Reviews

One of the best starts, one of the worst endings.

The beginning of the series was amazing. It gave me hope that GMMTV could actually release something this good, something with a soul that isn’t afraid to talk about issues that still plague our society, issues many people would rather avoid, ignore, or never truly explore in depth. But unfortunately, they failed. They couldn’t keep it up, and in the last 3–4 episodes, the storyline completely fell apart, as if it had been written or directed by someone else entirely.

The very start - meaning the first episode - was a bit weak, but if you overlook it, it’s still watchable. The synopsis on MDL mentioned keratitis, which I assumed would be the case the whole time. But surprisingly, we soon learn (from a random woman in a library, no less) that it’s not keratitis, but corneal damage from a car accident. That’s the first moment that makes you raise an eyebrow and question what you’re actually watching. The entire episode is basically about nothing, and if you don’t give the next episode a chance, it’s completely understandable, because the first one tells you absolutely nothing. Though that’s the crucial point where the show should hook you in, and it just… doesn’t.

Mhok’s employment situation also felt a bit strange. Considering how Day’s mother looked at him and even did a background check, I wouldn’t expect her to keep him around for even a day. Mhok himself never asks Day what actually happened to him and takes care of him based on the assumption that it’s corneal damage from a car accident, still an information he got from (to him) a random woman. Suddenly, none of that really carries any weight. You might think about it for a few seconds, but then you let it go, because the actors are incredible, the chemistry is perfect, and they deliver everything you could ever ask for. Most importantly, they hold your heart in a tight grip. You watch them with genuine affection and enjoy every little moment they share.

It all continues like that, with a few slightly sad moments, and at least to me, it felt like they were real people, that I was watching someone’s life unfold. A tragic one, yes, but one that could now be filled with shared happiness, even if you’re a disabled person . The slow burn was developing nicely, and with that the angst came, and for once, it didn’t feel forced, cringe, or awkward. It felt natural, and that was beautiful. It’s hard to even list all the emotions it made me feel. For example, the birthday scene where Mhok stands in the background so he doesn’t disturb Day, letting him be happy, while coming to terms with the idea that Day might never be happy with him, and that the place he wishes to have might belong to August instead. But he GENUINELY only wants Day to be happy, holding no grudges whatsoever.

That moment, however, felt a bit stagnant. The feelings between them were clearly building and surfacing, but the whole situation, Day liking August, being upset that August kissed him out of pity, but then accepting Mhok’s kiss without any issue was confusing. It makes you wonder whether Day was lying to himself about who he liked, or if this is the first real writing failure.
Then came the two-episode wedding arc and the trip to the location where the book photo was taken. These were weaker moments, but still watchable. But episode ten? That’s where it became unbearable. Not only did Day’s complete loss of vision later make absolutely no sense, but the following angst also felt completely forced. Like it came out of nowhere.

Mhok quits his caretaker job, yet they’re still together, just behind Day’s mother’s back, who is honestly unbearable. The episode ends with Day getting a corneal transplant, and yay, he’ll be able to see again. Except… not really. The surgery fails, and only then do we find out he actually has keratitis. Don’t expect any realistic or professional medical handling here. Discovering that a patient you’ve just performed a corneal transplant on has keratitis is just the peak of it all. It honestly makes it seem like being a doctor in Thailand is incredibly easy and ANYONE can become one right now.

We don’t talk about episode eleven, that was a complete mess that buried everything good the show had built: the vibe, the chemistry, all of it. Episode twelve is another mess, with one difference. At the end, after treating the keratitis, the transplant finally succeeds and he can actually see. And only then can he be happy.

The whole thing ends up sending the message that if someone is disabled, they can never find true, lasting love, which completely contradicts everything the series had been trying to emphasize from the very beginning. The ending is honestly offensive, and the representation was thrown out the window.

Saying I was disappointed might be an understatement. The beginning was beautiful up until around episode eight. Until that, it was one of the better Thai BLs I’ve seen. After that? A disaster.

The actors were perfect, and there’s absolutely nothing to criticize about them. I’m looking forward to their upcoming drama. Hopefully it turns out better than this bullshit.

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Good script, limited-budget, good cast of main roles, and pretty bad wig lacing

I just literally finished watching this, and boy, was it a good binge!

(TLDR: It's just a bunch of praise of the actors lol)
(I do have some thoughts on the story and plot by the end of my review)

First of all, I watched this because of Zhu Li Lan. I was so taken by her acting in her other drama, Gemini, that my standard for short drama actors/actresses was her. The other actors were great, too, but her acting was the type of act where you know she's acting while still making you take her character seriously as a real person, with real emotions and real circumstances.

