Mu Nan Zhi (2021)

Slice of life story with great chemistry...but kinda horrible villain plots

I know a lot of people hate the plot because it seems pointless or theme-less but I actually quite like the slice of life vibes it gives off. I like how it sort of traces the relationship between Li Qian and Baoning--from its formation up to the domesticity of married life. And the actors were AMAZING. Even when I wanted to pull my hair out because of the "villains", the chemistry between JJY and JZ kept me going.

I also quite liked the production quality. The sets, wardrobe, and even background music were all amazing. Aside from a few weird CG scenes (like the ending scene overlooking the city), everything looked beautiful. I usually hate watching historical shows since they typically look cheap and fake but I wasn't bothered by that this time.

However, one thing I hated about this show were the villain plots. They just never seem to end. Especially for Gao Miaorong, Zhao Xiao, and the Empress, every time their plot lines seem to be ending, they disappear for a few episodes then suddenly have a brand new evil plan in mind. I would have loved if the show focused more on Yongqing as the villain and the other "evil" characters as minor villains that last for 5 episodes at most. Kudos to the actors though, they were incredible at acting evil. I really wanted to slap them :)

Lastly, I really wished that they didn't cut down the number of episodes. The ending seemed rushed. It would have been a lot better if there was more time to really see the mending of Li Qian and Baoning's relationship and if the battle with Yongqing was more climactic.

Overall, there are indeed points for improvement for this show. But if you're looking for a show with great main leads and pretty outfits, try this one out! You'll have to bear with the SML and SFL but honestly, just fast forward through their scenes and they won't be as annoying. Just enjoy the chemistry between the main couple! <3

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Bet you'll skip through the episodes.

Started off quite interesting: FL, ML and SFL are skilled and clever enough to get through a game, where they became friends and momentarily goodbye only to cross paths in the Palace where they each learned of their true identifies; ML and FL gradually fell in love with each other - and then everything went south from here.

First of all, why is everyone obsessed with marrying the Princess?!!!
Second, whats with the unnecessary death!? I don't understanding why certain characters had to die and what led to such events.
Third - Details are annoying! In what messed up world, do the ML and SML get to work wherever the FL is!? Timeliness are messed up - they don't make sense at all. I was just watching the Queen Dowager take a baby away and in the next episodes he's like 3-5 years old, and in the next one he's like 7-10 years old already!? What happened to the characters in all that period?!
Fourth - no character progression.
Fifth - lousy story centered around ugly, shallow scheming to break the main couple apart. It's like incoherently stacking plot twist after plot twist to finish all 40 episodes. Mind you, there's nothing here that you surely haven't seen before.

The only enjoyable part was that scene where the extremely annoying Ms. Zhang, found out that the person she married on a whim had 10 concubines! For that, and that reason alone, I'm giving this 3 stars.

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JUJINGYI ALWAYS NO.1 IN MY HEART

suka sama jujingyi meskipun dia banyak haters tetapi dia berusaha akting dan drama semuanya sudah ku lihat sampe tamat jalan ceritanya ok"aja RFU liat baoning sama li qian jadi baper banget. dan kasian jjy banyak yang kesal karena makeup dan jalan cerita padahal itu pilihan agensinya sendiri semoga jujingyi mendapatkan drama lebih bagus lagi dan makin sukses dia salah satu artis yang membuat saya suka drama chinese .. dengan wajah imutnya yang sungguh mempesona siapa saja . sudah umur 28 tapi wajahnya seperti umur 17 tahun badannya juga sangat mungil kuharap jujingyi memiliki rumor drama lagi. sekarang lagi nungguin floral armor semoga cepat tayang amin

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MAIN LEAD CHEMISTRY'S ARE HERO IN THIS CDRAMA! , CZ THE STORY WAS ....!

•STORY

OKAY FIRST! About the 'rebirth' in the title, I mean the story has absolutely nothing to do with it, I don't understand what the director was thinking. Even though the title makes people who see it have high expectations. me too, i feel cheated by the title.

