gummifishy

In the novel/anime she actually tutors the king, but they left that out here. She is supposed to be a super smart and driven woman who wants to help the country, which is why she is too busy with her dream of being an official to really get into romance. The king is the one who pines over her first. In this show they are picking and choosing certain aspects of her character to portray, and really doing a poor job constructing her character. Ugh.

I have seen HDY and I'm not feeling the vibe at all? This show isn't even transmigration

The FL is bold and does things that other women dont do (that's one of the themes of the show), but she is definitely not ditzy

Yesss tianyao x yan hui is top three pairings for me and yan hui one of my favorite FLs ever! Also I looooove fu ling too lol

And you just made me realize I was subconsciously thinking of Zhou Ye because of the VA too (I watched BFTB recently and 100% is the same VA as Yan Hui)

I agree it's like they've changed the character with the dub voice too, like her mannerisms don't line up with the voice either

Unfortunately the latter for me

I'm reading the comments here and I'm surprised at all the complaining. Not every drama has to be peak in order to be an enjoyable watch. Also, many of the actors had a breakout role after this was filmed, which is why the cast seems so impressive despite this not ever supposed to be drama of the year lol.

They really made FL 10x more childish with her dub voice, it's disappointing (to me at least). But the other commenters might have a point that LYT was too busy to re-dub the show.

I've finished episode 1. It's cute and funny so far! There are some scenes directly from the anime and it's bringing back good memories since it's been a few years since I watched it. Joseph Zheng is great with his facial expressions, he is definitely an adorable Shi Ryuuki! And LTY is so gorgeous I can't take my eyes off of her <3

Ohhh RW is Seiran? That makes a bit more sense. Who is Shuuei?
Look how I smashed Ryuuren and Jyuusan's names together, with so many characters the anime names are hard but I will still think of them instead of the new Chinese names lol.

No she's from ancient "china", no transmigration

Watching both previews, I believe this isn't going to be like the anime at all. I think they are borrowing the unique personalities of all the male characters from the anime (which was a reverse harem trope) and the idea of smart FL having to train a dumb king (ML). But in the original anime, there was barely a love triangle, as FL only ever loved ML, even when 2ML (villain) was flirting with her, and when her bodyguard/brother figure liked her (not even happening in this show).

Well, I'm just here for the ride so I'll enjoy it anyway, but I can't figure out who DLW is supposed to be. I'm pretty sure RW is Ran Shuuei. The only other female character FL's age in the anime was Ran Jyuuren, half-sister of Ran Shuuei, and a brief love rival for the king. So DLW is almost an original character here.

I just hope they don't completely dumb down FL's character, as the best part of the anime was how humble, driven, and compassionate she was towards the people of her country (she was so busy serving the kingdom she barely had time for romance with ML! It would be great if this show could have a good balance of both). And it really looks like they are pushing the comedy hard, I just hope not to a ridiculous degree.

NO WAY FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for this drama for over 1.5 years. I was originally a fan of the anime. Now I've become a fan of Dai Lu Wa and cdramas, and I'm super excited!

Me too

I'm here for dailuwa!

Last we heard that was cleared and the issue now is just iQiyi not airing it yet for whatever reason

I hope you're right

I came from the anime and I loooove Kou Shuurei (FL) as a character so much. I hope they do her justice here. I'm sure the story will not be similar, and I shouldn't have my hopes too high, but honestly, a badass, driven, smart FL is all I need. The anime had few supporting female characters though (as can be expected with reverse harem I guess), so I'm hoping they do a better job here making Ran Jyuusan (2nd FL) an interesting character. Hopefully she's not just there for the love triangle, that would be a waste of Dai Luwa!

From the time this drama was announced and I was waiting for it as a fan of the source material, I have become a Wawa fan and now I want to watch it even more lol.