My Roommate Is a Detective

This one is a tough one. Right from the first episode, the atmosphere was just ever so slightly overly dramatic which set the tone on what to expect from this series: a lighthearted drama with comedic tones. This would be great if done well.

So if you're expecting to see any serious crime solving, this isn't it. It is almost like an attempt to do a live-action version of the anime Detective Conan by solving each case fairly quickly. However, unlike the anime, the cases here don't stimulate much emotions or empathy toward any of the players.

The two male leads do have a pretty fun dynamic (particularly Leon Zhang). Unfortunately, the female lead is just the standard irritating type and instead of adding any value, she pulls it down. The series had the potential to really be pretty good if they managed to do a better job at switching up that underlying comedic tone during what should have been more somber moments. The three leads are pretty monotone no matter what situation they are in and because of this, it ends up emphasizing the fact that they are just a bunch of wealthy kids with zero empathy who are playing detective. The attempted hint at a sob story for the lead female to explain her bratty personality really does nothing for me either. But if you're one who likes these type of characters, you'll find her adorable.

I do appreciate the respect of the multiple languages, where it isn't spoken in one of those nonsensical ways. It's also always nice to hear the Shanghainese language in more mainstream media. The heavy incorporation of foreigners in the plots, however, just doesn't work well here.

This is a series where you don't really need to pay much attention to and the cliffhangers are easy to walk away from. Since I don't hate it, I've been going back and forth on whether to drop it. There is the curiosity on seeing more of the background of the male leads but not much else.

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I Just Want to Watch this Because of Luyao And Qiao Chu Sheng, they have that Great Chemistry...I Love Both of Them....
But after watching the ending that Lu Yao and Youning will be together...I stop Watching...
I find Youning very Irritating and They don't match with Lu Yao....I Just don't understand why they end up together....they Are unbearable to watch specially when they kiss...I feel like throwing my phone...I feel so sorry for Qiao Chu Sheng... That's Why I couldn't anymore bear to watch all the episode...
I will just watch the MV of Lu Yao and Qiao Chu Sheng to make me feel better...
I'm dropping this because of Youning...I really don't want her to end up with Lu Yao...
I know all of the people who watch this feel the same as me...

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My 10/10 CRIME DRAMA! MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE !! :)

AWESOME Crime Drama!
My 10/10 drama!✨
Everything about this drama is just WOW!!

I'm an ARDENT LOVER of Mystery / Detective / Suspense / Crime Thrillers n an obsessive fan of Sherlock Holmes n Agatha Christie :)
This has brought back the same vibe and warmth of watching my beloved Sherlock - Watson duo or Agatha's works :)

Watched it 5 years ago (in 2020, when it was released) and it's still MY ALL TIME FAV in this genre! :)

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Very Lovely n Fun To Watch both the boys as Partners in Investigation, just like our Sherlock - Watson duo! :)

Usually, any drama with 12+ eps with 1 hour duration, scares me lil, for the time to be spent on it.
And CDramas are known to have 36+ eps, haha
But this is my first n Only CDrama for which I want more eps n more cases :)

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Direction is VERY GOOD.
Cinematography is SUPERB.
Production is GOOD.
Pacing n Screenplay are RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Costumes are so lovely for the time period this drama is set in.
OST is AMAZING!

EVERY CASE (One per Episode), the Storyline of each Case is very Interesting, Gripping n ENTHRALLING!

**** CHARACTERS / ACTING:
Leon Zhang from Mr. Pride vs Miss Prejudice, the variations in his acting, here n there, are Impressive.

Same goes with Hu Yi Tian - watched this after CD "A Love so Beautiful".
OmG, those variations in his roles n in his acting, here and there, are Surprising and Impressive.
There, he never smiles or talks n here, he never stops talking or being silly, haha .

Both the actors are handsome ;)

I Love their roles here a lot, their Duo and their hidden Romance, Oops BROMANCE 🤭

*** The Male Leads' DUO:
One uses intelligence n the other uses Physical Strength.
One is Serious n the other is Silly, haha.

Liked the Bromance between both the male main leads (more than that of FL n ML 😂)

The guys' characters are more important here than the FL.

