem with any of the actors or actresses. It’s just that part of the charm of this drama for me is anticipating something to brew (romantically) between the leads. As much as I love Ahn Bo Hyun and Jung Eun Chae, they don’t give me a good picture together. I’ve always think that Ahn Bo Hyun suited female co stars who has a smaller figure and looks somewhat feminine even with a tough role. My Name, Doberman, and his other previous works understood that. For this one, Jung Eun Chae is simply too tall, chic, and has that masculine feminine beauty to her. I feel like there are better actors that suit being paired with her visually. The leads gave me more of a sibling picture than anything else.

Her dress during Yi Su’s beer release event also felt too “tomboy.” I don’t have a problem with tomboy because it suits the character but for a masculine feminine actress like her, they should’ve gave her a more feminine dress just to give that wow factor and can make me have that lowkey wish that the leads will have something going on romantically. I’m not saying that there should be romance, but I’ve always find charm in hoping for romance in a non-romance drama.

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A typical GMMTV *hust* Change2561 school BL...

What shall I write about this show? It's a typical enemy to lovers tropé, typical school BL with childish things including soundeffects and a feel good vibe. While the second couple had less screentime for me it had the more interesting story. It was also more subtle and not the typical brute force approach.

Production quality was high, script was weak, it's just a run of the mill school BL. "My School President" had the much more elaborate OST and of course the better actors imho, but it's not as bad as many other thai school BLs (Make it Right 2026 comes to mind which will hopefully end soon). At least most of the time, it was not boring. Also I appreciate that this series was shorter with only eight episodes. It had some cute aspects and it was not all the way stupid which is an improvement in my book.

You can watch it and not complain about a cringe-fest, everything is quite mellow and the few dramatic scenes are not over-acted or silly. Everything is positive including the parents, so there is no drama when the sons came out. Everything is just perfect, maybe too perfect.

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A very cool, fun, deep, profound kdrama

So cool. this is a really well done kdrama. I gave it 10/10 so far bc it is not just a fun fluff drama. It really goes deep. It is profound. And it has SOLUTIONS. I am impressed! The acting, the music, the dialogues, his thoughts, the entire script - is just masterful.

The 1st ep gave me a solid taste of what it looks like to live in Seoul, where just breathing costs you millions of won... It kinda looks like NYC but with all new amenities. Like, NYC but with subway that looks like airport subways... Wow what a nice looking jail he lives in as a hamster on a wheel...
with a little bit of fat liver, dry eyes, a slipped disc and what else did he say?

THe angel came from Heaven and he ... gave him a lottery ticket... I was rolling with laughter with those scenes omg so funny....
Then the scenes where he imagines his potential lifestyles... OMG so funny! WHen the assistant manager fainted and the BigGuy ducked behind the mannequin, I was laughing so hard, the whole neigbhorhood heard me... Omg when he walked out of the limo , that smug face lmao

How can that guy look so good if he eats 3 BIG fried pieces of bacon and 2 big beers for dinner... ? I was thinking - that was probably for real. His apartment looks like a little luxury one? is that for real too? Offices are for real too... But then - are office interactions scenes real?

I was thinking - wth is this - is this how office ppl interact with each other in Seoul, S. Korea? It looked a little toooo western direct for my preconcieved notions of how Koreans interact, esp scenes of lady boss and her subordinate... looked too much like Miranda from Devil Wears Prada ... - but ... I do not know for sure. SOMEONE TELL US, DO OFFICE PPL REALLY INTERACT LIKE THAT IN SEOUL. S KOREA?
But when he worked it out with the manager, I was like yeah, this is Korea, this kind of stuff would NEVER happen in the West :) in real life or a drama/movie lmao Well maybe it could. But not often at all :)

So to me this drama has all the stuff that mark good kdramas - wicked sophisticated and compassionate humor, profound messages, character work and growth, and community work and growth, and yeah great acting, great dialogues, great script, music and filming/production. It is just ... elegantly sophisticated warm inspirational and educational. As a good kdrama always is :) I am a fan :)

The actors are so fun and their scripts are so profound - the money angel, the "spend the money" angel advisor, another "spend the money" angel advisor - ML was sooo lucky that 3 angels came to help him set the course for his new life... then ... the unruly senior, the two grumpy up bosses, ... and the spice of subordinates, the first mentor, ... the lady who is hitting on ML... It is a whole bunch of really smart people speaking their mind...

