Be My Cat (2021)

Light Comedy for a Rainy Day

There is nothing in this drama that hasn’t been done before, but it has its charm with absurd humor, likeable characters, and almost no plot to speak of. This drama’s strength lies in good comedic timing and very expressive main leads, from whom you can’t look away.

Characters: From the minute the main leads are introduced, there’s never a dull moment with them. Su Xiaohe is cheerful and quick-witted. She doesn’t fall for the usual romance clichés and her having fun with situations that are usually full of drama is immensely satisfying. Mo Xiuran, unlike her, is not the brightest bulb, but he makes up for it with his unwavering self-confidence and a good heart buried beneath layers of narcissism. The other characters are also all very likeable. They’re not developed much, but they all left an impression on me and I’m going to miss them.

Comedy: Mo Xiuran is a cat prince who suddenly finds himself in the body of a young general. This leads to various ridiculous situations, which sometimes leaves you choking for breath from laughing too hard and at other times wanting to hide under the table from second-hand embarrassment.

Plot: Forget it exists. Just take things as they go and don’t think about anything. At first, the story seems reasonable and the drama avoids or parodies many clichés, but near the end, it drops the ball. The established rules of magic contradict themselves, the most awful romance clichés are brought into place, and some character choices are really questionable. The ending is really adorable and sweet, though, so the drama does leave a good memory in the end.

All in all, I enjoyed Be My Cat a lot. It was drama-free, humorous, and a pleasure to watch. I didn’t expect much due to all actors being newcomers, but it surprised me in a good way. I’m glad to have given it a chance.

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First of all, I think any cat lover will probably love this series. It’s short and sweet. The writers did an amazing job of depicting real cat behaviors in their curiosity with fluffy and furry things. It was quite comical to be honest.

Initially I was not interested in this series because the idea of a person becoming a cat, back and forth was not intriguing. After several attempts to restart it and I finally finished it and found that I am not completely dissatisfied with it.

The positives about the series is that it is very funny in terms of cat nature and human behavior. It is really energetic and the pace is upbeat. I also feel that the cast did an amazing job betraying their characters really well. Their acting was good. The fight scenes with the email we’re pretty cool.

The negatives are that the plat seems to not really go anywhere and when it did it was over really quick and a story somewhere to go on a different story. It was just OK. The female leads character was a bit annoying but I sure that’s how she is suppose to be. Last but not least it had one of the things that I really dislike in any show that I watch and that is the push and pull relationships. Do you know the one where one person is chasing another for over half of the series and the person behave indifferent. That one! And then the second half the other person is now the chaser while the other person pretends to be uninterested. It’s not awful but I honestly prefer smooth sailing ships. This one seem to never really take flight although there was some development.

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