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Great Journey for a Great Queen
This is not a simple drama.., it’s a journey full of emotionsanger , joy , sadness, satisfaction , tension
Can be your greatest historical drama depends on what you enjoy most.., for me I dont have problem call it my favorite historical drama since it contains all the elements I love in a single drama
great story with a sorrowful tone and them, top tier political thriller and power struggles.., great characters in an upheaval times that understands what they are doing
has one of the greatest villains ever “Misil” and its followers
facing the best character in the whole show “Deokman” we’ve seen her youth until her last breath
tho the drama has dramatic liberties for some characters but that doesn’t change how realistic the drama was
every episode carries emotion with it until you feel sad that you’re going to finish it one day
this kind of feeling tells you how great the drama to you was
my favorite characters :
1- Deokman
2- misil
3- kim yu sin
4- Bidam
there are also many good characters like misaeng , munno , chun chu and his mother
seolwan and all misil children , jukbang and all the hwarang
literally all the characters
if you love politics and wars with a touch of melodrama then this is it
“the best”
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Deep And Complex
This is probably my favorite modern drama ever.. as you can see all take the 10s rate for meI tried to find something I didn’t like but just couldn’t.., it’s purely well-done and written drama from the story, characters, writing, lore, direction and so on
I was entertained from the start to finish, not a single drop of boredom
I loved the characters and how complex they are and how the writer was trying to relay a message through the characters hardship in a emotional way
this is not a makjang drama to me .., I have seen people call it makjang or light makjang but I refuse this statement
it’s a complex story written in a witty style with a very good characters that understands their worth in the world
I thought the direction the drama would take was 1V1 female rivalry like all the makjang stories but i was completely shocked by the results and fall in love with it
“the best”
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Best Romantic-action Xianxia ever?
The best xianixa in a long time.., This drama delivered in all its aspects from Romance, action, politics, plot twists, fights and even musicThe acting is so refreshing especially The leads
ming Yi and Ji bozai are the best couple in 2025 Cdramas without a single doubt
it’s a great show that makes you want to watch the next episode every time
I honestly don’t have any negative things about it
perfect score for me
“entering my top list”
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War
This drama will hook you up with its intense War of money and chaebol successionthe drama started with a weird flow of storytelling.., you almost feel there’s inconsistency in between events
especially the first 5-6 episodes
then it started to pick up..,
i am not exaggerating this drama can be your favorite drama ever or your worst ever
you know why? because the screenwriter “park kyung so” is a master of toying with one’s emotions
he will make you nervous, excited, angry and all emotions throughout the story
he’s good at writing morally ambiguous characters especially the leads
and all the three main leads are so good that you will cheer on them all for winning the Battle
I sided with the male lead at first (Go so) then at the end wanted the female lead to win so bad
the ending is controversial but I loved it
“so intense”
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enjoyable
I have a love/hate relationship with this drama but in a good way.., I don’t hate it because it’s bad or something.., but because it started so intimidating politically so I thought we are ahead with a great political dramathen boom the surprise, everything changed by episode 5-6 when Xu feng(protagonist) started his “journey to cultivate” where he will become a better version of himself and challenges the upheaval world
so the shift in tone from politics to journey caught me off guard
still didn’t change how entertaining the show was from the beginning until the end
I love the world and the characters so much
like literally all the characters are insanely good and lovable ,, how they interact, help love,hate each other was so good
the show has politics(tho little) , schemes and mind games, fighting scenes (so good) , power shifting and betrayal etc
it’s just unique, I haven’t watched something like it
and if anyone thinks it’s similar to joy of life then sorry you clearly haven’t watched both of them and don’t understand the difference between them
because they are not similar at all except for some characters and how they interact
both have that “witty” style
Anyway I am in love with “jiang ni” , she’s my favorite
way better than “lin wan” of joy of life
“waiting for season 2”
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No more injustices
Unbelievable truly unbelievable, what a great story and well written piece of work from the beginning to the middle until the endthis drama is almost like a novel or a narration of stories
it deals with different timelines of one big story that begins in 2006 and finishes at 2023
the villain is one of the best villains in kdrama history…, he’s the center and the hero who started everything then goes down the hill and slowly falling apart
the detective and the reporter dynamic and chemistry is just so good ..,
Watch it without hesitation
“underrated man”
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The definition of “Uniqueness”
Small cast, smart writing, witty, good charactersa drama about a college student that hates criminals with all her heart and tries to punishing them to satisfy that hatred and void her loneliness ,, facing a high profile inspector that tries to catch her
no mystery, no suspense, no flashy things
only wide open confrontation between the two leads
I loved how kyung only loves two people in the drama her auntie and the inspector
she really loved them and that’s where it creates the tension between the leads
and how she’s really lonely even in her crimes, she doesn’t have any team, system, plan to support her
only depends on herself
i wish there’s second season
“enjoyable”
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Suffocating political battle
This drama is insanely well-written and made, rarely you see a historical drama with the 12-16 number episodes that its main focus is the intense battle between the characters, because most of the time only the long ones that focus on all ends from politics, fights, power struggles, romance etc.but this drama has it all from political tensions to Power struggles with a passion and yearning love that being tested throughout the story
The writer park pil joo is what impresses me most because his only focus before writing bloody heart was only romance+family dramas with many melodrama elements in it
his comeback with a historical story that focuses on the intense back and forth between the characters away from his usual writing is really interesting
and I am looking forward to his future works
I think there are 4 main roles here not three as suggested up there
The King(lee joon) , Lady park(kang han na) ,minister park(jang hyuk) (Queen dowager(park ji yeon)
these four played their roles too well that sometimes I feel it’s too real to be considered acting especially park ji yeon
we urge korean writers to step up and write more historical 12-16 episodes like this one
“loved it”
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