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She May Either Electrify or Electrocute You
This drama is refreshing, does not follow typical romcom plot. Instead of a cold man meeting a warm woman you get the other way around. Instead of a rich guy and a poor girl you get a rich guy and ..... (I cannot spoil you). Let me entice you with my own synopsis: The female lead Feng Ping has a supernatural power that is like a curse to her. It can cause harm to others under her negative feelings. To control that, she trains herself to be cold and aloof, detaching herself to other people's emotions. In several coincidences, she meets the male lead Jia Nan. A playboy, a celebrity, an actor, and comes from a rich family. Accustomed to women chasing him, Jia Nan is instantly attracted to Feng Ping who does not bat her eyelashes at him. Soon he proposes to her, and both enter a fake engagement with different reasons. Having covered her identity and tragic past tightly, Feng Ping becomes an object of intense spying and investigating from Jia Nan and people around him.
LIKES
(+) The drama gives us many secrets besides the main one (Feng Ping's identity). Starting slow that made me bored and almost dropped the drama, it picked up very well especially after the engagement. I binge-watched every episode afterwards, dying to know the secrets revealed.
(+) The drama tricks us into believing differently on Feng Ping's characters and intentions and reveals the facts little by little
(+) The drama intentionally keeps some secret until the end and never reveals them. Not necessary for the main plot though, just enticing.
(+) The drama keeps us entertaining on the pairings fate. We will not be sure of some of the couples, who ends up with who until the end of the drama
(+) Close knitted Tang family relationship
(+) Some scenes are so hilarious you may want to rewatch the scenes, such as Jia Nan and A Jiu's adventure in the countryside, Jun Hao watching the elevator with the security team
(+) Hilarious jealousy scenes of Jia Nan, since he cannot really ask Feng Ping or get mad at her due to their unique relationship. Instead he lashes on A Jiu, Jun Hao, or Yue Sheng.
(+) Unexpected last dates of Jia Nan and Feng Ping, not with each other but with different partners
(+) Cute final wedding scene
(+) All main and important supporting actors and actresses played their respective roles well.
(+) Actors are eye candies. Choose your own favorite one, lol.
(+) Great acting of actor Richard Wang as the delightful Jia Nan. I watched this drama following his great acting as multiple roles in The Eternal Love 1 and 2. I thought he should play as a main lead in another drama and I'm glad he did here.
(+) Great acting of actress Camille Hua as the mysterious Feng Ping. Some reviews/comments criticizing her bad acting but IMHO that is because of her cold, reserved, and detached woman. Her character growth especially her feelings for Jia Nan is a tsundere-type.
(+) Natural chemistry between Jia Nan and Feng Ping. Started as complete strangers, with Feng Ping being reserved with Jia Nan to avoid gossips and jealous fans. Though soon getting engaged and moved into his house, she wanted to maintained each other private lives. Their chemistry develop from friends to lovers slowly, probably they did not get together until the middle of the drama. Their friendship is sweet, being considerate to each other feelings, although not need to do that since they are in fake engagement.
(+) I am glad that they don't make the character Jun Hao, a long time best friend of Feng Ping has a one-sided love for her, like many drama cliche. I am glad that they make another story for him with Qiu Tian. Jun Hao character is too cute and childish
(+) Friendship and brotherhood of Jia Nan and A Jiu, IMHO even better than the chemistry between Jia Nan and Feng Ping. Especially the earlier friendship started since the beginning and the latter relationship is a slow burn.
(+) Great acting of actor Miles Wei as the invalid, depressed, lovelorn Hao Yun. He really looks like Chinese actor Hu Yi Tian from A Love So Beautiful. But IMHO Miles Wei acting is better. Hopefully I will see him in the future as a main lead of another drama.
(+) The character of A Jiu is so adorable as the cynical and down-to-earth Jia Nan's sidekick.
(+) The character Qiu Tian who is refreshing and completely different than other female roles makes a unique addition in this drama.
(+) Although character Lu Qiao is an antagonist, but IMHO actress Li Ruo Ning acted very good as the jealous, scheming and ambitious Lu Qiao.
(+) Nice OST, notably Call of the Heart (心底的呼喚) by Ro Rowan, Say it again (再谈记忆) by Penicillin, Special People (特殊的人) by Luo Zheng who plays as Jun Hao
(+) Great costumes
DISLIKES
(-) The English sub is autosub. Although we can understand the important issues and the storyline, it will be nice if it's well subbed to enjoy the conversation. Probably because the distributor company Youku main target is Chinese market so the company does not bother with international viewers. Unlike Tencent, for example, that also targets international market. Thus they usually sub their new dramas soon after airing the raw ones.
(-) Typical Cdrama, lots of dragging scenes and conversations.
