Impression: I was looking forward to the 5 Rings ringtone scene as that was hilarious and an iconic moment for me at least of the book. I couldn’t think of any reasons for that scene to be rewritten but yh, it’s one of those disappointing moments. That scene was a comedy relief amidst the heavy energy surrounding that entire case. Another was the lack of Luo Yiguo, the cat. It was a treat to see it make appearances both in the book and the first 8 episodes but it vanished during the scene it was supposed to show up. I guess it’s the way that scene was rewritten but damn, how much longer do I have to wait to see it meow?
I had to scroll down through the comments to find out what’s going on. Apparently, there’s been some cuts different from the script shared years ago, the first 8 episodes, and the rest of the episodes. Theres obvious ones but I’m not going to talk about them because it’s already been expressed down in the comments which I mostly agree with anyway.
Do I still like ep 9-13 despite all this? Sure. It’s all we’ve got after so long. I know that an adaptation will never be as satisfying as the book with the inconveniences of the world, I’ve resigned myself to this unfortunately.
Everyone is talking about ep 13 depicting Pei Su’s issues and trauma which I agree with. That scene was gut wrenching, no matter reading it, watching it or hearing it via the audio drama and the team has done great with visualising that scene.
For anyone who isn’t aware, the original free fan translation of the book is no longer available on their website because Seven Seas has officially picked it up to legally translate it into English and will be out for purchase in printed books.
There is an audio drama which follows very closely to the book but unfortunately, it’s only in Chinese, so you’re gonna have to find your way around google translating the Chinese subtitles like I did cause lol, I was desperate with all the censorship.
I was literally in a drought since the start of this year because nothing was catching my attention. Then, I found out this dropped. OMG y’all have no idea how happy and giddy I was when I found out this dropped. I need a Luo YiGuo in my life.
This was the right cleaner after heavy shows such as Justice in the Dark and TopForm.It was cute, funny, charming…
I saw your comment because Justice in the Dark was cancelled and I was so confused, I haven’t been around dramaland lately. OMG THANKS for unintentionally mentioning this. I’ve been waiting after going rouge with the book and audio drama for so long.
Did the novel has a happy ending? I saw the trailer gosssh th ml too cruel💀
Yes, it does. I’m truly convinced this drama if it airs out one day, might be one of the only ancient costume drama Liu Yu Ning has ever done to possibly have a happy ending lol. I don’t think anyone is truly 100% a fan of his character, I’m not either but it’s one of those enemies to lovers trope that we all like so.
I’m sad that the ending is this way but we all expected it. The finale was very well done and written despite it. Bless us all and them for coming through all that in the end.
I can’t tell, both perhaps? I was reading the illegal high spice version and not the published clean version nor have I watched this one so I’m totally gauging on the synopsis and people’s spoilers. Almost everything is different from names to plot. ML was military and FL a spice film director set in modern times but still has the elements of war present and having to go undercover on other missions. There’s no twin but still has that fake contract marriage theme. The plot is something in which censorship would obviously not pass so as a book reader, the changes were immense but it’s still the best they could do within their limits. As for the couple, I couldn’t gauge on their likeliness towards the written characters from the small snippets I’ve seen.
I decided to have a peak at the novel and I was genuinely double taking thinking I was reading a different one because of how different this adaptation was lol.
Has anyone read the book? I’m considering reading ahead of airing schedule but it sounds like there’s a a love triangle, love square thing according to synopsis?? The tag just says friendship?
Did I wish they could have stayed a little more true to the book in some scenes? Yes, but there were also new ones that were rewritten, and added in that I think it gave some more dimension to some of the arcs better than the book. Both has its own pros and cons. It was really nice to see Liu Mian Tang and Cui Xingzhou come to life. Though I did wish they could have added some sort of into the future epilogue as it felt everything was rushing up into a crescendo, villain subdued then just dropped a one minute ending.
Did I guess the plot? No, but did I suspect the person? Yeah I did. In the end, the confrontation was amazing because I was totally thinking the same thoughts HuoLe was thinking. The behaviour of that person was so off despite the relationship. The confrontation made me question just how accurate those cases were solved and to which dialogues was true but made to believe like it wasn’t what the truth was. I like the way it ended. They left a leeway for a second season, this guy isn’t going down that easily lol.
https://modustarter.carrd.co/#audio is the link. It’s on a site called misseven/maoerFM. There used to be a translator who subbed it but the files are no longer available. So the only way is to register an account, pay money to purchase the diamonds, use the diamonds to buy each season, and get onto an iPad or set the page to desktop mode to google translate the Chinese subtitles.
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I had to scroll down through the comments to find out what’s going on. Apparently, there’s been some cuts different from the script shared years ago, the first 8 episodes, and the rest of the episodes. Theres obvious ones but I’m not going to talk about them because it’s already been expressed down in the comments which I mostly agree with anyway.
Do I still like ep 9-13 despite all this? Sure. It’s all we’ve got after so long. I know that an adaptation will never be as satisfying as the book with the inconveniences of the world, I’ve resigned myself to this unfortunately.
Everyone is talking about ep 13 depicting Pei Su’s issues and trauma which I agree with. That scene was gut wrenching, no matter reading it, watching it or hearing it via the audio drama and the team has done great with visualising that scene.
For anyone who isn’t aware, the original free fan translation of the book is no longer available on their website because Seven Seas has officially picked it up to legally translate it into English and will be out for purchase in printed books.
There is an audio drama which follows very closely to the book but unfortunately, it’s only in Chinese, so you’re gonna have to find your way around google translating the Chinese subtitles like I did cause lol, I was desperate with all the censorship.