jeoneungd I’m not sure where the writers are going with this series. It started in a high note like most C-dramas and like 99% of C-dramas it ends with a sour note. The ratings are going downhill I believe because of storyline fatigue. For great actors to play senseless roles and I mean impossible roles to happen in life, the writers should have maintained a variety of challenges for our leads. Oh but it’s the same evil gangs doing the same evil deeds, and the same argument between emperor and our FL, their push and pull is very tiring. And what about the chancellors? The same issue. I longed for someone important to die at this point to. Ring me to depths that makes it emotional, not comical. Is this a love story? But there is chemistry bubbling up, just two persons who share a similar interest. So what is this really all about? I will probably pause from here until the series ends sonI can skip episodes and just see if these two get together. I already have a feeling who’s behind the mask, and it’s someone very close to the Emperor, some near his age so I stopped guessing a while back. New shows coming up so time to switch.
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IrenaK This episode brought Jihyuk and Jiwon so much closer. They shared their knowledge of the future and joined forces to change her fate! 😌🤗 However, it's quite sad that he didn't reveal the truth of how he ended up in 2013. But I get it — after learning that fate is inevitable, he's very hesitant to give them a chance as a couple, because they would have an end date... 😟But it seems like by the end of the episode he came around to that idea, and the trigger for that change of heart might have been his fear for Jiwon's life. 🥹"I want to be solid land." Something Jiwon has wanted for years and he's finally ready to give. 🥰🫂And Minhwan getting closer to Sumin means Jiwon's plan is working well... 😌P.S. For a few episodes now, there's been a little thought circling in my head that Eunho and Huiyeon would be a perfect couple — she loves food and he loves to cook! 😅
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Got goosebumps most of the time here. 🥺That scene where she ate those few-days-old leftovers just to initiate the vomiting process... I'm just happy it didn't bring any other reflexes to me than tears. 🫣And, damn, I really do love Ling. The way he cares for people is so heartwarming. He's like the protector of the poor and weak, but acts against the rich and corrupt, reminding me a lot of Robin Hood in some ways. 🥹🤗My favourite scene, however, might be the one where the wedding and funeral delegations met between those arches of the Fu family. That moment led us back to the opening scene of the drama, concluding this arc of FL and Fu family's backstory. I absolutely loved it — the music was spot on, the aesthetics were breathtaking, and the colour choices outstanding. 🤩🤌And now they'll be on the road to the capital — plenty of time to have many different situations that will let them grow closer, learn more about each other, and eventually fall in love! 😉❤️
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The Road to Splendor Episode 4
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BaekhyunoonaID Betrayal is the most painful when it is done by the one we care about and this drama has such an unbelievable level of betrayal.Finished all 4 episodes and got to admit that this drama started with a bang!!!As always, episode 1 can be overwhelming with the many characters and scheming people but it easily caught my attention ever since.Ding Yuxi is stunning as the smuggler ML and Ancy Deng is insane!!! She was so total in portraying her role. Perfection!She looked all noble as the great 9th young lady. Smart, beautiful, graceful and elegant then looking so young and vulnerable after life taught her the painful facts.The cinematography is beautiful. If this is not a high budget drama, then the director must have allocated the budget into producing the drama. I did not check out before but he also directed my lovely dramas TLOS, GOTD & TPOB so I am confident that he will not disappoint.Definitely a satisfying start and I hope it will continue this good. Planned to just watch 1 episode, now I am rather impatient for more episodes.
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Higashino Keigo Mysteries Episode 9
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nero truong i love these kitschy episodes ，it’s breaking up my early prejudice & adding like a lot of variety to this show. it also depthens our different protagonists to see how much distinct life each of them have. i will say , , , we were slowly winding down this ending with ominoua things being revealed after sakurai’s arrest but then we just pull a prank+gag at the end & not address the flush she heard from his apartment. i don’t think she mis±heard that or confused it with a different apartment but i guess they want you to concentrate pn thAt reveal just to make fun of both yoiu & her at the end.
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don't tell me the 2nd ML actually killed his brother to stop him from getting together with the FL as that would be crazy
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Don't Be Too Emotional Episode 7
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I'm not fond of time jumps; they are good when used properly, but they are misused often. The writers* did a good job of avoiding the usual pitfalls of moving the story forward, skipping years, without creating that sense of dissonance often found when not done properly. At this point in the story, I would say that both Janes are red flags. One has trust issues because he stopped trusting himself, while the other one has good intentions but bad communication skills (in matters of the heart) and only knows how to manipulate and build high walls. But it's ok; this is what makes this story engaging. So far, neither of them is evil, just flawed like most people. I said writers, as I have not read the source material
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At this point it is very, very clear that the other various Princes share almost no genetic connection with the Crown Prince because ... every single one of the other Princes is mentally damaged. Either they are simply dumb as a post such as Prince Lie, insanely insecure to the point of incompetency such as Prince Ning and Prince Yu or outright psychopaths the way power-mad Prince Ding and creepy Prince Xin are. The fact that Crown Prince Hua Yong is actually sane is strong evidence for the theory that HIS dad is perhaps NOT the Emperor, but rather his late Uncle, the true heir to the former Emperor. And that this may be why he was poisoned as a child.? At any rate, this episode features more evidence that Prince Ding (who wasn't actually poisoned in prior episodes) is freaking insanely jealous and power-hungry and orchestrates a betrayal and near slaughter of the Shen family. Interestingly his wife (played by actress Snow Kong, once again paired up with an absolute psycho after having been stuck with one in Pursuit of Jade) is showing to be not the nutcase displayed earlier and tries to talk him out of his power-mad pursuits. One wonders if she will act against his insane actions later? And finally we get to the absolute creepiest, obsessive psychopath Prince Xin, who has resorted to following and literally hanging around outside the Crown Princess' room at night - even when he knows the Crown Prince is inside WITH her!!! He has become an outright stalker and is not hiding it. His stated strategy is that he will wait for the Crown Prince to die and for her to change her mind and accept him? It's truly insane because if the woman truly is his former wife returned he should know that she already killed herself once rather than stay alive as his wife!!! She's told him again and again that she will NEVER be with him. Yet he obsessively persists. Clearly at this point the only way to get rid of this psycho is for him to die. The story will probably drag that out to the very end so it has a disgusting creep to taunt us viewers with.
