Till the End of the Moon (2023)

Boom?

This is my very first time watching xianxia drama. Tbh i tried to watch because of luxi. But here i am getting stuck on their story in this series. The plot is do dynamic i mean i cant really tell how the next story will go, its not like others cdrama (for me). They really makes me feel like riding the freakin emotional rollercoaster that i cant really be happy nor sad. If you are a fans of angst love story then this series will worth your wound-loved heart lol;; the story is freakin good and clean. The actor is all perfectly splendid i could say, leo really is crazy, and luxi chemistry is no doubt too here. They really are fit each other;;; The cinematography is quite good too but so sorry i still havent get used to the CG and the setting of fantasy story so… ;; but i still love the story sm! Even the ending was so fine. I LOVE THE OST OG SO BEAUTIFULLY HURTFUL

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Season 2 please

Everything is good and it was hella a rollercoaster ride watching this drama.
I still can’t believe I watched this for 3 days.! I was so hellbent on finishing the drama to the point I moved my schedules and house chore duties just so I can finish it ❤️

My sister saw me watching from episode 15+ and even though she has a running fever at that time, she insisted on watching it with me and now she’s just started watching it from episode 1 to know the full storyline

We cannot hell but admire Luo Yunxi and I really want to be in one of his fan meeting events.. Will there be any in HK? Because after I finish my studies, probably by December, I am hoping to go to HK and Shanghai and buy the TillTheEndofTheMoon cd ?❤️

I must say the final two episodes made me cry.. Maybe if this drama was 50+ episodes it could have had the best ending ever made in history of tv dramas..

Thankful for the great story line, characters, edits(so over the top), costumes, etc.

I hope there’s a season 2.. For a good finale ❤️

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Repeative, nonsense

Honestly the show seems to be one of those shows where the worst aspect is the writing and lack of story telling. It seems like it will be a decent plot until you realize that by episode 11, all of the characters but 1 has any type of intelligence. Honestly this show could have been a better show if they stick to: travel back in time, switch places, destroy the evil. But unfortunately since the writers seem to not know how to write character and the evil bone is just a plot device that is mute, the man draw are the people, but none of the characters are written in a way to be like able. If they didn't add in the part of ice toothpicks, and wrote better dialogue. The actors honestly were not paid enough because when they don't have dialogue and just acting out a scene they feel as if they could really have feelings for each other, even if the male lead isn't supposed to have emotions he still shows enough interest that you can believe he at least like the female lead like a person can like their favorite celebrity, genuine interest. While the female lead is all over the place writing wise. Honestly the fact she was given instructions to end the male lead was the biggest mistake, it should have been that there was another way and the ice was for final straw of was to be murder before defeating the evil bone. Honestly I would say I would love to see it longer but honestly I am glad it's only 40 episodes. None of these characters are worth even thinking the world should be saved. I'm more curious to see what would happen after the world is destroyed, what does the bad guy do after does he die also or does he try to restore it in his own image and what would that world look like? I honestly would love to see it but the writer of this show deserves to never try again until they get better at writing dialogue and characters.

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FINALLY A GOOD XIANXIA DRAMA!!!!

The wait is over, we finally have a really good xianxia with a good plot, most beautiful costumes, top star stellar actors, awesome sceneries and quite good music!!!

Where do I begin? I have been rooting for Luo Yunxi ever since I've seen him in Ashes of Love. Next drama I saw him in was Love is Sweet and although I dropped that one (modern dramas are just not my cup of tea, nothing else) but the chemistry between him and Bai Lu was perfect. I was so happy to see these two together again!

One thing is clearly visible; the two main actors must have had LOTS of fun with this drama. You don't need to check out the BTS scenes to see that. The way they turn to each other, look at each other, act with each other is like watching top tennis players.

I am especially happy about LUO YUNXI's multifaceted role. That guy has as many sides as a D&D dice. The perfect ML for any role. He's the broken, abused hostage prince, he's the maniac new ruler, he's the righteous and honourable heaven lord, he's anything he needs to be for this role.

We seriously needed BAI LU as a headstrong, brave, daring, smart, intelligent FL. I am quite fed up with the whining, mentally handicapped FL trope which seems to be trending lately, so it is quite refreshing to have someone who finally acts and does things.

