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Resolving the Destructive & Never-ending Family Affairs | A Masterclass in Writer Manipulation 101

"Everything in the world that repels each other can live in harmony too. If you want to find an antidote, you must go to the place where the poison grows." - Wang Youheng

NOTE: This is the longest review I've written since I started leaving reviews here on MDL. I poured my all into this. Phew! Haha!

For the record, I just wanted to say that it was quite a challenge to watch this show, particularly the opening arc and the climax. That being said, to maintain a logical order, I will address the opening arc first, followed by the upsetting and tiring repetition in the plot, and conclude with my thoughts on the climax, denouement, and ending combined.

Although the story opened strongly—successfully introducing the main leads, the dynamics of the Lian household, and the series' "game" mechanics—the narrative stumbled by dedicating nearly half its time to the ML's (Shen Nuo) solo missions. To me, this prematurely derailed what could have been an excellent foundation for the leads' chemistry. Given the title and theme, the writers should have allowed him to assimilate into farm and family life first, establishing his role within the household and the story while forming a genuine connection with the female lead. Instead, he acted entirely on his own whims to fulfill his mission, even resorting to clever tricks—like manipulating the children—to avoid his chores. While some viewers might find this entertaining, I found it to be plain laziness. Truly annoying! Furthermore, this narrative choice introduced a host of other issues into the plot.

• First, the farm theme of the story wasn't fully highlighted because the ML's side quests tended to always steal half the screen time of each episode.

• Second, the story's focus was split into two parts: the chaos within the Lian household, and whatever mission Shen Nuo was doing. It felt like I was watching two different shows in one drama because his mission simply did not align with the current plot.

• Third, it became extra hard to connect with and attach myself to the ML because he himself felt detached and distant. He was always preoccupied with his mission and frequently half-assed his farm work, which made him annoying to watch.

• Fourth, the chemistry between the leads became hard to establish and invest in because he simply wasn't putting in the energy to begin with. I read the synopsis, so I was aware that he was written as a mysterious, tsundere character, but dang, his character was assassinated early in the story because aside from the fact that his aura didn't exude chemistry, his actions didn't show it either. What's worse was how he used the female lead (Lian Man'er) to toy with the 2nd male lead's (Wang Youheng) feelings to make him jealous.

This is exactly why, during the first 10 episodes of the show, viewing them as the "supposed" main leads became challenging, simply because the male lead failed to bring any romantic energy to the table. To make matters worse, the story slowly fumbled and grew increasingly frustrating as it progressed, due to the never-ending treachery and backstabbing occurrences within the Lian household. This exhausting cycle brings me to the next point of my review.

Honestly, I don't know whether to feel relieved that I can finally vent about the Lian family plotline, or furious because I have to relive the sheer amount of frustration and anger I accumulated while watching it. *Sighs*

The proverb "charity begins at home" serves as a powerful reminder that a person's upbringing and moral foundation depend entirely on their home life. When parents instill strong values early on, children possess a steadfast moral compass to ground them, no matter how chaotic or challenging the real world becomes. Unfortunately, this vital moral grounding was entirely absent within the Lian household—with the sole exception of Lian Shouxin, the youngest son, and his family (the 3rd branch in the Lian Household).

At first, I felt really proud of Lian Man'er when she said she had no problem dealing with all the family issues in the game. I figured she must have been so used to dealing with them in the real world, given that she also comes from a broken family. However, learning how intense and severe the situation actually was within the Lian household made me feel sad and full of pity for her instead. Imagine dealing with a hundredfold version of the family issues you have back in the real world. Just how excruciating and suffocating must it have been for her? Not to mention, the same "taking advantage of and scheming against one another" plot kept happening like a broken record. What a traumatic experience she suffered. 😭

Right off the bat, let me declare that this is the most chaotically dysfunctional household I have ever encountered in C-dramaland. They are a family that never prays together, yet desperately tries to stick together—a supposed family that isn't "family-ing" at all.

I know this might sound like an exaggeration, but I completely lost hope in this entire "family" thing they were so frantically trying to establish right before the show reached its first half. Whenever I expected that they had finally learned their lessons and would, for the love of God, change, I would then be shocked in the next episode by how well-prepared they were to stab one another in the back once again. It was endless—an infinite loop of events that kept happening over and over and over again. It dragged both the plot and the Lian family down into the mud, completely beyond salvation. They were a true disappointment!

This is precisely why the "family splitting" arc is my absolute favorite plotline. First, it brought the immense relief of finally escaping the pointless, childish rivalry of the Lian household. Second, it introduced Lian Man'er’s maternal side—the Zhang family—who were such an awesome bunch of people. They are the true definition of what a family should be.

However, everything felt short-lived after they successfully split from the family, because even though they were finally divided and living their own lives, the Lian household still never failed to create trouble for them out of mere spite and jealousy. They were unstoppable! Despite being given countless chances, they still managed to fuck up by repeating the same mistakes every single time. Gosh! Which is why I was extremely disgusted by how hard the story tried to redeem the unredeemable, immoral Lian household. Can't the writers just give up on them? I know they wanted to embody the core value of "staying together through thick and thin," but the more I watched this drama's repetitive plot sequence, the more my patience wore thin. And as it continued, it arrived at a point where I was on the brink of snapping. Grr!

This raises the question: Just how much lower can her paternal family drag her down?

Furthermore, just when I thought we were only dealing with Lian Man'er's grandmother, uncles, and their wives, here comes her equally, if not more, vile cousin named Lian Hua'er. She was a shameless, ungrateful, hypocritical, and totally two-faced bitch! Lian Man'er should have never rescued her from that ghost marriage/widow-burning wedding. Thinking about it, she was practically involved in, if not the mastermind behind, 90% of the ordeals the main leads faced. Without her, we could have enjoyed a much lighter and more entertaining show. I was even overjoyed when she was married off, thinking that we were finally getting rid of one vile schemer in the family. Little did I know, her reach knew no bounds as she became even more wicked after she finally obtained wealth.

It was truly sickening to watch the script scramble to whitewash and trivialize the family's atrocious acts. The writers constantly tried to suggest these people possessed some hidden conscience—even after they had inflicted catastrophic, irreparable damage without showing an ounce of genuine remorse. It was incredibly frustrating; I could practically combust just thinking about it. A toxic crab mentality is what ultimately poisoned and destroyed this family from within. No matter how hard the story tried to manufacture unearned harmony at the end, I just will not buy it. NEVER.

Finally, looking at the last three episodes—the combination of climax, resolution, and ending—I am left with nothing but aggravating fury. Where do I even begin?

