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The story development between both main characters were well done., the areas of improvement was the whole Company v Company war that was on and off. The friends/side character romance was abit annoying to watch, mainly because of their immaturity/behavior.
Dilraba & Johnny does shine in this drama, having seen Dilraba's work out of order from You are my Glory to Hot Girls to Sweet Dreams to Pretty Li Hua Zhen definitely shows her range of acting prowess, as well as ability to captivate the audience's attention. I would rank her performance here 2nd behind You are my Glory.
The one area they could've gone into more about was how the two companies got into competing, other than the fact one guy wanted to get revenge for Si uei, the daughter of one of their teachers that passed tragically. That story was brushed over, even though that's the main reason those two companies got into fighting one another to start with. Otherwise their feud is very pointless, as Bai Sai's chairperson eventually just gives up because (1) his competitor helped save his butt (2) his wife was about to divorce him. So the reason for all this feuding has to be significant like Bai Sai wasn't favored by So Yue, or they were ex lovers and she passed, so he was bent on revenge or something.
Regarding with the conclusion, it ended where it started which was perfectly fine, not everyone will find love & happiness, some are destined to keep searching. I did like how they kept to the title of the show, which was Love Designer, which could have several meanings ofc.
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HOT SIZZLING Chemistry
The chemistry between Reba & Johnny is Craaaazy good, lots of pda and skinship. Yes 45 episodes are too long and too many gimmicks but I don't really care, seeing them acting together is just 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. It's been a while since I watch something with this kind of chemistry.Product placement a lot but doesn't bother me. You can just skip ahead right?
I like how FL and ML interact and their work ethic in this drama is 👍🏻 so bang.
Some tacky scenes here and there, but the again, I can just skip.
Great production with huge budget.
Can anyone recommend me another good c drama with great chemistry and great story line?
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Good cast but stretched story
I thought Dilana looked really beautiful in this. Johnny was well matched. The story was too stretched it could have been finished in 16 episodes like the Korean series. Too much business talk and indirect ads.More of a Chinese business agenda than a proper story. Think it went on and on.
Though I liked watching Dilraba on screen i just could not bare the story.
I thought it would end by the 40 episode but 48 episodes was just unnecessary.
If u like Dilraba then this watchable just to see her for longer on screen. Johnny and her expressions were what got me through the series
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Good enough
This drama surely had me on my toes sometimes but I can’t get enough of the chemistry between the actors and how the story flows with them. I started watching this thinking there would not be enough drama to keep me watching but I have to say I was wrong. It was good enough and again chemistry!!. There were a lot of cute scenes that I would rewatch any minute I could and even though there were times when I wanted to turn off the drama I still finished it so that’s enough to say that it is not too bad and the OST is so great as well!Was this review helpful to you?
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The Best Chemistry Cdramaland Ever!!!
Love the humor, the storyline (except it could have been shorter) and most of all, the male and female lead. Their chemistry is just out of this world!!! This is the second drama I’ve watched starring Johnny. I just love love this guy. For someone who has no formal acting training, he is up there with the trained ones in terms of his acting skills. He is no ‘Xiao xian Rou’, and to add to that, masculine, charming and sexy.I just love how the story ends with the motorbike scene, the story came to a full circle, tying things up very nicely. It has one of the best happy endings in dramaland. Personally, I mostly watch dramas to enjoy, to relax and escape from daily grind, so endings like this one is just perfect.
I guess the only negative is as mentioned above, could have definitely done with less episodes or have those episodes explore/expand Su Yunsan’s background and history with Song Lin.
I have since watched it again .
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If you liked "You're My Glory" you most likely will like this one as well.
I usually don't make review in this website but this time I have to do it, because honestly most of the reviews I have read aren't fair. (I know that everyone speak from their own point of view and I respect that)First, this is a grown up drama with a grown up plot, and it's very well done and portrait (in my opinion of course), the plot it's not your typical teenage/youth plot (so maybe it's most user are youngsters that's the reason for the low rating reviews I have seem)
The plot it's not as simple as the summary shows, but as I said that this review doesn't contains spoiler, I won't write down what the drama it's about.
I will only tell you that it's a vey good and likable drama, the plot it's not the same as You're My Glory, however it's the closer genre of drama that I can think of at the moment so, I can say that if you liked YAMG, you might definitively will like this drama.
My advice is, if you feel attracted to it's plot or the main cast, watch an official trailer or two, and then decide. Another advice is, if you decide to start watching give it a try at least until episode 15 if you don't click right away before dropping it.
In my case this drama caught me since episode 1 up till episode 45, but I know we are all different and we have different likes.
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Too Much, Too Long
Good acting cannot keep an audience engaged through TOO many plot devices. Like did the writers put all the tropes in to see which ones would stick? The characters make the same bad decisions which lead to same relationship conflicts. This show is about 15 episodes too long. Needs cleaner editing not only of the writing at story development but in filming. There's repetitive scenes and elements that just drags everything out and down. Too much blatant produce placement and forced advertising of products.Was this review helpful to you?