There are so many outstanding scenes which just have to be rewatched again and again. Like the snowball fight between the main characters, or the way Tantai Jin conducts the blood crows. For a dancer, like LUO YUNXI, this scene must had been a pleasure to act out and it is so visible.

We also get a handful of beloved 'veteran' actors, like He Zhonghua, Deng Wei, or Wang Yifei. My personal new favourite, however, is the newcomer Sun Zhenni, in the role of the lovely and cunning fox demon. The moment you see her, you love her. I strongly hope she's going to get together with FL's bro, it's not like she would be the first demonic entity in the Ye family.

The CGI is top, especially after the disappointing The Journey of Chongzi. The river serpent for example, was so very well done, it truly looked perfect.

The costumes are from another world!!!! I had to stop several scenes just to marvel at the details, the colours, the hairstyles, the accessories!!!! They accentuate the characters' nature and feelings so perfectly!

Can't wait for the oncoming episodes!!

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This show was filled with love, hate, betrayal, action, comedy, and fun.

I didn't really know what I was expecting except I just knew that this drama was a historical fantasy drama with 2 very big stars. I wouldn't say I'm too disappointed with what I got, but there was a lot of areas which were really confusing or made me mad that just didn't belong or make sense in the show at all.

ROLES: To start off, I'm rating this a 9,5 only because Bai Lu and Leo Yunxi starred together as the main leads, I love those 2 and if it weren't for them my rating would have dropped to a 9.0. The chemistry between the 2 leads are really cute but it's not only them, I also really liked Pian Ran and Ye Bingchang's story. I think everyone did great with their acting and the roles were suitable for every character.

COSTUMES: The costumes were great, my only issue is Pian Ran only had 2 outfits the entire show which made me felt like the crew only put all their focus on the main leads and didn't care about anyone else. I also have issues with Ye Xiwu wearing her hairpins , shoes, and outer clothing to bed. In most historical Chinese dramas, when you go to bed, you're supposed to take off the outer layer.

MUSIC: I just want to say they had way too much music for this drama. I honestly think that a drama really only needs 2 or 3 good catchy songs. Especially the same sad songs for those sad crying scenes. Instead we got a handful of a bunch of music which every sad scene had a different song and it made me feel confused so I didn't cry a lot in this drama as I should have.

STORY: The first 30 episodes are really good. The entire story with Ye Xiwu and Tan Taijin really captures my attention and motives me to continue watching. Not gonna lie, even in the Bo're dream, the entire Sang Jiu and Ming Ye dream was also really good and it made me really interested. However, when it came to the the immortal realm, I feel like things kind of take a turn. The story goes down hill and isn't as good as the previous "lives".

OVERALL: There are still lots of confusing stuff for me but I'm not even going to bother. My biggest question that makes me mad the most is: I understand TTJ is the "demon fetus" but he is still a human, he is in a human body. So someone explain to me, how and why he can obtain powers when YXW can't even do that in her mortal body, and why TTJ can live over 500 years even though he is a mortal. I understand why Li Susu can but not him.

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A drama that hooked you in and never let go

I am super lazy at writing reviews in general, but I will give the honour of my first review on this drama, which easily became one of my most favourites.

I would say nearly everything in this drama is perfect:

The cast and acting:
This is the gateway of Luo Yunxi obsession for me. I saw him in Ashes of Love, which showed his excellent skills, but TTEOTM really showcased his potentials. I am so amazed by how he can portray the characters even without spoken words. His movement and mannerisms.. Truly talented actor, and I’d say he was born to play lead in costume dramas.

The story:
Spoiler alert! The ending is not exactly happy ending. You could sort of predict it from the last few episodes anyway. I took 0.5 points for the story because I found that the ending is tragically inconsistent with the novel. I only found out about it because someone translated the last 5 chapters of the novel here on MDL and it sort of healed my broken heart.
Putting aside the ending, the story itself was perfect to me. It was dark at times and full of angst, but also a lot of romance and fluff moments.

Excellent music & rewatch value.
I rarely rewatch things, but somehow I keep wanting to revisit their story, just to get the fluff & fuzzy feelings again. I kept listening to the beautiful soundtrack as well, even weeks after my first watch.

