Si Jin: Spoiler-Free Mini Review
Updated: Sep 16
Title: | Si Jin (2025) |
Platform: | Viki, Youtube, WeTV, iflix, IQIYI |
MDL & Douban Rating: | 8.3 & 5.7 |
Genre: | Period Idol Romance and Rebirth |
Episode Count: | 40 |
Parental Guidance Rating: | PG-13: Nothing explicit is ever shown but there is a a storyline about a serial killer/rapist and a very murderous princess. Some violence and murder. It sounds more intense than it is. |
Starring: | Jing Tian (Wonderland of Love) Zhang Wan Yi (Are You the One) Cui Hang (The Last Immortal) Zhang Chi (Are You the One) Bai Bing Ke (Everlasting Longing) Xu Hao (The Rise of Pheonixes) |
RBTS Rating:  | 8.5/10 Stars: A green flag, committed ML and a clever FL fall in love in a story of rebirth, revenge, and solving cases to save the kingdom.  |
Cast From Left to Right: #JingTian, #ZhangWanYi, #CuiHang, #ZhangChi, #BaiBingKe
Synopsis:
Jiang Si, reborn after being killed by her lover Yu Jin, is determined to change her fate. She breaks off her engagement, outsmarts her cruel aunt, opens a perfumery, and investigates mysterious crimes. Reuniting with Yu Jin, they work together to save her siblings, clear her father's name, and protect the peace of the Zhou dynasty, rekindling their feelings for each other along the way. @MDL
Spoiler-Free Mini Review:
What a surprise! I was prepared for the typical rebirth/revenge storyline with all the frustration and scheming concubines the genre can offer (of which there was a fair amount), but this had so much satisfying payoff and people making good decisions. The characters were so likable and we finally have a ML who is a bright green flag waving in the wind. He loved the FL and acted like he did, he communicated, he didn't assume the worst. God bless. Enough with these trashcan MLs. Although I could have done without his raggedy ponytail and chunky belts.
I'm usually not the biggest fan of this actor and his mumbling ways, but his character was just so likeable, he gets a pass. I'm not sure why this is rated only an 8.3 on MDL. It might be because so many rebirth stories have come out in the last couple years, or because it's quite different from the novel much to the disappointment of many book fans. But the novel also has literally 842 chapters...
Si Jin is drama where you just have to trust the process because the payoff it there.
Story=4.75 ( The motives were dubious at best but I loved how everything weaved together)
Acting=3.75 (The Princess Royal and her evil twirls were serving Disney villain. She was doing the most when she maybe should have just done what the script required lol.)
Production Quality=2.5 (The terrible costumes were distracting. From the bulky belts, ninja turtle armor, and FL's blatantly ill-fitting attire)
Ending=5 (Perfection--No notes)
Enjoyability= 5 (What a ride. I was hooked).
Trailer:
Director: #LiCai (Blade of Vengeance, Ancient Love Poetry, Legend of Fuyao)
Screenwriter: #LiWen
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