Till the End of the Moon (2023)

Picturesque, Breathtaking, Devilishly Good~

So, here I am, after finishing Till The End of The Moon, flabbergasted by that abrupt ending. I'm not saying that it was rushed. The finale was indeed well paced and worth being called "finale". I was just so into the story, that I actually expected some more "after effects" after the finale. But it suddenly ended and left me with some unfinished emotions as well as some unanswered questions, i.e. was the last big misunderstanding clarified to the world? That will probably be my only drop of bitterness when I reminisce about this drama.

The story itself was a great journey, full of sadness, hatred, jealousy, bitterness but also love (but I guess you can apply that to every Xianxia). It feels like ages since I watched the first episodes (even though it has only been 2 weeks), so it's kinda hard to recollect every moment (guess I have to watch again, lol).

I was able to connect quite well with the characters very early on, even though Luo Yun Xi's character Tantei Jin was hard to grasp at the beginning because his image from Ashes of Love was still dominant in my mind. But he convinced me in no time and before I could even think about it, I was already convinced by his new character. And now, remembering the very first episode with him, I have to say that he introduced a phenomenal, cruel Devil God to the world.

I was always worried that the slow changes in his attitude and mindset caused by Ye Xiwu (FL) would be destroyed again, everytime someone betrayed him. It was completely understandable that he remained so insecure for 2/3 of the story when you think about the way he grew up, although I'm a bit sad that he didn't investigate enough and didn't give the benefit of the doubt at the end of the human realm arc. Same goes for Ye Xiwu. It took her a very long time to actually believe in him. Even the slightest "seemingly" evil deed done by Tantei Jin would throw her back into believing he would never change and always be the Devil God she feared so much.

What the story was also good at was showing how fast people and immortals were to prejudge and find a first obvious culprit without much investigation, instead of believing the truth they should know deep down. At least the immortals should have been a better judge of character. I was also most frustrated with the accused ones to never explain the whole thing or at least enough, always pausing in their sentences, and the accusers to just assume their own truth with only fractions of the circumstantials. So many things could have been prevented.

Regarding the love triangles, I'm glad they didn't give much weight to that part. They were there, yes. They caused some trouble, yes. But they vanished quite fast, too. Much to my liking, since I hate that trope the most.

It's been a day after finishing the drama and the music is still lingering in my head as well as those stunning costumes and breathtaking scenes. You just never want to look away but absorb every single image. Don't know how to get it out, don't want to either. I want to restart it, yet I don't want to. Xianxia always leave me with a weird feeling.

If you look for something similar to Ashes of Love or Love Between Fairy and Devil, then feel free to watch this as well. It won't disappoint, I promise.

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Emotional Strong Acting

Very emotional series, with strong acting. Beautiful Visual Effects, graphics and story is interesting. Kept me engaged every second of it and didn't forward at all. Loved how is presented the story and how the characters been played. It's a gem for this year except the ending. Why on earth doing 40 episodes cannot be present 5 minutes of beautiful ending and just leave it to watchers imagination. I would love to see their ending and not what i think it could be. The Starry Love another beautiful one with the same ending. If you watch a movie of 2 hours than is ok to have any ending, but investing 40 hours of your life in a masterpiece and ending like this, not left with a good taste. Of course this is down to writer, production team..., but stil.
I will come back and re-watch it but probably till ep. 36 :).

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There is not novelty, time-stretching behavior.

Story: bad
It is very difficult to watch 100% of the movie time, I skipped a lot.
This movie is like writing a program.
Created a problem in the first episode => solved the problem in the last episode.
In the middle of the movie:
Created problems => solved it.
=> created more problems => solved it =>..................
This method is repeated too much.
The supporting characters are almost non-existent.
Only those who are very patient can watch it all.
Acting/Cast:
Both the main is very good. The supporting characters OK.
Closthe, music, background..... Good for all.

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This is my favorite drama.

