Monkimajik

Disappointed

Legend of the Female General is a competent wuxia drama that does a great job utilizing the cross dressing trope.

The FL of this story is a resilient and tenacious juggernaut who really does an amazing job of holding this drama together.

Zhou Ye was a phenomenal casting choice who brought an arresting androgynous vibe to her role as a man and subtle but unyielding femininity as a woman. I can't think of anyone taking her place. She along with Bai Shu were definitely my favorite to watch on screen. I don't care how rotten his role may be, Bai Shu can do no wrong.

I really liked all of the cast, most of the characters were distinct and memorable. I really cared for everyone, even the side characters.

All of the technical aspects were mostly on point. The music was great, both the sung tracks and the bg ost did a lot to add to the ambiance.

I LOVED the costumes, I don't know much about historical accuracy, but everything fit so well and looked good! There were multiple times that I paused to look at the way a sleeve fell, or the crisp layers of a collar… I can tell that the costumes were made to fit each main actor pretty well.

Though I wasn't always a fan of the cinematography, I did quite enjoy the martial arts choreography. The way that moves would be executed and filmed were absolutely amazing! There were so many cool moments that I found myself replaying over and over. I don't think I've liked fight choreography this much since I watched Blood of Youth.

Okay so the plot…

This show is good (just good) for the first 20ish episodes. Things start going downhill fast after that. Once we reach that point the pacing gets thrown off even more and moves at a breakneck speed just so it can tie things up.

The beginning tested the limits of my suspension of disbelief, but it was still fun and engaging. There were multiple points of tension that had the potential to pay off in a satisfactory way. Once we get to the parts that should relieve our tension and resolve our expectations, they're dealt with in the most nonchalant way.

This show hinges basically on one villain who looms over every evil happening like a curse. If something bad happened then it's his fault, and even if it wasn't his fault he still has something to do with it and benefited from it. I felt that this conflict was boring and predictable at times. Characters blame him so often that he might as well be the devil… Yet the show resolves his tension point before the final episodes and instead decided to add another villain to raise the stakes.

Because of this switch we have multiple stupid things happen because multiple characters lose their brains.

I think that the 40 episode limit is one of the worst things to happen to costume dramas, the length limits have some people speed running the story. I imagine that if this show had 50-60 episodes then we could have dedicated more time to seeing how our FL became who she was and invested more time into her struggle to survive and excel. We don't know about her connections to anyone other than a quick catch up at the START of the show.

At the start of the show they had flashbacks to her younger years that tried to give you more backstory but they are abruptly dropped after only a handful of episodes. It was frustrating to basically watch the show blind with no investment in her past struggles and connections.

It's not a deal breaker but I never felt that this show was a real political drama, the one note villains and the ease with which everything is resolved is baffling. Everything felt a little shallow, the conflict, the social commentary, and even the comedy at times.

I genuinely started laughing when they started speed running the entire point of My Dearest's drama during the Rundu arc. That drama had 21 1+ hour episodes and STILL couldn't fully get its message across but this show attempts the same in 3 30 min episodes. 😭

The romance was a good slow burn that did a lot of lifting to keep me engaged. Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei are true talents who build up their love in a steady and satisfying way… Until the end.

I would recommend this, and I do see myself watching this show again. Still not LLTG, I need someone to save me.

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Solid

Another rare J-drama that's pretty decent.


I'm not sure what it is about J-dramas but they've been on a downward trend since the 2010's. I feel that it's harder to find J-dramas than can compete with the sheer star power of K-dramas and the spectacle of C-dramas. They usually are missing the inclusivity of Thai dramas too.

Despite this, I can not bring myself to completely write off J-dramas completely like some other drama enjoyers have.

The sole reason being that… Japan REALLY knows how to put a mystery series together. It's like… the ONLY thing they've got a leg up over the competition in.

Usotsuki Rhetoric is a decent mystery series that varies in cases and presentation. Our main character has the power to detect lies and has a complex about it. She meets our ML and starts to grow as a person and change her perception of her power.

The music is alright, the visuals show a bit of care, and the setting is modest but well utilized.

The cases are all pretty unique and span from simple domestic spats to decades old murder cases. It's fun to see that lie detection isn't enough to solve a case.

The true gem of this show are the characters and the relationships between them. This show is definitely a cozy vibe that is more interested in dissecting human nature than putting forth the most impossible cases.