It makes me wonder a lot why she was not cast with a main role in mainstream dramas that often, and so far, I haven't seen her cast as THE female lead of a mainstream drama. I've seen her show more emotions than A LOT of mainstream actors ( I think you know more than I do)

My theory is that either (1) the market is too saturated with actors that have stronger backing, (2) her agency doesn't / can't let her, or(3) she chose not to be cast into big roles. Either way, it's a shame she's not more out there in the mainstream.

As for the ML actor, boy, was he a delight! After watching 3 of her dramas so far, the last 2 of Li Lan's MLs did not exude the same chemistry as he did with her in this drama. What I like the most are the small twitches/mannerisms he applied to his character. His cheek pulsating subtly when suppressing anger, his strategic small eye movements/changes to show a slight change of emotion, and he's pretty good at always looking grumpy (no one beats Cheng Lei in that regard for me lol). I'm planning to watch more of his dramas along with Li Lan's.

As for the SML, I admit I was conflicted about his acting. In the beginning, I only considered him as an actor, just another employee following the script as it was written. But then again, at the premise of the story, his character WAS acting. He was acting as the good son, the spoiled grandson, and a husband who could hardly say no to his wife because he was afraid of her and acts all loving when it's convenient.

The actor was portraying a character who puts on a show for everyone. A character WHO ACTS. (I hope I make sense)

His character, Shi An, grew up most of his life not being able to do what he wanted and be who he really is. He had to act like a tamed dog in front of anyone with a higher power/authority as an act of self-preservation. His actor was so good (maybe, I'm still in denial lol) at pretending to be someone pretending that I questioned his character's every move.
That, or maybe I'm just overestimating him 😅. Regardless, his portrayal was good 👍.
I liked the scene where he had had enough of his wife rubbing more salt on his emotional wound while he was mourning his mother at the ancestral hall. What he did is how I would expect someone to react when someone kicks you while you're down, literally and metaphorically.

Lord Xia/Dong Kui's actor portrayed his character as intended. No other comment besides great acting 👏.

For Zhin Ji, she is too stiff for me. I hope more exposure would make her improve. Also, is it just me, or was her eye makeup too heavy on her? Are the eye products not lightweight, or were their eyelids not prepped properly? Just some thoughts I had whenever she's on screen.

Story-wise, the script was good for a short drama. The pacing is pretty good at the beginning, considering their budget limit. Qing Lan's "rise from the dead" moment was too fast for my liking. The climax felt rushed, which is pretty common in any budget range of dramas, and I'm not asking too much for short dramas to have a well-paced ending since mainstream dramas fail a lot in that regard. Short dramas falling short is not a surprise.

Also, I stopped being too critical about plot holes in dramas because my intention in watching them is to relax, not solve a quadratic formula-like problem. When I do, though, I do it with novels, which are the source materials of most Cdramas.

Speaking of plot holes, either because I'm a little sleep-deprived, or the real culprit of Princess Anhe's death was not fully revealed, nor was it explained how Qing Lan's father was proven innocent. He was declared innocent, but I don't understand how.

Yes, the post master was the one who served the princess's last meal, and it was confirmed that he did purchase the poison that killed her. That means, he did poison the princess, regardless of whether he was coerced or not.

If he did purchase it, which I still doubt, did he mean to use the poison on her? When they knew of the poison, did Lord Xia/Madam Lu put the poison without him knowing? Or, was the poison administered differently?

Considering he still tried to arrange everything, whether he survives or not, for the princess, her baby, and his children, it doesn't seem like he voluntarily poisoned the princess. The way he acted, he knew that even if he did nothing, the moment the princess knew the corruption in Ningzhou, it would have already put a death sentence on his family.

As for the bone examination that confirmed the postmaster's purchase of the poison, correlation doesn't always mean causation. Just because the poison he bought matched the poison that was found in the princess's bones doesn't mean it's the poison that killed her. It could be one of Xia/Lu's lackeys who used the same poison to frame him.

If this were explained in the drama, then it's on me for not paying attention. But if it's not and can only be inferred from the bits and pieces of information from the witnesses and/or the indirect confessions from Lord Xia/Madam Lu, I hope someone could enlighten me on this.

Overall, it was a good watch. I give an 8.5. The 1.5 deficit is because of the unsatisfactory "rise from the dead" moment, and Qing Lan being arrested and detained for 6 months, which I think made the drama component a little too much for me.

