LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
HL has become my favourite top 1 drama where I smiled like a fool, laughed till my stomach hurts, and even cried. There weren’t a dull moment and I wouldn’t change anything as the storyline, cast members and OST are perfect the way I like them to be. The dynamics between all of the casts was also something worth mentioning. The chemistry between ZLS and CZY was amazing! Both of them were able to portray their roles very well.TBH It’s been a while where I find myself obsessed over a drama (in a good way)! I would repeat the trailers, finding more BTS videos, and rewatching some of the scenes while waiting for a new episode to be released. I usually don’t rewatch most of the dramas but this I’ll definitely rewatch it soon!
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I don't even like cdramas SO WHY WAS THIS SO DAMN GOOD
listen I would be the most happiest woman on earth if someone like duan jiaxu was mine. THE DUDE IS SO FRICKIN FICTIONAL CAUSE NO MAN LIKE HIM EXISTS. I absolutely love how when he realized he liked her he didn't go into no stupid stage of denial like "oh she is my best friends sister I shouldn't have any feelings for her" blah blah! THE MAN FELL AND THEN KEPT FALLING HARDER. i bloody love green flag men.And regarding the female lead? I found her absolutely adorable when she was drunk and crying over her crush. like pls stop making me wanna squeeze your face through the phone.
what do I do now this show is over?
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Best Coming age Drama .... !!
Why 25 eps ended so fast lolIf you need Drama that explode your Brain with a lot plot twist this is not for you. This is just simple love story with a lot fluff but executed very well.
Worth to watch every episode. Even though I finished watching it, I rewatched it again and again for consecutive days now. And the OST just too Good i still hearing OST on Spotify until now.
Also, you can see the transition of Sang Zhi from being a simple school girl to college girl with lots of maturity in mind. Like, the confrontation of her and to the lady who constantly harassed Jiaxu for the death of her father. Sang Zhi handled that confrontation so well that she managed to stay calm the whole confrontation part even if the lady bombarding her with a number of negative comments about Jiaxu.
Love all Relationship on this drama from Her Family, Her Friend, Her Obstacle and after all No Toxic Character. Only 1 Character that make DJX difficult but still reasonable.
This is the only drama with Propose ending but make me cry and Also sad because already ended.
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absolutely adorable and heartwarming
I just finished watching this and what can i say, i understand the hype. I remember seeing this cdrama on mdl while it was still airing and wondered why in the world does it have such high ratings. well it makes sense why now that I've watched it.i started it whilst it was still airing, and finished just now and well im obsessed. the story was absolutely adorable and so heartwarming as i mentioned in the title.
i absolutely adore how the ML showed so much vulnerability in the last episodes and we got to see his struggles. i think the actor really did an amazing job portraying the character. i just felt so weak when he would cry and be all vulnerable with Sang Zhi.
Talking about Sang Zhi, she was the sweetest and most adorably naive girl I've ever seen in cdramas. she was just everything and i loved how she adored Jiaxu until the last moment, always supporting him no matter what. I feel that this drama wanted to highlight that men can also be vulnerable and have some sensitive moments and that women are supposed to also comfort them. Zhao Lusi was amazing and i feel this drama wouldn't be the same without her.
The reason i didnt give this a 10/10 was because i love me some melodrama and some heart aches which this drama didn't give me any at all. it was adorable, sweet and didn't have any unnecessary bad moments even if i still wanted to see them argue. arguments are important in relationships nonetheless.
and also because it only focused on the MLs which honestly i absolutely loved that. but in some dramas the SMLs are so lovely and in some they are unnecessary. its always 50/50 but i cannot go on and say that i didnt like the fact that the drama mainly focused on the MLs as we got to see a lot of growth.
overall i loved this and would definitely recommend!! plus made me cry like a baby in the end, so cute !!
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Brother and sister
Brother and sisterAsk me to like Lusi's acting better, i liked the love of brother and sister very much.
Nowadays you do not get to see brother's sister's love understanding between the two.
I liked the love that you told in it, I should get everything, but it is not available in real life.
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Lovely
I love this drama so much, amazing cast... They look so natural and beautifully executed. Overall this drama gives comfort and peace. No negativity. Everything is perfect. I wish these two will make another drama. I have been looking for a drama that only for good vibes and no complications. This is super! Sometimes, you just want to watch drama that no rival. Just, purely themeselves no villain or whatsoever. I am waiting for another drama with these couples. I hope it will be soon. I miss this two lovey dovey. Season will definitely a hit!Was this review helpful to you?
