Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2 (2022)

Great Drama

Finally, Love Like The Galaxy has released all of its 56 episodes. I was praying that it will give me a good ending and waited with abated breath until I watched the final episodes. I am glad it hasn't disappointed! It has a good ending!!! Technically speaking the drama ended in episode 48, but because they want to play out the romance bit, they dragged the drama on for a reconciliation of ending... It may have worked really well in the novel, but it's not quite effective for a drama it should have just ended with 50 episodes. But like I said before it's still a good ending and has made the drama that much more enjoyable to watch, On the whole, it's one of the best Dramas I have seen this year so far and also in a long time.

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Came watching this thinking it's gonna be a romance...T.T still fun to watch though

The first 15 to 20 episodes were pretty fun and interesting; however, as cheng shaoshang enters the palace, i just started to lose interest. I liked seeing the mother's character growth--she is probably one of the most three-dimensional characters in this show--but I wished her change in character towards niao niao was a bit more obvious before the five year time jump.
Also, WHY DIDN'T THEY EVEN SHOW THE WEDDING T.T 56 episodes and all for nothing TTT.TTT It's alright though...The show was still enjoyable, and I think the lack of kiss/intimate scenes made me cherish the main couple's relationship even more. :)

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A bit too much political drama, a bit too little romance - only slight hints at spoilers

I was slightly disappointed with Part 2 of this amazing series. After finishing Part 1, I immediately jumped on Part 2, hoping to get a bit more fluff from the main leads' relationship. But unfortunately, I did not get such satisfaction.

The plot of the series remains to be spectacular, with numerous twists, and exploring difficult themes such as death and betrayal. And the political bit of the series was captivating, with ML seeking revenge, and the involvement of many other high-ranking officials as well. I love how the King, Queen and Royal Consort, always remains to be supporters of LingBuYi and ChengShaoShang, especially loving CSS's relationship with the Queen. I was missing scenes of CSS with her family, as she mainly stays in the palace for training, but this was redeemed with the Queen acting as her mother.

While ML and FL do have their sweet moments, they have always lacked communication. And this issue was never resolved, even until the end of the series. I felt that the ending of the series was too shocking, and let me down quite a bit, as I did not expect such a thing to happen, nor did I want to see such a short reconciliation. Both leads had ideals and beliefs that were too conflicting, even basically opposites, and this conflict was never resolved between them, with neither of them seen to reach a compromise. This leads to a worrying question - if a similar situation arises, won't that mean a certain break-off of their relationship?

While binging all 56eps have certainly kept me on my toes, and I did not feel bored even after finishing the series. I thought the sweetness of the romance was quite lacking. Although romance may not have been the only main focus, it should've been more elevated. And communication should've been established between ML and FL, with mutual trust, which was sadly sorely lacking in their relationship.

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Good show!

If you're looking for a fast paste romance or a wuxia/xianxia type of of drama, then this show is not for you. This drama has nothing to do with magic, gods/goddess, forbidden love, curse, and reincarnation (multiples of lifetime love). It's pretty much a historical drama where you'll see regular fighting, family problems, politics, and of course romance. Not going to lie, this IS a slow burn romance drama and if slow burn romance drama is not your type, don't force yourself to watch it and waste your time. My opinion on this drama, it's a decent drama. Something I'll re-watch again after it's completely aired. It has it's own unique style of writing and storyline. I don't really care much about music so I don't mind the lack of music. Every actors/actresses has portry their part of the characters really well. I'm really glad that the director and script writer decided to stick to the original novel as much as possible. You don't see people doing that in today's entertainment. Usually the story has changed completely or there's too many changes that it becomes even more confusing than the original. I've seen many video clips of the bts and I'm very impressed by how hard the lead couple have work. They might come off as stiff for some of you but, remember that's how the characters itself is like in the original. I have nothing bad to say about this drama. The only bad part about it is the long wait for it's aired episodes. Anyway, we all have our own taste in dramas so please don't be mean and respect each others opinions and respect the drama and crew members, everyone has worked very hard. Thank you for reading my review! Happy drama!

