Begin Again (2020)

Cliche but Cliche at best!

This drama is so good...!!!
Story is a bit cliche but they make the best of it!

At first, I fall in love with the FL, I think she's one of the coolest FL I ever watched! She's so sly but actually fit her role as ceo..?! I love her styling that changed from cool to warmer style during her (also) changing character! But then the more episode comes, I just found that the ML is one of the most green flag ML ever, & he deserves the love! I wasnt really into his character at the beginning, but who knows that he's just a sincere guy we all need...! He's the type of man who is just a good man trying to live his life as a noble person! No more red flag boy I'm bored, It's green flag man era! ❤️❤️❤️

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Character development is good
Romance is very very good!!! Quite satisfied with the amount of romance in it!
Story filler is not too much story quite on point, I just make 2x speed for few scenes only, not much skipped scenes
ML's feeling to FL looks so sincere, I can feel my heart beats faster everytime they had romance scenes 😳

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Some stupid scenes they can do better
Some bad editing, I find the revealing of some background stories feels a bit rough, they can make it more captivating but yeah, its still bearable

Conclusion;
Dont read too much negative reviews about this drama... Believe me this story is much better than some series with the same rating! You will love it!

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It has all the drama tropes we need

It's the perfect drama. It's so good that I was able to finish all 34 episodes in 2 days. It has all the drama tropes which will make us all "kilig". Also, everyone fits their character especially male and female lead. Zhou Yu Tong's acting and visual really fit her character. When she's a domineering boss, her make up and outfit are so on point. When her character is calm and innocent, they just remove the heavy make up and that magic does everything. She has an amazing portrayal of her character. And Simon Gong, I don' know where to start. How can he be so perfect for the character? His eyes are really talking all throughout the drama. His visuals are indeed no joke.

I'm also happy that they did not force this to be a medical drama thus avoiding medical inaccuracies.

Also, if you are a fan of rekindled love, this is perfect for you.

I BADLY NEED A SEASON 2!

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Drama Tropes Played Well...so far...

What I really liked about this drama is how they were able to play the gender bender trope perfectly. A strong indepedendent female ceo and a gentle nice doctor trapped in a marriage because of a debt. The chemistey between the main FL and ML is off the charts. I like how she plays the aggeessive ceo but in her married life she's actually naive. The main ML is just too nice of a guy but he's really charming and endearing in a way.

The SML is in an awkward position honestly but compared to the thai version where the uncle is really a biological uncle this would be acceptable. I just hope in this version he won't act on his feelings and move on from the hopeless infatutlation. The SFL is adorable in her imaginary world I wish thugh she won't be too hurt when she realizes that the SML might be using her as a cover or that her love is actually one sided.

Another thing to mention is the ex fiancee is also a badass CEO whose actually embodying the saying "hell has no fury like a woman scorned" and what I like about her is herbanger is directed to her ex and not the FL which is also another difference from the thai version.

All in all this is not even halfway through so I hope in the latter part the story won't spiral down.

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Dropping the series

I came for Simon Gong but leaving because of Lu Fang Ning. I really want to enjoy this series, my sister enjoyed it so much because the FL was a strong independent woman. She gets want she wants. I was really expecting more but halfway through I find her action wasn’t one of an independent woman but rather it a childish, spoiled girl.

I'm at a point where I'm debating if I want to keep the series on hold or if it should be dropped. I love Simon Gong, have since Word of Honor, but even his charming smile and good looks won't save me from watching this. I'm planning to drop this.

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another endless chinese drama

I came to watch this just for the ML, who was sooo breath-taking in "Advance Bravely"... He is still OK in this, and i also discovered the excellent FL, but the whole picture sucks! It's sooo long and boring and it takes ages for something to happen. Also a lot of secondary unnecessary actions and characters keep popping up, so i decided to give up after trying my best (with skip button put to hard work).
The director totally ignored the ML's acting skills and sense of humour... He is just walking around looking (average) good.
My time is worth more than watching this slowest-paced drama.

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Not the typical flow of chinese drama

What I love about this drama is that the flow, characters are a little opposite from what chinese drama usually shows. The obvious part is woman empowerment & equity, that they didn't made the female lead to be an annoying, clingy, and seems-independent-but-not type instead they made her to be this strong willed, independent, but still her seeking for love showed her 'women' side of the story although she already met her male lead. How she actually pursued him, and she didn't flinch whenever she did it lmao that's a real character right there 😂 anyway, simon gong's character also can't be sided, I mean he definitely knew who she is but not like typical c-drama they didn't make it obvious since the beginning and he has a very soft side of him but also strong minded too, its great! Their chemistry are amazing on and off screen btw. But I have the feelings that this drama gonna be a little slow paced since its 35eps. Well, you can't expect too much since it is gonna be subbed SUPER late lol

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Dropped after 3 episodes. I could not stand the manipulative FL who chases around a guy, like the entitled spoiled brat that she is. I get it that it that she's assertive because that's how successful CEOs should be, but this is not an excuse for someone to continually harass another, especially if that said object of affection has explicitly said he’s not interested. And when she doesn’t get her way, turns around and does exactly what she was asked not to do, and exposes the debt owed to her to the ML’s family, dangling it overhead like a carrot. If that’s not a veiled threat, then I don’t what that is.

