(Spoiler warning. Again. If you’re going to be put out to know how this drama ends, skip this review)

This was painful to finish. Given that Qian Qian created this world, I expected her to navigate it more cleverly. On the contrary—she’s a complete ditz. Watching her make a fool of herself nonstop and without fail was bad enough, but her total lack of consideration for how her actions affected those around her was what really got under my skin. Sure, let’s actively contribute to a conflict between two cities that, best case scenario, ends in countless dead and half the total population branded as property.
Why? Because once the story comes to its predetermined end, Qian Qian will return to our world.
How do we know that? We don’t. She just assumed that would work. Just like how she assumed every character she killed off in her script was still destined to die, despite her own continued survival proving that theory false.

If you hear a distant thumping sound, it’s totally NOT me banging my head against a brick wall.

Chu Chu is given a villain arc. I assume I’m supposed to hate her. If anything, I’m impressed she made it as long as she did without wanting to kill Qian Qian.
Han Shuo is supposed to be the hero. He’s actually kinda rape-y and doesn’t seem to learn ANYTHING from his experiences as “the inferior sex.” There’s very little takeaway on that subject until the last 3 episodes, which is when the drama finally develops any real substance. Suddenly Qian Qian becomes a pacifistic strategist, Han Shuo becomes a feminist, and Chu Chu becomes a convincing tyrant, complete with the evil-pointy-eyebrows. Yay for last-minute plot development (and random Mulan cameos??? I mean… ig).
Qian Qian and Han Shuo’s forced chemistry is so cringey, I was cackling when QQ fake-died and HS legit-died.

I wish I had counted how many times I thought to myself, “Kill me now. It would be less painful.”
Run while you can.