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dead lilies

Sapporo, Hokkaido

dead lilies

Sapporo, Hokkaido
Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang chinese drama review
Completed
Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang
3 people found this review helpful
by dead lilies
Aug 15, 2022
27 of 27 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

28 Episodes in 1 Hour

Every episode spans 2 minutes. The entire series will take 56 minutes of your life. The subbing quality for this is disastrous. Much like all the other extra-short chinese series out there, this one also looked like it was ran through an auto translator and subbing mixer. I wish I could sub this for people who can't understand Chinese but want to watch it.

The premise for the drama is a little special. It reminds me of Ooku: The Inner Chambers, where gender roles were reversed. Instead of the usual Emperor or Crown Prince in historical dramas having a harem, this drama tells the tale of the Princess Royal - the elder sister of the reigning emperor, having a little harem of her own. And of course she falls in love with the one who joins her harem with a motive.

Like the others have said before me, it's not a deep drama. There's no intricate plot that urges you to analyse every situation to keep yourself afloat. There are, however, the usual tropes - heartbreaking moments, and sexy moments, of which I couldn't get enough.

There was a weird moment in the final episode between the emperor and the main rival of the male lead. It just came out of nowhere, like a badly rushed "second pairing".

This is a drama to waste your life on if you have nothing else to do for just an hour.
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