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Dumpster fire

Season 1 left off on a positive note with a promise of a lot of future character development. Unfortunately, season 2 did not develop said development.

Niao Niao (NN) was portrayed as an abused and neglected teenager who learned how to navigate life with her intelligence and ingenuity. Unfortunately, this intelligence and ingenuity was left in season 1. In season 2, we didn't actually see the thought process behind her ingenuity. She liked to build things. But we never saw her build anything. We only saw the finished product. On look, she built a small cross bow. Oh look, she can do a deep tissue massage. Oh look, she can improve farming equipment. What? How? We never saw her learn how to do anything. For someone who did not actually enjoy learning, it remains a mystery how NN achieved these tremendous heights.

When it came to character development, there was no character development moving forward. We knew NN was an intelligent and independent free thinker. But, there was nothing intelligent about her in this season. She was actually quite self-absorbed. Ling Buyi was a total package. He had the power and influence. He was a warrior general in charge of an army. And he was head over heels in love with her. She was previously concerned about missing out on a good husband, yet her bitching about him supposedly "oppressing" her because he cared too much was legendary. He was a bit too over-protective but he did nothing in bad faith. She agreed to marry him and then told him to his face that she wanted him out because he kept giving her unsolicited advice. Apparently, for someone who cared about boundaries, having a conversation about setting boundaries was out of the question. I didn't even know why he was in love with her at that point. In season 1 she was intelligent, courageous, quick-thinking. In this season, she was stubborn, unreasonable, and self-absorbed. All the qualities that made her interesting were gone.

Instead of giving her the transformation she needed, the writers arbitrarily decided to give NN unearned princess treatment. She quickly became the new palace darling who could do no wrong. Everything she said was gold. Everything she cooked was delicious. Everything she made was awesome. Everything was handed to her without her making any effort to earn it. The most ridiculous thing was that her teenage wisdom was completely unquestioned. Basically NN: I am only 15, but let me teach you about life.

She stuck her nose into everything and always had something to say, which quickly became very annoying. When Ling Buyi asked her not to interfere in palace politics because it was literally bad for her health, she made it all about him trying to control her for the Nth time. The emperor and empress seemed to have replaced her parents, which was a stupid plot development because her entire character rested on the premise of her parents abandoning her. There were so many scenes where NN could reconcile with her parents, particularly her mother. For example, mom bringing her a blanket could've led to an honest heart-to-heart conversation. Instead, we got the usual scene where NN asked mom an uncomfortable question, mom looked away, NN walked off. Later on, the writers made her parents virtually non-existent. Her entire time at the palace was spent cozying up to the empress as her new mom, instead of receiving lessons and moving on with her life. Even the lessons were just a pretext to create more drama for the sake of drama, which contributed nothing to NN's character development. It would've been way more interesting to have her learn to navigate through conflict using her intelligence to outsmart her enemies, making friends and allies, and then winning using her brain. Instead, she either went to the emperor to complain or poured dirt on someone because she was "vindictive". Her vindictiveness made her look just as bitchy as those spoiled brats who bullied her in the first place.

NN's relationship with Ling Buyi was also very confusing. There was a very sweet moment at the empress' birthday party where she drank from the same cup as him because the wine tasted "better" that way, and then she gave him a kiss. They looked very much in love. But, as soon as he found out she was pushed into a lake, we were back to square one how he was oppressing her and how she was "afraid" of him ... because he wanted her to confide in him? The writers never made it clear why NN was afraid of him. He was always nice to her. And now apparently every bad thing that happened to her in the palace was his fault. Huh? "I've always been like this! Why must you force me to change?" How dare he ask her questions about being bullied. Seriously, who decided this was good character development? She was absolutely insufferable.

