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A Captivating Blend of Comedy and Romance, Elevated by Zhang Zhehan's Charismatic Performance

“时光之城 Castle in the Time ”is a delightful television series that captivates its audience with a perfect blend of humor and charm. Within the narrative, actor Zhang Zhehan stands out with his exceptional performance, earning sincere appreciation for his portrayal of the character Gu ChiJun. His on-screen presence is a harmonious mix of handsome and endearing, showcasing a remarkable agility in his acting.

Zhang Zhehan's portrayal of Gu ChiJun is not only charismatic but also exudes a lovable and playful energy. His ability to bring depth to his character while maintaining a light-hearted touch adds a layer of authenticity to the series. The chemistry between Zhang Zhehan and his co-star Park Min-young is palpable, creating a captivating on-screen duo that resonates with viewers. The seamless connection between the two actors enhances the overall viewing experience, leaving the audience eagerly anticipating each interaction.

The plot of "Castle in the Time" unfolds with a perfect balance of humor and heart, making it a refreshing and enjoyable watch. The comedic elements are expertly interwoven with moments of sincerity, creating a narrative that resonates on both emotional and entertaining levels. The lighthearted atmosphere of the series serves as a delightful escape, providing a much-needed break from reality.

What truly sets "Castle in the Time" apart is its ability to engage the audience through the magnetic performances of its cast, particularly Zhang Zhehan. His ability to convey a wide range of emotions, from laughter to heartfelt moments, showcases his versatility as an actor. The dynamic between Zhang Zhehan and Park Min-young not only adds a romantic layer to the story but also contributes significantly to the overall enjoyment of the series.

In conclusion, "Castle in the Time" is a gem in the realm of television dramas, and Zhang Zhehan's commendable performance elevates it to another level. The show's humor, coupled with the chemistry between the lead actors, creates a memorable viewing experience. Fans of light-hearted, romantic comedies will undoubtedly find themselves enamored with the enchanting world of "Castle in the Time”.

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Shock!! Shock!! Shock!!deserve 8/10 at least. Marginal spoiler!!!

I was going to write just a simple review, but after reading so many negative comments, i had to write one... Only reason ratings are low is because jung so min isn't the girl and that girl might have cheated on guy with another guy.. But that's not the case.. 2ML was despicable just like his family (family of Psychopaths) . He wasn't sincere towards the girl from the beginning. She was more like a project... Only reason he proposed because he might die. Other guy was innocent and sincere towards everyone.... Girl took pity on him, since everyone is deceiving him for the surgery. Unknowingly, that pity turned out to be pure. Don't trust these comments. Give it a go. It's a lot better than present eye-candy kdramas with little to no story yet getting 8+ ratings.. You can give it a go. Only thing i didn't like is the ml stupidity. He trust people easily..

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Review and Analysis of The Last Immortal and Its Impact in the Xianxia Genre

I've been thinking about how to approach the review of this drama. I don't want to describe the plot here, so I'll focus only on certain facts.

Th Last Immortal is a drama that was the first xianxia drama I really enjoyed. It can be said that it opened the door to this genre for me. Why is that? Because Last Immortal was very refreshing for me; the drama flowed nicely, and I enjoyed every second of it. There's no need to talk about the acting performances – Zhao Lusi is already a good actress, and Wang An Yu, along with the others, complemented her very well.

Regarding the storyline, as I have already written, everything was understandable to me, though towards the end, I would have liked more twists.

I really appreciated and enjoyed the costumes and hairstyles, which reflected the different phases of the characters well, from the playful and childish A Yin to the brattish, spoiled Gu Jin. As the characters developed, the hairstyles and costumes were, of course, appropriately adjusted.

Below, I focused on four parts and selected three main key points from each. This doesn't mean that I couldn't find more points in some areas, but I wanted to highlight only the key ones.

The main strength of both dramas is exceptional acting performance. In particular, Zhao Lusi and Wang An Yu are outstanding in their roles and significantly contribute to the success of these series. The stories of both dramas are captivating and unfold in richly created worlds, with deep and interesting characters. The visual aspect, including costumes and hairstyles, adds to the authenticity and immerses viewers in the story. Additionally, The Last Immortal builds on the previous work "Ancient Love Poetry," which expands the fan base and opens new horizons in the xianxia genre.

Despite their strengths, these dramas also have some weaknesses. TLI is strongly linked to ALP, which might be an obstacle for some ALP fans, as it might not have met their expectations for the drama's development. In some parts of TLI, there may be a lack of complexity and depth in the story, which some viewers might consider a shortcoming. Differences between the book and the TV adaptation can also deter some fans.

The drama offers a number of opportunities for further development. There is great potential to attract new viewers, especially those who are not yet familiar with the xianxia genre. The interest in the characters and the story offers an opportunity for modern adaptations, which could appeal to a wider audience and bring new dimensions to the genre.

