Watched in 2024 (in order)

2/12/2024-2/17/2024
This would've been a 10/10 however, last episode I felt like things got too rushed because there wasn't much time left. but it was good to see everything ending on a positive note so I still felt satisfied with the ending. just felt like it needed at least an ep or 2 longer. Anyways, it's still a great drama, it's funny, serious, action pact at times, and suspenseful. even tho it's not tagged as romance, there's still a good amount of it (2 couples+1 side couple)

2/18/2024-2/19/2024

It was a 10/10 up until around ep 7. FL kept liking the SML and rejected ML telling him to go. But then when he does come back, she blames him for not coming back to her sooner... girl you told him to go.  They kept up this push and pull game and it got too much and tiring to watch.This part really annoyed me and took a star out.  But overall her character development was good and she matured +became responsible from the war. Both she and the ML. Even tho I don't like royal politics, I loved this one a lot. 

2/19/2024-2/23/2024

It's a good drama but not as good as season 1. Season 1 was excellent, but season 1 felt more repetitive and boring. It sucks cuz I loved season 1 and felt like they could made s2 just as amazing- or even more. Also in ep 1 of Season 1 (the first few scenes), we STILL don't know why that person in jail is there in the first place (we know who they are tho at least) . The romance was cute. Btw I loved the crown prince, he's so caring to his people (and he got this innocent face too which helps lol)

2/25/2024-2/27/2024

3/3/2024-3/6/2024
It's short and sweet. I liked how honest ML was, wish MC did the same tho

3/14/2024

A good movie to see the realities of how they used to live. it was interesting too, with the underworld crime stuff going on . The romance was sweet

3/15/2024-  3/17/2024
The best short cdrama I've watched. idk how to explain it. Usually with these short cdramas I'm just waitin for it to be over but this one I didn't want it to be over at all. I watched the director's other work "A familiar stranger" and that one is also excellent (but I think I prefer this one a lil more)   I loved the second coouple a little bit more than the first. idk why maybe cuz I'm more of a slow burn type than established realtionships but they're both great. SML character's change was so nice to see. I wish we can get a full-length drama on the second couple cuz I loved them soo much.

I also liked the mindset of the 2 MLs. They don't mind washing cloths or doing the cooking for teh family and wives. Usually in that time period, the wives do that stuff and men go to war so I like the difference of mindset the the MLs had.

However it would've been nice to see a little bit more to the ending and what happened but o well

3/17/2024

3/17/2024

3/18/2024-3/20/2024

rewatched (skimmed a bit here and there and skimmed a lot of the last few eps but it's ok). It's been exactly 1 year since I watched this show last year in spring break and now it is spring break again lol. Even tho it's a rewatch I still love it so much. Their love is so unconditional, I feel like rewatching all over again. Like honestly it's the best cdrama ever for me. FL is funny and her chemstry with ML is out of this world. It's so refreshing to see a a lovingly sister bond with SFL. I don't see that a lot in cdramas. I feel like they should do it more. I love the mortal realm the best where all ML's personalities falls for FL. I wish they worked on the father's redemption a lil more. I did like him at the end but I feel like there should've been more build up where FL doesn't trust him and then starts to slowly trusts him again instead of a 'wam and bam'  trust after an ep or 2

3/21/2024

3/26/2024-3/30/2024
unque plot

4/26/2024

After dropping so many dramas, I finally got into a drama (this one). This pleasantly surprised me with how much I enjoyed it. The first 2-3 eps I was so close to dropping, it didn't look that good to me but omg on ep 4 and onward it became SO much better so I'm glad I stuck with it in the beginning eps. I love FL, she says what she wants to say unfiltered, she used to be villain supporting characters so I like that her personality is different than a typical FL who's too nice and stuff. ngl I didn't have any expectations from villian ML at first, I thought he was just gonna be one sided character but I was wrong. He became a more layered character the more we saw him. He became my fav, I love him. And when he became so soft and protective of FL, it was cute. At first I thought plot was gonna be bland and too rushed, but I started to really like the storyline, it became interesting. Although the ML in the comic (our SML) is a bland character

