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Sweet and tender

Hidden Love it’s a beautiful love story about love, overcoming grief, guilt and building a family. The acting is really good and the OST fun. I don’t know where scriptwriter Shen Fei Xian has been for the past 7 years but, God, I am so glad she’s back!

This drama had two MVPs: Sang Yan for opening his home and always being a good friend and brother, and Qian Fei for helping Jian Xu figure out his love life. Where would our leads be without them? Probably still pining for each other.

Zhao Lusi and Chen Zheyuan carry the drama with ease and sizzling chemistry. It was a joy to see their characters fall in love and dealing with everything that came their way as a team with a deep understanding of each other. They made an effort to communicate and this made them stronger and smarter as couple. Wonderful.

If you enjoyed this drama, you might want to check out Love O2O. Shen Fei Xian was also the scriptwriter responsible for that adaptation to the screen and she clearly very talented. And if you have already seen both dramas, then good news: she’s already working on her next project!

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Realistic story, Realistic acting, Unbelievably and exceptionally good

Tender light is indeed the best mystery drama of 2024. When I started watching, I didn't know it would be such an interesting but heartbreaking drama. The way the story was depicted is awesome, and that's not all, it was directed and filmed excellently.
The acting and story were very realistic.
I've watched quite a number of mystery dramas. But tender light is just different.

The realistic acting and realistic story are what makes this drama different and unique.

Tender light is based on domestic violence, and society prejudice. And unfortunately, that's exactly the type of world we live in. Their are many women out there who suffers from domestic violence, specifically the abuses from their husbands.
Furthermore, the society, neighbors etc, people who knows nothing about that victim, will begin to judge her, speculate about how she must have cheated on her husband to deserve all kinds of violence from him. That's the kind of world we live in, its full of judgmental people. And that's exactly what tender light is all about.

Nan ya suffers from domestic violence from her husband, and there's the crooked judgmental society, passing inhumane comments on her when they know nothing about her. She's obviously the one suffering from the violence of her husband, but they just chose to ignore it, instead of helping her, all they did was judge her for being a flirt. It's indeed sad and unfortunate that that's the kind of world we live in, a world full of judgmental people.
But it's good to know that she has someone like zhou luo to help her.

I love this drama because it depicts the happenings of life, and more so because it shares light on what wives go through at the hands of their lunatic husbands.

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Good acting and production overshadowed by a messy plot

This show had tremendous potential. The premise was very interesting and seemed to be a coming of age/revenge story of a young man getting married, finding love, becoming mature and responsible, and finding his calling in life. Unfortunately, that wasn't the actual plot. I don't know what the plot was.

The romance was ok. It only took Jiusi and Yuru 28 episodes to kiss and consummate their marriage. Other than that, they had affectionate and cute interactions with almost no sexual chemistry. But, when they kissed, they made out on screen and it was hot. This makes me totally confused about the logic behind Chinese censorship.

The revenge plot was a big deal at the beginning. But, then it completely fizzled out into a nothing. The evil magistrate, who killed Jiusi's family, got stabbed to death by a girl. So, what was the point of that storyline at all? I guess halfway thorough the show, the writers decided to switch the direction from revenge to a political intrigue.

The whole drama could've been completed in 25 episodes. After the rebels were defeated and the new emperor took the throne, the story should've reached its logical conclusion, but the writers dragged it for another 10+ episodes to meet the maximum allowable threshold of 40 episodes. On top of that, the drama had long draggy conversational scenes about nothing. I didn't care about everything a character was feeling at a particular moment. I zoned out through most of the conversations or fast-forwarded through half of them.

I ended up skipping the last 10 episodes and just watched episode 40 because the plot was a mess at that point.

The music was good, the acting was great. But all the positive things were completely overshadowed by a totally incoherent plot.

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Sad but moving, great character development

Just finished watching this movie for the second time. I find out certain films just pull me back to wanting to watch them again, and I like this even more on the second viewing.
I like the development of the male lead character after he meets the female lead. It’s clear from the early episodes that it’s going to be very sad, but I still enjoyed the manner which the drama moved forward. I also liked many of the secondary characters, although I would’ve liked to have known more about them. Someway I’m not sure why I really like this so much but after first viewing it six or eight months ago, I kept thinking about it and wanted to return to watch it one more time.