And yeah ML actor is absolutely perfect in this role. The drama was made for him :) Bc he is such a quiet polite guy, hearing his thoughts REALLY helps to understand him. And his idea of "angry" is very ... polite :) But the actor acted such a great range of emotions so well. ML really seems like a real person

Wow kdrama :) Let us pray lmao that it keeps to the end

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Gripping, breathtaking, and twisted

From the first five minutes I became a fan of our protagonist Motoko. Motoko has big dreams, she is not delusional and she's ruthless, and she will not stop at anything to achieve her goals.

When she started small at her Carnet cabaret I was thinking the drama was about how she will survive the ruthless Ginza hostess district and become a well known mama, but when she started having greed to rise at the top of Ginza by acquiring Rodan I was speechless (Positively of course). I did not expect her to be that goddamn ruthless and have such big guns.
Hashida deserved whatever came his way, Narabayashi even more as he is actually worse than Hashida, I don't know why they kept painting Hashida in a worse picture than Narabayashi who is a total mess.

Characters that triggered me:
1- Namiko: What an annoying brat! She had no purpose, she was nothing when Motoko took her off the streets and taught her how to become a hostess then her life turned into just competing with Motoko, she had no dreams, no aspirations and goals other than destroying Motoko and that was really infuriating.

2- Head Nurse Ichiko: That stupid hag, I found her the most rage inducing character. The way she only lived to serve Narabayshi and took whatever he threw her way was actually dumbfounding, she must have suffered some type of Stockholm syndrome. When she decided to take revenge on Motoko while Narabayashi himself couldn't be bothered, omg what a total dummy.

Lastly, I wished Yasujima and Motoko ended up together, it wouldn't have worked probably but Motoko deserved some love to soften her heart, the death of the branch manager was really sad as all perpetrators got Scott free actually while he took all the blame and died.

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Starts with a weak thread.

This is one of those series that has a very weak beginning, but eventually gets better by each episode. Overall, this was good. I just wish the script was more developed. Even though it did a good job setting up the general story premise, the first two episodes were ruff around the edges. It got better by the third episode, but it continues to switch back and forth from being ok to somewhat cringe (not in a good way for me). However, the last few episodes were great and wish the other episodes had the same level of quality. Although frail at first, it did give enough to get me connected to many of the characters to make me want to continue. Nevertheless, I was not a fan how they introduced the two main characters. This was funny at times, but the humor was a little to slapstick for me. The cast was great and did a nice job making what they were given work. The cinematography was nice.

Random Note:

It does have cute opening credits

For Viki views – Starting after episode 1, Don’t blink or you’ll miss it! There is an additional scene involving a side character but you won't see it if you let it automatically go to the next episode. It doesn’t have any real connection to the storyline, but it is funny and informative.

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Somethinv bingewatchable after a long time

I absolutely loved this drama. Although it's not popular I literally binge watched it till ep 8 and then sat sad after i realised it was still on air😭

The story seems simple at first glance but it's really well done and has a lot of depth. I like how well the main characters are written. Like for example, Chia Kai looks like this clumsy, scared, good for nothing kid but is someone who is brave enough to standup for strangers eventhough he is afraid on the other hand we have Da Wei who seems like this cold, capable cop but despite being a strong excellent cop he still fears his dad. Although his dad could no longer hurt him. He was like a fly trapped in a jar which never left the jar even after the lid was opened.

I liked how they handled the thread situation. Showing us that they would still be fine even without it and how complicated both their families were unlike the usual dramas where characters usually stay in 1 layer here the characters were gray and had a lot of layers. Their decisions seemed to be someone anyone would take if they were in that situation.

Overall i really loved it❤️

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Very Gloriously Mid

Somehow i forgot to write a review for one of my favorite dramasa of the year.

I hope this is the return of Gulnezer on my screen, I’ve missed her.

Honestly this started so good but then kinda crashed and burned. Rong Shan Bao was such a girl boss, she was leagues ahead of her sisters/cousins and ten steps ahead of everyone else, there's nothing she has not thought of or anticipated. But her family was so annoying, especially the hard headed grandmother and her whiny sister.

The grandmother reminds me of the Abuela in Encanto but at least that one learned her lesson in the end, this stubborn old hag just refused to see reason no matter what. She was the reason for all the conflicts in the family.

