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Agreed. At first I thought the twist was dumb but ended up loving how it recontextualized the emotional truths of the different characters. Unique and memorable storytelling, but ultimately flawed. I don't think I could stand to rewatch it - there was a lot of narrative bulk about "let's understand and appreciate the elderly" and side stories that felt unnecessary with later context. Wish they had kept it more focused on the main family melodrama.

Just finished An Ancient Love Song and now I have a favorite cdrama director. Perfect direction

Some 2026 vertical dramas that don't have MDL listings yet...

Gu Jin / Poison, ML : Yang Ze, FL : Cao Saiya, my rating: 7.0

Gu. Se Liao Ren / Captivating Gu Toxicity, ML: Jin Chao, FL: Qi Xiaxia, my rating : 6.5

Has 月老劝合我劝分 (The Matchmaker Urges Reconciliation, I Urge Separation) with Cui Yiliang and Yang Ze been released yet?

Don't even care what the story is. I will watch this pair in anything

Decent premise but there were so many neverending dialogue scenes that just repeated the info you already knew over and over. They could have fit a lot more plot in this if someone had bothered to edit the script. Even the role reversal stuff was bland. I got bored.

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Great final line! Some similar character dynamics to love beyond the grave, but I preferred the softer, scholarly vibes of this one a bit more. Instead of obsessed ghosts and generals, this one is divine trees and local government.

Lots of people are gonna disagree, but I liked the ending. This was fine but forgettable...until that ending

YZ is very pretty in this one (demonically so? 😂)

Oh yeah this one is definitely worth watching. Fun to see YZ getting to wave a few red flags for once.

The ending is happy. The ML and FL end up together.

Interesting. When you take a green flag character and you squeeze him so hard a bunch of red flags pop out of him but when you stop squeezing they all retract below the surface leaving a pure cinnamon roll again. Is there a better name for that trope? A stress ball red flag? Always amusing.

This ☝️. Watching her for the first time right now in Family of 3 Same Class and she is impressing me so much I had to immediately pause and check her MDL. She is great.

He and his character are what make this entire drama work! I adore him playing the villain

He is the MVP of Ashes to Crown

Loved the basic concept but the female lead was such an absolute uncharming airhead of a character I couldn't take anymore and dropped it about 30 minutes in

Omg I think you are right! I just assumed his voice was replaced because so many others were. Yay!

Help please! 🙏 Does anyone know who did the voice acting for Xiao Xun? I swear I recognize that voice from somewhere and it is amazing. I need a name so i can hear more

Is that his actual voice in Ashes to Crown? Cause I am really enjoying listening to his line delivery

This is definitely well-made, but I didn't connect with the characters much. ❤️❤️❤️ those The Killer is Also Romantic cameos though - adorbs