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diva for sure

I started this show with zero expectations and I was happily surprised by how I've been attached to the characters.

Junior~aka penguin
He is so fun, diva behaviour, as zero survival instinct, like mister have a carnivorous boyfriend and he's like "you wanna eat me? go on! I'm waiting for you and my whole body is on display!". I just love the sass and the attitude, he's been bullied and when he understood that he was like "I'm not gonna play their game, I'm gonna set ✨️MY OWN RULES✨️ and fuck them" before walking in the school's hallway like a supermodel at the fashion week with his sports uniform turned into a crop top.

Sun~aka black panther
He's so down bad and head over heels for his boyfie, even at the smallest sulk he's like "I know you don't that on purpose but I'm still gonna give you the world and every stars in the sky in a golden plate". And my boy is so protective towards Ju, even before they really talked he's trying to help him not to be tangled into the bully game.

Mina~aka the goddess
She IS the moment! I love her with my whole heart and i wish we saw her more in the show 😭😭 Breaking the 4th wall and all this shit... I just love her 😭

Overall~
Super cute serie to watch with a light heart. I was there giggling and kicking my feet everytime they were cheesy, usually it cringe me a bit honestly but not with them.

Ps~
WHY DID YOU SCARED ME WITH THE "5 MONTH LATER" IN THE LAST EPISODE??? I WAS SO SAD 😭 (but they got the happy ending they deserved thank god)

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Liked it! Hoping for season 2.

I really liked this series, i hope they will make a season 2 with new pairs and the old ones .

As you can expect from GMM-TV the actors did a great job. The only negative i can say about this drama is that when they try to make it extra funny by extreme acting it only annoys me and i don't think it is funny at all. The ones that did it in this drama were Book, Poon and JJ.
The most funny moment were the moments with subtle jokes and sounds.

I like all the couples except Marc / Poon, Marc doesn't show much emotions when acting and i feel no chemistry between him and Poon.

I think i will watch this again in the future, i definatly will if there comes a second season.

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Cute and fluffy! The perfect palate cleanser!!

OMG!!! The cutest and fluffiest drama! I watched it only bcz I found out they get together in episode 10 which is soooo much quicker and we get 14 episodes of them together!! Eeeeee!!! I am obsessed with them both 😍😍🤌🥺😫🤭🤭

The manager and friend's story was nice but I skipped a lot. The actor and his sister one is cute too! There were a lot of second hand embarrassment scenes and I cringed so hard at the FL but it was worth it seeing them together.

Also completely annoying to have that angst plot line in episode 22. Thank god it cleared up in the next one and then they got married!! Though I wanted more of their married life and actually having kids!! I was disappointed by the news as well. The ML was so cute when he reacted when she told him but I'm so sad it didn't turn out to be true (iykyk) 🥺

The chemistry and fluff was off the charts! When they were together, they were TOGETHER!! I was blushing, giggling and sighing over every second of them!! The perfect part was watching the ML fall harder for her and I canstop simping over them 😭😭🤌🤌😍😍🤌

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Slow burn, fake dating, cute, angsty, giggling the whole time!

I suffered for 20 episodes ?? The fake dating arc couldn't help much either. Then he went abroad for bloody 3 episodes. Though I was obsessed with the way he pursued her when he came back just for her!!! AHHHH!! I LOVE MY BABIES!! I only got the last 3 episodes of them actually together. It wasn't enough!!!!! 😭😭😍😍🤭🤭😫😭🥰🤌🤌😍💙

The whole reason I watched the show was because of the clip of the ML laughing and I fell in love with his laugh. THAT SCENE HAPPENED IN ONLY THE LAST EPISODE!!!!!! I suffered 34 episodes just to hear his laugh 😭😭🥺😭 Although i am obsessed with his smile as well. And the FL is soooo pretty and cute and I just love them together!!😍😍🤌🤌🤭😍😫😭😭😍

His younger brother was adorable and sarcastic and I loved him. I skipped a lot of scenes of the second leads, her boss and best friend. I wanted them not the SMLs so I just skipped most of their scenes🫣😂

