FL Hard Carried the 1st Half + MLs inexpressiveness and mistrust complicates everything.

Before anything else, I wanna tell people to watch out and bear on how this story revolves around the calm, almost expressionless and inexpressive yet loving ML and the way it became more complicated because of his mistrust and overprotective treatment for the FL.

At this point, I guess i'm just glad that this drama was concluded with a happy ending despite all the excruciating and frustrating scenes it has. The amount of dark and grim energy I've accumulated from this show is unexpectedly great that I was extremely irritated at some point. >< So please take a 'bearing pill' before starting this drama. Hahaha!

Honestly, this drama overall is really good but unfortunately ruined by 3 major things— 1st, Overly mismanaged characters, 2nd is the extreme display of favoritism for the ML and 3rd, actual purpose for the 2nd ML.

× For some reason a lot of supposed relevant supporting characters tends to be missing whenever they're most needed to. Like, there are countless segments where the most crucial people are absent and god knows why did the writer and producer exclude them there when they're supposedly relevant in those scenes... and these occurences happened because of their immense greed of making the plot more substancial and complicated.

× This productions obsession with the ML is what probably ruined it for me— their undying love and greed to justify the ML made me role my eyes tons of times and even got me to the point where I'm simply sick of it all. He's 'hot & cold' and loves doing the 'push & pull' act without even explaining even the tiniest bit to the FL and he's expecting her to understand him. Like how? Man!! You deserved to be demoted as the 2nd ML in all honesty.

× The lack of actual purpose and usage for the 2nd ML felt so unfair and ridiculous. Like, I expected him to do some stunts to win the FL because that's his supposed 'role' but he's rather a mess. The 1st half of this drama did him dirty and it's really disgusting. Instead of being a reliable support he started off as a menace— stubborn and quite immature then gradually became an emotional mess... Huh! He need some serious justice right there. ><"

× Last but not the least is how hypocrite of a character Zao Yan Xi is. He hated the FL a lot for 'hurting' the ML when he tolerated the woman he loves even when she killed countless of people just to keep her father safe. The most deserving death of this whole drama I would say. Hahaha!

Anyways, moving away from the negative side... This drama got a lot of good qualities as well, most specifically the amazing color schemes that always blended so well with the setting. Next is the simple looking yet beautiful and eye-catching costume that was made perfect by its color shading, followed by the background and overall setting that complements the whole drama every single time and lastly, the satisfying crime and investigation cases that was made even more entertaining because of the great fighting scenes.

P.S. The 2nd ML 'Zhang Si Fan' deserved better! That guy was downplayed and played dirty throughout the entire show. Hell, he even deserved the Main Role!

Story - 9.0, Story is actually good and would've been better if only they lessen their obsession and greed to make the ML mysterious and inexpressive. It made the drama hollow, frustrating and complicated to the point where things seemed overboard several times.

Acting/Cast - 9.0, More than the acting... I highly think that this dramas excessive misused of great actors/actresses is what made me all irritated overall. Some of them were missing in the most crucial times and felt like they got no concrete direction aside from being an end game plot device. + Overall acting is good and god knows how Chen Yu Qi hard carried this show.

Music - 10, It was love at first hear. Hahaha! Seriously, I was already captivated the moment I heard the 1st BGM and I was in a complete trance upon hearing all of them. The music from this drama serenaded me from the start till the end of the show.

Rewatch Value - 8.0, I just wouldn't. I hated how I have to endure and went through all those frustrations while watching this drama. The amount of dark energy and hollow feeling it gave was enough and I don't want to go over it again. The only reason why I gave it an 8.0 is because of its happy ending and good story progression.

Overall - 9.0, This is a rating in consideration of all the positive things this story offered despite all its flaws and mishaps. Thank god they redeemed themselves and successfully bounced back at the last 6 episodes. I almost give it an 8 honestly.

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Lady with an Iron Fist in a Velvet Gloves + Insanely Creative and Romantic Poems.

Above everything else, I wanna advise people to NEVER EVER let the previews stop you from watching this drama. I red through a lot of negative feedbacks and most of them drop it in the middle simply because they got tired of it or they don't like where the story is going. Where in fact, it's one of this production's unique way of getting the viewers attention and interest to keep watching it. Well... I have to admit that they did it severely to the point where it's already affecting the viewers mood but I assure you that this show is all "WORTH IT". So, hang in there!!!

This drama started rough for me— The constant display of abuse, adultery, violence and male chauvinism made me sick all throughout to the point I regret even watching it; but as time passes by everything started making all sense— That every piece of it was created and set up for a greater purpose and it was presented that way to make the whole story more interesting and dramatic. I even thought to myself that it's really been a while since I last watched a heavily plotted drama like this. Something I used to watch growing up and I should say... it made me feel nostalgic and satisfied overall.

Also, there may be times (like a lot of them hahaha) where I felt like the FL is just so great for the ML and that she should end up with the 2nd ML but after a while you'll just realize its true moral and value— that Love is to persevere. that it is something you need to work hard on to achieve. and I really wanna commend every single person behind the scene who made this drama possible. The journey might have been real rough and tough but it all paid off beyond satisfaction at the end.

