Chang Feng Du (2023)

Emotional and Inspirational: 'Destined' Leaves a Lasting Impact

No words can describe how great this was. Definitely one of my favourite dramas. The storyline is just so damn good, every episode I was captivated and wanted to know what happened next. The character growth was insane, especially Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru, who were such a power couple. In Destined, there was so many inspirational and emotional things that I need to write down. Let me just say, every death had me feeling something, I would say most of them were necessary but it's not like they didn't hurt. So many things happened in this show and when it ended I literally felt empty. And of course, I have to talk about Luo Zishang (Liu XueYi). I know he was a villain but I felt so bad for him but not at the same time. He was hot and had a sad backstory, what can I say? Excellent acting and I was satisfied with the ending, overall I rate it 10/10, so good!

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Destined is a great historical romantic “comedy”. It is a drama with stellar actors that did a great job bringing their characters to life. There are usual twisted palace antic, great action scenes, striking cinematography, remarkable friendships, and a strong, beautiful and steadfast slow burned romance for the leading couple. Although their great romantic scenes are at episodes 27 and 28 only, the leading couple oozed phenomenal chemistry every time they were together, even when they were bickering, just looking at each other, or planning their next strategic move. This drama might seem not well done for individuals that were looking for a great factual based historical drama with no plot holes, but for those looking for a drama on a leading couple who are perfect match in mind and spirit with great values and deep love for family, friends, and their countryman, this drama offers all of that in a very satisfying way and entertaining way, Enjoy it!

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Best drama for women, understanding couple, forgiving nature.

I am very pleased after watching this drama, It doesn't show emotion of 1 character. it tells collective stories of all the characters and in a very raw, unfiltered, and natural way.

I also doesn't show super powerful villain or hero but rather show how they use their brains and even lie and trick to win the battles. The plots were not like alien attacks or supernatural infact they were exactly what you would expect from a historical drama like war, politics, society, and all these small social issues.

My only thing that i wanted to see was the highschool reunion of drinking wine of jisung that they promised in early episodes. Every Time jisung visit his hometown i was expecting the reunion from his best buddy but it never happened i was expecting it at the last episode too. His friends sacrificed so much for him i really wanted them to see each other again sometime.

But it was so good it has sorrow but still understandable. i cried alot but also enjoyed every single episode. There wasn't a single episode i ever wanted to skip. Thank you to actors, producers and writers for bringing this to light.

No crazy or sad ending thank god. Jisung and ye acting was good according to roles. Yuru was also good.

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Paying the price for stupidity

Let me just say JH and ZLS's relationship as father and son is messy and the reason for the rebellion at Yangzhou and the annihilation of the families of ZY YSH and LY. But ZLS didn't even realize he is taking revenge on Gu family until the last minute. ZLS could have been admirable had he walked the right path after all that struggle but he felt the world was unfair to him he so he should take revenge on the world too.

LY and GJS this couple was so perfect although their marriage was an accident at the beginning LY determination to make it work was admirable. Their relationship was built on trust so no matter what ZLS does LY won't be swayed.

SM and YY was an unexpected pairing but cute too bad the series didn't show how this relationship developed.

ZY and QW could have been perfect too bad it was not. They admore each other and fell for each other but because of LZS plot they never got the chance to live happily.

The brotherhoods:
Gen. Zhou and Emperor Fan's friendship is so admirable. GZ pointed to EF that his son is not fit for the role after trying to frame GJS for murder. A real friend is not scared to tell the truth it hurt but EF knew he was right but he loved his pathetic son.

ZY, YSA, SM, and GS these three combined is unbeatable from plottinf to assessing the situation they are brains and brawl combined. Their concern for each other was sincere and their friendship built on going through thick and thin and life and death.

The sisterhood between YY, LY, QW was showb briefly but they meshed well.

Side:
Mom in laws- these two are pillars for LY and GS they were able to do what they want because the MILs trust them. No monster in law here. Maybe LYR dad but he died early.

The righthand man of ZLS and his lady ally who keeps on being used and manipulated. I felt vad for them and happy for Lady Feng to have realized she can have a life without ZLS after her talk to LY. Her ending is fit for the story.

All in all the current generation is paying the price or consequences of what happened in the previous dynasty, there are other irritating characters like the dowager empress and princess but they also got whatvthey deserved off screen.

The last episode where they tried to stop GZ from killing FY was epic in a way. It's an ending fit for how everything went down but a bit anticlimatic if you ask me.

Actors were will fit and acted freat to the point that I want to curse LXY for his role as LZS .