(-) The coincidences meetings between Jia Nan and Feng Ping in the beginning of the drama feels like rushed and unrealistic, probably due to the story plot to 'engage' them early.
(-) Some scenes can have beautiful cinematography, but unfortunately they were not artfully done. For example the scene where Jia Nan saved Feng Ping during heavy rain in the night. There are other scenes with beautiful nature backdrops like the country side and the beach. It would be great if the production team thought about cinematography of such scenes.
LIKES
(+) The drama gives us many secrets besides the main one (Feng Ping's identity). Starting slow that made me bored and almost dropped the drama, it picked up very well especially after the engagement. I binge-watched every episode afterwards, dying to know the secrets revealed.
(+) The drama tricks us into believing differently on Feng Ping's characters and intentions and reveals the facts little by little
(+) The drama intentionally keeps some secret until the end and never reveals them. Not necessary for the main plot though, just enticing.
(+) The drama keeps us entertaining on the pairings fate. We will not be sure of some of the couples, who ends up with who until the end of the drama
(+) Close knitted Tang family relationship
(+) Some scenes are so hilarious you may want to rewatch the scenes, such as Jia Nan and A Jiu's adventure in the countryside, Jun Hao watching the elevator with the security team
(+) Hilarious jealousy scenes of Jia Nan, since he cannot really ask Feng Ping or get mad at her due to their unique relationship. Instead he lashes on A Jiu, Jun Hao, or Yue Sheng.
(+) Unexpected last dates of Jia Nan and Feng Ping, not with each other but with different partners
(+) Cute final wedding scene
(+) All main and important supporting actors and actresses played their respective roles well.
(+) Actors are eye candies. Choose your own favorite one, lol.
(+) Great acting of actor Richard Wang as the delightful Jia Nan. I watched this drama following his great acting as multiple roles in The Eternal Love 1 and 2. I thought he should play as a main lead in another drama and I'm glad he did here.
(+) Great acting of actress Camille Hua as the mysterious Feng Ping. Some reviews/comments criticizing her bad acting but IMHO that is because of her cold, reserved, and detached woman. Her character growth especially her feelings for Jia Nan is a tsundere-type.
(+) Natural chemistry between Jia Nan and Feng Ping. Started as complete strangers, with Feng Ping being reserved with Jia Nan to avoid gossips and jealous fans. Though soon getting engaged and moved into his house, she wanted to maintained each other private lives. Their chemistry develop from friends to lovers slowly, probably they did not get together until the middle of the drama. Their friendship is sweet, being considerate to each other feelings, although not need to do that since they are in fake engagement.
(+) I am glad that they don't make the character Jun Hao, a long time best friend of Feng Ping has a one-sided love for her, like many drama cliche. I am glad that they make another story for him with Qiu Tian. Jun Hao character is too cute and childish
(+) Friendship and brotherhood of Jia Nan and A Jiu, IMHO even better than the chemistry between Jia Nan and Feng Ping. Especially the earlier friendship started since the beginning and the latter relationship is a slow burn.
(+) Great acting of actor Miles Wei as the invalid, depressed, lovelorn Hao Yun. He really looks like Chinese actor Hu Yi Tian from A Love So Beautiful. But IMHO Miles Wei acting is better. Hopefully I will see him in the future as a main lead of another drama.
(+) The character of A Jiu is so adorable as the cynical and down-to-earth Jia Nan's sidekick.
(+) The character Qiu Tian who is refreshing and completely different than other female roles makes a unique addition in this drama.
(+) Although character Lu Qiao is an antagonist, but IMHO actress Li Ruo Ning acted very good as the jealous, scheming and ambitious Lu Qiao.
(+) Nice OST, notably Call of the Heart (心底的呼喚) by Ro Rowan, Say it again (再谈记忆) by Penicillin, Special People (特殊的人) by Luo Zheng who plays as Jun Hao
(+) Great costumes
DISLIKES
(-) The English sub is autosub. Although we can understand the important issues and the storyline, it will be nice if it's well subbed to enjoy the conversation. Probably because the distributor company Youku main target is Chinese market so the company does not bother with international viewers. Unlike Tencent, for example, that also targets international market. Thus they usually sub their new dramas soon after airing the raw ones.
(-) Typical Cdrama, lots of dragging scenes and conversations.
(-) The coincidences meetings between Jia Nan and Feng Ping in the beginning of the drama feels like rushed and unrealistic, probably due to the story plot to 'engage' them early.
(-) Some scenes can have beautiful cinematography, but unfortunately they were not artfully done. For example the scene where Jia Nan saved Feng Ping during heavy rain in the night. There are other scenes with beautiful nature backdrops like the country side and the beach. It would be great if the production team thought about cinematography of such scenes.
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