It's okay, but I like it.

Not as good as Kyoko Okitegami
but better than Don't Call it Mystery most of the time. Solid Japanese mystery drama.

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Undercover Deez Nüts

Undercover High School is a nonsensical mess that provides just enough entertainment to justify its existence.

The plot? Hilariously convoluted and borderline criminal.

The characters? Forgettable and bland.

The villains? So unserious it's also criminal.

The progression? Stilted and almost non-existent.

The comedy? funny in an ironic way? Like I'm laughing AT you rather than WITH you?

The romance? Laughable.

buuut Seo Kang Joon is REALLY good looking… man that face.


I wanna give special attention to the main villain who must have tripped on her way to auditioning for The Glory or The Veil maybe even Come and Hug Me or When the Camelia Blooms and accidentally landed a role here.

Miss Mama BOB (I finished this show an hour ago and can't remember her name) was putting her heart and and soul into being the most menacing educator I have ever seen. She goes from “I wanna build a city for rich students!” to “I will burn every child alive cuz I can!” in just 12 easy episodes. Crazy work but I must applaud her.

FL Soo-ah (whose name I DO remember, give me head pats) has this whole backstory about wanting to be a better teacher cuz of bad happenings in her past but somehow its also pretty underdeveloped.

This story puts a grown man in the position of a student because that was so much easier than writing him to be a teacher? janitor? pe instructor??? So it gets weird when we see the FL crushing on him… I get that WE know he's an adult but she doesn't… It's weird. Also a teenage girl also declares her love for him and makes an open decision to pursue the adult man romantically… Bruh you ain't have to do all that.

I feel like criticizing this show too much is like bullying a baby.

I feel like if you're in a kdrama slump and you need something to fill time, this will do.

Ah man that face tho. It should be illegal to look that damn good. Despite them looks I gotta say this is a tad worse than From now on Showtime! So I'll score it accordingly.

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Its good (like pie)

I'm not sure why this show is rated so low?

Someone made this show for me. I usually hate high schoolers but dang this is real good.

It's amazing and if you liked dark themes and humor this honestly will be a cake walk to watch.

It's unique and fresh with so much care put into its production. The cinematography is immaculate with all sorts of camera lenses and effects used for different moods in scenes.
I loved the humor and music to death and really enjoyed the action.

This isn't as long as it could be but It tells its story well in the time it given. It has more “tell” rather than “show” but I feel like that's just due to the budget…

I wish it had been longer and had a less open ending… but I'm going to choose to be happy and believe my babies are doing just fine together living happily.

Anyways, best thing I've watched in months!

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BAD + Crazy

The big twist is that this is not a supernatural drama about possession, but rather a thriller involving DID.

I have to applaud this drama for being better than Killme/Healme or Hyde, Jekyll, Me in its depiction of what kind of traumatic even triggers DID.

That's the good stuff.

K functions like a ghost... I've rarely heard of DID patients being able to see and interact with their alters... It was hard to believe... shoulda just made him a ghost...

There are investigation portions to the story but they all take too long... Some things that could be resolved in 2 eps are stretched out across 4 total sometimes. The drama reeks of weekly writing because the relevant plot that you've been following will be dropped in favor of something new...

I'm not sure if this story was planned out but its bad enough that it FEEL like the writers were making shit up as they went.

ACTION was great! I actually adore K!

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Cookie Cutter

Its the same story we've seen before but even LONGER and more boring. The entire time that I was watching the show I couldn't help but think that this story could have been told in half the run time. 30 episodes would have been MORE THAN ENOUGH. In order to further add to the unoriginality this drama takes several actors from both Love and Redemption and Ashes of Love.

Yang Zi is a grown woman of 30 years and still shes being forced into these cutsey roles where she has barely any agency. I feel like MY eyes will spit blood if I have to watch Cheng Yi do it one more time. Both leads are punching bags thoughout the whole thing.

Aside from them no one really matters? Cardboard cutouts that serve the plot when necessary. The candle holder cat faced lady was so obviously and laughably Evil that I could not keep a straight face anytime she came on screen. I couldn't help but wonder as she stood next to the emperor Ying Yuan, why he couldn't see that she was obviously evil? I also despise the fact that this drama pits sisters against each other, I understand that you need to have the evil lady but there is no need for that type of tension between both sisters. Is it that hard to imagine that women might possibly want to support and love each other? When will female camaraderie be celebrated?

