Quem Governa o Mundo (2022)

The Novel Is Better, But Still A Good Wuxia Romance

The drama's pilot week is one of the best I've seen in cdramaland.
As a wuxia, the fl is strong, smart and a heroine that dislikes being second to anyone. She is as strong as (at some point even stronger than) the ml and other male characters that can fight. She also has a good background, the same high status as the ml and the first among her peers to be promoted to the highest rank. Most fl's aren't as priveleged.

As a romance, there is more romance than in the novel. Bai Feng Hei Xi also has a healthy relationship with trust, support and no misunderstandings. It can be seen as either ideal or too good to be true considering the environment of the world they live in.
And even though the fl's love lines with other male characters are toned down compared to the novel in favor of Yang Yang, Zhao Lusi still has good chemistry with He Kailang, Zhang Haowei and Lai Yi.

But as a novel fan, I did not like how the fl centered novel was completely changed into ml centered drama. At some point the fl just became a love interest who only appears to be rescued by ml and make sure the cp falls in love, instead of ml's equal like first introduced.
There is also more palace politics and scheming midway that got repetitive and predictable. And the ending was unsatisfying. A bittersweet one compared to the novel's proper HE.

Overall, it had a great start, repetitive middle and rushed ending. It could've been better.
As an adaptation, it was dissappointing. It did not make me feel the emotions that the novel made me feel. But as a standalone, it was still a good watch.

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Beautiful drama with amazing chemistry

good points :
- the CHEMISTRY .... man you can see how good they look together from episode one only. They are already very famous actor for a reason.
- cute but super strong FML. Best thing is that she is almost as strong as the male lead or any other character in the drama. she really has an aura around her. If you are into strong FML go for it.
- The flute music is beautiful and the set and costume is so good. they have spend hell bent money and you can see it.
* some demerit
-romance is not given much time overall( something like vincenzo ...having good actor chemistry but less scene time)
- no prominent OST other than the some good background music.
- irritating stepmom.
-ending was EXTREMELY bad and rushed. It was just so unfair and unreasonable. The whole point of 39 episodes was in vain because of the last one. One of main reason behind me not giving it a 10.


overall... good and a binge worth ;)

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Must watch

I am enjoying this series. The last one I enjoyed was Sword Snow Stride. I can wait for each episode. Just too bad it's not free and I have to subscribe. Never hear of yang yang till now. But love zhao lusi from The Long Ballad. She is a good actress. I like the subtle romance between ML/FL and it's good that there are no other interfering with their romance/

It's funny that there are comment about how you can't rate a show because it's not over. For example, Joe Biden's approval rating is low and he isn't even done with his presidency. haha. So there, you can review anything. It is the opinion of the reviewer. You can have your own opinion. Review it till the end.

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Must watch Chinese drama

Zhao Lusi and YangYang were amazing. Both the Male and Female leads did a fantastic job. Eaxh episode made me want to keep watching for more. They have an excellent chemistry and they look great together. Their acting was superb. Even though Zhao Lusi is young, she was able to deliver her great acting skills.

This drama ha a great storyline.

One of the things I love in this drama is the martial arts; it was well orchestrated, great effects and sounds.
All supoorting actorand actresses were amazing too. I re-watched this drama several times. Highly recommended 👌 👍

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two very capable colosal couple

this is the first c-drama that I followed that actually made me finish the whole 40 episodes.

characters of these drama are very engaging. I'm so hooked by bai fengxi's first appearance when she perched on the edge of bamboo tree, looking almighty and carefree. another fans favorite, of course, hei fengxi's first appearance, where he appeared like good samaritan to smooth things over with Han partriarch for bai fengxi. I THINK IT'S SO ROMANTIC HOW HE WATCHED HER OVER SILENTLY. IT'S SO ATTRACTIVE. also everyone in this drama, especially the four gentry, are all soooo ahead of their games. hfx/flx played a very accomplished mastermind, that every layered traps laid in front of him, he got to dodge it all. every characters are so likeable, it's hard to hate even the villain.

