A long review spanning three lives and three worlds~
Ten miles of peach blossom- a classic Xianxia story which has many characters that you'll love or love to hate and a story you're bound to be obsessed with!We all love our main leads Ye Hua and Bai Qian. They have a beautiful love story that shows you how deep the longing is and how the heart grows fonder with distance.
But this review is a tribute to the supporting cast.
Mo Yuan - the shifu of our fl and the God of War. This is a man with integrity and always does what he deems is righteous. Despite being in love with the fl he chooses to not say anything and goes as far as to make sure she's happy with the ml. He was only in for a few episodes but left an deep impression on me.
Xuan Nu- TMOPB has several villains but this is a character that despite being a villain gains my pity. Yes she's jealous of the fl but that's justifiable when everyone compares her to fl. Unlike Sujin she's not a unjustified man-crazy woman, she grows from a insecure but innocent young lady to a person that'd do whatever it takes to be powerful. And when she becomes powerful she tries to get Lijing's love to solidify her position but in the process actually falls in love with him. Her end is pitiful but she's a character with depth and complexity.
Lijing and Qilin- despite being a second ml who is supposed to be obsessed with our fl, I think Lijing is a well developed character. Yes he cares deeply about the fl, but never does he back away from his responsibilities. And his Qilin is just adorable lol.
Yanzhi and Zi Lan- these two are the cutest side couple in this story. Yan Zhi is a princess of the ghost tribe but she has a golden heart. She treats everyone fairly. A strong independent yet kind character. Zi Lan despite being a immortal is not judgemental in the slightest, he's also quite fun to watch.
Bai Zhen and Zhe Yan - The fourth fox Prince Bai Zhen, he's kind, witty and powerful. He loves his sister deeply and is a man that holds friendships over silly rules. The phoenix Zhe Yan is said to be by withdrawn from the world. But he's the best uncle anyone can hope to have. He's friendly, funny and great doctor. Also these two act like an old married couple, I live for their interactions.
Si Ming, Cheng Yu, Lian Song - the gossip trio of the heavenly realm. A breath of fresh air among the rigid heavenly tribe. They are the best friends you wish you had.
Dijun and Fengjiu - the side couple we all ship. A cute little fox princess gets saved by a retired grumpy heavenly lord and tries her best to return the favor. They fall in love and just to know are not fated to be. Starts as the cutest love story ever. Fengjiu is soooo cute smh, and Dijun, well who won't fall for him lol.
The Kunlun disciples- a group of disciples that have zero shenanigans going on. No jealousy over who their master treats better, no judgement based on family background, no bullying just pure brotherhood and helping each other.
There are so many and I mean too many more characters to list. The fox King and Queen, the snake couple and their son. The bratty cousin of Ye Hua, the most disgusting villain ever who I wish just died several times-Sujin and so many other characters that I loved to the bits.
Overall this drama has great cast, godly soundtrack, beautiful cinematography and a heart wrenching story spanning three lifetimes. And MARK CHAO!!!! What else do you need. If you like xianxia this a cult classic. Don't wait any longer just watch it! ♡
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a good watch, but a bit overhyped
Eternal Love was a decent drama. Just middle of the road. A good watch if you're bored, but nothing spectacular. The issues I had were the two main characters. I honestly just didn't care much for them. The Emperor Dong Hua character, I found myself more interested in him.Su Su: Mortal identity of Bai Qian. She was extra needy, extra clingy, and cried majority of the time for her man.
Bai Qian: High Goddess in the heavenly realm. She turned into a mean alcoholic in the third act of the drama and she pretty much abandoned her child.
Si Yin: Alias of Bai Qian when she was the disciple of Mo Yuan. Essentially she was a teacher's pet who got a free pass because the teacher had feelings for her.
Mo Yuan: He was okay, but not really memorable.
Ye Hua: I didn't like how he treated Su Su once she was in heaven and when he reunited with Bai Qian, he just turned into a simpering love struck fool.