***many actors were on BOY and even the scene of GZ at the last epsiode was similar tothe BOY ep when they tried to usurp the throne***

Osts:
Liu Yuning's ost for this drama was good and all the songs were well chosen to fit the story.

Rewatch: definitely specially the beginning when GJS was aimless and LY trying to mold him to be who he should be.

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Long time not found very enjoyable historical drama. This drama make me laugh & cry with them.

The story start from a girl named Liu Yu Ru (YR) that comes from business family, that even though she is the legitimate daughter, but her father prefer & more love her step sisters (from Concubine). So from the injustice in her home, she plans her future life where she can married to good family so she can support her mom, Ye family is her goal. But life turn upside down when she meet Gu Jiu Si (JS), a playful rich man, that never have consequence for his action including everything that come out from his mouth. As the result, YR find herself engaged to JS in the end. And their story begin.... ^^

At first of course YR try to avoid her destiny to married to JS, but in the end she accept her fate & finally she even manage to change JS. Her action of course supported by JS's parent that also want to see their son change into better man. Mean while there's a man in the shadow that ready to turn their world upside down, together with the changing politic in the capital city, that make Gu family loses their support. In this drama we see how support from family & friend, together with clever & smart decision from YR & JS make their journey full of story that we can watch together. Haha...

What I like:
+ What I really like about YR is what ever life give her, she take it, try her best & sometimes even punch life back in its face. Haha... Really like how in the end she really can stand & make the power for herself.
+ The chemistry between Bai Jing Ting & Song Yi quite good. Love to see they love each other, not to the point lovey dovey but enough for us to feel their love for each other.
+ Bai Jing Ting give us good performance for JS. We can sense that even though people see him as aloof rich man, but he is kind man & later on we can see how he grow up become smart & mature man.
+ All the friendship JS, Ye Shi An, Zhou Ye & Shen Ming is one solid friend, they willing to do their best to support their friend. We also have Fan Xuan & Zhou Gao Lang, (the emperor & his right hand man) even though in the end they kinda grow apart, but that also one lifetime friendship.
+ How love never make people stupid here. Like even though Luo Zi Shang (ZS) love YR, but he never stop or even pause his plan even for the sake of YR herself.
+ We can see the strong woman here. Like YR & Ye Yun (YY). How YY herself also turn herself around after what Wang Shan Quan did to her.

Now the minus:
- They never really give the deep background of our villain, ZS, Never at least until the last episode we finally understand why he did it & where the grudge come from. And that just one stupid misunderstanding in the end,
- The obsession of Fan Yu to become emperor never really explained. His swift in the character is the one that make my eyebrow raised the most. I know this not a story about him, so we don't get too much explanation about him. maybe if the episode longer we gonna get some explanation about this. But I mean how a boy that at one time really trust, adore JS & I can say a good kind hearted boy can change to become jealous, sentiment and all the obsession about the throne itself. Maybe the explanation lays in the last interaction between him & his father, where we can see how hurt he is that his father is more trust JS than him as his son.

Overall this really one good drama that I enjoy very much...

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Um drama sobre confiança e responsabilidade

A Review contém spoilers, então apenas leia se já terminou a obra e gostaria de ler a opinião de outra pessoa que gostou muito do enredo.
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Se podemos resumir os pontos altos desse dorama com certeza seria a construção e evolução dos personagens principais de maneira singular e como isto formou a relação de amor e confiança entre os dois.

Primeiro Liu Yuru — ela se apresenta na superfície como uma personagem de uma moça comum, que sofreu na infância por questões familiares e que por isso sonha com um bom casamento.

Já Gu Jiusi — é um menino rico e mimado, que nunca teve preocupações na vida e vive da maneira que quer.

Contudo, essa é apenas a visão superficial dos dois, e quando são obrigados a se casar, acabam por mostrar seu verdadeiro lado um ao outro, enquanto colocados em prova nas dificuldades do enredo.

A história circula entre apostas dos protagonistas, seja sobre seu casamento, suas conquistas profissionais e o futuro da nação, apostas arriscadas, mas sempre visando o bem.

A construção da relação de confiança da Yuru e do Jiusi foi palpável, bem escrita e emocionante. A relação deles foi formada passo a passo e de maneira sólida, tanto que em todos os problemas enfrentados havia diálogo entre eles, ajuda de ambos e confiança mútua em suas decisões. Eles eram realmente jades puras e essenciais para a paz do reino.

