Get over a rough start to get to the greatness of this drama

Well, it's a political drama. So you know there are bound to be corruption with the higher ups. No surprise there. But don't let that stop you from seeing the great things this drama has to offer.

Let me first off say, yes the female is a loud & opinionated character, but that's what makes her so special. She stands up for herself and for all of the other voices that can't be heard. Normally I would be annoyed with characters like this but this one, I just like it. I like the determination in Goo Se Ra. It makes sense because it's about her running for a seat in the district seating council. She has to be loud. She has to make herself known because remember she's just an ordinary citizen with no political background. While her motive does seem selfish at first because of the money, she does try her hardest to make an impact not just to her fellow council members but also the district she represents.

I just love how big the support the ML & FL have for each other. I just love all the moments of Seo Gong Myung being supportive to Goo Se Ra and vice versa. They just know when to be there when one of them needed each other. This is why there are so many romantic, sweet, and cute scenes further in the drama. They are the couple of the year for me. Some may be annoyed by Goo Se Ra's friends and family at first but trust me, they get on board with Se Ra after seeing how serious she wants this. They are very supportive and loving and you'll get use to them as you continue watching.

I applaud the writers for returning the minor characters that was from the beginning. Examples are like the Son Eun Shil, the candidate who dropped out in the beginning only to return in the end to win chief position and the girl who got fired because Se Ra wanted her old job back after being let go. Even though it's minor, it gave closure to these characters and for me, I consider this as good writing as this was thought very well.

Some setbacks I had with this drama:
- The last 4 (30 mins) episodes seemed very random. The plot seemed to flow well until the last week of airing. All of the sudden, things are being thrown at us that just didn't make sense because the past several episodes didn't lead up to it. Not even a hint that this (ex: election campaign for Chief) was going to happen.
- 2nd leads seemed very useless. I just didn't see the importance of their character. Yoo Hee Soo was a confusing, annoying, bothering second lead who you couldn't tell if she was friend or foe because her character was all over the place. Kim Min Jae didn't have much a purpose in this drama either other than being Se Ra's ex. At least his character went in a direction where you could tell he was becoming a better person.
- Ending was good but not my preference. I would've liked it ending with Goo Se Ra and Seo Gong Myung together but at least it make sense on how it end.

But besides that minor setback, definitely give it a try. If you want romance, there's a good amount of it between the leads once you overcome the first several episodes. It paints a good message: Even though there may be a lot of political corruption, it takes one to not have that mindset and make a good difference and change in many people's lives. It also takes one to be that support one needs to make a better change to the world.

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An okay crime investigation drama but had the potential to be better

I'll be honest, I only watched this based on the comments. It is good, maybe just for a one time watch. I wouldn't call it amazing though but that's just my preference. I like the idea of every choice matter. It shows the effects of the choices from one world to the other world. A lot of "What ifs" situations which to me helps the ML understand why he did what he did even though he may have lost his love in his world, to understand if everything he did was worth it and this parallel world showed him that.

It's a slow start for the first 2 episodes but it does get more interesting once this started to reveal the parallel world. If I have to say the highlight of this drama, it would be Shi Yoon's acting. He does a great job portraying a heartbroken police detective in his world and an attitude anger driven guy in the parallel world. The only issue with this is that we didn't get to see much of his parallel self which is unfortunate. It would've been nice to see both of them working together to the end but that didn't happen.

When I read the synopsis, I thought it was going to be Do Won traveling between his world and the parallel world to solve these mysterious murder cases. That's not the case. After showing him in his world for the first few episodes, the rest of the drama was in the parallel world. That was disappointing to me. I would've love to see the interactions of both world's police investigators, working together to solve this, with Do Won jumping between worlds and sharing info or having 1 or 2 of his investigators join in going to the other world, but instead we just had the ML figuring out everything while everyone else (including the FL) was clueless and not as useful as they could've been. Let me also say about the FL. I think she was good character in the original world but then she got killed off and became just a bothersome FL in the parallel world. She was tough but a very aggravating character. I just didn't feel no sympathy for her parallel character compared to her character in the other world.

