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I've been shipping them since Song Hye Kyo divorced

Pachinko Season 2 nabbed two Emmy award nominations:

- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)

- Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour).

Congratulations to the production team!

Guardians of the Dafeng tops Yunhe Total Effective Views for the first half of 2025.
https://x.com/Allcbizmelons/status/1940355828017778847

Congratulations, GOTD team!

I don't read Chinese so I get Yunhe info from https://x.com/cdramacharts. Maybe he can tell you where he gets his info? Looking forward to more good news about GOTD 😊

in Yunhe, the average playback volume during the hot broadcast period is 46.26 million views per episode. It's the first cdrama to accumulate at least 2 billion views in 2025, including its 4 day take in 2024, having started on 12/28/2024.

Congrats, Guardians of the Dafeng, for getting the TOP 1 Yunhe Total Effective Views in the first half of 2025 with 1.93 billion views 🥰
https://x.com/Allcbizmelons/status/1940355828017778847

Congratulations, too, to Dylan Wang for Xu Qian reaching a 700k single day heat value for a drama character 🥰
https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/1940354316629578175

Wow, GOTD has been played 4 billion times! 'Wonder if this includes piracy sites. The official viewership number is over 2 billion views for the broadcast period including the 4 days in 2024.

Advertisers are putting their reputation on the line, so it behooves them to make sure they choose the best models for their products. They also have resources to do the necessary research, so prudent advertisers would try to get as real data as they can get. For example, I bet LV, Yadea and Chagee have their own research teams, not depending on Yunhe, Kuyun, Maoyan, Datawin, Vlinkage and similar charts alone.

Yup, there were many reports about his denial. Here is an example:
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/shows-dramas/20250312/new-revelations-fuel-controversy-between-kim-soo-hyun-and-late-kim-sae-ron

"At the time, his agency Gold Medalist denied the dating rumors, saying, 'We have no idea what her intentions were.'"

Black comments against GOTD are again circulating in social media, apparently because it's still topping the charts, such as for the longest ad-duration, triggering some people's envy. It's truly tiresome. Don't people have better things to do with their lives than spread negativity? Can’t people just be happy with their favorite dramas and leave GOTD alone? Can’t they drop their ENVY?

Sharing a twitter post about Didi's currently-filming drama that also applies to GOTD:
"... these people, unable to find real flaws, were making things up, spreading rumors just to satisfy their dark thoughts."

https://x.com/peachblossom300/status/1930969015180231009

You can tell a classic by how multi-dimensional the characters are. Take Lin An for example. It's understandable that she's spoiled - she's young, with a mother who doesn't seem to make an effort to understand her, a brother who does seem to care for her but is painfully insecure of his position in court, a formidable half-sister who she's been compared with throughout her young life and a father who only likes her because she's not political. But when she was tested with her cousin Ping Yang's case, she showed her mettle. And how she grew! She was the only royal who stood up to her father in the highly sensitive Chuzhou case. And for this, I forgive any youthful shenanigans she engaged in at the start. Growth is what I admire most in characters, which is why I avoid judging a character or drama until I've watched it fully.

I agree 👍

If it’s proven that this is a set-up, ksh’s team would look much worse than Saeron’s. The former would look evil while the latter would look gullible. I’d much rather be gullible than evil.

I also normally don’t like the mistaken identity trope. But in this case, due to the playful nature of both Xu Qian and Lin An, I found it amusing and looked forward to the unveiling. And I was not disappointed. The revelation was a riot 😁 I don’t mind characters being disappointed with each other. In real life, being able to handle disappointments in relationships strengthens the bond.

He learns Princess Lin An's real identity in ep 18. Personally, I thought it was funny and reveals something of Lin An's personality which, actually, is not unlike Xu Qian's - they're both naughty and have a lot of growing up to do which they do.

Over 4.3 million viewers on Tencent have rated GOTD and, with a rating of 9.2, GOTD is now the 2nd highest-rated male-lead-centric drama in Tencent's history, with the #1 spot barely ahead by a mere 0.1. Unlike Douban that allows even those who have not watched dramas to rate them, Tencent only allows those who have watched at least 20 minutes of dramas to rate them.
https://x.com/WangHediFolder/status/1919686339009605974/

Among its glorious achievements, it's the only 2025 cdrama so far that has exceeded 2 billion views on Yunhe and Kuyun. It has the longest total ad duration in cdrama history in all platforms.

Similar vibes here. For a long time, I considered Nirvana in Fire to be the best cdrama I've watched, but I have a new "best" now. While I still think no cdrama can beat NIF in its political sting, GOTD is much more entertaining - funnier, warmer, more romantic, more passionate, more heartbreaking and the political intrigues are competitive with NIF. Even if there's no season2, I'm delighted knowing an ancient realm named Dafeng where transmigrant Yang Ling became Xu Qian and had fantastic adventures.

Congrats, Dylan Wang, for being the new brand spokesperson for Gatorade! 🥰

Princess Lin An is far from unnecessary. Without her, the drama would have ended early and tragically - she saved Xu Qian's life. She's as annoying as Orchid in Love Between Fairy and Devil whose fake cuteness and baby voice almost stopped me from finishing the drama. But both grow on you eventually and their characters grow wonderfully in the end. Lin An adds color to Xu Qian's life. I enjoyed their romantic scenes very much.

Please see my post above