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Typical C-Drama Slop
This is my first time writing a review and it's because this drama genuinely pissed me off. Seeing people rating this a 9 or 10 and the avg rating is an 8.4 on here genuinely baffles me.
TLDR; don't waste your time with this, don't watch it, you will be stressed, annoyed, and upset
I'll start with the very few good things about this drama. Acting was pretty standard, decent chemistry, and I liked how Jiang Jun handled certain situations. I don't really like writing paragraphs (writing was never my forte) so I'll condense it into point form to explain better.
1. The acting was actually pretty good from majority of the cast so kudos to the actresses and actors in this
2. The chemistry was there. I liked FL and ML's relationship and interactions but that alone was not good enough to save this hot mess of a drama
3. Jiang Jun as a character is likeable for the most part and I do like how she stood up to the ML when he insisted on choosing what was best for her when it's been like what, 10 years since they last met
Now, for the many horrible things. Insensitive handling of serious topics, misogynistic undertones, incest, characters forgiven over sexual assault and physical and mental harm to the FL, god awful ML, illogical, stupid, and braindead plot points and scenes, accidental kiss scenes, unrealistic behaviour and situations, romanticization of selfish and weird behaviour from Xu Li, inconsistent characters, and unnecessarily drags out so many scenes. Obviously, there were a lot more but these are the ones that irked me the most.
1. Insensitive handling of serious topics - the way the drama just brushed over the fact FL got sexually assaulted was so disturbing and it wasn't even treated seriously. Then, minutes later, silly music plays as FL asks ML to not be mad at her anymore. Also, the way that FL just believes it was her fault is just so sad with no one by her side to support and comfort her
2. Misogynistic undertones - "a woman will wither without love", said by FL and FL always forgiving everyone when they have caused her mental distress and harm.
3. Incest - SML's sister is in love with him :| sure, they're not blood related but they're still siblings? It was literally so unnecessary to include that when it added pretty much nothing to the story
4. Characters are easily forgiven - Shen Xin led FL to a faulty elevator and had her stuck genuinely could have cost her life if she started crying or some other malfunction ocurred. She was easily forgiven by FL and even became a manager later on. Du Lei sexually assaulted FL and spread scandalous articles about her. What happened to him? Literally nothing
5. ML is a huge red flag - He literally BULLIED her in high school and traumatized her. Okay, fine, let's argue he was just a kid at the time. As an adult, he tries to kick FL out of his company because HE thinks it won't be good for HER and he makes her work life so much more difficult to try and kick her out. Also, when FL gets sexually assaulted by her friend, he's mad at her and she's the one who has to beg for his forgiveness?? And when FL says she feels like it's a pity she lost a great friend, the ML says "guess I shouldn't have saved you then" LIKE WHAT??? Then, when FL blames herself for not noticing SML's feelings earlier and should've been more "sensitive", ML agrees and goes like "yeah now you know you're not perceptive" when he should have been comforting her and telling her it wasn't her fault! After, he says "what did you do for him to act like that (sexually assault her)" like excuse me??? how was any of that her fault???
6. Plot points and scenes are illogical, stupid, and braindead. For example, FL is said to have a tear allergy. I searched this up and it is a real condition but it means they are allergic to the contact of water on their skin, which FL clearly did not have, just the tears.
7. Accidental kiss scenes - This almost never happens and especially not in the way they are shown that leads up to the "kiss" in this drama. Someone trips and falls into the other's arms and their lips touch. Ridiculous (sorry i know im a negative nancy and major hater)
8. So many situations and behaviours of the characters are unrealistic. For example, FL is constantly trying to get herself out of embarrassing situations with ML by running away (she literally runs) and the way every single character sucks at lying is insane
9. Xu Li and Xiao Chuan sucks - She gets a job at a cvs just so she could try to approach this cute guy (genuinely who does that). She's also selfish and inconsiderate of Xiao Chuan. Xiao Chuan also pisses me off because wdym you dont wanna be with her because you believe your app has 100% accuracy and no errors? If he were truly smart and a genius that the show depicts him to be he would know a software having ZERO errors and 100% accuracy is impossible. Also why are you even relying on this software when you KNOW you like her?? Their relationship is overall bland and boring
10. Inconsistent characters - Du Lei, the SML was originally seen as a nice, considerate, and helpful friend to FL, albeit his original intentions were to use her. But in the end, he fully loses it and sexually assaults FL and tries to take her down and ruin her life. Prior to this, he was literally helping the ML from a scandal, even knowing they were already dating. It just seems so out of character for him to do what he did when he was literally portrayed as an incredibly caring, sweet, and respectful guy. It honestly feels like they changed his character because ML was already a huge asshole so when comparing ML and SML, ML is obviously seen as the better one
11. This drama is incredibly slow with so many romantic scenes being dragged out to like a minute long
OKAY review/rant over
TLDR; don't waste your time with this, don't watch it, you will be stressed, annoyed, and upset
I'll start with the very few good things about this drama. Acting was pretty standard, decent chemistry, and I liked how Jiang Jun handled certain situations. I don't really like writing paragraphs (writing was never my forte) so I'll condense it into point form to explain better.
