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The vibes are kiiiiiiind of similar only in the initial episodes IMO since their “enemies” arc isn’t as complicated as it was in ELM (in fact I’d say they are more like opponents in LBL). Personally I prefer this drama wayyy more than ELM.

From what I’ve noticed with this kind of ML, first sparks of jealousy isn’t usually equal to “I have feelings” until something really pushes them. Right now he just think she’s special and important but not exactly the “why”.🙈

Then again he did call their meetup a date to his friend so who knows what the Commander is upto eh?🤔

Haha now that you mentioned it, it's almost uncanny how we've got a lot of common dramas 😹

I hope you enjoy LBL! It seems promising so far 🤞

I started it last night and ended up bingeing 5 or so episodes (would have watched more if I had time)🙈

Not a fan of RPG dramas usually but this one is really interesting so far. The MC has great chemistry as well.

I'm afraid it will be 2 months + seeing as there are 10 episodes 🙈

Romantics Anonymous is lovely (available kn Netflix). Fair warning though...it will make you crave for chocolate 🙈

With the ML, he had repeatedly mentioned how nobody sees the real him. His reaction is valid seeing as one white lie is enough to unravel everything for somebody with deep trust issues. Wish if he could have reacted better but then again, he's on antidepressants or something similar so his crashout kind of makes sense- it's too much to process on top of being suspected for murdering his bestfriend.

Glad they aren't going to drag it beyond today's episode at least.

The SFL and prosecutor are practically begging for a reality check at this point 🙃

Anytime :)

That being said, if you like simple romances, you can give perhaps the first 7-10 eps a try.

Ep 1-3 spends a lot of time on the FL's uni days so it can feel long but after ep 4 things get bettwe since they finally meet.

Exactly 🙈

If slow pace was your main concern then you will probably not like this since the drama gives a lot of focus on how their relationship gradually develops.

There is a slight level of mystery (in the sense the ML seems to know something about their past that the FL seems to have forgotten) which might pique your interest but they use many subtle methods to hint the truth beforehand. The drama doesn't really spoonfeed information so it's upto the viewer to pick on the time progration in particular.

The plot is kind of predictable since at the end of the day, this is yet another corporate romance. However I personally found the MC rather refreshing since they have a good partnership and even as individuals they tend to make mature decisions instead of blindly falling for traps and other misunderstandings.

Industry side story- I personally found Best Thing's side story more appealing since TCM is something I'm unfamiliar of. With SOM, some found it too long (I'm 50/50 with it).

True. I saw some comments complaining how them getting together officially during the last 10 or so episodes was a buzz kill but if you really think about it, excluding kisses, they've more or less been together/ in the courting phase since ep 10 or so. So does it really matter? 😅

If anything, their relationship practically sprinted through the levels if you count the months seeing as in less than 6 months, the 2 ended up buying a house together 🤣

Even the kissing kind of gradually improved to match with each phase of their relationship (considering they are wachother's first).

Thanks- that's sounds promising enough! I like it when the rich ceo-poor subordinate storyline has it's own twist :)

Dramas tend to get boring once the MC reaches their "happily ever after" so I'm not that surprised 🙈

Ah poor Mr Xie...is there a more unfortunate anti hero out there?🥲

XG would never invite Rong or ZX . She even told Boss she was relieved that that chapter of her life is finally over after Rong left😅🙈

It would have been interesting to see if "Old man" Sheng would finally get to reunite with his daughter during the wedding since Lin would have wanted both present ideally.

Honestly I kind of liked how things turned out for Rong. The way the novel went is too cliche and predictable for her character type in drama land. But the drama version kind of feels more relevant to the drama. The characters who refused to change failed and those who decided to change, benefited in one way or other eventually.

It's 6 years. The ML is a child prodigy so he started his undergrad when he was 15 years old or so. He was around 26 in ep 1's flashback. He has only around 1 year or so experience as a "fully fledged" surgeon at that point.

You do have a point- the gap is a little unusual for cdrama standards. Then again I personally feel like in the past 2 years or so most modern cdramas have slowly phased out the "kids shortly after marriage" trope. I mean most usually end in marriage or being engaged or we end up with a time skip of around 5 years before kids are announced.

The 15 year gap of course is huge for cdrama standards but I guess since the original writer is the screenwriter and she's also a woman, I can kind of see her logic? It meets the target audience which is the 20-30s viewer base? This make it more relatable. Just like how she managed to keep the misunderstandings and (fragile FL) tropes to the minimum since she might know that the audience is too tired of seeing the same thing? I might be just overthinking of course.😅😅😅


(I personally used to find it funny how predictable most moden cdramas were a few years back since it's alway marriage and then bamn! Twins 🤣🙈)

The timing makes sense if you consider XG's age. She'd just graduated from uni (22 years old) when they met and she'd barely started by the time they got married (around 24).

She probably was around 32-33 when she gave birth. As a career woman, it makes sense- specially considering the fact that both Lin and XG grew up away from their parents for an extended time, they would have wanted to make sure they would be ready before having kids of their own.

Hope you enjoy it :)

In my case I started this after a finishing a drama that went heavily overboard with cliches in the last episode, so I think it indirectly helped me enjoy SOM more than I originally expected to.

YANG- haha even I skipped most of the "business" side story since it wasn't really my thing. Is Boss & Me good? I didn't realize I enjoyed Gu Man's work until I found out most of her dramas were ones I've enjoyed🙈

TBH XG was only close with the foodie friend and Boss from the college clique. I highly doubt Foodie friend would have invited ZX to her wedding since you can see she didn't really like him and unlike with Boss she might not have ended up marrying a mutual friend that would force her to invite him.

It's likely with time, the college clique kind of disbanded and lost touch? Or he willingly didn't participate since just like in Rong's case, it became clear that he needs to rethink his life's choices. Probably stayed away anyway so he doesn't hurt XG further too.

That's my understanding anyway🙊