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Meh
I feel like this is an example of producers stretching out a story for monetary value - but no artistic or creative value.The entire series would've been better off ending at Season 3 but with the ending being an open one showing the FL meeting the modern world ML and hinting at romance. Instead they continue to drag on the story, making it lose the poignancy and depth of emotion that came from the first three seasons.
Also, when the FL's memory was erased, it inexplicably made her a ditz - she lost her sharpness and maturity, which made me like her so much in the first three seasons. What's up with that?
Based on reviews for Season 5, I'll be skipping it, unless I'm epically bored and have nothing else to watch.
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Season 4/5: His turn now!
Our novelist is back home but in spite of all success, she is not happy, missing the emperor all the time. The Book Scholar erases her memory of falling into her own book. But the emperor suddenly shows up wanting to pick up where they left off. When the Book Scholar tries to send him back to his own world, he realizes that the emperor is connected to the novelist too much. She has to find a way to make him want to go back otherwise she's going to suffer because of his presence. Now the emperor has to learn how to live in the modern society.The comedy is back after the serious third chapter of this story. Unfortunately not as funny as before! Now it is his turn to be fish out of water and try to get used to the new setting. And just like the novelist in the first part, he gets comfortable very quickly and the focus of the story shifts to her workplace, friends and family. Mostly workplace as she tries to sell the sequel to her book and is having trouble being approved by the big boss. The workplace dynamics are quite fun to watch: the jealous supervisor, the love struck boss and his dragon of a mother big boss, the novelist's brainstorming team.... The relationship that stands out the most, though, is between the emperor and his secretary: there is a real bromance(without romance!) in the making there.
The big problem is the production value: the drama looks like their budget was cut in half: the cinematography is ugly, the colours are pale and when colours there are, they are obviously fake. The costumes are ugly, the hair is ugly (why does the emperor sport that horrible army buzzcut?). The music has been reduced to one song: I like it but I need variety.
Nevertheless, it is a fun watch, one cannot help but root for them and wonder if and how they are going to get their happy ending!
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Reverse mode
Horah!!! They continue their story after season 3, or I'll gonna say season 1 part 3. Because for me, this is the real season 2. And of course that make this Season 2 part 1 for me....This time it's Qin Yu (QY) turn to come to the future, or you can said out from the book to the real world, to search for Yian Yi Yi (YY) / Consort Rong. But of course the story not that simple, since YY's memory about her adventure in the book world already wipe clean by book officer. And of course YY receive new mission from Book Officer to send QY back to book world. But whatever happen QY still insist to stay in real world & start to chase YY again.... And their journey begin....
This part tell story about YY's life in real life. We get to know YY's close friend & family. We get to meet several familiar face from previous season & also new face.
The biggest and questioning part of this season is where the h*ll QY get all the money. Haha... QY is still QY. Even in real world he still becoming rich guy & of course pampering YY with all the money. We get the glimpse imagination that maybe QY pawn or sold everything he bring from book world & also cut & sold his hair. But is it really enough for sponsor all the spoil thing he did to YY...? And YY also become one stupid girl that never ever even think/bother to ask QY where he gets all the money.... She just receive it & think that natural thing to do by man.... Aiyo....
The second question: How fast QY & Li Zhi Duo adapt in real / modern world. Ok they kinda explained that QY is fast learner& quite smart you can say. But for someone that comes from ancient world that easy adapt to our world is one big question mark for me. Haha...
And apart from that question the problem also start to raise for our lead. And close the curtain with obstacle that QY & YY have to solved. So their story continue to season 5 or I'll say part 2....
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