REFRESHING…!
This drama was a very refreshing one, with no toxic ex’s revenge or anything like that, a very simple love story but yet very heart warming.I really loved watching the drama as every episode ended up making me want to know what happened next. ( I watched it ongoing)
I mainly watched the drama because of the Main leads as both are my fav and seeing them together was a great and a very refreshing pair.
The actors and the story did equal justice to the characters.
I overall loved the drama very much as it was very relatable, all of us atleast once in our life time have had this inevitable crush on someone which is hard to resist and how we end up with that feeling. This was the feeling that actually took me back to my crush.
it was really a good choice to watch it. I suggest all hopeless romantics to atleast give this drama one watch. They will definitely on regret it…!
The ost of the drama is also great. The songs just happen to fit in pretty well as if they were meant to be.
If you feel magic, this drama is no less than one
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it made me believe in love
I was a different person before and after watching this. straight up one of the best romances I’ve ever witnessed. Main actors had incredible chemistry and gave me butterflies. The development of having a sibling-like relationship to a romantic one was flawless, despite being a tricky trope. A heartwarming, drama free story that healed me. I don’t really know what else to write except GO WATCH THIS SHOW NOW YOU WONT REGRET IT ITS A MUSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTWas this review helpful to you?
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One of The Best Romance I've seen for a while
I'm a big fan of romance drama. But lately many romance dramas just become so cliché, boring, and too cringey with repititive and expected plot. And at times, I see that the chemistry between the two leads is just awkward and too fake. BUT Damnnn Hidden Love just breaks it for me. I was hesitant to watch the drama at first. Cause I've grown sick of school/campus romance drama. So it took me weeks until I decided to give the drama a try.This drama has everything I'm trying to avoid from a drama. A secret crush thingy, a childhood love thingy, a ML with a terrible past and got prejudiced by the society, parents' disapproval of the leads' relationship, cutesy FL, high-school and campus love story, etc. But what I didn't expect is that I freaking love the drama since ep 1. The two leads' encounter was soooo cute. The love started to blossom from when the FL was so young and got called out by the school teacher. She met her brother's handsome friend and asked him to pretend to be her brother and came to her school. And ever since, the FL has a secret crush on the ML and that crush soon develop to become love.
Many people might find a huge age gap love story a bit weird. The thing that I find it funny is that the leads are actually has 5 years age gap. It's not too far in my opinion. But the actress who played the younger version of the FL was too much younger for a 5 years age gap (as the ML was already in his 'adult' look). So for me it will make sense if they simply dress the original actress much younger with different hairstyle or makeup instead of using a child actress. Cause people don't grow that much in 5 years. But it's not a big deal tho cause the child actress did a splendid job. Have so many things that I love about the drama that I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START😭
But I'll try to list them down.
1. An admirable female lead
As I said, they have a pretty huge age gap. The FL hides her love for the ML. But instead of pursuing the ML like a childish girl in many dramas, I love how she actually was determined to study hard and make herself worthy before pursuing the man she loves. She's giving me a smart, independent, and ambitious girl in love. She's also very strong (not in a physical way). The FL was very serious about the person she loves. To the point she didn't let any bad things that she heard about the ML from other people, wavered her love for the ML or made her rethinking about their relationship or suddenly breaking up with the ML. THANK GOD WE FINALLY HAVE A LOGICAL FEMALE LEAD.
And I love every single time the FL was protecting the ML or simply just comforting and trying to boast up his self-esteem. The scene where the victim's daughter threw water to the ML's face and the FL threw the water back to the girl's face, damnn she's so bad ass. And everytime the victim's daughter was trying to change the FL's mind by telling her bad things about the ML's family, and our FL always said "What his dad did, doesn't have anything to do with him" like I'M CRYING OUT OF HAPPINESS😭😭
And just everytime the FL was trying to ensure the ML that he's an amazing person and nothing in the world that can change that is so cute and heart warming. "Duan Jiaxu you're the best. You're an amazing person. Everyone loves you" I'M SOBBING😭😭 so yes, I still have plenty of good points about the FL but I'm gonna stop here or else I'm going to write a novel about her.