To be fair, there are some flaws that annoyed me a bit:
- There are a lot of blood-spitting. By a lot, I mean amazingly excessive, not just the leads but nearly all characters. In a way, it was kind of funny.. though I wonder if there are some other way to show that someone is hurt, you know.
- Misunderstanding tropes. A lot of them. Thankfully, they were all resolved in timely-ish manner. I'd imagine some people might hate this trope, though.

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My First Chinese Ancient Drama

My review is based on the fact that it's my first chinese historical/ancient drama. I wasn't into these earlier until my friend recommended this to me.

ACTING-

Full points on acting to every actor here. I heard that Luo Yunxi was severely ill and had surgeries right before this drama and he was on a liquid diet. So, some scenes of Bai Lu were shot before him.
Luo Yuxin did a great job portraying all the four characters. (His eyebrows were paid actor)

Bai Lu sometimes felt irrational with her acting and showing too much cuteness but rest in all, she nailed it.

PLOT-

The plot is very different not having the usual romance and actions. It has an open ending which I see as a happy ending but rushed. There are more gloomy, sad, pessimistic scenes than happier ones. It's rather a brutal drama based on a more brutal novel. I liked how they showed TTJ's journey from innocent gloomy childhood to the dark devil god in just 40 eps. How he developed hatred, never received love from anyone, was always betrayed and misjudged; then how he collected all that in his heart, started developing emotions, gained power, ruled a kingdom, burnt in search of his wife, did cultivation, absorbed devilish powers and destroyed the whole world.

Even the side stories and plots were pleasing to watch. They gave us a moment to rejoice and soothe down our pain.

There were three different realms briefly shown, though I felt that the Bore's life in dream was too long. It could have been made shorter (at max covering 2 episodes)

ACTION-

The CGI and Costumes and background scores made the action sequels wayy better. I was worried at the amount of blood they were spitting, they might die from Amnesia. There wasn't a aingle episode without leads spitting blood. lol

MUSIC-

I loved the music!!! The osts are soo good. My favourites are - Black Moonlight, Sending the Long Moon, Black Bird and My World.

COSTUMES-

The costumes were the prettiest. I liked each and every costume of every character. Esp. the all red costume of Pian Ran. The jewellery, Headgear, hairstyles.. everything was superb!!

THINGS I DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT-

Keeping in mind that the series had originally 56 episodes but due to new Chinese policy, they cut shorted it to 40 eps, the ending was rushed. When the last episode ended, I was like "It's just this???"
I'm okay with open endings but not open threads. I am counting it now.

1. When TTJ asked his master why he named him Cang Jiumin, he said I'll tell you later. But then he never explained why. He died like that, keeping secrets.

2. When almost everyone reincarnated from 500 years back, why not Pian Ran?? I legit loved her character. Where did she go?

3. What happened to Xiao Lin at the end? Did he died? Was he alive? Did he reincarnated?

4. What happened to Nian Biayu? Did TTJ killed him? Where had he disappeared?

5. The world didn't know the real intentions of TTJ/Devil God at the end. They still think he was bad and used his power for wrong things. Will they ever know he sacrificed himself for the world? Why he killed his master? When will all the misunderstandings be cleared?

OVERALL-

Overall, it gave me stress, tears, hatred for the world. It's the type of drama which can even depress the happiest person on Earth. Comparing with the novel, they made TTJ a bit softer but Ye Xiwu as it is that's why sometimes her behaviour seemed frustrating. Ep 24-26 were too boring with all gloominess filled. It could have easily been made shorter here and stretched at end to give us a proper ending.

Though this drama has it own shortcomings, it was super addictin to watch. Despite all the gloominess and sorrow, it made a special place in my heart. Kudos to the actors and the whole team.

Hands down Best Chinese Drama of 2023!

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Best drama of the year! ❤

YOUKU we truly want a season 2 of ‘Till The End Of The Moon’ with a happy ending of Cang Jiumin and Li Susu with their daughter. As the novel and the audience states that Tantai Jin would be once again brought to life in the mortal realm after 1000 years after he had cultivated with the help of the Heart-guarding Scale. Please YOUKU we hearby request you to consider making a season 2 with the same cast. We would be patient, audience including me still can't get over this sad ending. We want them to reunite with Cang Jiumin.