TLI faces competition within the xianxia genre, which is full of similar themes. High expectations from fans and comparisons with classic works of the genre can be a challenge. The ending of "The Last Immortal" evoked mixed reactions among viewers, which can affect the overall impression and recommendations. For some viewers, the end of the drama might be a challenge or an opportunity for another sequel.

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First of all, I loved the series.
Amazing story line, amazing acting, and everything was spectacular. Definitely worth your time.

I personally don't consider this a bl cause there was more to the story, like the political issues, suspense, horror, and everything. Of course, there was a bit of bromance, but not to the extent what I think a bl should contain. I like the fact that the series discussed the cultural and historical background of Thailand.
The ending was amazing. I feel like there will be a sequel. With or without the sequel, this will be one of the best Thai dramas I've watched.
I would like to appreciate the effort all the cast put into this series, especially the main roles (Danai, Nai, Trin, Brother Anurak and Josh). They did their best for the roles and brought this beautiful script to life.

If you're doubting whether you should watch this series or not, this is your cue to go and watch it.

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The both in love but cant say it ❤️‍?

So far im loving this series 😍 due to that fact that Dream is in love with Night, but Night has feeling's for his best friend Dream. To study literature you need to know tour own true self, can Night understand the true meaning of LOVE & YOUR HEART DESIRES ❤️ Girl mate of Night is in love with him, yet she cant let go of the fact that Night heart has already claimed ♥️ hes doesn't get it. Night Friend is Namwan is in love with him 💕 one-sided love isnt good for anyone 😔 her jealousy is showing. Demanding the rights to Night love interests, why does she wants to cause trouble. Night having trouble with his father right due to fact, that he doesn't want to joined the family business that his father hoped for his future. Dream on the other hand is doing great until the person walked into his cafe was his secret crush 😍 how is he will able to cope, all 3 was good friends back in their college days. That day when Dream saw both by the swimming pool, Namwan telling Night she has liked him from the beginning, thats why Dream disappeared from Night. Fangirl 🩷🇬🇧 Fifi

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it was intersting , but they should have put more effort in the ending

It was interesting at first and then boring , when u read the story and saw the trailer I thought wowww , this story is mad . I thought I would love it I reallly like the start , it felt interesting how will she live with all her memories , living around people she meet in her past life ? , what gonna happen? will people accept her ? all these doubts made me wanna this drama a lot , i started watching it i loved ae gyeong’s character moreover the drama is nice to watch but the ending is not satisfactory, they remember her , but she forgot them , it’s a bit sad ,but definitely suggested , loved the acting btw , the feeling were shown in their faces each of them had their own pain , they portrayed it perfectly, thank you bye bye ❤️❤️

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Funny

This was a solid 3/5. It was good but not extraordinary. It started out a bit too much like a drama, a bit heavy. But then it juat got super weird and that is the kind of Ossans love I live for. The sauna was the stupidiest thing ever and it was great. Also the scene in the burning building when the chief and Maki is coming to save Haruta.
Also don't think too much about how fire and explosions work because they have a life of their own in this movie.

But the top best thing with this whole series is how it is a non-issue that almost everyone is gay. I want more movies like this where it is just love, it doesn't have to be a statement or anything else behind it.

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Disappointing

Despite the fact that Kaneda was introverted to the point of appearing to be challenged, I had hopes that Yanase could bring out his personality.

Kanda confesses to Yanase and Yanase asks him to wait for a year while he works in Canada.

The whole subplot with Benji is creepy. Benji appears to be much older than Yanase, makes my skin crawl and I cannot understand why Yanase would have had a relationship with him. Then, we have the situation where Benji wants a contract to give work to Max Pictures ONLY if they give him his lover, Yanase, back. It's just disgusting slavery.

Surprisingly, Benji allows Yanase to return to Japan, Max Pictures and Kaneda. I lost interest once it was revealed that despite computers, cell phones, email, text messages or just the use of old fashioned paper and pen letters, neither Yanase or Kaneda kept in touch. Yanase returns and isn't aware of changes in the workplace or changes with Kaneda. Despite the potential for an adult relationship with Yanase, Kaneda is still acting like a child with his hero worship and altar devoted to Yanase. He takes Yanase back to his apartment yet doesn't bother to prepare by straightening up the place and hiding his altar and other evidence of hero worship. Kaneda responds by panicking and shouting. He failed to use the year apart to grow up.

Yanase (and the viewers) deserve better. I have no idea why he was attracted to Kaneda.