5/21/2024-5/22/2024
I really enjoyed watching this drama. I wish it was longer tho cuz there was too many plottwists and the pacing went too fast. If this was a 30-40 eo 45min long drama then I feel like it would've been better where it made more sense. Anyways the acting from the leads is SO good considering it's just a minidrama. Some of the shots of the drama are so beautiful

Love LOVE the FL, she's not ur typical hero, she has aflaws and is a villian. But a lot of her evil actions was to survive

6/21/2024-6/26/2024

Really loved the first 30 eps, those parts I would give it a good 10/10 stars for sure. like I LOVED it sm, the whole slowburn with FL and ML was so fun to watch and the plotlines that was happening. There were side characters that I really liked and I liked all the family drama that was going on. My fav family is def ye family, they treated her like a daughter and this was when FL and ML got the chance to get closer and have more screen time together than before. The last 10 eps started to bore me a bit idk why. I did get a bit more busier around that time so that could be a factor. I felt like the story focused more on the war and royal politics, but I don't like those too much. I find royalty politics a bit boring but it was still interesting to watch. I just didn't feel the same amazement as I did in the first 30 eps. Also at the last episode, I felt like when ML went to war was unnecessary. It made their reunion and the story's ending too rushed. That's why instead of a 10/10 stars, I gave it a 9.5 stars

7/12/2024-7/19/2024
The ending is a bit disappointing, but it's to be expected considering it's a censored BL in china. I'm probably going to read the novel for a good ending and more romance scenes between MC and ML. But I really enjoyed some of the doors but some doors were ok but still enjoyable.My fav door was I think door 10 cuz so much was happening in that door. Door 11 was great too to see all those side characters again. The ghost girl in that hs was the scariest and I liked how it kept me on my toes the whole time. Also I liked the drum skin story too. They had great mystery in those doors. MC and ML's chemistry was amazing.

it's either 8.5/10 or 9/10. I enjoyed the drama overall but some things I didn't like as much. tbh I got a lil bored around the end

7/20/2024-7/30/2024

Heartwarming, funny but also angsty because each story of the obsession is pretty sad.  I love the friendship of the 3. Bromance was good too. Every episode is also not boring at all, I'm glad I watched this. No doubt it's a 10/10 stars from me. I wish it was longer

8/4/2024
Weird movie… too many plots going at the same time and plus sci fi that they don’t really explain which made it more confusing. I really like the actors though and the visuals were nice. It was still an interesting movie but it didn’t make any sense. I would’ve given this a 5-6 stars but it has my fav actors here and the visuals were nice

7/31/2024-8/1/2024
The first 2 eps were a bit boring, but ep 3 and onwards, it became better and really sweet. I mean, the plot itself is pretty basic, but, eh it's the relationships that I love the most. At first I didn't like ML's friends, but they got better, and I started to rlly enjoy their interactions. Tbh second couple were ok to me but I did warm up to them after while. I just finished ep 9 and won't continue anymore. I heard so many times that ep 10 is sad so I'm good just ending it here. Also I can sense the bad ending a mile away with the way ep 9 ended, so def not watching ep 10. I had this drama on my watchlist ever since 2019 or even before that but the bad ending scared me off lol but I'm glad I watched it, it's short. 

8/9/2024-8/10/2024

I enjoyed the plot. I did feel like the last 2 episodes were starting to bore me, so I didn't give it a 8.5. I feel like in most thai dramas I always get bored by the second half. Plus all that crying got tiring to watch so I started to skip. MC and ML were making dumb decisions, which were annoying but oh well. but still a nice drama to watch overall with the fantasy stuff

8/20/2024-8/22/2024

I was enjoying the first couple at first but once they got together I got a lil bored ngl. The second half of the plot got boring to me so I started to skim through those parts to get to the couple. However, cuz the second couple shows a lot more in the second half, I still enjoyed it. If it wasn't for them then the rating would be much lower. I didn't care about the main couple as much anymore.. idk why I just started to feel bored and I felt like their storyline in sec half was becoming weirdly complicated. However, I liked that they didn't hide away from intimacy, and I liked how they shot it

9/8/2024-9/11/2024

I'm soo glad I held off on watching this because once I started on 9/8/24 at night, I binged it and finished it on 9/9/24. I don't think I'd have the patience to wait.

