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Anyways for me, I LOVED THIS DRAMA. Everything was simply perfection.
After one episode, I was instantly hooked. The plot had a good start and made me interested. This drama is a really different drama than most others dramas I've watched. This is my first time watching a slice of life kind of drama. This drama had a bit of everything but not too much of it. It just flowed along together really well and didn't overdo a genre in just 8 episodes. I loved that. This drama had so much funny and cute moments, too. I laughed and smiled a lot. Some scenes were also sad and I also cried...
This drama also gave me many meaningful life lessons. It really made me learn: Not to care what others think of me and just do what I want to do. Life brings you down at times, but don't feel discouraged and keep your head up. As long as you never give up, a better day of life will come for you. As long you never give up your dreams, you will accomplish them. Everyone has a different meaning of happiness. You should find yours and not let others stand in the way of you finding your happiness. You also never know whats going to happen in life, but as long as you keep living, new things will happen to you everyday; whether good or bad. But at least days won't stay the same. Your world will change everyday. You should enjoy life while you can and make the most of it! :)
I was having a bad day when I was watching this drama. However, when I finished this drama, my whole life changed. My mood just brightened up and I'm so much more optimistic now. I've learned to just keep moving forward and not dwell on the past any longer.
And just a shout out to Ohno Satoshi. Like... that man is simply amazing. He really brought this character he was acting to life. I loved this character a lot. I could tell he put his all into this character. I think this is one of my most favorite roles of Ohno so far. This character is such an inspiration to me. As I watched this drama, I could relate to Yano Kenta (the character Ohno is playing in this drama) SO MUCH. My personality was EXACTLY like Yano Kenta. It was like I found another me. The lazy, unmotivated, carefree, and uncommitted type of person. As I watched this drama, watching Kenta change made me feel like I was changing too. Finally, I feel like I have become a whole new person after finishing this drama thanks to Yano Kenta.
I simply am so grateful to have found out about this drama. This drama is a 10/10 for sure for me.
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I loved how this drama shows that everyone has a past that has turned them into the type of character they were in this drama. No one was truly the most evil. Everyone had a story. This drama showed there is truly no such thing as a truly full good person. Everyone can turn into a bad person. We are all humans. We can be tempted by greed, lust, power, wealth, etc. We will do whatever it takes to survive. I loved that deep meaning shown in this drama.
The cast in this drama blew me away. The actors were all A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Holy crap. They all deserve an award. They brought the characters to life. I loved how the actors did not over exaggerate. Everything seemed truly natural.
Kudos to the director too. Even though Zhen Huan was the main character, I didn't feel like the director was overly focused on her at all. The director really let all the characters get their time to shine. The director also didn't change the setting into like some fantasy love story with tons of over exaggerated corny action scenes or love scenes, etc. just for the main characters also. The director tried to let all viewers see what it was truly like to live in the palace during the Qing Dynasty.
The costumes.were all fucking beautiful. I would love to own any costume shown in this drama. I think the costumes really added life to this drama. Without the colorful costumes, this drama would be truly bland. No colorful costumes giving eye gasms and spazz moments to viewers~
The music was so enchanting to hear for me. Every song suit the scenes in the drama perfectly.
Even though this drama was amazing, I will not rewatch it. The amount of episodes is way too time consuming. I also feel so constrained in feeling stressed out while watching this drama because the drama is mostly focused on everyone fighting for power in the palace, and that gives off a very stressful feeling for me which ends up making me feel so stressed out. It's like I feel trapped in my emotions of stress when I have to to sit through and watch complicated drama with people trying to all harm each other just for power, which can get annoying and tiresome. While watching this drama, I've had my share of irritation and stress... I don't want any more of that, lol. But if you feel like you could rewatch this drama, go ahead! This drama is just not my kind of drama to rewatch.
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Throughout this drama, my heart was beating so fast at the suspense. I almost felt my heart was going to pop out at times lol. That's a sign of how good the suspense is in this drama.
The revenge all plot out by the lawyer was amazing too. Everything was well thought out.
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Yeah, it has a lot of episodes but trust me, it's so worth watching because of the enthralling story, amazing actors, fantastic music, and the beautiful romance between Lan Ling Wang and Yang Xue Wu.
This drama is unique to me b/c its the first drama where I felt so overly emotionally invested in it when watching it. I pretty much experienced all emotions a person could feel. I cried, I laughed, I cried tears of anger, I cried tears of joy, I even laughed and cried at the same time, I yelled from anger and from happiness, I was in awe, I was in shock, I even cried so much at times where I cried for several eps in a row, I had emotional breakdowns...etc. Yeah, truly an intriguing experience. Even though watching this was painful at times, it was worth it. It was a new experience for me. I never felt so much emotions like that before while watching a drama until I watched this drama. It's amazing how a single drama can make me feel like that. I also found the relationship between the main characters in this drama really unique than in most other dramas,
This drama also made me fall in love with William Feng. I immediately started watching other dramas he was in after this drama. He is a truly amazing actor.
Overall, this drama was simply a 10/10 for me. I highly recommend that you PLEASE watch this drama. I know we all have difference preferences, but I truly think this drama is so worth watching.
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