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Christina

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Christina

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Gloomy Salad Days taiwanese drama review
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Gloomy Salad Days
8 people found this review helpful
by Christina
Jun 22, 2012
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
When I first read the synopsis for the drama a couple of months ago, it was described as an "idol drama." That turned me off completely. Last week, I was looking for my first Taiwanese drama to watch and this is what popped up. After the first episode, I was hooked. Be warned, if your looking for something light and sweet this is not the drama for you.The romance in this drama is sporadic but there is romance in the last couple of episodes. Since this was my first T-drama, I didn't know any of the actors from beforehand. To me, this drama was depended more on its story than on the acting. At times, I felt that Aaron Yan's acting was slightly emotionless. Despite this, I think that all of the actors involved did an decent job portraying their characters. I felt that with the actors, there was an authenticity in conveying emotion which I think sometimes is hard to do. It is not one of those dramas where you have to watch the episodes in order to understand the story. That is because each episode deals with a character as a central focus. Keep in mind, there are a couple of episodes bind together due to the characters that are involved. To understand Du's (Death Girl) motive for everything, you have to watch in order. I can see myself watching this drama in the future. Even though i can't identity the music, it made the drama that much better. The music parallels to the emotion of the characters. Sometimes there are turns within the music that lead me on but did the opposite of my expectations. I loved how the natural sounds within the filming locale are used to the drama's advantage. This drama puts a focus on real life issues. After watching each episode, I wanted to watch the next. It focuses on the "Why" the characters resort to drastic measures. The drama also points out how the characters' choices are up to them not fate, and how their choices have a domino effect on the other characters. I really liked that near the end, they gave us the backstory to Du. However, in the story featuring Du Ji, I felt that there was something missing. I think it's because his story was left with a couple loose ends. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending of the drama. This is not because of what happens but more of how everything comes full circle. All in all, I thought that this was a very good drama. All of the expectations that I had when I started this went out the window after the first episode. And this drama left me wanting more.
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