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I think he is good in costume dramas, liked both leads in Who Rules the World.
Two wuxia C dramas that I liked from start to end was The Moon Brightens for You & Who Rules the World. Both of them have interesting story line more action, less frustrating scenarios, characters don't act foolish or suffer like in classic wuxia.
As for this drama, The series reimagines the stories from the classic novel The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (also known as The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants), He serves as the head bodyguard to the incorruptible judge Bao Zheng and was famously dubbed the "Imperial Cat" by the Emperor, so investigation also part of story not just fighting.

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils protag might be the strongest character, yet he suffers a lot, female characters are always in danger as well in wuxia genre.
No use blaming the actor's character for being weak, wuxia genre like to torture and cause suffering to leads, journey to greatness filled with suffering for such leads.

Interesting KR show, never thought would enjoy watching this, watched till the latest episodes and enjoyed it, thought would drop it after first death of ZEZTZ but still picked it up and continued and decided to watch till end.

In C dramas becoming human, suffering, enduring humiliation, sacrifice, having no power or losing power as story progress, lead emperor can't have concubines when real life emperors except one, everyone had more than one wife, even the Tang empress had harem. Another popular scenario Lead emperor give up his throne so he can be loyal to FL and enjoy life while having no issue giving up empire to characters who are weaker and not good at ruling etc. found in almost every c dramas.
There are many superior cultivation novel/donghuas, but c dramas prefer novels where frustrating elements are its peak. Some of superiror cultivation donghuas
Mushen Ji – Tales of Herding Gods (There is Chinese mini drama version), Dadao Duxing: Die Long Bian, Xuan Jie Zhi Men, 100,000 Years of Refining Qi (Drama Short version exist), Bai Lian Cheng Shen – Apotheosis, Wan Jie Du Zun – Ten Thousand Worlds, Zhe Tian – Shrouding the Heavens, Wu shen zhu zai – Martial Master, Xian Ni – Renegade Immortal, Yong Sheng: Shi Nian Zhi Yue – Immortality, Guangyin Zhi Wai – Beyond Time’s Gaze, Legend of Xianwu – Xianwu Emperor, Cang Yuan Tu – The Demon Hunter, Shen Mu – Tomb of Fallen Gods, Jian Lai – Sword of Coming, Shixiong A Shixiong – Big Brother(C drama version upcoming), Yu Ling Shi – Spirit Master, A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality, Shi Fang Wu Sheng – The Invincible, Yi Nian Yong Heng – A Will Eternal, The Emperor of Myriad Realms, Xian Mu – Tomb of Fallen Immortal(B movie version available on IQIYI), Wan Jie Shen Zhu – Lord of The Universe. All of them are interesting cultivation stories with no or less frustrating parts.
Also even this drama story is different from novel, heard in novel he is trying to become stronger. Maybe what the drama want to say is being human is the greatest thing ever.

The Killing of Three Thousand Crows (Shared Universe) is also from the same author of A moment but Forever, same for this drama as well. All three are novels from Shi Si Lang.
https://www.novelupdates.com/nauthor/shi-si-lang/

Information regarding war demons was given in the first episode intro, like they were cursed, bridge is broken etc., listening to that again might help, else the story has to progress more.

Show is good, presentation of story is done well and not boring despite thinking this would be a slow burn.

50–100 episodes K dramas really test once patience, some rare occasions there are good ones as well.

It's Gavan Sentai, they are going with teamwork thing from sentai

This show lead character has few similarities with Ore Monogatari lead character, strong character who is kind but misunderstood by others and gets in trouble, both fall in love, one is good-looking another is a tall, gorilla-esque man that looks intimidating despite his kind heart.

