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Someone Like You taiwanese drama review
Ongoing 20/20
Someone Like You
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by Zoe
Jan 18, 2018
20 of 20 episodes seen
Ongoing
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
“Luo Han is Luo Han and Yu Xi is Yu Xi.”

This is the key guys. I kind of like that the whole saga of the hero loving Luo Han gets flipped around and it becomes all about Yu Xi’s love for her sister. This drama is really different from other shows. I can't quite put my finger on it.

This is the shortest C-Drama I’ve seen. A very pleasant 20 episodes. Chinese dramas often have very painful starts. But if you can get past the first few episodes, you’re set. I like that the pair don’t feel any romance or attraction to each other at first. Zhan Cheng and Yu Xi are bottom line a mature couple. I enjoyed how they spoke into each other’s lives, and gave story examples to communicate with each other. I loved that their miscommunication lasted about five seconds. They sorted things out so quickly.

The drama’s quite good with keeping its consistency. For example, I liked that Yu Xi forgot to control her expressions around Zhan Cheng, because she was so used to him not being able to see her. Or when Zhan Cheng didn’t know who people were even though he’d met them multiple times.

I appreciate the way the characters have romantic moments at separate times from each other. For example, Yu Xi might suddenly feel caught up in the moment, but Zhan Cheng doesn’t notice anything and vice versa.

This show has a totally different boss/underling romance style. They’re very even footing on a relational level even though Yu Xi puts herself in a very supportive role. She doesn’t even consider that her boss might like her despite his tendency to spoil her. I like that she innocently wants him to find someone to love and never considers herself a candidate.

Zhan Cheng – male lead
Zhan Cheng doesn’t have any super powers, but he is talented and smart. I like how he reasoned things out in his mind. He knows how to connect the dots and he really analyses conversations so that he can figure out the meaning behind a person’s motivations or intentions.
Our hero is actually pretty darn good. He’s not unnecessarily mean or overbearing. He’s quite charismatic and he’s gentle, which is really sweet. I liked how kind he was despite Yu Xi’s terrible personality and work ethic. He has these little smiles that are so cute when Yu Xi isn’t looking. I loved his funny expressions – it was almost Kdrama worthy.
He’s very loyal to Yu Xi as well.
I like that he’s not always sure how close their faces are, so it’s a bit of a moment for Yu Xi but he’s just concentrating on whatever they’re doing.
I like how he asks her if she’s hurt all the time.    
And he’s really affected by the tone of her voice.
I really loved how he came to trust her.
It was so funny how he let her lie to him and he’d tease her about it later.
He lets her get away with a lot of things, he’s rather indulgent. But still, it’s nice to see such a generous hero even when the heroine is pushing it. I mean he really just loves her flaws.      

I love the way he tries to keep a straight face. It always looks like he’s trying not to laugh around Yu Xi. It was cute how Yu Xi would handle him and he began to find her touch meaningful, but she was just being practical and going about her job.

Zhan Cheng is very mature. He’s never petty, doesn’t get jealous, and he’s overall a real man.

Yu Xi – female lead

The show gives us a terrible first impression of our heroine. Honestly, I thought she was the worst heroine ever, so I was kind of shocked at how much I liked her after a few episodes. She’s actually a really good character. She starts of incredibly obnoxious and dumb. She gets upset at Zhan Cheng for being blind. WHAT EVEN. She’s loud and aggressive for no good reason. But her thick skin character is somewhat necessary to break through all of Zhan Cheng’s defenses.

Then of course, I really liked that when she persuades him to try something new and she gets beaten up trying to make sure he doesn’t get hurt, she doesn’t complain at all.  
I like how many times in the show when someone asked here to do something she was like, “I’m working right now.” And she always checked in with her boss no matter what it was.

She does a lot to show her support of him. I like how she learned to help him and in ways that are practical. She knew her duties of counting steps in rooms and etc. I like that she reassures him of her presence and that she’ll be there for him. She’s concerned about him feeling safe. I liked the dynamic of it being ok that she looks after him and he readily accepts her help.

When the pair get together, she’s completely comfortable with skinship and she doesn’t act awkward at all. It’s lovely. I like she doesn’t overthink it. She just accepts they’re together.  

She’s a really great romance partner in the way she affirms her darling’s feelings for her and communicates her trust in him.

Yu Xi also gets thrown into the deep end with roles that she’s never been trained in but she shows common sense and attention to detail.

Secondary Characters

Assistant William
I like that this guy got some opportunity to be more than just a comical, or stupid character.

“Do you know who you just provoked?”
“Ever since I met Zhan Cheng, I have never been afraid.”

I enjoyed William’s relationship with Yu Xi too. How they teased each other but united in their care for their friend Zhan Cheng.

Bo Yan
This guy is handsome and sometimes he is sincere, or at least thinks he is. But his best shining moment was when he wrote up those pregnancy notes. I mean, that was just so hilarious. I don’t think it was even supposed to be a funny thing, but how he so seriously prepared the information  was so great.

Fashion: I like Yu Xi’s personal assistant clothes.
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