Then am I supposed to suddenly believe that, because he finds out that he has known her as a child, that the ML changes his mind suddenly and agrees to said marriage proposal, after lecturing the FL about said morals and principles about not exchanging love for money? I think there’s a word for that…hy…hypo…crite…
Or as his mother said, prostitution.

I also have had enough of those remarks in the first few episodes about how girls needing to get married and have a child to be really considered as a full-fledged woman. Not even Gong Jun's pretty handsome face will convince me to sit through a drama that spouts such outdated sexist ideologies. Plus, I heard later things that happened in the show that did not make a good case for me to continue this without me bursting a blood vessel.

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Perfeito.

Esse é um dos dramas que eu mais esperei, o plot de contrato de casamento com papéis meio invertidos (a protagonista que é a CEO dominadora meio doidinha e o protaginsta sendo o mais calmo e gentil) também me atraiu e o drama não deixou a desejar.

Acho que uma das unicas coisas que não curti foi o secundário com essa paixonite, que nem pensava em como a FangNing se sentiria com isso e acabava magoando também a Cai SIYu, mas logo foi resolvido.

A passagem de tempo que geralmente é algo que acabo não curtindo muito, também foi boa, deu tempo pra eles todos mudarem, e até amadurecerem mais e a criança é a coisa mais fofa que eu já vi.

Os casais secundários foram bem feitos e até mesmo um que só se conceta mais no fim faz com que você se apegue a eles e torça pra ficarem juntos logo. Não há nem o que falar do casal protagonista, foram perfeitos. A química da Zhou Youtong e do Dong Jun foi incrível e você realmente se pega pensando se não eram um casal de verdade de tão bem que atuaram.

No geral esse drama é muito bom, engraçado e com a tristeza na medida certa, tem um romance legal e bem desenvolvido. Não decepcionou em nada daquilo que se propôs a fazer. è sem dúvida um dos melhores cdramas do ano e talvez de todos que eu já vi.

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Buen drama

Sin dudas es un buen drama, los actores son muy buenos, especialmente la actriz protagonista la verdad se lucio mucho con su papel.
El drama tiene unos puntos muy fuertes, es que hay pocos conflictos/malentendidos, etc. (los justos diría para un drama), ni un clásico "archi enemigo" jaja, el cual no falta en casi ningún drama tocando los huevos toda la historia, igual que con los triángulos, no esta el clásico enamorado de uno de los protagonistas el cual esta el drama entero tocando los huevos y haciéndose la victima y maldades continuamente., Ni siquiera están los clásicos padres que se oponen a la relaciona como psicópatas.

Luego la calidad de los capítulos para mi gusto tiene una recaída en los capítulos intermedios del 17 al 27 (aprox), luego remonta bastante bien.

En resumen , es un buen drama, lo recomiendo.

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Sono completamente scioccata. Non so dirvi l'ep preciso ma so che da quella precisa scelta della protagonista la storia e tutto il drama, TUTTO, va in completa malora. Non sembra nemmeno di star vedendo lo stesso programma. Più andavo avanti e più ero sconvolta dalle scelte e dalla piega che stava prendendo la storia. Ragassuoli, io questo drama lo stavo AMANDO!! Ero completamente immersa nella mia totale comfort zone, per di più in questo FL impersonava la badass mentre a ML viene lasciato il ruolo del cucciolo. Una coppia che tra alti e bassi stava funzionando bene, anche i personaggi secondari mi stavano piacendo molto ed è una novità perchè io solitamente almeno uno lo odio. Poi... poi...
Lo schifo.
Non perdete il vostro tempo.

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Protagonista forte que te faz torcer pelo casal

No geral foi um drama que eu gostei muito, os dois protagonistas são amáveis, fácil de gostar e torcer por eles.
Gostei muito da protagonista: ela tem personalidade forte, inteligente e sabe o que quer, mas acho que ela foi perdendo um pouco essa personalidade ao longo do drama, se tornando muito bobinha e insegura. Foi como se os dois protagonistas fossem trocando de identidade ao longo do tempo.
Um fato que me decepcionou muito foi ela perder tudo, pois dificilmente quando o homem é o protagonista rico isso acontece, já que logo ele consegue se reerguer. Mas apesar disso acredito que foi pra evolução dela já que ela estava vivendo o sonho de outra pessoa. Chegou a hora dela deixar o passado pra trás e pensar mais nela.
Pra mim, a segunda faze do drama, depois da passagem de tempo, foi incrível. Não teve enrolação já que eles já tinham perdido muito tempo pra ficarem brigando até se resolverem. O que passou, passou, agora eles tinham um filho pra criar e ele já tinha perdido 5 anos anos da vida do garoto.
Gostei muito do drama do início ao fim, com suas ressalvas, mas é um drama incrível que indico pra quem quiser assistir algo mais tranquilo e leve.

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