Almost correct without being memorable.

The plot is classic: high school lovers (undeclared) who help and support each other; love triangle with the stepbrother? ; separation on a misunderstanding; complicated reunion 5 years later.
Afterwards, everything depends on the way of writing and bringing this story to life...
Well, in this series, not very well written with inconsistencies, we don't live the story.

The flaws:
- treating the phobia of darkness, (played as anxiety, not panic) is not consistent.
- the so-called sick girl, who leaves at night, alone, to escape a too early confession ???
- the separation (accepted by the ML for what plausible reason?) without a word??
- Above all, LF's inability to convey emotions!!

The good sides:
- the ML character (well done) who is funny, cheeky, brave. He is the one who keeps the series standing!
- the secondary characters are well played and relatively well developed.

The OSTs are correct without being memorable.

To conclude, I was not enthusiastic about this series, which I nevertheless watched until the end, with a lot of zapping, so much the FL annoyed me.
I will certainly not rewatch it, and I advise those looking for something captivating, to look for another drama.

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Great romantic drama, good director and great actors!

A bit "dramaland" and melodic, but as the story is played by excellent actors, it goes well.

- With Jerry Yan ❤❤ and a Great cast,
- Great plot (cold CEO who finds 6 years later, a son he had after a "one shot"). Fight for child, then marriage but love▲/fam rivalries. & eco. /cancer /pregnancy problem...

Nothing new in this story. Like in a lot of dramas, they are many obstacles, coincidences, twists. Events which would happen in 100 lives, happen to the characters in a few years...
But the story is well done, played with accuracy and skill.
We laugh, we cry, we suffer, with FL, sometimes with ML.

The OSTs are well adapted and I wonder if the credits song is sung by Jerry Yan.

=> Great romantic drama, good director and great actors.
Don't miss it !!

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Funny drama, to watch for the great chemistry in the CL

Super cast (Jerry Yan & Ella Chen) and very good plot (cold lawyer / tomboy who pretends to be "lesbian" to get a job as a nanny).
But some flaws:
- The Comedy side is a bit forced.
- the sets and costumes are dated :(

The actors are all great and manage to bring the story to life despite the flaws.

OTP interactions are tasty and chemistry just perfect!
I particularly appreciate the end, the fact that the drama does not end (as usual) with the proposal, but that the episode shows their life after...

Nothing remarkable in the OSTs, which accompany the narration correctly.

BUT, WHY ??? the choice to broadcast bloopers at breaks during an episode, spoiling the emotional impact of the drama. This is once again an excessive Comedy aspect...

Last remark; the video (from 2010) is lox- quality (too pixelated) => watched only on a small screen.
Pity !!

Funny drama, to watch for the great achemy in the CL

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Romance classique entre cold-CEO & assistante, mais très bien jouée !

Rien de bien nouveau sous le soleil avec cette storyline : un CEO très cold, avec TOC et gros traumas, rencontre une assistante, parfaire workwoman, qui accroche son attention. Il va se rapprocher d'elle et comprendre peu à peu pourquoi elle l'attire.

Très classique : lovers avant amnésie :) :)

Je partage l'ironie du commentaire précédent : l'état physique des asiatiques, si on en juge par les dramas, est différent du reste du monde, car certains phénomènes sont d'une fréquence incroyable, tels que les comas, les amnésies, l’endométriose et les états grippaux dès qu'on prend la pluie....

Trêve de sarcasmes, hors de cette storyline trop usée, le drama est agréable, feel-good et très bien incarné par des acteurs talentueux.

A regarder pour se distraire, passer un bon moment (à condition d'être indulgent avec le scriptwriter).

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Un film romantique émouvant où Junho démontre une fois de plus, tout son talent

Le film commence comme une comédie, un peu féministe (ce qui ne fait pas de mal :), une satire de cette époque en Corée où les hommes avaient tous les droits et les femmes, bien peu.
On y retrouve aussi (ce qui perdure dans la culture coréenne) le poids du statut (du rang) social.

Le ton devient plus doux-amer à mesure que les sentiments se renforcent, et de façon réaliste, il n'y a pas vraiment de Happy End.

Les images sont belles, la musique accompagne parfaitement l'évolution des personnages, et il faut féliciter les acteurs pour incarner ainsi leurs personnages.

