monstersnroses

Don't get me wrong, I will gladly watch ANYthing with LSH as the ML, but I can't be the only one who wants to see him as the ML in something dark and sexy and not cute and fluffy. I hope this isn't cute and fluffy, and if it is, I hope LSH passes on it for something better. He must have producers and scriptwriters beating down his door by now... I hope he has enough offers that he can choose what he wants to do and doesn't get boxed into something hokey or silly just so he can pick up that ML role we're all totally dying to see him in.

I'm going on strike of anything with Lee Soo Hyuk in it until he's finally cast as the ML in something. I just can't stand it anymore. It's just too hard watching him play a villain or a 2ML to people he's out-acting and out-sexying all the time.

Really cool how much they made from the budget this show must have had, it looks beautiful and well put together. The actors and actresses are really well cast, the storyline is solid. Every episode has something going on that makes it interesting. The only problem I had with it was the evolution of the ML's character arc and the ending they went with as a result of that part of the story... and the fact that the whole show romanticizes the host club industry in a way I don't think is very healthy.

The love story is really unique and sweet.

I'm rewatching this now, and I'm so mad about FL's stylist. Gawd that hair is so awful. This was cheesy and sexy and aesthetic enough to become a classic j-drama, and her stupid bangs will be ruining every scene she's in for all eternity. It's just sad. AND THE HEAD BANDAGE!!!!

Still a good drama, though. Some of those scenes are shot so beautifully, and there's some pretty spicy stuff in and amongst the copious amounts of cheese.

boring

This drama was absolutely awful. The only redeeming quality about it was LYX & BL are both good actors with amazing chemistry. I think this is worth watching for only one reason, and that's to make watching TTEOTM even better, because you get to see some of the professional back-story behind this onscreen couple.
But... be prepared for how terrible this show really is. OST was unbelievably intrusive, the ost/soundtrack are really out of step with the actual scenes and emotions behind them. Storyline is formulaic to the point of being insulting to the viewer. Aesthetics lacked vision and wardrobe, as usual for a typical modern-setting c-drama, is tragic. Supporting cast was not great. If it wasn't for the ML/FL, I would have dropped this early. As it is, I skipped a lot to make it through.
If you find yourself watching thinking "when does this get good".... it starts to get better at about the ep 19 mark.

I never had it as one of my faves either, and yet I still keep coming back to it... who knew it had such a high rewatch factor. Because of that, I came back to upgrade my initial 7.5 rating to an 8.

This was my review of LBFAD:

"I gave it an 8, the points off are for a tiresome bodyswap plot-diversion, and the fact that they kind of gave the ML too much comedy which at some points really messes with his whole "badass" vibe, and by the end of the show he's just way too cucked to the point where the sexiness of the ML they show you at the beginning just gradually sputters out. Still a great drama, though."

I'm big on aesthetics, especially in wuxia. I'm looking for certain kinds of aesthetics that are really cohesive, and make good use of black in them, have good color palattes that match the plot and atmosphere and characters. I'm also big on like that antihero/bad-boy ML, and good ones are kind of rare.

I thought the best part of TLB was the 2ML/2FL storyline it was just so fire. But the over-arching plot is long and involved. I looked at psychedelicjinkx's watchlist, and there's a lot of wuxia/historical c-drama staples that they haven't seen yet. So I thought "well if you thought TLB was THAT good, then you could try these" because they haven't seen em yet.

Personally my fave in this genre is Eternal Love of Dream. I don't know why I love it so much. The ML is really fire, and I like the aesthetics (except for that weird bird sub-plot part). There's not a lot of black in the color palate, but the way they use white is really on point, looks so beautiful. And it might be the only ML i've ever seen Dilraba have some kind of ACTUAL chemistry with. Normally with her I'm not feelin it.

But anyways, for me LBFAD scratched that itch. Couldv'e ended better.

But I was looking at your list, you gave it a 5, you hated it basically, lol. IDK for me, with this person's watchlist... I thought why not give it a whirl.

Have you seen Love Between Fairy and Devil and Till The End Of The Moon yet? Cuz dang, those were good too.

I get that they were going for deep disturbing psychological drama, but the fatal flaw in this story, is that in order to make the plot work, they invented an FL whose basic makeup as a character is highly implausible. She has reactions to things that make her impossible for the viewer to empathize with. To call her a doormat would be the understatement of the century.

This series was adorable! cute and funny with plenty of kilig moments throughout. Pleasantly spicy for a light romcom. I thought it was a great light watch.

omg this was so cute and funny... loved it.

This series is so good, the only thing wrong with it is they need a bigger budget and more story/runtime. The plot is kind of silly but interesting and dark, the cast is awesome. The only reason I can't rate it higher than a 7.5 is because the storyline is just so sparse and the stories so short.

tysm <3

IMO he should just be the ML in every romance drama that comes out of china for the next 5 years. I don't think that's too much to ask, really.

Came here because I am addicted to LYN as Hao Du, and wondering if this will give me the withdrawls-fix I am looking for. Prolly not. Good to know. I'll just sit here and wait for A Journey to Love to come out and get subbed.

He's friggin friggin friggin hot is what he is, whooooa baby such a good actor too he is straight fire.... Cannot WAIT to see him in a romantic ML role. Wuxia just makes it triple bonus awesome.

hurry uuuuuup........

Welp. I finished this 2 months ago. And now... I just have to come back to say:

HHHHHAAAAAAAOOOOOOO DDDDUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to see him cast as an ML. I just watched him in Love is Sweet play a bad guy but... he was just so gorgeous and such a good actor, I felt like there's more to him than just a 2-dimensional guest role. He reminds me of Liu Lu Ning, who had that great 2ML role in The Long Ballad playing Hao Du.

wish it were subbed, i'd watch this.