Particularmente, minha parte preferida foi a que eles ficaram em Youzhou. Todo o enredo desse arco foi impecável, tendo seu ápice na cena que Jiusi defende os portões da cidade com apenas 10 mil soldados, com a Yuru cuidando das pessoas comuns em seu interior. A tensão e o medo pode ser sentido em cada cena, em especial na que eles finalmente admitem seus sentimentos e aceitam a morte desde que fiquem juntos. — Em relação a essa última parte, mesmo que até então eles não tenham demonstrado afeições físicas, os dois já agiam como um casal que se amava, ganhando muitos pontos em demostrar que o amor em sua plenitude não é apenas algo físico mas muito mais que isso, mais sobre as emoções intrínsecas nas ações, o respeito e a confiança. Assim, naquele momento, foi possivel ver que os dois já se amavam profundamente.

Outro ponto muito gratificante de se assistir foi a colocação das mulheres neste drama, sobre eles mostrarem sua luta pela igualdade e como elas se provaram conquistando sucesso em diversas áreas de atuação, seja na rica família de comerciantes Gu, administrada com perfeição pela Sra. Jiang Rou, e posteriormente pela Yuru, a força da General Qin WanZhi, a luta da médica Ye Yun — estamos aqui para ver mulheres fod@s no poder.


Um dorama muito bom, que por ter tantas cenas e enredos bem feitos fez com que o final deixasse uma sensação que poderia ter sido mais marcante. Isso é perceptível quando analisa-se a história do grande vilão Luo Zishang, que tramou durante toda a obra para no desfecho descobrir-se que a história não era bem aquela que ele acreditava. A cena de revelação de seu grande plano foi meio vazia, não passando a emoção que deveria — Eu esperava mais um "eu sou seu irmão" e uma grande reação. Contudo, no final é compreensível que um drama todo focado na importância da confiança entre os personagens finaliza-se com o entendimento que as pessoas que você mais ama e te ajudam são as que você deveria confiar — não em alguém que tramou a obra inteira.

Alem disso, por outro lado, o fim em relação ao futuro do reino me agradou, apesar de não ser um final feliz para todos.

Como a série mostra, o trono é um lugar solitário. E todos que chegaram lá acabaram de certa forma destruídos. O enredo de Fan Xuan e Zhou Gaolang foi triste de se assistir, eles eram melhores amigos, irmãos, mas a pressão do trono fez com que eles se afastassem. Uma suspeita, um mal entendido, fez com que houvesse uma quebra de confiança. Amargamente, apesar disso, no final vemos que Fan Xuan errou em suas palavras e atitudes, mas que no fundo seus sentimentos sempre foram os mesmos que dividiu com Zhao Gaolang no começo de suas jornadas. Contudo, Zhao Gaolang se sente traído, acreditando na perda da confiança de seu amigo somada a dificuldade de interpretação da fala ambígua de Fan Xuan ao pedir para ele ser o próximo imperador, que no começo pareceu um teste, mas no final era mesmo a vontade de um pai que queria muito acreditar que seu filho poderia mudar.

Por fim, Zhao Gaolang sobe ao trono, destruído, sem sua família, sem seu melhor amigo, mas com a responsabilidade de manter o Estado seguro, a mesma responsabilidade que os dois assumiram quando conquistaram Darong da rebelião.

Posteriormente o trono é dado a Zhou Ye, outro personagem com um bom caráter, e junto com Ye Shi'an, Shen Ming, Ye Yun, e claro Jiusi e Yuru, criam uma dinastia mais justa e próspera — sendo este um bom final para toda a luta dos protagonistas.

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good start, good drama, but story is very unoriginal

Destined (2023) - 8,5/10 -cdrama

historical cdrama witth quite nice and :unusual: start of :forced marriage: and hate/love relationship.
Still in middle and end drama it goes to old thousand times used :fight for throne and court intrigues:

main leads personality changes in course of the story to better. As for chemistry between all pairs. Its good but its lacks something.

plot - ML is notorious son of provincial wealthiest family[Gu family]. FL is is only legitimate daughter of former merchant, sadly her father dotes on concubine and she lives in :hell: together with her mother. FL tries to marry into famous scholar family of city to run from oppression, but unluckily she crosses way with ML and pisses him off. ML in his prankish retaliation publicly confessed his love for her and destroyed her :honor: that way + closed her chance to marry into scholar family. Sadly for ML his parents heard of it and made him marry her, partly too cause Emperor tried to force marriage between ML and princess in attempt to :steal: their family wealth that way.

genre - romance, historical, wuxia

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It's Refreshing. Very Recommended

The characters' growths *chef kiss* It's very refreshing to me, that when I watched this drama the role reversal of how the woman becomes the provider and head of the family. I mean, sure, the ML was amazing too with his principles and his actions prove that. Again so refreshing when her in-laws were good and kind people.

