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It is obvious, you know who.

At least, it is better than the legend of that female general.

I think, there will be one, even though possibly it is one-sided.

I have questions.

1. Who is Fang Zhou? Why is he important and his death angered many people?

2. Who is Yique Yingyang? Why is he important and hated by many?

3. Who is Tang Lici actually? Is he a monarch, a martial artist, or a deity?

For drama with a similar theme and a female general, watch Fated Hearts. FH is better than this one. FH handles "falling from a cliff" and "amnesia" very well.

I do hope they will continue this show. In the meantime, I will watch the donghua. The story is basically the same, but the donghua’s quality is superb—almost realistic. I just wish that, in the drama version, they would explore Han Li and Mo Caihuan’s reincarnation relationship more and establish it as the main love line throughout the story. I don’t like Nangong Wang or the nature of her relationship with Han Li. I find Mo Caihuan more relatable and pure compared to the others.

The real score is the verified one. Only 8.0.

Maybe you can learn something by watching Mulan (2009) as the closest comparison. Study Vicky Zhou's portrayal of a female soldier in that movie. The actress is beautiful, and she plays "man" in a humanly realistic manner.

Yeah. This drama undermines its own premise by revealing the FL’s true gender far too soon. If being female in the military is taboo in this universe, her feminine side should have been hidden much longer to preserve tension and raise the stakes. The worldbuilding promises high-stakes secrecy, but the execution leaks it away from the start.

I think this drama undermines its own premise by revealing the FL’s true gender far too soon. If being female in the military is taboo in this universe, her feminine side should have been hidden much longer to preserve tension and raise the stakes. Instead, from episode 1, her mannerisms, voice, and ease in women’s attire make her disguise implausible—especially after years of serving as a man among soldiers. This lack of believability flattens suspense. The worldbuilding promises high-stakes secrecy, but the execution leaks it away from the start.

Do you know what "realistic" means? It refers to things that are grounded in reality, not reality itself. A story is fiction. It is not real and did not actually happen in reality. To say whether a story is realistic, we evaluate the elements in it by the degree to which that fiction could possibly occur in real life.

Figures like a female general are fiction. So, of course, we can't and won't expect this figure to be a real person in history. However, we generally have some common knowledge about how a military general (as a masculine role) is "born", should behave, live, solve problems, lead others, etc. As we have "male general" as a template, we compare the female one here to the template. That is how we find some gaps and say some things are not realistic/ not believable enough to help us enjoy the story as a whole.

I know most of us love this drama. But some others just cannot shut their eyes and ignore the gaps between what should be and what actually is.

I just think that if being female—or assuming a false identity—is considered taboo in the military in this universe, the drama should have kept the feminine side of FL hidden for as long as possible, because such information could have significantly raised the stakes of the story in a positive direction.

But, unfortunately, this drama has already been leaking this critical secret to us since episode 1, through the FL’s subtle behavior and the way she carries herself comfortably when dressed in women's attire. After years of serving in the military, living among men, and most of her life being a boy/ young man, it is highly improbable for a woman to still talk and walk like a woman. That’s why, for some new viewers (not the novel readers), there’s not much left to spark curiosity about the FL as a character.

The only thing making the FL a man is the viewer’s own stubborn insistence, despite knowing full well she is a woman. Isn't that silly? That’s why many viewers can’t wait to see when the FL will finally be revealed as a woman. IMO, if the worldbuilding and story premise are right from the beginning, we shouldn’t and wouldn't be waiting eagerly for her identity as a woman to be revealed.

Just a piece of my thought.

I wish we had another drama like "Nirvana in Fire" where we have a female general character like Mu Nihuang. She is a general without pretending about her female identity. She is strong and mature.

Or, like Mulan in Mulan (2009), played by Zhao Wei/ Vicky Zhao, who perfectly portrayed a female military character from zero to hero. She stayed a man when in duty and only returned to be a female when she had to infiltrate the enemy camp, and when the war was over, and she finally came home.

Both actresses playing these characters are beautiful, but for the sake of the story, their beauty and romance plot are simplified, and their masculine personality side and maturity are amplified, so the audience can focus on their main role as military figures.

This rating is primarily a praise for the actor and actress, not the drama as a whole. See the comments here. Most of them are praises for the actors.

This rating is a blind rating, ignoring problems such as plot holes, relatability, believability, characterization, and weird introduction.

For critical viewers, to watch this drama, we should fight and defeat our intelligence first.

Soo, that is how they show us about someone being reborn? How lame!

For critical viewers, to watch this drama, we should fight and defeat our intelligence first.

Repeat this to yourself, "This is just a story. This is just a story." Close your eyes. "This girl is a man. This girl is a man." Now, open your eyes. Go. You are ready to watch this drama.

For critical viewers, to watch this drama, we should fight and defeat our intelligence first.

Repeat this to yourself, "This is just a story. This is just a story." Close your eyes. "This girl is a man. This girl is a man." Now, open your eyes. Go. You are ready to watch this drama.

I think, actually, it is an 18-20 episode drama.

Are we watching a drama, or... reading a novel through a drama??

1. They have been husband and wife since episode 2.
2. Not breakups, but separation. It is just some episodes, around 20-25.
3. No time skip. They still work together.
4. Around episode 26. But they reconcile slowly.
5. No third wheeler, no love triangle, no past love.
6. Happy ending. Some people said it is rushed. But it is better than a crash ending.