A new obession

This drama is just so good. The feel good vibes also makes it light hearted to watch. Having added bits about whales also makes a wonderful childlike experience.

FL is just excellent for her portray of the character. Its my new obsession and i rarely get carried away. So i clearly had to write a review even before the drama has been fully aired.

I have seen afew of her works like kings affection, stove league, do you like brahms but this is just the best.

However i can see the many court scenes being too jargon heavy for viewers that might not like court dramas. But if they can sit thru those scenes beneath this drama is a heartwarming tale with comedy bits thus far till episode 6.

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Female lead absolutely carried this series

As the title suggests, this female lead which I had enjoyed when she was in Goodbye my princess, absolutely carried this series on her back.

Alot of the situations, scenarios and lines are cringe worthy but FL always looks perfect with her expressions and acting. I mean there are so many shows already with the small pox angles.

Its a pity the Male support casts and male lead doesnt match up to her abilities as compared to her ML in goodbye my princess. The chemistry between her male casts are average at best, while the chemistry with male lead seems so forced and fake from the male lead end too. So it was hard to ship or root for them as a couple. Hopefully she gets more series and gets matched with better male leads, as it was such a waste of her abilities. This got me thinking if the male lead was someone like Wang Anyu, this would have been a much better pairing and series.

This series when live was a drag to watch just because it got delayed for a week during the cliff hangers. But for the binge watchers this will be a worthy and enjoyable watch.

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Smiling or kissing while losing the esports plot

If its an esports romcom for this period, this is really decent. The ML and FL got that chemistry going and there are alot of intimate scenes all of a sudden once they are together. Its to that point that where they behave like a real couple with the kisses.

However the esports scenes in this series is kinda weak and different in class from king's avatar, gank your heart, cross fire etc. Its like no explanations are given for the various heroes and just alot of the 3d animations of the game while they are playing the game. The animations are decent but really I rather watch the acting and facial expressions with the animations in game.

The players in this esports scenes also really act like kids, giving kills for love or getting into fights irl etc. The drama then becomes very childish like and unconvincing.

Happy ending in this series and the relationship drama is low, no flip flopping or frustrating 3rd party and misunderstandings or ntr etc. The FL did well and was convincing thru out as an esports gamer, the same can be said of the ML. Costume and scene set was also on point with the colors and modern futuristic sets.

Personally I wouldnt rewatch it but I did enjoy this series as it is a lighthearted watch with some funny moments.

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Happy ending and beautiful fantasy series

To start off this review, the Main leads really have the face for such series. FL carries this series fairly well with many personalities since she had to switch characters. The ML also does well since his character is supposed to be icy thus the lack of emotions but the last few episodes did redeem his character as more fatherly emotions and personality is revealed.

Story can be confusing and have its flaws since its supposed to be a love story that spans over many many many years. However it is easy to track and the hook is also there since much is not explained outright. The fight sequences are decent too and somewhat believable. The female main villain looks good and convincing too. There are emotional ups and downs in this series but no frustrating flip flops like he/she likes me or not and 3rd party misunderstandings, the relationship is straight forward and focus.

Having watched falling into your smile and this series at the same time, ML matches and have better chemistry with the FL in falling into your smile but its still not the same level as his previous chemistry with Bai lu. But with that said the FL in this series still really looks very good with the cinematography, sets and decent costume sets. FL acting is also very on point in this series and she does carry this series more than the ML. If there is a complain about the FL its really just the "flatness" but i guess that cant be helped right lol.

This series is worth a watch but rewatching value should be low since the happy and loving times between ML and FL is low, likewise the chemistry is only average between leads. However the god world settings and storyline makes it a worthy watch if you are a fan of the genre. There are also 3 other sub couples but for me, its average chemistry amongst the sub couples too.

What I really like from this series is the soundtrack, it is very on point with this series, it fits the storyline, scenes and settings. Very much on par with Ashes of love soundtrack.