I also liked Hou Minghao as Lu Jiang Lai, his character was very intriguing.

I just wished this ended better.

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?Looking for a Masterpiece? Why You’ll Fall in Love With 'Our Beloved Summer'

Our Beloved Summer (10/10)
I've rewatched this drama 5 times. Back when it was airing, I watched it every week while waiting for each episode to drop. I don't know why I'm writing this now on my 5th rewatch, but I just wanted to do it.

I love this drama so much because every episode either makes me emotional or gives me butterflies in my chest. When an emotional scene comes up, the acting, the music choices, and the cinematography just hit different. I always bawl my eyes out, especially during episodes 1–7 when they have their misunderstandings. And the sweet moments always give me butterflies—I notice myself just smiling like an idiot at a love story that can't be mine.

The Characters & Dynamic
I love how different Choi Ung and Kook Yeon-soo are, but they're still attracted to each other like puzzle pieces made for one another.

The OSTs
I love all of the OSTs, but if I have to pick my top three, they would be:

V – "Christmas Tree"

BIBI – "Maybe If"

Lee Seung-yoon – "The Giving Tree"

Those top three always stick in my head, but I love all the other tracks too—like "Drawer" by 10cm, "There For You" by Kim Na-young, "Summer Rain" by Sam Kim, and "I Will Make You Happy" by Jang Beom-june.

The Documentary Style
I enjoyed the documentary aspect a lot. The thought of being a producer or a cameraman gives me a dream. I don't know why, but I've always liked creating content even though I feel like my mind isn't that creative. Holding a camera and capturing other people's lives and my own personal life seems like the most fun thing.

Even though I'm stuck in my room right now doing nothing, dropped out of college, unemployed, and not knowing what to do anymore—just sleeping, eating, and watching dramas—I just wish I could reset my life. Going back to the beginning and trying to be a producer or a cameraman would be enough. Maybe living in this country doesn't give you opportunities like that, or maybe I'm just not okay in the head. But it's just a dream I want to pursue. Maybe someday.

Note: Personal thoughts, ratings, and soundtrack choices are entirely my own; light AI assistance was used only for basic grammar formatting.

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Biggest question is that is this worth all the hype?

First off, very very beautiful drama. It is very clear that money went into the right places for this and they got the right director for it. All shots were breathtaking. From the very first scene where the ml was saved in the snow to the last, this was a very nice cinematic work. Especially the calm ambiance of Lin’an, that town was the most beautiful place in the entire drama.
Everything good happened in Xigu Lane, it was very a lighthearted, feel good type of vibe during that arc. When they didn’t wrap it up even more than twenty episodes into the drama, I was impatient, but when they finally moved it along to the capital, I found myself wanting to go back to the beginning.

Fan Changyu/ Tian Xiwei:
Changyu is absolutely my baby, that girl deserved for everything good to happen to her. Changyu is introduced as an orphan, her parents had been murdered by bandits (obviously we’ll later learn this is not the case) and to take care of herself and her younger sister she takes up her father’s old job as a pig butcher (you will not believe the number of times the words pig butcher is repeated in this drama). She is a fierce, independent and kind girl, and a very optimistic one too. She is a bit simple minded due to not having an education and sometimes she made dumb decisions, like knocking out the general meant to lead soldiers into war, she didn’t know, but yeah, dumb. I loved Changyu and her resilience even though some of the achievements the plot forced on her were very unrealistic. Because what do you mean this 19–20 year old somehow managed to kill the war generals that had been going to war since before she was a thought in her mother’s womb? Changyu’s war achievements and subsequent promotions to General were so illogical because once again, this was a young girl that had zero education, not to mention military knowledge but it is supposed to be believable how easily she killed Lord Changxin and won the war against him? Okay. Her relationships with the Zhao couple and that ragtag team was very nice to watch though, and Changyu herself as a character was very entertaining on screen. TXW really stole the entire drama for me.

