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If you're like me and do not enjoy military/history genre,, please still give this drama a chance! It's so good and romantic and funny. The story development is one of the best I've seen in cdrama. The characters are so well written, even the side characters. I'm the type to speed watch a drama, but I never once fast forwarded a scene in this.

Update: I started enjoying the show after ep 5 when ML found out FL's intention

I'm only at ep 3 but from the poster and synopsis I didn't expect the story goes like this. Can anyone let me know if it will get more light hearted? I'm not really a fan of mystery/suspense drama

Same here. I just started few hours ago but I'm already at ep 10 because of all the skipping. Other than the side couples story, their office and work issues are skippable too. I won't say this drama is bad, love the main couple so far, but so many unnecessary filler.

Spoiler please. When will FL break up with her fiance? The fiance is so annoying

The first 4~5 episodes weren't bad but then they had a switch of plot where it felt like I'm watching an entirely different drama. I've finished ep 8, only 1 more episode to go but idk if I want to proceed. On the earlier episodes they portrayed FL as the typical foolish girl but towards the end I swear ML is the stupidest character I've seen. That SIL scene oh my god I don't want to spoil it so anyone going to watch this show will be as dumbfounded as me.

I can't agree with most reviews here. I found the show bland. It's a warm and short show like everyone said, but I dont think it's sweet or cute or romantic.

This drama isn't bad but it's a filler at best. I didn't feel anything while watching it

Update: I've forced myself to watch until ep 15 (on 2x speed and lots of fast forwarding) but I can't take this anymore. This is so terrible. There are soooo many side characters and subplots. The story is more fitting to be in high school setting than college setting. Don't watch this if you're expecting romance. The main leads barely have screentime together.

I feel like they actually intended to do disney/American style teen musical show like Victorious or High School Musical but the characters weren't written to fit that vibe. It's confusing.

This type of drama is my guilty pleasure. Its filled with cliche but it's done well. The antagonist is annoying by herself and doesn't really affect the relationship, that's something I really appreciate. There are no typical disapproving parents too. Though, by ep 20 I'm quite bored of it, I feel like the story keeps going in circle, but it wasn't really a stressful plot so it's alright.

So many steamy kiss and bed scenes in this. The plot is outdated but bearable if you watch it on 2x speed

Malaysian here. The hijabs wearer these days and 25 years ago aren't much different I believe. We have the choice to wear what we want. I haven't watch the drama yet, but the previous comment said even the non malay wear hijab in the drama, that's a really bad representation of the country. 30% of malaysian aren't malay, and not all malay wear hijab so normally we'd see all sort of people just co-exist.
Fun fact: the "Arab-isation" of malaysian muslim started in late 80s, before that most malay didn't cover their hair.

Update: I watched until ep 13 and find the story boring, I can't really see the chemistry between the leads too. So I decided to just watch the highlight videos on youtube. Most comments here are complaining about the second half of the series so I think it's not worth continuing.

Now I've finished this and have more angsty feedback to give.

The ML is very manipulative for no reason at all. He dragged the lie for SO LONG. We could've had more cute moments if he confessed earlier. He has a PhD but has to read a book and listen to his cousin advise on dumb things. Story isn't even cute, it feels plotless, not focusing on anything, it's not even focusing on scientist until later part of the drama.The whole thing really feels like a high school drama masked with adult post graduate characters. Really bad casting. Both leads deserve better. The secret reveal is so disappointing, the reaction to it is weird too. Not to mention the childhood link!!? Why do cdrama always use that trope??

I made this comment when I was at ep 4/5 ish. I initially thought FL is finishing her master, but it's actually her degree so she's only around 22-23.
And I thought ML is nearly 30 bc he has a PhD and do research and all that, but they later mentioned he's only 26.
What I said about the plot feels like an innocent school drama remains the same.

Is the romance good in this?

The characters in this are around 25-30 years old but the story feels like a innocent youth school drama. Really disappointing considering both leads are good at acting maturely in their past work.

I saw clips of this drama since last year but it didn't interest me bc of ML short hair (lol) and the vibe seems very calm/plain for my liking. Until recently I saw the raving review for this drama I decided to just watch it to pass time and oh my god let me tell you this has to be one of the best cdrama I ever watched!

There were some aspects I didn't like, such as FL's mother, and the side characters story feels outdated to me. But if I just focus on main couple's story, that's a 10/10. Love how their relationship progress, love how their actions and story are so natural, nothing over the top. FL is only 17/18 years old when she filmed this but shes so good at kissing scenes. Much better than many older cdrama actresses out there.