The second hand embarrassment killed me at times but I got through it for them. DID I DESERVE JUST 3 EPISODES FOR THAT!!!?? NOOO!!! WHY DID IT TAKE 34 EPISODES FOR THEM TO FINALLY KISS???!?! I DIDN'T DESERVE THIS SUFFERING!!! Also found out from a comment/review below that they cut out a kiss scene from episode 20. WHY??!!?!??? It would have been worth it and then 15 episodes of them together after suffering for 20!!!! But NOOOOOO!! 😭😭

p.s. going to watch that cut scene now lol. OMG JUST WATCHED IT AND I AM OBSESSED!!! WHYYYYYYY DID THEY DELETE THAT!!! IT WAS PERFECTION!!! The passion, the chemistry, I died! They could have glossed over it as her being drunk/sick/ill but atleast we would have been satisfied. It was the best kiss out of the whole drama and they deleted it 😭😫😭🥺

They are PERFECT together! Looking back on it the slow burn was kinda good and I was giggling and blushing around the fake dating trope and it was so satisfying to see him gradually falling for her 🤭🤌😍

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This has to be the best short cdrama I have ever seen...

Some personal blabber:
Let me start with the thing that I am usually a very lazy person, too lazy to even write a review. Another thing is I absolutely hate HATE HATE sad endings... I hate tragedy with my whole being because I become such a mess that I become very disoriented and can't function in my daily life and sometimes have severe migraines caused from too much crying. So the fact I am writing this after finishing the whole drama says a lot. After I found out it had a sad ending for the couple I stopped and decided not to see it but the plot and everything was just so good that I had to finish it. This brings me to the present writing a review with a severe migraine, sobbing and listening to sad music.
Actual review:
This is handsdown one of the best Cdramas I have seen, this being a short one as well. From the plot, cinematography, acting, cast, storytelling everything. This being a short drama accomplished a lot and covered a lots of things. Let me go by points,
Storytelling:
This had an excellent storytelling. It kept me engaged the whole time and there was no unnecessary conflict. It showed many huge points and stuck to; it showed perfectly what actually women empowerment is, not by downplaying other genders, rather by treating everyone as equals. It showed the capabilites of human beings. One of the things I personally loved was how both the MCs were shown vulnerable. It showed how the FML transformed into a strategic wise empress from a girl who hid herself and only wanted to survive. it showed how even though she became an empress, she wasn't invincible, she lost people precious to her on the way. It showed how even though she became the empress she couldn't protect who were the most important to her. But still as a ruler she persisted even after that and ensured a glorious future of her country. Not only that, for the ML as well, we could see how sometimes he had to abandon the FML's side for the greater good and how under control he was. He wasn't someone who could do whatever he wanted, but still it showed how sometimes people just don't have a choice. Moreover I loved how it showed how the FML gave in to the villain just to deceive him. And my god, this had one of the most well-written villains I ever saw, though I appreciated it if it would have delved a little more into his obsession with the former empress but still he was really a very well-written villain. Even the toxic relationship he had with the aunt was well-written in my opinion. Even the minor characters like the censor huo and the female officer who disguised as a man, achieving all this in a short drama is really an admirable feat. Another memorable thing was the symbolism of the FML as the plant, I personally loved this little detail and also the chess plays. Almost all the characters well written and had a purpose which upheld the true essence of the drama. It had an excellent power politics play but it was shown in terms which are easily understandable. Even the realtionship between the leads looked genuine, the romantics literally lit fire on my skin, it all felt so genuine and raw, even after the fallout you could see the helplessness of the ML with his acts and the determination of the FML. Her actions and feelings were fully justified and the conflict was also resolved in a genuine way. Their love really wanted me to feel love, literally the dominion in the title was for the FML showing how to transformed into a wise ruler and devotion was for the ML showing how the cynical ML became such a devoted follower of the FML. He is the defination of working behind the scenes. Not only the realtionship between the leads but also between the FML and her aunt and even the relationship between the ML and his uncle was portrayed beautifully without extending much.
Acting/Cast:
PERFECT! ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! The cast really outdid themselves. The acting was perfect, it didn't feel fake or anything. Their eyes spoke volumes, the dilemma, the pain, even when the FML threw tantrums in helplessness, it felt so real, like I felt as if someetimes I also do this. The evil acting was also portrayed beautifully. You could feel that that one side character had the "I am all for justice" vibe within them with their demeanor. You could feel the struggles and achievements of the leads with their actings. It was absolutely perfect in my opinion.
Ending:
Spoiler duh! But ig many of you already know if you read the first part that this has a sad ending for the couple, the ML dies. And as much as I hate tragic endings, this was literally very logical, like the ML's death wasn't a copout. His death was justifiable. The reasons were clearly explained. And honestly I started crying from episode 23 from the wedding scene till the end. But me being my delusional self, am assuming from the easter egg from the official douyin and take that the FML actually saved the ML somehow and made him a commoner and separated him from the palace and he returned later as a concubine (as said in ep23). He had to remove his mole as it was the identity of the former prince and now he is back to be with the FML.
For those who are wondering were am I creating this assumption is from here (https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5160846712569915?from=old_pc_videoshow), it is a easter egg from the official douyin of the drama in weibo. So for me I think this is a happy ending I MEAN LOOK AT BOTH OF THEIRS KNOWING SMILES. (i have a phd in delusion).
Anyways, I love this drama so much that I wrote a review with a migraine and if it gets made into a full length drama, i would pay to watch it. It was tragic and i hate tragedy but this was worth it. (sobs in migraines)
My advice, just see it, i saw it. I don't wanna suffer alone. As for rewatch value, I think it has a high rewatch value but for those people who are affected in the daily life by tragic stuff, don't rewatch it, hurting yourself once is enough. But this will always have a special position in my heart.

