Michelle Topham

Zhu Zhu is always brilliant, even with this character who is annoying beyond belief. She's probably the big reason I'm still watching (and the upcoming romance), and Wallace, who I also like as an actor, just not this character. Yet, at least.

Plus, don't forget, she was outside in the rain for 10 minutes and IMMEDIATELY came down with acute pneumonia. (I just can't with Chinese writers sometimes -- hahahahaha).

She's still somewhat of a doormat and we're now at Ep 29 so, yep, you may find it nerve-wracking or frustrating. But... even though I'm infuriated beyond belief about both her and the ML's behavior, I must be enjoying some of it as I'm bitching like crazy about it but.. still watching :)

Yep. He just stands there most of the time looking apologetic and incapable as one of his staff (usually Miyu) gets screamed at and then, in private, says something somewhat supportive to them later. He's just so bland and non-committal about everything he does.

And I may be biased as I just got off binge-watching The Outsider where Vengo Gao's CEO doesn't put up with sh*t for 2 seconds. From anybody. Now that man has a backbone :) (A very well-written character too).

Yep, the upcoming romance is the only thing that's still keeping me engaged. If we didn't have that to look forward to, I might have dropped it by now :)

NPCs exactly, and not even interesting NPCs. The only two characters even worth anything at this point are chef Li Qiao Qi and Xue Rui. The rest are completely bland and forgettable.

If you think, like I do, that the plot has devolved into infuriatingly stupid, you should see the Douban rating -- 5.4 out of 10, which literally means "unwatchable" - and be thankful people on MDL are being much kinder than the Chinese. So far, at least.

https://movie.douban.com/subject/36449637/

To some extent, I feel sorry for the writer as it's her first produced script, but the writing is the problem here. IMO, she has the makings of a decent writer, as her plot was initially interesting. Because of that, she could probably have made her story work very well if it was 25 episodes instead.

But the awfulness of everything that happens to Miyu has been dragged out to 38 EPISODES, when a drama has to be spectacularly well-written to stand a 38-episode plot. That's meant it's become draggy, annoying and frustrating after seeing Episode after Episode after Episode of Miyu being abused by almost everyone around her, then promoted, then abused again, then saved by the ML, then standing up for herself (sort of) then.... rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat.

And we're almost 30 episodes in and STILL haven't had the ML and FL get together.

It's a shame, as a tightly-written plot would have created an extremely fun drama. Instead, a loosely-written repetitive plot dragged out over 38 episodes has become an exercise in viewing frustration.

Same. She always needs a savior, she jumps to ridiculous lengths to "please" a guest who should have been removed from the hotel by security the minute she started screaming and threatening staff, and yep, she seems to be pretty much running the whole hotel herself. Plus, she must be the unluckiest person in China, as EVERYTHING bad happens to her. :)

So disappointed with this one. The first half was brilliant. The last half? I want to put my fist through the screen half the time, she's just such a weak and annoying woman. Then again, she's probably a perfect match for the ML, as he has no balls either :)

Cool. And I'm NOT saying I don't use bootleg sites :), as sometimes there's no choice if a drama isn't licensed properly for my region, but it's good for people to know what are legal sources and what aren't, IMO, and then they can choose.

Sorry, but the situations in this drama at this point are bordering on the ridiculous. IN NO HOTEL ON THE PLANET would a staff member do what this ridiculous woman did to find a hearing aid. And then, of course, she FAINTS. And as for Ji Feng, what a ball-less wonder he's turned out to be. Just pathetically bland and weak.

Honestly, it's devolved so badly into bordering on drivel. Liked Miyu's character at the beginning, so bloody tired of her at this point. And the writing is melodramatic junk.

Will finish it, but will be SO happy when it's done.

It's a legal site, and is the French version of YouTube. But, just like YouTube, people who don't own the licenses to C-dramas upload them there. You can find The Epoch of Miyu all over YouTube as well, but none of them are legally uploaded. When iQIYI/WeTV etc eventually complain, their entire channels will be taken down as what they are doing is copyright theft.

And btw, IMO, YOUKU does the best job out of all of them, as it often uploads full dramas to YouTube once they have ended their run. Then you can watch them legally. :)

Just an FYI -- The videos on Daily Motion aren't legal. The site is legal, but the people uploading The Epoch of Miyu videos are not legal licensors. So it's just as much bootleg as any other bootleg site when it comes to C-dramas.

The only ratings that matter for any C-drama are those in China. Chinese production companies pay ZERO attention to ratings or popularity overseas. So MDL ratings mean less than nothing. And in China, it's going gangbusters -- #1 drama on various rankings. So no worries, eh? :)

I liked all of the dramas you mentioned very much, but I am enjoying this one even more.

😂😂😂 Yep.

Yep. Let them waste their time. :)

Losers not even watching the drama who, for some reason, don't like Allen Ren. I'm sure he's losing a LOT of sleep over it :). Need I say more :)

No, I think it depends on the number of ratings that have been left? It probably triggers the algorithm to publish the rating once a certain number has been hit. Just a guess, but that's how it works on some other platforms.

You're missing the point though. Ratings outside China DO NOT MATTER AT ALL. The Chinese, like most Asians, couldn't give a rat's ass what non-Chinese/non-Asians think about anything they produce, so the MDL losers can downrate a drama to eternity. All it does is waste their own finite time on the planet. (I lived in Thailand for heading towards 2 decades, and while many Thais definitely care what the Chinese think of them (Thailand has a very close relationship with China due to the millions of Thai-Chinese), they couldn't care less what an American or a German thinks. Same over much of Asia, which is why "woke" has never taken hold on the continent).

I say let them, as they're the same type of loser who would be assassinating a president or shooting a health care CEO in the back if they could get their hands on a gun and get away with it.

A pathetic waste of space, and not worthy of anyone's time.

They are the same morons who downrate every episode right to the last one, even though only 6 episodes have been released. You just have to realize, they have sad, pathetic, lonely little lives, so let them waste their finite time on stupidity.

MDL ratings have ZERO bearing on anything China produces, or on any of the actors who star in C-dramas (China literally does NOT care what non-Chinese think about anything), so let the losers continue losering. It's all they're worth.