Another thing is the insane budget for this drama. I love how they shoot the scenes in the most appropriate locations and how it felt so authentic all of the time. It even made me wanna visit Myanmar to enjoy the sceneries and the buddhist temples to peacefully pray and appreciate the religion and culture.

One last thing... I may not be that happy with the outcome of the LGBTQ relationships in this story but I should say that I'm satisfied. Kao Fang X Kang getting a happy ending while Not and Chet arriving on a healthy friendship even after the confession and rejection. Also, I will miss the Thien-Beer-Toon-Not & Muey-Tum-Pob-Kang Combi. They all made this drama extra fun, lively and colorful.

P.S. Everyone should brace themselves for the FLs character progression. She's a real BOMB. A person you shouldn't mess with. Someone who ruined the clichė weak-stupid-clumsy female character we all got used to. She shattered my expectation yet fed my fantasies and interests.

Story - 9.5, I finished the entire drama before I finally decide with this rating so I assure everyone that it's all worth it. It is a heavy plotted story that will surprise you with its twist and turns. It may appear disturbing, frustrating and irritating most of time but you must keep in mind that this is 'drama' afterall. So, I highly advise everyone to just sitback, relax, bear and finish the show. Hahaha!

Acting/Cast - 10, Excellent and Outstanding Actors and Actresses. God knows how satisfied I am with the castings and how I would never have anyone else act any of these characters aside from the original artists portraying them now. Mark is really good but Mew is on a calliber of her own. She deserves high praises for her flawless and solid acting ability.

Music - 10, It became the perfect instrument that made this show even more wonderful, enjoyable and dramatic. Every song blended naturally and I love how it accentuate the whole mood and feeling of the drama.

Rewatch Value - 10, Despite all the negative opinions I initially had with this show, I would still love to watch it again if given a chance to. This story taught me a lot. It inspires me so much and this will forever remain a memorable piece who gave me motivation and determination to pursue love the best and hardest way I possibly can.

Overall - 10, Well deserving! It may be a tough and frustrating rocky journey but it ended really well so it's all worth it. One thing I wanna say to anyone who may read this is to NEVER give in to your own disappointments and disheartenment while watching this drama. Just keep on pushing forward and you'll probably understand how I came up with this ratings. Susu na!!

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The Kind, Gentle and Naive Man's failed attempt to Kill.

Have you ever been dumbfounded after watching a drama?... not for the reason that it was good but because you were flabbergasted?

Up till this point i'm still astounded and fascinated from all the occurences in this drama. So let me make it simple and precise as much as possible.

I don't know where it started but I got this unsettled feeling while watching this show. The entire story is actually good and I like how things gradually escalated because it helps the narrative to move forward logically, but... something about this drama felt awkward to me. The closest I could think of is Nakagawa Taichi's cringey acting (mostly facial expressions). For some reason it bothered me to the point where I was just looking at his face trying to decipher what the hell is the problem with it. Maybe I'm just not used to seeing a handsome face doing such incedible facial distortions?

Anyway, I probably would never be able to categorize which genre this drama is under. I felt like i was watching different plays at once. I mean, It's always been the norm for J-dramas to be quite random and goofy like 100% of the time but I just can't sort out how they blend in action and comical scenes like this and turned it into something weird to watch.

Well aside from all my opinions above this drama did quite well in delivering the context to the audiences as well as incorporating various emotions and situations that shows how regular human being functions. + I love the fun and extra scenes we got at the end.

Story - 9.0, Well created — It may not be the best but I must say that they did great in incorporating good scenes to make the entire story work. It was filled with the right amount of sequences that made it easier to digest and not entirely heavy.

Acting/Cast - 9.0, As mentioned above I felt like Nakagawa Taishi could've worked more on his facial expressions; cause I really find them cringey at times. I understand that his character was written to be like that however something about his acting just stood out like a sore thumb to me. The rest actually did good. Well, I guess I just got some problems with the characters and how they are supposedly acted (by the artists).

Music - 9.5, Music is Good. As always I love the song used whenever there's a romantic scene. The only thing that bothered me was that classic french? song being played whenever Death Prince does his ridiculous antics. They could just rip them off honestly. They did add color to the story but it was weird for me to watch them.

Rewath Value - 8.0, This is one of the dramas that's best to watch only once in a lifetime... Few more times and you'll surely get tired and hate it.

Overall - 8.5, This is a drama that has no particular flaws in terms of story progression and cinematography but kinda fell a bit when it comes to the acting part. Some of them are really cringey to watch. A little more polishing and it could've been better. Overall a good drama.

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Tons of Wasted Plots & Lacking Ending + Hard Carried by Actors Spectacular Acting.

First of, I felt like this drama could've been better without the countless plot twist and overly dramatized story progression.

To start everything with, I just wanna rant and point out how the large number of useless plot twist ruined the entire story. Honestly, they were kind of bearable and understandable during the first 10-15 episodes of drama cause that's how they usually set things up to make the story more mysterious and exciting but I never expect them to push it to the extent where I started to get so irritated and tired of it. They built up 65% of the drama with those craps but failed big time in making them work or even useful for the story.— What a waste!!