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the drama felt like never ending....too long and it got boring, no real connection to characters

The first few episodes were great; I was very excited about the drama, and I loved the storyline. As time passed, I lost focus and was not drawn to the drama, and I did not care about the characters and I did not feel any connections. The episodes were especially long and started to drag, and I was getting bored. I think if they had taken a different direction, it would have been more interesting. The storyline was getting weaker, and each episode felt never-ending.

The production is great, as is the acting. especially Jin Goo did an amazing job portraying both characters. I really tried to keep watching it but gave up at episode 9 as I did not have the will to watch the remaining 8 episodes.

To be honest, it cannot compare to *Red Sleeve*, which was amazing. It has the same length, but I was so invested in the story and felt for the characters. The same actress appears in both dramas, but she did not leave any impression on me in this one.

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Trauma Friend

I'm honestly surprised that I finished this series so quickly because I've tried watching shorter series with more interesting plots and put them on-hold indefinitely. But don't let this fool you into thinking this a gem or anything because it is undoubtedly something I wish I could get my time back from watching. I just don't understand how there are such high reviews on the uncut version on MDL because the story itself is so boring yet questionable at times. I'd also like to point out that I watched it on Youtube, so I'm assuming that was the cut version so I'm not 100% sure of what the uncut version contributes to the story, but I do know that I'd probably (dis)like it the same amount as I do with the cut version.

So I generally start these with a Likes and Dislikes list but I'll definitely tear into in the Dislikes section

Likes:
- Uea is confirmed gay
- Demonizing homophobia
- James and Net are scarily attractive
- Uea's sass was at times charming
- King looks good with his buttons down on his shirt
- Gunn was cute
- The big boss actually caring about his employees
- Talking about safe sex and get tested for STDs
- Setting rules for the friends with benefits relationship
- King's parents actually considering their son's happiness above and prejudices they may have
- That scene where Uea started unbuttoning his shirt to get King to close his was pretty fun
- Uea's aunt was sweet; nice to see a least one positive aspect in Uea's life beyond just King.
- The antagonists' actors played their scummy characters well. I believed every second of the scum quartet (pedo step-dad, bitch mom, psycho ex, and boss mc-grabby)

