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I watched the first episode and I'm interested to see more. I agree with you. I mean, I do love happy endings. But tragedies really strike a chord. If you haven't seen it, Goodbye My Princess is one of the best tragedies I've seen in a long time, I recommend it.

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Honestly, the episodes fly by. I binged the whole thing in less than a week. Even with over 70 episodes I actually still wanted more (though the ending was super satisfying, no loose ends). If you dig realistic historicals with a slow burn romance and a smart competent FL, you'll love it.

The Story of Ming Lan isn't a xianxia but the ML is a grown ass man in that one too lol. No immature love at first sight, it actually takes time for the relationship to grow. The leads are also married in real life so their chemistry is super natural.

It's been a hot minute since I've seen this but if I'm remembering right, Yi Yang and Fang Fang are paired up and so are Xin Ya and Mu Nian.

Is this rated lower because people were pissed about the tragic ending or because it's actually bad? I've seen many quality dramas voted down just because people didn't like how they ended. Is this drama's rating deserved/is it worth watching?

Nope he found out she wasn't his sister near the end.

I was in the middle. It was good but had its fair share of flaws. Still worth watching if you like fluffy shows with the typical cold man/warm woman romances. I'm in the minority though who thought the lead couple's chemistry was kind of awkward. But they could still be cute sometimes. I liked the friendships more. I wish both of the main CTF teams had more screen time that wasn't flashbacks because the time that was spent on them was adorable. It was still a really enjoyable drama overall and I gave it an 8/10.

She's rumored to do a new drama with director Zheng Xiao Long! I am so happy. She deserved her break, but I am ecstatic to see that she'll be acting again soon :D

If you google "Yu Zheng plagiarism" a ton of cases pop up, the biggest one ended with him having to pay 5 million rmb because his script was a direct ripoff of one of Chiung Yao's novels. He's a shady dude, I wish he had to face more severe consequences for his actions.

Same here, there's a lot of talented people there.

Yu Zheng's a douche who plagiarizes other people's hard work. I don't know how he keeps getting away with it.

Can't watch it in my country :/

You are doing the lord's work haha, but seriously thanks so much!

Thank you! Arsenal Military looks great too, I can't wait to watch them :D

I think Seok Hee's mom was the first wife and her dad was cheating with the stepmom and had the two older boys. I don't know why the dad would be raising them if they weren't his, but it's possible the stepmom had them with someone else. But if they are the dad's then that would maybe explain why the dad wasn't around much when Seok Hee was a kid, as he had a mistress and two illegitimate children.

Seok Hee could have said she had the most right to live there being the legitimate child of the first wife. Or maybe it's because her brothers aren't blood related. I'm not sure though, I am super confused.

Ugh, I really hope this gets subbed. But alas, it probably won't because it's not an idol drama and the themes and cast are more mature. Why does learning Chinese have to be so difficult?

Different strokes for different folks \_(ツ)_/

Lol I know this is an old comment but I wanted to chime in. I felt the same and I honestly think it was because of the voice dub. The girl who dubbed Xiao Feng (not sure if it was actually Peng Xiao Ran or not tbh) was amazing. But the dubber for Cheng Yin was sub par. His facial expressions were heartbreaking and so convincing, I'm sure if we were to have heard his actual voice, the line delivery would have been way better executed. Chen Xing Xu really gave his all for this role, I'm sad the dub took away from his wonderful performance.

A lot of people compare Eternal Love and AoL but I think if you do that you'll probably be really disappointed (I know I was). Honestly AoL is just an okay drama for me, whereas Eternal Love is one of my all time favorites. But if you go into AoL not expecting much, it's probably a much more enjoyable drama.

I gave it a 6.5/10. It was good, had some great moments, but also had its fair share of flaws and frustrations. Like another person who commented, I too feel the characters lacked some emotional depth and I wasn't connected to them (except Run Yu, he was rad). I ffwd some bits that bored me but overall it was still a fun watch.

Run Yu 100%. He's a troubled dude. He makes a lot of mistakes and is a morally grey character for sure, but that's what makes him interesting. Plus Leo Luo so perfectly played the character. I wish he was the true male lead, I love an antihero.

Also, great job on the article. If I hadn't seen it already, you definitely would have convinced me to watch AoL. I look forward to part 2:D