Reviews

This is one of the most beautifully shot series I've ever seen!

What can I say. Honestly even if I say a lot it won't be enough. So lets start from the beginning.I initially watching this series coz I was bored and thus wasn't expecting much of it. The first 3 episodes kept me hooked and coming back for more but by then I was just more intrigued about how the story will progress and also some of the themes explored in this one are a first for chinese BLs, and can be considered a milestone so ofc I kept watching. By then I knew nothing of the actors, director or the novel itself..and how much all of this will consume my time and attention.Every shot, every scene looks beautiful, and the actors, considering they are rookies deliver outstanding performances. Initially I felt like Shu yuan at times had a wooden face, but even he showed major improvement by the end that it looked completely natural. But those are the add-ons..the real heart of this show and why this had such a huge impact on me are the characters and the plot. This is the first time something like this has been explored, atleast in the BL genre, and I appreciate it just for that. But the secondary characters, Fang Chi and Gao Zhun, felt so real to me I was sometimes more immersed in their relationship than our main couple. Idk if it was the melancholic music that played whenever the two interacted, or the OST, which is absolutely stunning, but they invoked an emotion in me which I've rarely felt. Maybe its coz I've seen many people suffer through things a lot similar, but they don't have a happy ending in reality. And after hearing of what happened in the novel, I NEEDED them to get one. So I loved the changes the director made in this. I cannot praise each of the people involved individually, but they all deserved it. Finally Ollie and Shu yuan, the male leads convinced me with their chemistry, even when they were just talking you could feel the tension between them. They'll collaborate soon so I hope everyone supports these actors and the director!

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A good episode ... but still more 'misunderstandings'

So in terms of character behavior, this episode was far, far better as all the main characters acted like normal human beings for a change. We even got some refreshingly open & honest talk between the leads. Still, this writer just couldn't resist inserting some more 'misunderstanding' stuff in, though this time it is in (a) the relatively harmless forms of Shi Yan not yet revealing who is sister is to Shuyi and (b) the more harmful form of vicious office gossip about Shuyi's mysterious 'boyfriend'. The latter is kinda stupid though, because there are so many scenes of Shuyi getting into Shi Yan's car with him out in front of Financial Introduce's office building that it makes no sense that her colleague's wouldn't have seen and know that Shi Yan is her boyfriend. But the writer wanted to make one last Yuling-is-a-schemer subplot and only knows how to make plots involving misunderstandings & misinformation so whatever.

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