The excessive amount of unnecessary and unused plots and twists that ruined the drama even before it reached half of it + The overly rushed and mostly off screen scenes that are useful to the narrative but was excluded and dumped at the end.— The final 10 episodes left a big impression to me for being exaggeratedly fast pace and rough in terms of character closure and story conclusion. Like, they invested so much drama for the 2nd Main CPs story only to make their whereabouts off screen and even not giving them any proper final exposure? seriously? Their love story made me the most infuriated all throughout and they've all decided to give us almost nothing?! Gosh~ that was a bad writing right there. I'm disappointed.

Going deeply into my most hated story plot of all. Here comes... Yang Yue and his unwavering, foolish and persistent way of going after Shangguan Xi. Like, man! When will you learn to stop? that woman's love sick towards other man and been treating you carelessly all this time!!! Their takes completely infuriated me, imagine having to deal with them for more than 50% of the story. Wow! That was tough and I must say I endured a lot.

Also, The cinematography, color grading and graphics during the first half of the drama was really bad and ghad!! The horendous use of green screen made me rolled my eyes out of frustration countless of times. Like, are the people handling the art, design and editings are some bunch of interns? It look so unpolished and unbearable most of the time.

Hmm, It was a drama that was saved by the set of great actors and their great acting skills and character portrayals.

Story - 8.5, I wanna give it even lower rating but the story wasn't entirely bad at all. It's just that they've misused and misguided a supposedly good story into a dark and hollow space and failed to bring it back into proper light for salvation. They gave us 55 episodes and made 65% of it useless.

Acting/Cast - 10, The saving grace of this entire production~!! The only positive take of this drama is how they casted such great actors and how they performed their characters with deep understanding and accurate execution. The spectacular acting and character portrayal amazed me so much. I love almost all of them.

Music - 10, The music used on this drama was able to make the scenes either more enjoyable or sorrowful. It created an emotional aura that highlighted most of the scenes and made them more heartfelt and alive.

Rewatch Value - 7.0, I probably won't. This is one of those dramas I will keep and hide on my archieve and will only look back to when I'm trying to appreciate how great the actors/cast are.

Overall - 8.5, If it was not for the Actors and their splendid acting I would've probably given this drama a 7.0 or so. The story has a lot of unused plots and how I wish for them to remove all those irrelevant scenes to make it shorter and add a little more to the lacking ending. Definitely a drama I won't rewatch. But will recommend to people who loves to see good acting.

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Impressive Story Progression.— The drama who broke the Long-Standing-Prejudice against BL in KR~!

Above everything else lemme include here my favorite scene and line of all. ~^^~

CSW: Can I still give my answer to your Proposal?
JJY: No! It has ended... But, I have a new one for you... Let's be a couple, this time not as a Free Trial but as a Lover.

GOSHHH~!! That scene got me squealing so HARDD. HAHAHA~

Anyways, Wow! This drama felt so short yet well-packed and complete. I never felt this satisfied over a short drama EVERR.— Surprisingly, they were able to push it all through without sacrificing the story and putting any necessary parts at stake. A truly impressive and brilliant series overall.

I also wanna highligh how this BL Series changed the game in KR BL as a whole. They basically did what other BLs failed to do and they bravely succeeded at it. This piece will remain iconic for being that 'Wrecking-Ball' who managed to break that sturdy-concrete-prejudiced wall that was almost impossible to be broken until they came out.

Well, after all these, one thing is for sure and that's how they massively contributed in opening the biggest road to KR BL and to present this genre as a whole into a more main stream platform that will certainly open more doors to not just one but probably countless of projects to be release in the future. REMARKABLE indeed.

Story - 10, Do I even have to explain? Lol~ This production just created a flawless, time-worthy and completely satisfying series without falling short in any categories. IF that's not enough then I don't know anymore.

Acting/Cast - 10, I was about to give a 0.5 lower rating but No! Scrap that. Although I admit that the acting was a bit awkward and weak for some of the Minor Actors during the first 2-3 episodes of the series; I would still love to commend how they all evolved into a more focused actors/actresses as the story progresses. Not to mention the 'Great' list of cast who portrayed all those adorable characters. I'm just overly satisfied to all of them after completing the show.

Music - 10, K-Productions and their ever perfect choice of BGMs. They just never go wrong don't they? One of the things I was amazed at is their accuracy and timing in playing those Songs. The Music Team in this prod is truly one of a kind.

Rewatch Value - 10, As IF I would give it any lower than a Perfect Score. Hahaha~ I'm always ready to re-watch this just tell me and I would, without any hesitation.

Overall - 10, Not even a question at this point. This drama only showed and presented the best all throughout and I can never go against it in any possible way. A Series that will remain remarkable and memorable as it paved for the BL Genre to it's more open and better position now.

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I Highly suggest watching this first instead of EL + Can someone fix Dong Hua Di Jun? Hahaha~!! ♡

Let me start by pointing out the main thing that got me mixed hearted over this drama.

