MTH, I honestly feel so sorry for you. You’ve had such a difficult life and had to survive on your own. Sure,…
But trust me, if you had been capable of doing everything from the first few episodes, people would still complain that you had no character development because there was nothing left for you to develop. You would already be a superwoman out of nowhere.
You had to earn a living, study countless books and survive entirely on your own. So who exactly was supposed to teach you martial arts when the story clearly tells us you had no one to rely on? Were you supposed to buy a martial arts manual and train yourself in your free time? 😂
Thank God I’m not the FL in a Chinese drama because that life looks absolutely exhausting 😭 Just dealing with my daily job already sucks the life out of me 😓
MTH, I honestly feel so sorry for you. You’ve had such a difficult life and had to survive on your own. Sure, you’re intelligent and capable of passing the imperial exam, but apparently that still isn’t enough! You’re supposed to be a scholar with both exceptional intelligence and martial arts skills as the female general because being saved by the ML apparently means you’re completely incapable of standing on your own. And now, even though you’re finally asking the Emperor to teach you martial arts halfway through the story, no, that still isn’t enough. According to some people, your character development is simply far too slow. Why weren’t you already a perfect superwoman within the first few episodes, Meng Tinghui? You’ve truly disappointed all those people whose lives are apparently too short to wait for proper character development 😭 You know, a FL must be unbelievably strong in every possible way from intelligence to martial arts or else everything she has endured in life is somehow considered flat and boring. WOW!
As a huge fan of the dense and deep storytelling in Story of Yanxi Palace and The Double, I had incredibly high…
Life is too short to keep watching a drama that makes you suffer just because things didn’t go your way in the first 6 out of 32 episodes.
So many things have already happened, yet when the drama becomes dramatic, you still complain about that too. Honestly, if only six episodes are enough to make you this miserable, maybe it’s better to move on and find something that actually makes you happy😅
Looking at it positively, compared with K-dramas that release only one or two episodes a week, getting one or two episodes a day is definitely much better 😂
Who is the screenwriter? I dare you to give me any bullcrap open ending. Overdo has already traumatized me enough…
The screenwriter and production team are different from those of Overdo. The director is the only one who is the same.
I still don’t understand why Overdo's production team and screenwriter handled ZLH and WCR’s drama that way. It was such a waste of one of the most handsome and beautiful pairings. It wasn’t the actors’ fault at all, I just don’t understand how the investors and production team came up with the idea of making the drama like that.
This is the best thing about following CZY, many of his dramas may not have much hype but the stories are usually good. I’m rarely disappointed after watching his dramas.
LOL Mango is the only platform showing its actual view count and the drama has already reached 1 billion views on the Mango China app. I’m still not sure whether that number reflects real views because it feels way too high to me 😂 But a 0.5% rating during satellite TV prime time isn’t bad at all. Anyway, let’s just enjoy the show. The story keeps getting more interesting with each episode 😉
To everyone who complained about MTH’s character development saying she was only book-smart, had no fighting…
I’ll say it again, the screen writer did a really good job with this drama (For now). And apparently, the novel’s author is also involved in the script, as someone mentioned below.
The visuals also keep getting better as the episodes go on. Even though the production clearly didn’t have a huge budget, it still doesn’t look too choppy. The costumes aren’t overly elaborate or particularly outstanding but they don’t look cheap either and they suit all the characters really well.
People always complain as if every drama needs a huge budget for every single aspect. This drama clearly doesn’t have that kind of budget, I think it still looks pretty good considering what they had to work with.
To everyone who complained about MTH’s character development saying she was only book-smart, had no fighting skills and always needed the Emperor to save her whenever she got into trouble.
After going through so many hardships, MTH finally realizes that she needs to become stronger. She asks the Emperor to teach her swordsmanship so she can defend herself instead of always waiting for someone to save her. And the Emperor is quietly there for her, as always, ready to accept her request and patiently teach her.
If this isn’t character development, then I honestly don’t know what people are looking for. It was such a beautiful moment between our leads.
Some people are just too impatient to let the story flow naturally. Judging everything before it even happens makes me realize how much people rush toward the destination instead of enjoying the journey.
Our leads have such a genuine and beautifully developed relationship. Their romance isn’t rushed with forced kisses or steamy scenes from the beginning. The ML waits for her and expresses his feelings through his actions rather than empty words or unnecessary kisses.
If you’re only watching for those kinds of scenes, then maybe this drama simply isn’t for you. There are plenty of other dramas out there that offer exactly that.
Ep15 was everything 😭😭 I was crying tears of happiness for our FL. That episode was so satisfying ML…
I agree with you about the scriptwriter. So far, there haven’t been any major issues with a messy plot. Even though the drama deals with court politics and serious matters, the scriptwriter still manages to include funny moments without making them feel awkward or out of place.
When the story gets serious, it feels genuinely intense and heavy. But when it becomes funny or heartwarming, it still feels natural and never forced.
And Yuan’s agency is as useless as usual 😂 The drama reached 2 million reservations, besides the official drama account posting a poster, ZJY’s studio posted one too while Yuan’s studio did absolutely nothing.
I don’t know how CZY has survived in the C-ent industry with an agency like this and the way iQiyi treats him 😂
It was really just a problem with that drama. SWL and ZJY’s drama on MG which aired before it, had a proper air-date announcement and really good promotion in advance. I was on Weibo at the time and I saw LFY or Wild Dog Bone(chinese name) trending almost every day, both before and after it aired.