Three episodes confused me and i dropped it，but because i like JJY so much i decided to repeat it. Yes, I found the gist of this story, and it turned out to be quite interesting. I started to enjoy watching it until the tenth episode, there I started to get bored, especially when Baoning married Liqian, I felt the problems at the beginning of the episode disappeared and now the conflict is widening everywhere making me dizzy. And finally I stopped at episode 20, I don't know when I will continue it.

three episodes confused me and i dropped it，but because i like JJY so much i decided to repeat it. Yes, I found the gist of this story, and it turned out to be quite interesting. I started to enjoy watching it until the tenth episode, there I started to get bored, especially when Baoning married Liqian, I felt the problems at the beginning of the episode disappeared and now the conflict is widening everywhere making me dizzy. And finally I stopped at episode 20, I don't know when I will continue it.

The story is quite interesting, and what is most addicting is the chemistry between the main leads which is very pronounced. cz it i say that chemistry main lead is hero in this drama! unfortunately this story focuses too much on many things, many plot holes are not resolved quickly, and are instead added with new conflicts that make you confused. even the two main leads sometimes feel like extras. too. many take other people's scenes that are not the main role. the conflict is good, it's just that in my opinion the screenwriter and director can't execute the plot well. but the film has potential. too many couples also makes it less attractive, I think Cdrama should reduce the number of couples in one drama, after a while it becomes annoying!

•Acting/casting

JJY as Baoning. She is beautiful, i like her so much. I watched this drama too because of her. I think her beautiful face really suits the character of Baoning who becomes a princess and many want to marry her. For me, her slightly complicated style is perfect for her past as a princess, and to be honest, I really like the hanfu she wears, it's really beautiful. it's just that her make up is too thick, I mean it's too much for a costume drama like this. I sometimes get annoyed with her make up even though she looks pretty in it. JJY's acting I think good but it will be better if she improve it even more.

I think I also need to discuss the character of Baoning, to be honest, sometimes I don't like her character. she's a girl who can't be put down easily, especially by the li qian family makes her look cool. It's just that in the first early episodes I didn't really like his arrogant nature and sometimes didn't respect Li Qian. but he is cool and very loyal to li qian, i was touched when he went undercover to find his girlfriend.

JOSEPH ZENG as Li Qian. i know joseph zeng from this drama. he is handsome and plays the character Li Qian very well. his face that is not boring makes me comfortable to watch every action. I don't know what to comment on because I think he is already very good at playing the character Li Qian. Li Qian's own character also has the potential to be liked, apart from being handsome, he is good at fighting, he is also very protective of Baoning, I mean he is great. he keeps protecting baoning even though his girl doesn't know about it.

THEIR CHEMISTRY'S ARE THE SAVIORS IN THIS STORY! even though i dropped this drama but i watched all their bts, they are so sweet and compatible! JJY JSX played the characters Baoning and Liqian very well. especially in describing their love story, because their chemistry is so good, which makes me feel at home watching the interactions between the two, very sweet. only one thing missing, an intense kiss! why are they just sticking their lips??

I hope they will meet in another drama that has a better plot as the main lead.

•MUSIC

I really like the music, even all the soundtracks of this Cdrama are stored on my cellphone. I love JJY's beautiful voice in 'never apart' and 'missing in the rain'. JJY and JSX duet also very well on that song. Of course I didn't forget the songs that songxiran and others sing. to be honest, even though the plot is a bit 'ruined', you certainly won't be able to lie to yourself if all the osts in this drama are good to hear.

•REWATCH VALUE??

ARE U KIDDING ME?! Just watching it once makes me confused, let alone the second time, crazy huh?!

but it's also good if you repeat it and analyze it better, it's quite an interesting story.

i hope i can continue this CDRAMA T T

wish JJY, JSX, OTHER CAST, CREW DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER AND ME LUCk TOO XD

thank u! ♥

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A waste of good actors ಠ_ಠ

PLOT: 1 princess, the FL, raised in freedom, is coveted by the emperor. She participates in a mechanism competition, where she meets 2 nobles, the ML and the ML2. The ML saves her several times and ends up marrying her, to the great annoyance of ML2 and FL3, a childhood friend.

