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The story overall is an average and boring tbh. The story goes by very slow and gets boring real fast. I've only watched a few couples and unfortunately, I will not be continuing. The character developments aren't there their. There is nothing interesting in the story. Tbh I only checked this drama out because of the same main lead as played by "Love better than Immortal" I recommend "love better than immortality!"
All in all, this drama sin;t terrible, just gets boring fast. There not much excitement to the story development and the chemistry between the two leads is fairly there too. Watch if you're bored as hell.

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a predictable but lovable trope (I'm only on ep 10)

as someone who loves republic era cdramas, love in flames of war was bound to be on my watch list...the storyline though presictable (spoiled rich ML falling for stoic selfless FL adoptive acquaintance during war filled republic ch1na) its a lovable trope of mine...also, the fact that Shawn Dou is the ML sealed the deal for me...this man is just *fans-self*

Shawn Dou: plays the role of spoiled rich fuxk boy Xiao Beichen...he has it all; money, prestige, education, and a beautifully handsome face that brings all the girls to their knees...

Chen Du Ling: plays the role of stoic, selfless, and loving Lin Hangjing...becoming a new member of the Xiao family due to her father's absence during the war, she becomes dotted on by the Xiao patriarch & matriarch, gains the jealousy of the young women, and the love of Beichen to later become a form of obsession for him.

a story about war, hatred, jealousy, misunderstandings, and above all, love.

im still on the early epiaodes but loving it so far...will post regular updated for my watch 😊

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Bukan Cum Cerita Cinta Segitiga

Baru nonton 7episdoe, tapi dramanya bagus banget, penyampaian ceritanya bener bener penuh makna, bgmnya juga bagus, akting pemainnya udah gausah diragukan lagi, disini lucu banget song weilong jadi yang paling dewasa padhal aslinya dia paling kecil (99L) seven tan jadi yang paling muda padahal aslinya dia paling tua (90L) tapi karakternya bener bener dapet banget, pas sama semuanya.
Dan ini bukan cuma drama yang ceritiin kisah cinta romantis, tapi kasih sayang diantara keluarganya bener bener dapet, gada secene yang mubazir, penulisan skenarionya bener bener bagus.
Drama ini pokonya rekomen bangett, mau yang suka drama ringan atau berat, dramnaya dikataiin ringan ga juga, diktaiain berat juga enga, apalagi buat yang suka drama genre slice of life harus banget nonton, yang gasuka slice of life Wah wajib banget nonton drama ini, slice of lifenya bener bener ga yang bikin boring, intinya rekomen banget nonton drama ini

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Mother of female lead sucks

Maybe it's an extreme personal preference, but I can not stand moms who only care about when their daughter is getting married and how old she is getting, the older she gets the harder it will be to have kids. I know it's relatively important but this one was made so that the female lead's only role was to get married into a good family and have kids. From the first couple minutes, all the mom talked about was marriage and having kids, she hated the boyfriend but the moment it was exposed he was actually born into a rich family she switched sides! It was so irritating I couldn't watch more than 2 episodes. I was so excited at first because Xu Kai and Yang Zi are both great actors but I just couldn't handle the mom >:(

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Suspending your disbelief will require brain damage

As a preface, I only saw the first episode. Might be it gets better, but judging by the other reviews it only gets worse.
In the first episode, there are 0 likable characters. Everyone is driven by some lowly emotion, jealousy, drive for 1st place, hatred, etc.

The reason I took 5 minutes out of my day to write this is too warn others about how ridiculous this show is. First things first, the mother of the MC literally runs heels first into the principal, bumping his teeth out from the impact. She walks out in front of 100 people and goes about her day normally. I hoped it was a fantasy. It wasn't. Then I hoped she would at least face some consequences, you know, like police going after her or something. Nothing happened. It's literally ridiculous. The characters are ridiculous, the events are ridiculous, the acting is ridiculous.