Their love story was slow burn and I enjoyed that. Their mutual respect for each other gradually turned into love. Still, I love that moment when I screamed at the screen, now give me the first kiss scene and then it happened few sec later.

I love how this drama showed their up and down and every phase/stage of their lives. I cannot stop watching from one episode to next. I also love that we got to watch their friends stories. Feel sad for Zhou Ye though.

I wonder why they decided to keep both ML and FL looking so young when it had been like 10 years probably since they both married and they went through a lot of things.

Good casting because I can't help but think Zhou Ye really looks like his father the great Commander. The way I was shocked when I saw the ML former fiancée to be, that princess face, lmao her face looks so modern iykwim. The lips filler lmao.

Can't believe they made me cried over the villain. Well

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Good acting and production overshadowed by a messy plot

This show had tremendous potential. The premise was very interesting and seemed to be a coming of age/revenge story of a young man getting married, finding love, becoming mature and responsible, and finding his calling in life. Unfortunately, that wasn't the actual plot. I don't know what the plot was.

The romance was ok. It only took Jiusi and Yuru 28 episodes to kiss and consummate their marriage. Other than that, they had affectionate and cute interactions with almost no sexual chemistry. But, when they kissed, they made out on screen and it was hot. This makes me totally confused about the logic behind Chinese censorship.

The revenge plot was a big deal at the beginning. But, then it completely fizzled out into nothing. The evil magistrate, who killed Jiusi's family, got stabbed to death by a girl. So, what was the point of that storyline at all? I guess halfway thorough the show, the writers decided to switch the direction from revenge to political intrigue.

The whole drama could've been completed in 25 episodes. After the rebels were defeated and the new emperor took the throne, the story should've reached its logical conclusion, but the writers dragged it for another 10+ episodes to meet the maximum allowable threshold of 40 episodes. On top of that, the drama had long draggy conversational scenes about nothing. I didn't care about everything a character was feeling at a particular moment. I zoned out through most of the conversations or fast-forwarded through half of them.

I ended up skipping the last 10 episodes and just watched episode 40.

The music was good, the acting was great. But all the positive things were completely overshadowed by a totally incoherent plot.

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Best c-drama so far

Best chinese drama so far 2023.
Lama tidak menonton drama china semenjak awal tahun ini,dan akhirnya sampai menonton drama korea (saya biasanya anti drakor hehe), ini satu satunya yang dapat saya tonton dan selesai di tahun 2023. semoga ada drama lain yg bagus.

Untuk cerita ini awalnya saya kira hanya membahas romantisme ML dan FL, ternyata salah besar. POLITIK adalah salah satu unsur utama selain ada perang, bisnis, dan dunia silat. Banyak dialog yg sangat berarti, ini moral nya sangat banyak. Penyampaian cerita jg to the point, jadi tidak banyak scene sampah. efektif dan efisien. Kekurangan nya adalah ketika FL menjadi nona shiyu yg bisa cepat kaya. Untuk Plot sangat membagongkan, mungkin rewatch value drama ini sangat tinggi karena ending karakter seperti luo zhisang sangat mengenaskan.

Produksi drama ini adalah produksi yg besar. Ini bukan produksi yg murah. Sangat niat dan detail. Ini adalah drama besar. Pantas ditonton untuk semua kalangan. Kualitas scene dan musik nya juga OK

Saya sangat merekomendasikan drama ini.
Terakhir terima kasih.

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Best relationship growth!

One of enemies to lovers drama I really enjoyed this year!
Plus good costume with good production, BJT as Gu Jiusi x Song Yi as Liu Yuru really delivered the story of their relationship growth perfectly.
But overall, this drama really have good package in casting and acting. I haven’t read the novel so cannot compare about the adaption, but have read about some dissapointment about how the story was being told in the drama.

Really satisfied to watch to the end even tho the half of their relationship really hurtful to watch because of the hardship these two have to get through. Their chemistry between each other is just top notch! Love it!

As much as I like this drama but I have to make it 9/10 even tho I really enjoyed like majority of this drama because the war scenes really too draggy in the middle.

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What I like:
The reason I watched this: Bai Jing Ting
The reason I keep watching: Song Yi's character - is strong and intelligent
The seal that keeps me watching: Episodes 10 and 11 (the later part of episode 10 and the early part of episode 11)
The reason I watched it again for the 3rd time: episodes 10 and 11 (also the reason why I wrote this review. I do not know what was it on these episodes, but the first time I watched it, I felt so nervous as if I was one of the characters, and the relief I felt when Xifeng admitted defeat)

What I do not like:
Some "punishments" are not enough for me to give that high level of satisfaction example episode 9
The reason behind the main villain's reason for revenge and how they tidied it up at the end. Like really?

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