It is better to watch this first instead of going chronological and start things with Eternal Love. As someone who watched EL first then went to this, I find it very frustrating and bothersome that I was left with the scenes in EL and was expecting to get a SEQUEL in continuation on how they present it during EL but instead got a completely different scenes that made me all confused and even disheartened. I actually felt so bored watching the first 20+ Episodes of it solely because of that reason.

Next is I wanna address my Story Highlight Above 'Can someone fix Dong Hua Di Jun'. It was both Positive (In a very adorable Way) and Negative (In more serious sense).

Positive - The moment they went to Fanyiy Village this guy turned into a Adorable-Jealous curve ball who's so in love to Feng Jiu. Those moments of him are actually the turning point of this drama for me. I was like 'Finally things are getting funnier and interesting' in contrast of how serious it was during the first half.

Negative - I don't get how Chonglin was blaming FengJiu for misunderstanding and leaving DHDJ when that guy barely said anything and is always very secretive of every single thing. He act on his own and always act as if nothing is happening. Also, how can you blame a Woman who was left alone during their Wedding Ceremony without any proper explanation? Are they serious?

Oh Well, Moving on... On a brighter side I would love to highlight my hopes, expectations and opinions for this drama that might have help it to be less boring and more interesting. First is Bai Gun Gun's appearance. I felt like they could've atleast let the boy experience some screen time with his parents for like 3-5 episodes and should've cut off some episodes on the earliest episodes of the drama. Second is introducing DHDJ's adorable and In Love pace earlier in the story and Third is following the whole plot laid out on EL cause let's all be honest; Majority of the people most probably came here after watching EL.

Anyways, The drama is still good even with its sudden change of events and scenarios. Truly enjoyed it specially the latter half of the story.

Story - 9.5, This could've been higher only IF they didn't mess it up during the first half of the story and also didn't make FengJiu seemed irresponsible and illogical. Like come on. Those scenes ruined it BAD for me.

Acting/Cast - 10, Acting is really Good however with the Cast... I just felt sad that Bai Zhen and Zhen Yan's actors got replaced. Cause the new one's lacked that chemistry. Also, shoutout to my favorite characters Yan ChiWu and Ye QingTi. I love those men so much. They gave so much flavor to the story and added more spice and excitement throughout their appearances.

Music - 10, I enjoyed it a lot. The BGMs was used on the most proper and fitting places and I just love ballad so much. ♬

Rewatch Value - 9.0, I would still watch it but will definitely skip some scenes during the first 28 episodes of the drama. I don't think I can go over them again after falling asleep several times on my first watch.

Overall - 9.5, This drama just lack a thing or two on the plot and scenes side and that was all due to the Prequel story where they had a completely different way of introduction and character build up. Nonetheless, the rest are either Good and Great for me and that explains my score.

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The FLs Flirtatious Final Transformation + Emotionally Unstable ML~!!

What an Up-Down Hill drama—This story by far is one of the dramas that gave me such hatred and despise over the MLs character (alongside 'The Wolf').

The story is rather stagnant at first, basically dragging almost half of story into nothingness instead of building hype and providing us more watch-worthy scenes 'us' viewers can enjoy. The pacing was slow and well controlled in a way that I felt tired waiting for it to be more exciting and a bit more romantic. Everything seemed to be well planned and even manipulated to the point where I find it boring and eventually though of it as its major downfall during the first half of the story.

Male Lead is mentally unstable and was extremely weak in differentiating love and revenge /sighs/ I was disappointed on how he handle the situations often times specially when it comes to things that are heavily important to him. I mean, I understand where he's coming from BUT knowing that your brother sacrifice his life to protect the woman he loves and yet blaming that Lady for what happened is basically nuts not to mention that the Lady in mention is his Previous & Future Wife (they got divorce, so...) — and that's not it~!! He chose to do all that during their secret Marriage Ceremony and if you think that's the worst; he treated her so badly I myself felt so enraged watching it. IF you love a woman how could you blame, push and make her suffer emotionally & physically that way? Like how the hell can you fathom seeing her go through sorrow and distress infront of you? This guy is freak and seriously got some BALLS problems.

Anyways, aside from those major complaints above, the drama went quite well. Not the most light hearted one but surely provided so much laughter and warmth to me as a whole. + The Female Leads transformations are rather cute and enchanting specially her Dragon Form. Like HOLYSH*T Hu YiXuan serving top tier visuals.

This production is truly enjoyable and has been such a great experience specially during its 2nd Half and most of FLs and Prince Ning/Naxi's moments. Not to mention NanNan & LuoJi's cute romance development. Hihihi

Story - 8.5, Gonna Give this drama a rather 'okay' rating and this is highly influenced by how random and unstable the Male Lead is jumping from being so frantic into suddenly being so caring and loving. I think he's clearly suffering from bipolar disease or something. I swear, he killed the mood for me. But gonna give kudos to the director and writer for sticking to such ending. Once again proving that woman will never be less of a man.

