Jina
United States
This show is good as long as you set your expectations accordingly. Although romance is a part of it, this show actually focuses a lot on female (consort) friendships and supporting characters. The show breaks the 4th wall several times and is satirical at many times. It's very episodic and there are some plots that carry for several episodes, but no overall arching long plot to tie the entire series. Take this show very lightly. It's more fun than serious.
The comedy and endearing characters carries this show more than the romance. However, the romance is very nice. Bu Meng & the Emperor's bickering dynamic and them falling in love is pretty well-paced. They just lack a lot of screentime (read for possible reason below).
So, if you're here to only care about the romance, you'll be let down tremendously. (At certain episodes, they do focus more on the romance, but I'd say 70% of the entire series is not on romance.)
If you're here to laugh a lot at the shenanigans of the inner palace and from our main character Bu Meng (and how she gets involved in a lot of people's businesses), you'll have an enjoyable time. I laughed so much throughout this series. Gina is great as Bu Meng--her comedic timing is great--and I also love her voice (I heard it's her real one and not a dubbed one? I love it because it's not super soft and high pitch but it's deep). Jiro matches well as the Emperor and I adore his character. He may seem petty as first but he is a pretty kind emperor considering that they are living during peaceful times.
The supporting casts are all so great. I love all the Consort friends--they are so great and complex. I even enjoyed most of the side characters' stories, such as Bu Meng's brother and his love story.
PLEASE BE PREPARED: apparently this show was cut a lot, from its original intended 45(?) episodes to just 36. It was cut down a lot, so it's suspected that some plots got cut out and the romance got cut down as well. For why it was cut/censored, no one seems to know why and at this point, we have no luck of finding an uncensored version sadly.
The comedy and endearing characters carries this show more than the romance. However, the romance is very nice. Bu Meng & the Emperor's bickering dynamic and them falling in love is pretty well-paced. They just lack a lot of screentime (read for possible reason below).
So, if you're here to only care about the romance, you'll be let down tremendously. (At certain episodes, they do focus more on the romance, but I'd say 70% of the entire series is not on romance.)
If you're here to laugh a lot at the shenanigans of the inner palace and from our main character Bu Meng (and how she gets involved in a lot of people's businesses), you'll have an enjoyable time. I laughed so much throughout this series. Gina is great as Bu Meng--her comedic timing is great--and I also love her voice (I heard it's her real one and not a dubbed one? I love it because it's not super soft and high pitch but it's deep). Jiro matches well as the Emperor and I adore his character. He may seem petty as first but he is a pretty kind emperor considering that they are living during peaceful times.
The supporting casts are all so great. I love all the Consort friends--they are so great and complex. I even enjoyed most of the side characters' stories, such as Bu Meng's brother and his love story.
PLEASE BE PREPARED: apparently this show was cut a lot, from its original intended 45(?) episodes to just 36. It was cut down a lot, so it's suspected that some plots got cut out and the romance got cut down as well. For why it was cut/censored, no one seems to know why and at this point, we have no luck of finding an uncensored version sadly.
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