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Thank you for taking your time to reply to this person's hate comment. I generally just ignore them as they are usually someone begging for attention. As someone who was SAd as a child I try my best to avoid series that show SA, I don't understand why they think I shouldn't watch shows that show killing, like uhmm have I been killed before? And also the funny part is I very rarely watch american shows so I don't understand why they keep bringing that up or even made the comparison

This is a very rude and insensitive and, quite frankly, ridiculous comment.

This series should come with a trigger warning for sexual assault

"Part of what makes him come off as somewhat obsessive is the fact that she is so coldly ignoring him all the time and he keeps persisting.
If there was a little bit more give and take, the main guy would look less pathetic..."

Like I said it's his choice to keep persisting and obsessing. If he looks pathetic, it's him that's making that happen, it's not up to the woman to make him look good.

"...but I still think the main guy is a good guy largely doing stuff for the benefit of the woman."I am not really gonna be convinced that "actually the male lead is the problem" in all this."

It's two individuals in different head spaces. I'm not saying he is THE problem, he is behaving a bit weirdly though. He acts kinda jealous and does backhanded secret things for her, like the way he switched the rooms after they'd made a mutual agreement. She likes him in this carefull quiet way, but thinks he is confusing and aloof, you can see her quietly trying to assess his motivations. He is also acting cold, he needs to speak up as well. It's two people that have to come to an understanding before there's romance.

I understand your point of view because I’m also a man, and I watched First Frost with my little sister and brother. The key is to approach it with the mindset of putting yourself in a woman’s shoes while watching, since it’s clearly a drama aimed at a female audience. That said, the director did make the effort to give Wen Yifan both an appealing appearance and personality.

I think the best way to see this drama is as a guide on how to be a really good boyfriend. Watching how Sang Yan takes care of Yifan is the key to appreciating it, because honestly, he's the most devoted MC i have ever seen in all dramas. And being inspired to become a better partner is truly a gift this drama gives, since it shows everything : cooking, cleaning, voice messages, jokes, dreamy and philosophical conversations, little acts of affection toward a loved one the list goes on and on!

I also really enjoyed the cinematography and felt like I traveled to Nanwu and Hong Kong, discovering Chinese traditions I had never seen before. So it might also appeal to you if you’re new to Chinese dramas. I do agree that Yi Fan is a bit tiring, Me and my brother got a bit exhausted by her escapist mindset, but it was all worth it.

I gave this drama a 9.5, because I genuinely think that for women, it’s like a dream, and for us, it’s a charming and very relatable guide.

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"but your negative interpretation feels very suspicious, because we know from the very beginning that Sang Yan loves Yi Fan. It’s impossible to interpret his actions negatively, since that’s part of his nature and personality."

No, his actions stand on their own, it doesn't matter if he likes her or not. Liking someone isn't a justification or an excuse for playing mind games. I agree that "His way of loving quiet and cunning, like a fox is his discreet way of protecting himself from getting burned." But he is still playing games with all the lies and little manipulations he does, and then claims he didn't do while giving her a blank gaze. I get that it's normalized for men especially, to act like this if they like a girl, but it's actually not unproblematic behaviour.

He is the one making things complicated and then the woman gets the blame. Even here in the comment section Xefjord says she is cold and she causes missunderstandings when it's him doing both 😒. She caused a missunderstanding when they were young, the rest are on him. She is not playing games with him, she is being courteous to him all the time. It's a theme in the show. She gets harrassed and attacked by men repeatedly for simply existing in the world and the men and the women around her blame her, not the actual people who do the bad things. It's an interesting phenomenon.

Seriously, what?

"the female lead just seems to be treating the male lead too awfully... she doesn't need to be so cold and force so many misunderstandings...I don't want to watch the male lead get tortured for 10-15 episodes for a cold ungrateful female lead. I get its supposed to be a story about how a woman who feels worthless can still find love, but actions speak louder than words and her actions have been pretty consistently awful."

The female lead is clearly being neutral, not cold. The only hurtful thing she did was back in high school, when she felt she had to leave him and lie about the reason, to protect herself. She is not responsible of his crush on her, it's not her job to coddle him or manage his feelings. She is not ungrateful, what does she have to be grateful for, except for when the male lead helped her with the violent friends of her would be rapist. She thanked him for that and treated his wounds. Whatever else the male lead did was his own business, he is actually a bit obsessive when it comes to the female lead. He is the one that played games, acting like "I dont know who you are, lady" and going behind her back to do what, secretly move in with her, buy things for the house and claim they were not specifically for her. She is being kind to him actually, giving him grace repeatedly, while also being neutral and going with the flow.

just finished this a few days ago. what i liked most about this drama is the scene where wen yifan completely cut off her mother from her life. when she said, "just think of me as someone who died that night" i literally got goosebumps. her mother is literally the worst character in this series, argue with the wall.

honestly this is more about wen yifan's life, how it's like living as a woman in modern day, rather than a pure romance drama. although a lot of viewers got turned off over the scenes of her getting harassed by men and ostracized by her colleagues over some dumb rumors, i think it depicts the reality of what a lot of women go through a lot.

overall i think this drama was good, the romance aspect was well done too, it didnt bore me at all.

I skipped the grandpa scenes because I was too eager to wait for the leads. I plan on watching that part one day. This was a 10 because I didn't hold it agains the drama. The rest was so good.

same here i am enjoying both version hard to differentiate which one is good i think both are good

so she doesn't know its also him from the future until episode what?? 8? or did i miss an episode because the korean version revealed him to the FL after 4 episodes

Enjoyed this drama very much, watched the Korean version before and it was super good but this one was more gentle and it didn't make me feel the toxicity of the bad characters so painfully (guess it was more digestible). I think both are worth watching! And the romance story and characters - it felt quite mature.

or even engine braking by shifting gears down. lmao guess they didn't learn

One thing that always bugs me in a scenario with broken brakes is that there is still the handbrake!
Did no one learn how to drive properly????