The only enjoyable parts of this show are when they are in the mortal realm just solving mysteries and collecting loot. It was fun and way more intresting than the boring immortal realm stuff. If you ask me that should have been the show. Just a demon hunting guy meeting a "good" demon girl and solves mysteries with her and they fall in love. Sprinkle in some commentary about nature versus nurture, some tension with the guys sect and rivals. And BOOM a watchable drama in 30 episodes or less.

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Mid Asfffff

This show is a time travel food porn comedy that is very bland.

The positives are that the acting is pretty good, the food (when it is focused on) looks delicious and makes me so envious of the characters enjoying it. The main characters are all memorable and fun to watch. There's also a fair amount of social commentary being done here, it is a little hamfisted, but I can't help but appreciate it regardless.

Li Yun Rui has caught my attention since LLTG… and he's rising as one of my favorites. This is my second time watching Wang Ying Lu in a drama and she's pretty entertaining here too. I did prefer her role in When Destiny Brings the Demon more, but this is still pretty solid. These two are great on their own, but I don't think they make the most compelling couple.

So the negatives.

Despite the show shaking up the trope by having an entire family time travel together, our FL STILL ends up solving most of the problems, comes up with almost all the ideas, and is also a sage who guides her family through trials and tribulations while being wise beyond her years.


There's too much of a plot.
I signed up for a food showcase where I get to see 2-3 new delicious things every episode… Instead we're investigating a treason case, dealing with corruption, rebellion? and the romances of side characters??? I just wanted to see some food NOT crappie overdone and PREDICTABLE plotlines from every other costume drama.

The budget???
I think that this show looks really… basic? The hair, the clothing, the sets. Nothing really ever blows me away. There's wire work in really unnecessary places while characters will pull up to a fight, beat someone OFFSCREEN and we cut to them rolling on the ground. That fight was never filmed, there was never an intention to film the fight.🤣 There's a bit more action towards the end, but I couldn't help be feel that it would have been better for this show to have skipped trying to do all this extra stuff.

I feel that this show wastes so much time. There was no reason for this to have been stretched out over 32 episodes.

SPOILERS!!!

Our main villain is responsible for the death of the ML's entire clan; he spends the entire drama being dumb and continuing to trust the ML even when he's clearly suspicious. When the villain gets got with a sword kicked (from the ground, lol physics) through his chest he starts crying and has a flashback of all the sweet moments he had with the boy whose life he ruined. Do you really expect me to feel sorry for him??? Apparently the ML does cuz he cries too. lol okay. Another example of the show wasting my time.

Don't get me started on the 2nd and final villian, it pissed me off so bad, you could see him coming from a million miles away.

Would be in**st for apx 90% of this show.

When this drama begins, we are told that our FL and ML are distant relatives. They're 1000 years removed from each other but her family wouldn't have existed if the ML didn't get it on with his future wife.

I know that the drama later tells us that they're not actually related (everyone knew that, it wouldn't work if they were 🙄) but it doesn't erase the several episodes that our FL struggles with her guilt for her desire for her greeaaaat granddaddy. I'm never getting that time back. Though the revelation of them not being related is now conveniently given (through head trauma) the ick remains. Hearing characters be like “OMG its not in**st, you can be together!” was NOT on my C-drama bingo card this year.

Also its so funny that our main characters make such a big deal out of FL having feelings for a man she would basically share no DNA with, when they married cousins several generations in a row back then.


The ending pissed me off too. It has the typical ending that these types always do, but it grated my nerves more for some reason.

The ML wastes OVER TEN MINUTES of my time in the FINAL EPISODE drawing pictures and having flashbacks of the Main characters after their existence is erased from the past.

FL wakes up in the future and none of their family members remember being in the past with her, but they get to keep all of the character development they achieved without remembering how exactly they struggled to attain it… BS!

Yea whatever.



P.S. I actually liked that 2nd ML more.

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Almost there.

The Double is a pretty good drama. For the first 15 episodes I would have said that this show was on its way to being as good as Love Like the Galaxy.

But it's not quite good enough to fill that LLTG Hole.

