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Dropped at episode 10
The reason I'm reviewing this despite dropping it early, is because I spoiled it for myself and looked into the whole drama plot, which ultimately made me decide not to continue.
I really wanted to enjoy Love Has Fireworks because it had that nostalgic 2020–2022 C-drama vibe, and the comedy was genuinely enjoyable. The leads' bickering and chemistry were probably the best part of the drama. However, I feel like comedy was carrying the entire show.
My biggest issue is the pacing, the drama has 36 episodes but the main couple only get together in episode 34, which imo is too dragged. By episode 10, Li Yifei had already admitted to his best friend that he had fallen for the landlady, so knowing that their relationship development takes that long completely put me off. In addition, Li Yifei and Qian Fei were cute, but sometimes their interactions felt overly childish and unrealistic. I also heard the story relies heavily on exes and misunderstandings later on, which is something I personally dislike.
The side couples also didn't help. Dangyu and Jun Cheng's dynamic felt extremely weird to me, especially Jun Cheng's behaviour, and I couldn't understand why they received so much screen time. Jingjing and Lu Ze also didn't interest me, especially the ring misunderstanding, which made their whole entire relationship seem extremely unhealthy. Additionally, jingjing seemed too controlling at some point which was quite annoying.
Overall, it had potential, but the pacing and unnecessary drama made me lose interest. Also, I still can't believe the production team looked at one of the exes' AI-looking crap and thought it was acceptable to release it because I genuinely couldn't take those scenes seriously. 😭
I really wanted to enjoy Love Has Fireworks because it had that nostalgic 2020–2022 C-drama vibe, and the comedy was genuinely enjoyable. The leads' bickering and chemistry were probably the best part of the drama. However, I feel like comedy was carrying the entire show.
My biggest issue is the pacing, the drama has 36 episodes but the main couple only get together in episode 34, which imo is too dragged. By episode 10, Li Yifei had already admitted to his best friend that he had fallen for the landlady, so knowing that their relationship development takes that long completely put me off. In addition, Li Yifei and Qian Fei were cute, but sometimes their interactions felt overly childish and unrealistic. I also heard the story relies heavily on exes and misunderstandings later on, which is something I personally dislike.
The side couples also didn't help. Dangyu and Jun Cheng's dynamic felt extremely weird to me, especially Jun Cheng's behaviour, and I couldn't understand why they received so much screen time. Jingjing and Lu Ze also didn't interest me, especially the ring misunderstanding, which made their whole entire relationship seem extremely unhealthy. Additionally, jingjing seemed too controlling at some point which was quite annoying.
Overall, it had potential, but the pacing and unnecessary drama made me lose interest. Also, I still can't believe the production team looked at one of the exes' AI-looking crap and thought it was acceptable to release it because I genuinely couldn't take those scenes seriously. 😭
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