the acting, MAN, the acting... im so impressed by YY's eyes and microexpression. he might be my favorite actor now. How can he looks naughty, scolding, angry, sad, anguished, even without saying ANY lines???? same goes to ZL, but i already know how great her acting is, after i watched the tiger and rose romance. honorable mention is LAI YI, Huang Chao prince, he really embodies a cool yet confident prince.

im not mad at all by this drama. in fact, this drama opened a whole new ordeal to me. now i find myself wanting to search more wuxia dramas.

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WOWW NEW ALL TIME FAV DRAMA!

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. EVERY WEEK EPS CAME OUT I FINISHED THEM ALL IN A DAY. the acting the ost the costumes the plot JUST EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING!!! I laughed sm and enjoyed every single moment. The couple was so sweet my heart was warm but it wasn’t so cute to the point where it was disgusting. Their love made me so happy I couldnt help but smile every time!! There was a perfect balance of romance and the actual plot which was nice. I’m being serious u need to watch this I actually love this cdrama so much I’m so sad it’s over but it was nice!!! I literally know all the lyrics to the ost by heart now lolll. ALSOO THE FL IS SO STRONG AND COOL NO EMBARRASSING MOMENTS. I LOVEDD THE FIGHTS AND THE ML WAS SO ADORABLE HAHA. the ending was complete and I’m satisfied!! It was like a slowburn tbh BUT THE CHEMISTRY ANS TENSION WAS WOOWOWHW

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A review based on personal enjoyment

So first of all beware, there will be a few minor spoilers below and that this review is only based on my personal enjoyment of the show without me analyzing to much.

Story: As a reader of the novel I had a clue of what the basics would be, even if this is vastly different. We start out with an epic opener in the martial arts world with our heroine Bai Feng Xi on adventure. The first episode is a very good introduction to her character and there are some really fun fight scenes. Our male lead Hei Feng Xi looks very dashing and lets the viewers know that he is intelligent and likes to plan ahead.
Soon enough we will find out that Hei Feng Xi is actually a prince of one of the states, YongZhou, and has been leading a double life. After this revelation a lot of the drama will focus on our prince Feng Lanxi and his struggles amongst his own treacherous family. Bai Feng Xi will be around of course but she does not do a lot of meaningful things in the first half of the drama, as she has no place in the politics in Yongzhou.
There will be a few episodes they venture out of Yongzhou but most of the plot takes place there. There are quite a few palace schemes, but they are solved fast and not the long game kind of schemes.
So who will rule the world? That is the question that you will not have the answer to until the end of the show.
Is this the best script ever and the most well written plot? Not really but I as an individual did not find any time spent watching the show boring, I was engaged all the way through even though I was sometimes impatient for Bai Feng Xi to do more things.

Cast: First of all if you are here for Yang Yang, chances are you will not be disappointed as he is the central character of this show. Most of the plot is about his struggles which gives him ample opportunity to showcase his abilities. Yang Yang is a very good fit for Hei Feng Xi as he is a very good looking man. As I have only watched one other show with Yang Yang fully I cannot say if he is better in this drama compared to others, but I feel that he did a very good job.
Zhao Lusi who plays our lovely Bai Feng Xi was the reason why I started watching this drama. When I learned that she would finally play a kick ass woman who was equal to the men I was really happy for her. She portrays the easy going BFX very well and her fight scenes were a lot of fun to watch as she looked really cool doing them. When we finally get to the emotional parts of the drama we are will into 3/4 of it and I think Lusi did a fantastic job with all her emotional scenes. When she cried I cried. I felt her pain.
The supporting cast were in my opinion very well cast. We have Feng Chang, who at first I was not sure if I liked his character made me really impressed with his acting. Zhong Li was a good aide for Lanxi and he did a good job. Kid Han Pu was very cute but did not have a lot of development as his character was not present for most of the drama. Lai Yi was an excellent Huang Chao, I feel that finding someone who fit better would be hard.

