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For a more realistic and overall better lakorn with a similar plot try this one: https://mydramalist.com/27170-jao-sao-jum-yorm

I am currently at episode 7 so I cant say for sure if it is a great one until I watch everything, but so far it is better than this one in every way from pace of the story, characters, romance, everything.

Way too short compared to the regular thai drama. There was not enough time to develop the story and romance so I did not really feel any connection to the characters. And for something so short they should not have given the second female lead so much screen time when they could barely develop the main couple’s romance in the time they had.

I know this is a lakorn, but everything seems so fake. Their relationship happened way too fast and he acts like a player most of the time so even the "love" seems fake. It feels more like he just wants to sleep with her. I watched 9 episodes which is how many have aired so far and I am not sure if I will wait for the others to come out. I am not expecting a perfect male lead, I just want a male lead that seems to sincerely love the female lead, and not one who just seems to be horny. Sorry that I used this term but that is literally the impression this male lead gives me.

I thought you were exaggerating when you said "20sec happy ending", but that was literally what it was. XD

Yeah, at first I did not even want to watch Chinese dramas at all because of the dubbing. I could not focus on the story because I kept looking at the actors mouths and thinking: it is too obvious the voice Im hearing is not his/her voice. Then I found some that the dubbing was not so noticeable and got used to it.

I tried but 12 episodes in and I find myself skipping A LOT of scenes. The female lead being strong, even stronger than the male lead, was something that I wanted to see, and they did give us that but the male lead lacks in many things for me, starting with the actor they chose to play him, the story seems to just be a bunch of kids going through bodyguard training and the romance is pretty boring. Idk, it just isnt for me. Maybe you will like it but I really did not want to spend more time watching this when I could be watching something better.

Exactly. Once in a while you find some pretty good acting in Chinese dramas, sadly it might happen in dramas that are not that good. And the opposite also happens, a drama that has everything to be good gets ruined by the bad casting of the main leads. Btw, love your profile’s picture, but then who wouldn't, right? XD

I have no idea why but I never got a notification telling me someone commented. I only read your comment now, 1 year later, because I am watching the second season and felt like re-watching for the 3rd time the first season and while reading my own review to remind myself of what I liked about the first season THEN I read your comment.

I am so sorry I did not reply before, it was as if I ignored your comment but I really did not read it until now. Thank you and I am glad my review was helpful to you. I will definitely make a review for the 2nd season once it finishes airing and then for the 3rd one too when it comes out next year. If you liked this drama and in case you did not know, the 2nd season is airing right now and will finish by the end of December, you should give it a try.

Lol, here I was thinking that I am liking the 2nd season as much if not more than the 1st one and wishing there was more of this, and then I find out there will be a 3rd season....except it will air a year from now. TT

No, me too. So far I have watched 12 episodes and I am not sure which season I like more. Usually the second season is not as good as the first one or even ruins the plot, but at the moment I think I might be liking the second season even more than the first one. Maybe it is too early to say this but these are just my current thoughts on the second season.

Please, check the spoiler box. I have only watched the first 12 episodes and only reading the first sentence of your comment already spoiled the next episodes for me.

What is the name of the fansub group? All pages seem to be down.

I have yet to find a drama based in this specific time of chinese history that does not leave me with a bitter after-taste. I can ignore the half bald men and the whole marrying many wives since that was how things were then, but seeing how women were treated like objects and had to lead an unhappy life having to share their husband with so many other women always makes me frustrated. And don’t try to say I think like this because I live in a different time. Even then women would not think that way of life was good, they just did not really have another choice.

Maybe she is the mother of his character as a child. Who knows! XD

I found the second half to be pretty boring and annoying. The political stuff just took over the plot as usual. The first half was decent so it’s a shame once again they ruined a drama in the second half. So in the end this was nothing special, just another chinese drama.

I am glad I realized after watching less than half of the drama that this was probably not going to be that good. I skipped to the last episode and I was right. What kind of ending was that? Had I watched it all I would have felt I wasted a lot of time.

I would not say 20 as many things that I liked would not be there but 40 would be the maximum for me, yet there were 25 more episodes. But it is true, the start of the drama was my favourite part and they kind of ruined it by dragging the story to be able to make 65 episodes.

I got hyped after watching the first few episodes, although at first I was not even going to give this a try because of the number of episodes. 65 episodes seemed a lot. And the truth is I liked the drama but around halfway I felt the plot was dragging and I kept skipping scenes. I will still tell you to give this a try as it would be a shame to skip it as I almost did, but yes, there was no need for so many episodes. 40 episodes would already be more than enough. I feel that the story would have been better and the drama would have a higher rating if they had made it shorter. Still, I think it deserves at least a 7. I would not re-watch it in it’s entirety as it is too long but for sure I would not mind re-watching the first half and watching my favourite scenes from the second half.

Sure. I already did. Enjoy!

I am sorry, but the link I have for episodes 1-8 is from the official channel, and you’re right, those are not subbed but I don’t think they are subbed anywhere else. I just had a look at those without subs then kept watching the other episodes.