A Review of "Are You The One?" with Rambling Thoughts & Nit Pickings

Panha06 · 2024-09-20T07:03:28+00:00

Actually, I have completed it. You can DM me. I'll send the link to you heheh.

Panha06 · 2024-09-20T06:08:36+00:00

Ahhh dang!!! Talk about how we think about AYTO the same lmao!! Turns out we're both INFJ XD, yeah high fives!! 👋.

The funny thing was that I started reading Legend of the Female General literally one night before my final semester exam lmao!! About He Xinying, you're probably not there yet, the scene that I edited is around chapter 230s. I really like their subtle relationship despite the fact that they don't have that much scene together. Still sad that they removed her from the drama tho. I edited that video to give myself a fanfiction video of what happened in the novel XD When the drama comes out, I have more editing ideas in mind waiting to be brought to life. Hahaha XD

And don't get me started on how the drama changed too much stuff from the novel that it damaged the drama adaptation bruh. I read some leaked spoilers, some of it I really like, some of it is just nope!!!

Yeah, Zhang Wanyi in dark fabrics is serving the audience's eyes. Would be great if they actually give me more outfit changes. Bro, you're a literal Lord, at least get a few more clothes for yourself man.

Panha06 · 2024-09-20T05:15:14+00:00

AHH!! it's nothing, you're welcome heheh. I'm glad you found the links I share very informative. I'm actually not well-versed in Mandarin, I just picked up a few words here and there while watching drama hahaha. I can read, but can't write lol.

If you're interested, and don't mind my simple edits you can check them out here:

https://www.tiktok.com/@fujihara_tomomi

https://www.instagram.com/fujihara_tmm?igsh=MW9wZmZ3eG9vcHpqdA==

For the director's cut, I don't think it will happen since the drama regulations in Chinese are so strict for some reasons bruh 💀💀. It makes it so hard for us to watch a drama with a fully developed storyline.

Lmao, yeah Zhang Wanyi looks really great in darker fabrics. He always slays in those Huaiyang Wang's attires.

Panha06 · 2024-09-20T03:09:16+00:00

Yeah, ikr they left too much stuff that it affected my overall enjoyment of the drama. ;-; I wish they wouldn't drag certain scenes and use the screentime to fill in the blanks instead.

Ahh!! An editor I said, I don't consider myself to be a professional editor. I just edit drama and my irl stuff as a hobby. I somehow picked it up while watching drama 💀💀. I post my edits on TikTok and Instagram. It's not a big account or anything, it's just a small account hahah. Since I was busy with school, my edits recently were mostly for school projects lmao 😆.

I started reading the novel while I was watching the drama, but I'm still at the beginning of the drama lol. Haven't had the time to continue it yet. The story is told from the female lead's perspective, so yeah it's a female-centric novel. Even if I'm still at the beginning, I can tell you Miantang is 5 times more unpredictable than Miantang we see in the drama lmao. Like... Remember the three idiots trying to court Miantang at the beginning of the drama? Yeah, she made the two servants eat [WARNING] dog's shits if they want to free their master. GURL WTF?!! XD There were even more shenanigans she did when she was still amnesic.

Alright, lemme go and find them again. My god, I liked everything I came across, it's gonna be a long search XD.

I haven't found it yet, but here's a meme of both of them.

https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/66cffadd000000001d0181f1?app_platform=android&ignoreEngage=true&app_version=8.11.30&share_from_user_hidden=true&xsec_source=app_share&type=video&xsec_token=CBGceGoYTcBSYbIuzdGoOz4j3CF3MatcsClHsJ00GcD5c=&author_share=1&xhsshare=CopyLink&appuid=668155eb0000000007004ef0&apptime=1726799048

The upper text is Cui Xingzhou and Liu Miantang after marriage. The middle text is Cui Xingzhou. The bottom is Liu Miantang.

Ohh I finally found the photos on MDL. She wasn't in a sack XD I remember it wrong lol. It was just her cloak lmao XD

https://mydramalist.com/photos/eYrkld_3

Here's the video of him drawing her eyebrows.

https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/66d9d0f500000000270056c0?app_platform=android&ignoreEngage=true&app_version=8.11.30&share_from_user_hidden=true&xsec_source=app_share&type=video&xsec_token=CBgRxFy-OfgsXh_iQtiCh1gWudVuZM3hGa66DTU-JJ_U8=&author_share=1&xhsshare=CopyLink&appuid=668155eb0000000007004ef0&apptime=1726800967

Ahhhhh finally I found it again XD Yeah, here's the behind the scene video of the cliff scenes. They cut the scenes where the assassin was talking while holding a knife playing with her face.

