Knavery

The leads are good together. Chi Lan has a ton of colorful outfits. The crown prince is an interesting side character.

This has more of a plot and story that does better than say The Starry Love but not by that much. I enjoyed it about the same I would say.

But I think so far the theme in early 2023 with Chinese historical & fantasy dramas is that they have interesting characters but I'm struggling with the stories and wishing they would have a better story or explore more of the story.

This is one where the characters are really well written with a strong cast but the story and plot are not done very well.

I just started but the audio on Viki is horrible. Is this standard audio even on other platforms? This isn't a criticism of the actors or actresses or their voice actors if they have any... everything feels quiet and turning up the volume doesn't really help me. It still feels quiet.

I think it's interesting to keep things at a relatively low level, a county/state/region level through the first 5 episodes. No princes or kings or emperors (at least not yet). It will be interesting to see where they take this.

Dang. It ends just when it gets interesting. They rushed a lot into those last 2 episodes. I hope season 2 brings back the cast but knowing Chinese dramas a bunch of characters potentially even the main ones will be different.

It was fun. Over the top silliness at times but that's fine with me.

I think it started to go off the rails a bit towards the end but as someone who hasn't watched many KDramas in recent years, I enjoyed this one and would recommend it.

I will agree it was predictable though.

Finished it recently. It's pretty good but the romance was a bit awkward and done poorly. I think the show wasn't too sure where to be. Also the Dan princess(?) and the 5th brother were awesome. It's too bad one of the two or both had a 'no kissing' clause. The hugs were obvious.

I enjoyed it. It's a good comedy.

Thanks for the heads up, unfortunately looks like a closed website but I'll keep an eye out.

One of the stronger 24 episode historicals in recent memory. Funny moments, sad moments. Good cast. I liked the little sister of the male lead.

I don't see it on the coming soon list but this happened a while ago. I really hope it's not cancelled or caught up in some sort of Chinese government censorship hell.

I wish I could find a DVD or a high quality version to download. If anyone finds a torrent or download or ebay dvd or something let me know.

The instrumental part of the OST is still the most amazing I have listened to in literally any drama. It does such a great job of setting the mood and complimenting the actors. Concept is an amazing one but execution is poor. But despite the poor execution by the writing & directing teams... this drama put Kim Hye Yoon as one of the best young actresses in Korea as far as I'm concerned.

It's a concept that's been done before especially in Taiwanese dramas but I've liked it so I'll check this out.

I think I'll give it a go. I saw it on WeTV but had other things I wanted to watch. If it's funny and the leads are good I'll keep going.

Looks funny. I'm a little wary it might be too over the top though

I didn't realize it was 4 minute episodes. The Viki cut is decent but the episode timer here explains why sometimes scene to scene things felt a bit jarring.

I liked the leads and in particular the female lead. I hope they get more roles.

The Viki cut of 26 minutes per episode makes this alright but now I understand why some of the cuts between scenes felt so extreme. 4 minute episodes.

The cast is pretty good. I hope they can get full length dramas.

Story is weak. Performances aren't particularly strong. The female lead has this cute look going for her and if she works I think she'll be a good actor. The male lead was stone faced, boring but maybe that's what he was told to be.

It's okay but if you find it boring it doesn't get much better.

The first lets say ~12 episodes the female lead is pretty brutal towards the male lead and despite this the male lead makes it hard to be sympathetic for him.

But if you can manage past that slog you'll get to a better place where they trust and rely on each other. They have some surprisingly mature conversations. Their friends tip them off if the female lead or male lead is struggling or needs reassurance.

The drama isn't super strong by any means and those first 12 episodes are rough. But once you move past that it's decent.