Reviews

UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST BL OF 2023!

When you cast the right actors and put them with the right director and writers, YOU WILL GET A MASTERPIECE!

Highly recommend this show if you are looking for the following:
• Impeccable Period Drama.
• Impressive characters development.
• All types of couple (Has BL, GL, and even Straight).
• Complex and unpredictable storyline.
• Excellent acting of the cast.
• Amazing chemistry of the three couples and the whole cast.
• Realistic and un-sugarcoated life during the 1920's.
• Angsty and heavy drama.
• Right amount and right timing of comedy.
• Excellent songs and background music that fits a period drama.

Anyone who loves BL and Period Drama should watch this show. Nonkul and Bright are both spectacular in giving life to their characters.

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UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST BL OF 2023!

When you cast the right actors and put them with the right director and writers, YOU WILL GET A MASTERPIECE!

Highly recommend this show if you are looking for the following:
• Impeccable Period Drama.
• Impressive characters development.
• All types of couple (Has BL, GL, and even Straight).
• Complex and unpredictable storyline.
• Excellent acting of the cast.
• Amazing chemistry of the three couples and the whole cast.
• Realistic and un-sugarcoated life during the 1920's.
• Angsty and heavy drama.
• Right amount and right timing of comedy.
• Excellent songs and background music that fits a period drama.

Anyone who loves BL and Period Drama should watch this show. Nonkul and Bright are both spectacular in giving life to their characters.

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It could have been better if only there was no censorship…

This could have been a good story if only China does not censor time travel / going back in time genre.

I understand that the director wanted the audience to understand that you cannot change your mistakes/past but instead of focusing on the fl dreams of wanting to change what her family did, it would have been better if she woke up earlier. She could have owned up to her mistakes and tried to be a better person (basically redemption arc) in real life.

Too many filler scenes and not enough time to build up the relationship between real ml and fl that you’ll end up questioning if it was really the ending. There were a lot of problems/issues that were not resolved because she only came back to her real world in the last episode. Its like they ended the drama right before the climax of the real story.

Final thoughts:
Not really a fan of dramas with female lead - 3 male leads because not enough screen time to wrap up everything (too many unnecessary scenes that could have been removed).

Actress playing ZY is really good, showed different emotions and interpreted her role well. Score 8/10

ZXW actor also good, he was able to play the role of unrequited love convincingly. He’s also very good looking with his manly face and broad shoulders (he does look like a lord / nobleman). Score 8/10

HRZ is cute like a puppy who fell in love for the first time and was willing to do anything for that person. Needs more practice / exposure to other genre. Score 7/10

ZYL actor okay-ish. To be fair, even in the novel he was cold, aloof and did not express his feelings much which he showed in the drama. He was always poker face even when he was supposed to be worried, angry etc. Score 5/10

MY actress is a disappointment. This is the first time I’ve seen her in a bigger drama project but girl, her expression from the start up until the finale is the same. I wanted to see anger, disappointment, jealousy etc but her face remained the same all throughout. She was the damsel in distress, the audience is supposed to understand her but I ended up liking the villain more. Her eyebrows and forehead do not even move when she’s conveying emotions huhu. More acting workshop for you girl, her role did not convince me at all. Score 3/10 (and this is me being generous).

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Reality is What It is

I started watching this because of FL, Zhou Ye. However after I started, I was totally drawn into the story of a FL being a villain desperately seeking redemption.

It’s my first time seeing the ML, Wang Xin Yue. I am impressed by the CP’s chemistry and ML’s mature acting skills despite his young age. And Zhou Ye is fantastic in this role.

The story…warning on spoiler.
Begins with dark setting, where the FL, Hua Qian(HQ) who was on a run but was caught by official. Her family, Hua family, had done lots of misdeed, hence her father was executed by the emperor and both her mother and elder brother were also put to death. HQ, FL was on the run but soon was caught and badly beaten up, injured and fainted.
The next scene HQ woke up on her wedding day, which was 2 years ago. So here we get a background set up on FL’s time travelling back to her past. But as we understand C regulation of censorship, this story has a twist.
FL, HQ with all her knowledge of her past, is determine to change her and her family’s fate. So she went on to plan to undo her marriage with Zhong YanLan (ZYL) which she obtained through unscrupulous ways. She tried to gather her father’s misdeed and attempt to make him change his mind and retire early to country side.
In her previous arc, she was a villain who manipulates and plot to marry ZYL. She is one track mind deeply obsessed with her love to ZYL. She lies and broke up ZYL and his childhood love with Mu Yao (MY). MY and her family were victim of Hua family(father)’s scheme to gain power. MY’s family is on exiled. MY was rescued by ZYL, so with his help in the previous arc, she found evidences, she exposes HQ and brought down Hua’s family, which we saw at the beginning of ep So HQ knowing all the likely events, she attempted to reverse her fate.
To redeem herself, in this second arc, she decided to tell ZYL the truth and her misdeed, she plots to divorce him and brought ZYL and MY together. She rescued a beggar, Hua Rong Zhou(HRZ) who became her loyal admirer and protector. Her revealing her true self caught ZYL’s attention and interest. As she lost interest and divorce ZYL, Zhong Xi Wu (ZXW) ZYL’s junior became bolder and decided to confess his long hidden love for her, which put HQ in a dilemma. As HQ would never imagine herself in Zhong’s residence and fighting with women politics. So she accepted ZXW’s mother offer to fake death.
With HQ’s changes, she made peace with ZYL and MY, knew about ZXW’s love for her. But her brother still died protecting her. And her father’s misdeed was still revealed but they weren’t executed, instead retired to a small town by ZXW’s order. ZXW realised at the end that he can’t keep HQ and make peace by letting her go.