Dislikes: (oh boy here we go!)
- Uea's actor cannot play the emotional scenes at all. This is awful because this character is CONSTANTLY suffering and I swear I just felt awkward watching him try to portray a traumatized young man. They seriously needed someone that could shoulder the weight of playing a character going through endless suffering and James was just not it. They needed War Wanarat here to play such a distraught character.
- Why TF is Uea constantly suffering throughout the story? This man got molested by his gross ass step-dad throughout his childhood, got beaten and shamed by his whore mother, got cheated on and nearly raped by his psycho ex, got dubconned by King in like episode 1, and then of course he nearly got raped by his scummy boss. What. The. FUCK. I'm not even saying that I'm adverse to him going through multiple trials and tribulations in this story but dear god why is his suffering somehow worse than that lame ass main character from that Jinx manhwa????? You can make a main character be sympathetic and portray how trauma impacts a relationship without throwing every possible unfortunate thing at them and then call it "character building." They quite literally checked the noncon trauma box to every aspect of Uea's life: molester step-dad in his family life, rapey ex in his personal life, and pervy boss in his work life. Seriously makes me wonder how many yaoi manhwa the original writer referenced when trying to make the saddest main character known to man.
- This series (and the positive reviews) boast of how consensual the main relationship is, yet gloss over the fact that Uea and King's first night together was dubcon at best, and noncon at worst. Say it with me kids: someone. being. drunk. is. not. able. to. consent. Uea was heavily intoxicated to the point that King had to take him home and King was most definitely sober in comparison to him given how lucid he was and could think the situation through. He's even aware that Uea being drunk can't equal clear consent yet does him anyway! Why was this necessary? They could've tried to find the loophole of them both being equally drunk like most other shows do, yet they decided that making it a clear case of taking advantage of a drunk person was the best choice writing-wise. Great relationship-building guys! (I'd also like to point out that adding themes of lack of consent in a story doesn't automatically make it bad or disqualify a relationship between two characters from the jump, yet what bothers me the most here is how the story completely glosses over it and then acts like they are the most consensual couple ever.)
- Jade was annoying as fuck. So was the middle-aged lady and the trans(?) woman. Tired of the constant portrayals of transwomen and femboys in BL being these over-the-top, ultra girliepop people that can't seem to speak at a normal vocal level.
- Dear fuck this is the part that pissed me off the most. So in episode 4, Uea was just nearly raped by his psycho ex in his own car and narrowly escaped because of King's aid in scaring him off (instead of, oh I don't know, CALLING THE COPS OR SECURITY?????). Uea is (justifiably) shaken up and having flashbacks to his childhood trauma, and then it cuts to them chilling near some railing or something and King remarks how if he weren't there in time, Uea's psycho ex would have definitely raped him then and there. He then says something along the lines of "what will I get as a reward? (indicating sex)" and to this I have a question to pose as well, except to the writers: What the fuck is wrong with you?????? Who in their right mind thinks "Oh you know what a character with childhood molestation trauma that nearly just got raped by their psycho ex wants right after? To get fucked." WHAT?! They unintentionally made King seem like the scummiest character on planet Earth with this one line alone because why would he assume that a guy that was bawling his eyes out after nearly getting raped by his ex would want to reward him with sex that same day. This irked me so bad man. I nearly wanted to drop the score even lower just for this scene alone.
- The mother never really suffered the consequences of her actions. Was her crying over her diddy husband supposed to be her comeuppance? Well it certainly didn't satisfy my rage. This woman deserves to suffer for eternity for the awful shit she put her own son through. She was the ultimate villain, yet barely suffered at all. Honestly, Uea abandoning her only really works in her favor considering how much she stated she hated him and would've lived a far happier life without him around to pollute it.
- Psycho-ex is quite literally a sex offender yet doesn't suffer ANY CONSEQUENCES. Other than a punch. Wooooooow such a grave repercussion. He even still has a boyfriend from what is shown. What the hell?
- The step-dad is arrested but let's be honest, will he really suffer much in the long-term? There is barely any evidence and how much of a serious offense is sexual harassment (not even molestation and attempted rape as the charges) in the Thai justice system anyway? Would've been nice if they could've confirmed what his status in passing or something. But nope. We are completely left in the dark as to whether he even got convicted or not.
- The sexual-harasser boss didn't even get charged for what he did even though it was caught in 4K Ultra Definition. He just gets a slap on the wrist and probably moved to another department and still invited to the big boss' Thanksgiving dinners.
- Uea hating King so much at the beginning didn't even make sense because King didn't even get to ask him out at that bar and just because that twink boy called him over doesn't mean they're exclusive. Hell, he could've just met that guy that night. What was Uea so pressed with him for?
- King liked Uea so much but I never understood why. He wholeheartedly wanted his attention and affection yet Uea made it abundantly clear he didn't even like to be in the same office space as him. Take a hint buddy or else you'll be added to the ongoing list of Uea's harassers that seems to grow with just about every episode.
- The sex scenes were cringe affffff. I felt uncomfortable watching them. Opposite of what you want to feel when watching consensual sex scenes between two objectively attractive people of genders you are attracted to.
- Was Uea's trauma healed by King's dick game or something? It kind of felt like that. But at least they mentioned him seeing a psychiatrist by the end. That's something I guess.
- Time skip galore in the last two eps.
- King apparently has a hot older brother, yet we only see him once. I was so shell-shocked when he appeared because I was kept wondering that entire scene "who the fuck is this guy?"
- It made zero sense that Uea would agree to be friends with benefits with King out of nowhere especially because he seemed to dislike that fact that they had a one night stand at all. Was it really just because King gave pocket money to Uea's mom? Because if he agreed to it out of gratitude then that doesn't sit right with me at all. He should do it if he reeeeally wants to; not because he feels like he owes him (throwback to ep 4 when King asks for sex after saving Uea from a literal rapist).
- Opening pissed me off the more it played and would sometimes interrupt the flow of the scene before it to the point that I would get whiplash.
- King really felt like his only true personality trait was "I want Uea to give me attention." Felt really juxtaposed when next to Uea's "I have trauma. Like, literally every single episode. Brace yourself audience. It's going to get emotional. Though, you probably won't feel it because my actor can't mimic a crying person to save his life."

