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There are two inconsistent scenes in first episode. The first, when, in emperor's presence, Xiao Jun didn't realize that the person there wasn't his comrade-in-arms, but someone else. I haven't read the novel, but from synopsis—"a gentle-looking female general"—Xiao Jun, even in complete distress, would have realized that he wasn't in the presence of his comrade-in-arms, He Yan. But now, thinking about it another way, his reaction, cutting off the mask, may have had to do with his desperation at not identifying his friend in that figure...
The second inconsistency has to do with the entire fight, injuries, and He Yan's fall. Director and screenwriters should at least have respected the laws of verisimilitude necessary for all narratives (except for fantasy dramas...) a little more.
Song Yi Meng, thank you for explaining everything!

Thank you for responding. Of course, we all have our opinions. I like the original "Go Princess Go" more than its Korean version, "Mr. Queen." And we also disagree about Li Yitong's performance. But it was good to interact and express our opinions. All the best!

To be fair, "Mr. Queen" doesn't present any original concepts, nor should ADWAD be compared to this K-drama. ADWAD should be compared to the 2015 Chinese original drama "Go Princess Go." Although underfunded and with new actors, "Go Princess Go" was a breath of fresh air in terms of plot, characters, chaotic comedy, and pacing. It was a success. Five years later, Koreans made a "proper" and "professional" version of this drama. But credit should ALWAYS be given to the originals, regardless of the country, not just when the originals are Korean!
And sorry to disagree, Li Yitong did very, very well here! Her character is "anachronistic," contemporary, without as many restrictions as those of previous centuries, she makes "very 21st-century" jokes and comments, she's fun, and she doesn't worry about being balanced or feminine...

he Koreans made a "proper" version of this drama five years later, in 2020. Go Princess Go, despite having limited resources and new actors, was a success, a chaotic and crazy drama with a different proposal.

But this is the original drama! A drama made with very few resources, yet still crazy and different and a hit. So crazy and different that the Koreans made a "proper" version five years later!

It's on the YouTube channel of drama's producer: 柠萌影视官方频道 Linmon Media Official Channel -欢迎订阅-, which also produced A dream within a dream and My Boss.

Wan Peng deserved much more recognition and opportunities because she's a great actress, with charisma and a comedic flair that few Chinese actresses possess. Furthermore, her dramas introduced cdramas to a large international audience, who haven't forgotten her and have a special affection for her (Tencent benefited greatly from her...). I wish her and all her fellow actors, director, and the entire crew much success with this drama.

Thank you for your reply, and I understand—your viewing experience was "Family by Choice." Maybe you haven't even seen "Go Ahead."
In youth and school Chinese dramaland, there are so many memorable mothers: courageous, fighting, loving, frustrated, cold...! Ling Xiao's own mother is a striking character: dissatisfied, consumed by grief and guilt over her daughter's death, and unable to accept it, choosing, in her selfishness, to accuse her son—a mentally ill but somewhat controlled woman. In the Korean version, Kim San-ha's mother is a flat, poorly constructed character.
I apologize for my comments sometimes being too "assertive." I look at Asian entertainment from the outside, because I'm European. Perhaps that's why I seek out a lot of information and am quite sensitive to aspects like "originality," who made it first, who deserves recognition, "cultural identities and narratives," and "accurate, reliable information." I confess that I always side with the "originals" who have no power, and I "fight" for them if, for example, they are accused of copying their versions—which is what often happens with "Go Ahead," which was accused of copying "Family by Choice."
We live in a world where everything is plagiarized and where authorship is not respected, or where copyright is paid, but, in a way, they forget to refer to the original work. These copyrights are only respected if the authors are from dominant countries or with powerful entertainment. Furthermore, it is the public itself that associates originality with dominant entertainment, disregarding real authors.
I confess I get very indignant! My trademark is writing comments defending the originals.

All the dramatic references in "Our Generation" are from cdrama universe: "Go Ahead"/"Flourish in Time"/"A River Runs Through it".,"When I Fly towards You",...
Dialogue and parallels are drawn from this tradition of youth and school cdrama; hence, the portrayal of Jiang Qiao Xi's mother establishes a connection with Ling Xiao's mother from "Go Ahead", the original Chinese drama. "Family by Choice" is a Korean version of the original cdrama, so we can't place it in this Chinese youth and school universe.