J'ai regardé ce film pour Junho, et je m'en félicite car j'ai pu constaté une fois de plus, que ce n'est pas seulement une idol, mais également un très grand acteur ❤❤❤

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THE historical romance for 2021

A great drama from the start to the end. I'm not a big fan of historical dramas, but I'm not ready to forget these characters...

History may be fictionalized, but the reality (I should say "the cruelty") of the life of the king, of life at court, is so well described.
- Living in comfort, but with a lot of duties, conspiracies and court intrigues that the crown prince of Joseon has to face.
- Protocols and multiple games of influence, super well described.
- Point of view of a court lady (servant), the "little hands" of the palace, without rights, only duties!
- etc

The deep love between this king and this court lady is poignant, and even I, who don't get emotional easily, cried over the final episodes.

The actors are just wonderful. I understand that they received the MBC Drama Awards 2021 "Best Couple".

Multi-award-winning drama, rightly so:
-Best New Actor: Kang Hoon
- Best Scriptwriter: Jung Hae Ri
- Golden Acting Award: Lee Deok Hwa
- Top Excellence Actor Award (Mini-Series): Lee Junho
- Top Excellence Actress Award (Mini-Series): Lee Se Young
- Drama of the Year: 'The Red Sleeve Cuff'

Well, I'll make it simple: WATCH IT!!

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Little gem of romance, sport and team spirit ❤❤❤

It's a fairly classic rom-sport drama (progression, injury, coach, competitions, rivalries, team,...) but served by excellent actors. and an almost perfect realization.

The FL character is quite childish (but she's supposed to be 18 :) and the ML (❤❤❤ Wang An Yu ❤❤❤ ) is handsome and particularly talented. This couple is too too cute, and their chemistry is on the screen. I would love to see more dramas with this couple in the future. Maybe a season 2?

The secondary couple is also very endearing, and their progression is finely managed.

Not to spoil anything, all this is accompanied by excellent OST !!

Don't miss this cheerful little gem.

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Pleasant and realistic drama, brought to life by a very cute CL

I've watched first this drama for Johnny Huang!! I love this actor and once again, he gives here an exceptional performance with Wu Jin Yan.

But I quickly liked this drama.

It's a realistic, well-written series who describ the business of streaming e-commerce platforms.
It's not very focused on romance, the storyline is mainly based on the company, its difficulties, its challenges, the employees,...
This series is not addictive, with a good clifhanger at the end of each episode :) but we get attached to the characters (who are not black or white in a Manichean way).
Hard work and perseverance, often evoked in Asian dramas, are also strongly highlighted here.

To enhance this business storyline, there is the romance between Wu Jin Yan and Johnny Wang. It is natural, without twists or tricks. Their trust and support are rare and, above all, their chemistry is exceptional. Their moments of tenderness make sparks.
The secondary romance is also very well done, with believable interactions, and fantastic actors. The development of their relationship seems natural too, although the end is not as happy as in the lead couple.

The family ties are described with subtlety, even if two characters leave me perplexed:
- the father who returns 13 years later and expects his (abandoned) daughter to open her arms to him
- The mother, who out of guilt?, refuses the relationship between her son and the girl she loves as her daughter. What responsibility does she have in a car accident, one evening of drunkenness, when she is only a pedestrian and an attendant ?

Other than that, there aren't too many clichés, no coma, or amnesia, or a pure-innocent-naive girl. ;)

The production is great and the OSTs are really excellent.

I therefore recommend this drama to all those who are interested in trade, technological developments, with a little touch of romance to embellish the story.

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A good romantic drama

Watched for Lui Xue Yi ❤❤❤.

The storyline is simple ; a hate-love between a FL manager (who discovers that her fiancé is cheating on her) and a CEO cold-face investor. This (secret) romance encounters obstacles: economic rivalries between companies, attempts by the fiancé to recover "his property", tricks from rivals, etc.

We are witnessing for once a love between adults, responsibles, who trust each other and protect their love. This nicely changes from the usual clichés: breaking up to protect the other, separation under family pressure, etc.

On the other hand, the 2nd couple (which, I agree with the other comments, takes too much time on the screen) is really not very credible. The brother is so childish !! He's supposed to be 22 years old, but behaves like a schoolboy ...

OSTs are remarkable (Chinese series keep improving) ... So much that I downloaded them :)
The production is neat, rhythmic, the images are beautiful and the framing well done.

A good romantic drama, that you will enjoy spending time on.