The last three episodes (Episodes 24–26) are where I truly lost every single ounce of patience I had stored up for this drama—especially during the climax. The number of times I was baffled and infuriated by how utterly careless and indecisive the FL (Lian Man'er) suddenly became is beyond my mental capacity. Considering that she was in high-risk situations, shouldn't she have been more cautious? Most of the dangers she faced during those episodes could have been 100% avoided if she had only worked with the utmost caution and rationality. I myself feel exhausted from my rants, so let me just say that the climax of the story was ultimately ruined by the writers' agenda of squeezing more 'drama' into the scenes—to make them more dramatic... which unfortunately backfired heavily as it suddenly stripped the female lead of her rational thinking, turning the climax into a cliché, anticlimactic downfall.

In regard to the denouement or resolution, God as my witness, I have lost count of how many times I rolled my eyes while exhaling heavily to suppress my pent-up anger and keep myself from totally lashing out. If I were to describe this entire part of the story in a single word, it would be FAKE! Instead of genuinely apologizing and repenting, Lian Hua'er and her mother, Madam Gu, still have the audacity to guilt-trip and blame the Lian family for their demise. Good grief! I refuse to squeeze any more juice out of my brain just to describe how brazenly unapologetic and shameless they literally are. Even how their entire cognitive process works puzzles me.

My hatred for them was so deeply rooted that even playing sad background music when it was announced to the family that their eldest son (Lian Shouren) had gone insane got me so mad. After the countless atrocious deeds he had inflicted upon the family, this show still had the audacity to forcefully extract and solicit pity from its viewers to feed into a "pity party" for this unforgivable, despicable man? Oh, geez! The only saving grace of this family was Song Hailong, Lian Hua'er's husband. He was a living symbol of righteousness they must look up to. Aside from him, the whole first branch of the family was a basket full of rotten apples that were beyond saving.

If only they had allowed the first branch of the family to have a character development arc during the middle of the story, similar to what they did with the second branch, I could probably have at least reluctantly accepted them. However, they did not, and instead resorted to making Lian Shouren (the eldest son) suffer trauma that led to his mental illness, while letting his wife and daughter—who are equally vile and obnoxious—become poor. Like, what were they trying to achieve with this, really? Sorry, but that is such an inadequate and completely insufficient redemption arc for them. What they badly needed in order to redeem themselves was a genuine form of repentance through action and absolute accountability, not just a convenient plot device set up to make them appear pitiful and deserving of mercy and forgiveness. It is ludicrous and extremely disturbing how the story low-key manipulates us to accept them just because they suffered their well-deserved retribution and became poor and struggling. Undermining what they have done, and without them offering a proper apology? Sorry, but no. I flat-out refuse. That is not how it works.

Lastly, the ending. Seeing them all together at the end, eating at one table, feasting and conversing with one another was truly comforting and heartwarming. I might have consumed all that and accepted the hypocrisy surrounding it only if I hadn't witnessed them pull off filthy tricks left and right, like absolute monsters, throughout the entire drama. But since I did... sorry, but scratch that. I just cannot let them off the hook so easily without proper punishment. The retribution they suffered was actually much too lenient compared to what they inflicted. So, no. N-E-V-E-R!

This family is beyond saving despite their family reunion and reconciliation at the end. I don't believe a single one of them has the strength to resist committing yet another heinous mistake if an opportunity arises.

I also just want to point out how I can't stand the act of magnanimity in this show. It was unbearable and suffocating, in the sense that we were forced to consume an ideology just because it is what's ideally correct, while it completely fails to acknowledge the moral aspect of it. It was truly revolting how the writers have been gaslighting us ever since. It's like they are trying to prove a point by experimenting on people's capability to understand and forgive—even when the deeds done are truly unforgivable. It is an attempt to be innovative in the most negative, illogical, and nasty way! Disgusting!!

To conclude my review, all I can say is that this drama was fun, and I won't deny that I laughed out loud at some scenes. However, it also caused so much frustration and anger, which outweighed all that positivity. The Lian family is on a constant downward spiral. The more you watch them, the more you will realize that their stupidity and irrationality reach past the horizon—beyond human understanding!

Story - 6.0, The story had potential. It had a good premise and was truly promising. What killed it was the never-ending, repetitive, and destructive family schemes, the lack of accountability, the inadequate time allowed for consistent character development, and the combination of an utterly revolting climax, resolution, and ending. Another factor that greatly ruined my mood regarding this show was the shameless attempt by the writers to manipulate and gaslight the viewers' judgment of what is right and wrong. That was truly nasty of them! Furthermore, for a "Game World" setup, it is truly weird that she only received one mission throughout the entire duration of the show. Talk about an unpolished storyline. Tsk, tsk!

Acting/Cast - 9.0, I have no complaints about the actors' and actresses' performances. My main issue is how their characters were written. Joseph Zeng's role annoyed me during the first 10 episodes, as it deprived him of the presence and energy needed to build chemistry with the FL. Same goes for Tian Xiwei's role. At one point, I was even thinking about how she was taken advantage of with this character. It's the first role of hers that I know of that made her character look indecisive and, in a sense, reckless. Not to mention the rest of the supporting characters. *Facepalm*

Music - 9.0, I like the soundtrack a lot. It is a combination of fun and melodious tracks. The lyrics are very uplifting and empowering for women, too.

Rewatch Value - 4.0, ​I am giving this score in consideration of the fact that this show has its good and fun sides, too. However, personally, I don't think I will ever watch it again.

Overall - 7.0, Upon reflection, what truly frustrates me the most about this story is the characterization and how it was written. I am especially furious about how manipulative the writers were! Talk about gaslighting to the absolute maximum. Grr!

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A rather unappetizing treat | An unwise choice of scenario for a supposed Special Episode!

Whoever came up with this short story scenario is either utterly lazy and dumb or is purely unaware of what the fans eagerly need and want to see on a Special episode.

There's nothing wrong with this SP at all. It was playful and silly, which is considerably a nice thing, as it provided a glimpse into the progress of Li Rong and Wenxuan's relationship, 7 years after their marriage. However, I find it inefficient and wasteful to dedicate a special story to their seemingly usual little argument that led to Pei Wenxuan's momentary amnesia, rather than an intimate family scenes we as fans desire. It was quite entertaining, I admit. But what I want to witness is their married life, focusing on the relationship and moments they share with their children, and not some random amnesiac skit that merely feeds our cravings with a setup for kissing and love scenes that were ultimately off-screened.

