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Looking for fluff? Look no further
I usually stayed away from C-Dramas due to weird and convoluted plotlines, messy characterization, long and stretched episodes count and whatnots. This, however, was the first one, that being such a refreshing watch, it changed my opinion on C-Dramas completely.Watch this for romance and fluff, this won't disappoint! Romance is really well done here and the main leads have a real good chemistry. Even the secondary main leads have good chemistry.
The story is simple but its done beautifully. There are cliches sometimes but they all get resolved in a very positive manner. There is angst too, many a times, but the end to that angst is very rewarding. This is exactly how a good story is written. I was engaged throughout and it also never left a bad taste in my mouth.
Characterization, on the other hand, was done amazingly. Most characters if not all were likeable in their own way. Very rarely did I find myself getting annoyed by a character's decision and that too for a very short period of time.
FL's character for one was really likeable. In some scenes she was super adorable tbh. Real good performance by Zhao Li Ying.
ML, on the other hand, was a bit too stoic. He needs to learn to communicate more, caused too many misunderstandings needlessly.
SML was okay throughout. His character did develop a bit later on.
SFL, though, was the one with the most character development of all. She actually matured from a childhood infatuation to real love. Quite a major character development right there. Despite many hating her for her selfish decisions, I empathize with her situation and understand why she did what she did. Amazing acting by the actress Li Cheng Yuan.
All the other side characters were likeable too, no complaints nowhere at all.
Overall a super sweet and super fun uplifting show.
This might be my first time rating a C-Drama above 8, but this deserves it without a doubt. 8.5/10
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A characterization catastrophe!
First thing first, great chemistry between ML and FL but.....WHAT NONSENSE DID I JUST WATCH!!?Characterization is an absolute mess here. Such annoying characters are rare to see literally. Let me start, one by one. The most annoying of them all, 2ML is an insecure obsessive possessive piece of shit loser who coerced the FL into marriage by hiding a major fact about ML. This shit should be beaten to a pulp at first sight but on the contrary he is getting apologies from everyone?! JUST WOW! Every other single supporting character surrounding FL, be it her mother or mother in law or who the fuck ever, should learn to mind their own goddamn business stat. I would have slapped each one these the first chance I got, hypocritical toxic nonsensical shits all of them. Coming to ML, he is an idiot and a massive one at that, learn to communicate more please.
The only two characters I actually liked were the FL and 2FL. FL was likeable and her decision making, though flawed, was actually due to coercion by others so we can't actually blame her. On the contrary, 2FL was the best part about this drama, such a supportive, devoted and helpful character. She remained a gem throughout and awesome performance by Yoon In Young.
Plot had potential, acting was good, OST okay...but with this bad characterization I can't give this a good rating at all. 3.5/10
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Watch for romance, not for plot. Be ready to skip a lot.
Going for romance? Go for it! Romance is done really well, main leads had real good chemistry and fluff moments were just so sweet to watch. I liked secondary couple too (Han Chuan and Ming Zhu not that good for nothing Ying Dong), although bittersweet their story was just so heartfelt. Still be ready to skip some unnecessary drama.Going for plot? You will be frustrated. This drama like other C-Dramas will test your patience with plot. Plot is a utter mess. Forget logic, you would find it hard to even find basic common sense here. Characters will prefer taking the most idiotic possible decision possible instead of the more natural and sensible ones. Direction is also nothing talk-worthy with real bad editing on top of that. If you can bear with all that or can skip that, go ahead, this drama will be fun to watch.
As for character development, its there but not nearly enough. FL is annoyingly dumb and fickle at times but becomes likable later. ML is okay, watchable. The good for nothing character "Ying Dong" is given too much screentime and that becomes annoying fast, I would have preferred if they skipped that character altogether. On the contrary, character of "Han Chuan" projected so much depth that all his scenes of relation dynamics with "Ming Zhu" were attention sinks, phenomenal performance by Gardner Tse.
Everyone acted good, so no issues there.
Music...can't remember at all, and that's immediately after completing it...that says a lot.
I watched this after "Lady and Liar" and honestly this is miles better but still not upto mark. I liked the FL here more but I liked the ML in Lady and Liar much more.
Overall a fun watch, though had to skip some parts. Good, decent, 7.0/10
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Nothing worth watching here, avoid
This series is beyond idiotic and it tries hard to convey itself as a philosophical one but rather fails at that miserably. On the contrary it actually becomes more and more dumb as it progresses.The drama is weirdly about miserable people living in their own self created miseries. Some are psychotic, some mentally retarded and some delusional but all definitely lacking any connections to reality. On top of that, the ending is nonsensical as well, expect the usual Japanese habit on needlessly being vague. The only thing good about this was that, atleast, ML and FL had some chemistry.
Wrong interpretations, wrong actions, wrong decisions and wrong messages altogether create only a nonsense plot, nothing else.
My recommendation, avoid, nothing worth watching here. 4/10
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