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Unfortunate time to release

Love Beyond the Grave released at unfortunate time....right after Pursuit of Jade, but along side with Veil of Shadow despite to be fair different categories. The most unfortunately part PoJ and VoS has 2 things that lacked in LBtG, better writing of plot & characters. Tho' LBtG bring better war & fight scenes compare PoJ, more realistic....I won't bother to compare with VoS fight scenes because that different level fight cinematography. The biggest problem with LBtG was the writing, it made the story plot feels choppy and lacked characters development. The acting great, each everyone did awesome.....especially Miles Wei, I was worried about Arthur's stiff acting, but he actually did okay. At least now we know for sure that Reba's great in fantasy drama as bad@ss. The music is very.....jarring, sometimes not quite fitting.

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Pluses and Minuses

On the whole--not too bad. While the story lacked emotional power, the plot was internally consistent and displayed some character development. In spite of being slow-moving, HIDDEN LOVE held my interest.

BUT– lots of problems...

The FL acted like an overly-protected child for 3/4 of the series – collecting stuffed animals, expressing herself in words of one syllable, using the cadence and syntax of a six-year-old, and getting by on her cuteness. Really, Chinese writers? Is that the model you want girls to emulate? This same actress played a real bada$$ in WHO RULES THE WORLD.

Zheyuan Chen, the male lead, had a more nuanced role and was, for the most part, the glue that held the series together. Props also go to Victor Ma, as the brother.

This series, like others of the same kind, give girls an entirely unrealistic picture of what real relationships are like–and how they’re likely to go. But I appreciated the depiction of a slow-moving relationship, and what a relationship like that “could” be–if only they existed.

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Required a flow chart...

...to really get the details of what was going on. And a spread sheet would’ve come in handy too.

The time travel elements were confusing, even for people like me who read a lot of a time travel novels. The trajectory of characters going backwards and forwards in time wasn’t always clear.

Two characters were sharing bodies with other characters in at least three time periods. One character, with two different names but a single identity, was hopping back and forth between decades and even managed to get together with himself at one point–so the two of them (one of them?) could figure out what to do. AAAaaarrgh!

The dubbed English actors all spoke in monotonous voices, and the acting seemed stiff, awkward, and mechanical. It was a noble attempt–with a lot of problems. Five stars.

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Anticlimatic

​The show started with a gripping hook, but by the middle episodes, the momentum vanished. It fell into the classic trap of "filler" episodes—protracted scenes of characters staring into the distance or repetitive flashbacks that didn't add new information. What could have been a tight, 12-episode thriller felt overextended and lethargic.

The biggest frustration was the protagonist's decision-making. In an attempt to create "tension," the writers forced the characters to make bafflingly illogical choices that ignored their supposed expertise or established personalities. It’s hard to stay invested in a high-stakes "climax" when the characters are essentially walking into traps that a toddler could see coming.

If you’re looking for something to have on in the background while, some visuals are "nice" to look at. But the "screaming acting" is not doing it for me.
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f you want a story that respects your time and intelligence, Climax unfortunately falls flat.

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Emotionally heavy, beautifully acted—but not always easy to watch

I’m honestly a bit conflicted with this drama. It’s definitely interesting and meaningful, but at times I found myself skipping some scenes.

What stood out the most is how emotionally heavy it is. This drama deals a lot with psychological themes—trauma, war, emotional wounds, grief, and the long-term impact of painful experiences. It feels very intense and, at times, overwhelming. There are many scenes that are genuinely heartbreaking, and I found myself tearing up more than once.

The acting is really strong. Chen Zhe Yuan and Liang Jie did a great job building chemistry, but more than that, they portrayed emotional pain, trauma, and even depression in a very convincing way. Their expressions—especially their eyes—felt so real that it was easy to feel what the characters were going through.

At the same time, I have to admit that this drama was not easy for me to watch. I usually like binge-watching, but this one took me much longer because I wasn’t always emotionally ready to fully sit with what the characters were feeling. It’s the kind of drama that requires emotional energy, not something light that you can just watch casually.

I also felt that some scenes were a bit too dramatic at times—no offense, just my personal opinion. Still, the drama has its own balance of sadness and small moments of warmth or hope, depending on how you interpret it as a viewer.

Overall, I think this is a well-acted and meaningful drama, but it may not be for everyone—especially if you’re not in the mood for something emotionally intense.

