scarfie

You DON'T OWN this forum. Your comment is based on your bias for actors and don't represent the population of this forum. If discussion about racism is wrong, ONLY the owner of this forum can police the comment, not you.
And again, one wrong act DOESN'T justify another.

There's a lot of racism in Asia because the culture is not built around awareness of racial stereotyping.

Racism is an unconscious thing. It just slips out because the society is like that IRL. When they are among themselves, they say things like that. It's only when people who are educated on racism catch them, that's when they know it's politically incorrect.

From the sound of his apology, he still doesn't get it. It's not about how he values SEA fans. It's about pointing to the picture and claim that's a SEA look alike. That's stereotyping a race.

I just summed up the relationship and mysteries as I read the book in my review. It's little confusing for me how the characters are related to the past and presents. Hope this help people who are following the drama too:

https://mydramalist.com/profile/scarfie/review/546980

I am hoping it's the twin's dad returning from the dead.

I don't know yet. I think he might have asked TP to take the envelop to CWY? OR the show wants to confuse us that it's TP. Can't wait to see CWY and her gang being blackmailed next week!

The Return of the Father? Mystery man got all the evidence!!! Time of Reckoning is coming next week!
So the red SUV that records everything that Chae Hwa Yeong did when killing JMi's dad belongs to him.

I agree. Especially, the war scene - the music is amazing.

Well for sure this is NOT a serious drama. It's for people like me who just want to see romance and some humor. The acting and chemistry are both great. It's not for serious critique and political intrigue. The directing is also good. I think it's better than reading the story.

Can't wait for these new episodes

I agree totally with you. A lot of people don't understand Chinese culture and why this is racism.

Actually for people who don't grow up in Chinese culture, it's very difficult to understand the racism behind these words. Whether it's SE Asia or any other countries, it's a deep rooted belief that these different races are not equal to Chinese. There's this superiority complex and class system that are archaic and they seep into the words without being conscious.

My family (grandparents came from China A LONG time ago before communism) but they still kept the same thinking and passed it down to the next generations: I grew up hearing wrong things like you should only marry Chinese, You only marry the people from these regions of China. etc etc etc. These last names etc etc ...

Chinese have unflattering names for white people... black people etc...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/16/china-combat-anti-black-racism-social-media

Racism exists on many levels. If it's not, people wouldn't call him out for it. It's good that he's apologizing (actually clarifying what he meant) because what he didn't say meant a lot of things to people like me who had grew up under this system and to other people in South East Asia.
He is a role model ... just in case some one is offended.

Actually for people who don't grow up in Chinese culture, it's very difficult to understand the racism behind these words. Whether it's SE Asia or any other countries, there is a deep rooted belief that these different races are not equal to Chinese. There's this superiority complex and class system that are archaic and they seep into the words without consciousness.

My family (grandparents came from China A LONG time ago before communism) but they still kept the same thinking and passed it down to the next generations: I grew up hearing wrong things like you should only marry Chinese, You only marry the people from these regions of China. etc etc etc. These last names etc etc ... We have thousands of years of cultural civilization... My cousin ended up single because she couldn't marry a white guy - that would have messed up the Chinese pure blood.

Chinese have unflattering names for white people ( White Ghost ) ... black people etc...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/16/china-combat-anti-black-racism-social-media

Racism exists on many levels. If it's not, people wouldn't call him out for it. It's good that he's apologizing (actually clarifying what he meant) because what he didn't say meant a lot of things to people like me who had grew up under this system and to other people in South East Asia.

Racial stereotyping is wrong and should be clarified. He didn't say "bad things" about SE Asians, but he made a claim that the cartoon picture represented SE Asian people.

What does a South East Asian person look like? Do they all look the same? Dark skin? Bushy eyebrows, Small eyes, barbarian, bad hair??? Clearly, these features don't describe EVERYONE in South East Asia.

click bait :-)

I do agree that this ‘no one forced you to watch’ is very typical of people on the forum when they think that the drama or actors are being criticized.

It would be nice if the response is not personal but analysis of the drama.

I suggest that you block the person whom you deem is rude. That way, you don't have to suffer these passive/aggressive comments. I do it all the time.

I think what she meant is he's NOT in the drama as much as she does.

Pursuit of Jade (2026) Data Snapshot
Metric Performance Data Significance
Peak Tencent Heat 29,000+ Fastest drama of 2026 to break 27,000 and 28,000.
Yunhe Effective Views 31 Million (Day 1) Ranked #1 for daily on-demand views upon premiere.
Peak Yunhe Market Share 16.1% Topped the daily online viewership charts.
Reservations 9 Million+ Most reserved series of 2026 across Tencent and iQIYI.
Interaction Record 10 Million Fastest 2026 drama to reach 10 million comment interactions on Tencent.

Love Like the Galaxy: The "Gold Standard" Metrics
Metric Performance Data Significance
Peak Tencent Heat 33,142 One of the top 5 highest scores in platform history.
Avg. Views per Episode 83 Million Considered "National Level" viewership (3x a standard hit).
Peak Yunhe Market Share ~35% At its peak, 1 out of every 3 people watching dramas in China was watching this show.
Single-Day Views 300 Million An elite record that very few dramas (like Joy of Life 2) have ever touched.

Just in case you are not familiar with the heat index: "Because platform-specific heat indexes can be influenced by internal marketing, serious industry watchers use independent data trackers to verify a show's "true" popularity"
You can clearly see that heat indexes created by Tencent can be false. It's dependent on
Total Playback: The overall number of views.
Effective Views: Not all clicks count; the system prioritizes "long-watch" time and unique user views.
VIP Weighting: Engagement from paid subscribers typically carries more "heat" than from non-paying users.

You can see that "paid subscribers" have high influence on the rating.

Actually, this drama is very decent. I haven't been watching Chinese drama since last December because the quality is so so.

I never said it was "average" - In fact, if you look at my current rating of this drama, it's at 10 - actually, it should be around 9. But I always give 10 to those that I think is enjoyable.

I don't watch dramas based on the actors - I think many people do this and feel obligated to defend their actors. I don't defend dramas either. I just say what I feel - people are allowed to have opinions on forum as long as it's not harmful and vulgar.

My all time favorite:
Love Like the Galaxy - I think the director is very good at storytelling and filming too. It's like watching a high end movie. I also watch Korean dramas. The quality is also good there because they don't have 40 episodes to drag out.

The Prisoner of Beauty is also another good one.

All these dramas have 8.9 and up. We don't even have to debate. At the end of each drama, we will see the rating and how high it will be maintained after years and years, not just in the beginning.

This drama slowly builds up in the beginning so it's a little draggy. But the director is also talented - You can try his previous drama - very similar development of characters. Both the leads have chemistry and acted well.

Chinese dramas have its up and downs. However, what drive traffic are the fans. The poplular idols like the ML will have a lot of fans driving the traffic to drive up the rate in the beginning. That's how China film industry works.

I didn't say this is an average Cdrama. I said it shouldn't be getting huge volume like it's the drama of the century. There are other dramas without the idol leads - they are good too.

Have fun watching. I will also review this drama at the end. I expect this drama will end at around 8.7 to 8.8.