Is it thrilling? Yes. Every moment I anticipate and want to know what happens next. A lot of scenes are pretty creepy, especially with the creepy background music.

Though there's talk about love between the leads, majority of the drama is not focus on romance so don't expect any sweet or cute moments.

Did I enjoy this drama? Yes, however there are plot holes in this drama that doesn't get answer. The bad guys always gain the upper hand and it seems like the good guys are always a step behind which sucks. I liked how this drama ended (not your typical happy ending) but I feel like there should've been more and yes it did felt rushed as well. Problems to the very end but the way they concluded it was okay for me. Definitely wouldn't rewatch it though. This is a one time deal for me.

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I will admit, the first episode I had trouble focusing even though it gives you insight on why Wol Joo is currently in her situation. It does get better the 2nd half of the 1st episode. The ending, though happy, I kinda wished it would've been handled better. It is predictable on who is who but that didn't stop me from enjoying this drama.

Character/Actor/Actress wise: Some may hesitate on watching this because of actress HJE being in another comedy. I've seen her other romantic comedy dramas and yes, I was annoyed by how she was portraying her characters in those other dramas but in this one, she hit this role perfectly. It felt natural to me her comedy side and her vulnerable side. I love every moment and scene of her character.
Choi Won Young, wow. I've seen him as a villain in Doctor Prisoner but this role, he's just adorable and funny. That's what makes him a great actor but please don't do anymore villain roles. I like this nice side of him. lol.
Sung Jae, great acting being the passive & vulnerable character but I kinda wanted more from him. It's not the actor's fault. His character lines just didn't give this actor his full acting capabilities. I mean I got to see another side of his acting when his sacred tree spirit came out. That was awesome but short. I wanted to see more of that. But overall, great actor. I expect more roles for this guy when he comes back from military duties.
The younger cast of Crown Prince and Wol Joo, they were spot on as well. I saw more of them in this drama than I expected for being a young cast. I love how they got to be reunited in the proposal of Ep 11. That just melted my heart. I hope to see them more in other dramas.

Story: I love the plot from beginning to the end. Because of Wol Joo's goal was to handle 100,000 grudges, we got to see a different story in each episode that pertain to the hardships of one's life. There's always a special meaning in each episode. I kinda wished the main plot was handled a bit better though. What I mean is that instead of revealing everything in the last 2 episodes, it would've felt less rushed if pieces of the truth were revealed in each episode say after episode 6.

A few things that bother me about this drama. There is a plot hole that was never mention in this drama: why Wol Joo and Crown Prince looks older as a spirit but everybody else looks like how they were as a spirit when they were human. When they enter the after life as spirits, they were their younger selves. There's no mention why they age but everybody remain the same, like the spirits of the crown prince mom, the evil friend, the advisor of the crown prince (aka death), the cinnabar. Also, how did nobody know what the evil friend spirit was doing? You know, he was killing and absorbing other spirits, possessed his dad, the grim reaper. I mean there subtle hints that the grim reaper wasn't the same usual guy and yet nobody took those hints, not even the higher ups. It would've been nice to have at least 1 main character being suspicious about this. Last episode felt very rushed. Given that there were only 12 episodes total from the beginning, the progression of the plot stalled for too long. Too many things still happening for the last episode.

But overall, despite those small plot holes and issues and a rushed last episode, I stilled enjoy this drama. I think this is a first for me where I see a main lead character ends up with a support character. Interesting and yet their chemistry was on point. So many cute moments of them. Even Wol Joo and Chief. While they may not have spent the time together as Wol Joo knowing Chief was the Crown Prince, her lover, they still had many adorable & funny moments together. So I say romance definitely occurs in this drama even though it's not the main focus. You won't waste your time watching this one.

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Oh.... I really tried to like this drama but it was very hard just to watch another episode of it. I stopped at Ep 10 and ponder on whether or not I should finish it or not based on the final episode. Turns out, I dropped it because my favorite character was gone in the final episode. I was so sadden seeing this scene. You can say this was the tipping point for me on giving up on this drama.