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I actually had to watch this for ib lit (my fav course ever 🔥🔥) and had only one night to complete it, so I watched it on 3x speed (definitely ruined the cinematic experience for myself).
From the casual movie viewer facet of me, this was honestly a pretty boring watch.
However, from the super critical, analytical deep thinker facet of me, I loved it. To be fair, I love analyzing even the smallest details in literature, so if you’re a fan of literary classics, I’m sure you would absolutely love this drama.

(I’d actually watched this movie a few years ago back when it was super hyped up, but dropped it after the 15 minute mark because I hate movies with manipulative protagonists no matter how warranted or justified their behavior may be. But I mean the title is literally PARASITE for god’s sake, so what was I expecting?)

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I so enjoyed watching this show! The plot was fantastic and I was intrigued until the very end. The acting was pretty solid, especially the emotional scenes. The main leads had really great chemistry and I enjoyed the progression of their relationship. The fact that we didn't know how Phob died until later in the show was great because it allowed the watcher to try to figure out what happened to him and be suspicious towards a lot of the side characters. I was not expecting to cry, but cry I did. The play episode was really special and I really felt emotionally invested in Phob and Ben's relationship, which is a true testament to the script as well as the actors because I think they only had like two episodes together. The last episode was absolutely fantastic and had be BAWLING like the last 20 minutes.

The ONLY reason this show wasn't a 10/10 was because of the whole unexplained mystery light thing. Was it aliens? Was it a spirit? I guess we'll never know. It was an interesting concept, just wished they had followed through.

I 100% recommend this drama!

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Episode 9; A beautiful end for

EP.9 was truly beautiful, it compelled me to write a review about it. The episode started off with such a fun filled journey to the wedding with them trying different vehicles to get to their destination and the beach and beach night party, them getting to know each other a bit more.
Then came the wedding of the cute couple and then Day & Mhok perfect dance..the perfect blend of song and their pretty dance steps made it so gorgeous, I could not keep my eyes off of them.
and then the trip after the wedding to the mountain meanwhile also covering Day's family past relation with his dad and present relation with his brother and their emotions and his own personal feelings, gosh it was beautiful.
And then the beautiful scenes of Day and Mhok becoming one and it was not in a beautiful place but its their presence with each other that made it all perfect and worth it; it was so lovely and precious.
Then journey to the mountaintop, came the moment when they were finally at the top of the mountain with Not the pretty Sunlight warming the mountains which they originally wanted to witness but a cloudy day and not so satisfying ending of Mee...but then as they looked further and opened their hearts and soul, they could finally see that beautiful Last Twilight and the pretty sunlight and the rainbow and everything shining the brightest. They could finally understand why Mee became a statue and gazed forever at tha twilight: Such a precious moment in life that you could spend forever in it.

It was so beautiful, the way they were describing it first that I could also see that scenery even before the cinematography showed it in the drama and I was already crying when they were describing it.
And finally the last and the most precious image of Day seeing his beloved the last time and Mhok finally breaking down, realizing it. And they just accepting it and hugging each other with that beautiful Last Twilight. It was beautiful end for Mee and could be for Day as well.

This episode could have been the best last episode among GMM's series. I'm looking forward to what the other 3 episode have in store for us but I have a feeling they won't be able to beat this EP.

Overall drama is also best, I love the fact that they didn't jump on each other from the start like most other BLs. Day and Mhok took their pretty time getting to know each other, the bad and the good, their past and present and the important people in their lives. They took the time and then finally accepted it that yes this is the person they had fallen in love with.
The drama of Day relation with his badminton buddy kinda made me sad and mad about it but I was glad how it turned out and that it ended soon.

Acting: I will be super honest here. I NEVER thought JimmySea could pull off such a drama to made me cry and write a review about it. I knew Jimmy was before and loved him. But when his ship partner was finally revealed to be Sea I was not really excited but I was excited for Vice Versa and then it came out and many people said how it was not good and their ship was also not that good, I was so disappointed. I also saw clips of Vice Versa and was not satisfied that the drama was not exciting enough in further episodes and their chemistry was also not that chemistrying with each other so never watches Vice Versa.
Then I saw them in Our Sky 2 special episodes and it was so adorable that I quite liked them both, I was finally accepting their ship and since then I liked Sea as well.
When Last Twilight first trailer came out, I was soooo excited cuz I absolutely loved this concept, I was afraid to be disappointed again like Vice Versa but still having faith cuz that trailer was awesome.
And now that its airing I wait every single feakin week for the episodes, only few dramas have made me wait for them like this. I usually binge watch it once its fully release but only sometimes some dramas force me to watch them as soon as the EP is released and this is one of those dramas for me. Their acting have goooonne uppp so high can't believe its really JimmySea. Its top notch acting. I have seen Jimmy acting before so I know he is good though he has improved a lot in this drama and I keep on looking at Sea trying to find flaws in his acting as a blind person but I can't seem to find it. So I will give an applause to Sea for doing this character so good. Mark and Namtan is also doing such a good job, as well as all the other side actors, they are good at their characters.

