TheMoonEmpress

Thank you! I forgot to write about the styling, I might go back and edit it in. But HYX looks absolutely adorable in this drama. Her styling in the later half makes her look so cute. I have said this somewhere before that HYX made xxj's character so warm, sweet and relatable that I 100% believe how much in love LSY is with her.
I will definitely be checking out WWWY, just not yet. I mostly watch historical dramas (as I said, this was my first chinese youth drama, although I've watched many korean ones) and I had started Love Like White Jade which I am planning to revisit. In that, the FL and SML of WWWY (Wan Peng and Gala Zhang) play the lead couple and I am kind of in the frame of mind of shipping them right now. But i will definitely check it out some time in the future because I love 90s nostalgia.

I actually didn't see any sign that she still liked CL after ep 28, she said she was just uncomfortable around them which makes sense tbh.

She is the queen of transformation, I hope we get to see that quality again. This year, mostly her contemporary dramas are being released.

I am having withdrawal fron HYX's latest drama, A River Runs Through It, I can't move on from that couple at all yet. I was the same last year, I couldn't move on from HYX-ZYC YaoYue CP after the Sleepless Princess for months. If this works for withdrawals and has HYX in it, I might just check it out before rewatching ARRTI.

I love his styling in this. I like the hair, even though it's mostly black. The white at the end looks like waves and captures that merman feel.

I wanted to watch another drama to sort of remove the hangover of ARRTI before marathoning through all the episodes from the beginning to see how the story unfolds when you binge it. But I'm just not able to get into another drama, my mind is still full of ARRTI. I want to watch from the beginning again but I want to approach it with a fresh mind. I need another drama for pallette cleansing but ugh I'm not able to let go of this drama yet. I just watch their bts and couple edits the whole day.

This is the second time Zheng Ye Cheng and Liu Hai Kuan are working together. They are also together in Mirror Twin Cities which has been wrapped.

He's not only working with Yalkun Merxat for the second time but also Yang Zhi Wen. They've (ZYC and YZW) also worked together in Mirror Twin Cities which has been wrapped for quite some time.

This is the best period styling he's ever had. <3

I was first going to check out this drama solely for Ye Sheng Jia and Yang Zhi Wen because their chemistry is just amazing. But then I watched The Sleepless Princess and I got even more excited. One of my favorite couples plus Zheng Ye Cheng, omg I can't wait for this drama.

How do you know they have good chemistry? Have they worked together before?

It's not a chinese novel but The Prize by Julie Garwood can make for an excellent chinese adaptation. The storyline and characters are really interesting and it has enough similarities that it can be comfortably adapted with the ancient chinese culture.

https://youtu.be/9nyZF0Y2lBM
Cute!

I think what really made me sit up and take notice of this unique caring vibe that Xiaoju had towards Shiyi was when she gave him that classical music tape. In the story,she was really struggling with her unrequited love at the time. What's more,it was something LSY had said in passing, lying to her to hide the true extent of his disease. Yet she not only remembered to ask his preference (even he forgot he'd said that,he asked her why she was asking that suddenly)but also got him the tape before one of the most painful moments of defeat in her life. She never forgot to take care of him even with all the mess going on in her personal life.
And you're right. Xiaoju never annoyed me, I actually admired how sweet and brave she was with the whole CL and Lin you relationship. She went on with her song, even though she broke down crying. She also helped CL to buy gifts for her and set up his confession surprise (helping your crush to confess to his crush, omg that would've flattened me no joke). She never let her feelings compromise her friendship with CL or LY. I admired that trait about her tbh.

Slow burn romances are my favorite <3 the feelings seem more meaningful when we see them evolve on screen (especially as naturally and beautifully as shown in ARRTI) rather than being told "oh they looked at each other and fell in love at first sight after a prolonged eye contact in slo mo", that's not believable at all to me.

I feel the same way as you. Throughout the drama, they kept on giving me couple vibes. And what's interesting is that I got that vibes not only from Datu (who we know was hopelessly in love with her) but even from her. She would share all her problems with him (now that I think about it, he was probably the only one who properly knew about her quarrel with her mom and younger brother), would trust his judgement and advise, tidy up his room and clothes, always specially cheer and root for him, keep his preferences in mind and specially bring her mom's food for him, is always holding his arms and shoulders or touching or tidying his clothes and of course she was the most dedicated person when it came to curing his disease and it remained a touchy subject for her throughout the drama. I think it has been communicated in the drama really well, that those feelings were there all along but she was more enamoured with her insta love heart-fluttering teenage crush which we all are at that age. Hence, even I am completely satisfied with the ending. I am so glad they ended up together, I would've thrown hands if they hadn't. Throughout the drama, they look like they belong together whenever they're together in a scene.

Aah got it. Didn't know it was called the hook shot hehe. Awesome moment, true

Omg these pics are super adorable.

Yes, that's a beautiful pic. I love the shadow of WRC's face on HYX, it's so distinct lol. I also like the photo of Chen Bo Hao and HYX in that dress. His smile is so cute in that. Wish we got more bts pics of HYX and WRC :(

I love that the water imagery is carried through most of the photos. Beautifully written title.