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headline: boss turns into a pig like he Fiona from Shrek or something

It has been such a long time since I finished a drama. Oh my god. The last drama i finished was on November 20th, which is insane because its 2024 now. My average was 8.625, and as always, I rounded down because, yeah. Now we are going to go through them before I forget this whole show. Sorry if everything is spelled wrong; I am lazy!

I had no idea what was happening but I did see it on iqiyi and kept moving it from my watching to havent started and back forth until i caved about 6 hours ago and started watching it. The first episode and every single one of the episodes were very short, which made this a very bearable watch. the boss turns into a pig at 6:30 pm or after the sun goes down. the description was on IQIYI and on my drama list but i didnt read it because it was really long and i never read descriptions anyway, but it was really funny and low-key interestings. i was having a lot of fun watching this while studying for AP lit (which is in 2 days and like 15 hours but thats fine). I said that I was going to finish it today, and I did, because it was a very funny and light watch. I don't know if there's a sequel or prequel to this, but I will watch it next. Funny as shit. I know that this is a sad addition to my drama list, but when I was searching for this on IQIYI, I saw my piggy lover, so I am also going to watch that, probably today as well.

I am looking at the character list for names, and the girl is Yang Xiao Zhu, and the guy is Zhu Xiao Yang. How did I not realize that? im slow. Mr. Zhu aka big Boss, was very grateful for her helping him. The fact that he is doing all this stuff just because he can turn into a pig, as Yang knows, is really funny to me because he can't really run away from her. and he was trying to make his redemption, lol, and turning into a pig every night is probably really annoying, and I don't think I could bear that. I want to know why, lol. We need some more lore. still working on AP Lit. i feel the pig thing would actually made me want to die and the fact we later found out it was because of his dad, i would be so fucking mad holy shit.

The random ass guy who popped up just to be a problem and then left was really getting on my nerves for no reason. Why would you put someone's pig outside on the balcony? and trying to explain why your boss is in your house naked so early in the morning, girl, what? I don't think you can explain that. Good luck explaining that; she better lie like her life depends on it. I mean she kind of did i guess.

She walked all the way home with a man who was a pig for most of it. He needs to stop thinking about his ex and go after the girl who will love him for him (more or less). She loves that he turns into a pig. Also, we love the lore. I think the ex is going to come back and be a problem for them both because he is so stuck in the past. twp questions: if he has been turning into a pig for the past 27 years, why is he still a baby pig? or is he just a miniature-sized pig and also that dream thing that plays at the end of the past two episodes? And who is having that? I think it is a big boss, but I can't tell what the point of it is or what it is. I have the answer to both of those questions. He is a miniature-sized pig, and the dreams were Yang's dreams, I think?

They both have no idea how love works, and its really funny. I think they are really cute, and I love them. I can tell they are both starting to fall for each other because they wouldn't be putting all of this work in just for the company; there is some really strong feeling behind it, and I love that. he sucks at compliments and tjat trasntion into the pig was really funny. him being a pig is hindering their progress but thats okay and that kiss was so fucking awkward but it felt very much like them

Back after my nap, I scrolled on my phone. They are so iconic. How is there so much development in these short episodes? I think this show is funny as fuck. Her faking him falling into the river and dying actually had me dying, and now they are moving in with each other. They are both in love. Im watching big bosses eyes looking at her. Oh my god, they were moving all over the place. These two are very cute, and the pig thing is starting to actually help them by getting closer, and their relationship is going well.

They are on an airplane, and they keep talking about their relationship, which I feel is very much needed. He likes her, but he's not sure if she likes him, and she is not sure either, but I feel like she does because he's giving her butterflies, and I think that is really cute, and I don't know how they are going to keep him being a pig and a squirrel on the plane. "Ma'am? How did you not get it, but the guy is gone, and what is that?" like what. I'd just start spewing the most heinous lies, but that's just me. I don't know why the ratings are so bad for this; this is so far such a cute show.

