Reviews

Best Korean BL drama!

I am totally obsessed with this series! 😭 I really love the story because it keeps you interested the entire time and never feels boring. The two main actors are incredible and they fit their roles so perfectly. Their chemistry and acting make the story even better. I can’t believe there are only 2 episodes left! I honestly don’t want it to end. 😭 I wish they could make the episodes longer since they’re only around 25 minutes, but overall I absolutely recommend watching it. You can find it on Bilibili!

07.23.26
I just finished it... 😭😭 I seriously can't believe it's over.

I NEED a Season 2, even though I know there's probably won't be one. But if there is... PLEASE. 🙏

The last 10–15 minutes had me so tense. So much was happening, and I was literally tearing up during the final scenes. They had me so emotional!

This is officially my favorite Korean BL, and honestly... it might even be my favorite BL ever. ❤️

I 100% recommend watching it!

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If you like Longing and Pining...

Using the First Love Trope as its foundation, My Love Eun Dong demonstrates how an unconsidered reunion can have strong repercussions. The series introduces fascinating ideas, then resolves them in rapid succession, favoring emotional levity over psychological marathons. The supporting characters are sparsely developed, serving mainly to continue the central romantic saga. For those who enjoy longing and pining, this series will provide some satisfaction. But as it entered its typical last-quarter thread tying, I wished it had dared to follow some of its more interesting threads.

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So many plot twists, and all of them good

Just finished this drama, and it is basically the same as marry my husband, and i loved BOTH, can't say which one i liked more.

If u want a drama where the fl is a strong, REALLY strong woman, this if for you! At the start she is the perfect image of a princess who need to be saved, but she saves herself, obviously with people by her side, and go through everything she has to. The ml is a total green flag, really sweet and sexy at the same time. Their romance starts not as a slow burn, it's really fast when u see, but there is a why, and it's important for u to wait until the very end. One of the best and cutest, and also attractive couple dynamic i've seen in series, i absolutely LOVED the romance part, and the earned trust is allllll!!!

Just one point that i think it's important, even tho it's present in most dramas, the lack of communication, sometimes unecesseraly. Just communicate yk?

Just watch it, really!!

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Not the type of drama I can force myself to watch

Two reasons that spoilt the fun for me :

1. The visual age gap i felt , not because I already know about their age difference but their visual incompatiblity is hitting so hard that it is almost impossible to ignore. I was pretty much convinced I don't care about her age but honestly them playing couple is not giving the right chemistry vibes cause they aren't looking like couple visually. Period.

2. The sub-standard storyline: I love HMH but this is what it is ... The plot was not appealing to me or you can say cause I always have higher expectations from HMH's projects. I am not sharing any spoilers cause I don't want to cloud anyone's judgement.

It feels like betrayal..almost ... Like you waited for your favourite actor's drama for months and then you are served something you can't even watch beyond the first quarter. So not fair.

And people might come to fight me for saying this but honestly Ai Mi doesn't have what it takes to be Female lead .. at least not now ...she's cute and bubbly but that immaturity and childishness in her appearance is quite obvious. I don't say that for every actress for example the one who played female lead in the princess royal also started very young but her face cut is very mature type she looked like the character she played, that's not the case with Ai Mi.

HMH was okayish ... Can't help when you don't like the story liking an actor and his character in the drama becomes hard. On a scale of 1-10 if rate him in LITC and BFTB a perfect 10 here he was a mere 6 or maybe less.

Music is the only thing about this drama that satisfied my expectations.
Styling is also fine like whatever you expect of a period-ish plot.

And with that said.. it's strictly my opinion ... I don't care sh*t about age gap unless it doesn't look so obvious on screen, some reviews pointing to that are just hate rants instead of rational conclusions similarly the ones giving it a perfect 10/10 can't be trusted either. Even after pushing all my criticism aside I don't understand why would anyone rate it a perfect ten ... It's totally not worth it.

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Such a Tearjerker!....but Oh so Beautiful!

I finally got to finish this drama and for me this drama didn't disappoint. The start of it really does leave you a little confused for a time but I don't think they do to bad to let you know what is going on through it. I have watched dramas that have left me so confused before I didn't feel this was one of them. Even though this is a tearjerker through a lot of it. It does have a happy ending. This drama actually had me hooked all the way through it and wanting to know what is going on. It has you asking so many questions in the beginning.

