Yue Zhao Ji (2023)

Should Have Ended at 20-24 Episodes

There might be spoilers, read at your own risk

It has been a while since I have written a review and this will be more like a short commentary than a review, but here it goes.

I love fantasy dramas and I really like these time-space travel types of shows. I love watching the character’s reactions and how they try to navigate a completely unknown location and time. However, I felt robbed of that in this drama, especially since the male lead learned to figure out technology faster than many people who have been living in contemporary times their whole lives.

The drama was mostly light, cute, and funny at first, although it was sprinkled with some seriousness here and there. I even thought misunderstandings would be solved fast as the situation with her coworker, I cannot remember his name and cannot be bothered to look it up, was resolved pretty quickly. I was so wrong. About halfway through the show, it became boring, nonsensical, and repetitive. It was so repetitive that I kept thinking, “Really?!?! How many times is this dude going to be on his deathbed and how many times is she going to break up with him?”.

Once the Zhou Wei (?) villain situation was “resolved”, I thought “finally!”. But no! The drama had more plans in store for us. *Obsessively in love with female lead brother enter stage left* This arc was hard to watch. It was frustrating, it was dragged, and felt like some form of ancient torture. When they finished the brother arc, it wasn’t enough. So for the last two episodes we are subjected to Zhou Wei again. Only he is in the contemporary world and does better at finding free clothes, learning tech, and entering places, which I would think would high security, than I ever could dream of. All of this, while hurt.

The drama is full of the usual cliches like long drawn misunderstandings, break-ups, third wheels obsessed with main leads, and… well, I won’t mention the end. If you have watched this type of drama before, it will not be surprising.

This drama would have stayed pleasant if it ended at 24 episodes (or even less). For me, it went from being a delightful watch to being tedious and almost feeling like it was a chore to watch the show.

I am never rewatching this and would not recommend it to anyone, but I also think that if watchers are hesitant, they should watch it for themselves and form their own opinion.

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Drama of Delight :)- UPDATE !

I only watched 4 episodes, yet I decided to write a review about this entertaining and positive drama. This drama brings a smile to your face:)

The chemistry between the main characters is absolutely terrific, and most of the scenes are about them - I assume they won't be able to live without each other soon , as Ml is always looking for ways and excuses to be with the FL :)

I'm just hoping for a happy ending now , because the drama is about time travel, PLEASEEE at least not a tragic one! . This drama came to me unexpectedly and made my evenings more pleasant. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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UPDATE:
Here's my short summary of the drama :)

- The female lead was the most annoying, fickle, indecisive female protagonist I've ever watched this year.
- I kept watching primarily for the male lead; he was the redeeming factor.( i think I dropped this drama 5 times;)
- The antogonist was the most evil and handsome I've seen and I found it unrealistic how quickly he turned from good to evil
- At the beginning, I gave it a 10, but I must correct it to 7.5. However, I'll round it up to 8 for my patience in watching it until the end and for the ML. LOL

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