1. The acting was actually pretty good from majority of the cast so kudos to the actresses and actors in this
2. The chemistry was there. I liked FL and ML's relationship and interactions but that alone was not good enough to save this hot mess of a drama
3. Jiang Jun as a character is likeable for the most part and I do like how she stood up to the ML when he insisted on choosing what was best for her when it's been like what, 10 years since they last met
Now, for the many horrible things. Insensitive handling of serious topics, misogynistic undertones, incest, characters forgiven over sexual assault and physical and mental harm to the FL, god awful ML, illogical, stupid, and braindead plot points and scenes, accidental kiss scenes, unrealistic behaviour and situations, romanticization of selfish and weird behaviour from Xu Li, inconsistent characters, and unnecessarily drags out so many scenes. Obviously, there were a lot more but these are the ones that irked me the most.
1. Insensitive handling of serious topics - the way the drama just brushed over the fact FL got sexually assaulted was so disturbing and it wasn't even treated seriously. Then, minutes later, silly music plays as FL asks ML to not be mad at her anymore. Also, the way that FL just believes it was her fault is just so sad with no one by her side to support and comfort her
2. Misogynistic undertones - "a woman will wither without love", said by FL and FL always forgiving everyone when they have caused her mental distress and harm.
3. Incest - SML's sister is in love with him :| sure, they're not blood related but they're still siblings? It was literally so unnecessary to include that when it added pretty much nothing to the story
4. Characters are easily forgiven - Shen Xin led FL to a faulty elevator and had her stuck genuinely could have cost her life if she started crying or some other malfunction ocurred. She was easily forgiven by FL and even became a manager later on. Du Lei sexually assaulted FL and spread scandalous articles about her. What happened to him? Literally nothing
5. ML is a huge red flag - He literally BULLIED her in high school and traumatized her. Okay, fine, let's argue he was just a kid at the time. As an adult, he tries to kick FL out of his company because HE thinks it won't be good for HER and he makes her work life so much more difficult to try and kick her out. Also, when FL gets sexually assaulted by her friend, he's mad at her and she's the one who has to beg for his forgiveness?? And when FL says she feels like it's a pity she lost a great friend, the ML says "guess I shouldn't have saved you then" LIKE WHAT??? Then, when FL blames herself for not noticing SML's feelings earlier and should've been more "sensitive", ML agrees and goes like "yeah now you know you're not perceptive" when he should have been comforting her and telling her it wasn't her fault! After, he says "what did you do for him to act like that (sexually assault her)" like excuse me??? how was any of that her fault???
6. Plot points and scenes are illogical, stupid, and braindead. For example, FL is said to have a tear allergy. I searched this up and it is a real condition but it means they are allergic to the contact of water on their skin, which FL clearly did not have, just the tears.
7. Accidental kiss scenes - This almost never happens and especially not in the way they are shown that leads up to the "kiss" in this drama. Someone trips and falls into the other's arms and their lips touch. Ridiculous (sorry i know im a negative nancy and major hater)
8. So many situations and behaviours of the characters are unrealistic. For example, FL is constantly trying to get herself out of embarrassing situations with ML by running away (she literally runs) and the way every single character sucks at lying is insane
9. Xu Li and Xiao Chuan sucks - She gets a job at a cvs just so she could try to approach this cute guy (genuinely who does that). She's also selfish and inconsiderate of Xiao Chuan. Xiao Chuan also pisses me off because wdym you dont wanna be with her because you believe your app has 100% accuracy and no errors? If he were truly smart and a genius that the show depicts him to be he would know a software having ZERO errors and 100% accuracy is impossible. Also why are you even relying on this software when you KNOW you like her?? Their relationship is overall bland and boring
10. Inconsistent characters - Du Lei, the SML was originally seen as a nice, considerate, and helpful friend to FL, albeit his original intentions were to use her. But in the end, he fully loses it and sexually assaults FL and tries to take her down and ruin her life. Prior to this, he was literally helping the ML from a scandal, even knowing they were already dating. It just seems so out of character for him to do what he did when he was literally portrayed as an incredibly caring, sweet, and respectful guy. It honestly feels like they changed his character because ML was already a huge asshole so when comparing ML and SML, ML is obviously seen as the better one
11. This drama is incredibly slow with so many romantic scenes being dragged out to like a minute long
OKAY review/rant over
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