This couple of Leo Yunxi and Bai Lu needs to win the best couple award. This drama is so beautiful and full of tradegy which makes it attractive for its viewers to watch. The costumes and the makeup team did a very good job. All the crew members and the cast team did a fabulous job in the making of the drama. The editing team must be included too. The graphics were so beautiful and eternal that would make people fall for the scenes. I thank everyone and YOUKU for letting us watch this heart-touching and heart-wrenching love between Tantai Jin and Ye Xiwu, Cang Jiumin and Li Susu, Xiao Lin and Ye Bingchang, Ye Xingyu and Pian Ran. Thanks to everyone!

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Epic wedding assasination scene! (Eps 26) & Who is the best character?

[Till the end of the moon eps 26 wedding scene]
Assassination in the wedding night is not unusual in C-drama but this scene is so epic for following reasons:
1. Background music: This is definitely the best aspect! There are 4 distinctive soundtracks in one scene: First is the strangely scary sound that is clearly not suitable for a happy wedding night. When the World-overturning Jade and the 9 soul-slaying nails are ready, the battlefield sound starts, expecting some epic boss fights, just like in an anime. But the moment the first 3 nails poke holes into ML’s heart, a quick silence for the ML to realize his beloved one comes for his life, is followed by a painful sad sound showing this is not a fight but a one-sided unjustified traumatized betrayal from FL and sympathy toward ML’s suffering.
2. Acting: Luo Yunxi as Tantai Jin looks sooo naive with a bunch of unjustified questions and his screaming when his heart gets pierced makes viewers really feel his pain. Bai Lu as Ye Xiwu did a great job here, showing no mercy towards the future demon lord as expected. I love the cool-hearted “Farewell…” statement at the end and the painful look when she sees the last 3 nails disappear.
3. Trauma/Tragedy storyline: I know this story means to get the two leads to suffer in the most terrible way possible and this scene is unavoidable. But you know, how crazily inhuman FL’s plan could be, giving the only touch of warmth and love to ML in his world, just to trigger some soul-slaying artifacts and then shred them all with a final cold-blooded blow. This writer must hate this world so much to write this “don’t try this at home” type of story. Of course, because of these emotional abuses, the chemistry between this main couple is distorted into pity, scaredness from FL and obsession, anger from ML.
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[My favorite character of this show]
To me, the better, wholehearted love and hands down my favorite character is Sang Jiu: Admiration, Affection, Bravery, Sacrifice, and Revenge. A girl dares to lead her life, taking risks to strive for her love, forcefully taking her night with her man before leaving, anonymously taking care of him without asking for anything in return and being able to throw the feelings all away to get revenge for her family… Love and Hate are clearly distinguished which is sooo cool !!!
Unfortunately, she admired an absolute piece of trash, irresponsible, incompetent “God of War” Ming Ye, who should have at least expressed appreciation for his 2-time savior by doing something for her. For example, giving her a clear verbal explanation in person (not a no-brainer promise written in toilet paper), some protection artifacts, something for her to get his contact when needed, and at least distributing some troops to protect his family-in-law and a courier to get updated. This so-called “Leader of the Upper Immortal Realm” just sits still, does nothing, knows nothing, and when bad things happen he could continue his uselessness by fking around FL saying sorry while she gets all the revenge herself..!?

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AMAZING Chemistry Between ML and FL (amongst the pain and angst and blood)

In full disclosure, I'm a Bai Lu fan, have been for years, OF COURSE I was going to watch this show no matter what.
Also, I actually think Bai Lu has good chemistry with most other ML she has worked with, but her together with LYX is near or at the top of the spectrum.

Story - Docked a point here, because as much as I loved this drama, if I'm being a bit picky, I still felt the final arc was a bit rushed and some things left a bit TOO open or w/o closure. Not just with the main couple, but some side characters as well. I have read (ok, skimmed) the original webnovel as well. They are different enough that the stories shouldn't be compared, but I would say the webnovel had a bit more explanation and closure at the end at least. Wish they had made this longer, given it more episodes, even if it would require 2 seasons, and taken their time with the storytelling.

