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I think it's realistic. Reflects how powerless women are in Japanese society, in the 90s.

Just to clarify: he's 17, not 14. This drama isn’t about lust or shock value. It’s a critique about a woman breaking free from a life built for her by patriarchal Japanese society. Her affair isn’t glorified; it’s full of pain, shame, and resistance against control.

All 5 women in the story reflect different forms of female constraint and awakening. Reducing all of that to “just porn” is truly shallow and really ignores the heart of what this story is trying to explore.

They used Yoshi's surname for the title? That's very haunting.

Not sure why you're getting defensive. You asked a question, and someone politely offered a reasonable explanation. That’s not forcing you to watch anything, that’s literally answering your question. If your first instinct is to lash out at someone offering help, maybe don’t post public questions in the first place.

Then you can watch the anime. They go in depth about him at the beginning of season 3.

You can watch the anime. It's funny and goes into detail about the other teams. Only thing is, you'll have to wait until season 4 to pick up where the drama left off.

The character did, not the actress! And it's the husband (2nd ML) that did it.

Used to love this show as a kid. Watching it now, everyone I can tolerate, except Zi Xuan. She's such a selfish b*tch, always prioritizing her stupid desires over her daughter and husband's future.

Edit: Who changed the title to season 3??? Wtf this is NOT a sequel.

Agree. Her acting is good enough. It's not her fault that the character is boring.

It's impossible to escape. The 2nd prince has one hundred ways to force her to marry him, like by framing her family for crime in ep 4. Also she saved A LOT of people in the second life, including the emperor and queen. Stop discrediting her.

Around ep 20. She was forced to do this bc she needed Mu Ze to protect her dad from the emperor, and convince the emperor that's she's no longer harassing Mu Chuan.

She managed to save a lot of people AND killed all 6 enemies while having no political power. Why are you discrediting her? She saved: Mu Chuan, the Emperor, the Queen, Shen Changqing, Shen Dongqing, dad, younger brother, family servants including Shan Yue.

Most importantly, she did something that Mu Ze failed to do in the previous life: eliminate Cai Wangjin early on so that he couldn't kill Mu Chuan. Like, isn't that impressive?

Neutral, open ended. Antagonists all die, but FL and ML separate. Love is about letting go.

It's about a girl whose entire family was killed by her husband and half-sister. She is later revived and travels back 10 years, where she wants to save her family, friends, and get revenge.

I'm a plot-person, so I really enjoyed the complex logic in the plot, how every character's personality/actions stayed VERY consistent (nothing was out of character), and how the side characters are very developed and had depth. However, the FL's devastation and helplessness to the raw and realistic society was very heart wrenching to watch. You have to understand that it's not that she's incompetent. Despite being powerless, she's already doing her best, but every side character has a strong personality that she cannot control or idealize. And that's why I like this show. It's very realistic and stimulates deep thinking.

Logically speaking, the true obstacle/dead end here is actually 9th prince. The emperor refuses to let the Lu family be wasted on a powerless prince (9th prince), so he'd rather let FL be married to and controlled by 2nd prince. And, if 9th prince finds out the truth too early on, of course he would take action to save FL. Which immediately leads to be imprisoned by 2nd prince and killed by Cai Wangjin, which results in FL losing her strongest ally. So it made total sense in the original plot, where he stayed neutral throughout most of the story and only stepped up at the very end. Also, 9th prince was THE ONE that stopped FL from drowning Lu Xinran. Everything would have been so much easier if LXR died early on.

That's what makes this show realistic and logical. FL is just a mere merchant with zero political power. There's no magic here. She's already doing her best pushing herself through the limits. And she did succeed in turning the tables in the end.

FL underestimated 2nd prince's IQ, power, and subordinates. It was Cai Wangjin that ruined her plans and thrown her back into hell.

Toxic controlling boyfriend vibes

I think what actually made everyone frustrated is that in the end, the FL stayed the same. She didn't learn anything about self-love. She continued to let the ML gaslight her and take her love for granted. He still got the girl without making any effort from beginning to end. You would see this movie in a very different way if you've ever struggled and walked out of a toxic relationship. There's an added layer of shame when you see your past self in the FL.

They already revealed it. Su Muqiu passed away from a car accident at 18 years old.