I'm at episode 30 and I can't go on anymore. This drama doesn't need to go on this long. The leads have no chemistry, the sister and her best friend were annoying as fuck and the sister's husband is the dumbest and most useless psychologist I've ever come across. His wife is a literal walking red flag that needs help and his dumb ass just kept encouraging her behavior. The second couple were boring and if this was made in Taiwan, ML's secretary and FL's work colleague would've been the BL couple for this show. But they were already living together and doing couple things, so China was giving little breadcrumbs of their relationship. The story is draggy as hell, BUT I loved the FL. She was strong and capable and always a step ahead of these idiots, but if it weren't for the draggy story or the sister, I maybe would've finished it. Also, you would think for this being the ML's first relationship AT SAY, 35 and them being GROWN ASS ADULTS, they wouldn't be acting like little preteens when it comes to PDA. The skinship was lacking and the kisses were meh. When I first got into it, I was finally hoping for a mature romance, but nah.
Don't bother with this one.
EDIT: Got dammit, I decided to finish it. But I still stand by what I said above.
When I first watched this drama, I thought it was so good. I don't know if it's because I was so blinded by Kim Tae Hwan or what, but I know I enjoyed it. Watching it again today, this drama was just so painfully slow and all over the place. But it was still funny and I still enjoyed Janice Wu's character, but man the other supporting casts were so annoying. This was my first intro to Chinese dramas and I know if I have had more experience back then, I would've dropped this by episode 10.
LOL because of his baby face, Hwang In Youp stays trapped playing a high school or university student. My man's 31. Let him graduate. Please. Gonna be weird as hell when they finally decide to let him be a teacher/lawyer/CEO, something.
The casting director lucked out on all these bilingual cuties, especially Vegas. They did me dirty by casting…
Wait. Are they still going to do the "Let's forget Pete at Vegas house" plot? Because it seems like they're pretty much diverting from the book. Not that I'm complaining.
The casting director lucked out on all these bilingual cuties, especially Vegas. They did me dirty by casting Big as an adorable Copter lookalike. First episode was kinda choppy, but once you get into the show, you get hooked. Also, Tong was BORN to play Tankhun. I love how he's bringing my favorite character to life.
Lmaooo!! There is a scene in this speical episode where Miles had to play Porsche and Apo had to play Chay and when they were acting it out, I couldn't get into it because they have way too much sexual chemistry to play brothers. 🤣
Great drama. It was so funny and has one of the most satisfying endings ever. I want to be friends with Zhou Chan. He takes the piss out of people during the day, but is just a lovesick, emotionally stunted man child behind the scenes. I also enjoyed that they broke up the couples early and got them back to together, so we got to enjoy their lives throughout the dramas. If you want a fun drama with healthy main and second lead relationships, I recommend this one. No second breakups at the end, no misunderstandings, no love triangles. Just two bros with their better halves, a cat and a dog. The chemistry between the two couples were everything too. There are some skippable moments if you're not interested in what goes on behind the scenes of making books, at a publisher house. The only thing that sucked was that the female lead has the worse voice. I really hope it was dubbed and she doesn't really sound like that in real life. She sounded like a witch with a baby voice changer and she had the most annoying laugh and scream. OMG, it was like nails on a chalkboard for me.
I wonder if they'll be a chance to redeem Ma Ri in these 14 episodes, or will we stay forever hating her in this version, because that would suck since Ma Ri/ Petra became a fan favorite.
Cha In HaðŸ˜. The acting world lost this terrific actor with the most beautiful smile. There was this one scene where his character was in despair and lost all hope and his gf said to him, "to me you're the best." I just hope he heard that for once during his real life. R.I.P.
It was a very sweet drama and the female lead is just adorable. It was bittersweet watching In Ha.
ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ I really hate this franchise but I can't stop watching the different versions. The versions with Joe and Darren are still my favorite and the female lead from the Japanese version is still my favorite one. I don't know what woman would continue to pine after a guy that continuously puts her down and demean her and I don't know what guy would go for a woman that can't even boil water. But whatever. Ah Chin is still the superior choice and I'm glad they made him better looking than the male lead here, because the male lead can definitely go suck on lead.
This drama had such a great start but after episode 28, it just went to shit and I got bored. The love rivals were the worst and pathetic,( one didn't realize they were getting conned until much later, the other's antics just kept bringing the leads together) the big villain was even worse. The best thing about this drama was the second couple. I loved their interactions and they kept the show going with their bickering and comedic antics. They were honestly the best support team you could've had for the leads.
I lost interest in the leads by 27. BUT if you like unproblematic couples then yes, they were a great couple. They really needed to fire the stylist for the female lead because from her hair down to her outfits were ugly and they never changed her style.
Since the mechanical heart had healed the damage that prevented him from getting a real heart in the beginning, I don't understand why these fools didn't think to get a real heart in the 10 years. Then the whole plot about the accident with the parents got left by the wayside until the last couple of episodes. I felt cheated, honestly. This was like winning a free meal at your favorite restaurant that you've been excited to try for weeks only to find out when the food arrives, it's bland AF. Allen Ren and Rui Lin were both adorable as hell though.
This is still single handedly the most annoying love story ever made. Even though this version was 100 times better than the Korean version and slightly better than the Japanese, I still can't bring myself to root for this relationship or the leads. Their push and pull with each other is just so exhausting and then this was FIFTY freaking episodes of watching these two shit heads bicker, get together, break up and start the process over again. Sigh, anyways the sister is still awesome, the head housekeeper is still awesome, F4 friendship is still the best thing about this show, the female lead mom was SO much better here than she was in the other versions and I'm glad they didn't include the annoying little brother here. Then this version had so many filler episodes, it just dragged from 30 until the end. I did a lot of skipping since for the most part, it was the same like the other version. Male lead's Mom was a downright witch and scary as hell in this one. I'm glad the bullying and harassment were cut down to a bare minimum and I love that the male lead was head over heals in love with her from the beginning. Dylan Wang did his thing and owned the male lead. He embodied his character. I didn't catch second lead syndrome because honestly, the guy did nothing but eat, sleep and played an instrument. He was just background noise by episode 20 to me. I love Shen Yue, but she still looks like she's just uncomfortable doing kiss scenes. I think her best kisses were with Jerry in CYLS. I would say if you're new to this franchise, watch this and the Japanese version and skip the Korean version. But I guess if you like Lee MinHo, still go for it. Now the only thing left is to check out the Thai version and see how Bright does.
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Don't bother with this one.
EDIT: Got dammit, I decided to finish it. But I still stand by what I said above.
It was a very sweet drama and the female lead is just adorable. It was bittersweet watching In Ha.
I lost interest in the leads by 27. BUT if you like unproblematic couples then yes, they were a great couple. They really needed to fire the stylist for the female lead because from her hair down to her outfits were ugly and they never changed her style.
Since the mechanical heart had healed the damage that prevented him from getting a real heart in the beginning, I don't understand why these fools didn't think to get a real heart in the 10 years. Then the whole plot about the accident with the parents got left by the wayside until the last couple of episodes. I felt cheated, honestly. This was like winning a free meal at your favorite restaurant that you've been excited to try for weeks only to find out when the food arrives, it's bland AF. Allen Ren and Rui Lin were both adorable as hell though.