Story: I absolutely love this blind main character concept so not arguing on that, I love it. And I love the story of Mhok's character as well. So its always a 10 watch for me.

Rewatch value: gave it 6 cuz no series is as good as the first time. Can watch this one again as its really lovely but like I said at the start, Day and Mhok took their time understanding each other & I love it but we can have patience only the first time while watching such series, second and after times watching is only good for the exciting and cute and thrill parts only.

Music: its really good as well, I'm a kpop and music lover so I have known more best Osts and songs then this ones have but its still above average compared to other Thai series Osts..its more nice cuz they have put the perfect songs at the perfect times. I loved that song when they were dancing in Ep.9.

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The powerful and bad-ass wuxia couple of the 2023!!!❤️

*** Spoiler Alert (PERSONAL FEEDBACK)
Title : A Journey to Love – 2023 (Complete 40 Episode)
Personal Rating : 9.5/10

The powerful and bad-ass wuxia couple of the 2023!!!❤️

Ren Ru Yi / Ren Xin (Liu Shi Shi) is a beautiful, smart and the best female assassin of AN State. She is also the former Scarlet Guard Left Emissary.

Ning Yuan Zhou (Played by Liu Yu Ning) is the smart and powerful leader of the WU State's Liu Dao Hall. He was the former deputy chief of Liu Dao Hall till he was imprisoned and framed by the other Liu Dao Hall leader.
This drama is about Ren Ru Yi and Ning Yuan Zhou falling in love while in a journey from WU State to AN State.
It started when the Emperor of WU State was lost in the war due to his mis planning and underestimating the enemy. The Wu Emperor was taken as a hostage by the AN State and AN state is asking for a ransom, but it should be given/envoy by WU Prince. Princess Yang Ying volunteer to be the envoy and pretended to be a prince. The princess was promised to be given something in return if she fulfilled her mission.

Upon knowing that Princess Yang Ying volunteer to be the envoy and the Heaven Path guards died without dignity and called as traitor, Ning Yuan Zhou re-join the Liu Dao Hall as the Chief. He will escort Princess Yang Ying who she treated as his own little sister and bring the Emperor back to WU state so he can announce that Heaven Path guards are loyal, brave and died at the line of duty. He started his journey by forming his own team of guards from the Liu Dao Hall. ( Delegation Team )
(Yu Shi San – Asura Path , Yuan Lu – Hungry Ghost Path , Qian Zhao – Heaven Path , Sun Lang – Human Path)
Ren Ru Yi was on his way to AN state to revenge the death of the Empress of AN (she treated as mother) and to know who killed all the White Sparrow guards in WU State branch. On her way to AN State, she was asked by Ning Yuan Zhou to assist Princess Yang Ying regarding all information about AN State and on return, Ning Yuan Zhou will help her to get all the information on who killed the Empress of AN. She joined the Delegation Team and has one more wish to fulfill (wish by Empress of AN - to have a child), she wanted to have a child with Ning Yuan Zhou.

Overall, this is one of the best Wuxia dramas for me. I can give it a 10/10 but the ending is so sad, so I gave it 9.5/10. Don't get me wrong it should be 10/10 even it has a sad ending but because they died separately and didn't see each other till their last moment that's why I gave it a 9.5.💔

The story was superb, the actors & actresses embodied characters so well. Each character is unique. I love the brotherhood of the Luidao hall guards. They respect, understand, trust, and support each other till death. (LITERALLY TILL DEATH!) 😭💔
I love the couple too because even though they are both powerful they can still protect each other. Both can rest assured that they have each other’s back, and they can understand each other since they are both leaders. They treat each other as partners/equals.

Honestly, I hate sad and tragic endings but A Journey to Love is different. It was a hell of rollercoaster emotions. I cried a bucket like a baby and laughed a lot throughout the episodes. I recommend it to all the Wuxia drama lovers. Don't mind the negativity because you will missed a GEM. The actions scenes are top notch. I kept on repeating it. Hahahaha! The ending could be better but still it is one of the best for me. 🤎 This is my first drama of both the LEAD now I am a fan. 😍
P.S – I was a bit lost about the ending, I read and asked some viewers about their understanding about the ending. So, I’ll go with this – Maybe it is just coincidence that both kids are named REN LU & NING SHISAN because they are named after famous heroes. (REN RU YI , YUAN LU) & (NING YUAN ZHOU , YU SHISAN).

GENRE – Romance, Wuxia, Drama, Political

OST -- Offer by Liu Yu Ning (Got me hooked and heartbroken at the same time whenever I listen to it)

LEAD CAST – Liu Yu Ning , Liu Shi Shi

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