Music: I adore most of the music in this drama. The opening song by dear Liu Yu Ning, the ending song plus a song that is played very late on by Tan Wei Wei were all fantastic and I have listened to these three many times over and will continue to do so.

Rewatch: So even if this show has it's faults in story telling, plotholes and other issues someone who likes to analyze what they are watching might not be up to your standards. But for me this is the series I have enjoyed the most in a long while. I will for sure rewatch this many time, though I might skip the scenes I found less fun. I will never forget the journey I made with Bai Feng Hei Xi.

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One of the best drama of 2022

The drama about the battle of the 6 countries. The story is smooth and welly plot between the 6 countries. The pace of this drama and the overall story is just surprisingly smooth and there are a lot of court battles of how to calculate and strategize in this drama, which are perfectly presented!
The actors of this drama have been nicely played and expressed, especially the male and female lead of this drama. I love the chemistry of the male and female lead, it is such a perfect match and feel of super natural, the acting of both are just amazing and irresistible!
The music and songs selected were absolutely right. I gave it a 10/10. Well done!

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I love it ᰔᰔᰔ

I loved the material arts in this drama.Lusi acting was amazing.I loved how strong she was in this drama.It has to be one of my favorite drama from luis.

The story was really amazing,I loved all the scenes.It had really great twist which i love in historical drama.If you love some twist in your drama I think you might like this.If you like badass Fl and Ml i think this drama is for you.

Reason why I like the drama

1- the characters they we’re everything to me.Lusi is one of my favorite actress and i really loved her in this drama.I loved her hidden identity,how she was a famous material art person at that time.I loved Yang character in this drama too it was actually pretty amazing.I loved his material arts.The fighting scenes with these two were really good.The way they were helping each other made me love it more.There was some side character who i hated and did not like in this drama.I don’t want to say who because that would spoil the drama.

2-the plot of this drama was so good.I did not expect the ending and one of the characters that i thought i might like in the beginning was the whole problem for this.It had some twist that i liked very much.I love twist in historical drama i think that’s what makes the drama more enjoyable.I don’t just think twist could make more a drama enjoyable it could really be about anything like the romance and many reason,but if there is a twist part of the drama that has to be one of my favorite things about historical dramas.

3-The costume of the drama were really good, even though the costumes were really not that much and they were basic but i thought that it is one of the reasons that describes the character of the drama.One of my favorites was when lusi wore that gray costume when she became a queen that has to be one of my favorite it look really good on her.For yang it was in the beginning of the drama it was a navy blue costume i really loved that costume on him.

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Try not to miss this series

Who Rules the World is in a different category of drama mixing elements of romance, martial arts world, politics, and court. Who Rules the World is about the exciting game of court, the thrilling martial arts world with dynamic fighting scenes, and the sweet emotional scenes, allow the audience to understand the plot quickly.

The double identity of the male and female lead becomes the highlight of the unique setting of the two protagonists who works together to solve unique problems of the martial art world involving different sect and royalties.

In terms of production, Who Rules the World has achieved a balanced play. The creators have integrated visual symbols, elegant and noble together beautifully and smoothly. The emotional scenes of Who Rules the World are well balanced with impactful acting, and the chemistry of all artists portraying the roles.

Lastly, there is no denying that any period or historical drama with Lusi and Yang Yang will do well because of their excellent chemistry on screen. Add a great story, innovative director, awesome production, and screenwriting, any series will be success bound.

Added note:
I have watched this series 7 times (I am not exaggerating) and still feel like I am watching it for the first time. I still feel excited watching Langxi prepare plans to confess his feelings. I still come across explanations I missed before. I also learned to slow down the speed at .75 so I have time to watch the artists expressions while reading the subtitle. I am so glad Netflix has this series and Tencent.

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