The most romantic drama I've ever seen.

If anything, this drama instill the elements of romantic to its core. The cinematography, the camera panning, the scenes, the voice echos, the colours,.. it's just, romantic. Even in the sad scenes, the upset scenes, more so the happy scenes, all of it are just romantic you'll feel kinda fluff, kinda melancholy.

The plot is easy to follow, overall story mainly follows the female lead as a butterfly slave hence the title, so it's kinda forgivable that most pov revolves around her. The world building is interesting and I personally think the actors/ actresses chosen fit well with the character. I love the second lead couple tho, they're the typical one-sided love story where they eventually fall in love.

But let's talk about the ending. I don't know if it's intended to feel like a dream from start to finish, or just its ends. My thoughts are, if it's from start to finish is a dream, it will be too much and too wasteful of a plot. If the dream is only the ending, means the story is not yet complete, she still waits for her husband and it will become an open ending story.
The other possibilty is, they really survive and have a happy ending but honestly it's a boring end. That Yuan popo said, she is one in a million but then the other two survive? So she's not even one in three (1/3) now. It breaks the logic immersion and honestly I'm disappointed. For the first time in my four years of becoming an avid drama watcher, I am expecting a sad ending. The writer can kill these husbands and the drama is a good and worthy watch. Writer needs a bit of a courage I see.

Last note, if you watch the last eps, last scene, and rewatch the first eps, first scene, it is the exact spitting scene and I love that. It shows they study their drama well and it was so lovable to know that. That is also why I call it romantic circle because the whole drama is soo romantic and it has a perfect loop. ✨