Recommended for viewers who enjoy emotional, psychological, and trauma-focused dramas.
Best watched when you’re emotionally ready, not when you’re looking for something light or easy to binge.

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Melodrama triste

Esse é um dorama que não entrega apenas romance… ele entrega sentimentos, silêncio, lembranças e feridas que ainda doem mesmo depois de anos. É um melodrama sensível, cheio de camadas, que vai além do óbvio e mostra como o amor pode ser bonito, mas também complicado, cheio de orgulho, desencontros e escolhas difíceis.
A história tem um ritmo mais calmo e até mais parado em algumas cenas, tudo é construído no olhar, na saudade e naquilo que ficou guardado. É um dorama que parece “suave”, mas emociona porque mexe com sentimentos reais, daqueles que a gente tenta esquecer, mas nunca some completamente.
O que mais chama atenção é como o drama trabalha a ideia de que algumas pessoas não deixam de se amar… elas só deixam de saber como continuar. O roteiro é delicado, profundo e muito humano, mostrando que às vezes o amor não acaba — ele só fica adormecido.
✨ O único ponto que me deixou um pouco incomodada foi o final, porque eu realmente senti falta de ver mais deles juntos no presente. Depois de tanta construção emocional, eu queria mais cenas mostrando o relacionamento atual, mais momentos deles vivendo essa fase “depois do amor”.
Achei um dorama triste, bonito e bem realista com uma história de amor profunda, intensa misturado com esperança, dor e arrependimento.
Poderia ter entregado um pouquinho mais deles no final!

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DWY OMG

Duang with you is the first series that has ever made me feel so much that it's impossible to put into words. It's something you can't explain — you have to feel it. At first, I thought I wouldn't cry this much over it or live in constant anticipation of each new episode, even though I had been waiting for this project for so long. But every time this series make me experience every possible emotion and understand what real love looks like.
Qin is right: duang didn't change him he's still the same person he always was. The truth is, because of duang, qin was able to open up another side of himself to someone, and that
"someone'' that special person,
became duang. I love that through their relationship we got to see a different side of duang too. Maybe it's too sad, maybe it breaks your (and my) heart but is shows what a person truly feels - that they can't always smile out of happiness and sometimes behind that smile there's a burning pain they're trying so hard to hide. I love how healthy duangqin' relationship is — the way they talk about important things, the way they pay attention to each other, how they don't rush and instead try to truly understand each other first. I just love them. I love them so much my heart feels like it's on fire.
Thank you, teetee and por, for being such incredible actors. For the way you treat your characters. For feeling them in a way no one else could. Thank you for you precious work. I love everyone who worked on this story, everyone who created it. This series lives deep in my heart. (I'm writing this like it's the last episode PLEASE NO can dwy have a million episodes, i'm begging)

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Captivating storyline

This is the first 40-episode drama that finished so fast—a very captivating storyline. The plot grew and developed with each episode. There was suspense and action as well as passion, desire, and love... Both actors showed great chemistry. Dilraba executed this role outstandingly and portrayed her character well. Another actor who benefited on Dilraba's behalf. Chen Feiyu was overshadowed by the 2023 scandal and faced criticism for his poor acting (being too stiff, etc.)... but now, look at him. Dilraba is professional enough to bring the best of co-actors - she indeed is a remarkable actress, so blessed and down-to-earth that girl is.

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A Lifetime of Obsession and Yearning

He Simu is a 400yo sovereign of the Spirit Realm, holding the ultimate power against all the other spirits for the past 300years, and is on vacation in the mortal realm when she chanced upon Duan Xu, an eccentric scholar of the court who was punished to lead the army at the border which was thought by other ministers to be a death sentence for him. But to everyone’s surprise, he managed to excel in this military endeavour and went on to reclaim cities after cities that were previously conquered by the neighbouring kingdom, North Chong. He Simu, seeing the young general wielding the Breaking Delusion Sword forged by her aunt 300 years ago, immediately set her eyes on him, curious on why the sword had acknowledged a mortal as its master, especially when it also means that he could be her spell bearer whom could lend his five senses that she was deprived of as somebody who was born as a spirit right from the getgo, not just somebody who turned into a spirit upon death like the rest of the spirits in her realm. As she posed as the mortal He Xiaoxiao with an adopted brother Chen Ying whom she picked up along the way, she managed to get closer to the general and learnt that there was so much more to the general than what meets the eye.