A misunderstanding got to them. She is rich. What the hell? That part was funny. but he heard her say she doesn't like him but didn't hear the last part. She's worried that he will never like her, and she knows the girl is back and is going to be problematic for them because, of course, she is. they drop the whole rich thing and am still really confused on that.

This piggy big back whore is getting on my nerves, bro. He is just being annoying, and he knows he is. cunt. Actually, bro, he is getting on my nerves so much, like you like her and she doesn't know if she likes you because she doesn't know if you like her because you keep pulling this dumb stuff. There is less than an hour left, so I am going to beast through it.

I am trying to beast through this before tutoring and before I crash and burn. Okay, so he likes her, and she likes him. He is just bad at everything he does and doesn't really know what he loves, and she is shit at talking stuff out, and every time they fight, it's because of a misunderstanding. Her parents are going to be the next issue, probably, or the company is going to sh*t, something like that, i guess.

True loves kiss broke the spell very cute. She just needs to figure out that he loves her so much and he’s coming home and I love them very cute 11th episode and 12 episode better bring it home great shows so far love it.

This was a nice finish to a show I absolutely bested through because it was so short. I had Fuyn and Itw as an overall really cute drama with 4 adorable kisses and a neck-breaking height difference. Overall, it was very cute, and I loved it a lot. I would recommend it. Great show! okay bye!

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Sweet, lovely and cute office romance

I really don’t know how to explain the feeling this drama gave me while watching (especially episodes 2-3), it was almost like they are giving me the taste of how it feels like to love and to be loved, that’s how I would describe the chemistry between the two main actors, I shed some tears of how pure it felt and got really emotional and jealous (in a good way).

Following the next episodes I was already in love with this series and nothing could bring it down, it just kept getting sweeter and sweeter.

It’s definitely a must watch and I will definitely rewatch this in the future. Thank you for making this masterpiece. ❤️

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Mini series that feels like a movie, with a good cast and an excellent wardrobe.

This mini series has 103 episodes of roughly 2 minutes. I watched this in one edit on YouTube, which meant a lot of the sound quality was worse than was intended (e.g. people clapping sounded like rummaging).
But putting that aside, the main leads were attractive and had decent chemistry. The female best friend is someone you love to hate. The story is interesting enough to keep you entertained. There's little to no other storylines in this, and everything seems to relate to the main plotline, which I appreciated. The ending was dramatic but they actually discussed that ahead of time why they did that. This series felt as if watching a movie, only noticing a new "episode" when there's a slight pause.
The clothes of the men and women are excellent. Even the evil women get to dress up prettily. The wardrobe team deserves a raise. The makeup up was excellent, I didn't even notice it on the guys.

If you normally love mini series with absurd plots and hunky men who take off their shirts at least a few times, you'll like this show. The romance is less at the forefront and there's much less kissing in this than normal mini series, but the shirtless man could compete with dhaozheng for sure (iykyk). The latter does have better chemistry but the acting skills are similar.

Give it a chance but try to find an official well-translated version as the YouTube version is awful at the machine translations, and I noticed they have two or three scenes in the wrong place.

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Epically Unexpected!

I have no idea what I was expecting but, in all honesty, this story was most definitely NOT IT! And that is such an amazingly fascinating thing!

This story truly amazed me from the beginning. Breaking the fourth wall, the humor, the situations (both dangerous and unassuming), the dialogue, the scenery, the acting, the story in its entirety... I cannot begin to fathom what type of story this is, except to say that I immediately became a fan.

The story was such a curious one that I couldn't help but be hooked from the beginning; like a tidal wave that swallowed me whole. I've never seen a story like this one, I couldn't even begin to place this story in a specific genre. The actors splendidly outdid themselves with each episode!

There were moments where I laughed out loud, moments that I replayed because I didn't want to miss anything, moments I feared, and moments I absolutely could not understand. I felt the plot line in the pit of my stomach; each episode had me enthralled by the mystery of Hayabusa. The ending was incredible, something that I never predicted. Especially after watching a certain actor in a different show; seeing him in this story (compared to the last one I saw him in) was a complete turnaround, like he was a completely different person!