Acting/Cast - 10, Nothing but Applause and Praises over the Actors and Actresses. I wouldn't be this mad and agitated if Zheng YeCheng performed badly. That man got great facial control and was able to summon his tears in the most unexpected and emotional way. Hu YiXuan is another spectacular actress to mention; she nailed her character so well and I just love her for that. Special mention to the other Cast specially Naxi, Prince Ning, NanNan and LuoJi. Prince Shun unfortunately needed more balls. Hehe

Music - 10, Songs are Top Tier. Not the most excellent of all but it has a great set of really fun and swaying music that clearly fits the mood of each scenes it was played on.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, It was not that bad but I would never put myself in such situation where I would watch a drama again considering I hated every minute of a scene or two because of how such an asshole the ML is. Hahaha~ I just got so much stress these days and i can't accumulate more. Nonetheless, story is still good and enjoyable to watch.

Overall - 9.0, Despite my bad take on the story and ML Character, I can never deny that it was a fantastic costume drama that not only provided those frustrating scenes but also made me feel those delightful & fleeting experience while I was watching it. This drama still got so much to offer despite how badly I highlighted some of its dragging parts.

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TOP LEVEL Foodology and a combination of Greatness, Women Empowerment and Witty-Harmony in 1 show.

Oh God! I'm super in love with this show; so please!! do bear with me cause I'm about to list down all of them as much as possible. Hehe~

1st, Lemme start how smooth, serene and harmonious this production is compared to all the dramas out there. It do provide the right amount of issues, tricks and problems but is always getting resolved within the same episode and even in a justifiable witty way. No excessive conspiracy that harm the Protagonists and even serves righteousness by dealing with them properly.

2nd, Women Empowerment. Like damn!! Dramas these days just don't provide proper exposure to how capable and flexibe women is and this drama showcased that in every way and form possible. The amount of justice and appreciation Women has received from this show is even greater than the last 20 dramas I watched combined and that speaks Volume and intelligence.

3rd, Superior Foodology. I never watched an episode without my mouth gaping open because of the exquisite and delicious cuisines they featured in this drama. As someone who has some knowledge and is interested in cooking it truly caught my interest and made me so curious to try those I think I can cook by myself. I know I won't achieve the surreal and almost perfect dishes on the show but I just want to try it nonetheless. Hahaha~

4th, Characters & Cast. How can all of them be this lovely and interesting on their own unique ways? This production surely gathered the best talents there is and put it under this Mellow yet fantastic drama that created such excellent balance and was able to cater to my palate perfectly.

5th, Overall Production & Script. I'm absolutely amazed and astonished on how well made and planned everything is. From the story line to unprecented events and conflicts to it's good little touch of romance; everything felt so well written and produced. Gotta give credits towards the set of great people behind it. They did an impeccable Job with this. What a Masterpiece!

Story - 10, No discussions needed. An absolute drama and can be considered as a Big Precious Pearl in a vast sea that you don't often witness with your bare eyes.

Artist/Cast - 10, Excellent selection of Artists. They all performed so well and I'm overly satisfied. A drama where I love almost 99% of it's characters and cast.

Music - 10, A great serve of Mellow Ballad that perfectly fits and compliments the show and scenes they're played and used for. I love the songs a lot too. <3

Rewatch - 10, Believe me or not I'm ready to watch it again today. That's how crazily good it is. This drama touched me so much that I'm not willing to move on. Forever engraved in me!

Overall - 10, OFCOURSE! Like duh? It is even a question? At this point IF you read through my commentary and probably saw my countless shower of compliments nothing will surely go wrong. I was never even once dissatisfied of anything. This is like a heavens gift for me for the New Year. Pouring all my love and appreciation for this drama. <3

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Goofy & Chaotic Characters with satisfying Cases~!!

This drama made me laugh so much and had me contemplating whether I'll give it a comparably high rating or not.

It started really interesting and great but I find it irritating throughout the first 10 episodes because of how mean the ML is to the FL. Like, how can a guy treat a girl like that? not to mention how naive and kinda spiritless the 2nd ML is, that made me go "this is helpless". Thank god!, the FL is super interesting, funny and full of life so I never tried to drop it or what.

Another thing is that the first 10 episodes felt so dragging. I thought "This is just too much for a character introduction and story build up" but right after that the interesting Solving Cases happened and it's all good things after that.

Afterall, this is such a decent drama with satisfying cases and I love how they didn't halfass on that. One of the best thing on this drama aside from the dorky & chaotic characters. Hahahaha~

Story - 9.0, I wanna give it a higher rating because I like it a lot as a whole but this rating just felt so right. There's a lot of questionable scenes on this drama and I felt like those were simply crazy and sometimes unbearable. Nonetheles this is pretty good and the story was able to pick up it's pace after the first 10 episodes.

Acting/Cast - 10, The cast and their acting is exceptional. I love how natural they're and their reaction felt so real and truly complements each of their scenes perfectly. --- P.S. I felt like this could've been better if they use their own voice. Damn chinese dubbing. This is the first time I had some issues with it. (Not that the dubbing here is bad but I feel like it will be more fun to hear their real voice saying those lines).