More than FL n ML, both the guys have good friendship with emotions/ emotional connection, during crime investigations.

*** THE TRIO:
Leaving romance n bromance, all Three are Partners in Investigation n she is just a third wheel, a chaotic burden even in their investigation 😂

She is a roommate to the ML, so that rapport /friendship is cool.
The other ML treats her as a sibling, that bond is cute :)

**** MY RANTING ABOUT FL:
To be honest, our boys have amazing chemistry (bromance) with each other n ML has absolutely Zero Chemistry with FL.

Maybe she is just an AUXILIARY ROLE turned MAIN LEAD, written in the last moment or after many revisions and discussions of the story, to avoid censorship 😂

And her character Screams alot - IRRITATING!

She pokes herself in, between them, whether in their Investigations or in their bromance, haha
Also during investigations, they have to protect her too, so she is just a burden 😂

And so She is invisible to me, I concentrated only on the duo .
I skip her character in my imaginations! :)

I expected the ending to be something else with the guys (Oops, like the guys continuing their partnership in investigation n working on many more cases) but she came in between them there too, hehe .

I didn't like the FORCED CHEMISTRY between FL n ML, which is present only towards the end of the drama..

Spoilt the charisma of the drama with her character, should have cut her role completely :/
And should have concentrated only on the Male Leads as JUST Partners in Investigation without any bromance .
(Bcz Heavy bromance or anything beyond, brings censorship issues n so they made a dummy FL role with forced romance in the last moment !? )

Go ahead n Watch it, U'll understand what I say about her.

***** SPOILER *****
That ENDING, OMG! A shock to me !
Wedding? :O
Uff, I didn't see that coming n I despise it to the core :/
(Usually, if there is a wedding n a happy ending, it's a happy news to the viewers but here for the first time, didn't like it, haha)

Happy Ending for the FL n looked like a forced ending for the one of the Male Main Leads
Poor he!

So, Not a satisfactory ending for the guys n us, the viewers 🤭

Zero Chemistry between ML n FL, Forced Romance that is Rushed in the last moment of the last episode, Gave a vibe of a Forced Marriage ;)
And so, Not a smooth closure to the drama:|
Spoilt the ending too :/

If they would like to show a wedding in the climax, they should have built Romance between him n her from the beginning of the drama, instead of including the track in the last moment, out of the blue

Me to the Writer n Director:
Leave my boys alone!! 😣
Don't give any romance or bromance among the 3 characters, just leave them as Partners in Investigation, especially the boys together.
Let them concentrate on Cases alone and not on Love , Marriage, kids etc, haha
Give a Pure Thriller without Romance or a Thriller with Proper Romance, not this unclear love track, killing the mood n the vibe of an interesting thriller.

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Crime Genre Lovers, Don't miss to watch this bcz of "Love / romance" which is secondary here.
This is a wonderful Crime Thriller, just like our Sherlock -Watson :)

I MISS THE BOYS, NEED MORE OF THEM, NEED SEASON 2 :)

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HU YI TIAN'S ACTING WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU!!!!

This drama is my fav chinese drama i have seen it about 6 times already and i am wanting to watch it again. It is so good it just makes people wanna watch it again because even though you knkw whats gonna happen with all the actors and actresses acting it makes me feel like its mu first time watching it. I love how you can start to see the progression of Lu Yao and Bai Youning's live for each other. Even though it isnt really about the romance and all you focus on mainly is the cases getti g solved you can still see that romance brewing. I really need to see a season 2 of this drama i need to know what was written on that note at the end ahhhh that is the one thing that annoys me the most is that i dont know what was writtwn on that note. Also the ost was really good i love the music that plays when Lu Yao and Bai Youning kiss during the shoot out i tried to find the name of it but couldnt find it. Awake by Juno Su is also a good song i listen to it every day. Well sorry for this long review i just really love this drama. Now i am going to go a contimplate whether i should watch it for a 7th time.