The positive things I have to say are endless, because this is an example of when you can feel every ounce of effort that was crammed into this show. The cinematography was amazing, there are so many shots that are screen saver worthy. The consistent use of flowing fabrics, wind and flower petals made my eyes pop open on more than one occasion. The fight choreography was on point too, it's almost comparable with Blood of Youth and fighting is the whole point of that show. The music also slapped. Be it a bgm or the featured artists it was always a pleasure to listen to whatever was coming out of my speakers. I did add more tracks to my playlist, and that's always the mark of great music.

I have the highest praise for the actors, there's not a single person in this show who was not giving a stellar performance as well, the direction and cast's chemistry was great! I feel like there are so many scenes where I can't imagine another actor replacing any of our main characters. This along with the initial writing in the first quarter of the show made the story so compelling! Everything just made sense, and I really liked that.

On the other hand it's hard to overlook the flaws of this drama. I think it can be overly dramatic and prioritize visuals over telling it's story in a more useful way at times. I also think that the pacing of the show could have been better. The 1st through 15th episodes are clearly aware that this story has a time limit and all the events flow evenly… But once we pass that halfway mark the plots take forever to resolve and get more and more choppy. I especially despise the final episode which unnecessarily kills off some characters in the dumbest and most abrupt ways. I didn't care for the drawn out reunion that we don't even really get to see. It's gore and murder and then a flower field and the FL looks into the camera and this hefty 40 episode monstrosity ends… Just. like. that…

I felt that there were so many moments where I wanted something more, something deeper, something intricate to happen and for the writing to be just a little smarter in how all of these characters related to each other.

I didn't care for it…
but the beginning was amazing so I can't rate it that low. I'd recommend it! But this is not on Love Like the Galaxy or Love and Redemption's level. Those stories kept you hooked until the very end and had very satisfying endings that didn't need unneeded shock value for its finale.

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Its pretty decent

QoT is a pretty good drama. I think that it starts off stronger than it ends… but it's still a great experience.

The best part of the show is of course the main leads. I really love that the lead characters complement each other so well. Hyun Woo's intelligence, gullibility, and caring nature fits so well with Hae In's hidden vulnerability, arrogance, and willpower. This is the couple who got the fairy tale ending and then lost the plot shortly afterwards. The main point of this story is getting this couple back to square one and I'm in support of using a progressive brain cancer to do so.

I'm in love with the writing, its very well put together with so many memorable and heavy lines that are buried in my head. It was always moving me every episode. The side characters were all so fleshed out and all of them got satisfying moments that made them seem like real people to me. They made mistakes, did hurtful things, and could be selfish and ignorant while doing so… but they didn't usually stay that way.

This show praises its characters for changing and punishes anyone who doesn't make and effort to be a better person… I like that… a lot.

On the other hand this show is REALLY overly dramatic sometimes and I'm not a total fan of the ending. It seems so lackluster compared to all the buildup.

Its still better than 90% of Rom coms this year, and it's definitely rewatchable.

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Going down roofie road.

After binging this drama in the span of less than a week. I have to make a formal apology to "From Now on Showtime!" because this show is basically the same thing but like wayyy worse in every aspect.

Its boring, predictable and cliché. The stalker serial killer, the b*tchy 2nd FML, the second lead not liking her until he's got competition... All of it made me wanna hurl. The show not being able to remember it's own lore about magic.

I don't mind dramas being commercials... But I still wanna be told a good story. I was totally on board for this show until the 5th episode? Once he drank that DAMN love potion it was OVER for me! Such a dumb decision! Speaking of dumb things.

I could not bring myself to believe that a woman willingly wrote this. Every single female character with 1 exception (and no, its not the FL) is a joke. An actual joke. The FL's only characteristics are her being "nice" and liking hot guys. Aside from her dad dying thats all we know about her. Everything else circles back to those two things. Oh? she's hardworking? YEA cuz she's "nice". Oh she's making dumb magical decisions? YEA it's cuz she likes hot guys. The script has her isolated from other people without really giving a valid reason. If she's so nice why does she get bullied and isolated everywhere she goes… I know it's Korean fiction but there's gotta be a reason for her lack of human connections. Even the biggest b*tches I know have a couple f*ckin friends??? (its me, I'm b*tches) Her superiors and coworkers are all disgusting shallow people who walk all over her, take advantage and so on. DESPITE THAT! The FL still wants to be friends with them?

LADY PLEASE have some respect for yourself.

