This drama started off good but became weak after the middle part so I started to fast forward a lot of the scenes cause it felt so unbearable for me of the constant same plot being dragged over and over...Some of the computer effects were really bad which made serious scenes funny. The fightning scenes themselves were nice and enjoyed it, some of the support cast story were okay to watch but not something which will shine the main leads spotlight.

I can't say I regret watching this, it had its nice parts if only they did not forget main females actual backstory revenge as most tmes it felt like it did not exist anymore. The preview and opening of chinese dramas will contain major spoilers and this one ranks high on it, because of ending preview I expected to see empress ki rise to power style but Wei Young revenge went very weak as it went on. It felt unsatisfying as you get closer to the end. And some the characters went unlogical at times even unreasonable just to make more people be against main female.

Would I recommend watching this? Depends, even if you fast forward the scenes you won't miss much, villains were very gliche and story went predictable. Maybie it would be more enjoyable for a first timer but I have seen these similar troupes in many C-dramas so it was weak for my tastes. I will not rewatch this, its not worth it. Was thinking If I should give it 7.5 or 7 but I did not "liked it", for me it was "okay" drama to watch if you really enjoy seeing the main girl figure out schemes and climbing her way to the top to fall down over and over and get back on top then yes watch it. I mostly miss the first half of the drama and would have given 8 but went 6.5 near the end.

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I did put this drama on hold for months only to try to finish it because of main leads starring in arsenal military. It starts off nice, I loved how strong the main female was and acted like the villain which was unique. The story seems interesting but the way it was executed with dragging the story too much made it weaker. The main leads were full of chemistry and loved their romance maybie the guy character was slightly boring for my taste but I love the actors. The strongest point were the main leads and the romance, some of support cast storyline were okay but not amazing. I did have fun watching this but just a heads up that it can get draggy or sometimes the plot gets weird. Id recommend it more if you love the main leads like I do, since their the reason I watched arsenal military right after this.

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First of all I finished this show around 2017 and I'm STILL thinking about the story. It was the longest drama I have watched and I was still new to historical dramas but after finishing it I ended up watching so many other similar genres and time periods.

From the reviews I have seen in here the rating really depends on which guy you want for main female to end up with, if you end up liking the wrong ship its gonna be more painful and I have seen more lower scores because of it. There were definitely some parts of the story which made me so annoyed and that happened near the timeskips. I loved empress ki character for how strong she was against villains.

You will see huge character progression, when you start to rewatch it and see the characters from beginning and then look at them near end its amazing what time and events can do to some people even if its good or bad. If you like seeing strong main female, romance, drama and don't mind historical genres and some political side of the palace then watch it. I enjoyed it so much I wish I had forgotten most of the plot so I get to re-experience everything for the first time!

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Are YOU tired of watching CONSTANT sad and tragic stories and the same old palace life melodrama?

LOOK NO LESS as this is a lighthearted story about pirate and cheeky smart girl on their rom-com adventure drama with a LOT OF cute and fun romance between the leads. Those who want a more serious toned story with good character backgrounds probably won't enjoy it as much. The villains in this story were very one dimensional or gliche so you could care less what happens to them. This is a drama which you just want to watch something more cheerful since a lot of chinese dramas can be depressing. Its strong points are the casts and romance filled with comedy, at the beginning I though it goes more darker route but was surprised by how the story went along in a cheerful way.

The main leads chemistry was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, even the support casts are fun to watch. At the beginning it took some time to understand main female hot and cold actions but she will start to grow on you. There are some plot holes or stuffs which made me confused and wondered where did that character went as some vanish at one point but it is confirmed that we will get season 2 of this which I will watch :) I will definitely rewatch this in the near future and will be in my top 10 since I enjoyed it a lot despite having some flaws.

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I finished watching it when it came out in 2018 and only now I'm writing the review, this drama is quite hard to forget after you finish watching it. I started to watch this drama because of Jang Na ra and Shing Sung Rok amazing and intense acting, they really brought the whole drama to life.

It starts off quite unbearable with the amount of backstabbing and having to see main lead suffer from it but it gets much more interesting once the revenge plot goes in motion. The description for this show is very off especially when it comes to her bodyguard but I guess they changed their plot along the way. I really did not felt any chemistry between her and the bodyguard so I like the new changes but some choices they made was very off because of real life complications which is a shame.