To be honest the music (other than the annoying intro) was alright but not noteworthy. Same with the production. They looked good on the boat though I'll say that. And that like one scene when there were at Uea's hometown and on the mountain and inn. I really hate when there is a filter or extreme makeup to powder on the actors' faces because it just takes away from their natural beauty in my opinion and makes them look like porcelain dolls.

Rewatch value? I would give this a 0 if I could but this site only goes as low as 1 so I'll stick with that (though in spirit it is a 0). I wouldn't even rewatch this for drunken fun or to make fun of it because it is frankly too boring to do that. At least nonsense like Love Syndrome III and The Heart Killers are rewatchable because of how entertainingly awful they are, but Trauma Friend is just plain stale. I'd also avoid putting myself through Uea's never ending suffering and James' inability to create a genuine look of suffering on his face. I can't enjoy a traumatized character if they don't even look traumatized (directed at whoever had reign over the casting choices).

To conclude, I really want my time back from watching this. I feel so burnout from watching a 10 episode series and I find that astounding because it somehow almost makes me feel as dead inside as The Legend of Zhen Huan did. And that show was 76 episodes.

Would I recommend this? Fuck no. The acting isn't worth it, the music isn't worth it, the set design isn't worth it, the plot most definitely isn't worth it, the characters aren't worth it, and the smut (which face it, that is what drew majority of people in) is cringe and soooooo not worth it.

Goodbye to Trauma Friend and hope I never see you again ~

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✒ ☸ Rong is Right ⛩️ Pei is the Way ☸ °8.3° °excellent°

As TPR opens, the kingdom is in shambles and our Princess is very ill. She /knows/ her husband, Pei Wen Xuan, has poisoned her. She orders her minions to kill him as everything fades to black. When she wakes, she has time-slipped 20 years back to age 18. She's alive once again, and no one in the palace has ever heard of Pei Wen Xuan.

Another chance? How will she handle things and avoid disaster this time around?

TPR is a 2024 release that is rated 8.2 on MDL. It is 1 season consisting of 40 fantastic 45-minute episodes. One thing about Chinese historical dramas is that they will make a person happy to be a commoner. Nobody wants to hang with these noxious royals. Soon, Rong will learn that Pei did not kill her. She will never guess who the real murderer is.

TPR is not in the later episodes what it seems like in the earlier ones. Towards the end, the cesspool of the human heart is uncovered and the stench permeates. The show leads up to Rong's pained and impassioned soliloquy: “All of you were really disgusting. How evil. Father and son weren't real father and son, siblings weren't real siblings, couples weren't real couples, and friends weren't real friends. Everything in the past was just a rotting swamp filled with disgusting pus… The ruler showed no mercy to his family. The successor neglected ethical values. The officials plotted rebellion. People's lives were just pawns.” It really is heartbreaking.

