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Personally i adored TPOB and enjoyed this too. Honestly it depends on your tastes. The general theme of the drama is "reclaiming what was once rightfully yours" (as well as all the points other commentorsYulli said above).

I would say the main difference between the 2 when it comes to romance is that unlike TPOB, the romance here is more subtle?

You have enemies to lovers theme here since the ML is under the impression that his father's army was betrayed by one of their most trusted generals (i.e. the FL's true identity) and his main objective throughout the drama is to reclaim his Army and dead father's honour while punishing the crooked general. The FL on the other hand had her "identity" stolen and so her main objective is to reclaim her lost life (in secret).

Their love story is a bit like Mulan? You have romance but it's not heavy since they are always either training, doing covert operations together, or fighting wars. It's all in their guestures and expressions. Their love language is mainly "acts of service" and "words of expression".

There isn't alot of PDA but they did have quite a few kises towards the end. There's alot of hugging and a few close promity hilarious scenes involved too. The good thing is that the ML figures out her gender in secret (not her identity though) by ep 4, so their moments start pretty early on.

The main annoying thing about the drama is that the delusional SML did get a lot of screentime but it's not really worth dropping the drama over.

Perhaps try the first 5 episodes if you have time?

In GXJ's case she later admits the main reason why she was avoiding him was because he reminded her of her old self. Yes, it's still not a good excuse to continue to push him away after getting over the initial shock.

Looks like they won't drag it doe too long though 🤞

Seeing a lot of complaints that He Yan was too soft for a female general makes me wonder if it really is that bad for somebody to show a soft side while still being brave and professional?

Should a female sacrifice her feminity/ soft side completely to be a general? Isn't this basically supporting father He's cruel behaviour?

HY only becomes a "kitten" when she's with people she trusts. With others, she's always calm and professional- basically just a more extroverted version of XJ.

With XJ, sure it's not appropriate to be playful with your supervisor but after making a complete fool of herself the first time, there was no point in pretending to be anything else since she knew he would call her out for it.

She was badass during most of her fight scenes and used her agility and strategic thinking as her strength. They also acknowledged her feminine features by calling her a "pretty boy" several times which isn't really that unusual either. So is her characterization really that bad? Should she have been masculine looking, stoic, and ready for war every second of her life?🙈

He's fixated on how she was like when they were kids (and before the mother could corrupt her so badly).

He wants to believe that there's still goodness in her if she tries. Seems like the drama might be going for that angle too now.

(Ngl they really shouldn't have included the thunderstorm fiasco if this was their end game).

TMAI 🫠

He could have stopped after Xu got arrested but noooo...the fool had to embrace his delusion🤦‍♀️

In a way exiling him is a punishment worse than death.

He lost all his honour so his family will likely go back to their old ways (even worse since he dared to act mighty in front of them). His mother will likely loose her place in the ancestor's chamber as a result (sad for the mum but it would be like living death to Chu).

Losing HY's care and knowing that she will hate him forever is likely to drive him even more crazy- specially since he can never see her again even.

Since the maid is also dead, he is truly alone like he'd always feared.

He'll probably be sent to some baren place as a slave too (not sure how exiling works exactly). So there's that too.🙈

Can't deny it- I still haven't gotten over all their "moon" talk 🤭

It is a cliche but it still mirrors the first timeline (even if the year is different).😅

I mean the day the elevator crashed, Lin J sabotaged GXJ in a way that would benefit the frenemy. On the same day, her ex came back to her office to beg her to take him back.

In the new timeline, at one point Lin J sabotaged GXJ project again and if he was successful, indirectly the frenemy would have benefited (even if she is innocent this time). So the Ex popping up now kind of makes sense.

If you want to go even deeper, on the day of the elavator crash, GXJ accused Lin Z for betraying her. This matches with ep 19's events 😅

We'll see. Honestly we shouldn't really bother about the final ending since it's a c-drama. They might not really go into detail about the coma even for all we know.

The problem is that this is a C-drama. Since their first timeline bodies are still alive, they can't go for the "oh no i'm dead-this must be a dream" timetravel ban loophole.

The chinese title makes more sense given how much focus was given on the moon

But...Gao...🥲
His love line has barely begun🥲🥲

Ep 20 preview explains it. Still the ML doesn't really deserve such a huge reaction 🙈

Haha true. We did see more of Chu than the MC honestly 😬

Oh yeah he's 10 years older than her in the novel right? That makes more sense.

Thanks for the clarification :)

Time did pass right? Between the time they were separated, the final battle, and the aftermath?

I mean Yan's daughter looked at least a few months old in the scrib scene before the wedding announcement scene.

Probably about 1 year in total may be?

I think he might be involved. It's hard to believe that he'd be completely fine to know that his hero is in a relationship with his archnemesis 😅

The frenemy looked suspicious but it could just be that she's just pleased that they got an opening to beat GXJ's team? Afterall old habits die hard.

The emperor probably realized that while the 2 are powerful, they are also loyal to the crown.?

He already had a soft corner for their love anyway (and probably felt accomplished since he helped them to be together in his POV). He probably felt impressed by the fact that they'd rather be single and help the crown than force the other to sacrifice.

Shame that it didn't hit him sooner though.

Your guess is right. The best way to reprimand Chu and his selfishness is by reminding how his actions got Yan killed and left his family alone. The impact is greater when you know the fallen personally.

While Chu wasn't personally a friend of Yan's, he knows that HY valued Yan's friendship and cared for his family deeply. Getting her friend killed was the wake up call he needed from delusion sadly 🫠

Helllll no! I'd rather ship him with the frenemy any day. At least in the drama, he sees a side of the frenemy that others don't since he's known her most of his life. The novel version sounds too creepy.