Meh. The pacing is all wrong - the first 6 episodes is just the setup of how the main charachters meet and get to finally interact with each other, then episode 7 starts with a montage of them working and hanging out with each other and then they are inexplicably close to each other and then I stopped watching. How could the story possibly be meaningfully resolved in the remaining 15 minutes? The story stars off really slow for such a short running time, and most of the time is spent on long shots of the protagonist looking at something and not having the courage to do what he wants. Yes, I know the movie version is slightly longer and better edited, but there is no way extra 20 minutes can offset it, so I am not gonna watch it. Did not like this one and would not recommend it.
Pros: FL and ML are really good actors with great chemistry, the drama is really funny, the production value is high, the FL is confident,fun and has a cool career (hate it when the FL is shy and mousy).
Cons: By the end I was really rooting for them to break up, this couple had major communication problems. The ML is actually an ass who refuses to go to therapy. Last time I was so infuriated by a couple was in "Nevertheless", except there it was the point that the relationship is not good, but here it is packaged as romantic. Quite a toxic relationship actually.
Overall this is a typical romance drama with every cliche. Best chinese drama I watched so far. Hope these actors get more roles!
I like the indie aesthetic: really cool visual language, nice camera angles, the FL is confident, both actors are attractive... But I could not finish it, it just looked reaaaally low budget. It is shot on such a cheap camera, and not in a cool way. They clearly did not get the funding they deserved. Could not get over the low production value, even though the had all the right ideas.
Apparently there is a season 2, it doesn't look like there are english subs yet, but you can watch it in chinese (I mean the plot doesn't matter anyway?). Also it seems like the production company that made this also makes a bunch of other show that are filmed in the same locations and with similar storylines, this is a fascinating rabbit hole to get lost in...
The plot was absolutely nonsensical and the production was super low budget. The two main actors were reeeally attractive though and the ML has this whole dangerous daddy dom vibe, so it was kinda hot. A lot of pinning the FL down, she is also tied up in the beginning and he threatens to spank her. But he is also super abusive, this is not a fluffy romance. It scratches the same itch as the whole 50 shades genre I guess. This is a super trashy drama. Also the FL wears a coat and a scarf for most of the time for some reason, even though the scenes are inside? This series is really bad but I also watched the whole thing in one sitting and really wanted to know where the story goes, so I guess it wasn't that bad. I hope both of these actors get to play a real role in something with high production value.
I was very confused about the timeline, because they didn't do anything to deage some of the characters that appear in Kingdom - so either Ashin is supposed to be really young when shown as an adult, or the men don't age at all. Don't get me wrong, Jun Ji Hyun looks amazing and could easily play a character that is in her 20s, but me knowing how old the actress in in real life and how nobody else ages left me very confused about how much time passed.
Cons: By the end I was really rooting for them to break up, this couple had major communication problems. The ML is actually an ass who refuses to go to therapy. Last time I was so infuriated by a couple was in "Nevertheless", except there it was the point that the relationship is not good, but here it is packaged as romantic. Quite a toxic relationship actually.
Overall this is a typical romance drama with every cliche. Best chinese drama I watched so far. Hope these actors get more roles!