I watched the first 2 episodes when it premiered but there wasn't anything that made me want more from this drama. It wasn't a drama I just had to wait for the next week to watch. It's forgettable for me in terms of I forget I was actually watching this. Plot seemed like it could've developed into something interesting but never pertain to my interest. Sometimes I felt like the Good Casting team forgot what their overall mission was. The 3 female leads, I don't know. I just couldn't connect with them. I feel like there wasn't enough story for them especially for Yi Eun & Mi Soon. There was some comedy and I did find a lot of scenes funny but this drama started to back away from it.

The romance in this drama was lacking for me. Not in the terms of that there weren't romance but how the writers decided to showcase this so called "romance". The focus is on two. The first is Chan Mi & Suk Ho. I liked the flashback scenes when the present scene reminded them of a memory but in the present time, it's like they won't even dare to have any cute moments together when clearly this drama hints they should be together. It was very hard to see the sparks between these two. Then you have couple #2, Ye Eun & Woo Won. who I think have great chemistry based on their scenes but I hated how Woo Won is pretty much a bratty child celebrity who eventually falls in love but with no character growth. All he ever does is yell at Ye Eun. Like my goodness, be nice to her if you want to win her heart. Not sure what she saw in him, or if she even truly liked him because I surely didn't see it, then again I stopped at Ep 10 so I wouldn't know.

While I did like the cast of this drama, there was nothing special about it for me. Even though I didn't like how the last episode was written, despite that, there wasn't anything that made me want to continue it through the last episode. Of course, this is just my two cents on this somewhat action drama. You may have a different perspective.

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Chinese dramas that averaged higher than an 8, I usually take notice of. I mean it's even higher than 8.5 so this had to be really good to receive that high of an average rating and it is. At first, I was a little hesitant because of the character Yang Mo. His blank look on his face made me think he was going to be a boring lead but I'm glad that wasn't the case. He's actually pretty funny throughout the drama.

So what does this drama has to offer? It shows events that actually would happen in real life. I mean it is based on a true story. This drama has a series of topics it highlights on each episodes, from struggling in school studies, friendships, crushes, the love and support of family, misunderstandings that causes heart aches (but not as bad as other typical C-dramas), and the repairing and mending of relationships. This drama was written really well. It's definitely one of the best as you can tell the writer & director thought carefully about how to handle this drama and it's 35 episodes. No episode felt like a drag to me. This drama is very light hearted and humorous and the ending was not rushed and fantastic. The best part is no last minute problems Chinese drama writers like throw in the last few episodes. This one didn't have that which I appreciate a lot.

This one is definitely one of my favorite Chinese dramas. It's up there with Put Your Head On My Shoulder & Love O2O and that's saying a lot since Chinese dramas and their writing usually frustrates me on how it's written towards the end. This one is almost perfect. Just need more music because I just thought the music was okay overall.

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Ah this is the season where the romance really kicks off. You don't have to wait too long for the leads to confess their love to each other. In fact, their love and their chemistry is why I kept watching it. There are so many cute moments with each other that you're always just so happy seeing them together and going through happy & tough times together. Though the main leads characters was kind of a pain in the first season, they've greatly improved in the second season.

But at last, where the love of the main couple blooms, so does the arrival of the evil 2nd leads, mostly the 2nd female lead. Her witchiness came out as soon as she discover her one sided love to the ML was taken away from the FL. I couldn't stand her but she's not as bad as your typical 2nd lead villain in Chinese dramas. She was just more annoying than evil. I'm just glad the female lead has a backbone to take on her and not easily be persuaded by her evil words and actions. The 2nd male lead wasn't that bad. He's a nice guy overall. He just always get the girl he likes taken away from his best friend which I kinda feel bad for him in a way.

