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This is One Crazy Show! Trainwreck Done Amazingly Right.
No wonder it topped C drama charts when it aired!!!!Review:
Ep1-Ep14-Both child Artists for YunKai and Yibei acted brilliantly specially Yibei.This is the first show I saw wherein the Leads own mother is so darn ambitious she dosent care about her own Kid.And the Aunt is the positive character.Starting the show you dont know wheater Hui Jie or Xiu Hua who deservers the position though, both are good in their own manner in embroidery.YunKais mom although has negative shades but is funny.I somehow found the Dynamics between Yunzhe and Yunkai very different but not bad.YunKai is too flamboyant but his OTT dress sense hides his pain of loosing his closest people.He fell for GouGou without knowing and Denglun and Sunyi have amazing chemistry that beats or is equal to his and Yangzis.Gou Gou is a sweetheart who dosent bow down easily and is smart, I love that about her.But her Sister and Mother are too too ambitious leasing to loathfulness, hopefully they get the retribuition they deserve.
Ep15-28:Oh Wow They all use the Phrase "Because of You" a LOT in the show.Nvm.Yun Kai 's Aunt and Pizza Conman Daddy is a Nice addition to this show though, they alongwith Yun Kai and his parents are much needed fun.Can I just say I love Guo Guo , this lady never takes any Brutality thrown against her, she is one strong Woman without Losing Her Morales,C drama needs Heroines Like Her!!Instead of all Cutesy ones who are only chasing Or being chased by the guy ishh.Yuxin Is TERRIBLE and too manipulative , even her Mom if slightly feels sorry for her adopted daughter , she just ignores everything for Her Biological Daughter.This show is an Irony on Biological v/s Adopted Mothet Daughter tbh.Love progression btwn YK and GG is wonderful and YK 's bond with Le tong is So good, that Kid Acts brilliantly.Le Tong was born to a Greedy biological family but somehow inherited her adopted Moms Nature.Yun Zhe is one strange attractive character , somehow NoOne Distinguishes him being as the Not Biological Son of Li family yet HE thinks He has not been given rights to be one,In turn he falls for Vicious Lady YX & Trouble happens.My Bet It is He who is thr Key Player to Bring Yuxin down becaue he is her Biggest Support.Lu Sichen is a Man who After XieHua and GuoGuo suffered the Most and maybe the WORST of them all, Even if he was sincere he lost all and Now is on revenge mode Without Loosing Morals, I like his character as well and Love how he Never fails to make Yuxin Scared!!Also side note from Episode 7 GG bgf Xiaoqin is Irritating , I know she was used bu GG was not at Fault for that, I mean either here Ladies are White or Black, the only Gray shaded character I saw was YK step Mom and she is Fun TBH.Li Family is weird But Way better than Jin Family.
Ep29-42:One should appreciate the Tenacity of GuoGuo , She is a Strong character without being OTT.Much of this arc was How The downfall of Yuxin starts when GuoGuo Sichen and YunKai put their Foot down.I Love how even with or without LT being GG own daughter he accepts her without any clause, his love for LT/GG is pure and that shows in his efforts.SC deserves better and I fully support howsoever rude he is to YX. Karma always bites back is true for Mum and YX , both wants to up other but are scared of each other. YZ out of Love ignores too much Tbh. Ai Yu is I dont know , too too blind for her Biological daughter, YX manipulates her way too much, had AY stopped supporting YX she couldn't have gone this far.Plot twist YZ and YK are both fathered by same Man, Wow their Dad must have been greedy once, although a Nice character Yet YKs mom was cheated and No one can deny that fact.YZ mum is not negative but she is the only one who sees thru YX but again manipulated by GGs mom to let her marry YZ ,Talk about Loop Circles.A very well crafted plot adapatation indeed! Lets see how last arc reveals.
Ep43-56:The moment YZ awoke Game changed,YX till the finale made herself accept she is the victim in turn Used and manipulated others.When YB said HJ that she envied YX bcuz her Mom did everything Immorale thing for her It hit Hard.HJ at last confessed it was Genuine.LSC and LT gudbye was Hardest to see. AY was paralyzed, YX was snatched away from her Mum like LSC and HJ repented , Karma did bite back all.I hope YZ got his HE smwhere. YK had the sanest Step Mum TBH.He was a rock to Hardrock GG and they r CP goals.The last episode was Rushed but worth the end
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In conclusion, an excellent family/romantic description
THE DAMAGES OF A NARCISSISTIC PERVERT!!Long family and romantic novel of 56 episodes in the context of traditional embroideries and large industrial groups;
The characters (all played by great actors who make us live all the emotions of this story) are well developed, with their story, their flaws, their mistakes, their goals.
What is particularly well described are the stratagems, the mechanisms, used by the narcissistic perverse "sister". She's smart, nosy, extremely manipulative and self-centered, and thinks (like all perverts) that means don't matter if one can achieve one's goals.
This series therefore tells all the consequences of the misdeeds of this girl, determined to do anything to be rich, how she exploits the flaws and weaknesses of others, how she disguises reality, how she justifies her crimes,... How she sinks into the lies to give credibility to the previous lies.