I really dislike when women in dramas can only think of men... you don't have any hopes? Dreams? Goals? Hobbies? The coworkers and 2nd FL have lives that only revolve around the males they drool over... So pathetic. Also the 2nd FL is a freaking delusional hypocrite that honestly made me head cannon that she was a stand in for someone that actually bullied the writer in real life, that way she can feel like she punished her bully through the show… All of this seems like bad fan fiction. The Mary Sue FL, the lack of romantic tension, and the one dimensional 2nd FL… it all reeks.

The male characters are basically pieces of paper. I don't know why the ML ended up liking the FL? He was so rude to her and then BOOM the worst decision of the show comes and all of a sudden he's all about her… The 2ND ML seemed like he might have something relatable and interesting going on… but it doesn't get enough development and he too also starts liking the FL for shallow reasons… I have nothing to say about either of the villains… Both were so boring. The mayor man…. allows his uneducated daughter to make political decisions for him because she's angry… What a whack politician…

The biggest issue is the FL making the conscious decision to trick a man into drinking a love potion that would FORCE that man to love her. This action is the biggest issue for me... Is her life so bad that she needs to essentially magically roofie a man? She's that desperate for love??? WHY??? So cuz her dad died she has the right to force men into a relationship even after being PREVIOUSLY REJECTED BY THE SAME MAN? I just can't wrap my head around this creative decision.... THIS and everything that results from it are tainted. If she gets into a relationship with that guy… then everything that takes place is r*pe… I don't understand how the writers missed that… The drama doesn't really make any effort to condemn her actions either, instead it's used as a comedic trampoline… All kinds of shenanigans take place after that…

The cinematography, music, and acting were all fine I guess.

I can confidently say this was my worst drama of 2023… too much of it rubbed me the wrong way. I would gladly watch King The Land 20x times more than ever watch this again. Just awful.

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Yes.... watch it.... BUT.

I'm so conflicted.

I totally understand the hype. This show is really good, it's definitely a step above other fantasy costume dramas. I literally can not remember the last time a fantasy drama I watched was mostly competent AND enjoyable.

It's got EVERYTHING.

It looks good (wasn't the biggest fan of the costumes? Not sure what setting they were trying to invoke?) and sounds great.

The acting is crazy good.

The story is coherent, surprising and heartbreaking at times.

The leads are incredibly compelling and fun to watch due to their amazing chemistry.

The main trio of characters have such well written parallels with each other, and can truly be thought provoking. You always understand why and how everyone does what they choose to do.

Hou MingHao is now a cemented favorite of mine. Between Glory and this drama I really came to admire how expressive he is. He has some real talent.

Lu YuXiao was also great in this, I definitely think that her character here is a better fit for her than in My Journey to You.

I ADORED the romance, that is the true treasure of this drama.

Despite how much fun I had while watching this drama, I can't completely ignore the negatives.

The pacing is off here.

It moves at the speed of light at the start and barely gives us any worldbuilding, they talk about “six realms” but you don't even learn the names of the other four until 20% through the show. Nor am I even sure what exactly the “blessed rain” does or why it's so important to people. God's are mentioned but never appear. Cultivation is prized but EVERYONE is already immortal?

Our first main villain takes wayyy too long to resolve, I STILL don't fully understand why he went through with the actions that he did…. Aside for basic greed? the other reason seems to be wanton stupidity.

They casually drop early on that women with spiritual power are forced to have them sealed because some looming Eve archetype almost destroyed the world 100 years ago…. but we don't hear the whole story about that until the FINAL episodes.

I was constantly feeling that I should purposefully stop thinking about anything too hard, or else things would stop being fun.

And when I feel that way…. it's not really possible for me give it an 8+. It's sooo good, but that makes it's flaws all the more apparent.

In my heart I want to give this a 7.8… But 7.5 will have to do.

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I'm conflicted

I'm being so serious, THIS is the best thing I have watched in MONTHS.

It is flawed, but it's still incredibly enjoyable.

The Good Stuff

The cast is absolutely phenomenal. Gulnezer Bextiyar's Rong Shan Bao is definitely one of my favorite female leads now. Her character was so shrewd and cunning, and I must admit that's she is so glamorous and gorgeous. Sometimes it's nice to see beautiful people do their jobs well.

Hou Ming Hao is an actor that I haven't payed much attention to at all… I was definitely fond of him in Back from the Brink but that drama left some things to be desired. I haven't been avoiding him but he was never a reason for me to watch a show.

That has changed.

