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It's nowhere near "fluffy". There's still tons of angst, misunderstandings between the leads and emotional rollercoaster. The darkness of the ML has been slightly toned down and there is (obviously) not the same amount of torture as in the novel. There are a few sweet moments, but you're going to need a truckload of tissues.
The acting is brilliant, costumes are awesome and the CGI is breathtaking.

😂 😂 😂 What happened? Didn't you get the memo about being prepared for 🖤🗡️ 💔 and tons of angst?

Just in case anyone was wondering, here's the synopsis for this one (MTL):

The drama mainly tells the story of the heroine, Yun Ruoyue, a modern doctor who travels through time, and the story of mutual achievement and redemption with Chu Xuanchen, the former prince of the "First God of War" of Chu. The god of war is "killing" and the doctor is "salvation". The "angel in white" redeemed the "lonely brave prince".

So yet more transmigration BS....
I will give this one a miss.

I don't think so, I don't know the Mulan novel, but in this one there is no mention of Hua Liuli leading troops into battle. Yes, she has high martial arts skills, but she tries to hide them as much as possible. This novel concentrates more on her romantic relationship with the CP and the relationships between the people at court.
The drama is similar in that there are only very brief battle-scenes, mainly as flashbacks.

Yes, the sound fails about once or twice in every episode. By now 23/24 episodes should be available with subs on YT.

That's a typical problem with machine translation... sometimes the double negative in the original turns the translation into the opposite of what the author wanted to say. Even though this translation officially isn't a machine translation it still has the style of an MTL with minimal editing.

Same here. I became a fan of TCM some 30 years ago when I suffered from whiplash migraine. The pain was gone within one session of ear acupuncture and the "magician" told me about a number of other health problems that I had at the time that I hadn't even mentioned just by taking the pulse and looking at the tongue. I was deeply impressed and did some TCM training (with focus on herbal recipes) to learn some of that magic myself. I don't practice it, but it is still very useful when searching for the root cause of any health complaint.

I think you may have misunderstood me... I have no hate for YXW. (I usually reserve my hate for those really annoying stalker-type characters) She makes a decision based on what she thinks is right. I was merely questioning the logic behind her decision.

Well, technically, he hasn't killed her family, yet.
It's the eternal conundrum of all time-travel dramas: would you kill baby-Hitler or spare him because it's just a baby?
For me there is a logical problem with the whole "must kill TTJ". If the future can be changed by her killing TTJ, why can't the future be changed by him becoming a different/better person? The "evil bone" argument seems to be a very lazy answer to the question whether the future is pre-determined or not.

I was referring to the one between JinMing and the stargazer. Their bickering makes them so adorable! 😂
With the second one you mean the FL's brother and the doctor? I'm only on ep. 18, so right now this is still quite discreet.

Thanks! that trailer looks a lot more interesting than the one posted above (even without understanding anything...).

There usually are a lot of complaints about the damsel in distress trope, especially when the FL trips over her own feet every episode.
Most people are sick and tired of the childish/helpless FL it's just the writers that seem unable to let go.

What is this, Four weddings and a Funeral??

The little bromance in this is so cute! It feels like an unexpected bonus that comes in addition to the strong female characters.

Yes, and the Emperor seems obsessed with his loneliness 😂😂😂 which is how the machine translates 孤 gū (pronoun used by the monarch instead of I or me).
This is like solving a linguistic cross-word puzzle while watching a show. I love the brain-training!!! 🧠 🧠

Oohohoh, that nod and single eye-brow action! I don't even need subtitles to understand what he's saying...

The level of details obtained by pulse diagnosis is obviously exaggerated in these dramas, but you would be amazed how much a TCM doctor can tell by just taking your pulse.
There are three distinct points on each wrists where the pulse is taken withe each point representing an organ system (liver, heart, kidney, etc.). There are roughly 30 different pulse qualities (i.e. full, hollow, choppy, flat,wiry, etc.) which can be determined for each point. All diseases (and symptoms) are linked to a very specific organ and pulse state, so if, for example a person has a full, wiry pulse at the liver point this can indicate that this person suffers from frequent headaches, dream-disturbed sleep and irritability.
While taking the the pulse the physician can do a facial diagnosis at the same time which can help to further confirm the pulse diagnosis.
So in many cases, talking to the patient (although part of the classic diagnosis) may not be so important.

In that case, brace yourself. He also sings... 😂

Just do what I usually do: ignore the comments, watch the first three episodes, form your own opinion and make a decision whether to continue or to drop.

Mango is on a mission to make us all learn Chinese 😂😂😂