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Can a woman who can’t remember her past and a man who is trying to hide his true identity break a swim team’s losing streak? Yu Die was a genius child prodigy who lost everything she loved. Yu Die’s mother drowned while trying to save Yu Die and, in one very bad day, Yu Die lost her mother, her memory and her ability to swim. Years later, she crosses paths with Gao Hai Fei, the CEO of a multibillion corporation. Intrigued by Yu Die’s lost memories, Hai Fei hides his true identity from her and gets mistaken for a professional part-time worker who is a jack-of-all-trades. Yu Die asks Hai Fei for his help with the “Sea Horse” Men’s Swim Team, which has never been able to win a meet and is the laughing stock of the sport of swimming. With Hai Fei searching for a “mermaid” crush from his past, will he agree to help Yu Die turn the losing swim team around? Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 18
  • Aired: Jul 8, 2016 - Nov 4, 2016
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: SET TV
  • Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 324 users)
  • Ranked: #6334
  • Popularity: #7398
  • Content Rating: G - All Ages

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Completed
NOYBA
9 people found this review helpful
Aug 8, 2017
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
I truly loved this drama. I think it is the perfect example of how to create a drama without resorting to misunderstandings, stupid choices, and second leads that truly F things up all the time.

The main characters were very mature in their romance and relationship. They respected eachother and had deep trust and faith in eachother. There were no tantrums or egotistical stubbornness. While both had a secondary "love interest" the main characters drew clear boundaries towards them. I loved that as I find it incredibly frustrating when the main characters are totally oblivious and lead their friend on or hurt their romantic partner by not prioritizing their feelings. Especially the male lead was very impressive and level headed. He wasn't a brute or overly jelaous though he did like teasing the female lead at times ^^ The female lead was a a bit more cliche nice girl but had a lot of charm and had her own charm.

The humour was ok - not over the top but not laugh out loud either. All in all it was a very sweet, tender and mature (not in the R rated sense ;) drama that I would definitely recommend. Especially if you just want something to watch that makes you feel good without much angst or stupidity. The only weakness was that it didn't really have any magnetic feature. I mean, the thing that makes your heart pound and makes you unable to stop watching. However I really don't mind as this was a truly refreshing drama :D

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Completed
Aaron
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 9, 2019
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers

Childhood kissing-gourami sweethearts lost and found

The theme song says it all "shuai dao fen shou" (handsome until we have to breakup) -- a thoroughly amusing and addictive simple plot of prince and (childhood-first-love) fishing-village mermaid, who mysteriously can't swim... the side characters lend depth to the storyline too.

the leads and swim teams had great acting and humorous lines, but for me it was the convincing scariness of the Fei family that stole the show.

Minor spoiler: the opposing team's "black" coach was also quite scary, but she turns out to be a fair, reliable ally in the end.
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Details

  • Drama: Swimming Battle
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Episodes: 18
  • Aired: Jul 8, 2016 - Nov 4, 2016
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: SET TV
  • Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
  • Content Rating: G - All Ages

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  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 324 users)
  • Ranked: #6334
  • Popularity: #7398
  • Watchers: 1,203

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