Which we were brought to the end (last ep., major spoiler ahead): the plot twist - it’s all HQ’s dream. So after ep. 1, she has been in coma, for 2years, ZXW rescued her and have been nursing her, he manages to convince his Mom to let him manage the business and also take care of the comatose HQ. Finally she woke up but fainted back into the dream as grief stricken of the reality. Then hearing ZXW talking to her in her sleep, she decided to wake up and say goodbye to HRZ who is actually a symbol of herself in the dream state. She makes peace and woke up, calling ZXW’s name, and the story ends.

After thought:
The novel is slightly different and gave HQ a time travel arc, where she gets her redemption and gain her freedom, save her parents and she lives quietly with HRZ in that village. But in this drama, we knew in order to pass C regulation, the screenplay has to be changed to show that reality cannot be changed, and there is no possibility for time travel to reverse your wrongdoing. Hence this story has to add the dream concept and she has to wake up to face her consequences. I understand and felt overall this drama is quite well done, just felt such cruelty on HQ’s story. But with the end is a new beginning, and we knew ZXW will be there for her.

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JUST CREATED AN MDL ACCOUNT TO RATE THIS GEM!!!

Honestly, i'm not new to MDL, and this is the first drama that urge me to rate a drama. I've been a fan of Kdrama's and Cdrama's for years now and no drama got me feelin' this way. This plot feels very new to me; so at first this got me thinking if i should GO for it or NAH. But, guess what?? I've got no regrets at all... This drama got me feelin' like im in a roller coaster. Especially the TWO LEADS!!! I SHIP THEM SO HARD AT THE VERY BEGINNING T__T this drama got me all thinking what goin to happen in the next episode, especially in the last episode. I gotta say for those people who haven't watch it while it's airing Y'ALL ARE LUCKY
(• ▽ •;) you don't have to overthink especially if there's going to be atleast one intimate scene between the leads. I'm a romantic person BTW, so it really got me all fed up to the bickering and want some romancing, because the TWO LEADS GOT SOME SIZZLING CHEMISTRY... Especially Zhong Xiwu MAN!!! he seems so controlling in the dream but he's the opposite in the reality.. I'd say if the dream hasn't taken up so much time than the reality I'd fell for his character LIKE, SHEEESH!!! this man got some sleeves THE PATIENCE, THE STARE!!! HUA QIAN IT'S THE BEST CHOICE TO WAKE UP, BECAUSE IF NOT YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THIS MAN AND WHAT A BIG LOSS.. GIRL. YOU GOT A HUSBAND MATERIAL COME ON!(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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Story..

Enjoyed this series.All the young actors did a brilliant job. Fluke and Singto are truly seasoned young actors who I have seen in many past series and cannot believe they are in their late twentys. They still look like teenagers.I loved the storyline but homophobia raised its head again but I wish that they wouldn't give it such a negative view because its now been accepted in western countrys especially the UK where I'm from but I do find it quite odd that being genders of the same sex is exploited when actors are shipped just to earn company's big profits..bit hypocritical to say the least.The one scene I found disturbing was for Dans mother hanging herself for Dan to find her so no wonder he had visions which affected him from a child. That said great series.Well done to everyone involved..Directors..production staff..
Scripwriters..All the cast..backroom staff and a round of applause for fluke and Singto.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤

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A Fast paced and Enjoyable Drama with intriguing twists

Trillion Game just might be the most enjoyable drama of the year for me. When I first started watching, it seemed somewhat generic (ngl first ep is somewhat generic start 😅) but there were several things that worked very well & it's got better and better as story progressed

Firstly... the dynamic between the main characters is fun, especially the tension between Ren and Mio. It adds a hot and intriguing aspect to the show. Secondly...I appreciated that the male lead wasn't portrayed as purely good or evil, instead... he was shown as a complex, grey character with goffy smile

The production value of the drama is quite impressive. The directing make it feel like you're watching a stylish business drama.(which you hardly see in jdramas) Although at times it can be a bit exaggerated 😅 bt that's part of the show's charm too...just like the quirky nature of the main character.