Xie Zheng/ Zhang Linghe:
There’s not much to even say about this one because he literally did almost nothing the whole 40 episodes. He was always either injured or just serving face. For a so-called war genius titled Marquis, we didn’t see him fight a lot of wars. If he wasn’t aura farming somewhere then he was cutting himself, which to that point, I think this drama should have some sort of warning for self-harm triggers or something idk, maybe they did have it and it was in Chinese, I’m not sure. As it is a period drama and given the contexts, we can’t really say Xie Zheng was suicidal, but man he was out there cutting himself almost every scene. You’d think as a general that had to constantly be in some sort of situation that required him to fight he’d take better care of his health and not inflict as much harm on himself as possible but nope, whenever he saw a knife or sword his first instinct was to swipe the sharp end against his arm. Also, back to the teenagers with their entire two decades of life and only some experience taking down the bad guys that have been training decades before the leads even materialized as sperm is a tired trope and should be shelved, please. Despite all the above, ZLH served looks that haven’t been seen in a while, he truly looked so good in this drama really.

The last ten ish episodes were a huge let down, they had spent too much time on the Lin’an arc that the capital arc was just too fast paced and rushed and a lot of things were not properly explained. It was a huge effort for me to finish them and it actually took me two months to finally run out of things to watch and force myself to finish it. The Wei Yan/ Former Crown Prince/ Jingzhou massacre could’ve been slowly unraveled and properly visualized. Instead we have our two idiotic leads stupidly bumbling around–without much evidence mind you—and just convinced that Wei Yan was the sole perpetrator. They were actually so frustrating.

My god I’ve never seen a more useless puppet emperor; nobody fears or even respects him. My gripe about Xie Zheng belittling the emperor is that he also is just like his uncle, he did not want to help the current emperor escape the factions that kept him a puppet and actually better the nation, instead he chose to enthrone a new one whose power he governs with. They’re both the same, the only difference is we see how Wei Yan started with not evil intentions and was eventually corrupted by power but we do not see if the same will happen to Xie Zheng as well.

And my favorite part of the show at some point was Deng Kai and Kong Xue’er aka Qi Min and Yu Qianqian. They were so toxic oh my god, I loved that she saw him to his death and then rose to the highest position in the realm. I’ve seen some theories that Qi Min was nerfed with his obsession for her and that was why he failed, and while I agree that he truly suffered and was the one supposed to ascend to the throne, he was too mad to ever rule successfully, Qianqian or not. As we were shown in the what could have been segment, with his parents alive, he might’ve been a good ruler, but the Qi Min that went through the burning of the east palace and the loveless youth of the Lord Changxin’s house was too fractured to govern or care about people successfully. Even his love/obsession with Qianqian was a burning thing that threatened to consume not just her but him too in the flames, he would’ve left nothing but ashes in the wake of his rule, so yes, I’m very happy he died and that she finally escaped his cage. That said though, they had delicious chemistry together and I would love to see them as a pair in another work.

Honestly, apart from the ending–which seems to be the case with many cdramas these days, they start high and then just don’t know how to stick the landing—I don’t have much problem with this one, it was very enjoyable in the beginning and TXW and ZLH did a good enough job.

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Good with flaws

Overall I felt like this was a strong drama. At its core, the emotional portrayal by both leads is top notch. The supporting cast is all very good, other than the villain who has a jarringly cartoonish demeanor.

Early on I found it a bit hard to follow, due to the amount of flashing back, and maybe not enough indicators whether a given scene is present time or not. This sort of small editing choice made it hard to keep a perspective on the characters' emotional states in any given scene. Not terrible, but for me it was a noticeable drag. Maybe it adds rewatch value?

But by the second half, what before were just some questionable editing jumps, turns into a pile of either plotholes or very unsatisfying writing choices. A lack of consequences becomes a pattern, and people reacting inexplicably, or the reasons for a plot reversal are just never communicated. This pattern reaches a culmination in the final episodes.

Luckily there is a season two, so maybe if they felt rushed, they can sort out some of that ending still.