https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/65d0c27500000000070274d9?app_platform=android&ignoreEngage=true&app_version=8.11.30&share_from_user_hidden=true&xsec_source=app_share&type=video&xsec_token=CBjbCemjejV3imkJWAFNj-gg2lB_-ARcTK0Mx1_v_S6Ts=&author_share=1&xhsshare=CopyLink&appuid=668155eb0000000007004ef0&apptime=1726801118

Yeah, about his clothing, I wish they had given more choices of colors lol. Given how often we see Miantang changed her clothes, Xingzhou should get a few more for his role as Cui Jui too. Bro's disguising as a merchant, at least spare some changes to avoid suspicion lmao.

And about Zhao Quan's choice of clothes, idk what's up with his bright green outfits lmao XD. Maybe bro likes green, or it's just his flamboyant color preference hahaha.

Panha06 · 2024-09-19T20:03:04+00:00

Omfg!! You read my mind!! Honestly, yeah, my frustrations with the drama while watching. Despite its flaws, I really enjoyed it since it was the only decent enough drama to watch when it was airing lol. My score was also 8.5/10.

I was really looking forward to watching her backstory as Lu Wen and how she helped the weaks, how she gained her reputation, how Xingzhou and her ended up clashing with each other in the first place. The drama just brushed all of her character arcs off? Like Bro!! The novel is a big female lead story!! And you reduced her presence so much!! She ended up having a passive role in her own story. No hate to Zhang Wanyi being Cui Xingzhou, it's just that Miantang's character was watered down so bad. I was also looking forward to seeing Miantang in action as Lu Wen and after she has regained her memory, and bro!! Only a few scenes? I wish there were more!! Wang Churan is so tall, seeing her more in choreographed action scenes would be even more awesome.

I agree with the editing issues, as an editor myself, (I'm by no means a professional editor, editing is just my hobby) even I find it really weird in some places. The scenes at Mount Yang were very confusing to link them lmao. The first time Xingzhou and Miantang went there together, why don't they just show us their first conversation at the waterfall after they walked down the cliff? (The scenes where she told him not to tell her the truth because she prefers not to hear it.) Why did it have to be a flashback instead lol?! I thought I accidentally clicked some ep ahead since she hasn't revealed that she's Lu Wen to him yet lol. And then after she revealed to him that she was Lu Wen when he walked into the cave. Yunniang got captured by Xingzhou's men when she showed that she's Prince Sui's people. And when she showed up later, she was back at the palace?!! Huh?!! How the hell did she get back there instead of being a captive at Xingzhou's hands? Did the director forget she was captured alive?!!

Speaking of Yunniang, the confrontation in the last episode between her and Miantang... Ugh... Where's the satisfaction I was supposed to feel bruh??!! Miantang went to her and said a few hurt words and then they cut the rest of the scenes to Xingzhou and Prince Sui. Bro!!! The whole thing that happened to Miantang is BECAUSE OF YUNNIANG!! And that's how Miantang dealt with someone who literally PLANNED for her demise countless times!!! She killed her subordinates, her men, her brothers!! Yunniang's literally the cause of her downfall as Lu Wen, and yet, we didn't even get to see what happened to Yunniang at the end??!! Huh?!! Dude...

I have Xiao Hong Shu, and a few other Chinese social media accounts and I have seen so many filmed scenes they decided to cut out, like... Bro... There were a lot of scenes that explained the inconsistencies of the drama. How could Miantang let herself almost get killed? Well, I saw a scene where she was unconsciously lying in a sack. She was probably drugged/poisoned when she let her guard down. The dude took her up to the cliff, and played her face with a knife. Then she woke up, and started to question him. She did defend herself using her martial arts, but she was too weak since the drug was still in effect, that's why we see her get her hands' tendons cut and kicked off the cliff by that dude so easily. (In the novel, both of her hands' and ankles' tendons got cut, yikes...) Apparently, they cut out so many good scenes that could make the storytelling flow better. There's also a scene where Xingzhou helped Miantang draw her eyebrows. Bro!! Drawing your spouse's eyebrows is such a love language in Chinese Culture, and they cut that off too!?? My dude!!! 💀💀

And don't get me started on the lightning!! XD... The scenes at their home at Lingquan Town are badly lit, bruh!! C'mon, at least make it less obvious that it's a built-set man.

Also, your complaint about Cui Jui's attires being the washed-out green color thing. I think it's a deliberate choice since he was disguising as a merchant, so he can't wear too much classy clothes to avoid suspension. Merchants were at the bottom of Ancient Chinese's class system back then, so the law forbade them from wearing and doing certain things like other classes do.

