Rebirth for You (2021)

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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Nothing wao in the drama , who likes love story that can go for it but love story is also okay

Lead actress' character was a princess and prince wanted to marry her as they were childhood friends but his mother never wanted this ,they were cousins (prince and princess) naturally because of family issue but princess also not want to marry him as she didn't like him . She fell in love with the soldier and soldier also loved her but he never tell her as she was princess but something had happened and they get married and then so many conspiracies were developed to separate them but all were failed . something happened in the soldier family many years back and the one who is responsible was princess' father so soldier's father not allowed them to live together . Firstly he also ignored her but he loved her so much that not allowed her to leave him . Things had gotten worse and they separated . After loosing so many loved ones they finally get together and drama was so over.
I want to ask the director that who was the boy(small kid) at the last part of drama who was asking princess' daughter to get down from the tree.
I like one pair also and their chemistry but forgot their name ,the one who also shown at the last part oth drama having two daughters.

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One of the best from Joseph Zeng

I found this drama intriguing up until maybe ep 24 onwards...The beginning was pretty solid and the storyline decent. It lagged in the middle with obvious filler plots and the ending was meh. I've seen JJY from Yun Xi and Blooms and really - I feel this drama is just in her comfort zone - nothing outstanding from her. Joseph Zeng on the other hand - was impressive. I enjoyed his scenes and I found his performance has improved since Dragon Sabre. He has a lot of potential. Overall, I wouldn't say this has re-watch value. I didn't skip any episodes but this could easily have been reduced down to 35 episodes.

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This is as far as I will go.

Based solely on the first 12 episodes.

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The story is good. The acting is okay. The music is great. In almost 12 episodes, RFY was able to give me a wonderful costume drama with riveting palace politics, a flawless coup d'etat, a heart racing love story and Ju Jing Yi in not one, but TWO gorgeous wedding dresses.

What more could I ask for?

There is no need for me to continue. I don't want to see them struggling with love rivals, easily resolvable misunderstandings and an unnecessary breakup for the next TWENTY EIGHT EPISODES.

TWENTY EIGHT.

This drama has a happily ever after right here, right now at the start of episode 12.

I'm okay. Now I'll listen to the OST on repeat.

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Uh what???

The beginning dozen episodes were excellent. The story was a good pace and each character development seems to be on point. There’s a very strong and smart FL and she worked well with the ML. Although there is the usually jealous female it did not take over the screen and affect the mains that much.

Then….
It’s as if the previous screenwriter and director were changed to another person.. the main characters somehow became so insecure and jealous. Then more jealous females and males were added to the screen time. It was basically 90% of jealousy and scheming from them. Then the leads had a personality change and became dumb and super insecure. The character development literally dropped down hill.

It def did have a rebirth of all the characters. In some of the dramas even with the evil char the story still moves and the mains get their screen time. Nope not this. I had to drop it after cringing in every episode at all the unnecessary drama. They even skipped important scenes just to be jealous rivals in. I mean when did the emporer even get married??

So if you’re into watching jealous ppl plot and ruin others lives this one’s for you.

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