Cendres d'Amour (2018)

I don't understand the logic of this story

It can be called rant.

1. The FL is kind of dump that didn't even know male and female?
i mean, for real? she befriend with snake and life with carrot, and no one told her the differences? how did those flower teach her? those flower said she is precious flower goddess daughter and heiress but NO ONE teach her anything. until the point she need to beg someone else power. Atleast teach her that good woman didn't HOOK UP with her fiancee brother.
And did she really love ML? she can't love ya know. she even personally killed him too. and the stupid thing is that everyone blame 2ml instead which so stupid. i though every one is blind in this drama.

2. The ML is innocent heart but hook up with his future sister-in-law even become demon?.

and the worst thing is that all cast think he is right and even critisize the real partner by saying he is cruel and cold blooded. The ML exactly know that his brother can't breakup the engagement even if he wanted but he keep plestering him like bear child. Instead of come to his father ( he did & failed) & water god . Offering exchange the throne that wasn't even his.
oh they loved each other, they need to be together, wth with matchmaking
meh, back then, marriage is count on parent not by self.
plus he then betray his co-patriot by turning his back against heaven which give him privillige like no one else. i am curios how many soldier died because his so called, heart of child.

but well. if you want to watch idol drama for wasting time. its good enough to watch. at least you can look pretty face

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É difícil encontrar palavras que expressem o que o melhor dorama da sua vida significa, pois qualquer descrição parece não fazer jus as emoções que Ashes of Love produzem nos seus muito bem filmados 63 capítulos.

É importante comentar que, diferente de muitos romances chineses arrastados, todos os capítulos de Ashes são necessários. Com ele, os arcos dos vilões, os sentimentos dos protas, as histórias são todas muito esclarecidas. Não ficam pontas soltas. Sabemos as motivações, algumas até justificáveis. Se outros personagens tivessem passado pela mesma experiência, teriam permanecido com sua moral intacta? E como é viver sem emoção?

Ashes of love não é uma comédia romântica. É uma história que evolui conforme a sua protagonista amadurece, de um inocente romance de fantasia de "primeiro amor" para um melodrama memorável. Conta história de amor Jin Mi e Xu feng, desde o seu começo "carefree", "slowburning love", onde os protas não reconhecem seus sentimentos, a família que não aceita seus sentimentos, a ponta de impedir a prota de "sentir", o reconhecimento das lutas por poder e seus resultados, até as suas batalhas para que eles possam finalmente "ficar juntos?". Uma grande reviravolta no meio da história acaba com nosso coração, de uma maneira criativa e dilacerante. É possível esse amor vingar?

O primeiro dorama que me fez chorar, que me faz voltar várias vezes e rever as partes mais bacanas da história. Não se deixe levar pelas vestimentas que soam "cafona" no início. Ashes of Love é insuperável e inesquecível.

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Decided to watch because of the high rating, as well as my love of Ten Miles, as it has similar themes. Cast is beautiful, costumes are fire, acting is ok as well. The story fell flat for me though.

I loved RY’s character for the first 20 eps, but I dropped it when I saw the direction they were taking him in.

XF is manipulative AF towards JM, yet we only get sinister vibes when RY decides to do something for himself for once by letting Water Immortal overhear their convo. I’m sure, based on reviews I read after I dropped it, that RY wld end up doing some devious shit, and I wasn’t here for that. Cause XF is an asshole, but he’s the ‘good guy’ so his behavior is of course excused.

XF has convinced himself that JM is in love with him, even though she stated several times that she’s likes him, as well as his brother, and his servants, as friends. She also doesn’t even recognize gender differences, but XF conveniently forgets that little fact when he fish kisses her by force, or has his brother’s fiancée spend the entire night taking care of him!

JM on the other hand, is just too much. If someone’s just sat her down and explained to her the roles of men and women, and the expected behaviors of soon to be married couples, the first 1/3 of the show wouldn’t have happened at all

I do regret not seeing more of the demon girl tho. I absolutely loved her character when she was around. She’s looks like she cld have been a good match for either of the brothers tbh.

Alas, that’s the sacrifice I’m willing to make

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Nincompoop warning: may cause indigestion.