TAKE NOTE: Both the bed-kissing scene and the bath scene seemed like reused clips. If I remember correctly, they were excerpts from some of the existing scenes in the drama.

For a special episode, this is simply dull and lacking. I lost all excitement the moment I realized where the whole narrative was going. This is why I had to procrastinate watching it—to give myself time to accept the imminent disappointment... and God, was I absolutely not mistaken. What an uncreative and straight-up lazy piece of work.

P.S. The only time I got genuinely excited was when they finally showed us their 2 little children—even though it was already at the 10-minute mark of a 17-minute-long short episode. Which didn't last longer than a minute because after that, they never appeared again. I'm not really sure what to feel about this one, but it's really upsetting for real. Grr!

Again, the story flow is good. It's just that, as a fan, I kind of expected more, only to be presented with something below expectation.

I would still like to encourage everyone to watch it though, at least as a send-off to our wonderful CP!

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A masterpiece that was ruined by the 1st half's unending failed escape attempts | Excellent ending

"If you want to live, put on an armor and fight, and not try to gain sympathies here." - Lu Buwei

First, I must thank God and the heavens for granting me the unyielding tolerance required to get past the blood-boiling and overly frustrating first half of this drama. Without such patience, I might have dropped this after the first ten episodes and would have missed the opportunity to witness the intricate beauty and excellence of this story—a greatness that can only be appreciated after successfully enduring that excruciating experience.

What killed this drama's first half for me were their multiple attempts at making their plans succeed—which never happened. And as the time went by, I just ended up getting so tired and done of their continuous failed escape attempts. I wanna say that the first 30 episodes have been nothing but an infuriating experience. I have never felt the urge to drop a drama multiple times in a row in almost two years, and this drama successfully did that. Heck! I never skipped scenes in a drama, but I did here. I never let any information leave my sight without reading it, but I did here. And lastly, I never played a game while watching a drama, but I did here. Ghad, it was really an arduous task to finish the crap out of this drama's first 30 episodes, and I just want to pat myself on the back for a job well done!

The first five episodes are the most crucial part of the story, as they introduce the plot, set the mood, and establish the quality of the drama. However, this production simply failed to deliver that. period. The arrangement of events and circumstances felt lacking, ineffective, and dull. I understand they wanted to set up the FL (Li Haolan's) growth through hardships and suffering, but the execution was so repetitive and boring that I ended up hating it. I hated that she kept being dragged into the same situation again and again. Although she knew how to fend for herself, she still felt incapable and powerless as the main character. Mind you, she remained in that stagnant position of being oppressed almost throughout the entire first half. Can you imagine how frustrating that is?

"A romantic net can trap him for a while, but not forever." - Li Haolan (Pertaining to Lu Buwei)

In addition, she got this loathsome loverboy (Lu Buwei) to deal with—one that is fickle, insensitive and disingenuous. This man constantly sabotages his own opportunities and betrays his true feelings. He is a hypocrite who says one thing but does another, speaking of love in a way that is the complete opposite of what he truly feels in his heart. He constantly deceives himself, but when his actions backfire, he shifts the blame to others. He is a manipulative, money-driven, and goal-oriented individual. While he may be skilled at business, his escape plans are woefully inadequate. They are never foolproof and always contain a loophole that enemies exploit to infiltrate and spoil them. Furthermore, he never develops any countermeasures. Dang! He's actually one of the main reason why the first half was so unbearable. /Sighs/

One thing that heavily consoled and pushed me to continue watching this show is knowing that Ying Yiren's gonna be the end game and not Lu Buwei! A spoiler that kept me motivated all throughout.

That being said, all I can say is that at least my suffering and endurance became all worth it in the end. Even though the first half has been nothing but a constant tragedy, I am just glad that the latter half became a perfection I had never anticipated for this show. I guess, I will just treat the 1st half as a lesson that they must go through in order to learn and succeed...because if I don't do that, I might butcher my rating for the "Story" category. LOL

I know that I've written so much about the first half and not much about the second half, and that is only because the latter half has been a complete masterpiece to me! I got no complains at all. Like, none! It was the saving grace who lift this show from the utter slump and raised it to the pedestal where it should be—only if they didn't fumbled and fucked up the preceding part.

The ending. Everything about the finale was perfect to me. It seemed like they squeezed and poured all their creative juices in order to create the cream of the crop, as compensation for the nightmare they brought along in the earlier part.

Lu Buwei: You are entrusting the Crown Prince and court affairs, but how about the Queen?
Ying Yiren: You don't know how much she loves me. She doesn't have regards for you.

I also just wanna mention how satisfied I am with the method used by Ying Yiren to have Haolan remember him as long as she lives. It was the most cruel and heartless way but also the most effective. If not, I can see Haolan slowly softening and accepting Lu Buwei's advances in a mater of 5-10 years.

Anyways, below is my favorite line of spite and grudge for Yiren. It expresses her love, regret and hatred all at the same time.

"Zichu. I will not forgive you. For the rest of my life, I will not forgive you." - Li Haolan

Lastly, I just want to share some ideas against male chauvinism and sexism, which is one of my favorite aspects of this story. They delivered it flawlessly and I'm impressed!

× Men creates war and uses women to pacify/cease it (via peace marriage).

× Men's fights for the throne were viewed as a sign of bravery and determination, while women's imperial struggles were commonly viewed as disruptive and ridiculous.

P.S. I was quite baffled to see a good number of actors from Yanxi Palace in this production. It felt rather awkward at first since I jumped right into this after watching SOYP.

Story - 8.5, I am overly conflicted about this rating because the first half completely threw me off. However, the second half was like a switch that changed the trajectory of the entire story into a masterpiece I never expected it to be. Nonetheless, I will be the bigger person and treat the forepart as the rough yet crucial section that was beneficial in making the story the perfection it ultimately became.

Acting/Cast - 9.5, I am astonished about the casts since most of them are familiar faces I just watched from Yanxi Palace and at the same, overjoyed that we got Mao Zi Jun as the ML and not Nie Yuan. Haha! The delivery and execution are great but them casting most of the actors from Yanxi Palace just made this show quite awkward and weird for me to watch at first.

Music - 8.0, In all honesty, i failed to notice most of the BGMs because of how irritated I was of this show. However, I do recall liking the opening and ending theme.

Rewatch Value - 7.0, I am only willing to rewatch the second half and this rating is purely out of consideration of how impressive that was. I'm afraid it would drop to 5 or lower if we talk about the disappointing first half.