PROS:
+ A great CL: Joseph Zeng and Ju Jing Yi (a little anorexic) who develop great chemistry. lots of sweet scenes :)
+ Dynamic production
+ Light tone

CONS:
- some problems, easy to resolve, last a VERY long time, while dangerous situations are resolved in the blink of an eye ಠ_ಠ
- fight scenes that are too visibly choreographed.
- The 2 villains are REALLY obsessed, fit for the psychiatric hospital.
- the story is poorly written, full of plotholes and inconsistencies.

=> the actors are good, cute, but cannot save a poorly conceived story.
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PLOT: 1 princesse, la FL, élevée en liberté , est convoitée par l'empereur. Elle participe à 1 concours de mécanismes, où elle rencontre 2 nobles, le ML et le ML2. Le ML la sauve à plusieurs reprises et finit par l'épouser, au grand dépit du ML2 et de la FL3, amie d'enfance.

PROS:
+ Un super CL : Joseph Zeng et Ju Jing Yi (un peu anorexique qd mm) qui développent une belle alchimie. bcp de sweet scenes :)
+ Réalisation dynamique
+ Ton léger

CONS:
- certains problèmes, faciles à résoudre, durent TRES longtemps, alors que des situations périlleuses sont réglées en un clin d’œil ಠ_ಠ
- scenes de fight trop visiblement chorégraphiées.
- Les 2 villains sont VRAIMENT obsédés, bons pour l’hôpital psychiatrique.
- la story est mal écrite, pleine de plotholes et d'incohérences.

=> les acteurs sont bons, cute, mais n'arrivent pas à sauver une histoire mal conçue.

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This is a disastrous historical palace drama with a very poorly executed romance plot. Although the leading couple, on the long run, will do what is right for one another, the female lead is insufferable and selfish for most of the drama duration. This drama is packed with the most ridiculous obsessive and delusional antagonists that, at the end, just got little or no admonishment for their crimes. There is basically no characters development in this drama: the antagonist learned nothing and kept their delusions until the end, the female lead was absurd, and the male lead was constantly at her beck and call trying to make her happy. All in all, watch this drama only if you have time to waste!

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The title is not suitable

One drama that the title really does not describe the story at all. This is the first time I think the title is really far away from what is inside the story. Maybe this drama is supposed to exchange titles with One & Only. Although One & Only & Forever & Ever is really a rhyming title, One & Only more suits this one & rebirth for you really suited for forever & ever from the story side.

I really confuse with the English title of this drama. Rebirth for you, but the story none at all about reincarnation. How can you give rebirth to the title... If you just translate the native title 慕南枝, is more likely to be yearn for something maybe more fit with the story. Because yeah this drama about everything yearning for something, there is character yearning for love (almost obsess even), Qing Tai yearning for power, Li family yearn for clarification about injustice assassination their clan years ago. See... everything about yearning for something.

I haven't for a very long time hated one, let alone some particular character like this one. This drama has 3 stupid people that don't want to let go their love obsessions' & 1 person really be quite delusional too. I really want to slap all the character below to just wake them up. Here they are:
* Gao Miao Rong: She is really one thorn in the flesh for Li Family. In the end she was quite pitiful too.. When she already gives up she must be dragged back to the place where you can say center of the storm for her life. But thanks to the love from Li Lin in the end she still make a right decision. Yeah sometimes people said, to heal the love wound what you need is a new love is just so true.
* Han Tong Xin (the empress): She wants the emperor for herself. But as we all know, emperor never only belong to 1 woman. Yeah a little bit pity actually as her, at the end she has to witness her love died in the arms of her love rival. If only she find about the emperor love sooner maybe the story will gonna be a little bit different for her.
* Zhao Xiao (ZX): maybe among them all the most pitiful but also quite delusional is ZX. His situation reminds me of one particular word from Qin Yue from forever love when he confesses to Xia Lin Xi, "The most painful thing is not having never had it, but for almost being able to make it." Yeah, ZX situation really fit this sentence, he was almost together with Jiang Bao Ning (BN) but never got a chance in the end. But that doesn't make everything what he do in the name of love right, just like BN said, "I don't know if your love is true love or just being stubborn & selfish." Only blind person can't see the love between BN & Li Qian (LQ). But unfortunatelly the problem for ZX is the question of 'what if...' still always hanging in the air...