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This is my second time watching Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, and it´s the only drama I´ve rewatched. This time I could appreciate the story a lot more. Even if at the very beginning the plot can be a bit confusing and the real interesting thing starts with Ye Hua, the characters can make all seem worth of your whole attention, there no time to get bored abut this drama.
I think the only thing that was missing for me was getting more of Qing Cang, he had a really high value as a villain.
As for the acting, Mark Chao totally get me into his character, I could feel empathy about his feelings, when I saw him crying I also wanted to cry, and his beautiful smile was just stunning. Yang Mi as Bai Qian and Susu is also great, you can feel her weakness, her suffering, her hapiness, her evolution. The other actors are also great, specially Xuan Nu and Su Jin because they can really make you hate them.
The music is lovely and still my fav music score for a drama, the OST songs are aso great, especially the ending song.
The scenography and costumes are simply amazing, all seems so real and lovely and visually stunning.
I will defitely re-watch this drama in the future, for me is the kind of story that makes you want to see again and again, too difficult to overcome.
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Awesome but also not so awesome
Comparing to the book - which was extremely monotonous - the series is actually quite nice to watch. Watching the love story between Bai Qian and Ye Hua is extremely awesome, touching, saddening at parts but extremely heart warming. The many side stories they created - some are very nice but some are just painful to watch. The saddest part is watching how they made Dong Hua and Feng Jiu become tragic star crossed lovers. Would have been nice if they would have at least followed thru with how the books portrayed them instead of making them so tragic in this series but then so happy ending in the Eternal Love of Dream. The songs are also extremely beautiful.Was this review helpful to you?
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-Story-
One of the features that made me interested into watching this drama was the uniqueness of the story in which captivated me to keep on watching episode per episode even until I finish the drama.
Although the story is complicated, I found it understandable and thought the story flows well and clear. Each characters had different personalities and stories so there is a variety of favorite characters to look forward to, whether it'll be the main leads or the support characters.
Another aspect that I liked was the main leads and support characters had enough screen time and that the support characters also had a fair share of their stories so that the drama itself does not solely focused on the main leads.
-Acting/Casting-
I think that everyone played their role beautifully and brought their character's stories and feelings to life. I ended up loving the love teams of both main characters (Yang Mi and Ye Hua) and support characters (Feng Jui and Dong Hua, Yan Zhi and Zi Lan).
I think that everyone shone in their own way and no one out-shined other characters because they all did well into portraying their characters. You could feel the sadness and the pain that Si Yin / Su Su / Bai Qian (same individuals but different lifetimes) encountered every time her loved ones passes away and how she's destined to experienced this fate.
Moreover, you'll also feel the happiness and excitement whenever Feng Jiu and Dong Hua scenes comes on.
As well as anger at Su Jin for bullying Su Su (mortal version of Si Yin/Bai Qian), which is nice in a good way because it means that she [Su Jin] played her character as a antagonist really well.
-Music-
I loved the OST of this drama, especially [Song: Disappointment]. Although, I watched this drama last year, the OST still lingers in my mind and I still listen to it every time I wash the dishes xD
I'll definitely watch this drama again!
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If I were Bai Qian, right after jumping down Zhuxian Terrance, the first thing I would do is go get my eyes back from Su Jin, I don't understand why she didn't do that in the first place. There were also a lot of boring parts in the show but it had a very good storyline. Another thing that made no sense was, Bai Qian is 140,000 and Ye Hua is 70,000 because after Mo Yuan died, Ye Hua was born, which they had to wait 70,000 years to reseal the bell. Bai Qian says she's 90,000 years older than Ye Hua which made no sense cause 90,000+70,000 does not equal 140,000. I don't know if it was a mistake or they meant it on purpose.
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One of the best C-dramas ever!!!!!
