Very dragging! Average.

It was pretty dragging! After the 3rd episode I skipped a lot and I feel I didn't miss anything while doing so.
you might ask why I would continue watching if I had to start skipping that early, the answer is the leads.
Not that they had chemistry, they felt more like friends to me 90% of drama than lovers, but their acting was decent and that's the best thing I can mention about this drama.

The costumes looked good at one moment and the next you see a guy wearing a Lion head!

I don't know who in their right mind approves of those attack names popping up on screen!


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The only moment I felt was cool in whole drama was the moment the ML got his Saint level power right after his mother died.
They totally ruined the last battle for me with the slow motions and the still poses mid-fight!
I didn't like the music in the last battle as well, it didn't really fit in my opinion!
I'm not even complaining about the Big Bad Demon looking like a clown!

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If you are here for the leads, then I wish you luck! hope you can hang in there and finish it!
If you are in dilemma and want some good fantasy, move on, it's not worth your time.

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I started watching this drama because of Yang Yang. I've always wanted to see him in a costume drama and finally got the chance to watch this drama.

I think all the cast were chosen correctly and the acting is fine. Everyone were good.
The leads had great chemistry. I kept wanting to see them together even more!

Here are some things I liked about the romance in this drama:
-First, it is how aware both leads are about their own feelings and the fact that they care about each other early on. This saved me from the torture of 'when will they figure they love each other?'... even when they haven't yet openly expressed it, the subtle actions were enough for me.
-Another one is that both leads have their strong and weak moments and they help one another when needed without over doing it.
-The leads COMMUNICATE!!! They actually talk and try to understand each other. that's quite rare in dramas!

I like many of the support characters such as LanXi's elder brother, HuangChao, Feng Qiwu, LanXi's gaurds, ... the list would be too long if I write all the names!
There were also characters that made me want to slap them! such as the spoiled daughter of Tianshuang sect leader and Guyu.

The pacing was great for me. There were few parts that were a bit boring but most of it was enjoyable and interesting enough for me to keep watching with minimum skips.

The ost and the costumes were also good.

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'Fortune writer' or 'Fortune manipulator'?

This drama has an interesting premise, as I actually enjoy the 'rebellious characters' or 'villainous leads'! it makes the story unpredictable! though towards the end, it got messy and the last few episodes were super rushed!

I think FL was better in her acting than the ML.. the chemistry was lacking.
As for the rest of the cast, they were okay.

Also I didn't find the ending satisfying. It kind of ruined it for me.
I prefer 'Night of Love With You' drama as the 'oblivious characters' done right.
In this one, the writers drove themselves into a corner and made an endless loop of 'story manipulators'. the 'fortune writer' keeps on existing as the book exists above the 'lead' who sees the words and becomes the manipulator.

This was overall an okay watch and I won't be rewatching it.

so would I recommend it?
*if you are fan of FL, go for it! she was great!
*If it is the story that interests you, go for it but don't expect a satisfying conclusion!
**if you are here for romance, I wouldn't recommend watching this.
***if you want to avoid dramas with 'rape attempts', (ep 05, 06, 09 ) don't watch this or skip the episodes I mentioned.

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4 dramas in 1 and still manages to be boring!

This drama caught my attention cause of Zhang Han, so I thought it might be a good one!
well, after first episode, I figured I should lower my expectations a lot!!
As I stated in the title of the review, it's like 4 dramas about each guy that get cramped in a single drama.

Tong Yu is the main character and the other are more like support roles.
There are moments they are hanging out together out of nowhere to give us a recap of what happened and when they are together it feels like they are telling something to audience and not a talk among friends..

The only good thing I might remember about this drama is that The cast looks pretty and handsome! and that's it!

I had seen ZhangHan and Huang You Ming and Zhang Yang Guo Er in Boss&Me drama but the rest of them I haven't seen their works previously.
The acting looks stiff and fake in some scenes. (specially the Xiao fei character, his scenes are the worst in case of acting).

The first episode was boring! the rest is watchable and then it becomes barely watchable real fast...
The more I watch the more ridiculous this becomes...
There are instances and remarks in this drama that makes you wonder if a teenage boy on his puberty wrote this!
I wish they had put more efforts in dialogues to be less shallow!

Tong Yu is one of the least likable characters I've seen for a ML and he has so much ego that it makes it painful to watch him!
I used to root for Guo Chong to have a happy ending but It's so boring that I don't care about any of them anymore.

I'm not going to continue watching this! I feel like I'm losing my brain cells while doing so.
Initially I gave it a 5 and waited to see how it goes and it went for the worst. I'm feeling generous so I'll give this undeserving painfully boring drama 3!

If you are wondering if you should watch this or not... just don't!
Don't waste your time on this.. there are plenty of better dramas out there.

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If you are a foodie, then skip this!

I recently found out about Wakako Zake having drama adaptions so I started watching.
I don't really have high expectations with food dramas but this isn't working.

The actress truly reminded me of the anime character instantly and I could assume her resemblance was the casting reason.

I have 2 reasons to drop this:
1-I can't watch her eat! idk if it's the fact that she tries too much to act exactly like the anime with eating, or is it the slow motion eating! she bites a tiny epsilon of the food and goes on chewing on it like it was a big chunk! it makes it as if she is forcing food in while she is going to puke soon!
The side characters eat the food more deliciously than her.

2-Filming the food alone doesn't save this. I can watch actual cooking video if I only wanted to just see the food. sometimes the camera movements annoys me as well.

overall I'll give this a 2.5.
2 for the sake of good food presentation and 0.5 for the acting of the cast except fl.

It is the worst food drama I had ever watched. I'm not going to waste my time on the rest of seasons since I can't even get passed 3 episodes of this one. I guess I stick to the anime for this one.

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In short, this is about FL being lazy in her cooking. Mentsuyu runs in her veins!

You will be introduced to nearly all characters in first episode and although editing in first episode felt a bit incoherent, it got better after that.

I wasn't impressed by the acting when I first started.. They were exaggerating too much. Either they toned it down a bit or I got used to it, either way I think it's okay now.
I think FL is cute looking but sometimes tries too hard to act overly cute and to be frank her acting needs lots of polishing and she is inconsistent.
I think the rest of the cast are okay in acting.

Overall I like almost all characters.
The fl coworker crush is both funny and sweet the extend she tries to get his attention.

I like food dramas so I'm biased in my rating to good food representation. here are my foodie highlights:
Ep 01: they did justice to the sandwich!
Ep03: how can this drama make me crave butter bread toast!
Ep06: Togoshi-san's bento looked so good!
Ep12: Togoshi-san's bento again looks so good!! Also Mendo-san's eggplant kabayaki don looked simple but yummy too!


It wasn't the best food drama but it was fun to watch. If you also like food dramas, give it a try.

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