What I like:
+ I really like all the interaction between the couple here. Jiang Bao Ning (BN) & Li Qian (LQ), Li Dong Zhi & Qing An, even Dong Shan Hu (SH) & Jin Xiao (JX). Unfortunately the interaction between SH & JX is not so often in this drama.
+ Grand Empress Dowager is very cute grandma. Happy to see the actress Cao Cui Fen is still quite healthy to play in the drama.
+ LQ's step mom really one good step mom & quite funny actually in a way. Her interaction with LQ's dad also quite funny.

What a little bit out of place, or could be better in another way:
- The scene after LQ 'kidnap' BN from Qing Tai & having fight scene in the front of BN room. It just so weird BN didn't come out to see all the commotion, even maybe she just see what Bai Su & her husband brought from Grand Empress Dowager, if that me & I hear all the commotion, most probably my love one being beat up by my cousin, I will gonna come out & at least yell for them to stop. And after that what LQ said to ZX is simply just so sweet, if there's the scene where BN hear what he said, isn't it gonna be better...
- Several of the scheme in the drama sometimes just so confusing, not enough explanation in the drama.
- How BN as a princess to be said not getting enough nutrition when she was little (explanation by the monk when BN got potion from the arrow). She is a princess and grow up in the palace, where all the best nutrition stored, doesn't that mean she should be get the best nutrition ever possible... BN also not an outcast princess who can't get the nutrition she needed, even before she enter the palace, she's also not just random orphan girl who can't get food. See doesn't make sense....

Overall this is quite good drama that can suck me from the very first episode. Even though this drama turn out to be more than 45 min, the usual min for c-drama world, usually I often quite bored with longer duration, but I really enjoy this & not find this drama boring,

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Spoilt Princess gets her way

What a waste of time this series is. I looked forward in anticipation to what was billed an exciting. new costume drama only to have my hopes dashed. The two leads tried their hardest - but in the end the story line was so insipid that I gave up.
The only relieving grace, if there was any, was the acting of some of the support roles.. but having said that the actress who played Miaorong should never be on screen again..
As for the story line being billed as a romance between a princess and a palace guard - what a load of hogwash. For a start, Li Qian is not just some palace guard, but a famed general from a noble family. As for Princess Baoning - whoever decided upon her make up and wardrobe should have their head examined.
To call the plot third rate would be too kind. It is as though half way through the writers realised they had a turkey on their hands and decided to throw everything but the kitchen sink at the script. Every kind of 'love story/revenge story' cliche is added often without any sense or benefit.
But my main gripe is with the so called character traits of the main leads. Li Qian is a doormat, while Baoning is portrayed as spoilt, arrogant, self centred, self-entitled and stubborn. Any sane man would have told Baoning to take a running jump. But no - loyal, devoted loving hubby Li Qian doesn't - instead he goes into full masochist mode - the more you hurt me the more I love you - utterly ridiculous.
A much more interesting and realistic plot would have been for the two leads to split up from each other and then have them reconcile with each other, having had a long hard look at themselves and realised their shortcomings - for Li Qian to be more assertive and Baoning to turn over a new leaf - but this would have been too much to ask ...wouldn't it?
All in all 3 out of ten

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Good drama

Good drama ?
Love the cp Ningqian
For the script writer, director, and editor I recommend for next time work or project is need improvement for satisfaction of viewers.
The title rebirth for you is not focusing in the plot of the story or we not seen it about who is from rebirth. So they said the tittle is change to to biography of Jianan so this title is jianan biography is the plot or story we seen it in last episodes at 36 episodes you can understand about the jianan biography. In the beginning of episodes there's no scene and plot focusing in the title. Based on my opinion.. Better the title they change to "the Supreme weapon book" why? Because in the beginning of episodes they talking about and searching about the book till end of episodes . And this book also is every one is related and wanted this book. So this book focused on the plot of story so I think viewers can understand the story about.

