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yeah i remember being confused too, this review helps explain the backstory from the book a bit https://mydramalist.com/profile/Blkittykat/review/470782

thanks for playing! i might make region specific quizzes for next time

i was planning to drop this but eps 4&5 werent half bad. i like hae ge and his very expressive eyes, and the leads interactions feel more natural

my theory is that sometimes lower budget productions end up having more/longer episodes because they dont have editors to tell them to cut down lmao

thank you so much for playing, i also really enjoy your quizzes!!

i havent read the book but honestly i think this portrayal of fang chi is even more insidious because he comes across as well-meaning enough to where you almost forget how incredibly controlling and manipulative hes being. like is he really helping gao zhun heal or is he just making him 100% dependent on him

the constant flash forwards and flashbacks are incredibly confusing i have no idea where their relationship stands but i guess theyre back together(?). also not sure how i feel about the reveal the luqing was trying to protect xiaofan like its giving noble idiot. i think his friend put it best like why couldnt he just tell xiaofan about his mom and spare him the humiliation rituals

glad you think so! mdl does not make it easy to make these kinds of quizzes so i had to get creative. i definitely have a newfound appreciation for quizmakers haha it's so much trial and error

i really liked this at the start. the leads had great chemistry . however somewhere along the way it lost the plot. the time skip at the end completely killed any momentum. it feels like they couldve fit an entire season in what was skipped. like whats the point of an epilogue when the main story is still unresolved? the entirety of episode 7 rang hollow and it didnt help that their interactions suddenly felt insincere (and not even because of the lack of intimacy). disappointed because this felt really special at the start but fizzled out just like flat soda

the effort is admirable but this was way too short for the story they were trying to tell. it took several episodes for me to make even a bit of sense of what was going on and by the end i still felt befuddled. even the bl parts just felt randomly sprinkled in when i didnt understand the stakes or really cared about the characters at all. still there was at least some interesting cinematography and an intriguing plot

youre not alone i guess i should make the next easier haha. and thank you for playing!!

also at this point the son aka mr song seems so suspicious it feels like a red herring. he definitely had something to do with the koryoin man's body being disposed of, but im not sure hes a murderer just yet, especially since he couldnt have possibly murdered the husband and the obgyn. im interested to see where things go because hes expressed resentment for both his parents. so i wonder if it turns out he has information on the real killer(s)

eps 7&8 were really good! i like how we're getting more of the investigation and all the different threads. and of course i cant get enough of their dynamic like the two-way devotion of it all

thank you so much for playing!!

these are fun! though i have to make a lot of educated guesses haha

very short but very sweet. i really love snapshots of stories like these that show sometimes less is more. characters felt very believable and good performances from the actors

i think this is decently compelling as far as found family goes but not so much as a romance... i think theres just not enough chemistry/buildup to them becoming lovers and the romance always felt very one-sided. still i liked the characters especially wei qian (and felt bad the way his siblings were stressing him out the entire time lmao). overall the show is well-put together i just expected more from their relationship

this was pretty cute overall but the plot suffers from some weird pacing and editing. scenes often feel randomly strung together like something will happen at the end of one scene and the characters act like nothing happened in the next. i also dont know what was up with that tacky fade effect used 80% of the time. i think the ending wouldve landed better with a couple more episodes because it felt like certain conflicts were resolved way too easily

i wish id trusted my gut and skipped this one. i was somewhat interested at the start but the whole "director who buys me dinner" part is literally for like 2 episodes before the plot goes off the rails and is downright incomprehensible. character motivations make zero sense. it feels like they went with the first draft, first take etc. for everything... the only saving grace is actors that are pretty to look at and some good bits here and there.

im conflicted about this. while i liked the premise and setup there were a lot of strange pacing and editing choices especially in the first half. it feels like we speedran through what shouldve been crucial development of the leads relationship by fast forwarding through the shooting days. like we went from pei jia not caring about xiao su at all to suddenly having a crush on him in the span of a single episode. then once the main antagonist is revealed this started to feel more like a drama about abuse in the entertainment industry than a bl. still though it deals with some very heavy topics i think they were handled with grace, and what love story is there is deeply moving and impactful. overall id say i liked it but it takes a couple episodes to really find its footing