This was my first C-drama I ever watched, I enjoyed this drama so much. I really enjoyed all the characters, especially the ML and FL chemistry was off the charts. the story was really good, the actors really played their parts extremely well. And I love how no matter what the ML believed the FL everytime something happened, really made my heart flutter. All the episodes were enjoyable and there was no boring episodes. I really recommend this drama to anyone because you will no regret it.Was this review helpful to you?
There has never been any other drama that could touch my heart so deeply, despite having fantasy elements. No matter how many times I rewatched this show, i laughed and cried with the characters each times. This drama has really set my expectation so high that I have not been able to bring myself to finish any other drama ever since, as everything else seems lacking compared to this
So let me list out the reasons why I love this drama so much
Superb Acting
- The acting in this drama is truly top-notch and the main reason why it is so special. And no matter how many times I re-watched it, the acting still blew me away and i shed tears for our characters each time. Yang Mi and Mark Chao delivered a phenomenal performance. Yang is great as usual and was able to depict the ethereal air of a goddess. but Mark Chao, omg Mark Chao truly made the drama. You know how usually in Chinese drama there are pretty characters but their acting are nothing exactly special? Mark Chao is the exact opposite of that. At first i was not impressed with Mark Chao because he doesnt have the "pretty boy" look you usually see with Chinese male leads (*cough Yang Yang cough). However, his acting is the best I have ever seen in any drama. His eyes were so emotive and with just one look he can express so many emotions - pain, regret, guilt, jealousy, love, etc, without needing a single word. There is a behind-the-scence extra on Youtube showing a scence where he did something very traumatic to our female leads, and after that you can see him standing silently on-set crying by himself because he was just that affected by the emotions of his character. I was so moved by his performance that he became my favorite actor and i seeked out his other works. i have never done this with any other actors. I think he is one of the greatest Taiwanese actors of his generation.
2. RATIONAL, RELATABLE AND LIKABLE CHARACTERS
- I cannot stress this enough - I hate it when the main female lead is overly stupid and naive or "pure" and get harmed and put oneself's in harm way over and over. I hate characters who are too perfect and seem to have everyone heads over heels for them also. Every character design in this show is done just right, and I am gonna dive into my 2 favorite which are our hero and heroine of the story
2.a Yehua by Mark Chao
- I absolutely hate male characters who are idiots and get tricked by other female villains into misunderstanding the female lead. there is none of that here. Yehua is from start to finish, unwaveringly only love Baiquan and trusted her. because he loves so deeply and passionately, he makes mistakes, and he has to pay dearly for them. He is by no mean a perfect characters, he has good looks, can fight and a good leader, but he also made some erroneous judgement calls. However, he is smart and insightful and inquisitive and do not take things at face value which frustrates me about many other dramas. He never once felt for the schemes of others. and Mark Chao did a phenomenal job showing all his good sides and his shortcoming and how he grew from it. Character development is real and very enjoyable in this drama. Further more, he never hesitates to express his love for Bai Qian, which is a refreshing change as compared to many other constipated characters which makes me want to die because there is never any progress in their romance (* cough* Princess Agent* cough)
In short, by the end of the drama, i am already head over heels for Yehua by Mark Chao. omg what a dreamy man.
