Hi Flower (2017)

Living with Debt or Guilt

Being warned by earlier reviews not to waste my time on Hi Flower/Ugly Girl Hai Ru Hua I still couldn't resist watching this series. I like the actors, both played in Ten Miles Of Peach Blossom, I love romcoms about student life, and I don't mind if the story gets darker as long as I can relate to the characters. Just like watching Moon Lovers Scarlet Heart Ryeo. This k-drama started very light, but before I knew it, I could only watch it with a tissue box at hand. Still I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Synopsis
Hi Flower is a romcom/drama about growing pains at campus and living with debt, or guilt. Female lead Lu Ruhua (Zhu Xudan) suffers from heavy debts of her family and high medical bills due to the heart disease of her twin brother. Eager to earn every penny she can get she's a jack-of-all-trades, selling all kind of services at her university "except for my body". One day she encounters the male lead, wealthy heir Wen Chu (Lai Yi) who immediately clashes with her because of her materialistic attitude. Eventually his hate turns into love. Still their budding relationship is full of misunderstandings and unlucky events. Will they find happiness together, or do they have to live separately, feeling guilty for the rest of their life?

The good
I know there are a lot of complaints about the characters. The female lead is too much of a saint...the male lead is immature, self centered...the girls are either highly naive or mean...the boys are lazy, a bunch of users. Yes, agreed to all that, but isn't this picture quite realistic too? Naturally we like to see kick-ass heroines, relatable boyfriends, understanding parents and such, but my experience is this takes a long haul in real life, with obstacles and unruliness along the way, and the end not yet in sight. I found myself drawn into the story, it had a nice flow as well. Also I loved the chemistry between the actors.

The Bad
This drama contains a lot of clichés like in Boys over Flowers. There's this poor, hard working girl, troubled by the debt of her family, she's loved and admired by several men, and she likes this rich, arrogant boy, against all odds, despite of his antagonistic family. Moreover the light and funny events in the first season change into angsty, tear jerking moments in the second.

Still...if you like a student life romcom blended with melodrama this is for you. The ending isn't all that bad.

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For the first few episodes it took a while for me know what was going on. I think I had to rewatch the first episode again to understand.

The actors were ok. Most of them were very predictable. However, they would grow on you with the pass of each episodes.

But here is the thing. This drama have the tag of Comedy and Romance, but it also deserves the tag of Tragedy. I'm telling you, if you cannot stand tragedy, stop watching the drama at episode 32. The last two episodes are very depressing and although it was a "happy ending" at the same time, it wasn't. All my happy and positive feelings I had for this drama crumbled right at the beginning of episode 33. I was SO DONE! I just couldn't.

Anyway, I'll apologize if anything I wrote is incorrect. English is not my first language.

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Youthful; College life

This drama has two seasons, I watched it as one whole drama. But, I will just talk about this one season.

Storyline/Plot: I really love the overall feel of the drama very youthful and fun. I like the college theme and that everyone has a different department that their in i.e Wen Chu (ML), he is good at oil painting. While Ru Hau (FL), she is good at water ink painting. And, it is heavily surrounded on art. Furthermore, their is a lot of funny scenes between the main leads. I even like the friendships and how everyone gets along with each other. Their is not much cliques. At first, I was a bit nervous about Zi Su's character because she was suppose to be the second female lead that we are normally supposed to hate. But, she was different to the part were she actually learned from her mistakes and fell in love with someone else. Then, Fang Luo, I thiught he was going to be our second male lead since him and Ru Hau had a very close relationship and were friends. But, overall the plot was nice and refreshing.

Acting/Cast: I like both the main leads, I watched this drama because of Leon Li Yi. I have to say as a fan of the male lead, his character was very funny and different than what I seen him in (jiu liu overlord).

Music: The opening was okay and the song that played throughout the romantic scenes.

In conclusion, the drama was really nice. I would watch it again in my spear time since their is not a lot of dramas like this.

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THIS WAS MY FIRST DRAMA

i have watched this in 2019 i was 12
the drama was a typical chinese drama poor innocent hard working fl and rish ml who likes to annoy fl
the romance the chemistry was amazing
the writers messed up soo much while writing fl she was very annoying
The side couples were cute.
it shows about college life of a girl who is in debt and has to support her brother who is very ill
the 2nd male lead was also annoying
the only thing is that i wasnt satisfied with ending

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So first things first - there aren't really two seasons, there is no place that would make sense to stop watching and call it an end to the first season because the whole thing is just one story. The only real difference between the first and second halves is the sharp turn the drama takes to angsty. So this is a review for both parts together, because it really has to be.

This drama starts off very cute and funny, with a bunch of great characters with distinct and well written personalities. I really enjoyed how character driven the drama was and how episodes were fun and seemed to fly by. If the drama had stayed that way I would have given it a great rating.

Unfortunately, the story takes a severe turn to incredibly cliche and VERY angsty. Nearly everything that made me enjoy this drama seemed to be replaced by scenes that were draggy, depressing, and cliche. Ultimately, I actually wish there had been a place that would have made sense as a "season end" to stop watching at.

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