Overall - 8.5, I wanna make it higher, but looking back on how I suffered just to finish the first 30 episodes makes me feel the frustration all over again. So I guess this rating is the perfect score for this show. This is with all due respect and consideration of how excellent the second half was.

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A beautiful yet tragic love story that constantly long & wait for each other + Insane CGI & Design!

"Women is not an interest, it's a men's need. An essential feeling. Without feelings, you'll feel incomplete no matter how much you get" - Xie Jing Xuan / Tang Si Qi

I feel like the introduction of this review should start with its phasing, so let me unfold my insight of this drama by doing so!

The phasing of the story was fast and jumpy for its first 15 episodes then started to slow down to gradually pick up a normal phase but yet again took a big leap for the main reason of completing the plot and the entire story... In short, It was a drama that went inconsistently with its overall phasing and narration to present only the important and signifant details to the viewers. I dare not say its bad cause it never was, instead, I wanna let people know that it was imperfect and full of flaws so better keep your tolerance up because you're about to encounter different types of feelings watching this. You may get bored and hesitant while watching it, but just trust this production and its process cause it's all fruitful at the very end.

When it comes to the story, I'd say it's like a disorganized and incomplete puzzle... It has multiple pieces of fragments they tried hard to collect to be put and place together. But after a long while, they only managed to build its core and some pieces around it that can only provide us so much information to see the crucial part of the puzzle disregarding the rest of it. A lot of scenes were always left hanging... unended and often abandoned. You got no choice but to conclude and assume what may have transpired for you to get the corresponding occurences to move on. Despite it being like that, I still enjoyed it and wanna say I'm glad they were able make it that way instead of crumbling it into unrecognizeable pieces. Although the ending was blurry and bewildering that actually started an idea for a 'possible' 2nd season /cross fingers/.

When it comes to the love and romance side of this drama, I can only say not to expect a lot. It was really beautiful and wonderful that you'll hope and expect a lot but you'll only be disappointed on how tragic and sorrowful it will be... Even when I feel like most of it was a bad decision and truly made the drama less interesting and exciting, it was still a crucial action to solve and complete the mysteries of the story. It was harsh yet understandable and plausible IF you look at the big picture.

CGI, Overall look and Design - Right off the bat till the very end, the editing and magics of this drama never fails me. It was created skillfully and meticulously as if they got a sudden income raise or something. Hahaha!

Fight scenes are mediocre at best... Aside from their fight scenes that are mostly about flailing their weapons, the power scaling of this drama is pretty messed up! I can still remember how ridiculous it is for me to watch them casting their magic spells and getting defeated even when they're supposedly more powerful than their opponents. Like, whatdaheck just happened!?

Chemistry - Is INSANE! Every pair this drama has produced have been nothing but a great satisfaction. They just worked out perfectly like a pair shoes. Main leads are oozing with so much mysteries and cold yet attractive spark. While the 2nd pairing got this playful and tempting vibe with them. Heck! There was even a point when the 2nd Couple's dominating and ruling this story. It's just sad that both of them ended up tragically!

P.S. I just wanna mention how Fan Chengcheng looks like Lan Wangji (Wang Yibo's character in The Untamed), How gorgeous and sparkly Cheng Xiao is and lastly, how Ma Yue always got the best roles! I've watched 4 shows of her so far and she always serves! What a great actress!

Story - 9.0, Just the the right rating I guess. I really wanna give it a higher score but doing so won't be justifiable. Story went extremely jumpy and always all over the place to the point where I have to internalize and organize the events for me to comprehend what actually happened. + The constant death of great characters ruined it for me. Ghad, I need Season 2 so bad.

Acting/Cast - 10, Exceptional and perfection! I would never replace anyone from this production. They've always been a pleasure to watch and everyone executed and played their character like nobody else can. Fan Chengcheng, Cheng Xiao and Ma Yue are the MVPs of this drama!

Music - 9.0, Never feel bad about it but they could've done better. Yes, I'm guilty for skipping the opening and not even watching the ending credits but I did try to ran through them 'once' and it's all instrumental with thrilling and mellow sound in it. Insert songs are closely the same. Nonetheless, I was never bothered by it and I find them comforting and settling to listen to.

Rewatch Value - 9.0, If you ask me to watch it again, I'll probably do, but... You gotta give me the Sequel / Season 2 right after. Although the execution was a bit brutal but the overall flow and plot of this drama is considerably good. it's just that I refuse to watch it again unless we continue the unfinished tale.

Overall - 9.0, Everything considered, I highly think this is an accurate score. This drama is good overall, even with its flaws... that goes left and right. I just wanna say that most of it's mishaps and shortcomings are justified on how they set up the plots to keep the story going. Afterall, everything was plausible at end. So... I guess it's fine!?

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Once you entered darkness, there's no turning back... No matter how hard you try.

If I were to sum it all up, this story is all about unconditional love and everything grim, dark and tragic all together. It's like a whole 4 tier cake that's fully-structured by prostitution, molestation, suicide, rape, cheating, murder and violence with same-sex romance as its cherry on top to attract its viewers. It may look interesting, exciting and delicious on the outside but once you take a bite you'll be shock on how awfully bad it actually tastes inside.

It was a story of everything sinister and ludicrous intertwined to each other and depicts how multiple acts of such brutal action can result to a continuous, moreso, non-stop set of events that only leads to either tragedy or death.

Closely looking at the narrative, I'd say that they successfully made this story as dark and tragedic as they wanted it to be by mercilessly manipulating each and every piece like a puzzle that will only move in accordance to its players wish and desire.

This movie probably has the greatest facade I've ever watched in a long while. The way they've flawlessly hidden the true agenda of this piece by showing us same-sex love story felt like a whole fraud trick to me. It may seem promising and exciting at first but as it progresses you'll realize that it's starting to go deeper and darker... and by the end, you will be perplexed to know that you're only left with nothing but agony, disappointments, and regrets.

There are only 2 positive points I can clearly see from this movie; First is the familial love Mek has shown to his mother and brother. Second is the unconditional and unrestricted mutual love and affection Itt and Mek have for each other. Aside from these, I can't seem to point out anything else that's considerably good or nice.

Lastly, its ending!! I was so mad and heartbroken. I really thought they'd finally live a more peaceful and happy life after all the tragedy they've been through, yet, this story chose to go all out by giving us nothing but another heartache. They killed Mek like it was part of the plot... Expected to happen to conclude the story and pronounce it 'complete'. Where in fact! It was not! Probably the worst decision ever!

P.S. They really love to do the making out/sex scenes outdoor and I got no complains about that. I even love it a lot. Hahaha!