I fell in love with the Fire Brigade, it was amazing to watch them in action. Some parts of the story seemed a bit creepy, but they all served to make the story as incredible and fantastic as it is! While some points of this story may seem familiar, I guarantee that you have never seen a story like this one before! The show in its entirety is one of the most spectacular shows I've ever seen!

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Complete waste of time

Although this review will have spoilers its better if you read this than watch the show since you won't be missing much anyways.

I hated part 2 so much I decided to write my first ever MDL review. Although I watched the show a little while back seeing it as I was scrolling through my completed list filled me with unimaginable rage I had to come and write a review.
unlike some people, I really enjoyed part 1, it wasn't perfect but it was this fun story and I was really looking forward to the next part but it was a big mistake.
At times it felt like they got a whole new set of writers for this part of the show, there were so many things that I felt were being set up to. e explored more in this part that were never mentioned and we were just supposed to accept that.

let's start off with the first wired choice, the second in command suddenly disappeared this season with 0 explanation. I don't understand why. All the writers had to do was give one of the kids a throw away line about how he's gone back ti the army camp to let them know about the captains death and they lost contact with him at the very start when the kids were doing their little exposition dump of how much they've changed since part 1. That's all it took max 2 extra minutes of screen time, but they didn't say anything and we were just supposed to accept that. I spent a while being incredibly confused before just resigning myself to the fact that they were never going to give us an answer. That should have been red flag number 1 but I didn't listen and continued watching.

My next big problem was with the way they dealt with the aliens. First of all they made a very conscious effort in part one to show us how the aliens go dormant/die when exposed to the cold, and by that I mean long meaningful close-ups that are often reserved whenever a show wants to really hammer in a point or foreshadow something and so I really thought it would be a major plot point in this part, maybe they develop a weapon to do with the cold or maybe they go to a cold place and realise that they can be safe there or something but it's never brought up again and I'm left wondering why the show tried so hard to hammer the point home when they were never going to expand on it

But that random plot point aside, my bigger problem was the way the aliens were just thrown aside this season, relegated to the background since the writers thought that a bunch of teenagers voting on staying or leaving was much more riveting than the aliens. I was definitely at the edge of my seat watching them go round and round arguing over whether to leave camp. The aliens became background characters with no logic as to how they work, I thought they'd explore them a bit more this season but nope.

Speaking of the stupid debate the kids kept having, that was another problem with the show. I honestly felt the kids got more annoying this season, and I saw the whole plot of the vote rigging and who was rigging it coming from a mile away. The constant fighting git bring especially when it seemed to be that there was a side who was obviously in the right. I just wanted them to MOVE ON.

Now I was willing to excuse everything else, despite finding the kids more annoying this part, I still loved them and actually proffered their dynamic this season, (when they weren't fighting that is) they got closer and were funnier as well.

Now on to the absolute WORST part of this drama. The ending. they killed of all but 3 of the characters and ended it with exposition from the main character telling is that life just "went back to normal now" despite the aliens still being there. It felt like a massive slap in the face when I saw it. Honestly, the last 10-15 minutes of the show completely destroyed it. without it I would have gladly given the show a 6-6.5/10, but those last 10-15 minutes. I have no words. Now don't get me wrong I don't mind them killing off everybody that's not the problem it's the way they did it. See if they had these kids die off slowly throughout the show and THEN we were left with the 3 kids I wouldn't hate it, but it's the fact that all but one of the kids were killed during those final few minutes. I don't think ANY of the kids were killed due to the aliens which is baffling to say the least. I fthe writers wanted to make a 'war is pointless/causes unnecessary deaths' point there were 101 other ways to go a out it than this dumpsterfire of an ending.It would have been smarter to slowly kill the kids off during the course of the show to really demonstrate how brutal war is.

Moreover, they just had a student sexually assault a girl and then kill everyone because the CSAY's were cancelled? Really? That's the route they chose? Not like PTSD or something?? It just felt so stupid. I had to close my laptop and walk around for a while before I could go back to watching although I shouldn't have I should have just left it there. And then they end with the main character taking CSAT and just telling us that everything's fine now? We go through all of that and we don't get to SEE any of the progress made? It's just told.