Besides that, the plot is kinda boring and wasn't written well. The plot in this season continues to focus on the how to make the Green Mountain resort better and get more people to come visit, even though it felt like the good guys always suffer because their great attempts fail in the end. The female lead's character Mi Li really had no backstory at all which is weird because usually both the male & female lead have a backstory. It made it seemed like her character wasn't important at all. Shen Mo's story about his tragic past love didn't pull through for me. For a guy who's suppose to have a tough time finding a new love and moving past his old one, it didn't really seem like he struggled at all until maybe around Ep 10-11 (Ep 22-23 if you count it as 1 drama series not 2 seasons). And WTH? Why do Chinese writers always throw in a problem in the last few episodes? I feel like 90% of these dramas does this which ruins the pace of the drama (not that this pace was good anyways). Because of this, the final episode felt very rushed. You see all the great ideas this drama could've had squashed into a 30 min episode instead of evenly being spread out. It's a happy ending nonetheless but I don't know why this is a recurring pattern for a lot of Chinese dramas.

How the drama could've been more interesting: Shen Mo is a well known and competitive skier. He always loved skiing and was inspired by his fiance. But due to a tragic accident, Shen Mo lost his fiance. With the tragic lost, he lost the motivation in skiing and the competitions and decide to be an owner of a ski resort instead. 3 years later comes Mi Li, a skiing coach and a competitor who takes on the coaching role for the resort. Mi Li eventually learns the tragic past of Shen Mo and helps him face through it and recover and gets his feet back in skiing and the competition. Through the times together, they fall in love with each other and support each other in several competition races through the drama.

And that would've made this drama a whole lot better. But still it's not terribly bad. It's an average drama but with a lot of romance and cute scenes from the main leads. I mainly watched this because of the lead characters. It's not a bad drama but kinda hard to remember it though. Give it a shot if you have nothing else to watch.

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Note, this review is just for this season (the first 12 episodes) not the drama as a whole (24 episodes).

This is your typical drama where you have the male lead and female lead characters bicker at each other for a good while. Of course, there are hints of some sparks in their chemistry and relationship but nothing made official just yet in this half of the drama.

The male lead is a cold heart boss of a ski resort while the female lead is a ski coach who is pretty immature and annoying. Like I said, a lot of bickering between the ML and FL. The second leads are pretty much just there. The secondary female lead is even more annoying than the FL, especially with her one sided love to the ML. She's not necessarily a villain for now, at least in this first season. The secondary male lead is just okay. Nothing bad about him. He's pretty much a good guy.

The plot is pretty much finding ways to bring more guests to their ski resort/hotel. Nothing really worth while to be honest. There are small mini stories with special guest characters and there are character developments in the ML & FL which is great because they are frustrating in the beginning. I think it would've been more interesting had the focus have been about skiing or snowboarding competition. That would've made the plot a lot more special. But at last, it is what it is.

A decent but average first season drama overall. Now time to head into season 2.

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There's just something in dramas about video games that I tend to enjoy. The focus is about Ye Xiu and his life revolving around the game Glory. From his fall of being kicked off the team he created to the rise of his new team and it's members who were given a chance for glory. We see some successes but a lot of hardships Ye Xiu endured from his teenage years and failures from the team because of them being considered as rookie. While Ye Xiu does take the spotlight, I do appreciate the backstory to the rest of the team members. This gave me an insight of the significance of these characters. This is great because they are the valuable asset to the team.

Chen Guo's character was a bit annoying for me in the beginning. I'm not sure if it's because the way the actress portrayed her or if it's her lines, but I didn't like her very much. She's kinda the reason I had to put this drama on hold for awhile. But I'm glad I came back to it because the rest of the cast was very good in my opinion. Each of the team had an interesting personality I enjoy seeing. Chen Guo does get better after Ep 14 so you can see why I may have stalled on this drama for awhile.

And no there's no romance but honestly I'm glad. It's not needed. From this drama itself, you see the importance of Ye Xiu. He makes an impact on everybody and have some sort of bond with each character, even the rival teams. This was awesome to see. It's a pretty good drama. Give it a go. Heck, I probably will rewatch it again right before The King's Avatar 2 comes out just because I like it so much, though I would probably skip some episodes since I know what happens.

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If this drama was solely focus on the lives of 4 best friends and their love interests, then this would've been a smooth and simple drama but at last, the writing for this drama was pretty boring and frustrating.