I give it an unwatchable/10. You've been warned.

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A fun, fun, fun, hot mess!

I've only started watching (the first 10-15 minutes)—I love the detective/mystery genres, but it's not from that perspective that I felt inspired to say something about this hot mess.

The production definitely does not scream BIG BUDGET; in fact, it's quite the opposite—dare I say it doesn't even seem to merit a B-grade production (no big-name actors, sub-par costumes, bare minimum sets, etc.). However, almost from the get go, it's stupidly hilarious. It's so awkwardly funny that I couldn't stop laughing pretty much through all the scenes.

Don't get me wrong. It's not one of those, it's so stupid that it's unintentionally funny.

It's incredibly funny precisely because it's meant to make fun of the all around stupid. The fact that the low production quality is so obvious, seems to tie in to the wtf-just-happened humor that the script writers must've had a rollicking hay day writing the stuff (I'm not even talking about the story writing, cuz it's not so much plot driven as it's jokes and pun driven). That there's some detective work in the mix is just icing on this unexpected comedic series.

From the start, I had the thought—what.the.heck am I watching, while at the same time having a big grin on my face and totally enjoying the whole experience. As I'm writing this, I find that it's actually hard to explain why I'm liking this so much; you just have to experience it yourself.

Update: past the initial scenes, the series has calmed down a bit to concentrate on the dectecting/mystery, and I have to say, while it's not the laugh-a-minute it was at the beginning, it's still an engaging, entertaining series.

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Exciting Opening, But Dull Closing....

I will start this review off just like my previous reviews. I loved most of the cast here, I loved RJE in 18 Again, and also excited to see JHW and LCM as "Main Leads". This is one of the drama's I've yearned for... I've waited for this drama to come out, and when it did, I couldn't even watch it thanks to some stuff I had to do before I could binge watch it. I had really high hopes for it, and it's disappointing to say the least. I personally think that all of the actors and actresses did their part, but it still turned out quite disappointing.

Story, the story starts off quite well, making us drawn into the fact that there's something wrong with this highly prestigious school. It's almost like the drama Pyramid Game, where the rich and powerful are feared by the less fortunate or in this drama's case, the student's that are scholarship students. The main leads' introductions were forward and clear, like Rian (played by KJW) being an athletic and rich figure that everyone has to respect to, Hera (played by JHW) being a flirty and spoiled rich girl, Woojin (played by LWJ) being the more calmer one out of the group, and lastly Jae Yi (played by RJE) being the 'queen' of the school. As we progress we can see why Kang Ha (played by LCM) resents them (mainly Rian due to his suspicions) and even went out of his way to annoy and trigger Rian and all the adults responsible for his brother's death. But as it progressed further, we can see that Rian is not even the perpetrator and that all his efforts was useless and a waste of time and that what he did (kissed Rian's girlfriend, approached her and even fell for her, protected her) is slightly immoral in the end. I actually felt bad for Rian because throughout this drama all he did was love her sincerely (even though sometimes he can seem a bit clingy), in the end since if I'm not mistaken, she even left him to go to New York with another guy as per her agreement with her father to help Hera's father's company. I... don't quite understand Woojin's correlation with the whole story, I mean he is important yes, but it was only discovered near the ending that he has hidden the story with the teacher. Woojin's entire character was only flirting with the teacher, being victim to Hera's flirtatious acts (and also revealed that he actually likes her but just doesn't know how to say it) and then he suddenly becomes important near the end. I mean he could've had a romantic relationship with Hera instead or maybe chased after her instead of not really existing until the "twist" came. As for Hera, her character is a typical rich girl who has everything going and doesn't like when what she wants isn't hers. From the beginning she is already aiming to steal her best friend's boyfriend (remember that here Jae Yi is only ghosting Rian, and their relationship is not yet over) and is also a typical gossiper. I've long predicted that she would get karma, and yes she got it. Her redemption arc is also slightly believable, considering the flashbacks show that she actually cares about the friendship between her and Jae Yi (shown by her actually crying in the car after they cut off their friendship ties). The story itself it quite confusing towards the end and there are a lot of open-ended things that we just have to imagine ourselves, such as the ending itself where Jae Yi met her mom? Also what happens to Rian, Hera, and Woojin? Is the story ending with Rian being sad since Jae Yi left him, Hera being a better person overall, and Woojin is being Woojin? Overall, I end the story part with a sentence that I sent to my friend as soon as I finished this drama...
"i went from oh shit thats good, to what the fuck just happened, to oh its because of that, BUT how and why? And why DID that happen."