TTEOM is an excellent representative work that is innovative and groundbreaking in terms of prop and costume design as well as story structure. Perhaps many of us cannot accept this ending, but I increasingly feel that the ending is actually quite perfect and leaves a lasting impression. Just like how Sangju obtained eternal life in Mingye's heart, Dan Taijn also obtained eternal life in the heart of his beloved, having learned to love and receiving love in return. He protected his loved ones as well as all living beings in the Three Realms. There is nothing to regret, it is really very fulfilling. Moreover, the director also gave us an open-ended scene of Dan Taijun in the Heart Scale at the end, just like Mingye, Dan Taijn's divine consciousness is also preserved in the Heart Scale. Su Su and her daughter are by the river 500 years later, while Dan Taijn is searching by the Weak Water, which is exactly opposite to each other, all of which may imply that Dan Taijun is about to be reborn and return.

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best xinxia 100%

Best effect , best actors and actress, best storyline,best romantic couple,best kissing ,love the Bailu and Luo Yunxi costume.
it's so perfect. every episode is worth to wait. i like the fantasy effect cgi .
i like the bounding between major actor and actress.and of course i love Luo yunxi and Bai lu couple. uhmm make me got the feeling of sad , happy, and others .
this drama have many talented actors and actress . many hours spending efforts to this drama. im very appreciate this.
i saw behind the scene and i saw they do so many times to make one scene perfect.Good job everyone.
PERFECT!! keep the good work..!!

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Loved the premise, not so much the execution

Thoughts:
- oh my god the blood spitting, half the time everyone on screen had bloodied mouths
- there were several storylines (lives) of MCs that didn't really connect that well, at the end it seems it's just too complicated for no good reason, but there was no amnesia thankfully
- the MCs never really come together, one is always angry at the other, it seems like it was just endless running in circles! He became the devil god like three times already before the final one. There were so many unnecessary developments that sidetracked the main story
- I loved that he actually became the dreaded devil god, but I don't understand why she didn't love him, it was still mostly him, just more evil!! He was still the same old softie below the facade
- I feel like a lot of the things made absolutely no sense and were invented just so they could spin the story whichever way they wanted

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the last two episodes of the all-powerful devil god 🔥🔥

I disliked the ending. I hated that their resolution was for the devil god to be killed out of existence.

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Lindo e trágico!

Uma história de amor, cheia de altos e baixos, de inimigos para amantes e de amantes para inimigos. Fazia tempo que eu não me empolguei tanto com um casal, como fiquei com eles. Cenas muito bem construídas, ótimo desenvolvimento dos personagens e do romance.
Tantai Jin é um personagem apaixonante, ele teve uma vida sofrida por conta de um destino que não foi ele que escolheu, ele tentou de tudo para ser uma pessoa boa e realmente foi até mesmo em seus últimos momentos. Eu sempre ficava impressionada com seu modo de pensar, falar e agir, ele era incrível, não perdia a pose, sempre um divo. Devo dizer que virei fã nº 1 do Tantai Jin desde o primeiro segundo que ele apareceu. Ele nunca fez nada de errado em sua vida.
Li Susu, é uma mulher maravilhosa. Imagina se apaixonar pelo seu maior inimigo? Pois ela se apaixonou, depois de sofrer muito, conseguiu entender que Tantai Jin não era o verdadeiro inimigo.
É uma história muito linda e triste.
Tantai Jin amou cada versão da Li Susu, repetidamente.
Luo Yun Xi foi feito para esse papel, atuação perfeita. Bai Lu também, que mulher maravilhosa!

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Probably My Love & Hate Chinese Fantasy Drama

Honestly, i watched this because it just wouldn't leave my netflix front page, it would always show up. So bet, watched it and i did not expect how good this show was going to be.

First off, I'm very much that guy who's really eagle eyed when it comes to CGI and cinematography as well since i studied animation for a year. Immediately, i noticed the CGI Effects, i really like the vision that the people behind this wanna show to us viewers, it's fire and that's the thing that will always draw me in in these types of shows, is the VISION, but i can't really help but judge the effects since sometimes it's very jank and it doesn't blend in sometimes. You see, i just watched 'The Longest Promise' before this and that drama had the cleanest cgi that i've ever seen from a Chinese Fantasy drama, it's not perfect it had some flaws, but it's not jarring for the most part, but mind you that dramas doesn't have a grand vision unlike this one. And it's very EPIC as well, like the opening episode of this drama, so epic, again it's the OVERALL VISION URGGHHH!!!