Music - 10, I truly love the Music in this drama. I always feel swayed and comfortable whenever they're playing. I even have it on my spotify playlist now. Love it a lot. <3

Rewatch Value - 9.5, I would probably try to skip some scenes during the first 10 episodes but right after that the scenes were simply good. It deserves more love, attention and support.

Overall - 9.0, Afterall this drama still satisfies and entertained me so much and I can never wrong it, one way or another. This drama will forever be remembered for it's dorky sides and lovely characters. Sending my love and support to the people behind this production.

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A Pure, Charming & Heartwarming Family Drama with such Realistic Plots~!!

Honestly, dramas like this should be place on their own category. It's very unique, easy to watch and mostly presented in a such realistic-Innocent way.

First, I wanna commend how they avoid using cliche and overly used drama plots. Watching this and always getting fascinated on how they took the story in the most unexpected yet realistic way impresses me a lot.

Second, The characters are simply sooo well-compatible with each other, be it visually or character wise. 1st Lead Couple is so cute & adorable while 2nd Couple showed the most silly and naughty scenes and Finally, the 3rd Couple who may lack exposure yet got their shine at the finale made the drama even more interesting and enjoyable to watch cause there's no one left behind.

and Oh, Third, The star of this drama which is Xiaobao. OMG! This kid brought so much Flavor, color and spice to this production. It won't be as interesting & fun to watch without his cuteness & lovely role.

Story - 10, As mentioned above I'm extremely satisified and was even proud on how they managed to incorporate realistic scenes without touching the cliche plots. A very enjoyable and worth to watch drama.

Acting/Cast - 10, Perfect! They're just so compatible and very pleasing to the eye. I even love the bromance of He Qiaoyan & Ning Fang and also adore YiYue, Rouwei and XiaoAn's friendship. They are so fun and comfortable to watch. Acting is impressive as well. ?

Music - 10, The playful tone of the Opening theme/Main BGM made me love the Music in this drama in general. Be it the insert instrumentals or the ballad used for dramatic scenes felt so right. <3

Rewatch Value - 10, Obviously! I won't accept any slander to this drama, honestly. This is my cup of tea and I truly enjoyed it. People may have different taste but I assure them they'll fall in love with it.

Overall - 10, DESERVED! I don't even understand people who give this a drama a lower rating. Like I mentioned, dramas should be categorized in accordance to their genre and quality itself. and surprisingly this drama is exceptionally well created and well produced and so does made it different and unique even from its supposed category.

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LSS (Light, Sweet & Soft) Romance with Mediocre & Puny Criminal Cases.

I have mixed feeling about this drama. It started as 'okay' and is consistent in giving that good feeling but will eventually feel dark, irritating and ridiculous whenever they're solving and discussing criminal cases. Those scenes created a significant setback to this drama as a whole, and honestly this drama will survive even without them in my own opinion.

I understand that the main theme of this drama is about solving cases but the viewers in general just doesn't feel like it. We're here for the romance the entire time!! The selling point of this drama is the lightness & Fluffiness of its love stories; so whenever they try to focus in solving some cases it will immediately look and feel forced and unnatural. Not to mention how bad and ridiculous those scenes are. OH GHAD! Full of plot holes and very open to so much criticisms and judgments. It even made me ask "What the hell is the problem with the Writer and Director of this show?"

Moving on, the best qualities of this show is probably the Love Stories and the way the actors executed their characters in a Naive, dorky yet chick and cool ways. Gotta commend the best guys of this show 'Zhu Dacong' his character showed so much maturity, discipline and respect and I love him for that. I just love how positive and lighthearted the entire drama is. I would've rated it higher IF not for the ridiculous execution of the criminal case at the last 6-8 episodes of this drama.

Story - 8, Despite my rants about the Criminal Cases the drama itself is decent enough. If we could only remove those parts this show would even be better. This drama was salvaged by the cute, fluffy and funny scenes created by the couples. Their dynamics are on point and was carried out wonderfully.

Acting/Cast - 9, Acting is Fine and understandable considering the theme of this drama. I never really expect them to go all out and so does made me feel comfortable with their performances. Cast are perfect for each roles and they delivered their characters spectacularly. I think the problem is definitely with how the writer wrote the characters and how the director agreed to them being like that.

Music - 10, No discussions needed, it's a Perfect 10. The songs weren't even available on Spotify so I have to download it using a 3rd party website and I enjoy listening to it on repeat these days.

Rewatch Value - 7.5, Watching it once is enough. I don't wanna feel irritated by enduring those ridiculous scenes all over again. But if they've decided to do some revisions by cutting those scenes out, why not?

Overall - 8.5, I contemplated a little about this rating but I feel like it's the rightful and most justifiable score for this drama as a whole. It definitely isn't Bad and is only lacking in 3-4 aspects so does make it a Good drama for me.

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Cheesy & Playful with some Weird & Inapplicable character dispositions.