Something allways shocked me : the anorexia (volountarily or not) chinese actresses. The thinness of their legs is alarming. It would be nice to see on screen people with more weight, more ordinary...

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Super weird: story about E.T. "rattan / ivy" with superpowers, humans and other clans who fight

I love the ML and the reviews were overwhelmingly good.

However, I watched the whole drama trying to find a meaning, a guideline, ... incomprehensible and incoherent (despite the superb work of the actors) until the end (no, until the 3 alternative endings, each more bizarre than the next).

The director undoubtedly wanted to play the strange card. He succeeded, even OSTs are weird!

Excellent casting, rhythmic and dynamic production, frames ++ with very beautiful images,
BUT
OST and storyline weird !! Still no sense after 25 ep.

Honestly, I was left puzzled, I wouldn't recommend it, but I'll let you make up your own mind.

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A good drama, different from 1st Prince coffee shop, with a cute romance

The start: gender drama version TW of 1st Prince Coffee shop:
- poor but hardworking and warm "tomboy" + rich rebel and playboy heir.
- everyone ends up working in a "Prince restaurant"
Eye-catching!

Notable differences, however:
- the rich family is dispossessed of all their property (or almost)
- love triangles are multiple and complex,
- everyone has a +/- dark past (which we will discover later),
- economic rivalries are strong.

There are a few lengths in the 2nd third of the drama where we get bogged down a bit in economic rivalries and the cooking part.

But the main couple is super cute, with excellent chemistry (even if it really lacks skinship). Congratulations to these two actors!
The side romances are also well developed, with complex characters, which evolve subtly.

The whole is quite credible although there are "dramaland" parts (coincidences, very small world, sometimes you need to be indulgent, ...).

The OST are appropriate, without being particularly memorable.

The images are of good quality, especially the kitchen images.

Overall, I really liked this drama.

=> If you don't expect a story like 1st Prince Coffee Shop
=> If you do not compare with the previous duets of the actor couple

You will have a great time!

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Version sympa et agréable à regarder malgré quelques défauts.

J'ai voulu regardé cette version chinoise de "1st Coffee Prince Shop" parce que j'ai adoré le drama d'origine.

J'ai eu du mal à m'habituer au ML (excellent acteur, d'ailleurs) parce c'est difficile d'avoir le charme de Gong Yoo :)
Mais après quelques épisodes, je me suis mise à apprécier ces personnages.

Quelques remarques troublantes, cependant :

- que se passe-t-il avec le 5e prince du café ? On ne voit l'acteur à l'écran que quelques minutes de temps en temps. Dans le drama original, le personnage avait une place importante, son histoire d'amour avec la mère célibataire japonaise aussi. Dans la version chinoise, il disparait complètement. Y-aurait-il eu un problème pendant le tournage avec l'acteur ??? Le réalisateur a-t-il utilisé un acteur virtuel ?

- cette version a voulu reproduire les ruptures (en nombre et en timing) entre le ML et la FL. Mais dans le contexte "tomboy" (et pas fille déguisée en garçon), certaines disputes n'ont AUCUN sens !!

- Cette version s'est approprié l'histoire originale et c'est amusant de constater que les couples qui se forment n'ont pas les mêmes partenaires que dans la version coréenne (mère et sœur).

J'ai regretté que les moments amusants de la romance au sein du CL dans les derniers épisodes, soient esquivés /éludés par rapport à la version coréenne. La lutte du ML contre ses désirs d'intimité, les moments de tendresse et de skinship, la scène du petit déjeuner sur la terrasse, etc. Pudeur chinoise ?

Les OST sont adaptés sans être particulièrement mémorables, cependant.

Ce drama reste sympa et agréable à regarder malgré quelques défauts.

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Mini drama très cute, avec une sweet sweet romance

Mini drama (24 X 30 min. sans les génériques) très cute, avec une sweet sweet romance entre 1nageur blessé et une étudiante en thérapie traumatique.

Les acteurs sont jeunes, mais tout à fait crédibles et ils incarnent les personnages avec un vrai talent. leur alchimie est palpable. Le ML est athlétique, handsome., tout à fait prometteur. J'espère le voir souvent dans des rôles principaux.

Le seul aspect inattendu dans ce drama universitaire/sportif, c'est le pouvoir électrique de la FL.
Les OST sont adaptées sans être mémorables.

Mais l'ensemble est bien ficelé, rythmé, donc pour les amateurs, vous passerez un très agréable moment.

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