The good part: I love how they showcase the friendship in this drama. You see the history of how they become best friends and how they rely and support each other even through the midst of hardship and arguments. That's true friendship right there. The cast for the 4 best friends are great. They are good at portraying their emotions. This drama also uses a bit more music than your typical Chinese drama. I gave music a 10 because all of the songs were great and there was never a moment I skip the music, the intro and ending credit.

Now for the bad parts of this drama: The female lead's character Lin Zi Yu ruins this drama to be honest. There were a few moments where she had her strong points but overall, she was a weak, frustrating, & pathetic character. Poor writing on her character. She was not likable to me as she keeps hurting the male lead, Shu Chen's heart several times. The character Luo Zong Liang should've had a character change long time ago and not at the very last minute. The misunderstanding of him being framed could've been resolved which would've led to his hatred towards Shu Chen ended a lot earlier. The plot could've been finding the real culprit behind the misunderstanding by working together. That would've made it a bit more interesting.

Romance, while there were some cute moments, it wasn't enough to support his drama overall. The romance was very lacking and not that great. At the end, a wedding to celebrate Xuan Li & Yi Han's breakup? That's not a creative idea but just lame in my opinion. It loses the whole meaning of a wedding. Shu Chen and Zi Yu had some cute moments together but not enough and again I blame the character Zi Yu for not getting her act together this whole drama. Wei Cong & Yang Yang were cute together as well but again, not enough moments together with them as a couple since they got together like around Ep 35. I mean even Yang Yang's assistant spent more time with her and I thought they were going to be a couple more than Yang Yang with Wei Cong. Don't even get me started with Xuan Li & Yi Han. Just a toxic relationship. The guy cheats several time and the girl forgives him so easily. The leads have a hard time with their relationship but this couple just brush it off just like that with a "I forgive you" after all of that cheating. Again bad writing.

I honestly only watched this because of Leon Zhang. He's one of my favorite C-drama actors. It's too bad this drama's writing & plot didn't do justice for him even though he acted pretty well. If I were to rewatch this I would just watch the cute and happy moments with scenes of the 4 best friends because the plot overall is dull and it seems like the good guys just can't win for a good while.

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If you see people's comments about how they couldn't feel the chemistry between LWX & HBZ, then it's likely because they haven't reached the part where you start to see their chemistry developed which is around Ep 8. The real lovely dovey stuff doesn't happened until Ep 20 but you do catch glimpses of it from Ep 8-20. Same goes for the secondary couple because the couple scenes with them happens exactly the same time our leads make it official.

But I can see why some people see it that way though. It's a very draggy and a messy plot. I almost dropped it after 4 episodes because it didn't seem like it was going anywhere. HBZ is too childish and irresponsible, LWX is a cold stone hearted guy with no care for anyone but himself, & YN is set on revenge because of his pride and misunderstandings. Do these characters get better? Yes but it takes such a long time that some people may not stick around for it.

Speaking of messy plot, it never made sense to me why HBZ lost her sense of taste in the first place. I wanna say it's become of her childhood trauma of what she witness but this drama didn't made that very clear. Same with LWX on exactly how he required his taste platter back and when too. That wasn't clear as well. Then comes the issue of YBD story. I mean didn't HBZ liked him back then? Why would she brushed her crush that easily after she found out he actually died? It made it seem liked he didn't matter to her after all. I think this part of the plot was handled in a cruel way. While the misunderstanding between HBZ and YL did cleared it up, it seemed like that was the main focus of this drama, solving what really happened to YN's dad and all of the sudden the plot lost the focus of the claiming the taste palette again for LWX.

Not a great plot in my opinion but the chemistry, while very slow, it does warm your heart in the scenes for our main leads and secondary leads. You can't help but just be happy for them. A decent and happy ending overall but nothing really special about this drama that would make it stand out.

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If you like dogs, you'll like this drama. The dogs are what kept me to continue to watch this. This drama is light hearted but the plot can be pretty random since the focus wants to be about the main dog, Xiao Xi. This story is about Xiao Xi being reunited with his owner Ou Ye and goes through many adventures as in being in a pet contest, aquatic shows for the hotel, eventually learning to become a rescue dog (hence where Hero Dog 3 comes in), and a key part to the bigger plot which is stopping the evil villain on stealing sunken ship items.

