I can’t say I’m not disappointed by the lack of kisses because I am. I even went to ask Aunt Google if anyone was underage at the time of filming. I’m not crazy, I just need my kisses.

That said, I have thoroughly enjoyed Arsenal Military Academy. Gu Yanzhen is my second favorite male lead in all of dramaland. His mix of arrogant, dangerous, cute, funny, and crazy made him human enough for me to fall for him(hard). More often than not I found myself rolling my eyes at his antics and laughing my head off at the same time. He may have been mostly childish but he stepped up when it was needed of him and that made him cool in my eyes. Although I usually reign it in, I can be extra at times. I felt like I found a kindred spirit in Gu Yanzhen.

Thank you show for the laughs and the joy in the middle of all the crazy. Now I have to go and find all of Xu Kai’s work because, duh!
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    He was crazy, wacky, petty yet he was a warm person. He was kind and helpful to his squad. He was thoughtful. And most importantly he respected the woman he loved and respected her choices.
    Yes, the show went through it’s fair share of censorship and we all understand your feels. We were so mad that the dance sequence got edited out too. I think @13infamyss posted some video of the dance or other sequences.

    So, who is your number one male lead?? 🤨

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      Hihi, Lee Joon ho from Prison Playbook is reigning at the number one spot.

      Stupid censorship messed things up 😡

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      hueheheheh! I posted the same time as you blue. I agree with all you said about Gu-bb.

      respected her choices.

      It made me remember their first mission outside the academy. He had doubted Xiang Xiang’s ability to detonate bombs as she too was unsure of decision, but by the end of the series, she was the one instructing everyone on where to go and what they had do to rescue Sergeant Lv and bring down Xian Rong. And how she and Gu Yanzhen attacked the Japanese base side by side and full of confidence! I loved this equality they had going on over the course of the show.

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        He was never riding in to save her at every turn and I loved that. I also LOVED that when she was kidnapped she took out all her captors by herself. She was his equal and not the “little lady” which was really nice.

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          Oh yes! that was such a great character development for Xiang Xiang! She worked so hard at the academy to get to that level. And her showdown with Xian Rong? Or when she was on a mission to save Xiao Jun? Amazing! I felt so proud in all of her fight scenes. That’s what I liked about Xiang Xiang. She is no damsel in distress. She can save herself just fine!

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        Since we’re on the topic of guys who respect girls’ choices, I need to put in a good word for my other love in Arsenal: Shen Tingbai. At first I thought he’d be the overbearing tycoon, but he also respected our girl Manting. Love him <3

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          I love how he just let her be her crazy self. He loved her from a distance until she was ready to come to him. I do wonder though if he was stalking her or just loving her from a distance. When does it become stalking?

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            So, at first I thought he was stalking her, but surprisingly (for a drama character) he turned out to be a rich guy who actually works hard. So he didn’t have time to personally look out for her and often sent his cute assistant instead. I guess for me it was more important that he wasn’t clingy, just there whenever she needed him.

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            She always knew that he kept an eye out for her. She was completely aware. And they both had a friendship. So I didn’t think of it as stalking, rather overbearing.

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    I hope you didn’t miss the beautiful dance scene in ep 16 that they horribly cut!!! http://www.dramabeans.com/members/13infamyss/activity/923673/

    Quite a lot of romantic scenes did not pass the censorship, Rue. We know at least 3 kiss scenes that did not make it. 🙁 And that’s why there were weird editing and transitions happening here and there.

    I`m glad you have enjoyed AMA!!! Gu Yanzhen set a new ideal male lead for me! I want them now to be funny, crazy, witty yet at the same time have respect for the woman they love.

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      I want them now to be funny, crazy, witty yet at the same time have respect for the woman they love.

      Same. They need to be like him. My choices are smarmy or the ones that think I’m “good people” 🙄.

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        After this drama, we all now look for crazy wacky male leads. Lol.
        If you are up for it I suggest Taiwanese show Love Storm (Netflix US) and would like to introduce you to Greg Hsu aka GregO. Another male lead who completely stole our hearts. He is not the main lead but totally worth checking out. The drama is short with 7 episodes.

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      Now I have to go and find all of Xu Kai’s work because, duh!

      Xu Kai and Bai Lu are headlining a drama for the 3rd time! They haven’t filmed yet, but I’m very excited for this to come out!

      As for the lack AMA kiss scenes – I just find consolation from watching their The Legends’ kiss scenes. TT_____TT

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPZqcjNsQ34

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        Lol I’ll have to start with The Legends then.

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          The Legends, unfortunately, wasn’t that great of drama. I only watched it for Xu Kai and Bai Lu. But I know beanies enjoyed Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain and I heard he was amazing in Story of Yanxi Palace. I haven’t seen Yanxi but I know that cemented his name in China; it was so popular.

          Xu Kai’s first ever modern drama, Falling Into Your Smile, just finished filming this year. So I`m hoping that gets released at least by next year!

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            Netflix only has Lingjian Mountain so I guess I’ll start with that one and go elsewhere for the others. I just want more of him. He is such a good actor.

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      Why would they cut the dance scene??😭😭 It’s just dancing. Beautiful dancing 🥺

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        Tell me about it. I`ll forever be haunted of the scenes they censored! 😭😭😭😭 And how some of them I have no clue about!

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          Gu Beanies when they get to the weirdly edited scenes that you just know have been censored.

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        I don’t know. 😭I was so mad they cut that beautiful dance and we got the full 3 minutes of Shen Junshan’s dance.

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    🤔 look at calendar 🙈 scratch head… But… Didn’t you start AMA like… 3-4 days ago?!

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      Lol, it’s pretty much all I watched since I started and I skipped the scenes with just the baddies.

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