I really fell in love with Ji Ling and Lu Mu Yi's love story and loved the way Tian Jia Rui and Ju Jing Yi portrayed them. I am becoming such a fan of Tian Jia Rui he is an incredible actor, and paired with Ju Jing Yi. So Amazing!! They were so cute and incredible to watch together. Though their love story will leave you really sad through a lot of it. It will still be one of my favorites.

Joseph Zeng and Chen Du Ling also played their characters so well, but I do agree with other reviews that after the star stone arc with how they fall in love gets really overshadowed toward the end and they don't really go back to the same feel. They have chemistry it just wasn't used to its full potential. I also love Chen Du Ling as an actress and they do overshadow the sisterly love between her and Ju Jing Yi toward the end, but one thing I have to say that it didn't bother me cause I was so captivated by the love story of Ji Ling and Lu Mu Yi. That I just wanted to watch more of them.

Another actor I have to say something about is Yan An! This man I loved in Fangs of Fortune and wanted to see really see him in this and boy does he still not disappoint. Loved all of his scenes of playing Li Jie and the butterfly demon. Also his brotherly bond with Ji Ling all the way through this was so cute.

I think the only thing I was just a little disappointed with was the ending. Yes its a happy ending but it leaves you really wanting more for your favorite characters. It just does leave you a bit unsatisfied there. I am finding this is where a lot of dramas are failing at for me. Is they give you such an elaborate story that when it comes to the ending they leave you with as little as possible. I am getting used to this with dramas and don't like leaving bad reviews or ratings cause of an ending when I liked the rest of a drama.

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Visually Stunning, Narratively Lost

The promotional poster gave me the impression this drama would follow the adventure of Wang Xiaoshi, Wen Rou, and Bai Choufei as a central trio. That was misleading—Wen Rou barely appears, while Su Mengzhen becomes the driving force of the story. The characters, plot, and conflicts felt like they existed primarily to showcase the idol cast rather than tell a coherent story. The world-building is muddled—I never understood who the sects were, why they were fighting, or what motivated anyone. The bloody fight scenes try to convince you the stakes are high, but without established stakes.

To be fair, the actors did what they could with what they were given. Baron Chen stood out as the only veteran presence who could elevate the material; the rest are idol actors doing their best with a poor script. The real problem is the creative team, which prioritized beautiful visuals and marketable faces over narrative substance. Heroes is a good-looking drama without a story. Visually looks stunning but fails to tell a story. Heroes 2022 is hollow spectacle with a misleading poster that only added to the frustration.

I finished this drama and still couldn't tell you what it was about. It's 5.5 for me.

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Must watch... plain and simple. Bullying and Suicides are sadly a true reality.

This is sadly a true worldwide reality: bullying (parents, families, students, teachers) and suicides.

This series is a must-watch not only because of the topic, but also because of the great actors/actresses, director, and scripts.

Each episode has a satisfactory ending, and each tackles a different kind of bullying.

The main characters and the secondary characters are extraordinary.

I definitely recommend watching it with family (kids over 12). Yes, the topics are heavy. Yes, the stories are fiction. But they are all inspired by real facts. This is not only about schools but also about work. Bullying and suicides are the plague of this century, and it seems that our politicians, schools, and families give a BIG FAT S***T about it.

MUST WATCH!! 10/10

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a MESS of a production

do not watch this. it was so messy. it felt like I was watching someone skip/fast forward through a drama but I was watching it real time. thats how little this drama made sense. there was no cause effect half the time stuff just happened without any logic or a stated purpose. i didnt understand the character motivations of anyone who wasnt the leads and even they got murky at the end. the director and screenwriter should be ashamed tbh. this is a really pretty drama that they clearly didnt give a fuck about making. or maybe censors chopped this thing to hell? I dont know but i SLOGGED to finish this thing or get as far to the end as I can without paying anything. ew.

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A lot of sex and not a lot of plot

iQIYI: https://www.iq.com/album/suntiny-2025-1fxheaek5it?lang=en_us

I know there are millions of people who live for NC scenes. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them. And while I can appreciate the chemistry and closeness of the main leads, I generally don't see NC scenes specifically being necessary.
And here the NC scenes take up a pretty big part of the series. I know that the whole plot is practically made around the sex. Still, though, I think they could've done with less of it.
Overall the idea for this series was not bad, and the message behind it all was nice and clear, but unfortunately it just wasn't made well enough.
The first two episodes and the final few were both quite good, but the ones in the middle were just pointless.