I am posting this as a warning not to unwittingly get sucked into watching this show. I picked it up after the almost overwhelming number of (misleading) rave reviews about it. This is not another Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, it is in no way comparable on every possible level and it is not enjoyable to watch at all. The plot may well be somewhat interesting and my overall impression of the story line is that it is decent. I am willing to give all Chinese drama 10-12 episodes to engage me. With this one, sadly I could barely even bring myself to watch no 10. The main problem is the lead actress alienated me from the get go with her portrayal of Jinmi as a silly, naive, mischievous, noisy and thoroughly obnoxious young girl. It was not at all adorable or charming, just dumb and annoying. I could have ignored it if it was just one or two episodes but it went on endlessly and there was so, so much of it and none of it added to the storyline. It was quite obvious from the beginning that there is a love triangle in the plot. But she made the character so not lovable that it was just not credible that the two rather superb male leads would fall for such a complete and utter nincompoop. It made the unfolding story-line of two half-brothers who were very close but starting to fall out over their rivalry for this silly, shallow and irritating girl just seem not at all believable. I would however, have readily bought into the two of them fighting each other not to have to marry her she was so obnoxious!

It is my pet peeve that Chinese drama likes to portray female characters in this most unflattering light. But one has to believe that the actress has some artistic input and this one really completely got it wrong by over-acting. Maybe it would have been ok if she "grew up" after one or two episodes and became actually likable. Very quickly,, I lost patience and had to fast forward or mute her every time she opened her mouth. In fact I put this actress whom I have never watched before on my NO list- I will not watch this super low talent actress again. I decided to abandon it after I started to hope she would quickly come to a tragic end and both princes would find happiness with someone (anyone) else.

Dramas nowadays avoid portraying these terrible female stereotypes. I guess if you don't understand the language and are just reading subtitles it could be less obnoxious. Thankfully MANY other hit C-dramas have started to significantly dial down these outdated female stereotypes or have eliminated them altogether. It is why shows like Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, Nirvana in Fire and Princess Weiyoung are in a different class altogether from Ashes of Love. However, the reviews I have seen are not pointing out how difficult this one is to get into and is unfairly putting this show in the same league of many much superior dramas. The story line itself sounds promising but exectution was terrible. Probably best to just read the book and pass on the show.

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No veo muchos dramas chinos, sobre todo porque la cantidad de capítulos puede conmigo, así que a este llegué de casualidad. Lo puse prácticamente sin querer en Netflix, porque tenía un rato y nada que ver, y al final liquidé los 63 capítulos en 3 días.
Es el primer drama chino de este tipo (wuxia) que veo, y no es mucho mi estilo la verdad. Pero engancha, y mucho. La historia está bien, porque permite ver cómo van cambiando los personajes principales. Y las tramas están bien hiladas las unas con las otras. De hecho hay cosas que suceden, y no están muy explicadas, y te parece que te vas a quedar sin saber por qué son así, pero en algún momento terminas sabiendo qué pasó. Esa es una de las cosas que más me impresionó, que se tuviesen en cuenta ciertos detalles cuando quizás habían pasado más de 20 capítulos entre uno y otro.
Un punto que en principio no me gustó mucho es la historia secundaria de Liu Ying y Mu Ci, pero tengo que admitir que luego me pareció bonita, aunque no le viese sentido al principio. Y sin duda, uno de los mejores puntos de esta serie (y de muchas otras asiáticas) es el hecho de que haya algún tipo de "retribución", que lo que "siembras lo vas a recoger" como pasa con Sui He... y aunque en otras críticas algunos decía que a Run Yu no le pasa, yo si que creo que el karma le pasa factura.
En cuanto a la actuación, aunque los dos personajes principales me han gustado mucho (más que nada Jin Mi en la primera parte como inocente hada y buena médico en la segunda parte, y Xu Feng en la última parte atormentado y un poco maquiavélico), pero sin duda, creo que me quedo con la actuación de Leo Lio como Run Yu, sobretodo cuando interpreta a Lord Pu Chi.
Música: quizás un poco repetitiva, no lo dudo, pero está chula y va bien con la trama de la historia (sobre todo cuando has leído lo que dicen las letras de las canciones)
Es posible que vuelva a verla, ya vi los últimos diez capítulos justo después de terminarla, así que me imagino que teniéndola en Netflix, volveré a ella alguna que otra vez.
Aunque sean muchos capítulos, engancha y vale la pena.

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I’m halfway through this, and I have a lot of thoughts, good and bad.

STORY
I really like the concept and I find myself sucked it, but that may just be because I’m a a slut for drama. I like it, but DEAR LORD is it slow. At the point I’m at, I’m skipping through most everything just to get to some actual development, but I think I’ll be satisfied once it picks up again.

ACTING
Den Lun (Xufeng) is great. I love him, I’ve loved him for a while. The reason my acting score is kind of low is because of Yang Zi (Jin Mi). I don’t know if this is her or the role, but she doesn’t do much except stare and look halfway shocked for the most part.