Anyway, I enjoyed this BL, I love how the relationships between the leads developed in the beginning; it was so cute. Seeing Taichi start to realize his own feelings for him was so nice too see and btw his crying scenes literally want to make me wanna sob. Idk much about hearing loss except the general info but I thought this drama did a good job on portraying it and showed the inner struggles on it. I liked the first half a lot more than the second half tho tbh. It's just there was a shift in the story which I didn't like much.

I didn't like Maya, she kept trying to tell Kohei that Taichi wouldn't understand him ect, I didn't like her negativity, and even on ep 11 I felt like she didn't change this part of her. On ep 12 she was better tho

9/12/2024-9/15/2024

rewatch

omg.. I love this drama so much. I watched this when it was still ongoing, I can't believe that was 3 years ago. I gave it a 9/10, something cuz I didn't like the way the characters were acting or something? but I think what it really was, was that since I was watching this while it was airing, I probably forgot a lot of things from the characters and didn't feel connected to the MLs and MC anymore. That's why I don't watch dramas while it's airing to avoid this. 

Anyway, I changed the rating to a 10/10; it's so enjoyable and cute to watch.  I love the second couple too. It's nice to see a FL in a BL who is not in the way and supportive. I want to see more like that, but it's rarely there.

11/5/2024-11/8/2024

Pretty good drama; I liked seeing a ruthless FL for a change. Even till the very last ep she was punishing a sinner and killing him with a ticket right to hell. But it was nice to see FL also start to become considerate to the innocent and wants to judge fairly. The ending felt like there could be a season 2 but it ends in a way that also gives everyone a HE but FL situation is undetermined if she's going to continue being a human or go to hell in 1 year. I really liked Bael; like, dang he was just so handsome. It was also funny how a demon became a monk and wanted to go to heaven lol. I really liked the debate cases; it was interesting and I liked the fantasy aspect itself. Romance was cute too; at first they were enemies to lovers, where ML kept trying to catch the FL and take her to prison but by ep 8 they became allies and more sweet later on. Tbh I felt a lil bored at the last eps, idk why.

Acting was very good from everyone, especially FL. I used to hear she was a bad actress or something but in this drama she did such a great job and embodied the role of a vicious judge from hell. It was really fun watching her not give a crap about anybody and just doin her own thang. Also, I like the power imbalance between the leads. Usually it's the ML who's a more powerful figure than FL but that wasn't the case here

11/10/2024-11/11/2024

OST at the end is so good
The reason why I wanted to watch this was because of the ML, I saw him from MCL and really loved him there plus the story looked like somthin I'd like. Also cuz Love Game in Eastern Fantasy is airing rn but I was trying to wait until more eps come in so I decided to watch this (somthin similar to get my mind off of that drama PS: It didn't work lol)

By episode 4, I couldn't keep watching fully because the plot was boring to me tbh. The whole toxic family drama, it was just boring to me so I mostly skipped to just the romance part which was really cute. Also I felt like the toxic family drama was just rinse and repeat the whole time throughout (I did watch some parts of it). I did however, like the farming aspects of the drama, it was really cool to see how they used to make food from scratch and I liked the scenery. There is a love triangle but it didn't annoy me even tho I hate love triangles. SML was a good character.

For the ending, the characters got their HE and also the second couple. I feel like the ending was too happy for the toxic family, I mean, most of the scheming and drama came from them... and yet everyone is forgiven lol. For our leads... I feel like the ending should've been extended a bit to really show the ending we deserve from the main leads. Like we know it's HE from them but it's so abruptly cut off that it doesn't feel satisfying. 

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 I wish they showed more that ML was a player. Like if it was more obvious instead of subtle hints. It would've been much of a better drama and romance if FL realized ML was a player in the game. Like ML confesses, he's a player in the game, maybe in ep 15 or so. This way the ending feels more satisfying instead of abrupt.

