Anyone else feel the FL is a bit miscast? Nothing against the actress, but I just can't shake the feeling that her looks don't fit. I keep imagining Bai Lu instead of her. There is something similar in their mannerism, or maybe Bai Lu played a lot of characters like this. Or maybe she and the sister's actress switched, Li Yi Tong looks very much fit to the sister's character.
How "youthful" is this drama? I'm interested because of the lead actors and the good score, but I usually find it hard to relate to dramas that are aimed for teenage audience
Also I'm surprised to see people here calling the ML red flag. He had low EQ but was like 95 % green flag, and Viki commenters mostly agreed that the FL didn't deserve him.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched…
Thank you for the update! I agree it would have been better shorter. I think limiting dramas to 40 eps max is the only good decision Chinese censors have made :D Maybe part of why I love this drama is also because I had not seen as many dramas then as I have now, but it's not only that. Just a couple of days ago I once again read the prologue in the original novel and cried my eyes out - as I do every time I read it. We also seem to have a bit different taste, since I dropped The Double after 15 eps, and I haven't even been tempted to try Blossoms in Adversity. Recent historical dramas that I liked are Legend of Shen Li, Story of Kunning Palace and The Princess Royal. All of them the new 40 eps limit so not so much extra side plots :D
I love this drama! It’s not for people who are looking for boyfriend material, or for other reasons want to see perfect people making perfect choices. But if you are like me just want to see an entertaining drama with lots of big emotions and funny moments, don’t hesitate! The first episode can make a wrong impression, because the high schoolers had a lot of screen time, but later they are only small side characters.
I just finished this and it was pretty entertaining. The rom-com part was funny (I'm into absurd comedy) and I liked the FL. Especially when she was acting all shameless with the ML in front of the annoying people. The crime plot was okay too, and drama raised some serious questions about life in Thailand. Is it really that terrible for poor women? I liked that even when the bad guy was like really really bad, the character was not one-dimensional, he had full background etc. I did not care about ep 13 that other people in the comments are talking about, I mean it's a thai lakorn after all, but what annoyed me was how that one person's hired sniper tried to kill and they got zero repercussion. Everyone was just like they just got a little overboard and did it out of love. C'moon! And yeah, the kisses were not good.
I'm reading the novel right now and I have to say this is a super faithful adaptation. I'm half way through and far the only difference I have noticed is that the Demon Emperor is man in the novel.
It's funny how this comment section is full of praise and part 2's comment section is full of complaints :) Well this did start off really strong and then went downhill when they went to mortal world. One thing that always bugged me was the casting of Yu Mo. I think they should have chosen someone with boyish looks for that, round face and young looking. The leads fit their roles very well but Yu Mo always looked wrong to me.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched…
I'd also like to add that this drama is the reason it's hard for me to drop dramas. Because if I saw this later in my life I might have dropped it and would have seriously missed out, because the latter part makes it one of my favorite dramas and I have also read the novel multiple times. But rewatching it's better also because I can skip all the boring sideplots etc.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched…
Here are some milestones: EP8 ML is born, it's somewhat more interesting than the first part but still a little meh EP11 FL and ML meet, still a little meh to my taste EP19 they change locations (trying not to spoil) and I would say this is when it starts to get interesting, or at least the angst is high. Starting from this ep it's the original novels prologue, all other stuff before that was just flashbacks in the novel and also the prologue is short originally so this part includes flashback and added stuff too. EP29 FL gets back and this is when the original novel starts and this is also the part where I usually start my rewatch. But of course this has a lot of stuff that has deeper meaning if you know all the stuff from before.
So as you see, with this drama a lot of patience might be needed - of course depending on your taste. If you keep getting bored maybe try to fast forward until EP19 to get the general idea of what's going on and then normal watching from that point on.
EP8 ML is born, it's somewhat more interesting than the first part but still a little meh
EP11 FL and ML meet, still a little meh to my taste
EP19 they change locations (trying not to spoil) and I would say this is when it starts to get interesting, or at least the angst is high. Starting from this ep it's the original novels prologue, all other stuff before that was just flashbacks in the novel and also the prologue is short originally so this part includes flashback and added stuff too.
EP29 FL gets back and this is when the original novel starts and this is also the part where I usually start my rewatch. But of course this has a lot of stuff that has deeper meaning if you know all the stuff from before.
So as you see, with this drama a lot of patience might be needed - of course depending on your taste. If you keep getting bored maybe try to fast forward until EP19 to get the general idea of what's going on and then normal watching from that point on.