2. Loveable ML
I love how our ML was not a cold, arrogant, kinda mean person. Throughout the entire drama, from the beginning to the end, HE'S SO LOVABLE. He was so gentle, so caring, so warm, so loving, so loyal, so....sjskskskjs. I'm IN LOVE WITH HIM. I'm head over heels for him. You can't not love him I swear. You will find yourself fall in love with him IMMEDIATELY. I love his character so much to the point I kept thinking "I need a Duan Jiaxu in my life" while watching the entire drama. This drama has one of the best ML character I've ever seen. Chen Zheyuan really executed his character AMAZINGLY. I'm in love with both Chen and Duan😭
3. Cliché NON-CRINGEY love story that make sense
The story of hidden crush is pretty common in dramas. But HIDDEN LOVE really executed this story perfectly and even took it on another level. I love how the FL waited until she's in a legal age to pursue the ML. And I love how the drama didn't drag the story for too long. Like it doesn't took forever for the ML to realise his feeling for the FL. So we get lots of lovely and beautiful romance scenes between the two leads. I also love how there's no sudden breakup due to misunderstanding in this drama😭😭FINALLY. I love how both of them were fighting for each other to overcome each other's struggles and just be there for each other. So I really wanna hug the script writer, author, and all the production crews for this amazing story line.
4. Cute siblings relationship
You will find one of the cutest brother and sister relationship in this drama. Like all the fights and arguments that they had is VERY MAKE SENSE and relatable. Siblings do fight with each other, but at the end of the day they care and love for each other so much and hate to see each other's getting hurt.
I will end my list here as I'll seriously write a novel instead of a review if I keep going. Overall, this drama is a must watched and one of the best cdrama I've seen for a while. The story, the casts, the characters's and story's development, the makeup, the settings, the cinematography, the musics, EVERYTHING ARE JUST BEAUTIFULLY-MADE. so if you're still hesitant to watch this drama, well, DON'T BE. Cause I promise you this drama won't let you down.
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Best Chinese Drama!!!
This is my first time completing a Chinese drama and I’m so glad I decided to watch this. Zhao Lusi and Chen Zhe Yuan’s popularity can be explained through this drama because they performed their roles excellently. Seriously they have the best chemistry out of all romantic dramas I’ve watched. They portrayed a couple in love and expressed romance so naturally. I especially love every moment between ML and FL when they start dating because we get to see how much they deeply love and care for each other, absolutely precious bond they have. It was a beautiful series that teach many valuables lessons about familial, romantic, and platonic love. I cried tears of joy and sorrow and sympathized with the characters from beginning to end. The rewatch factor value is a 10/10! I feel like I can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed watching this series. No exception I would definitely recommend Hidden Love to anyone who likes romance.Was this review helpful to you?
Heart warming drama!
The plot, the soundtracks, and the chemistry between Zhao Lusi and Chen Zhe Yuan were extremely perfect! One of the cdramas that I would recommend to many people. A very sweet love story, warmth of the family also the cuteness of the brother-sister siblings make our heart feel so calm, It’s really worth watching over and over again. The acting all of the cast are chef kiss (they look so natural).Sang Zhi is such a thoughtful, cute and smart character. She never gave up on her love and pursue her dream in education. Duan Jia xu, HE IS A WALKING GREEN FLAG MAN i love his character and started dreaming about where I could get a man like that in the real world??😭
At the end, good job hidden love team this drama is a masterpiece!✨
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How to feel single for 25 episodes straight....
I watched this gem with my friend and we both loved it so much. This was such a fun, entertaining, and heart-fluttering show about friendship, first love, heartbreaks, and growing up - I thoroughly enjoyed it so so much! Zhi Zhi was such a sweety, cutie patootie and grew into such a kind young woman, who really fought for the things that mattered to her. Duan Jiaxu as a male lead ... I can't imagine anyone else other than Chen Zhe Yuan playing him. He is so expressive with his eyes, it's insane. His character had to go through many hardships being so young, but it was nice to see how he gradually relied on Zhi Zhi. Thanks to her, he finally felt like he could be loved too 😭 My only criticism would be that I wish they had casted a younger version for Jiaxu as well as they did for Sang Zhi. I think this way the age difference that is addressed in the drama anyway wouldn't have been that big of a problem to some audiences. Sang Zhi's young version just looked so significantly younger than Jiaxu that it's no wonder people were like "eh" at first. Had they used an actual teenage boy, I feel it wouldn't have been so "bad". Also... they were kind of inconsistent with the age gap of 5 years... qhen Zhi Zhi turned 19, Jiaxu later turned 26? Why was he suddenly 6 years older?? Didn't make sense lol. Regardless, I really loved the show and will definitely rewatch it should I feel like screaming for 25 episodes straight^^Was this review helpful to you?