Hou Ming Hao's performance was so good that he was basically word for word repeating lines that earlier (and creepier) characters had said and had me eating out of the palm of his hand. He was a perfect match for Rong Shang Bao.

I dislike when you have two leads who are supposed to be equal in wit but one is always outsmarted the other.

Jiang Lai and Shang Bao were pretty evenly matched in most parts of the story. Sometimes he takes the leads but she never falls behind. Other parts have her at the forefront while he supports, it's just really satisfying.

This couple was the main thing that kept me watching, I was so invested in their story and wanted to see them achieve happiness together.

I also want to praise the technical aspects. This show LOOKS REALLY GOOD. The lighting and contrast were pretty consistently good. It's been a while since I watched editing that actually made me happy. Everyone and everything was really filmed to their best advantage. So many shots had me in awe of the presentation.

Th action choreography was enjoyable and the music was superb as well, cannot remember the last time I liked an OST this much! The more I think about it… the more I like what I liked.

The problem comes with everything else.

There is a huge pacing issue with this drama and for once I don't think it can be resolved by just making the drama longer. There's plenty of runtime the creators just choose to use (my) that precious time on dumb stuff.

Her family carries the bulk of this show.

I hate the Rong clan so much. They are supposed to be a subversion of traditional gender roles, so women are in power. Yet all these girls are STILL just as easily deceived, manipulated and corrupt as D list side characters in other dramas.

Every sister or cousin makes the dumbest decisions on multiple occasions, and despite them all supposedly being in competition with each other, NOT a single one could match Shang Bao in wits for more than a couple episodes. One cousin manages to get a leg up… but then she messes up anyways.

The grandmother was insufferable, its crazy that we have a whole section of the story dedicated to her needing to change her ways and she does and learns NOTHING.

The suitor selection goes on for wayyyy too long, and the final arc is out of nowhere with no preamble.

The cases were fine, but some twists were so predictable still enjoyable in its own way regardless.

The biggest disappointment for me was definitely the lack of build up for the affection between Shang Bao and Jiang Lai.

One moment you're under the impression that they're essentially strangers and suddenly they're worrying for each other and sharing romantic tension in the first handful of episodes.

I can't help but feel that something fundamental has been glossed over here. That missing piece was always hanging over my head the entire time I watched the show…

Regardless I had fun and could recommend this show to some who want something simple that focuses mostly on interpersonal drama, even with all its flaws I still see a little diamond in the rough.

It's overall a bit closer to a 6.5.... but I really liked it personally... so Imma rank it a lil higher.

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It's just shallow and fun. Messed up? yes but still fun.

Lemme say the negatives first.

This show is a Transmigration fantasy with a healthy dose of romantic comedy and tragedy.

This show had some of the most messed up events that I have ever seen in a drama, which leads into my first issue.

The tone is always a little off? I'm not sure if it's the lack of budget, but as harrowing as the events that take place are. I felt that the show didn't do enough to create a truly moving atmosphere.

The show looks bad, the costumes look bad, even the wigs and extensions look bad. Nothing bothered me more than the bad wigs, omg.

Second lead couple held no interest for me at all either, they were so boring to watch, up until one of them lost their memory, that kinda had me dialed in.

The editing was so abrupt and janky in MANY scenes. People would start a scene in one position and then they'll cut in the middle of a full on frontal shot (with nothing to hide behind) and magically everyone is in a different position with new facial expressions.

Everything technical is just a little off.

I really don't care tho, I loved this show and had so much fun watching it.

It's got a coherent, linear story that didn't leave me feeling stupid at any point. It's chock full of cliche tropes that just kept me hooked. I was always excited to watch the next episodes and see what would happen to my leads. Both leads made me so invested, and have a good amount of development by the end. They don't end the show the same way they started.

I've literally been avoiding Arthur Chen since 2020's Legend of Awakening, but he wasn't too bad here at all. I think he had a pretty good performance and if that is his real voice… I might become a fan. Minus that “white guy smile” face in did in way too many scenes.

I'm not really familiar with Wang YingLu but I did enjoy her performance! It wasn't the most moving every episode, but I liked it enough. No one's acting offended me, and that's all that matters.

I feel like this show is pretty comparable to Till the End of The Moon, Love Between Fairy and Devil, and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy… But I can't help but like it more than all of those.

It's absolutely worth overlooking the flaws so you can enjoy an indulgent passionate romance drama!

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