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Only good as filler

Without having watched JOL, these casts were new to me, however there are some good support casts in this series.

This series started out as an illogical slapstick comedy with some new ideas and concepts, but its hard to digest if you are trying to make sense of things. But thru out the 36 episodes, there are still some interesting comedy moments but just no LOL moments for me.

Mid to late episodes of this drama is when it gets bad, with the bandit arc, the death of my favorite bearded male servant, the divorce of ML and FL so that ML can marry the bandit chieftain. It just gets draggy and not funny anymore, so it becomes a grind just to get to the ending.

So for a series that relies on the story /plot to be successful, this series for me, did not had that. In a way it reminds me of one of those harem anime, where every female seems attracted to the ML, but since ML lacks in the looks department, this becomes hard to convince or sell to viewers. Since it does not have a relatable /good looking /great acting ML or many scenes with the FL, the romance and chemistry factor for this drama is also pretty low. In fact during the same airing period, I much prefer the rom com in "The Wolf Princess". The OST is also pretty poor with nothing memorable.

This drama is still fine as a filler, if there's nothing else on your list.

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Nothing new here

The typical dog blooded corporate drama about cosmetics, with the political and romance elements. Score of 5 is generous.

You should only watch this drama if you like the cast, else the dialog and dubbing is really very hard to swallow and digest.

Watching such corporate dramas, especially for western or korean dramas, there is always a theme. Schemes, politics, corporate espionage etc, but these are not elements thats fullfilled in this drama. Especially when its all about how Lin rui wants to be the CEO of this cosmetics company called SW. But when she finally got the position, she decides to resign, all of this happening in the last episode, so it felt very rushed and patchy, also in that last episode she then agrees to go back to the cosmetics company .... hey welcome to the carousel, more round about we go. On to the romance elements.

Romance spoilers Lin rui played by Yin tao ends up of cos with Jin xiao bei played by Zhang tao. While Zhang xiao yu played by Wu Jin yan ends up with Dan ding played by Hong yao. But its filled with the usual rollercoaster of does she likes him or likes him not, does he likes her or likes her not, yes, maybe, dont know, its happening. There is nothing wrong with such rollercoaster, only problem is this isnt an enjoyable rollercoaster ride, because it just goes round and round and feels more like a carousel than up and down. The reasons for breakup or not being together is soooo lame and the script dialog doesnt help.

Meng Zhe played by Peter ho has the hardest time I feel in this drama, he got to keep appearing in speedos (since they like to show that he is always swimming) and be the third wheel in both couple's romance. He got to have a kiss scene with lin rui and a proposal rejection from zhang xiao yu. So he is the ultimate desperado here.

So should you watch this drama?

Reason to watch:
Only if you are a fan of any of the casts.
Zhang tao /Jin Xiao bei as the perfect handsome and rich young kid falling for the older Yin tao /Lin Rui
Hong yao /Dan ding did well in his sad scenes but really the romance logic for him is so flawed
Wu Jin yan .... i feel she has too many ups and downs, that made me believe her character got some sort of personality disorder or she is just crazy, because she is suddenly cute, loud, offensive, intelligent, dumb, sales genius etc. This is not her best work or the right script for her.

Warning : Do not watch if you prefer intelligent and interesting story plot, this is not the drama.

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MMA themed romcom

Not sure how to begin the review for this drama because everything is just average in this drama, the comedy elements stems from the emotional and physical pain exchange between the ML and FL. But its just too far fetched a concept. Some efforts have been put into the mma fights, but its clearly not convincing.

The straight faced emotionless kris fan is just painful to watch, because that is really not his type of genre. judy qi as a mma fighter is also not convincing. Chemistry between the ML and FL is average at best even thou they have alot of skinship and kiss scenes.

Its also the usual bossy CEO ML and dumb FL combo, but without high chemistry and hook for the plot, this is just a tough drama to like or anticipate weekly.

So to sum it up, I can only think of the following reasons to watch this drama.

