Fantastic

Love the story
Excellent start of the series and progressed just right.
Each character was given it’s time to tell their stories and wasn’t focused solely on lead actors.
Great FX
Glad there is a sequel to continue the story.
There’s no dull moment here and story didn’t drag.
Great costumes and wardrobe used on the set.
Looking forward to the next season.
I believe I’ll be rewatching last 2 episodes before starting season 2 in December.
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Close to American CM

Truly copied each character but adjusted background and character. It has similarities making it interesting.
You won’t see Reed character falling for AJ here tho hehehe

Hitch we character is debatable and he didn’t remarried in Korean version .

Love the Korean version of crimes. This series confirmed that cultures may be different but crimes are the same; commuted by twisted minds.

I enjoy each from story features in the series.

It is a good recommendation to watch the series. It is entertaining and keeps getting better each episode.

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Quite an Odyssey worth watching

I won’t waste time sharing the plot since it is already stated in the info about this series.
love every aspect of this series. Wardrobe, whole production, the OST, actors, Director, story and visual effects.

Story pretty much is divided into two parts: lead male & lead female as slave & master and the second half, they got switched around. The story leading to it is not boring so don’t fret.

What I was disappointed about was the lead female crying scene-not convincing at all and I’m not being mean.

The twist of the story got a bit messed up that by episode 46 I started fast forwarding a lot. Story leading to the ending was frustratingly out there that it got overwhelming that made it feel it doesn’t fit the story anymore.

Ending could have been better I think.

Overall, it is truly worth watching if you are into light fantasy themed story.

PS: Janice Wu (Lead Female here) and Zhang Yu Jian (The second lead male) were married in 2020 and divorced in 2022.

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Good concept & great implementation. A MUST WATCH

This series is so worth the time to watch. It is different from typical period story. Actors did excellently and portrayed their characters well. I only wish that they introduced the series with the story of the lead male mother. Interesting to see the development of the story explaining her but it seems lacking and minimized. Although her story seemed she was loved & admired by many men, it didn’t really highlight as to why.
The blind martial arts mentor could be explored more. I love his character. I was wishing for more story on him.
I just realized Xiao zhang is in the cast and missed it in ep 38. I was so engrossed in the story, I glossed over his short appearance.
PLEASE PLEASE RELEASE SEASON 2 SOON!!!
I’m glad there’s a season 2 being prepared for this series.
Ending is now acceptable for me since there is a sequel coming.

7/16/23 - When is the second season coming??? I am anticipating this season 2.

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Great Mystery with Odd ending

I love mystery and period themed series. Having both in a series made me eager to watch this even tho it is old.
What I like:
+More scenes in what it is - solving mystery rather than relationship or love scenes
+Bromance not BL so don’t react. The series highlighted the good relationship between the two lead male.
+Characters are mostly great, no character just to fill time or waste scenes
+Lead Male investigator is a realistic character that believes everything can be explained
+Scenes explaining how and when clearly shown
+ Master Wei character who portrayed his character the best. Of all casts, he did the best acting.
What I don’t like:
- the female Su Yu is an irritating character. It could have been made or written better wherein she did something to help out other than flirt with the lead male
- Lead Male investigator needs to improve in acting. He has gaps in his reaction
- Director could have directed the entire series better
- It’s supposed to be period mystery but tot got mixed with fantasy
- Ending is confusing.
You have to pay attention to not miss any detail that will help understand the story better.
It is great and interesting until towards the end when it got messed up, and confusing. Actually, more like didn’t make sense.
So if you are able to watch an enjoyable crime mystery and don’t mind a confusing ending, this is a good watch. If they do a sequel or another season of this now, in a better version I’m sure it will be popular.

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Well Balanced Love & Life story

As soon as I finished watching this movie, my first thought was it could have been better if they made this into a series. Only flaw I saw here is that it seemed rushed. It’s like “you are enjoying the story and the characters telling their story and then it ended.” …… you wanted more.
All artists who worked on this film portrayed their role exceptionally well. The relationships (both male & lead male & his gf/wife) were told in a well balanced manner giving you a sense that this is not a clear BL film. To me it is more of a love & life story. It also gave viewers a suspense ride. I was hook towards the end holding my breath for a moment.
The ending leaves viewers to form their own interpretation as to how it may have gone after the play.
It is highly recommended. This is a great movie. It was done the way the writer wanted to tell the story. We may not agree that it doesn’t pattern after real life in some areas but we can’t fault a movie based on how we see real life. It is a movie done from a story written by the writer. It was well directed!

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Not the best but ….

