The last 4 episodes made me raise my rating to 9.5 after lowering it during HK episodes. It's a work of art
Same for me. The whole HK storyline and the hasty reunion of the leads left a really bad taste in my mouth and even made me dislike WYF a bit. But the last four episodes did help redeem things to some extent.
I’m rewatching it right now, and while I still don’t like the whole Hong Kong arc or how the leads reconciled afterward, I ended up increasing my rating to 9.5—just because of the sheer emotions I felt while watching it.
I still think Sang Yan felt too one-dimensional, with his entire world revolving around her. But the raw emotions, their beautiful love story, and the perfect balance of Wen Yifan gaining strength and energy from Sang Yan made me give it a 9.5.
That beautiful wedding alone is making me bump my rating from 9.5 to 10! What a fantastic wedding scene! 😍 I hope this year brings a wave of weddings in modern Cdramas like this one, just like last year did for Kdramas.
Dramas are for female viewers even Chinese men don't watch romantic dramas ..u have to understand the viewers…
Yeah but still some things can be avoided. Why don't they show harems in male fantasy dramas then. Aren't they made for male gaze so it's apt that they include MLs having multiple partners but why don't they include that.
One thing I’ve realized while watching these dramas is that FLs can openly praise other men in front of MLs, and the MLs are just expected to tolerate it like obedient puppies. But if MLs do the same, FLs get angry, and somehow, it’s the MLs who have to apologize. What a great way to portray feminism, I guess.
I can confidently say that this drama has far surpassed the novel it was adapted from. To be honest, the novel felt quite bland. While the writer did include some frustrating elements in the drama, most of the additions actually enhanced its overall quality.
Maybe he had a relatively normal life without much traumas. We can't expect everybody to have a hard past.
Yeah, I agree that he might not have faced any major traumas, but everyone goes through struggles while growing up. Showing that would have made Sang Yan feel less one-dimensional. As it stands, we don’t know much about him beyond his love for Wen Yifan and the struggles tied to their relationship.
The main difference between this drama and The First Frost—which is making me like this one more—is that we get to see more of Su Ye’s struggles. In TFF, Sang Yan mostly feels like an accessory to Wen Yifan’s trauma healing. Both MLs are perfect green flags, but Su Ye has a more distinct personality, which makes him more relatable to me. His struggles with his father, in particular, hit close to home because it reflects the reality of many households where sons often have a distant relationship with their fathers which is the same for me too.
I still think Sang Yan felt too one-dimensional, with his entire world revolving around her. But the raw emotions, their beautiful love story, and the perfect balance of Wen Yifan gaining strength and energy from Sang Yan made me give it a 9.5.
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