Character wise, most of the cast aren't really smart. They let their guards down so easily. So, the bad guys tend to get away with a lot of stuff. I'm mean even the 2 idiots of the bad guys (Liang Shang & Zhu Ying) gets away with a lot of things even though most of their "plans" tend to fail anyways. Only Jiao Jiao eventually catches on to these thieves even though everybody else still have doubts on her suspicion. That makes her my favorite character because she's the only badass in this drama especially since she's a bodyguard so she knows how to fight. I kinda like Bao Yu and his coldness to Ou Ye. I mean who else wouldn't be when the crazy female lead keeps stalking you from her one-sided love. Ou Ye, the FL is annoying as she seems as a selfish girl and comes too strong for her one sided love. Dai Wei talks to much thinking he knows everything, Xin Quing is a frustrating character with amount of hatred just to win a contest but she gets better later on. That's it for annoying characters.

Romance wise, it's kinda sparse. For the main leads, we don't see any romance for both them until Ep 37. It's more of a one sided love before then. Even for our side couple, it doesn't happen until Ep 33 so romance is very limited as majority of the drama is just showing one sided crushes. I mean even Xiao Xi the hero dog, had a better romance than anybody else. lol. I just wished the writer would've spread the romance out a whole lot for the main and secondary leads.

While the plot is kinda dull for majority of the drama, I say around the last 5 to 10 episodes is when things start to get interesting and action packed.

But overall, it's a good drama especially since there are a lot of adorable dogs in this.

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In terms of plot, this has got to be one of the best suspenseful drama I've seen. I love dramas where you can't easily predict what's going to happen next. It makes you think one way only to find out that you've guessed wrong. The writers know how to make an audience viewer long for more because that's how I felt every week watching 4 episodes. Don't know why ratings are low for S. Korea viewers. I think they tend to miss out on good dramas a lot in my opinion and like the dramas I considered as poor.

We got a strong male and female lead. At first it seems like they're just vulnerable weak characters but don't let that fool you. They are intelligent and once they have a focus on something, they go through with it. A little bit of comedy and a little bit of romance but honestly that's not the focus of this drama so at times it throws me off when either or happens in this suspenseful drama.

The problems I had is that they tried to show a small bit of romance but never went through with it. I mean even the ending seemed like there was some sort of spark. I rather not have the romance at all if they're not going to go all the way with it. That kinda ruined the ending for me a bit even though it was a decent ending. Though this did wrapped up all of the loose ends of this drama, I think they stalled out this problem too long, making the last 2 episodes felt very rushed.

OST Music is good. The only bad part is you've rarely heard any in this drama. This drama isn't bad but mystery solving dramas aren't re-watchable for me because I know what happens already. It's only good for a first time viewer of this drama. Overall, I think you'll like this drama if you're into crime solving suspense dramas. Just don't expect a lot of romance or humor from this drama.

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I had enough after 106 episodes. I should've dropped it a lot earlier but had hope the writers knew what they were doing. They don't. Worst daily drama I ever seen. All you need to do is read the comments to see if it's going in the right direction. It's not. Even as the final episodes are being aired, the comments says it all. Nothing good happens. Just problem after problem even in its final weeks of airing. This writer doesn't know how to write a good plot at all. Heck, the daily drama "Unasked Family" ended last week but we got at least a good 25 to 30 episodes of good progress. That writer knew what they were doing. This writer for "Want A Taste" doesn't.

What this drama feature: CHEATING! And a whole lot of it. Also, a fake side couple believing their love is true after the girl slept and had sex with a drunken guy (Isn't this rape? No consent from the guy because he was drunk). Child abuse, lack of parental concern for their kids, good scenes for the main leads only last a week and then it's several more weeks of turmoil, very weak and pathetic main leads, stupid story plot that doesn't make sense at all, no good music out of this.

Overall, a bad message this drama sends out. So don't waste your time on this. You don't "WANT A TASTE" of this. It'll just leave you with that bitter nasty taste. I have never given a drama this low of a score before but if I could, I would give this a zero.