Things I liked:
1. The whole premise for the series. And a good message behind it.
2. Nat's hair color. I generally really like when characters have some fun hair colors, and this is definitely one of the cases. Nat looks great with red hair.
3. Styling.
4. Cooheart.
5. Toy.

Things I disliked:
1. Acting. It really feels like they are doing a bad job at it on purpose.
2. "Punishing" your partner for something he cannot control instead of trying to help him and figure out why the things are the way they are is just insane.
3. Temp. I didn't hate him, but i didn't like him either.
Saying stuff like "With someone like this I've got zero competition" about a person you supposedly have feelings for is insane and quite disgusting, to put it bluntly.
4. Too many flashbacks.

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Even the most beautiful vases have cracks

I was looking forward to this drama when I heard that Cheng Lei and Bailu were starring together and it didn't disappoint

I didn't read the novel but the story was interesting. Sadly, there wasn't much romance as I thought there would be. I heard the novel had a lot of chapters, so 40 episodes weren't enough to adapt it and I agree. When we start at the beginning, it takes us right to the wedding of the characters with no time to spare, which I appreciated because they didn't drag much of the plot around for filler episodes. As the episode aired, we came to find out more about what happened off screen but their past as well. However, it is noticeable that the 40 episodes weren't enough because in certain episodes, the pacing suffered in return, just like pursuit of jade. The romance was alright but I wish it could've been more prominent. Sometimes I got confused on whether Ye Li and Mo Xiu Yao were together or not romantically lol.

We will come to find out about Ye Li past as more episodes come and it was tragic. Since we saw her in the first episodes, we could tell that something was wrong with her. It was as if she were a beautiful vase that was on the verge of cracking as more episodes came out about her past and suffering. Her story reminded me once again of how humans truly can be the greediest yet worst people alive and those same people would be your own family. I wanted to hug Ye Li so badly because the poor girl has been failed so many times by the people around her.

Her story as well was a reminder of just how resilient she was, she never gave up, even if her own mind tricked her just to protect her. It reminds us as well how her will to survive pushed her to survive till the male lead's household. Both the female and male leads' resilience and will to survive showed us how strong they were, but also a beautiful message to us about survival and to never give up even if you want to die.

Now, one thing I found rather just funny was how the female lead was able to cure the male lead's leg so easily with acupuncture and medicine. It just felt a bit unrealistic to me but I'm not surprised that the male lead's legs would be able to work cause I definitely foresaw that trope (just kidding, it's a hunch). I did want to see more of Ye Li reaction when she found out the truth because I just felt it was rather short and quick and that she accepted it fast

Besides that, the styling wasn't bad; we did get a good sense of how frail Ye Li looked, especially the hair looked so big that sometimes I wonder if her head can carry all of that weight and if she would fall. Cheng Lei looked handsome with that grey hair.

The acting from both Bailu and Cheng Lei didn't disappoint! Bailu was able to portray Ye Li complex emotions really well and her strong yet fragile side. Cheng Lei portrayed MXY resilient and patient side really well. He had that soft-spoken voice whenever he talked to Ye Li and I found it sweet how patient he sounded.

The cinematography wasn't bad either; the more muted gray tone in some scenes really matched the eerie vibe of the story, especially surrounding Ye Li

I would recommend this if you want a more plot-driven story with two good leads who know how to act, just don't expect very strong romance

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Perhaps the longest journey is the one back to someone you never truly left