Ok recap--

THE GOOD:
- I actually love getting stories where queer people have biological children. Life is complicated
- No but for real the leads are amazing
- And yes the office friend crew vibe is on point
- ...did Imase produce this. idc I am onboard with the soundtrack

THE BAD:
- Personally found it hard to follow the emotional landscape between flashbacks and present day.
- Cartoonish villain is almost compelling but the writing just didn't support her behavior. There was a real story that could have been told about her toxic obsession, but it was reduced to a scooby doo villain
- Often Fuyu's behavior doesn't make sense. Which sometimes can be believable, emotions can make people do things that even they don't understand.
- Fuyu was straight up worse than the villain -- no seriously, almost beat for beat the villain enters the office and does each of the same things that Fuyu did when she joined the team, but the villain did each one like 5% less harshly. But then we act like only the villain was toxic. I never felt like Fuyu regretted any of it.
- Rushed ending
- Major plot points never resolved: The mom that bribed her is never brought up again, and also is never brought up as a concern anymore. Considering the impact of that action, ignoring it is wild. The BFF is also never brought up again, she exclaims 'You did it for that selfish reason!' storms off, and we just never hear anything from her about it again.
- If i hear 'Well in China.." one more time, I will scream. Not only is it super repetitive but also it is such a weird framing to portray the Chinese company behavior and perspective this way.

No but for real, no consequences or just plotlines that are started but don't land an emotional resolution:
- Fuyu never takes responsibility for any of her toxicity except when she's breaking down and apologizing vaguely, but even that seems to just be misdirecting blame away from her mom onto herself?
- The mom that caused this entire misunderstanding, gets absolutely zero consequences or even plot resolution.
- Even Itsuki doesn't really own her role in the original breakup. Everything is just carried by vibes, things are forgiven just because the chemistry is so damn good XD No I mean, I get it, but also these are opportunities to enrich stories about serious emotions. Reduced to a superficial gesture at depth.
- The office villain gets handwaved off stage, I guess she loses her job? No emotional resolution about her actual crush motivation for being a crazy villain about everything.
- The person Fuyu fired just returns to the team. Nobody talks about it ever again.
- Itsuki's BFF gets no consequences for betraying her other than scolding/ghosting, he just gets an epilogue where he gives the money back to return the photo (as if that could be a thing??) tbh this is one of the clearest plotline endings so I guess we should be happy with this much.
- The spy is never confronted by anyone, actively continues to be present in the story and gets a seemingly happy ending at the animation studio. This betrayal was actually a major twist but just never given an emotional resolution, other than some implication that she helped flip the animation studio by telling them that 90% of them would be fired at the new company. I guess offscreen we forgived and forgot? tbh significant harm being responded to with the barest of apology is an unpleasant pattern in this drama.
- The husband goes to the store and doesn't come home for DAYS. Yes I think he was being mistreated in the relationship, but there is a kid involved, his character at least deserves the space in the story to explain what was going on or what he needs to change. Just a vague 'my bad' and an ending where they both are just like 'uh i want to keep trying' without actually talking about any of their issues, and they have multiple big ones.
- And obviously the main couple's ending is the worst offender of all. Gestures at major decisions without any real discussion followed by gestures at undoing those decisions. I don't even care if you are going to flip and flop back and forth, but can we just get clear landing of each emotional beat? Why the flip? What is the consequences of the flop? So many opportunities to add texture and depth, just skipped.

Maybe in season 2

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Very enjoyable if you manage to turn your brain off for most of it.

I don’t really have much to say or complain about this drama to be honest, it did its job as an okay idol drama. As long as you’re not looking too much into the plot or storyline it’s pretty enjoyable.

The most enjoyable part for me definitely has to be the male lead. This is my first He Yu drama (I’m not counting the two episodes of the mess I watched him and Esther Yu in) and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised, he was the perfect Xiao Huayong, shameless, brazen, loving and completely incorrigible, I loved every minute of it, and his acting was also pretty good. Overall, there’s not much to say about his character; a sickly presenting crown prince who is not actually what he appears to be, the trope has been done since time immemorial, nothing to write home about. But maybe because I’ve been watching mostly serious shows, I found it quite refreshing, he reminded me very much of Zhangsun Wuji in Legend of Fuyao actually. A lot of people found it tiring and pathetic how his entire character was reduced to chasing after the female lead, and I get that it could be tiring to watch after the first 20 episodes and the couple has still gotten nowhere, but his character in the first place was of a dying prince, the only thing he cared about was finding the person that poisoned him, and then all of a sudden he fell in love with this woman and she became his sole motivation to live, its understandable. What is NOT understandable however is the first episode where he sees this woman that drowned and then he proceeds to give this total stranger the medicine that will save his life for like no reason?? whatsoever??
The leads had pretty solid chemistry though, and they’re both very good looking people that look good together, which is why all the cinematographic shots were just of them serving looks.