11/14/2024--11/17/2024

On ep 9 rn but I really love this. I like the friendship/family themes a lot. Pretty to look at too. I love the friendship with the SFL, she really cares about FL and they seem like sisters.I like that this feels like an actual romance drama; it's not just subtle romance. I mean, I do like subtle romance but I really wanted a drama like this where romance is more upfront. ML's acting is good. It's like super animated or somthin you'd see in a cartoon. It fits so well with this type of drama. FL acting is a bit too bubbly for my tastes but I can overlook it, she's not a bad actor. And the chemestry?? man it's GIVING. The story pushes the narrative that demons are the good guys and I do like that trope in these dramas. SML and SFL acting is a bit stiff. I wish they had more emotional range but I do like their characters

I literally binged all 12 eps in 1 day (14th) it just was so damn good! I didn't expect myself to love it this much.

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First half of the drama is the best so far. episodes 1-12 was great but got kinda boring later on in the middle when they were at the royal palace. Once they left that place, the story got better but it didn't give me the same vibes as ep 1-12. I really enjoyed those eps so much. I probably will rewatch those eps and some more scenes of the leads. They were really cute and I loved their chemistry! I missed when ML and FL were bantering with each other a lot in the early eps.. it kinda stopped when he fell in love. The ending was still satisfying to me, although I wish they showed more the modern world and what changed. But maybe they couldn't cuz of censorship. The last few eps were a bit confusing... I wish they made it make more sense like the time rewind thing. The opening and ending scene (of the music) was cute. I would've given it a 8 cuz plot got a bit boring but leads were great so 8.5 stars

11/27/2024-11/29/2024

The show is great. I enjoyed all the family scheming parts and the devotion that ML ahs to FL. I like that we see a journey from FL who had to see the tough realities of war and how she changed after her first engagement; it showed growth in her character. I will say tho ep 14-20 was a bit slow. This was when she had her engagement, and it was just too slow. But I didn't hate LY as her engagement partner. I actually liked him a lot but thing is that he's not right for FL. I hope he can be happy in his future marriage cuz he deserves happiness; he does have a good heart to FL. Idk how I feel about the mom, in the beginning eps I def hated her but I had hoped that perhapes she had changed and started to become someone FL can rely on- but it didn't happen. I still like her father tho, they're the best as well as her brothers. I also like the emporer; he's super funny and nice.

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episode 6 of S2 impressions: Tbh I coudn't get into FL's character this time. She keeps trying to insert herself and disregard what ML is telling her: to be careful and not be too involved in the royal palace stuff. But she doesn't listen. Like she has got to have SOME type of basic understanding that in the royal palace, it could mean a matter of life or death if you keep making mistakes. I got really annoyed with her and can't keep watching right now. In season 1, her schemes weren't directly involving the royal palace. I mean, maybe some of the characters but she wasn't actively involved in the royal palace like in season 2. So her schemes didn't have that bearing weight in S1.  However I do like the palace intrugue. It's intresting in that aspect. I like the 2 wives of the emporer. They live in harmony, and their personalities are so different from one another. It's a nice contrast. 

No hate to Zhao Lu Si btw

11/29/2024-12/1/2024

I watched the first 6 eps and then skiped here and there. Thenn decided to just watch from ep 49 and onward. One thing I will say is that ML shoud've never married her or presued her in the first place if he was planning on his revenge. He knew that the Cheng family would be implicated so he did his revenge before their wedding happened. So what was the purpose of getting engaged then if you weren't planning on marrying her? If he loved her, he never should've presued her and get her involved. He didn't trust her enough to tell her of his revenge plans. Idc about the whole "he just didn't want to implicate the cheng family."  He was her partner and should've treated her as such. Whole time ML kept trying to get FL to open up and she did. But what about him? Where was HIS trust in her? He didn't have it and didn't love her enough. He should've just picked her over his revenge. Man now I feel like rewatching the double. ML there was the perfect example of what ML in this show should've been to FL. 