Let me address the negative comment I added on the headline "Weird-inapplicable Character Aspects"; This specific attribute led me to doubt the story itself with it's 1st Episode and that's how a MERE Prime Minister can act arrogantly and valiantly infront of the Crown Prince? The way Liu Sheng treated Li Che during the very 1st episode bothered me so much. Like ghad, Just how can he act so despicable and belittle the Crown Prince like that? even with the fact that he's the Empress' father he shouldn't have that much confidence with him.

Anyways moving on, this drama do serve some silly and cute scenes. It took me days to finally appreciate it and binge watch it but all of that is all worth it considering how good the drama executed their story lines. Almost every major thing was addressed and I didn't have that much complain aside from the fact that Liu Sheng didn't received death penalty, General Shen not getting featured in the last few episodes for his redemption and Nongying dying. All of these are nothing major but I just cared about it quite much.

Aside from those acting, story and plot wise I enjoyed it a lot. I also felt the comfortableness from the Major cast specially with Li Che & Chenle's character. Most of the time their Sweet, silly and lovey-dovey moments look and felt so real to me. Like REAL as REAL!

Story - 9, I'm satisfied with how the story goes. Just a little weirded out by Liu Sheng's unforgiveable manner towards the Crown Prince from the very start of the drama. Aside from that other things I have issues with are just some of my most desired scenes. Nonetheless, story direction wise is good.

Acting/Cast - 10, I initially wanted it give it a 9.5 but after some self-reflection I couldn't really find anything that made me dissapointed with the actors and their acting since it was designed for it to be that way. More so, I just wanna commend the great chemistry from the Main Leads. Job well done. ?

Music - 10, One of the greatest aspect of this drama is it's BGMs. The moment I heard the opening theme I was like "Ohh! shit I love this playful sound/beat so much" then started mumbling the words and humming its tune. Though, there's this one song that got me "ehh?" most of the time due to it's excessive nasal restraint sound but it was overpowered by how good the other songs are.

Rewatch Value - 9, Something I wouldn't watch unless I feel like to, but gotta give it a high points since it's definitely not bad and doesn't deserve any slander.

Overall - 9, I gave it in consideration of how I feel about the story itself. Surely, there are some plot holes but they're not that huge to be notice unless you're someone like me who's a little concerned over those little discrepancies. A good drama that is commendable to watch to make you feel good and smile contagiously.

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Enchanting & Enticing production that will fill you w/ great laughter & Happiness. Highly Recommend!

Ahh~!! Where to start? I'm disappointed that it has ended since I had so much fun watching and laughing with this production. How I wish to have more episodes of them taking care of their kids while being chaotic. I felt robbed that they didn't have any kids for the entire 36 episodes.

This drama has brought me excitement, irritation, sadness and pain but more so smile and laughter. It's unique story is maybe identical to other dramas out there but it has its own identity that sets it far different with others as well. It may not have the best plot and drama elements but it can surely cater to variety of people. I must say that it will be suitable for anyone who enjoys Chinese Period/costume drama generally.

Looking at how this drama was created you'll immediately know that it has a great budget backing it up and it was not wasted any one bit. From the location, production, artists, music and other elements that contributed to make this drama as it is now, I have nothing but high praises. It is well produced and lived up to my expectations indeed.

SPECIAL MENTION!!! The passionate, soft and tender kisses always ended me with nothing but jealousy. How can they be so in love? Ghadd!!! Be it shallow and torrid kisses they always made me left awestruck!


Story - 10, I initially thought of giving it a 9.5 since I felt like something is missing and felt that my satisfaction wasn't met entirely but the Final Episode did its magic and filled those empty spaces with great pleasure and satisfaction. This story had so much potential dramatic scene wise but they didn't completely dwell into that and focuses more on the fun and romance side of this drama and that made it extra special and unique.

Acting/Cast -10, FITTED PERFECTLY!! From Li Qian & MingYue's love-hate and passionate moments to YunSi & Aimaila's unfortunate and tragic fate to JinYu and Kanle's naughty and playful romance and to Li Qian, JinYu and Sikong's friendship everything just fell according to how they should be and It never felt lacking. Acting is an absolute Top Tier. God knows how I enjoyed and love the characters and actor of this drama.

Music - 10, I never read the English translations of the BGMs while it's playing but the Music of this drama is in a completely different level. The music are enticing and hypnotizing that I ended up going back and forth with each scenes just to make sure that i'm reading and understanding them wholeheartedly.

Rewatch Value - 10, I would definitely rewatch it IF given that I don't have anything to watch anymore. Cause this is such a precious production and I want to miss and enjoy it as much as possible every single time.

Overall - 10, It's Glory deserve every single piece of acknowledgement. I really hope that people who are contemplating to watch this drama can read and discover my review so that it can help them decide. Cause this drama truly brought so much fun moments and memories to me. A phenomenal and unique drama that can effortlessly put a big smile and let out hearty laughter's to everyone.

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An interesting drama that is overwhelming with colors and varieties. P.S. Watch out for KISSES!!

I ended this drama with the words "好可爱/ Hao Kei Ai"~!! Their Little Soldier look so cute and fluffy.