The story honestly, what sold me in this like around episode 3 is the Romance Aspect and the Dynamic of ML and FL as well. The Romance aspect is so so good. In the beginning, the romance is non-existent cuz i thought this was something like a revenge drama, i mean it is, but i actually did not expect it to turn out the way it did, though it's kinda very obvious as well that there's a chance that it might happen, but what really carried it in the early parts of the show is the dynamic of the Main Couple plus the off the charts chemistry from their actors, that's what i kept clicking the next episode for and the way it developed later on, is soo good! Literally every turning moment in the later parts i kept saying "ugh! i can see why it's till the end of the moon, shit! literally till the end of the moon!". I hate it in dramas where the characters are playing tug of war with each other's feelings like the break up-make up cycle, i find that really toxic, especially in real life, but here, i don't know how the writers did it, but it's done really well, it's not annoying at all. I haven't mentioned the other plot of this show, which is the fighting/magic aspect, that's because i find it just okay, again mostly because of the jarring effects, but i like the vision that they're trying to portray, i don't think i have much to say about it, i mean it's there, it's okay, but i think if you set that all aside and look at only the Romance aspect this is more than just a 10/10 because they really nailed the part, but in my heart, i know it's a 10. Also, that dream arc, really surprised for how well written that arc was, they actually invested a lot of time and effort for that arc, but i just couldn't really get invested in that arc, because this is just a dream, why else would i care about it? and it was such a long arc as well, i almost got checked out in this series by the end of that arc, i know it had a contribution to the overall story, but i think they could've made it shorter.

The Characters, i think all of them got overshadowed for how good the Main Couple were and their actors as well, ugh!! Like this is my first time with these actors/actresses and My gawd... ML and FL didn't have to go this hard, you can really feel that they are being pushed to the limit. Like the director on the set was probably like "Come on! I know you can do more!" they are so goated actors that i don't know why i feel bad because there's a lot of blood spitting scenes here, especially with ML. And FL, was trying to stop myself from liking her as an actress because i still have a lot of drama from other actresses that i want to watch. I don't want to add more on my plate, i don't wanna get invested, but oh my god! she's just such a good actress you know? and i really like her playful/bubbly acting, she's really really cute when she does it. The writing of their characters itself is also good, i really like how it started and how it developed along the way, though there are some few ass pulling plot convenience, but that's just a minor complaint of mine. And i say overshadowed by ML and FL, i joke, there are other side characters that i really like as well. For example Ye Qing Yu, i love him as a brother character, he is done really well, especially in the later parts when he's standing before ML not as his General, but as a brother of FL, the scripting is so so good and I love her dynamic with Pianran, their side plot romance is really cute and really tragic as the same time. I also like Nian baiyu as well, he's such a goated side character because he has a big contribution to ML's characterization. Xiao Lin, i think he's a decent character, he was ok written, and when he's on screen he's hitting all the points to make his character standout. During the dream arc as Sang You, he was mostly passive, and as Gongye Jiwu he's also great, but i wish they spend a little bit more on him questioning his own existence you know, that was really good and at the end as well though he kinda became annoying a little. I really don't like Ye bingchang, she was written to be that weak minded character and i don't get how she didn't even develop that much at all, all of her incarnations are annoying as well, though her devil incarnation was really good because its the culmination of all her incarnations combined into one. The rest of the side characters, most of them are okay, there are a lot of them and most of them we didn't even have the time to explore so it ended up most of them getting wasted

The music, oh my god! it's so good, i love all of the OST here, they know how to do it and when to put it in which moments, combine that with the top tier acting and well written scenes, it's soo good. The music really did a good job at elevating this drama, though i would minus a point for it since sometimes it's loud, like louder than the dialogue of the character.

Other than that, i don't think i have any more critiques or complaints for this drama, it is really good, though i hate to rate it higher, but i just can't deny how good it is. Go watch it if you like these kinds of drama and the chemistry of Main Couple Actors here is so good too.

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Love everything but not the story line

Love this drama so much. The cast is super! the productions and all hard works paid off nicely. Only the storyline is a bit weird at the end. Lots of misunderstandings which were sometimes too silly. The acting of both leads are better than any other dramas. The drama separated into 3 parts, once I watched part 2, I already forgot part 1. All part are lovely. Highly recommended. I love the 2 leads so I went to watched their first drama together called "Love is sweet". This drama is like 2nd season of TTEOTM. They both lovely and had a happy ending.

Edited: Rewatch value 10 as I rewatched it 5 times already....

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