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ok ok.. at the time I was still watching ep 50 and decided to write that review at the time so I was mostly venting lol. Actually, I started to like ML more once they did the 5 years later. I felt his sincerity towards FL . And that end where he said "I have trust in her" My heart... I literally cried, I was so happy that he had that full faith in her. You can tell ML's different and even my heart turned for him. I'm really glad I decided to keep watching at least the ending. It really did a good job in ML's grovel. And I like the whole idea that as partners you should be equal on trust and footing. ML even said that "I should've married you first then my revenge happens next" It was a happy ending and I felt very satisfied with how everything played out., I got super emotional

12/2/2024-12/7/2024
The first half of the drama is not good. It has it's moments but forgettable, imo. Some of the scenes with ML and FL were cute, tho. I dislked the second life completely and skipped from ep like 3 to 12 (I didn't enjoy this life in the novel either, tbh) it's the most boring one. After that, it did start to get slightly better but still ehh. I did skimm through it to get to their scenes cuz I didn't really care about anything else. Also whenever I saw the SML I just hit skip. He's really annoying and I rather not suffer and watch his scenes at all. But then in the second half, this is when things started to get most exciting. The Villains were more fun to watch. SML at least isn't as insufferable but I still don't think he deserves forgiveness. The plot really got going once they went back in time to their OG lifetime. Their personalities clashed so well together. I was like, where was this chemistry in the first half of the drama?? The next life is cat demon ML and ofc my most anticipated one since it's why I wanted to watch this drama in the first place. Omg..... it's the BEST life. I didn't skip once. Also ML's hair is so good in that one. His white hair looks so realistic and a good look on him. Usually when MLs in other dramas has white hair (lookin at you Pillow Dream) it doesn't look natural. It could also be from the ashy white instead of just white hair as well. Plus the way they styled it too.

It's hard to rate this cuz first half is like... idek what. Maybe a 4/10  But second half was better so I'll say it's a 6.5 stars overall. Not something I'd rewatch tbh cuz the plot really didn't intrest me a lot of the times. HE 

12/8/2024-12/10/2024

A nice short HE drama to watch. Personally I still think Butterfly Lovers is the directors BEST work but his other works is still good too. I just didn't feel "wowed" by this. The protons and study rooms was funny, it kept mistranslating. I think Proton meant prince. As everyone said, subs are really bad

12/11/2024-12/15/2024

rewatch, I'm skipping through it

Idk how I was able to finish the episodes start to end without skipping when I first watched it. It's such an fustrating drama. At ep 25 and onwards is when it gets so annoying cuz of FL's dumb decisions. I remember liking the romance and actors so I decided to rewatch but... it's hard to like it rn. They really buchered up the romance. I can't bielive I was mad at Love like galaxy for ML's lack of trust (which he earns back at the end). It's nothing compared to THIS... like omg FL's lack of trust in ML is just rinse and repeat over and over again. I get that her clans died but ML isn't the same devil ML as episode 1. I'm rating this down to a 8 stars instead of the original 8.5 stars I had. I almost want to make it a 7.5. I remember after I watched this drama, I watched Love between fairy and devil which I gave a 10 stars. I mean no wonder, it was a breath of fresh air for me after TTEOTM cuz LBFAD drama had a healthy relationship between the main couple and the full TRUST they had in one another.

Btw idk if u can tell but it's probably because I just finished rewatching ep 26 that I started to vent lmao. I still like the romance and the actorsa re so great at protraying emotion. Just wish  there was more trust. SPOILER: like in ep 28 when FL gave up her immortal essence for ML evil bone, it felt like it was just a transaction/ or just guilt for what she did to ML. It didn't feel like out of love unlike in the dream realm where ML gave up his immortal essence for her. That felt like love. 

Also stop watching by the end of episode 35 for a happy ending. This is what I'm doing for my rewatch. ML and FL are togther and FL saves him. It was nice watching that. However if u want to watch ML in those black-demon cloths then u gotta watch from ep 36-40 but that has a bad end. 

Edit: I decided to skim watch all the eps to see ML in demon clothes. He looks really good in them.mAnyways I hope cdrama Blossom will be good