Shi Yi Chang An: Mingyue Jishi You

Young and fierce Princess Emela of Xiyue is traveling to the city of Chang'an to marry the reserved and solemn ninth prince of Tang, Li Qiang. While still on her journey, she already becomes the target of a rebel ambush.

However, the princess must not only face the rebels but also break the fortress around the prince's heart. Taking the name Li Mingyue after her wedding, she is determined to make her marriage work to keep her country safe from war. Unfortunately, amid a court rife with treachery and conspiracies threatening the peace, the newlyweds will need to cautiously navigate the complex waters of both state and private affairs.

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Li, Mingyue Main

Shiying, Lian Main

Li, Qiang Main

Crown Prince Main

Priestess Main

JianKang Supporting

Prince Dan Supporting

His Majesty Supporting

Huixin, Qiao Supporting

Zhen, Sikong Supporting

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Jan 25, 2021

Zestiria

Recommended

Story-7

A young princess sent to the other kingdom to marry one of the prince to make an alliance between both countries. While being on the ship, she brought her friend on the ship and command her to disguise as the princess. The ship was protected by tons of guards and soldiers, but they were attack by the other nation so that the marriage didn't happen and the alliance wouldn't be made. Their attack was successful and the princess was captured, but then she was saved by her fiance. Then she was brought to the kingdom and successfully have the marriage, but the enemies aren't happy ... with this and they will always try to kill the princess since she's so weak.

Art-8

Beautiful art and great scenery, the chinese artstyle fits the slice of life and romance in this anime. the action in this anime is really good despite it being a slice of life but the animation is really cool. You would understand they put a lot of efforts into this anime.

Sound-9

The best thing about this anime is the music in it, the opening sequence was a really well made music that is so relaxing, it could be used as a background music for studying. The ending is also great, but i prefer the opening more, the voice acting put in this anime is ok, it just gives a different feel than normal anime. As someone who is used to hearing japanese in anime, chinese aren't that bad too.

Character-8

Really well developed characters, the design is good and it shows a different and more chinese hairstyle. it has a lot of traditional uniform and accessories, there's a lot of character in this anime but it really focuses to the princess and the prince. They developed relationship throughout the story which when they didn't really liked each other at first.

Enjoyment-9/Overall-9

I really enjoy this from the characters, the arts and the songs in the anime. There's a little bit of comedy element in this anime that makes it more enjoyable and not to mention that the action is really well made. At first it didn't really appeal too much on the first few episode but it starts off being good when they had the marriage. The opening in this is really relaxing and beautiful, the same goes with the ending. Overall this Donghua is a really good romance/slice of life comedy show and i would recommend this to someone who enjoys light anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 11, 2021

hkoh

Mixed Feelings

The art is very pretty, with beautiful backgrounds as well as nice character design. The story was fairly interesting, although quite political, but it doesn't have a proper ending. It just suddenly stops at a random, somewhat downbeat point, so episode 12 doesn't seem like the final episode at all. It's kind of a mix of action, slice of life, and romance, although the romance is almost non-existent (male lead is very cold). Each episode is very short; just over 10 minutes' content between the opening and ending, so it does not take long to get through. I basically kept watching for the art!
(It's based ... on the manhua "Prince! Don't Do This!")

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 13, 2024

Khashishi

Not Recommended

This is very meh. It's not a bad show but most the similar genre shows (like Liang Bu Yi or Tong Ling Fei) do it better. The first season by itself cannot be considered as a complete show, so this review is more applicable to the first two seasons together. It makes no sense to watch the first season by itself as there is no conclusion to any arc and they haven't really developed any romance yet. Actually, they picked a rather atrocious place to end the season which will force you to watch season 2 just out of how unsatisfying it was.

The art and ... animation are pretty good, though nothing special. The backgrounds are detailed, and the foreground combines well with the background. The characters are pretty and wear nice vestments. The music is satisfactory, with some nice dizi or guzheng tracks. Some of voice acting of the minor characters felt a bit forced or fake, but the main characters are ok. It avoids showing the characters' lips most of the time when people are talking; usually the camera is facing the backs.

Unfortunately, I really didn't feel much while watching this. There are too many characters and the plot is too complicated for this short a runtime as a standalone work. Maybe if you already knew the plot it would be easier to follow along. Though, I suppose it is normal for the imperial Chinese drama to have a large amount of politicking and multiple factions. Since it's constantly cutting between different actors doing stuff, there's not much time for the main characters. There are constant assassination attempts, though the characters don't really take them seriously enough and continue with festivals and hunting and more festivals, which seems kind of strange.

The main problems I have are: 1) the protagonist, the FMC, doesn't really do anything to contribute to the plot. Everything happens around her, and to her, but nothing she does herself has any importance. She just aimlessly bumbles around while assassins are constantly trying to get her. MMC doesn't help by not involving FMC with anything, but he doesn't do much himself. 2) it tells us, not shows us, the love between the FMC and MMC. 3) some of the scene ordering and timings seem confusing and not well directed. 4) plot point of FMC secretly overhearing something MMC says to someone else and derailing the romance is cringey as fuck. 5) what the fuck was that ending.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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	Poll: Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You Episode 1 Discussion Lumyh - Nov 5, 2020	3 replies	by Hadeeeeeeeeesxyz »» Apr 7, 2022 3:54 AM
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	Poll: Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You Episode 12 Discussion Lumyh - Jan 29, 2021	2 replies	by Ko-me »» Feb 16, 2021 12:01 PM
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	Poll: Shi Yi Chang An: Ming Yue Ji Shi You Episode 10 Discussion valkiriana - Dec 26, 2020	2 replies	by Ko-me »» Jan 12, 2021 7:58 AM