Good Chemistry followed by a generic storyline but screwed by pacing.
First and foremost this drama isn't some new or out of the box story but a mix of same old generic tropes, unidimensional characters and cliche storylines we have seen many times. The same old high school lovers separated by misunderstandings only to find each other again after years. The only strong point is the chemistry between leads and acting done by the actors.
Bao Shang En and Zhou Ke Yu as the leads are just perfect casting with both showing off the emotions the characters go through beautifully, the slowly budding romance that acts as a medicine to the wounds they had as kids, the pain of separation, longing and love hidden underneath all the resentment after years was shown beautifully. The supporting cast too were spot on with their roles especially the antagonists, be it FL's scheming mother or ML's rotten father they all made us feel hatred towards them so kudos to that too.
The thing were the drama screwed up was the pacing with the whole teen age arc given plenty of time as a matter of fact I would say too much time was spent on it but the grown up arc being wrapped up in less than 10 eps. They wrapped up so many major things and issues quite fast, this is something a drama like "The First Frost" pulled of beautifully. This is the biggest drawback of this drama.
Bao Shang En and Zhou Ke Yu as the leads are just perfect casting with both showing off the emotions the characters go through beautifully, the slowly budding romance that acts as a medicine to the wounds they had as kids, the pain of separation, longing and love hidden underneath all the resentment after years was shown beautifully. The supporting cast too were spot on with their roles especially the antagonists, be it FL's scheming mother or ML's rotten father they all made us feel hatred towards them so kudos to that too.
The thing were the drama screwed up was the pacing with the whole teen age arc given plenty of time as a matter of fact I would say too much time was spent on it but the grown up arc being wrapped up in less than 10 eps. They wrapped up so many major things and issues quite fast, this is something a drama like "The First Frost" pulled of beautifully. This is the biggest drawback of this drama.
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