Despite its title, don't expect a bright, fluffy summer romance. This drama is wrapped in golden sunlight, colorful skies, laughter, and first love, but underneath that warm summer glow lies grief, betrayal, trauma, guilt, and heartbreak. It feels like watching the most beautiful sunset—you know it's breathtaking, yet you also know darkness is quietly waiting on the other side. Every sweet moment between Zhou Wan and Lu Xi Xiao made me smile, but it also made me anxious because I kept wondering, "Okay... what tragedy is coming for them this time?" Somehow, that's exactly what made this drama so beautiful. It reminds us that even the brightest summers don't last forever, but the memories they leave behind can stay with us for a lifetime.
What makes this drama so special isn't just the romance—it's the people. Zhou Wan and Lu Xi Xiao are two beautifully broken souls trying to survive life in their own ways. Zhou Wan has always carried more burdens than someone her age ever should. After losing her father, being abandoned by her own mother, struggling with debt, secretly tutoring just to survive, and eventually losing the only family she had left, life kept forcing her to choose survival over happiness. That's why I could never fully blame her for the choices she made. Meanwhile, Lu Xi Xiao looks like the perfect rich heir—handsome, carefree, rebellious—but he's just as shattered inside after witnessing his mother's death and growing up surrounded by adults who constantly failed him. When these two met, they didn't magically fix each other. They simply became the first place where the other person could finally breathe. My favorite line in the entire drama was when Lu Xi Xiao told Zhou Wan, "Let's grow together" after her grandmother passed away. Imagine hearing that from someone who was practically a stranger. That scene completely melted me.
The drama is divided into two emotional phases that worked so well. The first follows Zhou Wan trying to reclaim her late father's insurance money while getting tangled with the Lu family (yes... they were this close to becoming step-siblings!!). The second half completely wrecked me. Just when autumn arrived, the first snow fell, and it finally felt like these two deserved a little happiness, fate pulled them apart again. Zhou Wan chose to leave because she genuinely believed Lu Xi Xiao deserved a future untouched by her endless tragedies. She loved him so much that she convinced herself letting him go was the kindest thing she could do. Watching Lu Xi Xiao cry, beg her to come back, and promise he would forgive everything if she only admitted she still loved him... yeah, emotional damage. I know we all wanted to scream, "JUST COMMUNICATE!" because ten years is a ridiculously long time to spend playing emotional hide-and-seek. But I understood Zhou Wan.
And that ending... I absolutely loved it. It was bittersweet in the most beautiful way. After ten years apart, they finally stopped protecting each other with lies and started healing each other with honesty. I loved how Zhou Wan admitted she thought making Lu Xi Xiao hate her would help him move on, only to realize she had been completely wrong. Meanwhile, Lu Xi Xiao telling her that she was never the cause of his trauma—that she had actually become the beginning of his healing—completely broke me. And then came my favorite part: his paintings. Even after all those years, every painting he created was still inspired by his memories with Zhou Wan—the happiest pieces of his life, his own never-ending summer. That's why I adored the proposal. It wasn't just a fun reverse-gender moment. It was her finally stopping the endless game of hide-and-seek and choosing him with certainty. OH, and can we please talk about that final plot twist?? The entire drama convinced us that Lu Xi Xiao was the one who fell first and fell harder. I mean... the man loved Zhou Wan with every fiber of his being. But then the finale completely flipped everything. Through Zhou Wan's perspective, we learned she had actually fallen for him three years before they ever spoke to each other. She loved him long before he even knew she existed.
Lastly, I have to give a huge shout-out to Bao Shang En and Zhou Keyu. They completely disappeared into their characters and delivered every emotion so naturally that I never questioned a single tear or smile. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous—soft lighting, dreamy camera work, colorful palettes, bubbles floating through the frame, and golden sunsets that make every scene feel like a nostalgic memory you'd keep revisiting. The OST is another highlight (and yes, hearing Zhou Keyu's voice made it even more special). Never Ending Summer isn't really about summer at all. It's about that one person who quietly becomes your brightest season, the place your heart always returns to no matter how many years pass. Sometimes, summer isn't a time of year. Sometimes, summer is a person. And for Zhou Wan and Lu Xi Xiao, they were always each other's never-ending summer.

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Out of nowhere favorite!

I am an avoid viewer of Kdrama and Cdrama and have been in a slump lately. I watched a good one and decided to find something else. "Love to Hate You" came up on the Netflix feed and I hesitated but thought what the heck. Well I usually don't take the time to write reviews even if I love the drama-- but this one is making me feel angsty that it is over. What I liked most about this is that it is pretty straight to the point, there is not a ton of subplots that contain drama that doesn't need to be there. It has the plot and the point of view of the ML and FL is very fleshed out, in fact, I wish that all dramas figured this out. We don't need the aunt and uncle and brother and office worker and barista etc. Just give us the information on the ML and his story and experiences and the FL's story and experiences. It was 10 episodes and I didn't feel bored or unsatisfied too much. Perhaps the most important part of the story for me is that it showed the chemistry effortlessly and didn't try to hard. It felt like an organic experience. They had some misunderstanding-- mainly the FL made some assumptions that were wrong about the ML but it didn't drag the storyline down like some dramas do,. I personally hate the long, dramatic misunderstandings in dramas. When they finally figure out their feelings they seem to quickly confess and for me that is what makes this drama special. I believed their relationship and chemistry and it felt light and cute.

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