Let me start by saying it is because is Zhao Lusi that I decided to watch this series. I’m not a big fan of 24-29 minutes series wherein the first 3 minutes are for recall of previous episode and credits.
I have always thought that any actor will have a good chemistry with Lusi but I stand corrected. The lead male actor and Lusi has no chemistry whatsoever.
It’s most likely a man limited budget production because it is obvious.
Love the characters and twists they added in this series but amazingly, even with a certain power each characters possessed, it doesn’t seem to be used when needed the most - it’s confusing

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Cute casts, could have been a great series

The legend of Jinyan

I believe if this series had a few roles with different casts and Director it would have turned out better.
Heads up: 80% of the entire series, the male lead is upset, nagging, yelling, bossing and irritated. Surely there could have been a better way to portray this character than this way. I used fast forward a lot because it got frustrating seeing him always upset and irritated. For a prince, his character was written to be not so smart that the brother Prince Jin is much more smarter and sensible. Of all casts, prince Jin to me did his role justice and acted the best. Female Lead didn’t fit this role at all.

The story is also blurry: testament, Queen Dowager, the parents of the female lead, the relationship ending of Prince Jin and female lead, the almost drowning in the lake incident, etc., there’s a lot of scenes and situations in this series that wasn’t really explained thoroughly as to how it relates to the entire story. Some just got glossed over, some not even explained as if that certain unrelated scene was just added to fill the time.

I really love the story and the casts were really cute but the way it was written for the screen and directed were poor to my opinion.

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Slow-Good-Better-Disappointing-FF to end

The plot of the story was already explained so I’ll go to my likes and dislikes. This is my own personal opinion.
Started excellently wherein the explanation for what was shown in the very beginning wasn’t explained til last 2 episodes.
Got my interest because the story was mixed with a lot of puzzles that got slowly explained. There’s few scenes that didn't have any value but added in there I believe to fill time.
I might have started with the second male syndrome because General Fu Chou/FC seemed to have suffered so much that a little attention and care from the Female lead would have been nice. I was hoping he at least experience a happy heart even for two episodes but he probably got 10 minutes of it for the entire series.
It went downhill for my by episode 24 and I fast forwarded to the last episode then realized I have to watch the one before the last episode to get the sense as to why the emperor is sitting dead on the throne. I lost interest by then since I can tell by then that second male FC will not be written on the script to experience being loved or adored by someone he love.
The production was excellent, the sword fight were great and the OST is good. Costumes were beautiful and not boring. Acting were mostly good but the chemistry of the actors with each other weren’t felt. The characters were also good. I enjoyed the humorous and childish second prince. The evil Dowager actress for me didn’t do a great job portraying her role. Male Lead Weiyou came across flat to me in his portrayal.
This series has so many story on top of stories that if you don’t pay attention, you’ll miss it and get confuse.
It’s not something I’ll rewatch.

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Could have been written better

I was disappointed with season 1 and hope for season 2 to change my disposition. Major changes on a lot of cosmetic touches, lightened up on the back to back misery and hurdles of Jojo, Aunt changed her treatment on Jojo.
What’s disappointing the most is season 1 written that the shield was to protect Sunho who Jojo supposedly love but season 2 betrayed that scene without any explanation. I like underdogs in a series to win the girl when the story flowed to it but this didn’t fit at all.
I also feel bad for Sunho’s current gf where he turned to after being dumped by Jojo. At the end, the way the story is conveyed, Sunho still couldn’t love her but will continue seeing her hoping one day he will. I felt like the girl didn’t value herself much to put up with that.
I skipped a lot and fast forwarded. To me, this didn’t bring a happy ending.

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Don’t expect any kind of happy ending

Plot is already indicated so I’ll skip that.

What I like is the portrayal of the actors. Can say that any one of them, even the support role artists did a great job with their role.

I like that the series touched (a tiny bit) about LGBTQ

I like the locations chosen to shoot this series.

The plot didn’t grab my interest.
The never ending hurdles that the female lead went through is about 75% of the series. My experience is that when viewers see too much problems and hurdles, it starts being boring instead of feeling empathy. Writers should have considered this. I fast forwarded most cuz I got tired of it.
The only thing supposedly that’s positive in her life is her boyfriend that then she ruined herself.
Another man could have been a good source of support for her and the story didn’t even give it a descent chance.
Personally, writers can be blamed for the negative reception for this series that could have had a good rating.
I watched this first season and the ending left me frustrated. There’s many things that were not even explained. There’s a season 2 that I haven’t seen that could possibly explain most of the things left unexplained in season 1.

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Do not miss & rewatch

Most reviews here regardless of ratings are essentially true to some point. End result is it is very much worth the time to watch.
Just like any Korean drama series that start funny and light, towards the middle the heavy drama starts until the end.
Bogum truthfully did well here and lead cast has awesome chemistry that I’m wishing for another series with both of them.
There are so many casts who did an awesome job that without their role, I don’t think this would have ended up with a great rating. Kwak Dong Yeon and Jung Jin Young, then Byung Yeon was so talented played the role of a man of few words, his was the only character made me emotional.
Kudos to the director and production team for this exemplary series. Wouldn’t it be nice if they add another season? Hah! My wishful thinking.

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