One of the best medical cdrama i've watched

It's so hard to find a good quality medical cdrama so when I started to watch this i have no high expectation. It didn't disappoint me tho. Exceeded all my expectations. While there's rivalry and hospital politics, they're not toxic. Any misunderstanding are wrapped up in time, not dragging and annoying. All characters are lovable. No one is problematic. Time flies so fast when I watch an episode. It keeps me wanting more. Patient cases are interesting and heartwarming. I especially liked how mostly are coming from emergencies and some cases are hard to diagnose. I personally don't care about the scientific and explanations. I just want a medical cdrama where I can enjoy watching it. And this is one of it. I keep looking forward to going home and settle in my bed and watch it and keep wanting more after i'm done. It's really feel good. No stress. I hope it stays that way. I'm bad at writing anything but i need to let this out. This drama is so underrated. I wish more people get to watch it. Highly recommended.

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watch this or else

I'm not very good with words but here I am. ?

Hooked from start to finish, this drama has been worth the wait. Despite the limited budget, this drama delivered a high quality production. The script is quotable, there's so many lines that are memorable. It would've been better if iqiyi made more effort in translating them. The acting is top tier. It made me starstruck and engrossed. It felt like i'm there with them, I kept holding my breath not to miss anything. The costumes are also good. I like xie wei's hairstyle with his hair down and the ribbon on his back. He also looked great in his court official attire, that's my most fave look of him. The women's dresses are also so fine. I love the pastel colors. The gold on the royalties are also so fitting. I like a drama that invest in costumes because it adds to my watching experience.

I'm not sure how the drama plot stayed true to the novel but the drama plot was well done. I liked the pacing. There's something significant happening in every episode. There's no unnecessary fillers. Nothing was dragged or rushed. I think my main problem was the romance of xie wei and ning'er. While they have a lot of interactions in the first 30 eps, the love line hasn't really started there though from xie wei's perspective it's been going on from the earliest eps. Ning'er still hasn't have that kind of feelings for him yet. This is the slowest burn i have ever experienced in my cdrama life. But those moments of xie wei and ning'er from the first 30 eps are still serving chemistry. They're not doing romantic but they're burning of chemistry. bailu and zhang linghe did so well in that department. Came ep 31 onwards, some may say love was forced to ning'er but no. From the start, she might have develop something but only at later eps did it awakened. And mostly, xie wei's love for her reached her and she took it. They have such a toxic development but they're both intense so I think it suited them both fine.

I am not into love triangle, what more reverse harem. I liked how every men and woman in jxn's life are important to her story. I was stressed and seething of jealousy (for xw) when seeing her with zhang zhe though. Such a sad love story. Their moments were sweet.

When it comes to palace dramas, the scheming will always be present. Mostly, I get stressed watching those but this one our mains are mainly involved in the scheming. As the saying goes, they may not always win but they will never lose. That's how powerful our main leads here that I never have to sweat about them losing anything. They will pass through challenges again and again.

I think this is the kind of drama that I would want to marathon and watch with friends. Never a dull moment. Watch it, highly recommend!

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It gets better, give it a chance

When they say this drama has no plot, I scratch the back of my head wondering how so. The story was a full circle. 500 years ago, peace was achieved by all the states when their ancestors fought demons but then something started brewing and demons start to attack again. In his journey of finding the red stone, Xiaoxuan met Huzi and Xintong. And back in the capital, they met Yuqian. Their friendship developed quite naturally in my opinion. They fought demons together, and has always been on each other's side when another character pick on one of them. Alone in the capital, they have no one else. Meeting each other meant having someone and they started to cherish that.

The plot was slow at the start but the pacing was just right for me. Mystery after another, and Xiaoxuan and his friends begins to unravel each, uncovering a part of the whole plot. And finally in the end, achieved the whole truth. The plot twists had me gasping. I couldn't predict what will happen next. I have a problem of dropping cdramas but this was not the case. It gets better the more I watch it. I wasn't expecting to watch until the end but I got attached with the characters and most especially got me curious on what will happen next. There were a lot of scenes that really struck me to be very memorable.

I really liked the costumes. They didn't look cheap. The characters looked really great in it. The cgi was okay. I actually didn't have any complains about it. The fight scenes are chefs kiss. I don't know if my standard is just low but the I loved watching the fight scenes. The choreo and camera angles were great.

Something that also surprised me about this drama was how they made me despise some characters but ended up loving them later. I got my blood boiling at the early episodes but then the writers gave depth to these characters. I didn't expect their redemption arc could make me care to these characters I originally wanted to have nasty deaths. And those who didn't deserve redemption arc got their downfall in the most satisfying way.

Speaking of character development, the four mains have it the best. Xiaoxuan is a serious and grumpy type. As they say, his eyebrows has a life of their own lol. Always frowning, serious in his job of being commander. But then, Huzi and his friends melted him. Xintong went to the capital to bring back honor to her family. Among of the four, I really like how she's always rational. A female character that is not annoying. She did more than bring her family's emblem back in that hall, she became the best chief commander. Brick grew up really spoiled, someone that is not good enough to be next in the throne but ended up being a great king to his state. And Huzi, well he was annoying at the start and still is I think but his love for his friends knows no bound. He will protect them with everything he has.

Special mention on Xiaoxuan and Huzi's bromance. The chemistry was fire.

While I understand why others dropped this or find it boring, I'm glad it wasn't the case for me. I really loved and enjoyed it. ??

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tension!!

The post credit is so hard to skip, that ost is fire, setting up the intense chemistry of the leads. I love a mini drama with a plot and this is one of it. Watching a mini drama is so non-stress that sometimes I prefer it over full dramas. Best of all, those kisses! That's how it is done! 2nd cp also cute in this one.

I was so shookt with how it opened. Really rare to see characters doing deeds in such a lengthy manner. I got intrigued right away.

I didn't have much info about the plot so I was blown away when ze'an appeared. Plot twist after plot twist!

For a mini drama, this is well done.

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i stayed for the slowburn subplot romance

For someone who likes watching these kind of shows, this one didn't feel like a copycat of others I've seen. While some parts are confusing because of two or more cases being solved simultaneously, it didn't really affect my watching experience so all goods. I was really impressed at some of the sequence of case solving being done, not all but notable ones. Quite a variety of murder mystery too. I think my down point is when Dr Qin talks to the dead and their wrongdoing are being downplayed. I understand how it humanize them but not all of them really did well when they're alive to be pitied being dead but anyways some are also touching, a closure of sorts and connection of a medical examiner to these people he examined.

The squad is alright. They could've made the criminal unit leader a bit smarter tho. It sometimes bothered me how they wouldnt be able to solve any without Dr Qin. Hopefully Ke will find his significant other sooonest. Overall, i really like the team.

And mostly the reason I stayed is the slow burn loveline between Dr Qin and Lingli. I loved it so much. The way they look at each other, their team work, their understanding of each other. That's my type of slowburn subplot romance. And it didn't disappoint me until the end. Them not having a lot of scenes is something i weirdly like because i always look forward for them to meet and when they do i squeal and heart flutters. When they talk ughh such mature interaction between them was what i lived for. Theyre made for each other. Lingli would be someone who will never be bothered by how Dr Qin still love his passed gf. I hope they heal each other and live happily with their family in their apartment overlooking the river.

This wasn't perfect in any way or even impressive or impactful but my rating is based on my experience while watching it. I binged this for like 2-3 days. I didn't even fast forwarded that much. Overall, i really enjoyed this show.

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