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Michael_0718

The country which consists of 7,640 islands.

Michael_0718

The country which consists of 7,640 islands.
Special Lady chinese drama review
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Special Lady
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by Michael_0718
Jul 28, 2024
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
This review may contain spoilers

Ep.1 is an endurance test | Annoying FL & Charming ML + Underwhelming utilization of a good Plot!

"Don't be afraid of making mistakes. To recognize one's mistake and correct them is the greatest value" - Song Xu

[!] Warning - Please take a mouthful of "Chill Pill" prior to watching this.

First and foremost, I wanna say that watching this drama will be a huge challenge to anyone who have been watching 'proper' dramas in such a long time because your tolerance will be put to an extreme great test during its very 1st episode for how ludicrous and crappy the introduction of the story was. I even thought to myself "How the heck did I even survived that intolerable Episode" and "That consumed 50% of my tolerance and patience for this drama" for how unreasonable and childish it was. I even reached the point where I felt an empty hollow space within myself after finishing the 1st episode because it was just simply illogical like you will wonder how can the director and writer create such garbage as if their critical thinking flew out of the window while filming this.

PLEASE NOTE: That I'm writing this as a warning that episode 1 will be a TOUGH watch that may result you of dropping it. So proceed with caution!

I don't wanna repeat myself but again the biggest challenge watching this drama all lies on episode 1. Once you've past through that it will very slowlyyy become a bit tolerable. I can't honestly even gauge it because I gritted my teeth so much while binge watching episode 2 to 10-ish...sure! It was not as severe and hopeless compared to Ep.1 but the FLs crazy, annoying and unbearable antics might surely trigger you to stop watching this drama. She was the worst and I don't even have any words to protect her from my criticisms cause she genuinely deserves it for how irrirating she is. After all those, the succeeding episodes will be more reasonable to watch but still prepare yourself I would say, because we have different tastes and perspectives and you may or may not come up with a completely different view while watching it. (Please do share me through the comment section below on how you feel about it. I would love to read and know your reaction to the story)

Moral sense of the story is that we have to take action if we don't like a certain event to happen. But honestly, I don't even know...more so...I refused to accept that idea for this story because the way it was delivered in this drama was way too irrational and unacceptable for me. It outweighs all the good intentions and ideas there is because it was executed through various dirty and immoral tricks.

Chemistry - I would say it's fine. It really helped that the Male Lead got this refreshing and charming vibe that anyone paired to him will effortlessly fit together with him. He's like a a picturesque scenery that can turn anything plain and unattractive into something beautiful the moment you put it on one frame with him.

Editing, Color grading and Overall Design - Editing is borderline bad. I am not even sure why did they incorporate a plot they will not use properly and I feel like it would be better if they showed us more of the actual conflicts instead of skipping through all of the most exciting parts and ended up giving us only the positive outcomes. Color grading was too orange-ish at first which resulted for the saturation to look boring and gloomy and I am just glad that they somehow fixed it along the way. Overall design was an improving factor for me...everything they showed us on the 1st episode looked low cost cheap and simply unattractive. Thank god they picked up the slack and improved as the story goes on. I guess they fired and changed the editor-in-chief after episode 1. Lol!

Final sentiments and violent reactions - The Female lead was annoying as Hell! She's really a "Special Lady" because no one can outmatch her for being childish, immature and irritating during the first half of the show. When it comes to the Male lead, I was pissed and frustrated on how lenient and forbearing he is to the FL despite all the filthy tricks she had set up on his way. Like how can he tolerate all the FLs misconduct, misdeed and nasty schemings? A good definition of noble to the extent of stupidity.

Story - 7.0, The drama was on the right track during Episode 12 to 20+ but the path they took to turn the events baffled me quite a lot. I feel like the 2nd ML was treated dirty and he just didn't deserve any of that. + The fact that they were not able to fully utilize the main plot they have set up since Ep.1 disappointed me a lot. Let's not even mention the countless frustrations I have to endure just to reach the 'better' section of this story. All I can say is that I went through a lot!! This story truly put my patience on a serious test and I am extremely proud of myself for completing this challenging drama.

Acting/Cast - 8.5, Both Main leads acting has gotten in my nerve during the first 10 episodes but I managed to deal with them by telling myself that this is afterall an Idol romance drama and the acting typically gets irrational and over the top; and because of that I was able to gradually accept and even appreciate their acting skills. Specially the Male lead—he's simply a star. I few more experience and exposure to good acting projects and I'm sure he'll be great.

Music - 9.0, Their choice of songs are fine and I never really got bother by it throughout the entire show. + I grew to love one of the BGMs used in this drama.

Rewatch Value - 3.0, I'm honestly being kind for not giving this a 1.0 and that's in consideration of the 1/3 of this show which I unexpectedly enjoyed. Nonetheless, this is one of the dramas I will NEVER watch again.

Overall - 6.5, I'm determined to give it a higher rating but after further consideration and deliberation, I have finally decided to give it a rating it truly deserves.

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