Story - 7.5, Despite all the negative and dark messages this movie has. I'd still say they executed it quite well and it would've been even better only if it wasn't this problematic!! Still can't move on with the tragic ending ><

Acting/Cast - 9.5, I'm surprisingly satisfied with the leads. Specially with how 'A' look convincing, both appearance and acting wise. Same with 'Tob'. The only problem I've had is with Ying. In some instances her line deliberation felt weak and unstable

Music - 9.5, It's nice to hear early 2000s BGMs once in a while. It felt nostalgic and it truly brought me back to those times. Love the Thai song played too. It smoothly conveys and make you feel the raw emotions they all wanted you to experience and go through.

Rewatch Value - 8.5, Even when it ended tragically. I can still see myself watching it in the future. A year or so probably? For some reason, their bittersweet romance still makes me feel butterflies.

Overall - 8.5, No matter how dark and gloomy the whole vibe of the story, I still can't deny how good the delivery of the entire narrative is. It was foul tasting, traumatic yet kinda addicting. Something I can remember for a long time for sure.

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The 5 Skillful Elites of Shanyi Academy + Please! Bear the first 4 overly clichėd episodes!

Something I badly wanna mention is that... this drama will forever be remembered for its crappy and overly clichėd first 4 episodes.

I've never suffered or endured this much ever before, specially during the introduction of any drama. The amount of unbearable and non-sensical scenes I tolerared to finish this is too much to even be transcribe into words. All I can say is that I've experienced great anxiety those moments, to the point where a deep hallow space is already building up in my stomach and the urge to give up this show was immeasurable. Thank god! I'm tremendously patient!

Looking back now, I somewhat feel like this drama's overall theme and genre reminds me of stories back in early 2000s. Those extremely flawed, cringey and corny shows I used to watch with no problem back then is exactly identical to this one right here. The only difference is that I'm watching it in this era where I'm already a graduate of such clichėd stuff. Maybe if I watch it back when I was a teenager I would've enjoyed it without any complains.

I can go on and on with how frustrating this story is. However, I also wanna mention my opinion on other aspects of this show, so allow me to do so.

Plot & Twists - I don't wanna rant more but I just can't let it go. Up till now I'm still baffled on how they go beyond logic and common sense in delivering the sequences of this drama. It felt stupid that most of the 'obvious' hints can't be understood by the leads and It always takes time before they can realize such points even when it was being shove right infront of their faces already... Like WTH? During those times, I just had to remind myself that I'm watching a purely comical idol drama and it will be a tough challenge to bear and knock some sense into because it was created to be like that— all fun and laughter.

Fighting scenes - Most of Dugu Muxue and Ning Xiang's sword plays were good but aside from that the rest are eiher mediocre or straight up bad. The 'war scene' was actually good with them showing their areas of expertise, the only problem is how absurd their training was. Successfully dodging a great number of spears being thrown at them really put me off. Seriously? are you kidding with me?

5 Main leads - I've had the most issue with the Female Lead. Shen Yiyi/Diyie's character made me throw up for being the most cringey of them all. Her intended weaknesses and flaws always gets into my nerves and her over exaggerated reactions made her acting even more disguting for me. The rest are either good or decent... I also just wanna mention how they tend to make the most significant scenes awkward. Those 'pre-occupied' and 'I'm-deadass-seriously-thinking' moments were so embarassing, I'm getting the second hand feels of it. Dugu Muxue did it excellently though.

Story - 7.5, Although this dramas has an enormous unbearable and shameless moments, I still wanna say that the main plot was delivered considerably good. It was just they throw a bunch of random 'it-doesn't-make-sense' scenes that made this drama ridiculous for me.

Acting/Cast - 8.0, Got no problem with the cast. But their fair share of cringey acting just never fails to stick out like a sore thumb. The way they fail misserably when it comes to the most significant scenes— be it romantic, dramatic and even the fun and light hearted ones, oh god. They never missed any opportunity to look uncomfortable does resulting to mediocre-cringey acting. Special mention Wang Yuwen's acting that makes the situation more awkward.

Music - 10, Unexpectedly, I got so hook with the BGMs of this drama. It just give you that 'vibe' to enjoy and be motivated to go on with life. + It added excitement and vitality to the show.

Rewatch Value - 5.0, This is the lowest I can go for this drama. It has some decent moments that anyone may wanna watch again for fun but there's simply no significant scenes that can make me watch it over again. Just, No!

Overall - 7.5, Everything considered, I'd say this drama's bearable specially Ep.5 beyond. It may differ from people's taste and liking but a piece of advice to those who are after some 'serious' and 'sensical' dramas, you guys shouldn't even try watching it or else you might drop it. I was even surprise that majority of its reviews on MDL were 8-9 or perfect 10. Like, how did y'all? seriously?

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Goddess of Corpses & All in one Medical Examiner + Great chemistry from the 3 Main Leads!

"If you love her, why did you give her up?" - Xiao Song's Father

Wanna start this review by stating how messy and overly manipulated the entire love and romantic scenes of this story. Honestly speaking, the entire 1st half (Love story part) of this drama was such a trash I wish it never existed or they at least made it less chaotic and irritating. I just hated how they seemed to eagerly push 'Xiao Song' to be the ML where it was supposedly 'Su Fu' in the first place. It's weird how it feels like they're forcing another character to the ML role where it is evident that the original script tells us otherwise.

It was a challenge to watch a love story unfold with such obvious heavy manipulations from the script itself. Like you just immediately knew that something is off... unnatural and fabricated— fake! I feel like I developed anxiety from having to bear through those sequences this whole time.

Moving on, I just wanna dig deeper into this drama by enumerating some of the positive and negative aspects I have observed while watching it.

Romance & Love story - Su Fu was in a tough spot for being an assasin and spy but I just can't comprehend why he didn't even try to explain himself when he loved her so much. Like, where's the sense in that? at the end, he just didn't seize his chances to the very extent. While Xiao Song on the other hand got it all wrong from the very beginning. Forcing and controlling someone you 'supposedly like' to work for you, hurt her physically and emotionally, failling to protect and even bring harm to her and more. God knows how disappointing this guy was (yes 'was' cause he gradually improved).

Unrealistic, absurd and problematic scenes - This drama got it all for you. From the Crown Prince and Princess attending a banquet without much entourage. Followed by the overhyped 'Drunken state' reaction they had for the FL so they try so hard to keep her from drinking alcohol only to be disappointed because she just puked a little and got a bit more aggresive in doing her autopsy. Up until her infuriating father who chose to blame and disown her even when things has been cleared up and more. It was... draining.

