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Pearl of the Orient

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Pearl of the Orient

Lessons from the Devil

At the moment when Ma Fu Ya sinks to the bottom of the quiet river, she muses upon the betrayal of her uncle and her jiejie to the royal family and how she does not want to die but to live and avenge her family.



But interestingly enough, instead of struggling to the surface and shouting for help from the Crown Prince of Northern Han, deep in her thoughts she seeks the rescue of the Devil.



Lesson #1: Don't allow yourself to have feelings for anyone.



Heh. Mr. Devil, I can't do that. You are too magnetic and mysterious for me not to be drawn to you. Just what evooool scheme are you up to?!
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Tears and sobbing

I'm doing some ugly crying right now. I think this is the worst and best episode yet and everything has been a roller coaster. Dare I say could it get any worse than this? Should I still hope for a happy ending at this point?



I need a breather before I watch the last episode.
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Nov 25, 2013

Comfort, sincerity, then there's missed opportunities

'The sincerity is usually hiding behind. Since it's so shy and delicate, the more you push it and yell at it, the deeper it hides.



There is only one way to deal with it. Until the sincerity raises its head itself, you have to just meet its eyes and listen to its words.'



Binggrae says, real comfort doesn't come from pretense nor haughty advice. It stems from shared sincerity. To comfort someone is to simply watch and listen to the person.



Elsewhere, Chil Bong is losing out on several opportunities to confess, and when he's already there, he hesitates. At the rate he's going, when will Na Jung see what's embedded in the magic eye image? What is it? It's his heart.

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Nov 17, 2013

The bout with Lu Bu

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei leave the 18 lords' camp and leave them with a gift: to bout Lu Bu and offer them his head.



But Lu Bu is not the first general of Dong Zhou's Xiliang army for nothing and he proves to be a formidable force to deal with. The sequence of the bout on horseback is engaging and certainly more captivating than the rotten politics going on inside the camp.
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Oct 29, 2013

Reap what you sow

I pushed myself really hard to watch the part where the Emperor gave Gao Wei the final push.



Surprisingly, I didn't feel like crying over the scene where the son realizes the gravity of what he has done.



With two snakes for arms, Gao Wei will suck blood. I could almost feel what will happen next and I don't know if I'd want to see it.
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Oct 23, 2013

Zheng Er, a monster in the making

This was supposed to be a solely happy episode for the leads as they enter marriage but then the way they weave in an impending problem to the story is something that keeps it so engaging.



Zheng Er recounts each and every misfortune that happened to her and you could almost hear her silent vow to take revenge. I almost sympathized with her but then I slowly remembered: she was the one who harbored ill intentions in the first place.
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There's a catch

Darn drama just got better and actually gave me what I wanted!



The Old Heretic tests Ouyang Ke and Guo Jing in three rounds of tests in combat, music and divination knowledge. But in actuality the tests measure their martial arts skills and mastery, inner strength/qi, and reciting the Nine Yin manual from memory.



Guo Jing already proved his superiority in combat skills and musical defense from the various training he learned from the Mongols, the Seven Freaks, Priest Ma Yu, the Old Beggar Qi Gong, and the Old Urchin Zhou Botong. What the Old Heretic doesn't know is that the Urchin had also made Jing-ge memorize the Manual while in training.



The selection of the son-in-law has been decided but there's a catch. The heretic has made a vow to his dead wife to burn the manual stolen by Mei Chaofeng, but since he failed to retrieve it, he decides to burn his son-in-law to-be instead.

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Sep 30, 2013

Mo goes down

Hang Woo learned his lesson well. Thank goodness, they have a happy ending. It would have been an injustice if Woo Hee didn't get what she has worked so hard for.



How ironic for Mo that her faithful secretary-slash-mercenary became the key to her hard downfall. That's karma for you.



Already knew who sat at that wheelchair. No ring. For a second I thought Mo noticed~~whew!



The epilogue was funny though I wish they showed Hang Woo and Woo Hee too.
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Sep 27, 2013

To wield power and use it to subdue others

Mo Ga Bi's power trip was difficult to watch. She's so blinded by power it made her so disgusting and hateful. So much so you'd really want to kill her!



Hang Woo gives Yeo Chi a sound piece of advice but she takes it the wrong way. And then, when you think she was just bumming around, she actually follows it and investigates on her own--well agasshi, what took you so long? You're finally growing a brain now!
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Sep 26, 2013

Oh snap!

Mo Ga Bi is a seriously dangerous woman. After years of mute obedience and servitude, something snapped inside her. The amount of greed that built up within her swallowed her whole and drove her to murderous intent. (I thought Kim Suh Yung was brilliant and scary.)



Yoo Bang and Hang Woo going head to head can get a bit tiresome, though the romance bit leaves you tickled enough.



Woo Hee is at the center of things yet again, and is at the position to take advantage but she doesn't and does what's just. And that is why I love her character more than Baek Yeo Chi. I wonder though how she's going to handle Clark Kent. :P
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Sep 24, 2013

What to do now?

I'm looking forward to seeing the resolution to the patent issue of their product and the love square is equally entertaining. Clark Kent is really complicated. Dude, can you please be more likable? You're handsome and all but geez, you're so ruthless!



The ending number of this episode, LM effin' AO!
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Crappy

My first time rating a 'Poor' on an episode. Why am I watching this?! The only pair I ship in this drama is ripped apart because of social pressure? And they're not even high school students! What the heck!
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Jul 31, 2013

Tears and ugly sobs

What a complicated situation. One that attacks the emotions.



Do Yeon is probably at wit's end trying to pull herself together. Must they go into trial? Shouldn't they try to amicably settle the argument?



At the least, they could all meet discreetly and not involve the court. At the worst, Hwang Dal Joong could succumb to his terminal illness sooner and could never get to hear that apology.



Dal Joong already hints on Do Yeon's identity, by deductive reasoning. Just like his daughter's skill.
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Jul 29, 2013

That revelation at the ending

Was it because going to the aquarium with Soo Ha was a prior commitment or could it be that it means something more to her?



Well, whatever it could be, it almost wiped out the mixed feelings I had about the trial. It was rather short, and the arguments were rather simplistic. I kinda hoped it better than harabuji's...
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Jul 26, 2013

Tight plot,engaging story

Just started and the flow of the story is tightly sewn together.



Kim So Hyun's a natural--I love her now. :) The plot device is already introduced and I hope this will be a series of solved cases.
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