I think some of the reviews are right. After episode 9, it becomes agonizingly slow... I grinded it out to episode…
Since you haven't rated any drama, I'm going blind and tell you that most k-dramas are slow. They even talk slow. Even the most worldwide famous are slow (Goblin, It's okay not to be okay, etc.) My suggestion and I hope it helps you, is that you FF but at a readable speed instead of skipping because you would miss the subtleties that make up any drama.
You could also try to watch C-dramas, they have fast dialogues and fast editing cut scenes. On the Cons side, they tend to have filler scenes and/or characters.
Thanksss so much for sharing….with this extra 15mins it brings back sweet memories of the drama & their romance…
The most similar c-drama in plot (from high school until post-college), and also dealing with aftermath are: Forever Love (2020) and Le Coup d Foudre (2019), None in the list given by member sunflower above is similar.
>slap on the face. I don't mind spoilers, what do you mean by this?
I read the writer's bio. This was one of the first scripts he wrote, usually writers improve with more experience. But if what Park Min said it's true: "her reason was that the longer she stays with him the more she will love him so better off end it early for their own sake, something about their carriers/studies/families", then yes, it's a lazy plot device which by itself negates the relationship the leads had in previous episodes, just for the sake of adding unrealistic conflict. By the way, there are many novel writers that have been criticized for this same type of plot device, In any case, I put it in my pending list for the ML.
i wish rating goes to 8.8 + so that it become xu kai ' s highest rated drama on MDL .
He has The Story of Yanxi Palace, but I also with the ratings were higher for both Ancient Love Poetry and Arsenal Military Academy, both dramas and Xu Kai's acting were phenomenal!
I'm glad I watched it despite the cheating comments. I have a different opinion. In case someone is interested…
About the cheating tag ----------------------------- In my opinion, what happens at the beginning of this drama is not cheating: the FL knows the ML doesn’t want to be with his cold wife anymore, but she doesn’t accept the divorce. This is different from being in a relationship in which you believe your spouse loves you, but then cheats.
Not accepting to divorce when one spouse knows the other truly wants to, is in my opinion unacceptable, but fortunately, and unlike South Korea, there are about 80 countries whose laws offer ways out of this predicament with no-fault type of divorce, that allows only one of the spouses to file and be granted the divorce without going to court.
We know how many centuries had to pass to get laws that protect women from undesirable marriages. One of my uncles in Spain never agreed to divorce and my aunt couldn’t even be in another relationship, until the law was changed in the 80s. I can’t even imagine her impotence.
I wonder, if the roles were reversed and the FL was the one married to an unfeeling jerk who opposes the divorce, how the comments about infidelity in the MDL chatroom would have been.
In my case, in the first episodes I wanted to get rid of the FL probably more than the ML did, and since Koreans can’t divorce unless both agree, or determined by a court, I would have done anything to force her to sign it. But the FL grew after losing her memory, recognized her past wrongdoings in her job and with her husband, and their love story became very deep. -------------------------------- About my rating
This is a soap opera, not my favorite genre, but I fell in love with the main couple’s love story, great chemistry, very emotional, all the nuances of it were very well done (even more after ep. 11). I found myself binge-watching it, barely sleeping during one weekend, because I needed to know what would happen next, despite the typical villains with family and corporate intrigues.
It has too many episodes, but I’ll probably rewatch those parts that I liked the most about their love story.
I'm glad I watched it despite the cheating comments. I have a different opinion. In case someone is interested , I'm copying my review in the next comment.
this has set the standards of cdramas so high for me! cried happy tears through out the last episode. I'm sad…
Some pretty good that start in high school to check out: Forever Love (2020), Meeting You (2020), Exclusive Fairytale (2023), Lovely Us (2020), Lighter & Princess (2022), Our Secret (2021), Le Coup de Foudre (2018)
my first and the best Chinese drama!!! 😭💗🌸🫶🏻 why was it so charming, beautiful and amazing!!!!…
Meeting You (2020), Forever Love (2020), Exclusive Fairytale (2023), Lovely Us (2020), Lighter & Princess (2022), Our Secret (2021, Le Coup de Foudre (2018)
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You could also try to watch C-dramas, they have fast dialogues and fast editing cut scenes. On the Cons side, they tend to have filler scenes and/or characters.
dealing with aftermath are: Forever Love (2020) and Le Coup d Foudre (2019), None in the list given by member sunflower above is similar.
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In my opinion, what happens at the beginning of this drama is not cheating: the FL knows the ML doesn’t want to be with his cold wife anymore, but she doesn’t accept the divorce. This is different from being in a relationship in which you believe your spouse loves you, but then cheats.
Not accepting to divorce when one spouse knows the other truly wants to, is in my opinion unacceptable, but fortunately, and unlike South Korea, there are about 80 countries whose laws offer ways out of this predicament with no-fault type of divorce, that allows only one of the spouses to file and be granted the divorce without going to court.
We know how many centuries had to pass to get laws that protect women from undesirable marriages. One of my uncles in Spain never agreed to divorce and my aunt couldn’t even be in another relationship, until the law was changed in the 80s. I can’t even imagine her impotence.
I wonder, if the roles were reversed and the FL was the one married to an unfeeling jerk who opposes the divorce, how the comments about infidelity in the MDL chatroom would have been.
In my case, in the first episodes I wanted to get rid of the FL probably more than the ML did, and since Koreans can’t divorce unless both agree, or determined by a court, I would have done anything to force her to sign it. But the FL grew after losing her memory, recognized her past wrongdoings in her job and with her husband, and their love story became very deep.
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About my rating
This is a soap opera, not my favorite genre, but I fell in love with the main couple’s love story, great chemistry, very emotional, all the nuances of it were very well done (even more after ep. 11). I found myself binge-watching it, barely sleeping during one weekend, because I needed to know what would happen next, despite the typical villains with family and corporate intrigues.
It has too many episodes, but I’ll probably rewatch those parts that I liked the most about their love story.