This drama may not be the most strategic, complex and well funded but it do live up to peoples satisfaction with its best.

Honestly, up until the last couple of episodes I'm still feeling annoyed at some cliche twist but it all went well and those things are the 'common elements' of a drama so I just accepted it. Anyways, despite all those scenarios I still wouldn't take credits off of this production for such silly reasons.

I'm lost for actual words and phrases so let me just enumerate the things I like and dislike about this drama.

✖ Dislikes...
- It's more of the disappointment I have with some plot that supposedly the MAIN HINT for the dramas development but ended up being unexplained and useless; and I'm talking about the Phoenix Flower. I mean, Why? Why?
- I'm really irritated during those times Chu Xiuming is being unreasonable and immature same goes with Shen Jin's lack of retaliation and self-worth during those moments she's trying to show his feelings to CXM. Like, Why Miss? You're better than that.
- I HATE the 2nd & 4th Shen Sisters. Those 2 bitches seriously got nothing to do but to go around being toxic and envious.

✖ Likes
- I love how common yet original the story is. They obviously followed the norms but they made it sweeter and more playful.
- The kissing scenes. Like there is so much of them that I always felt like floating over cotton candy's. Hahaha
- Story development of this drama is something I commend. The pace of how things worked out just felt so right and I never felt it was purposely slowed down or rushed.
- Character development and such felt so nice as well and I love how they cover and showed us their share of happy endings.
- The Final Episode.. I hope it was longer... It really hit me when all of the important character went to the General's Manor to witness SJ unexpected Delivery of her child; that scene felt so conventional and warmth my heart so much.

Story - 10, I would admit that it's not the BEST but it surely deserved this perfect rating as this drama satisfies me with it's own colors and varieties. I just can't think of a reason why this production deserve a lesser point or two when i absolutely enjoyed it.

Acting/Cast - 10, Well executed and they really played the colors of their characters pretty well. Aside from the Main Leads the Supporting Character couples made this drama extra special. They're indeed a sight to see.

Music - 10, Honestly? I only heard 1 song the entire drama duration LOL. Maybe i'm just so engrossed with the drama itself that I didn't notice all of the sounds used for each scenes. Hahaha~! It only means that they never bothered me and instead made me more comfortable watching those moments as well.

Rewatch Value - 9, Up till this point i'm still contemplating whether to give it a perfect 10 or not but i still ended up giving it a 9, not because I'm dissatisfied or something but more of 'contented'. This is the type of drama that feels right just by watching it once but will surely recommend it to other people.

Overall - 10, Definitely a Perfect 10. It's a one of kind drama that will make you feel different emotions just by watching it. It offers a wide variety of feelings that is very comfortable and relatively easy to watch.

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Would have been better IF I watched it in 2013. A drama that caters to a specific Period or Era.

This drama felt so outdated and has too much cliche scenes. Something about it can make you realize that it was produced back in 2013. The elements and scene presentations made it feel that way almost the entire time.

I love Sooyoung and that's my main reason in getting into this. I can't say it's a compete waste of time to watch it but it's really close to that? Thank god I'm a bearing person and God knows how many times I almost drop it. Hahaha~

Now let me break down the things I like and dislike about this drama. Because there's a lot....

Dislikes...
× This drama just made me feel so bored. I'm always doing a lot of stuff while watching it not because I have a lot to do but because the scenes were too bland and uninteresting.
× Too much cliche and recycled love twists going on. Like really? A good drama is a good drama no matter when you watch it. But this drama clearly won't entertain the satisfaction of the watchers in the current times (2021-Present)
× The sudden leap of relationship between the Main Leads on Ep.07 made it so weird and rushed for me. Like they got no better way to make it work so they decided to level it up without any side tracks happening. Lol~

Likes...
× Something that deserved heavy praises is the way they're making their Pair Up Project so greatly. Like, I myself felt amazed watching those scenes. Probably the main reason why I stayed till the end. It's surprising how i'm more interested to the side stories compared to the Main Leads love story. Hahaha~!!
× I love the versatility and comedy it provides. Those moments made me went through the whole thing and endure it till the end.

Story - 7.5, The Pair Up projects are good. I made it an 7.5 because without them it would be 6-7. The Love Triangle of the Main Leads bored me out not because they are toxic but because too much cliche is happening, is bland and for some reason the sudden leap of their relationship made it more uninteresting.

Acting/Cast - 8.5, Acting is Good. I think they just got unlucky with the story and script they chose. Everyone executed good enough and none of them felt forced; It is well balanced i must say.

Music - 10, The redemption part of this drama is with their BGMs and their correct placement every scenes. Ghad! I love the songs so so much and have been listening and anticipating for it every scenes.

Rewatch Value - 5, I definitely won't. I wanted to give it a lower score but I still appreciate some nice parts of it that's why i didn't go all out in criticizing and messing it up.

Overall - 7.0, I do want to give it a little more points but my conscience just won't let me to. The hollow feeling I felt watching this for the sole purpose of finishing it suddenly showed up while i'm writing this review. So, I'm sorry for being real honest but not really. Hahaha~!!

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