These two main characters are really unique, one a born spirit that had never been indulged by senses that we humans usually never notice - the sense of touch, taste, smell, sight (as in seeing colours) and hearing music. While the other was a human who had been left to survive on his own in sweat, blood and grit from a very young age despite coming from an aristocrat family revered in court, due to being kidnapped by the enemy state and turned into an assassin. One grew up filled with love and contentment only to meet with disaster upon her parents’ demise, turning her into a stone-cold, disconnected and ruthless Spirit Lord, while the other grew up in pain and misery, only to find love and contentment when he met the arrogant and mindless Spirit Lord. They both felt alive when they met each other, although they could not hide from the fact that that it was indeed a forbidden relationship that could ruin the both of them.

What I liked about the characters here is both FL and ML never expected to be rescued by each other in their respective fights, but somehow when they were in the verge of perishing for real, the other half would always come through, though FL didnt need any saving even when she was at her lowest. But most of the time, they held on their own and fought their own battles, which took a considerable amount of years of being apart from each other. I am also glad they did not water down the FL’s OG powers just so the mortal ML with no supernatural neili could shine by coming to her rescue, like in most typical love stories.

I commend the CGI team that managed to make all the special effects look seamless without looking out of place or cartoonish. The fights are excellent, they had good choreograph in that part too. The makeup department was great, they actually managed to make the ML look messy during and after battles, like real messy with blood and grit splashed over the face instead of full on flawless foundation. 🫣

For those who complains that the last 10 episodes to be draggy, well, i guess the screenwriter cant help it if they were to follow the novel, cuz it was written that way by the original author. They did spend years apart from each other during Yan Ke’s rebellion and the war with North Chong, although FL did share a more frequent sense-exchange with ML which contributed to his worsened health that the FL realized only too late.

I’m grateful that the adaptation managed to adhere to the novel’s plot pretty much to the T, without much deviation. And I especially liked how they improvised the novel’s ending into two parts, which was pretty neat.

I have to say this show is packed with excellent music scores, especially those for the spirit realm, they sounded eerie and mysterious which is most fitting for the occasion. There are quite a number of tracks that I would add to my running playlist. The Lantern Guide song had similar ring to What Defines Humanity from Whispers of Fate, although I wondered if the composer was the same person, it turned out the former was by Yang Bingyin while the latter was by Zeng Zilin. Both songs were a feast to my ears with its unique lyrics and music.

All in all, for somebody who has read the novel before watching the adaptation, this is definitely one of the better ones out there that managed to satisfy the novel’s reader by being faithful to it.

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unfortunately..NOT INTERESTING ENOUGH.

Plot: Xiao le and yi lan are childhood best friends. They share every aspect of their lives:issues, achievement, familiar problems.
Xiao le is trying to find his way in life without giving in with his father's expectations; yi lan instead knows what she wants to do. Her first love is playing cello just like her mother did. Unfortunately his father is not on her side.
We follow them as they navigate their problems through highschool and adult life.

Observations:
I liked the initial episodes of the drama. There is nothing groundbreaking here to watch but the atmosphere was nice and the characters were cute. I particularly liked the town/ school setting. It was a bit darker than usual school settings. It looked like they went to highschool in forks (twilight's)🤣.

I think the main issue in this drama is that everything is surface level.

We never get into anything too deeply.
Music is a main focus of the drama or at least this should be the case.

I'm still not sure about what kind of school they attended because they were involved all in music on some level, but it looked like a regular highschool instead of a conservatory.

Music is never discussed or shown except for the reoccurring "sorry, I gotta go play cello".
The fact that everytime someone is singing or playing an instrument another track is playing in the background takes you out of the moment.
I get that the actor may not be able to play, but you can cut the camera away from their faces and let a real musician play.

Maybe it was a budget issue, but it didn't help with setting the right tone in certain scenes.

Building momentum was also a big issue. The drama cuts short important or emotional scenes. They cut right in the middle of a scene, they never linger too much to actually make you feel the tension and that has an impact on the romance as well.

I found their love cute but how they got together was frankly a mess.

They jump from being distant, to being cold, to being together, to feel at ease with each other in the blink of an eye.

The whole "senpai" moment was "meh". Yi Lang starts liking him over nothing, confesses her love, than changes her mind. Right after she rejects Xiao le but wants to keep him a friend. She then sees him for a millisecond with a girl and gets jealous and right after starts to look at Xiao le under a different light.
They kiss accidentally and basically get together.

It was a mess and I didn't enjoy it at all.
If she was so adamant in rejecting him first just show me how she comes to terms with seeing him as more than a friend. Let the jealousy build up a bit.

