Oh! My Emperor (Chinese: 哦！我的皇帝陛下) is 2018 Chinese fantasy series. It is directed by Gao Bo and the main starting roles are Zhao Lu Si, Jason Koo, Xiao Zhan and Wei Jia Cheng.
Luo Fei Fei, a girl from the 21st century, was transported to a mysterious world of the past, Huang Dao Guo. In the nation of Huang Dao, its leadership is rotated among the 12 constellation owners every thousand years. There, Fei Fei meets the current emperor of the nation, Bei Tang Yi, who is also the owner of the Capricorn constellation.
The second season begans where season 1 left off. The Huang Dao Kingdom and Ophiuchus constellation have always been at odds due to a rebellion incident thousand years ago. When Lu Fei Fei's real identity as the Lord of Ophiuchus constellation was revealed, her life was put in danger as numerous forces tried to take her life. To protect her, the Bei Tang Family started to investigate the incident which led to an unravel of a big conspiracy.
The 42 episodes are split into two seasons of the series. The first season aired in April 25th, 2018 and is also available with English subtitles on Youtube
note and WeTV
The second season aired in May 23rd, 2018, and is also available with English subtitles on Youtube note and WeTV.
This show provides examples of:
- All Love Is Unrequited:
- Bei Tang Moran has romantic feelings for Fei Fei, but she doesn't feel the same way and she loves his nephew, Bei Tang Yi.
- Yu Ran fell in love with Moran since childhood, but he only sees her as a young sibling and he loves Fe Fei.
- The lead maid, Bilian is madly in love with Bei Tang Yi, but he doesn't feel the same way and he loves Fei Fei.
- Arranged Marriage:
- Bei Tang Yi and Xie Yu Ran were arranged to be marry by their parents. However, neither of them don't have romantic feelings for each other.
- Bai Wu Chen and Xie Chunan are arranged to be marry by their fathers. At first, Xie Chunan never like him just because their fathers were friends, but for Bai Wu Chen, his love for her are real. However,thanks to Fei Fei's advice to Xie Chunan, she gave Bai Wu Chen a chance by getting along and slowly starting to fall in love with him. This ends up as Perfectly Arranged Marriage for both of them.
- Bittersweet Ending: Despite of Fei Fei returning to her own time, but remaining survivors of Ophiuchus sacrifice their lifeforce in order to revive the people of Huang Dao Guo and the constellation owners who were poison and killed. However, Fei Fei is able to reunite with Bei Tang Yi in the modern world.
- Back for the Finale: The 11 constellation owners(except Fang Jian and Fei Fei) who were killed tragic and poison by the people of Lie Hu in Season 2 Episode 19-20 return in the final episode after they were revive by the remaining Ophiuchus people. They were last seen greeting their final farewell to Fei Fei as she returns to her own time period.
- Book Ends: In the first episode, Fei Fei embrace Bei Tang Yi with her legs cross (who mistaken him for Jiacheng) and he tries to get her off and in the series finale, she does the same hugging position just like how they met, but this time, Bei Tang Yi hugs her back when they reunited in the modern world.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: The Lie Hu tribes kidnaps innocent people and force feed with them a dangerous drug called the Black Pearl that turns them manic to kill people uncontrollable and they can only be control by an a ocarina.
- Did They or Didn't They?: After the series finale, it is uncertain whether Mo Ran accept Xie Yu Ran's romantic feelings for him or not after Yu Ran confess her love for him.
- Foreshadowing: Beitang Moran's superpower, Prediction gives him a glimpse of the future that will come true seen in season 1 and 2. He saw a vision of Feifei and how she will be bound up with destiny of Huangduo Empire.
- The first vision is Moran leaning to kiss Fei Fei which was confirmed in season 1 episode 15 when he thought Fei Fei was one who watching him bathing because she might have a crush on him.
- The second vision where Moran is seen carrying an weaken Fei Fei which was confirmed in season 2 episode 1 where he is actually saving her from being executed for being the true owner of Ophiuchus.
- The third vision where Fei Fei dressed in traditional wedding dress surround by dead Zodiac citizens at night. It was confirmed in season 2 episode 20 it was the result of being poison from drinking toxic wine from Lie Hu Kingdom.
- The final vision of Feifei smiling sadly while crying was actually result using her last lifeforce to revive Bei Tang Yi, Bei Tang Moran and Bei Tang Tang who were fatal wounded and killed in season 2 episode 20.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The remaining Ophiuchus people are willing to revive the people of the Zodic Land who were poison and killed by the people of Lie Hu with a cost of their life force and turn into stars.
- Identical Stranger: Bei Tang Yi bares a strong resemble to Fei Fei's favorite idol, Jiacheng. When Fei Fei arrived in Huang Dao Guo, she thought Bei Tang Yi is Jiacheng without realizing he's not Jiacheng. The only main differences that Jiacheng has a scar on his left hand a while Bei Tang Yi doesn't have one. It was uncertain whether or not if Bei Tang Yi is Jiacheng's ancestors or past life until the series finale reveals that they are completely two different people.
- Love Triangle:
- Bei Tang Yi, Bei Tang Moran and Luo Fei Fei.
- Luo Fei Fei, Xie Yu Ran, and Bei Tang Moran.
- Single-Power Superheroes: Each 13 constellation owners has one powers each except Fei Fei, who has two powers.
- Bei Tang Yi - Petrificus Totalus
- Bei Tang Moran - Prediction
- Bei Tang Tang- Replication
- Bai Wu Chen - More Think With Mind
- Su Xunshan - Animal Languages
- Shang Yu - Speed
- Chu Sheng Nan - Sonic Kungfu
- Xie Yu Ran - Invisibility
- Zhang Tian Zheng - Constraint
- Mei Da Ren - Good with Numbers
- Fang Jian - Deflector Shields
- Xi Feng Lie - Fire Control
- Surprisingly Happy Ending: After Fei Fei return to her own world, she thought she saw Bei Tang Yi and decides to head to Mt. Jianlong to look for him only to find Jiacheng. As she began to lose all hope of reuniting him thinking what she experience in Huang Dao Guo was a dream, she heard a familiar voice reminding her that if she says other men's name, he will punish her. Fei Fei turns around and see Bei Tang Yi in modern clothes, right in front of her. The two happily reunited and they heartwarming embraced each other.
- The Un-Reveal:
- It is never reveal how Bei Tang Yi arrive Fei Fei's world and if the people Fei Fei briefly encounter from the first episode before arriving Huang Dao Guo was really Moran, Chunan and Tang, their descendants or just people who looks exactly like them.
- It is never mention if the State Preceptor was originally a human turn entity who refuses to move on and why he hates Huang Dao Guo kingdom in the first place.
- Time Travel: Luo Fei Dei transports in Huang Dao Guo, the year 33rd in Xingyao calendar.
- Tournament Arc: The main setting of the first season where four constellation signs: earth, water, wind and fire to compete to be the next emperor of Huang Dao Guo in the master tournament.
- Wedding Smashers: The Lie Hu army starts their invasion on the Huang Dao Guo during Bei Tang Yi and Luo Fei Fei and Bei Tang Tang and Xia Bing's wedding in Season 2 episode 19.
- Wham Shot:
- The first season finale shows of a weaken Fei Fei, bound in chains in prison.
- The second season finale shows Bei Tang Yi in modern clothes appears right in front of Fei Fei at above the Mt. Jianlong.
- Wuxia: The main setting of the series.