Zhao Jin Mai (A Little Thing Called First Love-8.6, Amidst a Snowstorm of Love) is Li “Rong”., Her acting is stellar. She's a woman who's lived over 40 years but is now back in her 18 year old body. Her demeanor says mature. She actually has a tired air about her. She's measured, she's never in a rush, she's always composed, and she's pensive. Zhang Ling He (Love Between Fairy and Devil-8.9, Story of Kunning Palace) is “Pei” Wen Xuan, Rong's husband. She wants to marry “Su” Rong Qing, who was her BFF in her prior life. They loved e/o, but he had been castrated, so they just stayed friends. When Rong’s father holds a banquet to get a look at potential suitors, Su will not engage with her. She ends up being stuck with Pei again! She quickly learns that he traveled back just like she did. He insists that he didn't kill her. He's certain that Su did. Ouch. That hurts. Chen He Yi (Till the End of the Moon, Summer Again) portrays Su, who is a Minister of Justice. His Long pensive stares make us wonder what's on his mind. The wheels are clearly turning and churning.

He Qiu (Xiangbei Regret) is Qin Zhen Zhen, the girl-warrior who has captured the heart of the crown prince. Rong's mother is simply hateful - she's the most wrong character of the show. Zhao Pei Lin (Go Ahead, Hi Venus) is the Empress and Shangguan family devotee. Cheng Guo (Married, The Lord of Losers) is the spritely Rebel Shangguan Ya. She's always donning peasant clothes and sneaking off to gamble. When important work needs to be done, she's a go-to resource. In the first go-around, she married the crown prince. When we meet her she's awesome. She's in a pleasure house, disguised as a man, and slapping down cards while yelling out drink orders. Her personality shifts rather quickly though. She's one of the oldest members of one of the most powerful families, and ambition takes over. The way her character goes is a little bit disappointing. Will she make a comeback?

The tensions between the noble families and the common folk is what's driving politics. At one point, the emperor, who truly wants to help the people, can't even look at his wife. Her elaborate jewelry would feed so many poor if they sold it. “Do you know what's the scariest thing about wielding power? It's when it corrodes one's heart. The person whose heart is almost corroded to the core cannot feel anything at all,” Rong will point out. That describes the privileged families and it's no different from what we see today.

“If an emperor thinks he's incompetent, the sense of shame will drive him mad.” Part of the problem with the past is that Rong's brother ended up being a terrible ruler. He's a tenderhearted boy who wants to do the right thing, and he doesn't even want to be king. “Do you know what the hardest thing about being a ruler is? Everyone around you may be deceiving you. While anyone else can obtain the truth easily. As the emperor, I have to search for the truth in the middle of a trove of lies. What's more, the truth often consists of the half lies they tell me…. I was born with free will, yet I couldn't live freely,” laments the king. Yet, for his son, Chuan, it's much worse. All the above turns into bitterness when he gets no assistance and feels completely isolated during the course of his reign. He becomes spiteful and cruel. Liu Xu Wei (The Glory) plays crown prince Li Chuan.

This time around, Pei & Rong know that power won't satisfy. They know a simple life of love is what makes it all worth it. But, wielding it for good, will be very satisfying. “Only the incompetent ones need to use the weakness of their wives to prove themselves. What I desire is for my wife to achieve her aspirations… My love for my wife is not about trapping her in a gilded cage but about being able to offer her opportunities to do whatever she desires without restraints.” Pei wants a partner, not property he can push around.

I don't have many nitpicks. The cadence is relaxing but it flirts with dragging at times. It's a slow paced show. It is methodical and elegant, but I suspect some won't like the pace. Pei’s lipstick is too much in many scenes; positively Maybelline Plum #3. At the very end, they go ahead 3 years but don't show us any kids. In the context, they should have. None of the needs-improvements stack up against the filming, which is beautiful. Cinematography and costume designs are exquisite. The wardrobe is wearable art. The sets are opulent but not overdone, with the rich colors serving as a balm to the eyes. The music is lovely. There's several fights and skirmishes. Fight scenes are largely typical but also graceful and exciting. The sword fight in ep 40 is riveting.

The acting is top tier. There's a stunning love confession in the rain. No kiss, though. Since the confession comes earlier than expected, I guess they can't jump into things too quickly. They eventually generate some lovely, well-above-average, romantic moments. It is even funny at times. The blemishes are few; this show is magnificent.

TPR gives the viewer plenty to consider. We see people chasing after power and privilege with nary a whim about what they'll do with it. Helping the poor and disadvantaged never occurs to them! The “Rong” will “Pei” for their wrongs! Most fall on their own swords, in the end. There's no better last words than this: “I also went through so much to finally understand that my whole life should be dedicated to my righteousness.” We shouldn't save those thoughts for last, though. The sooner we work on acting and thinking “right” the better for us, and everyone else.

