Reviews

Absolutely love it!

● Both leads are such a treat to watch because aside from looking stunning, they have acting range and versatility. Lu Yuxiao does it so well, from tears glimmering in Ming Yi’s eyes to pretending to be clueless, greedy, and broke so Ji Bozai lets his guard down. I love how Hou Minghao does the hedonistic character so well, then slides into a commanding warrior.

● That said, I’m easy to please. The humor lands, especially when Ming Yi’s spiritual beast, a cat, delivers lines like “So Ji Bozai needs a shield like I need a scratching board,” or when Ming Yi calls him over with a “pss, pss” and bribes him with dried fish.

● It’s been a while since I’ve watched a drama that uses doodles. I think the last one was Royal Rumors, so seeing the doodles at the end of each episode is really neat.

● No one escapes the wind machine in this drama either. 😂 Those who are watching Fated Hearts can relate.

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A MUST-WATCH K-BL !!

One of the best K-dramas out there! Great actors, excellent acting, a captivating storyline, and fantastic chemistry. Overall, it's just amazing!

The story hooked me from the very first episode. The chemistry and tension between the main leads are incredible!

I want to give it a 9.8, and since I can’t, I’m giving it a 9.5 anyway. It’s not a 10 for me because the story of the second leads is not well developed. At the very least, a confession would have been satisfying, I feel a bit sad and disappointed about that.

Overall, the drama is AMAZING! It deserves more recognition, and I hope the actors receive more amazing roles in the future!

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Too much Desire not enough Love

Watching this drama really felt like a train wreck, it's bad but you just can't quite bring yourself from taking another look. It was inconsistent and amatheurish in so many areas like storytelling and editing. The crew working on this hopefully learned allot from this project, mainly what not to do.
The 2nd couple got so little air time, it would have almost been better not have a 2nd couple altogether. Even though ironically their appearance was what elevated this series and kept me watching till the end. The main couple, was only interesting as long as Hua Yong remained a mystery, as soon as he revealed his identity and his agenda it became boring. Although the title of the series then made sense. The main theme of the show is not Love, it is Desire. For viewers who like artificial, fetish and forced constructed plots this should work fine.
As for me I prefer to see sincerity and raw emotion whereas this drama could not deliver on.
The 2nd couples storyline had all the means for a great arc but was botched into oblivion. Though there were some pivotal moments that kept them interesting till the end. One being the "closet scene" was not SA, Even though Gao Tu was trying to get away at first he is then shown to initiate a kiss or wanting to kiss Shen Wen Lang which to me was crucial to include.

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strong start that went downhill

The plot started strong and really reeled me in. I absolutely love how they portrayed FL's climb to power and entering the ML's family. There was a perfect amount of tension and romance which was a great build-up and I had high expectations on how they were going to "fight" it out post break-up. It unfortunately fell flat and returned to your typical sappy rom-com filled with avoidable misunderstandings and unrealistic ambitions. Alas, the second couple was a nice supplement to the overall plot.

While it was nice to portray strong female independence - there were simply too many unrealistic moments and plenty of random outbursts that didn't feel very logical to me. As we get to the ML chasing FL back, the plot was too long-winded and draggy - it could have ended in 26eps. There is something very unnatural to me about ML's acting and the quality of dubbing where the dubs do not match their lips. If I had a choice, I would give the first half of the show 9.0 and the second half a 5.0. I only finished it out of my need to always complete a show but it was an absolute bore.

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Hidden Gem!

This drama truly was impressive! After watching the Kdrama “Cinderella and the Four Knights” I was stunned by Jung Il Woo, that’s when I started looking for other dramas starring Jung Il Woo. Then I fell upon this drama, at first I was skeptical about it since I had never heard of it. There was no hype or anything about this drama, so I was really wondering whether I should watch it. In the end I watched it and it was 100% worth it!! Ngl this is one of the best historical Kdramas I have ever watched. I loved the character development in the characters. The young actor who played Il Woo’s son was absolutely phenomenal! I liked the plot, I felt like it was quite different from usual cliches. This drama really opened my eyes on trying other dramas instead of those which are hyped. DO NOT HESITATE THIS DRAMA IS AMAZING!

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Don’t Skip This Version!

As someone who has seen the Korean version and read the WEBTOON, I would definitely suggest watching this version as well. I especially liked the acting of Reina and Tomoya, I felt like the actors did a great job of showing the inner feelings of the characters and their motivations. The soundtrack was excellent as well. There were some small changes to the story that kept viewers like me interested and made it feel more like its own story. I think each version (the WEBTOON, Korean, and Japanese) had aspects of their own story that I preferred, so I can’t say that there is one version better than another. If you are wondering if you should start this show, do! if you are in the middle of it and thinking, hmm should I continue? please watch until the end, that is the best part!

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Totally Worth Your Time!

I remember being extremely bored and seeing that there was a new xianxia drama out. At first I did not expect much but this turned out to be amazing! This reminded me of Love Between a Fairy and Devil quite a lot.
Arthur Chen and Wang Ying Lu were perfectly casted for their roles. I felt like Ying Lu’s character was quite realistic and overall her character was very likable. Arthur Chen’s character just got better as I was watching! We could see his character evolve from being a cold hearted “villain” to becoming extremely caring and lovable.
Haven’t had such a good xianxia in a while! I was not a fan of the amnesia plot but ngl it was not that bad. I was able to enjoy this drama to a max!! The leads had a ton of chemistry, lowkey wished the ending was a little more flavorful but totally worth my time!😭😭

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Script was not fair to Wang Yilun

I began watching this because of Zhao LuSi. I have a tendency to stick to a drama unless is truly bores me to death or I accidentally read someone's spoiler and find out a character I like dies (hello, POB and JTL) Anyway, I kept wondering why the ML was so stone-faced. Just didn't seem right.
I have since seen Wang Yilun in other dramas where his character smiles a lot and is humorous. He fits that style of drama much better than this one.
I definitely feel the ending could have been written better. But at least we got an opportunity to turn it into whatever we wanted. He did respect her desire to go alone to Japan by not getting on the plane even when he was called three times on the overhead speakers.

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I came into this with expectation not low enough

I liked TSOU, so I had similar expectations. The plot sounded good, but the actual show dragged on. A lot of the plot of four episodes could be told in one episode. The beginning is a good 7.8, but now it's more of a 6.

After watching ep 13, all I gotta say is.. what the actual fuck is this plot???? I wanna like it, I really do, it takes a lot for me to actually wanna drop a show AS SOMEONE WHO WATCHED BLANK and LOVE SENIOR AND FINISHED THEM AND FOUND THEM TO BE OKAY. Whoever wrote this shit can start counting their days. I'm sure this really is not Ling and Orm's fault and happened to land on a poorly executed project since they can't really refuse the scripts they get. i just hope CH3 will do better in the future, cuz this was straight up ass

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