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why so defensive? You shared your take, i shared mine. If you dont agree, move on. It's not that deep:)

you may check it with chinese:)
The screenwriter also wrote the very popular Love 02 and One Smile Is Very Alluring scripts.
Hidden Love is very well written. This is a fact

You may like this review :)

Written by daisy han@kdramadaisy on twitter - 85.5 k followers

"Hidden Love (2023) 10/10 😭🫶🏻
25 Episodes | Youku | Netflix
Starring #ZhaoLusi & #ChenZheyuan

idk if i can put all my love for this show in words but you'll find yourself crying, smiling, swooning over this drama. It deserves the hype, well-written and beautifully done! [....]"

https://twitter.com/kdramadaisy/status/1682714848847863808

Actually the drama had a real impact that you make an account to write down your first MDL review. I find that cool:)

what do you mean by slow:) would you like to see more action?:) (this drama is about emotions, chars development) How can it be slow, if it describes a love story development (admiration- crash-puppy love- true love) of 8 years in only 25 eps? Please, go watch trailers (25 ep in 10 mins. Pretty fast, a?)

I will surely do:)

I liked more HL. It's better written, better directed, the acting is better. HL cp hit me different, the chemistry is just wow, they both are so good looking! No other ppl stories, no wasted screen time. The garderobe used in HL is cool. The editing is good. But what makes this drama so diff, are the details: beginning with his car number (which means SZ, I love you), the name of every chapter (a song which reflects SZ's emotions), the way he bought her slippers with lil strawberries pattern just coz she loves strawberries, she wore for his graduation a baby blue dress with white colar and he has a baby blue shirt with white colar for her graduation... and so much more). You will laugh and cry, it is sweet, you will remember your first crush, leads are good at making you feel their emotions. Osts are good, as well.
This is the first drama I saw with tons of prod placements that are not obvious and annoying. After I rewatched it I could notice them, coz I read about them and I tried to figure where they were in drama.
The prod team really invested time and efforts to make it good, they used money properly, prod doesnt look cheap even they were short of money. They all worked hard for this drama, specially ZLS (after the former director left, and drama lost some investments)
I rated WIFTY with 7 and HL with 10. I also liked WIFTY, but maybe I wouldnt watch it if there werent ppl who posted in comment section of HL about how much better WIFTY is. Well, it isnt better. But this is just my own opinion,

Douban score is low coz there are tons of 1 star. They started to rated it from 2022. Why would a normal person rate a drama with 1 before it was aired? Everybody can go check them and make their own judgement.
https://movie.douban.com/subject/35899932/reviews?start=440

Reuters - some more sugar :)
https://twitter.com/risti_ic/status/1682205573713125376

you are welcome :)

I guess he left with the former director? do you believe me that I didnt look at him at all?:) I didnt recall Lusi with that attire :)

Hidden Love’s Director Farewell Weibo post:
"“Last summer I met Sangzhi, Duan Jiaxu, and of course, the great silly dog, Sangyan. I also got to know their families and friends.
This summer, I introduced all of you to this beloved group of people whom I love very, very much. I'm so happy that you all liked them, and I'm truly grateful for that. I hope everyone can be as happy as Sangzhi and Duan Jiaxu.
I have to say goodbye now, but the memories are already kept in my heart. Farewell~”

She also shared new pics
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1681939570601132033

I read dramas reviews. I cant see their watch list, dunno why, coz other ppl can

I cant see anyone watch list or their ratings if they dont write a review and dunno why.
If someone rates a drama with 1 and write down about that, there will always be drama fans who will defend that drama. I think it's normal. I am pretty sure they cant change anything about ratings, that person impression, but the comments will be there for all passers by who will watch it. Pretty fair

scene of Shang Zhi and former Jiang Ming
https://twitter.com/prettybalqislol/status/1681946445249908736

if you want a true answer, search for real statistics, both dramas data. However, none of data or ratings matter, it's all about every each person taste. For me HL is better, but I also liked WIFTY. I rated it lower then HL, but still a high one

the same thing happened on MDL. there is a solid WIFTY drama group of fans, but also ZLS' antis who rated HL with 1 and WIFTY with 10 (or about, but huge difference). They hyped that drama as they suddently hyped Move to heaven after they saw WIFTY score couldnt surpass HL's one. Funny fact is that when their own favs dramas were airing, they had to see not only HL has a higher score, but also those 2 dramas they hyped. well deserved :)

"Behind the scene: Zhao Lusi fed Chen Zheyuan the teddy bread 🐻🍞

But it didn’t made it to the cut ☹️
In the episode he took a piece of bread from her instead"

https://twitter.com/afterrnoont/status/1681687475201388546

1. https://weibo.com/7523729235/4922251114184914
2. I asked on twitter about that and I wrote the answer I received under the other post. Hope it will help :)

I asked (twitter ) and Jov answered:
"I did some research on baidu and weibo, most novel fans have connected the dots and presume that nanwu is most likely hangzhou and nanwu university = zhejiang university
regarding yihe, there are many different guesses but the most popular guess is that yihe = shanghai and yihe university = fudan university
since the flight is around 3h 5minutes"
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1681809753226481664

"And as to why Hidden Love has filmed at Xiamen, actually most modern cdramas (and especially campus dramas) will utilize Xiamen as their filming spot, it’s always been popular"
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1681811606425174016

Lusi's interview (2022)

host: any spoilers to when Hidden Love will broadcast after you finish filming?

Zhao Lusi: I think it’ll be quite quick actually, if we’re lucky, it’ll be soon!

It’s a pity that we didn’t get to film many scenery while we are in Xiamen but it’s due to some external factors"
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1585249062181572608
https://twitter.com/wonwoncity/status/1585249062181572608