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To be betrayed by your friend like this? I wonder what karmic punishment Yake will get for this. 🤨 It's very possible that Madam Yu might be right and her son doesn't really love Yake as he claims. That would be punishment enough for her for betraying Tingyun. 😒I was right to be cautious about the Fu family. Even though they are not much of villainous schemers, they definitely hold their name and status higher than the people in their family, and that alone makes me dislike them. Grandma didn't really put that much of an effort into clearing Tingyun's name... She just chose to discard the precious, treasured granddaughter, because there will be others who carry their polished name. 🤦♀️😞And what's with Moxing's death? So unexpected! Did someone kill her? One of the Zuo siblings? I bet they would be capable of that! 😯Huh, and now the real plot for our leads will start — Ling will answer Tingyun's call and save her, bringing them both finally together... 😏
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In Love Forever Episode 8
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IN LOVE FOREVER Ep 8 on Netflix reveals the start of the vile conspiracy between two of the weakest, most detestable, horrible, despicable characters with absolutely zero redeeming value thus far: Utt & GingkamolUtt's underhanded machinations show that he is a weakling homophobe whose bruised ego never healed😠😤😡Gingkamol's insane complicity and connivance with anyone willing to believe her delusional control-freaky treachery exposes that she seriously needs professional help, requires institutionalized care (preferably where the OOTD is a straitjacket), and lots of psychotropic medications😬🤬🔥🔥🔥🔥I cannot imagine a happy ending for Runch and Neen, unless the earth itself opens up and swallows these two, to banish them straight to the 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 of hell!
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The Road to Splendor Episode 4
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Unique storyline which can't be found in c-ent lately and spectacular acting. Awesome casting and really beautiful scenery. The colour grading 🔥🔥
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Tingyun should have known better than to libel Ling by claiming he swindled ten thousand taels of silver — now she will have to pay the price for her false words! 😏 It's quite ironic, actually, how he never wanted to cause any trouble for her, yet she asked for it herself by ruining his reputation among his smuggling brothers. 🤨I do wonder if what Zuo Shi said to Tingyun and Miss Fan could actually be true. Probably? 🤔 However, she's bitter and feels wronged in many ways, so she's sowing doubts anywhere she can... and her words have reached Miss Fan's ears. 😟For a moment I thought — even hoped, maybe — that Miss Fan and Mr Yu might be our second lead couple, as it looked like they both might be interested in each other, but now I'm not so sure. But, it's still early to tell what's what, so I'll know as the story progresses.And about the Yu and Fu families in general — I trust neither. All those ladies seem like such schemers on how to use their children to climb the ladder of status and prestige. The only exception so far might be Tingyun's brother, Tingzhuo! 🤨
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I like the attention in this episode, but they need to be more open and communicate more with each other. Hope better relationship between them.
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Well yeah I love their chemistry. Love BoatOat act together. But still it's still many missing pieces, need watched it more than once to understand. but overall good, the emotional by the actors and plot👍🏻
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KJ2025 This episode takes us right back to the battle for first casket. 6th master did an excellent job getting the second box there. Chen was stuck inside the casket and 6th master had to do the end fighting and heavy lifting. The bottom line, they survived and completed the mission. Cox Hendry helped get the casket shipped out but wanted to make a deal for trade. Zhang refused knowing the Americans, real objective was Changsha. Officer Luo confirmed with Xie that armed groups would soon be outlawed and eradicated. At most mystic nine had 30 days left before disbanded. While Zhang has a pretty good idea of what’s coming, I was surprised that Xie didn’t tell him the timetable. Wu as a mummy 😱 Qi knew how to rescue him, but the result was no memory. Wu had put a map in his arm and had a pill in his hand. With Qi’s knowledge of the turtle breathing they restored Wu to his usual self physically, but his memories were swiped. Even Huo couldn’t make him recall her. When leaving the auction house with Xin Yue’s dad, he offered her an experimental drug to try. Maybe this will get her through black plague symptoms. Tottori is a one man band screaming for justice for the Japanese. Unfortunately he has clout in all the wrong places but hopefully Huo has been successful in undermining his activities and his confidence. He still plans scorched earth and that is probably the judgment coming in a month about armed groups. Wu is funny that he wants the noble’s house rather than his dog business home. 🤣😂 It is also funny that even with no memory XiaoYu is still puppy Zhang to him.🤣😁 He has figured out he and Zhang are far from best friends but his memories are still scrambled. The fake shooting of his second brought all the memories back. He is very angry in that scene unfolding a second time. Now he can start filling in in what happened in Japanese camp. Hopefully he has intel on their future plans. The story is still being told well. There a foreshadowing that it will be a somber ending for mystic nine. Hoping that mystic nine shooting scene was fake like Wu’s second. 🤞
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