The overall show was very interesting to watch, it was very messy but a fun one! It has quite satisfying revenge storyline, the rewatch value is not so high because once you know all the plot twists its hard to get yourself to rewatch all the good and the bad parts. But its definitely a drama for people who enjoy palace intriques filled with all kinds of complex and greedy characters but in modern version. The overall show is complicated and even the villain can have its moments of goodness and its hard to truly hate them which make it even more exciting to watch atleast once.

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Was too dragged out

I played the game "Detention", the tv show was absolutely nowhere near scary and the interesting parts were only at the start and the last 2 episodes. Everything else felt SO dragged out with constant time loops mixed with confusion. My main emotion was "What the hell is going on now?"

I got annoyed by main girl staying quiet almost the whole show, NEVER stood up for herself and waits for her ghost friend to help her out. Her whole personality is literally an "empty shell". I would have liked to see romance develop between her and classmate yet we got bullshit forbidden crush story. The owner son is such a creep and it makes you wonder why the hell does main girl even like him? They make her have a crush on him in order to show us how "history repeats" but that isn't even close cause the actual guy from 30 years ago was a good guy not small ego creep.

The "villain" girl was more interesting and complex than the main girl ever will be, she was the saving grace of this show. The whole story could have been done in 4 episodes.

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I mainly started to watch this drama due to Ariel Lin but little did I expect I would have a huge second lead syndrome and its funny cause it was very similar way to prince lan ling who had same actresses. I was interested in the main couple with both of them but then the story makes them apart and introduces second lead who brings the comedy and fun back to the drama. I did drop the drama for almost half a year around episode 40 because I stumbled upon spoilers! Came back to finish watching it only to figure out dropping it was better since the writing gets very bad as you go on. I came back mainly due to second lead's charm since I was already not very invested in the main couple. The ending doesn't make any sense, its semi okay for people who enjoyed the main pairing but other than that was bad. The way characters were handled was not justified but I did enjoy the comedy aspect of this drama and it was somewhat fun ride so I did not get bored often.

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I started to watch this during dark times with someone close to me passing away and got very emotional in a lot of the scenes. I loved the story, very beautiful slight tragic but with a slight hope that it will go alright. The villains were okay, main leads were lovely with nice chemistry. I watched every episode without skipping, the world building was so magical and left me inspired. The OST is so beautiful that I still listen from time to time. Its a must watch chinese drama! One of the best fantasy dramas I have seen and the quality of it is amazing that I would happily go through all those episodes all over again.

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It did start of good and unique, I loved all the parts in North korea ones but did get slightly bored at the other half. The only part which I disliked the most was overusing the " I have met you before its fate" type of gliche. I would have been more happy if they just randomly met as total strangers with no gliche parts which they made A LOT. I started liking the second leads more, they felt more realistic with the way it went but also dissappointing for how it ended especially for our second lead girl who did not deserve such fate.

Story is unique but romance very gliche but a lot of the characters were fun to watch. If you don't mind how unrealistic it can be and just focus on the symbolism side its not so bad. What wasn't gliche was mainly about second lead not going into full asshole mode like it is in most dramas whenever there is love rivalry going on. So that part was refreshing and Dan did end up becoming my favourite in this show and then her quirky mother. The rewatch value for me is never high but id probably rewatch it after a couple of years has passed. It did have a lot of funny scenes which I enjoyed a lot and knowing more about North Korea especially when the train stops scene which was one of my favourites.

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I took a few months break from dramas and this was the first one I started to watch and I was HOOKED in every episode, this drama genre fits for me but it definitely could have been even more better. Good cinematography and acting with deep storyline was amazing to watch, Even the music is lovely and fits which I still listen to it. First of all I love dark themes in storylines so the torture and killing scenes were fine for me but I did read the novel a bit and okay that one was too much for me...The drama did very well in making it interesting without going overboard.


I loved the villains and was amazed by the animation when showing each character backstory! At times I got annoyed by how main actress acted in her missions but near the end of the drama her reasons for it fits and I started to agree with her choices. She starts off weaker but grows stronger with each mission till she snaps at certain scenes and it was so awesome when that finally happened! Watch this drama if you don't mind torture, betrayal, angst and finding love at a dark place and don't mind having some hate/love treatment towards the villains.







SPOILER ALERT BELOW!!! regarding romance in this drama ( Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled <3)















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I was dissappointed on the lack of romance scenes since it did not even make sense as they were seen as lovers but hardly acted like one. I just wanted more romance between them and felt like they should have added more to have bigger impact as you get closer to the ending part. Id feel better if they would make season 2 since the story does go on in the novel and have more romance in there and some stuffs left unanswered.

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