Apart from that the other thing I liked is that this drama knew that its strong points were not in the writing, so any scenes of political maneuvering or scheming were gotten quickly out of the way, they made it a said and done thing. It became kind of a game to me at some point, how quickly will they resolve this political dilemma? The answer is 15 minutes at the most. In the first episodes there was this ledger that contained a list of all the corrupt officials and their crimes, you know, the kind of thing that if it comes out will shake the verry foundation of the Court and will cause an upheaval, we literally see nothing of it. Who committed what and what were their punishments? Who knows and who cares, definitely not the writers. I think it’s actually much better that they went this route, rather than give us very shit writing filled with so many plotholes it basically becomes a sieve.

Third point in the favor of this drama is the second lead couple, I so enjoyed their story and relationship, the actress for Bu Shulin especially did a pretty good job. It’s the first time I’ve seen her and her disguise and acting of a man was very good. The premise of a lady disguised as a man and being able to navigate living alone in the capital since childhood as the sole heir of a marquis could’ve been a very compelling storyline, I’ll explain in my third negative point.

As for the not so good part of things, number one; Meng Ziyi and her character. Yes, Shen Xihe was supposed to be this aloof, cold, goddess like character, but MZY acted her like a doll, always the perfect makeup and accessories on, but no expression, she could not convey her emotions through the screen for anyone to even understand. The scene in the last battle, where Huayong had a moment with the emperor before dying was very sad, and the two actors did a good job conveying that, then it cuts to him actually dying in her arms, and you have this woman who has lived through two lives, lost her entire family in the first and now the love of her life in the second, this strong woman that has never shown weakness or vulnerability in both lives finally breaks down and everything comes pouring out. You would expect ugly heaving sobs and a heartbreaking scene, but MZY made it so underwhelming I just fast
forwarded. And Shen Xihe has so much plot armor I wonder how she hasn’t suffocated from the thickness of it, she can basically step on any toes—consort, princess, prince, duke, duchess—it doesn’t matter, she’s going to get away with it. All the princes also love her for no reason, like they all fell head over heels for this one girl minutes after meeting her, crazy things. Somehow her personality also switched overnight and none of the people close to her found it weird or alarming? This sweet, kind girl became ruthless and cold in the blink of an eye and even just develops skills and knowledge she never had and no one thought to even question it, they just carried on the way SXH carried on when she was reincarnated, as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.

When I said the drama knew its weaknesses were in plot writing, they did not realize that their strengths also did not lie with character writing. I don’t even want to get into the insufferable unbearable annoyance that was that obsessive pest, Prince Xin. I’ve not encountered such an annoying character that forced me to skip their scenes in a while, I loathe him. But all other female characters are somehow there to prop up SXH, even the second fl. They were all one track minded and had no other thing going on besides being jealous of her and trying to take her down. It is lazy writing and actually lowkey misogynistic writing. BSL was smart enough to navigate the scheming capital as a girl in disguise since she was a child but she was not smart enough that she was caught by SXH, she was not smart enough to get a body double in all those years, SXH had to do it for her. The sister, Gu Qingshu is basically just jealous girl 101, she had no quarrel with SXH but she repeatedly tried to get in her way why? Because she was written as the typical jealous antagonist with no other goal. The Noble Consort that should be fighting with other consorts is instead in competition with her stepson’s wife, not even the stepson that would inherit the throne she wants her son to inherit, instead it’s the wife she’s jealous of. If they’re not jealous of her they have to have been given their power by her (like the foreign consort) or some sort of agency (like her half sister she gave permission not to marry), its all very annoying.

All of a sudden, the second couple vanished in episode 26 and there was no more mention of them until SXH needed her avengers to assemble. I actually hated how they just made BSL’s character pregnant all of a sudden. She had worked her entire life to hold onto her position as heir and then they just have her sleep with a man and go off to have his babies, very stupid trope, its 2026 ffs. Then she comes back as BSL’s twin sister when it has been repeatedly emphasized that she’s the only child and heir so how did she/he now gain a twin sister? I find it a grave injustice that was done to her character because she was very firm on doing her duty, even breaking up with the vice minister because things were starting to get serious and she could not afford that.

Overall like I said in the beginning, quite enjoyable if you don’t take it too seriously. Oh and they really could have just scrapped that suddenly back to life thing and just left XHY dead.

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