Jina
United States
[review was based on seeing 8 episodes so far. I've dropped the drama after 14 episodes.]
I started this drama because of wang zhuo cheng (who plays Yi Ming Jun) and although he wasn't the main lead, I was able to get into the drama and the main leads because of their personalities and bickering/bantering. Most of the humor (especially from the main leads) carry this drama.
CHARACTERS:
The two main leads--An Ning & Long Hao Tian (as spelled from the Youtube subtitles)--are your typical romcom types: the sweet, kind, & strong girl with the rich CEO boy. What I liked about An Ning is that she stands up for herself. I think the actress herself pulls off this character well. Also, her backstory is strong and makes her character really feel real.
Long Hao Tian, in the first couple episodes, seemed like the arrogant, cold type, but because of his predicament, he needed An Ning's help, so he isn't outright rude and mean to her. He'll make some remarks here and there, but it isn't like a lot of other dramas out there where he is straight up mean. So, I like that he isn't overbearing. He's basically like an awkward rich boy who's trying to please his father.
Yi Ming Jun, who I came to watch for, is a strange character. The trailer characterized him as a "playboy" but he doesn't quite fit this type. He loves girls and would want to be with them or get with one of them, but when he becomes interested in the second main girl lead--Xia Tian--he only focuses on her. He doesn't try to play around with other girls? So I'm confused why he's labeled as a playboy. He also quickly can become genuine/sincere...so I can't quite grasp his character yet.
Xia Tian - she is the character with the least screentime (compared to the above 3), so her troubled past is ushered in really quickly and we rarely see her by herself and understand her more thoroughly. It's disappointing because her character has a lot of potential, but we don't see much of her. It feels like they slapped some heroine traits on her and then didn't let her have much of a personality...
RELATIONSHIPS:
An Ning & Long Hao Tian: as I said, I will keep watching this drama for these two. Their bickering is funny because they're both kind of stubborn, both kind of idiotic, so it's fun to watch two dummies bicker and then be nice to each other. I laughed out loud to many of their shenanigans.
Long Hao Tian & Yi Ming Jun: they're best friends so we see some scenes of them together, but not much. Their relationship is adorable and we'll see where it goes.
An Ning & Xia Tian: best friends, but we rarely see them together just girls hanging out and girls helping each other. It felt like while Xia Tian was going through hard times, An Ning was barely there...
MUSIC:
It's okay. It's bubbly, it's cute, so far.
CRITICAL REVIEW:
There's a third couple that I tried to care for, but I didn't. I like the potential of where it's going, but currently, I don't care much for it. My biggest critical review for this drama is that for how short it is, 24 episodes, they probably should've just focused on the two main couples and developed them more rather than forced in this third couple.
Currently, this drama feels like they slapped on some romcom tropes and ideas and then the main leads' chemistry are holding this drama together. Some things needed to be slowed down and shown more (like my girl Xia Tian), but alas, we have this drama that is trying it's hardest to be quirky but deep, funny but also asking serious questions. The balance is precarious right now.
I started this drama because of wang zhuo cheng (who plays Yi Ming Jun) and although he wasn't the main lead, I was able to get into the drama and the main leads because of their personalities and bickering/bantering. Most of the humor (especially from the main leads) carry this drama.
CHARACTERS:
The two main leads--An Ning & Long Hao Tian (as spelled from the Youtube subtitles)--are your typical romcom types: the sweet, kind, & strong girl with the rich CEO boy. What I liked about An Ning is that she stands up for herself. I think the actress herself pulls off this character well. Also, her backstory is strong and makes her character really feel real.
Long Hao Tian, in the first couple episodes, seemed like the arrogant, cold type, but because of his predicament, he needed An Ning's help, so he isn't outright rude and mean to her. He'll make some remarks here and there, but it isn't like a lot of other dramas out there where he is straight up mean. So, I like that he isn't overbearing. He's basically like an awkward rich boy who's trying to please his father.
Yi Ming Jun, who I came to watch for, is a strange character. The trailer characterized him as a "playboy" but he doesn't quite fit this type. He loves girls and would want to be with them or get with one of them, but when he becomes interested in the second main girl lead--Xia Tian--he only focuses on her. He doesn't try to play around with other girls? So I'm confused why he's labeled as a playboy. He also quickly can become genuine/sincere...so I can't quite grasp his character yet.
Xia Tian - she is the character with the least screentime (compared to the above 3), so her troubled past is ushered in really quickly and we rarely see her by herself and understand her more thoroughly. It's disappointing because her character has a lot of potential, but we don't see much of her. It feels like they slapped some heroine traits on her and then didn't let her have much of a personality...
RELATIONSHIPS:
An Ning & Long Hao Tian: as I said, I will keep watching this drama for these two. Their bickering is funny because they're both kind of stubborn, both kind of idiotic, so it's fun to watch two dummies bicker and then be nice to each other. I laughed out loud to many of their shenanigans.
Long Hao Tian & Yi Ming Jun: they're best friends so we see some scenes of them together, but not much. Their relationship is adorable and we'll see where it goes.
An Ning & Xia Tian: best friends, but we rarely see them together just girls hanging out and girls helping each other. It felt like while Xia Tian was going through hard times, An Ning was barely there...
MUSIC:
It's okay. It's bubbly, it's cute, so far.
CRITICAL REVIEW:
There's a third couple that I tried to care for, but I didn't. I like the potential of where it's going, but currently, I don't care much for it. My biggest critical review for this drama is that for how short it is, 24 episodes, they probably should've just focused on the two main couples and developed them more rather than forced in this third couple.
Currently, this drama feels like they slapped on some romcom tropes and ideas and then the main leads' chemistry are holding this drama together. Some things needed to be slowed down and shown more (like my girl Xia Tian), but alas, we have this drama that is trying it's hardest to be quirky but deep, funny but also asking serious questions. The balance is precarious right now.
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