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What can I say, I really enjoyed this drama. It's not a 10 for me but it's not bad either if you can get past the hurdle of a beginning.

The main focus of this drama seems to be about Shang Yan. For the first oh 15 to 20 episodes, it's heavily focus on his past and explains why he is this cold heart person, living 10 years with a broken friendship that does get repair past the halfway mark of this drama. This section can be draggy for some people. It was for me but I felt like it was needed even though it felt repetitive.

Romance is there for the second half of this drama. The first half was more of Tong Nian's one sided love. I'll admit, I was annoyed with her in the beginning because of her falling in love at first sight and then being a stalker to Shang Yan. It's like she wasn't thinking for herself in a way where she seemed kinda dumb. But that persistence eventually opened Shang Yan's feelings then once that happened, then it's smooth sailing for them. I kinda wanted to see more though as I didn't think there were enough romantic scenes with the main leads and the secondary side couple (Yaya & Shao Fei). I find Shao Fei & Yaya scenes more cuter and wanted more of these 2 goofy characters.

Best part is there aren't any evil characters in this drama. I mean you have the typical mom who doesn't want the guy to get with the daughter because of bad first impressions but honestly the way this was shown was not bad at all compared to what it could've been. You also have this crazy fan chick who tried to win Shang Yan but that was brief thankfully to Shang Yan's coldness. She's not even an important character as her appearance was only for a few episodes before the halfway point.

If I have to say a con of this drama, it would be that Wu Bai didn't have much of role. It almost seemed like he was only in half of the episodes but when he does show up, the camera sure does like to focus in on him. His character is kinda bland though. We just didn't know much about him. But thankfully, there's a sequel where it will be focus on him. Maybe we'll learn more about him that way.

Otherwise, besides the draggy beginning, there's not much bad things to say about this drama and I'm usually a harsh critic on dramas. I just felt like the writers wrote this one well. Plot progressed well and my favorite part, NO CONFLICT in the last few episodes. I don't know why a lot of writers like doing that but I'm glad this drama doesn't do that. It was all happiness and comedy towards the end, which it's hard to find in Chinese dramas these day.

Definitely would rewatch again but probably starting near the halfway point of the drama instead of the beginning.

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This is what I called a romantic comedy. In all of the 28 episodes, there are a lot of funny scenes that will make you laugh out loud so much. The male lead did such a great job portraying his role. I literally am smiling everytime it shows him. Though he is cold a lot of times, he does have a lot of funny moments as well. The female lead is just a cute dork overall being clueless about everything since she's an alien but I do love her spunk and backbone she has. The lady owner of the restaurant, the secretary, & the doctor really help contribute to this drama. It's great to see such support.

But of course for me, Chinese dramas are hardly a perfect 10 for me. Once again, for some reason, every Chinese drama I've seen that shows the villains never getting punished for their evil deeds. What kind of justice is that. In this case, I wanted to see some harsh punishment to Fang Leng's stepmother, uncle, & that witch of a 2nd lead Jiang Xue. They torture Fang Leng with so much crap and in the end just got away with it. Also, while I understand Xiao Qi is an alien so of course she would be slow to learn about the human life like love but come on... it had to take until the last few episodes for her to finally confess her love. That was the part that annoyed me, her keep turning down Fang Leng. Also I hated the evil witch deleting Fang Leng's memory bank of Xiao Qi. Is that even possible? This was stupid. This should've been taken out and just kept with the love progression of the main leads.

Chemistry is very strong within the leads but there weren't enough happy moments with each other. A lot of funny interactions but not enough joyful moments. The last episode mostly contribute to happy moments until Xiao Qi magically disappears back onto her ship, leaving Fang Leng in sadness. I hated seeing this. Why ruin a last episode showing this scene when this could've happen some episodes ago. The last episode should've been all happiness. Still it was a happy ending.

Chinese dramas are really hard to find that have a good plot progression with a satisfying ending because most of the times they rushed the ending and drag so long on the episodes but this one was okay. Could be better but not too bad.

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