I remember from the novel Tilan remains physically blind. Is the drama making a lot of changes? She seems to have…
Yes, she’s blind in this drama too, but not all the time. I’m not sure how they’ll handle it in the actual drama but based on the trailer, she doesn’t seem to be blind for most of the story.
What sets this drama apart is that every character and potential romantic pairing is interesting, not just the…
Yeah! The momentum between all of them is really good too. I think the scriptwriter did a great job bringing every character into the story naturally. None of them feels forced, and they all contribute to the drama’s progression.
Everyone hates on poor Fu Zhi 😓 If only they got a better voice for her– the current one pisses me off
I feel like many of the comments here are actually positive about her. They gave her such a high-pitched voice to emphasize her cheerful personality but from what we’ve seen, it really wasn’t necessary. She’s already cute, funny and cheerful without sounding so loud and noisy. But when you think about real life, we all have that one loud friend who’s still so much fun to hang out with, right? She makes the drama feel much more lively. And in MTH’s life, FZ is such a precious friend.
I have a little hope that they won’t randomly drop the drama like CZY’s current one lol and that we’ll actually get proper promotion and an announced air date.
Just look at Xiao Ding’s drama, they announced the air date almost a week in advance?
You had to earn a living, study countless books and survive entirely on your own. So who exactly was supposed to teach you martial arts when the story clearly tells us you had no one to rely on? Were you supposed to buy a martial arts manual and train yourself in your free time? 😂
Thank God I’m not the FL in a Chinese drama because that life looks absolutely exhausting 😭 Just dealing with my daily job already sucks the life out of me 😓
You’re supposed to be a scholar with both exceptional intelligence and martial arts skills as the female general because being saved by the ML apparently means you’re completely incapable of standing on your own. And now, even though you’re finally asking the Emperor to teach you martial arts halfway through the story, no, that still isn’t enough. According to some people, your character development is simply far too slow.
Why weren’t you already a perfect superwoman within the first few episodes, Meng Tinghui? You’ve truly disappointed all those people whose lives are apparently too short to wait for proper character development 😭
You know, a FL must be unbelievably strong in every possible way from intelligence to martial arts or else everything she has endured in life is somehow considered flat and boring. WOW!
So many things have already happened, yet when the drama becomes dramatic, you still complain about that too. Honestly, if only six episodes are enough to make you this miserable, maybe it’s better to move on and find something that actually makes you happy😅
I haven’t seen many zombies in C-dramas before 😅
I think the drama will end next week, so you can just wait until then and binge-watch the whole thing.
The director is the only one who is the same.
I still don’t understand why Overdo's production team and screenwriter handled ZLH and WCR’s drama that way. It was such a waste of one of the most handsome and beautiful pairings.
It wasn’t the actors’ fault at all, I just don’t understand how the investors and production team came up with the idea of making the drama like that.
I’m rarely disappointed after watching his dramas.
Anyway, let’s just enjoy the show. The story keeps getting more interesting with each episode 😉
And apparently, the novel’s author is also involved in the script, as someone mentioned below.
The visuals also keep getting better as the episodes go on. Even though the production clearly didn’t have a huge budget, it still doesn’t look too choppy.
The costumes aren’t overly elaborate or particularly outstanding but they don’t look cheap either and they suit all the characters really well.
People always complain as if every drama needs a huge budget for every single aspect.
This drama clearly doesn’t have that kind of budget, I think it still looks pretty good considering what they had to work with.
After going through so many hardships, MTH finally realizes that she needs to become stronger. She asks the Emperor to teach her swordsmanship so she can defend herself instead of always waiting for someone to save her. And the Emperor is quietly there for her, as always, ready to accept her request and patiently teach her.
If this isn’t character development, then I honestly don’t know what people are looking for.
It was such a beautiful moment between our leads.
Some people are just too impatient to let the story flow naturally. Judging everything before it even happens makes me realize how much people rush toward the destination instead of enjoying the journey.
Our leads have such a genuine and beautifully developed relationship.
Their romance isn’t rushed with forced kisses or steamy scenes from the beginning.
The ML waits for her and expresses his feelings through his actions rather than empty words or unnecessary kisses.
If you’re only watching for those kinds of scenes, then maybe this drama simply isn’t for you.
There are plenty of other dramas out there that offer exactly that.
When the story gets serious, it feels genuinely intense and heavy. But when it becomes funny or heartwarming, it still feels natural and never forced.
I don’t know how CZY has survived in the C-ent industry with an agency like this and the way iQiyi treats him 😂
SWL and ZJY’s drama on MG which aired before it, had a proper air-date announcement and really good promotion in advance.
I was on Weibo at the time and I saw LFY or Wild Dog Bone(chinese name) trending almost every day, both before and after it aired.
I’m not sure how they’ll handle it in the actual drama but based on the trailer, she doesn’t seem to be blind for most of the story.
I think the scriptwriter did a great job bringing every character into the story naturally. None of them feels forced, and they all contribute to the drama’s progression.
They gave her such a high-pitched voice to emphasize her cheerful personality but from what we’ve seen, it really wasn’t necessary. She’s already cute, funny and cheerful without sounding so loud and noisy.
But when you think about real life, we all have that one loud friend who’s still so much fun to hang out with, right? She makes the drama feel much more lively. And in MTH’s life, FZ is such a precious friend.
Just look at Xiao Ding’s drama, they announced the air date almost a week in advance?