My best CDrama couple
I just read a review where the reviewer was complaining bitterly about the amount of product placement. I totally get it and while I wasn’t as pissed off about the product placement issue like said reviewer was I do understand their frustration.My frustration was with the second couple. I actually liked Zuo Yulin aka FiveThree and Qin Qing as a stand alone character without their romance. FiveThree was smart, nice and loyal. While Qin Qing was annoying most of the time and took her bestie role way too far sometimes she was supremely loyal to Zhou Fang and I can appreciate that. But they spent so much time on the second leads relationship and drama sometimes, it felt like they were the leads, if they had significantly reduced their screen time I believe this would have had better reviews.
Then why the 10/10 everything, the love I have for Zhou Fang and Song Lin runs very deep. They are my favorite CDrama couple of all time.
That accident rain scene, OMG, it gave me chills and goosebumps. I have watched a lot of CDramas that have good chemistry and whatnot but most of them felt like acting which wasn’t a bad thing because they are indeed acting and most of them acted super well but here it didn’t feel like acting at all between Zhou Fang and Song Lin, it felt so real, the way it felt so real and not acting made me believe that the rumors of Johnny and Dilraba dating might just be true.
Song Lin’s sister Song Luo was my favorite character after my couple. They started her off with the typical annoying teenager troupe (but it was a bit understandable because of what she has gone through) but boy did she become so adorable. I absolutely loved her.
Rewatch value is 10/10 (I have rewatched so many times and will keep rewatching) but every time I rewatch I skip all the parts of Qin Qing and FiveThrees relationship.
The second lead couple dragged down this series so badly but i will still rate it the highest because it’s my go to romance series.
Overall 10/10
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A good one, the main leads are locked in.
Really enjoyable series with mature storyline and characters. The acting is great from everyone and they all fit well into their roles.Story is constantly moving and even though its a ‘hit a minute’ for the FL at times, its different hit’s and then the ML gets punched down too, it was satisfying to see them both over come the pitfalls successfully.
The chemistry between the main leads is electric bringing fun, meaningful and impactful depth to the story. You believe everything, their eyes meet and its just them two in the room.
The story did drag a bit during the ending episodes and i agree with some of the previous reviews saying the second F/ML story dominated the narrative at the end. It did make it frustrating when they were both placting 2ML mum, she was an awful person. She was only trying to protect her son but from what, her low opinion on the 2FL?, and it got nasty and then using physical violence, not good.
Overall 8.5 as it could have done with tighter story at the end, and post production could have been better(yes that ringtone was unnecessarily over used) but its rewatch value and chemistry between the characters made it for me. Recommended 💗
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I’m Enjoying this Series but…
I was looking for a show that wasn’t going to be too serious, just an easy watch, and I would say this series is delivering on that. But I have to know who approved Dilraba’s makeup. Because in what world does somebody wear red lipstick every single day, lounging at home, even going to sleep? I like her as an actress, but it’s too much 😂I know that fashion girlies aren’t always makeup girlies as well, but I find it hard to believe she wouldn’t wear other colors AND wouldn’t take her makeup off before bed.Okay rant over, I still have half the series to watch lol.
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There is alot of "Too Much"
This is purely my own personal opinion of the series :I was attracted to the series because of the synopsis followed by Diliraba and Huang Jing Yu along with some other actors and actresses I have watched from other dramas. But after, with alot of effort, finishing this series completely, I would have to say that this series, despite having a good storyline, is TOO long winded, TOO much insanity and much unnecessary drama and TOO much "side shows". Yes, the casts - I would say - did do a good job in portraying their characters individually, including the 5 main casts. But I really feel it is so much a waste of time with this 45 episodes.
I actually skipped quite alot of parts, especially when those insanity dramas starts piling up. I especially hated Zhou Fang (Diliraba's character)'s mother from beginning till almost the last 5 to 10 episodes where she mellowed down. I feel that there is seriously too much unnecessary drama for alot of the characters and that it is quite poor planning / story line writing. It would make an ok or good first watch, if you have read and liked what you read in the synopsis, but I don't think I will bring myself to go rewatch 45 episodes of alot of utter horror.
The only good part of the series is, I love their music pairing and the 2 main couple pairs are adorable. That is about the only thing I like of the series.
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Dilraba + Johnny Huang = fireworks!
The chemistry between the FL and ML is sizzling hot! I would watch show purely for that and the fashion eye candy.I would recommend this show if you want something with humour and lots of eye candy in a modern day setting.
Story-wise, it's nothing new. Rich CEO falls in love (rather quickly) with someone he stumbled across in his industry. They have really hot and sweet moments ... then they have their arguments and misunderstandings.
The side relationships are really good too. The friendship between Zhou Fang and Qin Qing, and the sibling tag team between Song Lin and Song Luo. I rate this rather highly because the casting is quite perfect.
Downside? This show could have been compressed to 30 episodes but it went on until 45 episodes. To be frank, the last 1/3 of the show bored me quite a bit because the misunderstandings and conflicts just start repeating themselves over and over. There's also a little too much emphasis on the side characters (QQ & WS) in the last arc.
But really, Dilraba and Johnny has one of the best on-screen chemistry I've seen. Dilraba has improved so much since she's started acting and I would say this is one of her best works. As for Johnny, this is my first time watching his show and I'm 100% impressed. It just sucks that his personal life scandal ruined the ratings for this show when it aired.
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