Till the End of the Moon (2023)

Love everything but not the story line

Love this drama so much. The cast is super! the productions and all hard works paid off nicely. Only the storyline is a bit weird at the end. Lots of misunderstandings which were sometimes too silly. The acting of both leads are better than any other dramas. The drama separated into 3 parts, once I watched part 2, I already forgot part 1. All part are lovely. Highly recommended. I love the 2 leads so I went to watched their first drama together called "Love is sweet". This drama is like 2nd season of TTEOTM. They both lovely and had a happy ending.

Edited: Rewatch value 10 as I rewatched it 5 times already....

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It's an entertaining watch . The acting is amazing specially Luo cause we could always connect with him . In many dramas I feel like why did he that but he expressed his emotions really well. The production team did a great job . The growth of his character was gradual .Beautiful costume, great cgi and the fighting scenes are so well coordinated. The chemistry between the leads was so good. Even in a story mainly focused on agnst they were able to give us moments that would give us butterflies . Not a big fan of second couple but the sfl did well in playing the villian role.
Third cp was such great addition to the drama. I liked pian rian bond with ye xiwu and ttj

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Lisusu’s love is all the Tantai Jin needed in his life.

TTEOM is an amazing show with great story line, amazing cast, great scenes, loveable and cute romantic scenes, breathtaking beauty and heart throbbing climax. The scenes and the emotion were portrayed amazingly by the cast, giving the best to the character. I really enjoyed it, and rewatched it also. The another thing that i really love about it is its amazing osts , seriouly they were the best ever. The scenes and the osts are being use in other reality shows as recommendation and as the role model for others. I feel so happy. I can guarantee that any one who watches this show will not disappoint and will recommend others to watch it and rewatch like i am doing,,heheh.
The love story is heart throbbing its like you are watching it first handedly and you are experiencing their love an pain clearly. I cried many times during this show. But i laughed my ears out too. I think that is the Beaty of amazing shows , that they engage their viewers into their world and let them experience the whole story.. marvellous…just amazing.

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You have to enjoy angst

==Breakdown==
Background plot - 25%
Romance - 65%
Misc comedy - 10%

Background plot - Excellent
Romantic chemistry - Excellent
Misc comedy - Good
Production value - Excellent

Things I loved:
1. The romance is the story. Thus, this is a romance. My favorite.
2. Sometimes, if the romance is the story, the plot and the world building feel a tad lacking. Not this time. The plot (twists and turns, etc.) were PERFECTION, which made the romance story so much better.
3. Okay, the chemistry between the ML and FL. Holy cow. The chemistry. 1000x this chemistry. I was feeling the chest aches from episode 3 onward (my favorite).
4. The happy times were so cute and satisfying. Even though I enjoy the angst, it has to make sense; it always did, and periods of sadness were followed by satisfying periods of just the most adorable, lovely interactions. <3 LOVE <3
5. The characters were flawed and how great is that?? No one was perfect, everyone had issues, they were all doing their best. Based in a fantasy world, their characters and motivations felt realistic and relatable.
6. The battle scenes and actions scenes were so well done. I actually watched them (I usually don't)
7. Artistic direction!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!!! So many shots felt like a painting. The artistic direction enhanced the story and I love that for us.
8. She's a badass.
9. He's also a badass.
10. They save each other multiple times.
11. The kiss scenes looked like they were actually kissing, not like weird fish smashing lips that we sometimes get with C and K dramas.
12. No overuse of dramatic staring contests.

Things I didn't love:
1. That it ended. It should've continued forever. *CRIES IN CDRAMA*

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Tragic Misunderstandings... but the chemistry kept me going.

STORY: A woman goes back in time to defeat a demon lord who caused so much chaos and death in the future. She plans to humanize him so she can kill his demon bones and then kill his actual body. So, you already know heartache ensues.

ACTING: As soon as my favorites were announced as the leads in this drama, I was HIGHLY ANTICIPATING it because I love them in Love Is Sweet & I love any of my favorites in a good costume drama.

Luo Yunxi + Bai Lu owe me some money for the therapy sessions because from beginning to end this drama made my emotions go on an intense rollercoaster ride. I barely caught a moment to breathe when they were happy times in here then we were back to angst.

Let's talk about Luo Yunxi as Tantai Jin. He is the BEST character in the show and low-key saved the whole show. I always knew Luo Yunxi could act, but he showed out in this drama. He expressed his emotions so well in his eyes and voice so I always feel so deeply any emotion he is conveying. I dare say... he is the best when it comes to that. He completely won me over with this performance as all 3 characters... TOP 3 C-Drama actors. I even love him over my fave Bai Lu now.