The moment they get caught kissing by their respective parents was weird.

The whole drama we are shown that Xiao le parents are absent from his life , but suddenly they are everywhere and play the role of "comic relief" with yi Lang parents? Totally out of character.

Aside the main couple, the drama focuses also on the love story between the sad ning Ning and Xiao le's best friend.
this love story makes no sense from the very beginning.
Ning Ning was mean for no reason.
Her life revolved around cell even before she dated that guy. She never had time even in highschool but she uses this as an excuse to be a bitch towards her boyfriend.
He did absolutely nothing wrong. Always by her side, secretly helping her , never being a burden and always showing a positive attitude.
She on the other hand kept everything inside, never talked to him about nothing, never found time for him. He was the one always making plans for their couple and she saw it as a nuisance.
To add insult to injury she is the one breaking up with him asking "what is your plan? You need a plan". Girl, he was the only one being pro active in this relationship. He deserved way better.

The third female friend is on and off on our radars. Poor girl she is a third wheel in this drama.

This drama is not bad but it is not super interesting either.

My favourite part was the male lead character and the overall friendship of the main couple.
Everything else is just there for the sake of it.

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A Lovely Watch

To be honest I put off watching this for quite a while. I mean, I had tried watching the first episode after seeing multiple recommendations but I misunderstood it and so dropped it. Only after starting this review did I realise I had tried watching it before. This second time I fell completely in love with it. It is a beautiful story. Once they're adults the way they spend time together and the way to stay together through some struggles is beautiful. This story was well done. They did a fantastic job with it. I am deeply saddened that I've (almost) finished it. I love it so much that I don't want it to end, so I've decided to put it on hold until I'm less prone to crying over this. It is so beautiful!!!
STORY
I'm used to watching more action-packed dramas. I usually only watch costume dramas and had somehow convinced myself that contemporary dramas were not for me. This changed my view point. This story is for those who love a contemporary romance. The characters love each other and the sets, families, friends all feel real.
ACTING
10/10
This is one of the best - if not the best - cases of acting I have ever seen. I watch a lot of dramas so I know the standard and this goes beyond. The Male Lead's actor Chen Zhe Yuan and the Female Lead's actor Zhao Lu Si did a fantastic job. They conveyed the emotion perfectly for every scene. They had brilliant chemistry on screen, too. The brother (Victor Ma) also did an amazing job. I wish he was in more dramas.

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Don't watch this movie if you don't want to suffer

The movie is excellent in every way—the soundtrack, especially the song “Good Night Good Dream” by Nerd Connection, the characters and their backstories are very well developed, and the actors deliver great performances. The pacing is incredible; the film handles the progression of events really well. The plot itself is very strong, and if you hadn’t already suffered with this couple, the final act will completely break you.

I love how it portrays young love and the sacrifice and effort it requires. At least for me, it created a strong connection with the protagonists. The movie is truly great, but if you don’t like to suffer or cry, you’d better not watch it.

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Une des meilleures série K-drama que j’ai pu voir

J’ai adoré.
À travers l’époque, l’environnement et la culture inspirée de l’ère Joseon, je me suis complètement laissée embarquer.

Je me suis profondément attachée aux personnages de la cuisine royale. Il y a quelque chose de très humain dans leurs relations : la complicité avec son assistante en cuisine, les liens avec les autres cuisiniers et membres de la cour… tout sonne juste, chaleureux, vivant.

J’ai aussi adoré me plonger dans la culture coréenne. Les plats de Yeon Ji-young sont magnifiquement mis en valeur, c’est un vrai plaisir pour les yeux. Cette rencontre entre cuisine moderne (et française) et traditions coréennes crée un contraste fascinant. On sent que la cuisine devient un langage, une guérison, une émotion, presque un lien entre les mondes.

On voyage réellement dans un royaume inspiré de l’histoire de la Corée, et on s’attache à chacun des personnages, même ceux qu’on ne nomme pas forcément mais qui marquent par leur présence, y compris King Lee Heon, dont l’évolution est particulièrement touchante.

Et puis… la fin.
J’ai pleuré toutes les larmes de mon corps. Ce retour à la réalité m’a bouleversée, comme si moi aussi j’avais vécu dans cette époque et que tout me manquait d’un coup.

Retrouver les personnages dans le présent était à la fois réconfortant et déchirant.

Merci pour ce voyage hors du temps 🙏🏻
J’espère sincèrement une suite.

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