The writing honestly went so downhill for this season I honestly regret even starting this show

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The entertainment aspect depends on the person

Personally, although the drama had certain plot holes, acting skills can be improved, and the plot, overall, relied a lot on the mysteriousness of Pun, it is a cute watch for a mid-week break. However, I know if I watched it after airing, I would not have been able to continue.

Major Plot Hole: *Spoiler* I am not sure if it was me who missed it or it was never addressed, but, in the show, it was never mentioned how Pun was able to stay with Yoh longer. Was it the possible consumption of human blood or his marriage with Janja, which seemed somewhat pertinent, aside from the romance aspect.

Acting: This is one of the parts that I tend to use for deciding whether a drama is worth watching. I would say the acting was not bad, but definitely, with more experience, it will improve.

Plot: The main premise of the story surrounded Pun's life and how Yoh gets involved in it. I feel like the story, basically, progressed because of Pun, the other vampires, and the fact that not many questions about Pun were answered even at the end of the show. It was, mainly, curiosity which made me watch the show.

A fun watch and I am excited to see the upcoming projects of the cast.

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"If we meet again in the next life, hope you can come to marry me"

Firstly this drama really was emotional for me. I don't usually write reviews but I had to for this drama.

I cried and cried during the last episodes of the drama. The emotions that the actors portrayed and the way they did those scenes made me forget that I was just watching a drama. I cried when Zhousheng Chen was executed and I wept when Shiyi read his letter. Hats off to each and every actor and actress.

Even though it was heartbreaking it made me greatful for those little moments they all shared. Like when Shiyi would wait for news about her Master's victory or when her senior brothers and sisters would spoil her and the conversations that they all shared. It made me realize how quickly things change with time, in the drama and out of it.

Zhousheng Chen's life was one that really made me emotional. He gave his life for his country going so far as to vow not to take a wife or have children so that the royal family can be rest assured that their power would not be affected by him, only to be killed because higher powers felt threatened by his "bones" and ability. It was so sad that right until the last moment he was so sacrificial, worrying about others more than himself. It was so heartbreaking to watch as he bids Shiyi farewell. He loved her so much but could never act on his emotions due to circumstances.

Shiyi's character was performed phenomenally. You see how she gradually grows from a mute noble daughter, to becoming Zhousheng Chen's deciple, to loving him, to having to leave him. I was broken hearted with her during the last episodes.

As I watched the concluding moments of the drama I have come to learn that we don't always get a happy ending. There is loss in life and we have to accept that. For every tragic thing that happens it makes us grateful for those moments where we just chattered with our loved ones, ate with them and walked a busy street with them.

I would 1000% reccomend this drama. It is a masterpiece, and I don't say it often about dramas that I watch. You will laugh, cry and smile with the characters. Don't miss out watching this drama just because it has a sad ending, it is worth it, plus there is a part 2/sequel called Forever and Ever. I am going to start it soon. I am sure that will heal most of the heartbreak and sorrow I went through.

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short ..crisp and inclusive

first of all daisy li is so beautiful ... lets take a moment to appreciate her beauty ..and of course her acting

now the story which as we know revolving around a woman who will willing to avenge the death of her family by a opium trafficing mafia ... as such there is nothing unique in the plot but i like all stories that have strong smart and independent FL ... the chemistry between leads was bomb even when they were playing reluctant of each other's identities. on the whole it;s ok ok

worth rewatching ???
ahh i dont think so but okay for one time watching

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very convincing and unique plot

story is basically based on two priniciple
1) you and only you (no one else) can change your fate. nothing or no one in the world can take the role in your instead for the fate that is been decided for you.
2) once you are ready to let go of everything and hold no desire than only you can become actually free.

other than psychological angle i find this drama also had that deeper than thou love story ..the dynamic chemistry between the leads (so called side characters acc to fate book) which gradually ended into both of them giving up on their lives to protect the other... OMG !!! what to say i am little old school and i always long for such romance in my life ...

the only negative thing i felt was cheapness in fortune writer'character that he suddenly erase the fate and rewrite it again ... but anyway in the end that all made good sense

is it worth watching ..totally
is it worth rewatching .. of course ..may be after sometime when you suddenly want to know how fate works in your life ...

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