The story is fast-paced and gripping, keeping you engaged throughout. While some scenes may fall flat here and there, they don't make you feel too bored (at least that was my impression). Now, let's talk about the most important highlight of the show –

IMADA MIO, She steals the spotlight with her charm.. I can look at her for hours haha

However, there are a few things I didn't like as much. The anime-like expressions that the characters sometimes make can put you in an awkward position... but it's a minor annoyance that can be dealt with Additionally... the last couple of minutes before the finale could have been executed better I guess ?

Some aspects of the show may be a bit exaggerated from a business point of view, but that's to be expected in a drama😅

Now.... onto the verdict. "Trillion Game" is a fun and relaxing watch. Just sit back... relax & grab some chips or popcorn and enjoy. If you don't watch it.. you won't be missing out on much.. but if you give it a chance you will certainly have a good time.

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LITERALLY TOP 5 OF MY FAVE SERIES IN THE WORLD!

I don't know why...and i can't possibly begin to justify to myself why this has me on such a chokehold. It's not perfect, that would be ridiculous considering its low budget and the general lack of perfection in all things human made, but i just can't see any flows in it.

The acting, especially Gong Jun's ...woow...sublime. I was smitten from the moment i saw him. His flirting, his grace, his perseverance and his dressing as Wen Ke Xing....it was.....guuuuh. I watched this a year or so ago and i am still hooked. In the words of today's generation, Jun and Zhehan cooked, served and ATE!

I am not in the habit of making reviews because i rarely care enough to (a bad habit of mine) but i was rematching this for the nth time and decided to gush about it because unless this has an overall rating of at least 9.5...i feel it's underrated.

So of you haven't watched this....i don't know what purpose you could possibly have to live on🥺

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Watch, if you like firefighter’s story!

This drama spent a lot of hard work and effort in firefighter knowledge for us to understand, the storyline is good. I like the teamwork and their relationships among firefighters.
Talking about the acting, ML-Johnny Huang (LuXiao) deserved to be praised! He carries up the show, loves his acting.
FL-Zhang Jing Yi (NanChu) kind of disappointing to me, acted poorly! The way she acts so not naturally and when she’s talking really made me feel like wanna take a nap first, sorry to condemn it. Many times feel like dropping the drama because of her, but the ML supported her character up. She’s not the right FL to be in the drama, pull down the rating of this series. (I guess I won’t be watching drama that the main lead is her anymore) Although her Lighters&Princess was so famous but she doesn’t shows any improvement on her acting at all…
Many characters as firefighters are great, many hilarious and funny scenes I enjoyed and feeling relax to watch them (except the FL 👎🏻)
Thank you so much!

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Good story but with typical rushed ending

Quite enjoy the story because for the most parts of the drama, the story line was well thought of & there were character developments from the main roles as well as the supporting roles. Great acting from the main leads and some of the supporting characters too. I should say, the writer gave unique & distinct characters to every roles, and each casts portrayed their roles very well. Somehow when they gave the screen time to the supporting roles, it didn’t feel like a waste of time as I wanted to know their story too. The chemistry & romance between Xia Chu & Mu Ze were sweet and realistic. Quite a shame that such a good drama, again, has to have another rushed ending (I thought this one wouldn’t).

There were parts from Zhuo Ran, Old Master or Xia Chu that became repetitive, unnecessary or dragging on, Would be perfect if they replaced these parts to complete the ending, such as showing the meeting with Xia Chu’s parents, their career decisions, their wedding, or the police progress in fighting with the drug dealers. And REMOVE the part where they killed Tian Yong’s character! How could they sent a special force soldier with such a poorly planned under-cover mission. Literally, there was NO immediate action from the special force to come & save Tian Yong the moment he was captured. Shouldn’t this be the chance to send the special force troops to show what they’ve been training hard for? Anyway, it’s still a good drama to give a try to watch.

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sad ending

WHy sad ending
there no more complains
i deffenetly watch some episodes only for
>Zhang Jing Yi < her presense and acting ultimate
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The worst BL ever made.

This show was not funny. It isn't unhinged just because everything about 'Crazy Handsome Rich' was terrifyingly bad. I have never written a review before, but people saying it's good need to stop misleading new watchers. Stop trying to raise the rating.

The acting is NOT good, don't even try. Even if the voice acting part of the show wasn't dubbed, the series would still be terrible from start to finish.

[SPOILERS FROM HERE ON]
Firstly, directly at the end of episode 1, when the preview of the next episode starts, the one man says that he doesn't want to be a butler anymore. Immediately i knew the entire plot of the show, it's so expected.

Horribly written and i feel sorry for the actors. They were in Love syndrome, not exactly known for being good, and now in 'Crazy Handsome Rich' the worst BL ever. Worse than 'Check Out' the series

It's almost like the boss love interest guy (forgot his name) only hired butlers to fall in love with them, the butlers do almost nothing in this series.

Mention: The bells? The fortune teller. The mumbling? Made the show worse. I understand why the fortune teller was there, but no.

Do NOT watch this, please. 0.5/10

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