Fighting scenes are actually good. Lots of angled cuts just to hype the action scenes but they were still able to execute cool and amazing sword, archery and brawl fights.

Crime scenes and Problem solving cases are very detailed, well thought and satisfying. You'll immediately know how much research they did just to make it fit perfectly to whatever crime they're trying to show and achieve. I also appreciate the crime scene visualizations whenever they're investigating a crime. Made it more easy to understand the whole scenario without having to recollect and remember what actually happened in the past events.

Supporting characters were also interesting. I love the BL touch from Bai Yi and Sang Chen. Hahaha~ + The FLs Master and Maid Servant brought so much content to make the whole story more light, funny and enjoyable. Let's just ignore her entire Ran Family members. They were all trash aside from her biological Mother.

P.S. There was a teaser at the end of the last episode for a possible Season 2 and I hope it would never happen. I just had enough! >_<

Story - 9.0, Would've made it higher if not for the disappointing manipulations they did with the 2 Male characters, cause if ruined the 1st half of the show. Thank god they were able to save it. Problem solving is great so does the mind-boggling crime set ups and preparations.

Acting/Cast - 9.0, I'm quite satisfied with the Main Leads specially Tim Pei (Su Fu) because even when he constantly look grim and serious you can clearly feel and see the emotions from his eyes and movements. Jie Qiong (Ran Yan) and Toby Lee (Xiao Song) executed their characters greatly as well and I just love their lovey-dovey-teasing moments a lot. I just wish some of the Supporting and Side character never existed. They ruined the experience for me.

Music - 9.5, At first, I find the music used as typical and ordinary but as time passes by I was able to fully grasp the emotion and truly enjoy each one of them. + They were all played on the right time and perfect moments. I was never bothered by their placement and usage.

Rewatch Value - 7.5, It was good but I just won't rewatch it again. I'm only being nice by giving it this rating because it wasn't bad but i'd rather watch other shows than to rewatch it. Heck! I don't even want the S2 to be produce no matter what.

Overall - 9.0, Problem solving, Crime cases and Fighting scenes were actually great but beyond that just felt forced and completely fabricated. I also hate how they keep on challenging the Main Leads love and trust by constantly trying to make them misunderstand each other. Huh! That was effin' tiring y'all. Would've been nice if they didn't made the love story look so manipulated. It was still a good watch specially for the crime-investigation parts.

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Tons of Wasted Plots & Lacking Ending + Hard Carried by Actors Spectacular Acting.

First of, I felt like this drama could've been better without the countless plot twist and overly dramatized story progression.

To start everything with, I just wanna rant and point out how the large number of useless plot twist ruined the entire story. Honestly, they were kind of bearable and understandable during the first 10-15 episodes of drama cause that's how they usually set things up to make the story more mysterious and exciting but I never expect them to push it to the extent where I started to get so irritated and tired of it. They built up 65% of the drama with those craps but failed big time in making them work or even useful for the story.— What a waste!!

The excessive amount of unnecessary and unused plots and twists that ruined the drama even before it reached half of it + The overly rushed and mostly off screen scenes that are useful to the narrative but was excluded and dumped at the end.— The final 10 episodes left a big impression to me for being exaggeratedly fast pace and rough in terms of character closure and story conclusion. Like, they invested so much drama for the 2nd Main CPs story only to make their whereabouts off screen and even not giving them any proper final exposure? seriously? Their love story made me the most infuriated all throughout and they've all decided to give us almost nothing?! Gosh~ that was a bad writing right there. I'm disappointed.

Going deeply into my most hated story plot of all. Here comes... Yang Yue and his unwavering, foolish and persistent way of going after Shangguan Xi. Like, man! When will you learn to stop? that woman's love sick towards other man and been treating you carelessly all this time!!! Their takes completely infuriated me, imagine having to deal with them for more than 50% of the story. Wow! That was tough and I must say I endured a lot.

Also, The cinematography, color grading and graphics during the first half of the drama was really bad and ghad!! The horendous use of green screen made me rolled my eyes out of frustration countless of times. Like, are the people handling the art, design and editings are some bunch of interns? It look so unpolished and unbearable most of the time.

Hmm, It was a drama that was saved by the set of great actors and their great acting skills and character portrayals.

Story - 8.5, I wanna give it even lower rating but the story wasn't entirely bad at all. It's just that they've misused and misguided a supposedly good story into a dark and hollow space and failed to bring it back into proper light for salvation. They gave us 55 episodes and made 65% of it useless.

Acting/Cast - 10, The saving grace of this entire production~!! The only positive take of this drama is how they casted such great actors and how they performed their characters with deep understanding and accurate execution. The spectacular acting and character portrayal amazed me so much. I love almost all of them.

Music - 10, The music used on this drama was able to make the scenes either more enjoyable or sorrowful. It created an emotional aura that highlighted most of the scenes and made them more heartfelt and alive.

Rewatch Value - 7.0, I probably won't. This is one of those dramas I will keep and hide on my archieve and will only look back to when I'm trying to appreciate how great the actors/cast are.

Overall - 8.5, If it was not for the Actors and their splendid acting I would've probably given this drama a 7.0 or so. The story has a lot of unused plots and how I wish for them to remove all those irrelevant scenes to make it shorter and add a little more to the lacking ending. Definitely a drama I won't rewatch. But will recommend to people who loves to see good acting.

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Reputable, Brave & Lovely Main Leads + Severe Polygamy delineation~!

This drama got me so whipped the entire time and put me in quite a few mood swings during its duration.

A well planned, produced and written story that will surely touch you in every corner there is. I expected it to be Good but not THIS 'GOOD'. An example of a Solid drama that surpasses the Great tier and should be lined up along the BEST OF BEST!

I've got so much to say but lemme just summarize it to the best way I can cause this will be endless for sure IF i don't limit myself. Hahaha~

×× Things I LIKE and/or Love.
+ The characters are well-versed and truly showcases different views, situations and emotions that are relatable to probably anyone who would watch it.

+ Smart Story and Plot, It feels so surreal to be able to watch such production who's incorporated with proper planning and thinking after a long time. This drama provided it all beyond my expectation and truly nailed it.

+ Refreshing character development and world building. Something that is rarely seen these days due to 'recycling-whats-popular' trend nowadays. A breath of fresh air I must say.

+ The EVER reliable Main Leads who're always there to help nonetheless of the situation and is always ready to take charge and resolve things. Both of them are brave and responsible individials whose sense of responsibilty and understanding is beyond and above the normal/standard.