Things split and go in unexpected directions In the last 7, or so, episodes. We hear more about the past from 2 or 3 different perspectives, and it's shocking. It's sad, all around. Rong is confronted with a huge dilemma. But, Rong is going to Pei. He will figure it out. Pei is the way.


QUOTES📢

The worst thing women can do is pin their hopes on men.

The essence of power is understanding people.

People only have the right to choose when they are strong enough.


〰🖍 IMHO

📣7.9 📝8.5 🎭8.5 💓7 🦋6.7 🎨9 🔚8 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡4.9 😅2 😭4.2 😱3 😯2.8 🤢3 🤔4.8 💤1.5 🤗5

🎵/🔊7 Shazams: 藏心 (电视剧《度华年》情感插曲) by Ye Xuanqing & 执爱 (电视剧《度华年》情感插曲) No English title is available.

📝Original Creator Mo Shu Bai (Destined)

📝Screenwriter: Rao Jun (The Journey of Flower, Ancient Love Poetry-8.6)

📣Director: Go Yik Chun (The Empress of China)


Age 13+ mild sexual content, moderate violence

Re-📺? Would


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The King's Affection 8.3;
Mr. Sunshine 9

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C🇨🇳: Love Between Fairy & Devil 8.9;
Once upon a time in Linglian Mountain 7.5;
Douluo Continent 9.4;
Handsome Siblings 8.7;
Eternal Love 8.3,
Ancient Love Poetry 8.6;
Love and Redemption 10

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C🇨🇳: Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber 9-Kung-fu!;
K🇰🇷:
K2 8;
Private Lives 8.1;
Sisyphus 8;
Tunnel 8.1;
Signal 8.6;
The Man From Nowhere 8.9
Black 9;
Squid Game 8.4;
Kingdom 8.3;
Sweet Home 8.4

Japanese🇯🇵 lite romcoms: Maid Sama-10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo-7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions-8.4, Toradora-8.5

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Finding balance between cringe & comedy

To be honest, the last episode is so worth all the cringe comedy in the other 9 episodes. Maybe they should have focused more on the rom than com, because when the leads get together in the finale, the chemistry is on fire and they are the cutest! I was giggling and blushing the whole time, I wish we had more of that than the cringe-comedy. It wasn’t the funniest show, but it had moments of hilarity for sure, with ML’s (Junyoung’s) expressions, quick delivery and body comedy + the younger sisters also had very natural funny moments. The pace is okay, short and sweet but this also means the supporting casts are not developed at all. The reversal of the Cinderella trope with the step family could have delved deeper. Even ML’s family trauma seems so easily handled :/ (but his parents were so funny and cute with the 2 scenes they had together, wish we had more). But I did like the message of seeing oneself without the lens of hatred and becoming your own Prince Charming. So I’d still recommend it for some dumb fun (and the kiss scenes.. like wow)

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Someone GIVE ME A DAMN CIGARETTE

*sigh* I don’t know.. seems like kbl are pissing me off lately, the writing etc like not to mention I did had alittle hopes for this but.. nah.

feel like Kim min jun just don’t know what he wanna do like he looks unhappy the whole time and was unhappy the whole time dude basically like “I want you”, “you know what I don’t want you”, “wait.. I want you”, “no go away”,”Why the hell is you leaving me?”.. do someone get it?
He doesn’t know what he wants to do, meanwhile chae Jin hwan is chasing after this dude.. you ran off because of miscommunication I explain to you what was really going on but still something’s not right. 🤧


what is this a push n pull series?

I get him at the beginning yes, yes you thought he did something wrong, cheated etc dipped without no communication that was a NO for me because I’ll at least be like wtf was that?

but at the same time I just don’t get this dude.

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Unique role played by both Dai Gao Zheng and Wang Gege

Such a lovely and amazing drama. Way too surprised to see Dai Gao Zheng play to down-to-earth character, a simple lawyer, and living like a middle-class family, rather than his most of his dramas where he is a powerful mafia boss, ruthless as well as affectionate to Fl lead, has a lot of fighting, drinking scenes and so on. The way he played the character was just top notch, like always, and was so good as well as a unique character. Wang Gege as usual her cheerful and bold character and beautiful as ever. This drama is must must-watch, and we, as audience and fans, will be able to see a new character of both ML as well Fl

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