Can you blame them for this kind of behavior?
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has profoundly altered the character of the Chinese people by systematically dismantling traditional values, enforcing ideological conformity, and fostering a culture of fear and distrust through campaigns like the
Cultural Revolution and re-education programs. By destroying the "Four Olds" (old customs, culture, habits, and ideas), the CCP replaced Confucian, Buddhist, and familial loyalty with absolute allegiance to the party, often forcing individuals to denounce, betray, or attack family, friends, and teachers.
One actor got cancelled for taking a photo during a vacation & the scandal even pushed his mother almost near suicide. Also, even if innocent one can't explain things well it would become hard for them.
In her case she gets hate for her acting, so any incident will be like they were waiting for something to happen.
The below part has nothing to do with the article above, just mentioning CCP are no saints.
Searching internet one can find many interesting things like this
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influences its citizens to act as the primary engines of "cancel culture" against celebrities, transforming what might elsewhere be fan-driven gossip into a top-down, nationalist political campaign.
By cultivating a nationalistic, and morally conservative public, the CCP ensures that netizens police celebrities for perceived political or moral transgressions, strengthening the Party’s control over public discourse.
Cultural Revolution part can be found in the drama 3 Body Problem (Netflix) it's not US propaganda since it's made by Netflix, it's in the novel as well.
The Cultural Revolution in The Three-Body Problem (1966–1976) acts as the brutal catalyst for the entire series, depicting the violent persecution of intellectuals by Red Guards. It drives astrophysicist Ye Wenjie to lose faith in humanity after witnessing her father’s murder, leading her to invite the Trisolaran alien civilization to intervene on Earth.
Another interesting part
Xi Jinping and his family were direct victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) internal purges and chaotic political movements, specifically during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). While this history of suffering might have suggested a more moderate leader, analysts say these experiences shaped his resolve to consolidate power and ensure the Party's survival at all costs.
Only mentioned CCP has strong control over its citizens, never said China is bad, people can be good or bad but in the case of China there is a CCP factor that might have messed up some people's personality & character.

Sadly yes, but maybe in this case with her personality she won't be happy after finding out, there is another issue of what her parents did, most likely it will be shown as parents meant well. How will defending her in court and solving that issue help her forget what her parents did, if they meant well they should have discussed with her & explained things before asking her to drop it, there is also the case of MLs nephew, will she also get forgiven just like that. Hope the drama deals with all this in a better way than what they usually do.

But when she learns about the reason for him coming, she won't be that happy even if she acknowledges his good intention.

She is annoying, but there can be people with that kind of personality or even worse.

Rurouni Kenshin series was good live action.
Yes, City hunter JC film depends on the viewer, if they expect a perfect City hunter they won't get it.

I don't like Avengers, but marvel did well in creating a cinematic universe, but after Endgame it's not that great, the film has a reduced story quality from the novel/webtoon but still it's not bad as a film, have seen worse. Live action of Bleach & Fullmetal Alchemist were a joke. I liked the Korean version of Illang: The Wolf Brigade because the anime ending was very depressing.
Most don't like Jackie Chan version of City Hunter, but I liked it, but the anime is infinite times better plus the French version of City Hunter did justice to the manga/anime, new City hunter live action came close.

He meant the novel he read in it core was its weakness, even with the upgrade the weakness remains, when situation changed they have to adapt, I don't think in the novel he read it was mentioned he would be a player as well, once he became player he uses his knowledge, so like he mentioned he is sort of a prophet in that world as he knows everything that is going to happen, when changes happen he adapts plus it's a story of course he will have his own plot armor to save him in every situation.

Webtoon was better, but if watch the film with an open mind it's not bad, first time viewers might enjoy it more i.e. those who have not read novel or the webtoon.
At least this is better than Attack of the titans live action, it will be hard to make live action based on this story, The Shining film is different from the novel even the writer hates it, but it's well received, sometimes a film can be made and done well even if it's different from the source material, person doing that must be very good at such thing plus the cast should work their magic as well.

Legend of Fu Yao, Legend of Fei, General and I, The Legend of Zhuohua, Kill My Sins, The Story of Ming Lan.
Chinese costume dramas featuring intelligent, resourceful female leads (FL) who run businesses, navigate trade, or manage family finances while maneuvering in historical settings.
Blossoms in Adversity, A Dream of Splendor, Brocade Odyssey, The Sword and the Brocade, The Story of Pearl Girl, Flourished Peony, My Heroic Husband (2021), Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017), The Lady in Butcher's House (2022), Jiu Liu Overlord (2020).

Go for Fangs of Fortune, watch this only if interested in the genre, this has nothing new to offer, very similar to c dramas of similar storylines.
I found The Legend of Zhuohua infinite times better than Glory, both shows are Female Centric but had no issue finishing The Legend of Zhuohua.