I recommend this drama.
They act very well, and custome, make up is ok fit based on there character.. Setting location are good. But some are messy specially in battlefield and capital outside ?? must be arrange well. So anyways we are different views ?
PS. We are different opinions and points of view.

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Sweet but random

Do I enjoy watching this drama? Absolutely.
Is it a good drama? Absolutely not.
Am I crazy for giving it a rating of 8? No! Hear me out:

This drama is greater than the sum of its parts. And its parts consists a very sweet couple, and randomly strung together scenes that serve no plot or purpose.

This drama could have been a very sweet 20 episodes drama. The main couple has amazing chemistry, and the characters are absolutely sweet to each other. Except...after the first 10 episodes, we only see them together 3 minutes per episode. EVEN THEN, they make it worth it for me. They're 90% of the reason why I gave the drama the rating I did. At its best, the drama reminds me of The story of Ming Lan (my absolute favorite), in the way both of the leads are smart and in love with each other. The plot is dumb, but the characters are smart, if that makes sense.

To enjoy this drama like I did, you have to put on a special lens: you either ff through all scenes without the main couple, or watch them in 3x speed. Characters who are not related at all to any main overarching plot - of which there was none - show up and disappear randomly (like a "monster of the week" structure). Events happen, and you have no idea why. On the upside, there's a lot of humor, most of it unintentional; and you're always on the edge of your seat because you literally cannot predict what happens next. Will it be another loser acquaintance? Another failed scheme by the SFL? Unrelated love lives of characters you don't care about? There's plenty to choose from and you can never guess!

You probably can't tell from my review above, but I genuinely enjoyed this drama, except maybe not for the reason the producers intended. Don't watch this drama if you can't fast-forward or are unwilling to speed it up (WeTV app lets you so why not??) I look forward to seeing Joseph and Kiku in another drama again, one I can love for all the right reasons.

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Unconditional love exist!

I thought this won’t get aired anymore since they had finished filming the drama for quite a while, I am bias, I would not mind paying for a VIP access just to watch Ju Jingyi’s drama, and it’s worth every penny. I’m 4 episodes away to the end & I’m satisfied, I heard it’s going to be a happy ending which is great! The love between the two leads & family ties especially Baoning ‘s & Grand empress’ depicts ‘unconditional love’ , but of course just like in the real world, we can never be too happy! So the conflicts are understandable. The most important thing is that they were able to resolve them with flying colors, I love the chemistry of Baoning & Qian, I’m hoping to see them again in another drama, keeping my fingers crossed! In conclusion, I’m loving it! Ju Jingyi is my stress reliever & I’m not even Chinese . I’m not into dramas nor following any celebrities on social media until I came across this girl, My only favourite celebrity in the whole wide world. Be strong & stay grounded, know that this world is cruel & some ppl just like to hate , it is a reflection of who they are & not about you at all. Continue doing what you love, You’re on the right track. When you feel like giving up,please always remember that you are so special & making a lot of people happy with what you do like this one soul across the miles.

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Dropped halfway

Very relieved after reading some of the bad reviews here because I am one of the people that clearly did not enjoy this drama a single bit. It was so bad that I gave it a chance, and still couldn't finish it.

Although I was not a fan of JJY but her past works on historical dramas are pretty decent and with Joseph Zeng as the ML, everything seems very promising. BUT this show is just so hard to watch with (1) CRAZY second ML and FL that are obsessive and annoying (2) No idea whats charismatic about FL like is she supposed to be smart and charming? because i don't see it. And yet we see so many ML dying to marry her (3) I wasted 20+ episodes seeing 2nd ML go crazy for FL just to be with her and he just couldn't get his shit together (4) Low chemistry between both main leads. Nothing wow about their character and no growth as well.

FINAL VERDICT: no selling point for this drama - if you want romance, there are better romance drama with JJY/Joseph. if you want political dramas, there are many better ones out there too. only watch if you're a die hard fan of the casts if not u will have a heart attack watching it.

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