The romance is very cute and the (solid) trust within the ship is the only weapon to get out of the web of lies woven by the sister. Allen Deng and Sun Yi (the CL) demonstrate all their talent in this drama.
The production is dynamic, although it becomes lenghty in the action (episode 20 and following). The tone is quite painful in the first 20-25 episodes (where we want to hit the "great villain" and his mother. But when the "good guys" finally start to react, it gets better.
Overall, the tone (dialogues, behaviors) is right, although some scenes are a bit too melodratic.
The OSTs accompany the action/emotion quite well, but the sometimes excessive volume of the soundtrack disturbs the emotions transmitted.
In conclusion, an excellent family/romantic description.
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Love this drama
I love this drama a lot. The story itself is not very unique or exceptional, but this one is beautifully executed. I think this is one of a few long dramas (40+ episodes) I can finish and actually enjoy watching it until the end.I usually don't like long dramas, more often get bored in the middle of the story because most of the times the plot became waaay too draggy. But this is not happen with this one.
The story not only portrays the romance between the ML and the FL, but also beautifully portrays the relationship among the family members; the grandma, the in-laws, mother-daughter, parents-children relationship. And there are some life values that could be learned also.
Super rcommended!
Don't mind with the rewatch value, because I don't rewatch dramas. There are way too many dramas out there to be watched.
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The acting in this drama is superb! I usually do not have high expectations from C-dramas in terms of acting, except when famous veteran actors and actresses are a part of the cast, but the cast in the drama did an amazing job! My favourite characters in terms of acting are Zhang Yu Xin and Le Tong. When the villain in the drama makes the audience really hate her to the point you feel frustrated, that is when you know the actress did a perfect job portraying the character. That is the case with this drama. The child actress also did a really good job portraying Le Tong.
I love the idea of the storyline but it gets a bit draggy in between. Some parts could have been shortened, and some parts are just running in a circle. This drama could easily be shortened to about 30-40 episodes at most.
When I first watched this drama, it was my first time seeing all the cast. I was quite skeptical about watching it at first, and it did not help that the drama itself is long but now I am glad I did. I rewatched this drama like 3 times already and I will most likely watch it again if I have nothing else to watch.
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When I was watching this drama, I could relax and follow the characters' actions calmly. The drama is ideal for free afternoons with cakes and coffee.
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Drama shown that because of selfishness,because of hunger of money and fame and to see oneself always first in any competition ,a person can cross their limits then they can't see anything ,he use other person as a steps of his success and if he found there is flaw he kick out that person very badly from his path ,too cruel.
Acting is good ,all the child artist were good , lead actress real mother acting was good when she was in bad character as well as when she was in good character ,then yun Kai's older brother also good he looks more handsome than him .His character is little complicated because his character had shown that he was a bad person because in order to take over the power he always try to bad to his younger brother but actually he was a good person because of his wrong upbringing he did such bad deeds to his brother but something bad happened to him he realised his mistake ,I think his story should ended up with his love story ..They already make this drama too long so it would be okay to add two or three episodes more so he would also have happy ending.
Yun kai 's father's sister story also good ....
Good drama
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Sooo Many Tears!!!!
Oh my Heart!!! This drama was absolutely broke me! I shed so many tears! I was not ready. This female lead was incredible, she pulls you in and pulls at your heartstrings. I stumbled upon this drama because I saw it was a Deng Lun drama, But i never anticipated that it would hit this hard. I was expecting a sweet and cute love story but this it a very intense drama with so many layers of history and secrets and a love trying to bloom. This was a very in-depth drama that pulls you in and consumes you while you try to understand all the relationships and how everyone is intertwined. The Women of the main family have been in a 2 generation long battle over the head of the embroidering business. There is so much backstabbing, sabotaging, horrific betrayals that happened in past and the most heartbreaking thing of all it that it looks like history is repeating itself with the current generation. I cried so many tears for all the injustices that took place, I got so lost in this show that it felt like i was experiencing all the pain first hand. These actor’s and actress did such a phenomenal job at bring out all the emotions in their audience, these villains are some of the best I’ve encountered. The love story between Yun Kai and Guo Guo was truly so beautiful. I highly recommend this drama though it’s hard on the heart, it’s one that will stay with you. I rated it 8/10 because yes while its absolutely phenomenal, thoroughly invoking all the emotions in you, it was a bit rough to go through and it left an ache in my chest that I couldn’t ignore, this kinda bittersweet sadness when i think of how hard it must have been to endure all that.Was this review helpful to you?
Story
I heard it is a remake of Korean Drama.I have never watched Korean version but I am almost certain that no one can replace Sun Yi as Yi Bei and Deng Lun as Yun Kai.
The story is pretty simple yet interested. It was never dragging, I finished it in a short period.
Cast
The casts are superb. Sun Yi, Deng Lun are very sweet.Even Zhang YuXin was very outstanding as a despicable villain. Besides, Lei Tong is so cute, i love her so much.
Music
All of the osts are not bad.
Rewatch value
Definitely. I’d love to see Deng Lun and Sun Yi again.
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