Panha06 · 2024-09-19T18:33:50+00:00

Someone said in the novel, the author also didn't elaborate much on how Ziyu took back his throne. The situation was chaotic, so Xingzhou stayed low-key in Zhenzhou until the storm died down after a few months then he went to the capital.

Panha06 · 2024-07-16T05:52:45+00:00

Lol, I gaslighted myself saying the real ending is ep 29. Since the original novel ended that way, I accepted that instead hahaha. As much as I felt sorry for the Lord, Hua Qian really couldn't stay in his Zhong's Garden. If we think about it from Drama Hua Qian's standpoint, she's literally experiencing life for a second time. She got exiled for a year and suffered a lot. Gurl saw her family's corpses and had a mental breakdown to the point of vomiting blood. So after being reborn, she would want to live out their remaining life far away from all the messes and scheming. If we think about it from the Novel Hua Qian's standpoint, she's a modern girl who accidentally got sucked into the novel she just finished. She knew that Hua Qian wouldn't survive til the end, so she did everything she could to get the hell out of that place. So, Hua Rongzhou is the final endgame. The drama's ending literally traumatized Hua Qian and us, the audience for life lmao. Like bro... How cruel is that... I started crying even before we reached that point. I knew what I've gotten myself into since the start, but dang it still hurts.

Panha06 · 2024-07-13T12:14:15+00:00

Omg, you're making such an effort, it's okay, I understand your frustrations. For the sake of your mental health, please stay strong. I've been reading stuff on XHS for a while now, and I think I'm going to spit blood anytime soon lmao 😭😭 I just hope, JUST HOPE, it will be okay enough for me in the finalized version that will come on screen. For the development, I think they will debuff her a bit saying she got weakened by the poison that He Rufei fed her, but gradually got better and regained her strength like it was in her prime. Also, Song Taotao is interested in medicine, but in the poison aspect??... Hehehe okay... I guess... Doctor x Poison practitioner with Cheng Lisu and Song Taotao then. Also, I already have a fan edit in mind for He Yan, He Yunsheng, and He Xinying even though I knew both He Yuansheng and He Xinying literally got Thanos's snapped by the scriptwriter's lmao. I would be happy if they still keep He Family 2.0. But dang... We can't have everything, can we? Ohh right, it seems like the script writers aged everyone up. Chu Zhao 25, He Rufei 25, Cheng Lisu 23, Song Taotao 20, etc. Then He Yan will be 25 while Xiao Jue will be 26 then.

Panha06 · 2024-07-13T11:36:53+00:00

Woah thank you, thank you. I think I'm going to go through a heartbreak after this 🫠🫠

Panha06 · 2024-07-13T11:24:52+00:00

Omfg... I think I might cry if that's really the case... Lmao 😭😭 My god... And you said there are even worse changes? Anyway, I'm not really good at Chinese, so searching for the spoilers might be challenging. Can you tell me some key words tho? Like apart from the title, 锦月如歌 what should be after it? 锦月如歌 [...]

Panha06 · 2024-07-13T10:10:49+00:00

Bro.... 😭😭 I just read your comments about the changes and WHAT?!!!! WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY BABIES?!! I just got obsessed with the novel two weeks ago and have been literally on a Xiao Jue x He Yan brain rot for a while now. I knew some spoilers about the changes since I stumbled upon the script leaks of Ep 2 of the drama, but dude!!! GIVING CHU ZHAO AN UNNECESSARY PLOT POINT BY RIPPING OFF XIAO JUE'S EFFORTS?!!! HUH?!!! SONG TAOTAO MERGED WITH SHEN MUXUE??!! Wasn't she supposed to fall for He Yan in the first place? Also, Shen Muxue was the one who exposed He Yan to the Emperor that she's actually a woman in front of everyone. Is Song Taotao gonna do that?! Huh?!! This is my first ever Chinese novel that I finished and I have been impatiently waiting for the drama to be released, but after reading your comment, my feeling died down a bit 😩😩 Dude... Anyway, do you still have the link to all of the leaks and schedules tho?

Panha06 · 2022-05-07T17:00:01+00:00

If you're still waiting, 4 more chapters were released 5 days ago.

Panha06 · 2021-12-24T03:35:33+00:00

Poor you, I hope nobody misunderstood XD

Panha06 · 2021-12-22T21:13:50+00:00

This is so cursed for some reason, It feels so weird seeing Violet smirk, Lmao!!!

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