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Another product of the mass production Asian drama industry
I started watching this drama because of the high reviews, but it quickly slowed down and became very difficult to watch.
I expected another drama-light romantic comedy built on sure bets for general public acceptance; for a moment, it seemed interesting, but it ended up as a superficial attempt to explore the challenges of adult relationships in today’s challenging world, with a hard-to-believe script.
It starts with a hard-to-believe love story between a PhD who becomes a makeup blogger, then suddenly jumps back to college to teach, establishing a romantic relationship with a bad-tempered millionaire PhD researcher who didn’t want to work in the family business. Their entire initial interaction stems from a college-day vendetta. Is that the behavior of a PhD?
From the start, a credible development of the plot wasn’t an easy task, but it went worse with scenes such as the lack of communication when the male lead went to study abroad without a word (is that really happening nowadays?), the exaggerated FL’s parents, and the unbelievable puritanical interaction between two almost 30-year-old people who like each other very much, they are also are neighbors and even sleep in the same apartment; the drama gets downgraded to a mass-produced, really basic level.
I liked the conservation message, the protection of savage species, but come on, all the plot around it seems more like a cartoon than a near real-life situation. From the dialogue, the costumes, the bad guys' attitude, and the arrest, it all felt too fake.
The drama relied too much on Esther Yu's signature cute, slightly mischievous expression, and the ML delivered a not-colorful performance, with few opportunities to show anything beyond a grey performance.
The supporting couple was exaggerated, hard to believe or explain, and so unnecessary that the drama wouldn’t change a bit if all their scenes were deleted.
Both antagonists were exaggerated and faced very poorly written characters.
For me, this was clearly a product of the mass-production Asian drama industry, meant to entertain the public, and it was only useful to wait for the next episode of the drama I currently watch, enjoying only Esther Yu’s signature expressions.
I expected another drama-light romantic comedy built on sure bets for general public acceptance; for a moment, it seemed interesting, but it ended up as a superficial attempt to explore the challenges of adult relationships in today’s challenging world, with a hard-to-believe script.
It starts with a hard-to-believe love story between a PhD who becomes a makeup blogger, then suddenly jumps back to college to teach, establishing a romantic relationship with a bad-tempered millionaire PhD researcher who didn’t want to work in the family business. Their entire initial interaction stems from a college-day vendetta. Is that the behavior of a PhD?
From the start, a credible development of the plot wasn’t an easy task, but it went worse with scenes such as the lack of communication when the male lead went to study abroad without a word (is that really happening nowadays?), the exaggerated FL’s parents, and the unbelievable puritanical interaction between two almost 30-year-old people who like each other very much, they are also are neighbors and even sleep in the same apartment; the drama gets downgraded to a mass-produced, really basic level.
I liked the conservation message, the protection of savage species, but come on, all the plot around it seems more like a cartoon than a near real-life situation. From the dialogue, the costumes, the bad guys' attitude, and the arrest, it all felt too fake.
The drama relied too much on Esther Yu's signature cute, slightly mischievous expression, and the ML delivered a not-colorful performance, with few opportunities to show anything beyond a grey performance.
The supporting couple was exaggerated, hard to believe or explain, and so unnecessary that the drama wouldn’t change a bit if all their scenes were deleted.
Both antagonists were exaggerated and faced very poorly written characters.
For me, this was clearly a product of the mass-production Asian drama industry, meant to entertain the public, and it was only useful to wait for the next episode of the drama I currently watch, enjoying only Esther Yu’s signature expressions.
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