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Positive Messages on Being Yourself and Life is too Short to Live with Unrealistic Expectations

Wow. It's not often vertically filmed short dramas hit so many high notes and leave you feeling so good about the characters and the resolution of the drama. Having just finished all three seasons, I must say it was a great viewing experience overall.

I would rate the whole series a 10 for me just because of how it made me feel by the end. Individually, slightly less because all verticals have flaws, lol. I loved all three couples and the trials and tribulations they went through to find not only themselves, but each other. There was little angst, no evil 2FL or 2ML, and no green teas. No abuse, slapping, torture or infidelity.

This was a great slice of life family and romance drama. Lots of great messages about being who you are and not pretending to be someone else just to impress others or fulfill the role others might expect of you. It's about growing to love yourself and others for who they are and letting yourself not be weighed down by others' expectations.

I especially loved the father and all his inner monologues and his story. He was wrong, didn't realize it, but grew anyway. Loved how the youngest of them, the main FL and younger sister, was the catalyst for the family change even though I really didn't like the voice used for her, lol, and found it distracting. And her character was too much a baby for me, but that was the point.

I still loved the car scene as my overall favorite from S1 where the ml can't resist having round two of the twice a week marital relations the day after the wedding night. lol. Loved how all the couples gradually broke down the barriers to their hearts and spouses and family.

I loved how the older brother chased after his younger wife and how the older sister courted the younger brother. I loved how there was a role reversal with both those couples.

If you can find it, you should definitely give it a try. :)

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Not Your Typical Filmed Vertically Short Drama

I went into this one blind because I was on a Chen Rui Feng download spree AND there was no synopsis here or that I could find from another source , lol. Love his height and being a danseur makes him ever so graceful.

Story: FL and ML are married but he wants a divorce because she is a "fool" having had some brain trauma that makes her seem like a child. The 2ml, who is the ml's brother, is a bit childlike himself and doesn't think his brother should abandon the FL who he views as a sister. Both the FL and 2Ml love watching C-dramas and are currently watching a historical fantasy one about a fox demon betrayed by a scumbag hunter. There's a scuffle and head injuries to both the FL and 2ML who end up believing themselves to be the characters from the drama they were watching. Thus, the antics begin on outwitting each other, the ML and the other "humans".

It was a fun and different watch from the usual short vertical dramas with some plot twists and sweet romance with decent flirting and chemistry. Yes, there are always the cliche' components because it's still a vertical, like the evil aunt and cousin who want her assets and the sweet grandmother who wants her great-grandson.

I can't say much about the music, so a neutral 5 on that. While I really liked it a lot, I gave a neutral 5 on it as I usually don't rewatch unless there's a lot of steamy kisses, lol.

I would recommend trying this one out.

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