×× Things I Dislike and/or Hate.
+ Terrible presentation of Polygamy. I always hated the Idea of having more than 1 Wife and this show just infuriated me for doing so.

+ This is more like a compliment but I hate the villains here more than I do to other dramas antagonists I've ever watched.

Story - 10, Story & Plot wise it's top notch. No words needed. A story that is highly and worth recommending to almost everyone. This production won't disappoint one way or another.

Acting/Cast - 10, Oh God! Phenomenal set of Actors. 💯 All of them nailed it and it's really rare for a drama to do that. Their way of executing emotions and reaching out to their viewers is something to take note of. One of a kind.

Music - 10, I honestly didn't focused much on the music side cause I was so engrossed on how the story unfolds but simply base on the BGMs and insert music I've listened to, I can say that it's decent, Good even. No complaints at all

Rewatch Value - 9, For me, It is on the level of 'Nirvana in Fire'. A drama I wouldn't get tired watching of no matter how many times I watch it. It will always has that multiple spark that will glued your eyes on the screen gradually and consistently.

Overall - 10, This shouldn't even be a question at this point. This drama deserves more than what it has achieved. The way it's produced and presented to viewers felt so refreshing and relatively new. I can assure anyone that this drama will never disappoint.

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Goofy & Chaotic Characters with satisfying Cases~!!

This drama made me laugh so much and had me contemplating whether I'll give it a comparably high rating or not.

It started really interesting and great but I find it irritating throughout the first 10 episodes because of how mean the ML is to the FL. Like, how can a guy treat a girl like that? not to mention how naive and kinda spiritless the 2nd ML is, that made me go "this is helpless". Thank god!, the FL is super interesting, funny and full of life so I never tried to drop it or what.

Another thing is that the first 10 episodes felt so dragging. I thought "This is just too much for a character introduction and story build up" but right after that the interesting Solving Cases happened and it's all good things after that.

Afterall, this is such a decent drama with satisfying cases and I love how they didn't halfass on that. One of the best thing on this drama aside from the dorky & chaotic characters. Hahahaha~

Story - 9.0, I wanna give it a higher rating because I like it a lot as a whole but this rating just felt so right. There's a lot of questionable scenes on this drama and I felt like those were simply crazy and sometimes unbearable. Nonetheles this is pretty good and the story was able to pick up it's pace after the first 10 episodes.

Acting/Cast - 10, The cast and their acting is exceptional. I love how natural they're and their reaction felt so real and truly complements each of their scenes perfectly. --- P.S. I felt like this could've been better if they use their own voice. Damn chinese dubbing. This is the first time I had some issues with it. (Not that the dubbing here is bad but I feel like it will be more fun to hear their real voice saying those lines).

Music - 10, I truly love the Music in this drama. I always feel swayed and comfortable whenever they're playing. I even have it on my spotify playlist now. Love it a lot. <3

Rewatch Value - 9.5, I would probably try to skip some scenes during the first 10 episodes but right after that the scenes were simply good. It deserves more love, attention and support.

Overall - 9.0, Afterall this drama still satisfies and entertained me so much and I can never wrong it, one way or another. This drama will forever be remembered for it's dorky sides and lovely characters. Sending my love and support to the people behind this production.

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Extreme and Flawless Deceit with Unpredictable Twists, Turns and Tumbles ~!!

A Masterpiece covered by it's great scheme and some irritating and useless characters.

Lemme start my review by praising how Patriotic and Genuinely compassionate Zhang Xiao Jing (Lei Jia Yin) is and despite his shortcomings he's able to pull it through without tainting himself against his own conscience. A well written character, 100% ~!!

Next is how utterly useless Li Bi (Jackson Yee) is and how his Ignorance and obliviousness always gives the people around him so much disadvantage. He's the greatest flaw of this entire story honestly. At the Finale, I was even glad that Xu Bin (Zhao Wei) was the one getting the spotlight. Such a dissapointing character.

The "MVP" of this drama would be Xu Bin (Zhao Wei) like damn, this man hid himself so well and was able to create those extravagant scheme without getting discovered. I don't find him relevant till the last 20+ episodes but he's surely the Most Well Played character in here.

Something I like about this drama is how they're able to squeeze the entire 48 episode into a 24 hours period of time without making it feel dragging and purposedly slow paced. They did great in putting up each pieces into the puzzle one by one.

Although the Ending is totally unclear when it comes to how they end the war of throwns. You can still get a quick glimps of how it actually went through just with them showing the littlest act needed. Nonetheless it was satisfying and absolutely deserving of high praises.

Story - 10, Story can be kinda confusing at first (that's how it usually is watching Period Dramas) but it'll eventually show you how the story goes and will keep you on your seat the entire time. As I mentioned above, the story has the most unexpected twist, turns and tumbles that will surely blow everyones mind. Satisfactory level is 100.

Acting/Cast - 10, This drama is fully-loaded with such great actors. Everyone has performed beyond expectation and was able to highlight their characters in each scenes. The characters made me feel so much and was able to sway me till the last moments and that is only possible because of it's performing actors.

Music - 10, Honestly, IDK. I tend to skip the ending credits because of the excitement to watch the following episodes but the insert songs specially the sorrow sounding ones do provide the color and mood to the scenes. Still a perfect 10 since it never bothers me.

Rewatch Value - 10, This is such a masterpiece that I would recommend to anybody who love such genres of drama. A Great and Must watch!!

Overall - 10, Despite my negative feedback towards some characters, It won't hide the fact that the story is well written, with high budget, A+ acting and satisfying production and overall display. So I would never take away it's well deserved acknowledgement and praises.

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Cheesy & Playful with some Weird & Inapplicable character dispositions.

Let me address the negative comment I added on the headline "Weird-inapplicable Character Aspects"; This specific attribute led me to doubt the story itself with it's 1st Episode and that's how a MERE Prime Minister can act arrogantly and valiantly infront of the Crown Prince? The way Liu Sheng treated Li Che during the very 1st episode bothered me so much. Like ghad, Just how can he act so despicable and belittle the Crown Prince like that? even with the fact that he's the Empress' father he shouldn't have that much confidence with him.

Anyways moving on, this drama do serve some silly and cute scenes. It took me days to finally appreciate it and binge watch it but all of that is all worth it considering how good the drama executed their story lines. Almost every major thing was addressed and I didn't have that much complain aside from the fact that Liu Sheng didn't received death penalty, General Shen not getting featured in the last few episodes for his redemption and Nongying dying. All of these are nothing major but I just cared about it quite much.