MUSIC
Not bad, but it doesn’t catch my attention.

REWATCH VALUE
After I finish this, I might rewatch certain scenes, but it’s way too slow for me to really rewatch.

OVERALL
I’m a sucker for sappy romances, so this is right up my alley. The story is cute and love struck looks so good on Xufeng. My only complaint is the fact that you could probably shorten this to 50 episodes and lose nothing.

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Before i start of with each category, i just want to say how this is just my opinions!
And a short story kind of thing, as this is both released on netflix and youtube, the arrangements of scenes in each episodes are different, so do not jump back and forth with netflix and youtube while watching ashes of love!
At first, i found AOL boring, like as if it wasnt going anywhere and i was really dumb enough to let go of the show at episode 5. zz, but soon i got bored and had nothing else to watch so i decided to jump back into AOL and boy i did not regret a single bit.

Story:
i really like the plot and how some plot twist are really shocking. we thought how runyu would remain calm and gentle but who knew, he was a scheming [female dog]. and the fact that the great floral fairy slowly gave into jinmi because she was finally 'safe' under her father's arm. i wouldnt say who is the biological father of jinmi here, so go watch it yourself. and i super love how phoenix resurrects and became the demon lord man

Acting/Cast:
im sure we all know that deng lun and yangzi have a total of 4dramas together and are really good friends/ maybe dating as some of us shippers notice hehe. their chemistry is great if you go and watch some behind the scenes. not only among the 2 leads, but as well as the lead-supporting roles like runyu and suihe. did you even know that behind the scenes, zifen [flower immortal] and the former heaven emperor were snacking on biscuits like no one's business? how cute!! jinmi and denglun once said in an interview that when they kiss, they dont get shy. yang zi treats denglun like a girl and denglun treats yangzi like guy haha

Music :
not gonna say alot, but not my type. the only song i really like is mao buyi unsullied [不梁] give it a try though, my music taste is quite peculiar among my friends ahha

Rewatch value:
I would rewatch, but IMHO, some episodes were long winded, them walking could take up to 20 seconds of the episode, and maybe if they cut out some scenes, the show would be reduced to like at least 55 episodes than 63, but no complaints! the more, the better !!

Overall:
from episode 45 onwards, get ready your tissue. it is a f***ing emotional rollercoaster all the way till the end. honestly, i watched the whole drama within a week and i wasnt feeling down or ever felt like crying before episode 45. but when i knew what was brewing and when [so and so] killed [so and so], i literally cried my ass off. and suihe being a freaking cunt! like honestly, you will cry. at least from episode 61, no matter how strong you are. And before i post this, i really have to say how this drama taught me so many life lessons like cherish the person you love and no matter how hard it is, true love wont be separated neither will true love be forced. another meaning i learnt is that choose the right choices when it comes to decisions that may change your life. this drama is really worth it. 10/10!