Casting, I have 0 complaints about the casting, the actors and actresses DID a VERY GOOD JOB despite the terrible plot.

Music, I actually quite like the opening scene music and also the other soundtracks. They did a really great job composing it and also the usage of the music was perfect in each scenario. You can check out the full soundtrack playlist by searching for "[MV] 'Hierarchy' Official Soundtrack Playlist | Netflix" or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULATL_g0WOE -> the official Netflix K-Content Youtube Channel

Rewatch Value, no.. just no.

Dictionary for the Abbreviations:
1. RJE - Roh Jeong Eui
2. JHW - Ji Hye Won
3. LCM - Lee Chae Min
4. KJW - Kim Jae Won

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Great Drama

Better than anything on right now including Park Min Young new drama. But, are Korean men really that passive or is this just bad writing? Who would turn down a women that beautiful and he already like her in the first place. Just because he wasn’t the first one to admit or within some sort of pace. WTF?? I like both leads and I love the show but that outcome is stupid. Is this to drag the not being together on and on to cover more episodes. I love Korean dramas but the one thing they are not very creative about is a couple being together more than one or two episodes. Why not be creative with couple growing together instead of waiting until the last episode. They either do this or create unnecessary love triangles. Think outside the box writers and do something different.

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COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD?

i liked how it started and it was good, i also really really like the main characters (main leads and fl sis that "almost" married someone and third prince) but i also was still on a period where i just cant rlly seem to finish dramas, so i started watching clips which immediately made me not wanna watch it, many reasons, the characters action was kinda stupid, the direction the drama was heading to, etc. I RLLY WANT THEM TO REMAKE THIS BUT LIGHT HEARTED AND VERY SHORT, i just rlly like the main cp and kinda the second too, but i rlly couldnt watch it after those clips, so yea. not only that but they were trying to do one of those very painful long dramas, where everyone suffers but the fl suffers the most ;-; idk its just not rlly watchable, tho i rlly like the main cp

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Just not for me

I watched 2 episodes. I didn't find the story entertaining so decided to drop it........ For me it was just boring, I tried few times....

The characters and leads were ok just the story didn't appeal to me. Maybe should of been more patient with the story but in the moment just felt didn't want to continue with it.......

Anyways, those watching please enjoy.
Those who want to give it a try, I suggest to give it a few episodes and form an opinion......

I am still open to watching more of these leads in future dramas, this does not change my opinion of them......

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I picked up this drama because of Park Min Young

Park Min Young's Character "Lee In Ah" seems to serve no purpose in this show. She glues herself to the main Character "Seo Jin Woo" played by Yoo Seung Ho, from episode 1 and seems to sympathize with him and his father just because her father thought that they are innocent and might have been framed.

In the real world, there is 0% chance such a person would risk their well-being for someone they've just met, not to mention, side with someone who's parent has been accused of murder.

Her character has been rushed into the plot with no build up. They should have written a more believable way for her to understand Seo Jin Woo's side of the story, before risking herself for his sake.

I'm still a fan of Park Min Young, as when she is casted right like in City Hunter and Dr Jin, she is an amazing actress, her cuteness is the icing on the cake. This show is decent but not the best, if you turn off a portion of your brain, you might enjoy it. The pacing is alright.

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