She's a modern actress stuck in a princess body, her fiancé keeps dying, and Groundhog Day got a C-drama glow-up.
Season 1 • Episode 25
LatestActress Li Weiwei time travels to ancient times and takes the place of the silly princess Li Caiwei, who is engaged to Shen Huajin. But on the day before they are scheduled to marry, he's murdered. Suddenly she finds that they are all stuck in a time loop, and so Huajin and Weiwei try to save him and break the time loop by solving who is targeting him and why.
Writing
Tight time-loop logic that actually rewards attention.
Acting
Jin Zixuan nails two women sharing one face with distinct energies.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Transmigration (chuanyue) dramas exploded in China post-2010, but marrying the trope to a time-loop structure is a fresher hybrid that plays with audience expectations of both formats.
The title's 'Self-Help' is a sly pun—Weiwei literally helps herself to a new life while solving a mystery that requires her to help, well, herself.
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