Bai Lu as Li Su Su | Ye Xi Wu | Sang Jiu. So, first things first Bai Lu is tied as the #1 favorite C-Drama actress… so any role she plays I am going to try my best to love... and that was the case for her role in this drama. I understood her character's role in avenging her people and I had no problem with that, but it got to a point where I was a bit exhausted. Luckily, her character "redeemed' herself. Besides that, I did love how fun and spunky her character was and how creative she was in coming up with plans to make Tantai Jin fall in love with her.

Deng Wei. I am always rooting for his success in Dramaland since I loved him so much in Miss the Dragon. I liked how honorable and kind Xiao Lin was, but hated Gongye Ji who was so pretentious.

Ran + Qing Yu were the dark horse characters and couples here and deserved so much better than what they got.

MUSIC: The intro song (The World I Love by Liu Yuning) sets the tone for every episode while the outro song (Black Moonlight by Zhang Bichen + Mao Buyi) leaves us in our somber thoughts with all the misunderstandings that goes on in here. The OST was so top-tier & memorable... I pretty much added them all to my list. My favorites were Boundary by Tia Ray, Let's Be Like This For 1000 Years by Huang Xiaoyun & Silent Moon by Hu Yanbin because these 3 songs played during my favorite scenes.

RE-WATCH VALUE: I low-key already re-watched my favorite parts already, but I can see myself re-watching this for Tantai Jin, one of my favorite male lead characters ever.

OVERALL: I say this was more of a character-driven story than a plot-driven story which can be good or bad depending on what you are looking for. Luo Yunxi + Bai Lu did what needed to be done for me to love this drama & I really hope they bless us with one more drama with them as the leads.

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Great story!...(just had to shut half of my brain off to continue)

After finishing the first 5 episodes of this drama I figured I'll have to shut half of my brain off to continue watching. I figured I'll have to ignore the heavy eyeliner and makeup on Leo Lou. Ignore that all the characters go to sleep pretty and wakes up pretty. I wanted to continue because the drama have a very strong concept. It tells of the main lead, Tantai Jin, who's fate is to be none other than the Demon God. Our main FL is Li Susu, whose main focus is to save to the world from the destruction of the Demon God. The concept of the story is refreshing and intriguing to watch. I really like the idea that the biggest and baddest villian the protagonist.
Leo Lou did such a fantastic job protraying his character, that made me pity, hate, and love Tantai Jin. Because he have so much screen time, his character was the most rounded of all, but no arguments with that decision because the story revolved mainly around his choices and his will to break free of his fate. Although it took me about 30-ish episodes to get use to his eyeliner (makeup artist was very invested in glamming everyone up), I was finally able to accept it. It was not horrible, just heavy.
Since the writers poured all their attention into building Tantai Jin, I feel they lacked in creating good supporting characters. All the supporting leads seemed very linear and have no growth in their characters, especially our second couple. Their loved was forced and seemed to have a lot of blurs in between. It would have been better if they would just start their relationship like our third couple (the general and fox). Despite their limited screen time, I seem to understand and feel their love and was sadden when they did not end up together. The second couple, I wouldn't care less. Despite that, all the actors and actresses as a whole did a beautiful job portraying their characters with the limited screen time they have.
Another thing I would applaud is the CGI, especially for the attention to the environment. It really added the fantasy into this xanxia drama. The Demon relam and the immortal relam awed me in addition to all the effects of the powers used within each episode.
Not sure if I will rewatch this show again, but I feel it was worth it for me to go all the way to the end to find out how Tantai Jin will change his fate.

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Beautiful drama!

Excellent! Bai lu and Luo Yunxi never disappoint!

The plot is interesting and the cast is excellent! Luo Yunxi is amazing as TTJ and the devil. He is plays each role so different and looks amazing. Such screen presence! Bai Lu is so beautiful in this and acting is excellent. She is one of the few actresses that can portray cute without being infantile and annoying. The second female Sun Zhenni is so beautiful and perfectly portrayed the seductive fox demon. Chemistry between the main cast is excellent all around! The costumes, makeup, hair, sets, cast are all so beautiful.

Must watch! This and Lost You Forever are my top 2 dramas this year!

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What a waste of potential

It's disheartening to see that this tv show had the potential to be among the greatest in the genre. But,...