"Extraordinary You," a 2019 Kdrama, may have been surprising in the closed Kdrama's world, but it didn't bring anything new to the transmigration's theme internationally: many decades before this Kdrama's premiere, there had already been American and European films with this theme, and in the Chinese drama's world, transmigration plots were being explored in early 2000. For example, Cdrama "Scarlet Heart" (步步惊心, l) premiered in 2011, "Go Princess Go" (太子妃升职记) premieredin 2015, "Oh my Emperor", in 2018. Koreans, later, made adaptations of the first two, which became biggest hits, as had already happened with the original dramas in China and other Asian countries. We can quickly prove this by finding, on YouTube, dozens of Chinese dramas about transmigration. We don't even need to look very hard. Forgive me for this comment, but there's a tendency to consider Kdramas as original and perfect, nothing can match them. Yes, they're excellent entertainment that sells its product very well, but they're not phenomenal. Therefore, we shouldn't forget that many of their biggest hits are versions of or based on original Chinese, Japanese, and Western works. Unfortunately, Kdrama fandom (I'm talking about people who only watch Kdramas and don't know anything else) goes so far as to fill the comments section of original dramas accusing them of being copies, copies!!! of their Korean versions. They don't even look at the premiere/release dates of the videos..

I'm having a lot of fun with this drama! Honestly, even in suffering and crying scenes I laugh! Liu Yu Ning is so funny with those tearful eyes expressing sadness and suffering, Li Yi Tong is one of the most practical and hasty FLs in her actions and judgments that I know, she's all "kick the ball and move on". And honestly, all this criticism of FL means actress is doing a great job - how dare she be so "common person", so hasty and insensitive to the hero?!

Sorry, I deleted my comment because I saw that you had already included A Journey to Love and I didn't see your response.

Our protagonist, a superhero with second protagonist vibes, "tem lágima fácil", cries easily, always with teary eyes, a socially and romantically misunderstood person, without any recognition. He is really funny when he puts on that suffering's air! I'm sorry, I laughed so much!

I really liked "Are you the one".

These are really different opinions. And each of us is free to express our opinion, based on the arguments that we consider, more technical or more emotional.
As for Chinese historical and fantasy dramas in general, I disagree - there are many underrated ones that have quality and some of the most creative plots of Asian historical dramas. It is no coincidence that the two biggest hits of historical kdramas are remakes of two original cdramas: Mr Queen is a version of the cdrama Go Go Princess Go (2015); Moon Lovers is a version of the cdrama Scarlet Heart (2011), also based on a Chinese novel. But there seems to be a tradition of negative stereotypes regarding cdramas. Even if people watch few cdramas or none at all, they still generalize and criticize negatively, especially kdrama fans.

It was my pleasure!

A confused screenwriter, three storytellers whose proposals don't help, one of the most elaborate accidental kisses in dramaland, Ding Yu XI's microexpressions, clichés deconstruction , language's anachronisms ... Neither this drama nor its characters are annoying!
In my opinion, this drama is underrated (in fact, many cdramas are more than underrated, their real originality and quality are not recognized as they deserve).
"The romance of tiger and rose" (2020), a low-budget drama, has an original and critical proposal, with a lot of humor: a really bad screenwriter, who ends up trapped in her own script and realizes that her initial writing didn't make sense; this protagonist is in a way one of us, a special walking member of the audience who watches the drama, comments on it and tries to change it. We fall in love with the characters, and the chemistry between protagonists is excellent!
It's such a good drama! And there's nothing annoying about it!

I don't want to be controversial, but sometimes I don't understand dramas ranking on Viki. A while ago, I read a comment on the app itself, in which a person accused Viki of favoring its original dramas, placing them in popularity positions that they didn't have. I remembered this, when I saw that for days "The Prisoner of Beauty" had twice as many daily comments and many more pages, with a shorter broadcast time, than the drama that was in first place, which had premiered 2-3 weeks earlier and had a lot of negative reviews. Now, I accept "The Prisoner of Beauty" is not in 1st place, but a few days ago I didn't understand it... Yes, I know modern Korean dramas, and even historical ones, are much more popular than cdramas, no matter the quality, but I still found it strange, because normally on Viki the drama with the most daily comments is the one that is in 1st place

May I also suggest some Chinese dramas of this type?
In addition to "Go Go Princess Go" (2015) and "Scarlet Heart " (2011) which Koreans have made versions of ("Mr Queen" and "Moon Lovers"), there are many, many Chinese transmigration dramas, for all tastes and times - dramas with episodes of 45 to 7 minutes, long and short dramas, horizontal and vertical. Normal dramas: "The Romance of Tiger and Rose" (very good), "Joy of Life," 1 and 2, more focused on adventure. Minidramas or slightly longer (not vertical): "The Little Wife Of The General" (I got hit by a car and woke up inside a comic); "My Chubby Queen"; "The Queen System" (An actress was reborn and promoted to become the empress); "Please Don't Spoil Me"; "The Queen of Attack"; "My Fairy Doctor"; "My Poison Lover"; "Come On My Sweetheart"... All these dramas can be seen on Youtube and many of them are very pleasant surprises. And of course there are dozens of vertical dramas with this kind of plot.

I've just read some of your comments on this drama and people's responses to those comments, and I don't think they consider you a hater, they're simply making arguments, defending their opinion as you defend yours. Besides, we all need to pay attention to what we write, how we write it (and also check if we're misunderstood sometimes)...