Acting/Cast - its Bai Lu, I'm giving a 10. But in seriousness, the acting carried this drama for me. And despite me picking this drama up for Bai Lu (who was amazing as always, and beautiful of course), you really have to appreciate how well Luo Yunxi did, portraying not just multiple characters, but also the complexity of Tantai Jin's personality and his growth as the story progressed. This role was a tall order and LYX delivered it beautifully. The supporting characters also did their parts well. I might've found the Xiao Lin/Ye Bingchang couple a bit bland but I think it was how they were in the story itself and not an acting issue. CDL did a fantastic job portraying the two-faced little b*tch of a sister, and as much as I wanted to slap her (a sign of a successful villain), she still was able to somehow convey a sense of her motivations/reasons for turning out the way she did. Bai Lu's character Li Susu does not go through AS drastic of a change as Tantai Jin through the story but you can still clearly see her gradual transformation from a more naive girl with this world-saving mission who doesn't yet fully understand all that this mission would entail to someone who has had to make tough decisions, who has sacrificed, who bears the weight of heavy responsibility, who has felt guilt, who has been tricked and deceived, who has had her heart broken--and all the while her unwavering determination to protect the world.

Music - Love LYN's voice. I screeched when I heard the opening theme. Other songs are beautiful too--evokes alot of emotion. Especially when they play certain themes at certain key points. It always reminds of those scenes when i hear the song.

Rewatch - If I DO rewatch, certain parts at least. Lets be honest, there's a whole lot of misunderstandings and a whole lot of angst. I might skip over the REALLY painful parts if I'm rewatching.

Nitpicks - So much blood. Some parts I really wish they didn't vomit blood or toned it down to a small trickle rather than a big mouthful. Makeup was sometimes a bit heavy, especially on Tantai Jin. He looked great but its just very apparent he has a helluva lot more makeup on than the people around him. Besides Tantai Jin, there was a scene where Ye Qingyu gets into a fight with Tantai Jin where Tantai Jin refuses to leave his dead wife's side--I was shocked with his makeup there--but at least the actors knew and poked fun at it too (Ye Qingyu's actor joked he looked more like a corpse than Ye Xiwu who was actually supposed to be a corpse).

Overall - Love the drama, love the actors, love the music, loved the details in the beautiful costumes (although c'mon whats up with the devil world wedding outfits...i know its devil world and costumes are used to portray the state of character/plot to a degree, but can't they have prettier clothes that don't make me want to wish them Happy Halloween). Just be prepared for alot of angst and pain so if you're not ready for something that isn't all light and sweet and fluffy, table it for until you're ready.

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I dont think i can cry for a few weeks after watching this

I started this show not knowing much about it, other than it having a good story from other reviews...
I really fell in love with it, simply couldn't stop watching. Had to get the tissues out as this has really been a tearjerker for me, I love this story.
I highly recommend it but have those tissues ready.
After finishing the show, my eyes need a break for a while, as I Binged all 40 episodes in 5 days...
1. The story overall is quite sad, I wish they would have had more Episodes to flesh it out fully.
2. The acting was very good, but there is something slightly off about it idk why. maybe I'm too used to watching western tv and this is just the Chinese way of acting.
3. Music is a banger and will make me cry all-day
4. Idk if I could rewatch as I cried way too much these past 5 days, my soul is not ready for another round for a good while.
5. overall i highly recommend this show

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Great concept but badly executed.

After I went through this whirlpool of a convoluted emotional ride, the ending is just a bandaid on my wound after numerous stabs through the heart, as in the series. They should end the series after the Gods, Ming Ye and Sang Jiu. The many lifetimes intertwining with each other gave me a headache.

I have a few gripes about the repetitiveness in this series:
1. Too much blood spitting. Leo Luo is very fragile seems; all he did was vomited blood. I thought he was supposed to be invincible. Other characters spit blood, but the frequency was tolerable.
2. Too many stabs in the heart. Enough already; can't they find other spots?
3. Too many farewells, and they never leave. I don't believe them anymore when they say farewell.
4. Too draggy with emotional scenes. Ok, we got the point. Next scene, please!
5. This series should be called Love, Lies and kill me.

I like the main leads. That is the main reason I watched this series. The beginning was all good. I could follow the storyline until after the God scene. I tried to talk myself into continuing. Then it just gets worst and worst. Poor Bai Lu gets stuck with this type of film, especially with a hot co-lead and a great story concept, then the direction and story fall apart. I am sure the novel is probably better, so I blame the producer and director. Bad execution is the bottom line.

Do I recommend it? Yeah, watch it and judge for yourself.

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