While the writer(s) had great ideas obviously, they struggled to put them onto the screen in a manner that would be visually and emotionally pleasing, especially in the first 25 episodes, those could have been condensed into 10 or even fewer, resulting in a significantly improved viewing experience in my opinion.

*** SOME SPOILERS AHEAD ***
Establishing a strong connection between the audience and the main characters is usually achieved through the gradual development of chemistry between the two leads. Unfortunately, due to a lot of misunderstandings and sufferings, going back and forth many times, repetitiveness, particularly in the early stages but even later on in the show, this bond between the characters felt almost non-existent to me, it felt like it's there only to satisfy purpose of the plot, not real genuine romance.
I understand that these choices were driven by the demands of the story, but they should have done it in a much better way.

There are many plot holes, lazy writing, characters are mostly one dimensional without real depth, some parts felt so unnecessary dragged, like the first half of the show, and some felt rushed esp. towards the end, un-logical time jumps (they are mortals but they live for 500 years without aging a bit, Yue Ya was a child but after 500y she is still teenager) and so on.
*** THE END OF THE SPOILERS ***

Story: 6.0
I have a feeling that It's as if the writer initially conceived the ending of the story, the last ten episodes in particular which are the best part of the show, and then added the remaining parts of the narrative to fit around that initial great idea. Unfortunately, they didn't manage to execute it in the most effective manner.
Even though few parts were amazing but because overall feeling, 6 is the highest I can give.

Acting: 8.0
Main leads did a good job with the given material and the others were pretty convincing too.

Music: 7.0
Music is ok.

Re-watch: 1.0
Once is enough.

Conclusion:
It's shame to see such untapped potential. A skilled storyteller and director could have worked wonders with the material, turning it into a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the show's narrative structure and execution became a missed opportunity to create something truly remarkable.

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MOST MASTERPIECE XIANXIA DRAMA OF THE YEAR

First of all i wanna this is really worth it to watch. Yepp this a basic Xianxia drama but after you watch it you will know it diffrent. We can see how the Demon God become the crueless it start to when he is powerless human in mortal and the pain he felt since birth. His birth is the destruction of the 3 realms. Then Li Susu which is the time traveler to 500 years that when the Demon God still powerless human. Li Susu when to Ye Xiwu bodies and she is general daughter. The storyline is so angsty and good if you read the novel it more angsty and full of pain. Also the cinematography make me wooo this so amazing. Then their Hanfu in every eps make me become so interest. Their ost is so good too i can feel the pain through the music. And the main reason i watch cause Bailu and Luo Yunxi chemistry is everything. Their chemistry drive me crazy, they doesn't look like acting. Overall it worth the pain to watch this drama. This drama is my top 1 st drama of the yearr

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Overrated drama

When I watch a good drama I usually tend to watch episodes after episodes and I have to discipline myself not to watch the whole drama in 2 days ! Nothing like this watching "Till the end of the Moon". Quite the opposite! I had to force myself to go to the end of the show after watching the first twenty episodes.

The show starts rather well and we know that we are going to enjoy watching Bai Lu and Luo Yun Xi acting together with talent and good chemistry. We really want to know if the Devil-Lord-to-be will fall in love and feel human emotions. We thing we are going to watch a really good love story. But suddenly the story stops and a new story comes to us. And then a third story comes to us ! Of course everything is linked but I really disliked it. Moreover, I do not like to be watered with the blood that actors spit several times per episode, I do not like the free masochism that we have to endure in love stories where finally nothing is tangible. The 3 last episodes were all messed up and seemed never ending. We were shown hell and nirvana and redemption I guess. Maybe we have to be Asian to understand and appreciate what was supposed to be a rather happy ending.

This love story is disappointing. There is no doubt about Tantai Jin's feelings but nothing is certain about the heroine. She wants to stop Tantai Jin becoming the Devil Lord but for ulterior reasons than love. We are given to see too little idyllic moments between the two lovers, it's hard believing in an authentic love story.

What was interesting to watch ? Acting. Luo Yun Xi is a brilliant devil and very skilled actor. Sometimes his makeup was too noticeable, making him appear a bit ridiculous.
What else ? Outfits. Some outfits and clothes were just gorgeous. They sublimated the actors and actresses.
Is that all ? Scenaries and sets. Some were really nice.
What about the tracks ?The soundtrack was typical of this type of drama. Nothing original.

In summary ? Drama overrated.

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