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I really liked this vertical drama. Really great quality through acting, script and overall production. Definitely deserves a higher rating. Great cast especially the two main leads. From a trivial perspective, the FL’s clothes were the best I have seen in a vertical! Highly recommended.

A shorter than expected vertical drama at 48 episodes but also well done. A green flag ML and a strong FL are pluses for this drama. I enjoyed this one very much and the casting of the leads were well chosen. First time seeing them and will check out their other dramas.

I enjoyed this drama and especially loved the main characters as well as the two secondary couples. JC-T was so adorably quirky and hilarious and Wang Churan’s portrayal as Qian Fei was beautifully calm and soothing despite all the obstacles she faced. They made such a lovely endearing couple with so much chemistry. Loved the development in the relationship between Dang Yu and Jun’s mother. Also enjoyed seeing Shao Wei Tong in a romantic role. Still cannot get over his role as Tan Si in Fall in Love where he made quite an impression. I am disappointed in the below 8 rating. The series deserves more.

Glad he has a romantic role in Love Has Fireworks. Loved him in Fall in Love as Tan Si. Needs to have a Main Role.,so much charisma.

Loved the casting of this drama. Loved seeing Lee Se Hee in her role and I liked that Tae Hui turned out to be so nice and not the usual cliched nasty 2FL. Of course Im Ji Yeon was terrific in her role and Heo Nam Jun is perfect as Se Gye. My favourite part was the bus scene in Episode 14. What an innovative idea to mark Grandma’s passing. Last time a granny dying was cleverly and movingly portrayed for me was in Idol1. Overall it was a good watch and because I watched the episodes as they were released from week to week, I didn’t feel I wasted too much time over the parts of the storyline that were confusing or didn’t make sense. Glad the Josean characters had a happy ending. I also felt the focus on karma was a reasonable perspective and especially when Seo Ri visits Mun Do in gaol and tells him that he missed the chance to change from how he was in the past by not taking the opportunity to live a better life because in this life he had something to live for (being a reference to his love as a father) to improve the way he dealt with people. A strong OST with my favourite song being Losing My Heart sung by Gwen Dorado.

I liked this series very much. The resolution for all characters was very satisfying. I love happy endings. Overall the story developed in an interesting way unravelling the complications well with good pacing. Great cast especially the secondary couples and villagers but I also loved the main leads who did a fabulous job. Happy that they got over their insomnia and Kim Bum stood out with his sincerity and integrity as the soon to be CEO. Loved the fight scene at the mushroom farm in the last episode. That was hilarious. Jo Bok Rae was over the top goofy but nevertheless enjoyable to watch his quirky antics. Go Doo Shim was as usual so charming and lovely. It was great to see the cast getting their time in the closing credits which was so well done and added to the satisfaction of a great ending. Well done.

Love the cute references to Business Proposal and K-Pop Demon Hunters in Episode 8! Clever integrating with as much subtlety as product placement. 😂😂😂

I liked this series very much. It had a positive happy ending. The cast were great and I particularly enjoyed Team Leader Bang and Secretary Go’s relationship. The best friend, Mi Ran, was so supportive and loyal. I liked her character very much. Hong Jong Hyun who played Min Uk reminded me at times of Wei Zheming the Chinese actor. Both so handsome. Of course the leads were terrific and I liked the ML. He was such a green flag.

Another good vertical with Wang Kai Mu and Wang GeGe is on You Tube is Broken Girl Met Elite Lawyer-he guard her in silence, until his gentle love bacame her salvation.

Sorry I do not know the English title but Try You Tube to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a-68pWX-LM

Agree. Ignore the ratings. It’s a very clever and grown up series.

Totally agree that it was a very theatrical production and especially loved the different techniques that were applied in developing the story. I only started watching for Liu Yuning but it’s Gai Wei who played his role very well and shone amongst the other characters.

So agree. Johnny Huang and Li Xian are two of my favourites.

I didn’t see the relationships as a love triangle. There didn’t seem to be any competition between Xiaodan and Chun Chun for Xiaoman’s affections nor did I feel Xia Lei was competing with Xiaoman for Xiaodan’s affections. That’s my take on it. I cannot think of any dramas where the SFL ends up with the ML.

Just for the OST alone it deserves a 10 and with such brilliant casting and such a beautiful, heartwarming and moving storyline, it’s a 10 for me. It’s such a great series.

There’s a lovely scene in Episode 25 towards the end (around 35 mins) when Xiaodan goes to the hospital to see Xiaoman and he is mounting the decorated bottles to the ceiling of the greenhouse. The POV of Xiaodan to the closeup of Xiaoman’s profile, the lighting and non-diegetic music adds to the poignancy of this scene revealing the loss of a once past love. So brilliantly filmed.

Have you seen the K-drama, Dare to Dream (also known as Jealousy Incarnate) ?-actually quite a lot of k-dramas have love triangles such as The Heirs, Our Beloved Summer, True Beauty, Clean with Passion for Now… the list is endless!

Love Song in Winter is pretty good with not just annoying but toxic 2ML. (FL is never attracted to him but he is obsessed!)

I can’t help but see a close resemblance between Lu Yu Xiao and Korean actress Kim Hye Yoon. Both amazing actors. Felt sad for Pei Zhen and his final scene was very touching. Dai Xu was fabulous in this role. I wish there was a more conclusive wrap up about the relationship between Zhao and Gong-it was too much left up in the air and left just in the friend/business collaborator’s zone although there could be a possibility that their relationship would grow (or that was my hope-would have liked to have seen it!)

Thank you for the link. Having seen these series I found the analysis quite interesting. I agree that I prefer the more gentler and understanding male leads that support the female lead rather the toxic, domineering types that are in many k and c dramas.