Aside from those acting, story and plot wise I enjoyed it a lot. I also felt the comfortableness from the Major cast specially with Li Che & Chenle's character. Most of the time their Sweet, silly and lovey-dovey moments look and felt so real to me. Like REAL as REAL!

Story - 9, I'm satisfied with how the story goes. Just a little weirded out by Liu Sheng's unforgiveable manner towards the Crown Prince from the very start of the drama. Aside from that other things I have issues with are just some of my most desired scenes. Nonetheless, story direction wise is good.

Acting/Cast - 10, I initially wanted it give it a 9.5 but after some self-reflection I couldn't really find anything that made me dissapointed with the actors and their acting since it was designed for it to be that way. More so, I just wanna commend the great chemistry from the Main Leads. Job well done. 💯

Music - 10, One of the greatest aspect of this drama is it's BGMs. The moment I heard the opening theme I was like "Ohh! shit I love this playful sound/beat so much" then started mumbling the words and humming its tune. Though, there's this one song that got me "ehh?" most of the time due to it's excessive nasal restraint sound but it was overpowered by how good the other songs are.

Rewatch Value - 9, Something I wouldn't watch unless I feel like to, but gotta give it a high points since it's definitely not bad and doesn't deserve any slander.

Overall - 9, I gave it in consideration of how I feel about the story itself. Surely, there are some plot holes but they're not that huge to be notice unless you're someone like me who's a little concerned over those little discrepancies. A good drama that is commendable to watch to make you feel good and smile contagiously.

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The most Ridiculously Comical C-Drama I have ever encountered so far~!

Fiction Guo look exactly like Dong Sicheng! I Cannot~!! I was giggling while extremely engrosed the entire time he's on screen. #Whipped

This drama defies the natural expectation of human itself. The contradictions in this drama is too strong that it might frustrate and drive you insane!

Even the 'supposed' romantic scenes were made to be funny and that's one of the selling point of this drama. Each episode will surely irritate, frustrate and make you laugh all the time. Oh Gosh!

This as an entirety is extremely light-hearted and easy to watch; Some of the problems I have with it is the lack of actual 'proper' story development and some of the characters being so hilarious that I feel like their purpose wasn't accomplished in any shape or form. Lol~

Story - 9, I would still consider it a good drama despite the fact that it has no clear story development. Atleast all the additional elements they added made it extra fun and unexpectedly entertaining to watch.

Acting/Cast - 10, I don't even find the acting here judge-able. For me it is more of them enjoying and having fun by themselves. One thing I MUST highlight is how FICTION GUO made me insane with his resemblance to Dong Sicheng! I'll definitely watch more of his works.

Music - 10, The song placements is hella entertaining. The opening even sounded like a theme song for Gag Shows. Hahaha~!!

Rewatch Value - 8, Not something I would watch sooner. Probably after 2-3 years? It has it's own value and I enjoyed it. It's just that I have my own preferences for dramas as well. But it's really good.

Overall - 9, I want to give it an 8.5 but I don't feel comfortable rating it that way because it did entertain and made laugh each single episode. Mad respect to it's Producer, writer and all the staffs behind this production. Made me feel weird yet satisfied.

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Exceptional plot twist and mouth gaping story~!!

Spoiler!! Be ready for Wu Lei, He'll be coming at you HARD!!

I don't even know where to start! This drama has brought me so much amazement that made me reassess my hopes and expectation in every climatic scenes cause they never go the way I thought it would be; It made me realize how dumb I am. Hahaha

It's a story that is smartly created and is placed accordingly without any loop holes. I'm not that keen but I can usually see through plot holes and such however this drama really is a cut above the rest. Hands down to that! My compliments and respect to the author/writer of this drama.

Another thing I notice is how abundant the budget is. This is a drama that thought me how big of a difference there is between Well Funded and Greatly Funded projects. This drama surely SPENT so much. From the costume, the location, the # of people, the horses and all other stuff. Just Wow!

ONE FACTOR that must be praise no matter what is its Meticulous tactics and planning. I love guessing of what might happen next but I just never got it right. Really, It always goes the opposite way of how i thoihjt it would and that is a Great Indication of an outstanding piece. Deserved every high praises!

Story - 10, I have high praises and mad respect to this story and it's writer. It's almost 1 in a million chance that I get to encounter such a great piece in this oversaturated dramaland.

Acting/Cast - 10, Do I even need to tell? Main Leads are Phenomenal so does the 2nd Leads and other actors. Everyone is well-versed with their characters. You'll know they're professional when you see the fire and concentration on their eyes. It's different to how "experienced actors" look like; they're certainly on that PRO LEVEL.

Music - 10, I appreciate how the music compliments the scenes and story. It never bothered me instead soothed me and highlighted the emotions the actors are sending/relaying when the music plays in each scene.

Rewatch Value - 10, No doubt that this is a great drama which deserves all the views it can accomodate! I will surely rewatch it IF I feel the need to watch a drama that's above the usual cliche storyline.

Overall - 10, I would be to ashamed not to give it a Perfect score! It deserved all the love and support. EXCELLENT & PHENOMENAL!!

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Soooooo Underwhelming~!!!!

I watched this as the 2nd installment of CITT and it destroyed my palate and expectation of this whole series.

I'm the type of person who loves to seek through people's review before watching any dramas cause I don't wanna waste time yet still gave this one a chance since it's part of the series and I believe that thriller-action dramas can never go wrong; but TWG proved me wrong. This drama made me so furious and disappointed countless of times and almost let me drop it halfway.

Story is too JUMPY for no reason and is somewhat confusing. Female leads are useless but was able to survive nonetheless even the 2nd male lead is a liability. Terrible.

Story - 6.5, I'm honestly still being too kind for giving this a 6.5. IF i happen to drop it halfway It would've been 5. The action and fighting scenes somehow save it for me. Even when they're mostly average as well.

Actors - 8, The actors did deliver. It's just that their characters lack purposes and is heavily shouldered by the Main Lead.

Music - 6.5, I'm too infuriated to even notice and appreciate. Music could've easily pass the mark but this drama failed to do so.

Rewatch - 5, I wanted to give it a lower rating cause i definitely won't watch it again but i'm keeping it at 5 since I was able to get through the story while bearing so much. But I WILL NEVER EVERR~!!

Overall - 6.5, I supposedly wanna give it a 7 but I felt like it's way too high so I reduced a "0.5" points. It's horrendous but is bearable.

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