2.b Bai Qian/SuSu/SiYin by YangMi
- Yang Mi portrayed Su Su and Bai Qian so well i can fell the softness and shyness of Su Su and the confidence and experience and haughtiness of Bai Qian. Again, a female lead that doesnt make me want to tear my hair out. No exaggerated "coyness", naiveness, "pureness" - just a person of complex and relatable emotions. The character she plays does not take being bullied from anyone, stand up for herself and her loved one, are smart, loyal, capable, and so funny. She kicks butts and will not tolerate betrayal, and stays true to her words, and treat everyone very fairly. I freaking love her! She is also an alcoholic haha and drink her sorrow away which makes her very relatable. Her journey to grow from a mischievous Siyin to high Goddess Bai Qian is really worth watching, as well as her journey to deal with the demons of her past to ready to open up and love again is seriously one of the best character development in drama,
3. The story
- Beside the obvious fact that this is an adaptation from a very famous novel. the story makes me laugh and cried and dream and have my emotions all over the place. The story makes me wants to find an everlasting love that spans several lifetime. This story really warms people's hearts. I also love how loyal and unwavering and real and genuine the affections each characters have for their loved ones are in this drama, from bai Qian/yehua to supporting characters such as Moyuan, Feng Jiu/Dong Hua... The story has its ups/ and downs and its' heart breaks. I have never wanted to be so fully emerge in a story and never wanted to leave. through three lives, three worlds, they only loved one another and overcame every obstacles to finally come together. A happy ending after so much tragedy is really satisfying as well. I just wish we got to see more happy family scenes and more of my Yehua.
4. The Chemistry and Sexisness
- OMG this show is such a breath of fresh air compared to the traditional well-constrained Asian dramas. There are plenty of kiss scenes to satisfy your romance-craving heart and when the two main characters kiss, omg they kiss with so much passion and chemistry. those are melt-in-your-arm, biting-your-lift, pulling-your-hair kind of kiss which is so so so different from the traditional "eyes-wide-open-accidental-kiss" that i absolutely hate. I love that the boys and girls in this shows are so unabashedly lustful and desiring toward one another. <3<3<3
For those who have never seen it, please be patient with it at fist because Ep 1 - 11 set the background and back-story for the main story arc which begins arc episode 13-14. Everything from love to hate just develop very very fast after that.
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Perfect story. Loved it to the end!
Well... I watched the Pillow Book before this one and loved the story very much! This one I have had in my watch list for a long time now and I am glad I finally watched it!Story... was beautiful. Did I skip some? Ya ONLY because I wanted to find out what would happen next and was to anxious and impatient to find it out in some parts.😂🙄 Sorry that is me. Sometimes I skip parts or episodes because I cannot wait to see what happens! It was really good though! The last 30 episodes I was glued to! The ending was going to make me mad but I am glad I was not disappointed! I did love how they intertwined the Emperor Lords story into this one. Now it makes me want to watch that one again!
Cast... was so good in this! They did an awesome job. There were a few I so wanted to see get their just rewards and I am so glad they finally did. The two main leads I fell in love with and could not get enough of the story they told.
Music... was beautiful! Wanting to find it on Amazon but no such luck!☹️
All in all this show was great! I loved the story and the acting. I will be watching it again along with Three Lives Three Wolds The Pillow Book. Now I am off to watch the second one and I am excited that there is a third one coming out soon! I hope it is as good as this one.
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One of the best fantasies!
A rich fantasy world that I want to revisit again and again, an engrossing story, great cast, beautiful cinematography, and satisfying ending. While some things were a bit cheesy (like the special effects) and a bit over the top (the drama of the story is a bit much sometimes), it's hard to stop watching it, even though I've seen it before. I loved it even more the second time.I also love that some of the side characters were so popular that a sequel was made to give them a better ending!
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Even after reading spoilers, I watched this through and loved it.
Let me preface this by saying I was really impatient and wanted to know what would happen so I went ahead and read the second half of the show’s episode summaries on someone’s blog. I still watched all of the episodes after spoiling the story and looked forward to doing so. And even though I knew what was coming, I still felt all the emotions and am glad I watched it through.Reading someone else’s summary may have colored my opinion a little bit as I can see why some may think there are moments the show drags but to me it wasn’t so bad. That’s really the only reason I give it a 9.5/10.
58 episodes sounds daunting and ridiculous but I legitimately blew through the series within a week. And I loved it - it was an adventure. Music was beautiful. The show was beautiful even with its bad CGI. I recommend this if you are looking to disappear into a fantasy world where time operates differently and watch a love story blossom.
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