Yet, everyone loved her and she could do no wrong. The writers couldn't have made her more mary sue level boring together with her perpetually constipated looking fiancé with no personality. (And there was still no wedding date!) Even the freaken canning of Ling Buyi was instigated by the emperor to make NN finally act on her feelings for him. *barf* Everyone literally became an NN simp. Speaking of Ling Buyi, he had a whole of two expressions in the entire drama - constipated and more constipated. This was some of the worst acting I've seen in a c-drama. Even for a stoic, no nonsense character, there should've been times for him to inadvertently show emotion for a person he cared about.

This show had such tremendous potential, and it was completely wasted on martyrization of the main character, turning her into a perfect princess, while making everyone else continuously kiss her princessey arse without her actually deserving it. What a waste of time.

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The BEST i've seen so far!!!

Im an avid fan of Kdrama, Thai, Turkish, Pinoy and i even tried watching Japanese and Taiwanese series before. But not interested on CDrama until i saw Lusi in Oh! My Emperor ( i accidentally saw a clip on YT while searching for new kdrama). Now im addicted to LLTG and i love slowburn romance...all i think about is this drama series, even at work. This is a masterpiece.., actors are really good if not great. LLTG is a complete treat..romance, comedy, action, family, politics, etc. ...everything about this drama is wonderful and the chemistry of WULU is INSANE. WL and ZLS are match made in heaven. Plus the three ML's are awesomely goodlooking( LY follows her, YS annoys her and LBY/HWS protects her..hahaha)..Im for LBY all the way. Gosh, he's over protective, inlove and crazy just about anything and everything about CSS...It's a delight watching them together.
Im not like this before, i don't watch drama unless it's finished..but this one is an exception. I even subscribed on WeTV just for this. Can't wait to be Tuesday all the time for new episodes. Manifesting for this drama series to win awards and thankful to all who made this drama possible. Enjoy watching!!! xoxo

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Coming of age

This is a story of a girl becoming a woman, and of the man who was the catalyst to her awakening. Insightful scriptwriting, incredible directing and highly competent acting. I’ve gone back to the first episode 3 times now, and still discovering insights into the characters which give us a profound understanding of their actions in later episode. I’m glad I didn’t binge watch on this but was able to experience the story telling.

I must say the support characters are so good, their treatment in the script and direction so well done that we see a story unfold not just a show. No one outshone anyone; they were all moving in sync that it flows naturally.

You can see the careful way they director created the drama. The eye for details, the change in pace when it’s romantic, the colours and views!

The music added to the emotions and never distracted. The costumes and settings helped create the mood but did steal the focus from the characters.

This is one drama I wish would have 100 episodes. I want to see not just the leads’ story but the supporting cast as well.

I love the leads- the changes in their expressions, the subtle acting… it’s wasn’t just their faces or voices that were emoting but also their body language.

The only think I had a hard time with was having to read the subs while trying to see the emotions and everything.

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Loved the twists & ups and downs

LIKE

I remembered Yuan Shan Jian had another two nicknames, one being Yuan Shan Bian and the other one super hilarious - he said it himself when Zi Sheng was punishing criminals

When Empress Xuan and Consort Yue Fei understood each other - the conversation they had was touching

I'm satisfied with Shao Shang's decision that made the person who hurt her suffered for five years - if it's me I will never forgive

DISLIKE

The path Zi Sheng chose at end before he...

When Empress Xuan confronted Zi Sheng and he confessed

MUSIC - personal fav

星河叹 Xing He Tan - 黄龄 Huang Ling

REWATCH VALUE

I have re-watched at least once

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The first part was a bit slow, but the second part was so good. The plot was interesting and the battle scene so good. The scene where he takes revenge and kill to avenge his family was amazingly done. The acting was on point and the ending was beautiful.

I cried when the empress died, it was so sad. The emperor was funny and I love the relationship between the emperor and empress with the leads.
The plot twist were also good.

The only minus is that they did not give us their wedding ahah and their kissing scene were not good in my opinion but the chemistry was great.

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