Reasons to watch this drama:
Judy qi or kris fan as main leads if you are a fan
MMA theme
Soul exchange theme
Revealing outfits because of mma?
Only good as a filler drama if you have nothing else to watch.

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Defy logic and common sense

Watching this in 2021, the artist could have just drawn an incurable disease and be done with ML.

Of course back then in 2016 this concept of going into webtoon was fresh and interesting, but there were sooooo many plot loopholes in this series everywhere as you watched. It just defy any sense of logic or common sense, just gets messier and frustrating to figure out as it goes on. I find myself mumbling and grumbling at the amount of things FL or her dad could have drawn instead or the support cast reactions /acting, plot flow etc.

ML and FL chemistry also looks more like brother and sister than lovers. I guess its still a decent filler drama if you are looking for something that doesnt make sense to watch. But this is not the the most satisfying drama to watch in this era and will likely leave you wondering wth you have just watched.

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Speechless dog blood low production series

To put it into perspective, the ML and FL will not be able to put their lips together since they are married IRL (not to each other). So this is a low chemistry romance between ML and FL. Yet this is supposed to be some sort of romance drama with alot of blue screen work.

At the start of this drama, it has an interesting hook, FL is rich girl that fakes marry ML, a poor guy just to save face after breaking up with her 2ML real boyfriend. They even went to the extend to get fake marriage certificates etc.

After that it just goes downhill, for 80% of the drama ML just gives in, pleases and follows the FL like a puppy. The acting is just so exaggerated for most of the series. With various splashes of "dog blood", cliché, cringe and uninteresting plots.

Of cos its discovered by both respective families and they are separated, but ML and FL falls in love somehow and continued in a relationship. Then ML joined FL's family business but FL family went bankrupt.

For no logic reason except that ML is friend with a rich owner's daughter, suddenly ML became a CEO of a company just to solve the mystery of why FL's family went bankrupt. Which was caused by the Uncle of the company.

In the end ML achieved his dream of being an interior designer. But he must be the most talented interior designer, since he can be a property agent, a marketing director, a CEO and of cos ends up with FL.

Even recalling and typing this review was lame and I had to roll my eyes so many times. But still I figured that maybe this review will help others make better decision when picking up this drama to watch.

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Slapsticks not to be taken seriously

This drama does have serious issues like mental health, childhood, sports injury, family relationships etc, but its mostly slapstick comedy even from the start of episode 1.

To watch this drama, you got to forgo some level of logic /realism and manage the scenes at face value. Its a pleasant and light hearted series, great for passing time but not a memorable series based on plot and storyline. Just beware of the cringe worthy lines and dialogs.

Both ML and FL have above average chemistry which could be credited to their acting ability and experience. There is without a doubt on that. But as with kiss scenes in series my order is always Taiwan /Japan > Korean > China dramas.

However an obvious observation is that the older ML have a very well maintained physics but the FL kinda looks slightly aged, puffy / thicc etc. Its a pity because once a upon a time puff kuo was voted the sexist woman in the world.

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Watch if you lack stress in life

I did not really want to post a review of this. Since I dropped it mid way around episode 20ish and just watched the final 2 episodes. For me the chemistry is low for this pairing too.

Warning this is a very tiring, stressful and frustrating series to watch. Because the plot is so extreme with never ending issues. From the start of their relationship, its just non stop issues, issues and issues. The issues are so forced, ridiculous and extreme every other episode.

So if you want to pull your hair out, feels nauseating, experience cringe and dog blood. This series is for you. Happy ending in the end so if thats the goal, just watch a few early episodes and then skip to last 2 episode will make it a better experience.

But really there are better things to watch out there.

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Love the cinematography but disliked plot

Its a magazine, in 2020, that is like the weakest subject matter I feel.