Lire davantage

É bom se você aguentar chegar na segunda metade da história

*** TALVEZ ALGUNS SPOILES SUPERFICIALMENTE GERAIS ***
Um dos pontos mais notórios nesse drama é o desenvolvimento de cada um dos personagens principais. A principio eu não imaginaria que eles pudessem mudar, mas conforme os conflitos ocorrem durante os episódios, seus sentimentos e pensamentos se transformam, influenciando portanto suas personalidade e se torna perceptível o amadurecimento de cada um deles. É fácil compreendermos as atitudes e decisões dos personagens, mesmo que não possamos concordar com suas escolhas sempre, ao menos a visão deles é transmitida e por isso podemos ir do "amor ao ódio" com facilidade. No entanto, ainda senti extremamente a ausencia de demonstrarem um desenvolvimento maior da personagem Jinmi, ela por ser protagonista amadureceu seus pensamentos mas não há evidências que demonstrem que seus poderes foram aperfeiçoados, não houve uma batalha que ela tenha protagonizado ou algum momento em que não precisou ser salva por alguém, infelizmente um desperdíciode pontencial nesse quesito.
Outro ponto são as histórias secundárias de romances ao longo dos episódios que contam pequenas experiências de amor do passado que falharam por algumas escolhas que determinados personagens fizeram ao longo da vida, inclusive esse drama começa justamente devido ao um doloroso amor que a mãe da jinmi viveu, e pequenas histórias como essa estão espalhadas ao longo de todo o drama, o que é interessante para você enxergar um pouco de humanidade naqueles personagens que pareciam inabaláveis, mas parece que há uma passada de pano nos erros implícita enquanto isso ocorre. Acho que cenas com personagens secundários são interessantes e por isso considero um ponto positivo. Mas é apenas isso, conhecemos os personagens secundários através de seus "romances" mas no desfecho final do drama apenas alguns foram lembrados. Acredito que poderiam ter desenvolvido um encerramento que pudessem mostrar o depois de alguns outros personagens que foram esquecidos e algo mais feliz para um outro em especifico, creio que a razão seja a total concentração em fazer um final agradavél para o casal principal, uma pena pois gosto quando todos são retratados.
Sinceramente, a principio estranhei bastante toda a fotografia do drama, eu recomendaria apenas para aqueles que sinceramente são apaixonados por fantasias, caso contrário será um enredo complicado de acompanhar. E por falar em complicação, todo o universo e reinos que a história se passa é extremamente complexo de início, talvez esse ponto pudesse ser melhor desenvolvido no início do drama mas apenas me senti confiante após a metade dos episódios terem passados, o que atrapalhou um pouco meu apego com a história e os personagens no começo, mas essa é minha experiência pessoal.
São 63 episódios e me senti um pouco cansada em alguns momentos com a enrolação de algumas cenas e o exagero nas dramatizações, poderia ser menos episódios. Inclusive iniciei o show em 2019 e depois de quase dois anos finalizei. A verdade é que praticamente tinha desistido de continuar mas por alguma razão retornei e felizmente me surpreendi. Na segunda metade é possível compreender melhor o enredo e então o desenrolar dos episódios se tornam mais interessantes conforme alguns acontecimentos decisivos surgem, e consegui finalizar mais de trinta episódios em três dias facilmente. Talvez tenha sido um momento propício para assisti-lo então me sinto satisfeita por ter dado uma outra chance.
Gostaria que minha nota geral fosse 7.8 mas resumidamente Ashes of Love é interessante, vale a pena assistir e acompanhar toda a evolução dos personagens, mas talvez passar por todos os episódios não será uma tarefa tranquila de início. O enredo pode agradar alguns e outros não, por isso acredito que o essencial é estar com um humor favoravél para a proposta que o drama traz, por isso garanta que seja um genêro que esteja procurando no momento de assisti-lo. Até aonde você iria pelo amor? há bons e maus caminhos e você poderá ver diversos desfechos para essa questão nesse drama.

Lire davantage

Ok. This is my very first review so please bare with me. Where do I start? The series is of 60+ episodes and the fact that I was able to finish it till the end shows that the story line was spectacularly put together. The turn of events, you wouldn't even expect! You'd try and figure out the turn of events only for the writers to wow you yet again.
The acting was so on point, even the scenes that I didn't expect myself to cry at would end up moving me just for the realness of it. I was shocked at Jin Mi's acting skills that's for sure. Her crying literally broke my heart.
++++ This is what we call character development.
Before watching Ashes of Love I wasn't really excited to see this male lead in particular(I don't know why), but after all of THAT I admit that he's a really good actor. He conveyed the character in all its ups and downs and I just can't get over a couple of scenes that he literally perfected.
I loved the cast as a whole, and i fell head over heels for some. I couldn't find any character that wasn't portrayed right.
The music was just right and the CGI was SO SATISFYING. If you're a fan of battles and so you'll enjoy some entertaining realistic fighting scenes.
Final words: Watch. It. You wouldn't regret it.

Lire davantage

Amazing Story, Acting, Music, CGI

When I started watching the first episode, I loved the floral realm scenery, and into the first encounter with Jin Mi and Xu Feng, I was not sure if it was going to be one of those clichés silly stories, so I stopped there and comeback later to watch it. I was curious to see another episode. I started to watch the second episode and kept going until the last one. I did like how the story was developing, and the characters development.

Throughout the story, there were funny, cute, romantic, serious and sad moments, and the drama moments were very touching, and it would affect you no matter how many times you re-watch it.

Overall, one of the most amazing drama series that I have watched, I enjoyed the story, the acting, the music, and the special effects (CGI).

The actors did an amazing job, Jin Mi, Xu Feng, Run Yu, Liu Ying, Lord Puchi, Fox immortal, Lao Hu, Chief Peony, Sui He, Luo Lin, the Empress of the bird tribe and the rest of the actors. Jin Mi and Xu Feng were so awesome and their on screen romance is beautiful.

To all who participated to producing an amazing drama series, thank you, and thank you to the amazing acting of the main actors and support actors.

The screenwriters and the director did an amazing job （╹◡╹）

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