UnaSpenser

She's a classic narcissist. She's lonely because she doesn't actually relate to anyone else, as in empathize with anyone else's emotions and ways of seeing things. So, people keep a distance and she is alone, with the only one left to control being her son. May he find his way out of her grip.

She's a classic narcissist

I have the same critique. Plus, the FL voice grates on me. It’s hard to take her seriously with that breathy baby voice and the way she drops the ends of all her syllables. Her voice has no power. I don’t even speak Mandarin and I can tell she doesn’t have good diction. Surely, a vocal coach could help her fix this. She’s a pretty decent actress, aside from this.

Also, thought the story was about a revenge scenario, where the lead has to learn that he’s seeking revenge against the wrong person. It strays way of that plot for way too long.

Agreed. Japan seems to have an inordinate amount of these.

It’s confusing. With their use of “brother”, it makes it seem that her dad is his uncle, making them cousins. They are from the same clan, but I guess it’s a little more distant?

I’m very late getting to this. In episode 11, right now. Wondering if the Xun’er character is going to develop, well, any character? It feels like bad casting and bad writing.

She’s supposed to be one of the strongest fighters in her class. But the actress doesn’t exude any sense of power. Her fist pumps in the air have no strength to them. She moves like a timid child. Why did they cast her for this? Surely they can find actresses who can look like they can fight.

When they’re battling their first beast, she apparently doesn’t know to get out of its path and can’t run on her own. So, in the midst of this supposedly very dangerous fight, the ML has to grab her hand and drag her. You don’t go on dangerous hunts with people who need literal hand holding.

She’s pouty and teary all the time. They wrote almost no dialogue for her and what little they gave her doesn’t make sense. “I have faith in you” [while crying and begging him not to the thing he is committed to and that she says she has faith him in for.]

I hope there is more to her story than just being pretty and an emotional support for the ML. /rant

Otherwise, it’s a fun story, with some of the usual weaknesses if wuxia, while still being enjoyable.

I don’t think she did. He left his job, as much for his own sake, as for her, in my understanding. Seeing the ugliest side of it, he didn’t want to participate any longer. Also, his drive for fighting injustice was really rekindled by her presence and he was willing to do things which would not serve a political career. So, he opted out. But, there was never any indication that she was going to accept a romance.

oh, nvm. I see the rest are "express."

I'm confused about episode numbers, I think. On Tencent/WeTV, there are only 48?

the assemblyman deserved a better relationship than anyone could ever have with her. though, I agree that they had more chemistry, I didn't wish her upon him. She was one lost soul, preyed upon by the corporate goons and then used by the woman who took her in. All her relations were fabrications. She didn't know how to truly relate.

Its the 21st century. They didn't email, text, connect on social media at all? When they work in a field of digital arts?

And they had already confirmed their interest in one another before he left, so why can't they just connect and talk? A simple text when he arrived, "I'm back and I can't wait to see you!" would have been so easy.

I have absolutely adored the Japanese BLs, but this one has weak writing and the story is losing me. (I already didn't like the whole thing with the Canadian guy bashing him the way he did and claiming that one year with him would change his career. Such BS. But, here we are.... I guess I'll finish since I've come this far, but I'm disappointed.

What a delightful gem. Light, yet mature. All the actors are great in their roles and the ensemble humor is wonderful.

This is my favorite role to see Gao Wei Guang in. He gets to play and feel like a real person. So many of his roles have him being so stiff.

Ma Yi Li is just sparkles. What great energy.

They play off of each other, really well.

Also, really fantastic to have a story where most of the characters are smart and good at their jobs. Some daffiness, but the story and the humor don't rely on stupidity. Thoroughly enjoying it.

so, 27 is middle-aged, now?

Just finished episode 10. What horrible mother! Absent from her daughter's entire life and can't show one iota of affection? Always assumes the worst and is incessantly prepared to beat her. Who would want to live with that. I'd go live with Aunt and Uncle, too.

I should say that I figure this ability to pick locks is a clue. Since I'm watching this well after everyone else, I'm just over making guesses with myself. lol If she's not actually Quiang Yi, then this could make sense and isn't as insulting as the running down the road in front of the car. Instead, if she is someone who is street savvy enough to know how to pick locks, it makes that opening scene even more insulting.

Dai Zu steals the show. He gets a lot of space to show his acting skills. His physical humor is so over the top that you wonder about it, but then comes the banquet and we get to see a moment of extreme grace in his movements. Once he starts showing tenderness in his expressions, you realize the range of the actor. He lights up every scene he is in. His character gets a lot of nice development, too.

had the same thought.

also, she doesn't remember that she was a violin master, but she can pick locks.

unconditional love doesn't mean letting someone walk all over you. and, as a parent, unconditional love doesn't mean not teaching your child. Its a poorly written arc in the story, with a tinge of misogynist messaging that women should just be doormats for their male children.

I was really appreciative of the relationship between the two leads. It seems out of character, though, that GQF would just ghost her. Out of the mutual respect they had for one another, I would think he would at least explain why he's doing it.

one needs the actor to actually play the instrument. we are asking that the actors fake it a little better. even a child can tell when there is plucking versus strumming and when the rhythm is slow or fast. If they don't know what music will be played during the scene, then patch in some shots of hands afterward. Its very, very weird when the music is playing something really fast and the actor is lackadaisically moving their hand up and down in a super slow pace.