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Pure content warnings: Torture. That's the big one. Not on-screen (so far), but casually implied, mentionned and never addressed as a bad thing, because, y'know. CHINA. Bullying, boundaries violation, blood and murders obviously, manipulations. A few examples: threatening to accuse a man of rape if he doesn't obey her, making people do all the work while they sleeps, stealing shit from the house of a witness, insulting and belittling of basically everyone, etc. This show is so wholesome! =_=
I'm going to be honest: I dropped that show and intend to never finish it, if only because the casual use and mentions of torture upset me. Who would've known?
Now, the summary is actually very misleading. What truly happens is that one of the male main leads is arrested by the second male lead for murder and the female lead bullies her way in because of "plot reasons". That's not a task force, and it wasn't planned.
The main characters are all dicks in their own ways, so together they fill up a full Asshole Bingo card. Lu Yao is especially infuriating, what with how entitled, sniveling and manipulating he is. The guy who tortures people is somehow more honorable and respectable than the man who doesn't.
The opening is dope, tho!
Now that you've been appropriately warned, enjoy ! (I guess)

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After watching just the first episode, the first thing I do was to come here and read reviews about the love-line. Lots of people dropped the drama cause of the love-line. I seriously prefer no love line than having Lu Yao and Bai Youning together, cutting out the BL scenes doesn't mean you must still have a love-line to attract viewers. I actually was looking forward to the drama entirely just for my interest in watching detective/solving genre shows. Luckily I came here first to get my heart prepared.

Btw, I really like the opening song. That rapper is good.

Okay I'm on the second episode, soon, I won't be able to take this woman anymore... Any kindhearted person who can edit out all the scenes with that woman and let me watch peacefully.

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Enquêtes du style Sherlock Holmes ou Murdoch

J'ai regardé car au départ je cherchais un drama qui se passe à Shanghaï dans les années 20, 30; j'ai été agréablement surprise ! Des enquêtes pour meurtre ou disparition se succèdent, avec à chaque fois tout un raisonnement scientifique présenté par le consultant et qui tient souvent la route (parfois c'est tiré par les cheveux). Cela m'a fait penser aux enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes ou à Murdoch, sauf que tout a un lien.
J'ai préféré le chef de police au consultant, quant au personnage féminin principal : irritante... Les personnages et leurs relations évoluent tout au long du drama, sans surprise. Des moments drôles.
Les lieux sont intéressants et varient : la salle de spectacle, le bordel, le théâtre des ombres, le restau occidental, etc...
Pour ceux qui aiment cette période, j'ai vu et conseille : "Cruel Romance", "The Lady and the Liar", "My legal husband"...
Je le reverrai certainement.

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Un bon drama/dectective

Un drama agréable à suivre. Les enquêtes font penser au manga Conan, on prend beaucoup de plaisir à trouver et à comprendre comment le meurtrier (ière) a fait . Les personnages sont attachants et on apprécie vraiment la relation très forte qui les unit. Surtout la relation entre Lu Yao et Chu Sheng, une bromance drôle et attachante. La relation entre Lu Yao et You Ning est sympathique mais la romance n'est pas assez forte et on a un peu de mal à comprendre l'évaluation de leur amour. Je recommande ce drama si on souhaite passer un bon moment à sourire et parfois à rire.

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Top

Au départ j'ai entamé le visionnage sans conviction, l'environnement Shangaï pendant les années 1924, la pègre, les concessions, ça ne m'attirait pas du tout.
En fait la série est top : les histoires sont remarquables, les décors superbes et ça donne même envie de se renseigner davantage sur cette période et cette ville.
Les acteurs sont excellents : bonne alchimie du trio. Je ne trouve pas la FL enquiquinante, c'est son rôle qui veut ça.
Moi qui n'était pas très bromance j'ai adoré la relation entre les deux ML avec une mention spéciale pour Leon Zhang qui est charmant +++. L'OST est agréable, j'ai eu un peu de mal avec le rap d'ouverture de "after journey" mais à force de l'écouter en fait j'aime beaucoup ! Les voix sont plaisantes.
J'ai beaucoup aimé retrouver le trio au fil des jours, d'ailleurs je me repasse la série tranquillement pour le plaisir de les voir et les entendre : une série rétro et pourtant moderne.
Un grand bravo aux acteurs, les rôles secondaires sont également formidables, vieux bai et salim notamment.
Cette série mériterait un plus ample succès amha :-)

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