When watching this series, it will be compared to "my best friend story" which was aired mid way thru the broadcast of this series, so competition for viewership was fierce during that period. For me "my best friend story" is more of a slice of life drama about 2 friends that will do anything and protect each other. For Dear Missy, it feels ..... that they are friends just because they have to be friends. However this series has the better cinematography and is much brighter.

This series really started off well, but it just lost its wheels for me mid way, especially when there is just so many scenes with Guan yue and Ye Zhou. Their story was so fleshed out that it made viewership lose focus on the 2 FL till it seem frivolous.

Thru out the series I do not feel that Lu ke even loves Zhang mang and chemistry was poor for this pairing. Si yi and yao yuan romance was great to watch from the start, but because they part ways and si yi actually fell for Bai Xiao Chuan with kiss scenes, this resulted in many comments "that being an actress is really not easy when one has to have kiss scenes with an uncle". However the romance of si yi and yao yuan is just too messy and lacks substances due to the lack of development and structure. They just happen to appear, chat and patch up like its magic.

Overall if you watched the first 8-10 episodes and then watch the last 5 episodes. You really arent missing out on much, they are just as happily ever after as from the early episodes and just ended up in pairings.

Its just a romance series where no one died, nothing major happened to any of the cast and its happily ever after.

So for me the best scene in this series is when guest role Hu Xian xu aka Shi guang in "Hikaru no go", asked Juck zhang aka yao yuan if he plays "Go" in a bar (even the theme BGM for that series came on), as he has been searching everywhere for his friend. If you have watched that series, you will get the relation between this pair, because Juck zhang was Chu Ying in that series (Chu ying was the spirit that guided Shi guang to play and love the game of "Go")

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Beautiful cinematography series but with plot loopholes

The start of this series is slow and cringe worthy when both FL leads are playing younger roles. But it does get somewhat better, especially when Nan sun's dad committed suicide.

Both FL's character personality changes are also huge for this series. From Suosuo's love and greed for money to suddenly giving up everything to have a "family" even when she has a daughter (this is very different from the novel). Likewise for Nan sun, to have been so trusting, "loving" and even emotionally dependent on Zhang an ren in the early episodes but yet she changes drastically once she is in debt and with a seemingly perfect Wang Yong Zheng. This character flip flop for both the FL is just hard to buy.

Its hard to watch the changes as well, which i feel is not clean nor weave the series well. Reality vs Idealist seems to the be the theme for the later episodes.

The plot loopholes are a major annoyance for me in this series.
1. Nan sun debts that are owned isnt even a huge amount (look at the list, maybe 11 names? less than 2 million yuan surely) if she could return it to so many debtors, she could secure a loan (especially when she is connected to so many rich people) and repay to just 1 party. When she requested that Zhang an ren helped them when her dad ran into those debtors but yet refuses to reveal it to Wang yong zheng.

2. When Ye jin yan can give up his position in jing yan just for Suosuo, this is a huge plot twist from the novel and made me sigh at the unrealism of it, especially when Daisy went back to jing yan to help him, saying he doesnt care. But eventually adding the story of her daughter's suicide still doesnt make it convincing and just because suosuo have the same birth date as his daughter.

3. In spite of all the debts that Nan sun have and suosuo not having a job, they still live well, can still afford that huge rental, eating heartily every time, doesnt look to be suffering from poverty anytime soon.

Its still a watchable series, not for the plot (the plot, character and ending have been changed from the HK movie adaption and the novel too) but for the FL leads and great support casts (there's so many great support casts to mention) which carried this with their acting abilities. Suosuo always looks sensual and sassy through out this series and Nan Sun has that innocence attraction.

As for the friendship, that is at least convincing due to the acting and the extreme challenges that both FL faces. I am sold that both FL will do anything and protect each other. Yet it does not carry this series, the hook really is the romance of both FL. For Nan sun and WYZ, this pairing works because WYZ is so carefree and seemingly perfect, even her ex boyfriend Zhang An ren did well being a selfish, self centered and scheming character, Li Yi Fan is another romance interest but his character is bland and robotic. For suosuo, she has 4 controversy romances with the driver MA, her cousin's infatuation, ye jing yan and finally xie hong zu. Yet the romances arent a huge part for this series, it exists but its not everything.

However ending is very open ended and doesn't clean up any of the loose ends. This is where this series failed badly.

The OST is memorable, the cinematography and palette used is warm and calming which have a slice of life feel.

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Obvious from the get go

WARNING this is not a romance series. This series is a slow burn about the locomotive /train industry in china. Its also predictable how this series will end, that I had fast forward so many times. My rating of 6/10 is seriously generous for this series. Avoid watching if you dont have spare time.

Start of the series its about the negotiation of 2 locomotive companies for the past 2 years. Yet it is unresolved for large parts of the drama as each company tries to get the upper hand in this negotiation so its always still negotiating. Tan Jing Chuan is the one that is heading this negotiation.

2ML Tan jing chuan, FL Lin zhen yi and ML Li yan feng are a trio of childhood friends. That's embroiled in this train industry. This relationship obviously becomes a love triangle, Li yan feng for some reason is obsessed with Lin zhen yi, but Lin zhen yi likes tan jing chuan, while tan jing chuan only sees lin zhen yi as a sister. There you go 2020 and its still "dog blooded" like that.

What I dislike was the ML character setup, Li Yan Feng has left china for 10 years but when he returns to china, he is suddenly obsessed with the FL. Stalking her, renting a house next to her and live as her neighbor. He is also 1 of the locomotive's CEO son, a genius of sorts and everything he does is for FL. This is just a silly concept, its like after 10 years of not seeing each other suddenly he is so in love with FL even thou they were childhood friends. Coming back to china, he just confessed to her, doesn't hide that he loves her, wants to marry her, but FL just takes it as a joke.

I really liked ML Oliver chen's role and acting ability in "Goodbye, my princess", which shows that a script really makes and breaks an actor. However for this series the early parts of his obsession was really hard and cringe to watch.

So what's the watching point for this drama?
ML trying to win over FL (non existence romance, skin ship and i only recalled 1 quick kiss in a basketball court, even the proposal is bad, finally FL leaves for Africa just to show another sacrifice for china train industry.... its all about this china train company. The wedding is also in a train and speeches about trains too lol.)
FL eventually being confident to be a successful project leader
ML relationship with his CEO father
2ML love relationship
Plots and schemes of the negotiation
The obvious success of china's locomotive industry after all the challenges (annoyance was that this series kept highlighting the number of employees and hope of china on this company)

Such drama is obvious from the get go, obvious because regardless of what hardship and challenges, this china train company will overcome it. It is pretty much a "butter up" china train industry series, which shows that the employees will take low pay, fall ill, sick, go blind or get heart attack and have family issues but everyone will still work and overcome all challenges for this train company because of loyalty and patriotism.

From getting a free patent from ML that is jobless and was offered 10 million yuan and a position of director for it yet gives it up for free and become an assistant for FL by staying in R&D, to giving up the negotiations, to being an independent company with its own technology etc. Its like even if the sky collapses they will still survive and its because they have a set of beliefs, unity, patriotism and righteous blah blah blah *rolls eyes*.

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Original plot

Its at least an original starting plot of fake amnesia and a planned going back to history in a modern world setting. The chemistry between ML and FL is average at best. 2 other couples are also thrown into the script. But when the 2nd couple of dai fu and linda has deeper/stronger kisses than the ML and FL, its just a bad look.

Also it seems strenuous for this drama to weave, tidy up, make sense of the FL illness and clean the last 2 episodes. So dont try too hard to make sense of how their "past life" ties into this current one.

But I definitely missed those moments when they were in the palace and with a historical setting. So the earlier episodes were great for me, but mid to end becomes about redemption, jewelry company, corporate power struggle and the relationships of the 3 couples in a modern setting.

But it ends with a happy ending as expected.

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