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Neither are perfect but they are perfect for each other
9.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2020 Chinese romantic comedy drama with 24, 45 minute episodes.
First I will provide a synopsis then review.
Synopsis
Zhang Si Zian (Wei Zhe Ming) is a genius level math professor who is handsome, wealthy and generally seems to have it all. His personality is on the coldly logical side and his emotional intelligence is only slightly better than a robot. Yun Shu (Xu Ruo Han) Is almost the direct opposite she is so warm, calm and caring that she is easily swindled. She has to work hard for academic success. A series of unfortunate events for Yun Shu leads her to rely on Si Zian for a place to live. Si Zian’s grandfather meets Yun Shun in a chance encounter and thinks this ray of sunshine would be the perfect match for his grandson who lacks warmth in his life. Now that Yun Shu is no longer a student, they have no reason not to please Si Zian’s terminally ill grandfather’s wish and strike a deal for a secret comtract marriage. What they find is grandfather may have had it right about them all along, they balance each other beautifully. But love that starts under such unusual circumstances is never easy and the two must decide if they want their comtract to become the real deal.
Review
This is a well paced, relatively straight forward plot, with a lot if really engaging characters.
The way the lead couple compliment each other makes it easy to see why they would fall in love. When she thinks she is not right because rhey are too different the grandfather says two parallel lines never intersect. That was such a profound and brilliant way to state it. Being too different can be a problem if it is not complimentary but being exactly the same can be boring. I like that having the Male Lead’s support made her absolutely flourish. And the grandfather as the match maker was cute! He fell in love with her as a granddaughter candidate and knew she was perfect for his grandson who needed someone sweet and warm to offset his cooly logical personality. It ended happy and all major story lines were wrapped up.
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Practically perfect but it did end with some question marks. Did the grandfather ever go for treatment? Was the reconciliation of her two best friends as a couple successful? What happened with her webtoon career because it was taking off then she did not go abroad so how bad was it derailed? It would have been good to see her sister and her actor boyfriend fully together. It ended with him on relationship “probation.”
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Lots of Expectations But Many Disappointments
I picked up Perfect & Casual because I wanted a drama with a sweet, nice, respectable male lead. And I was so happy to find out that he was that and more - patient, caring, thoughtful and more. He treats the female lead with respect from the start, always mindful of her own desires and ambitions. He seeks to support and uplift her and is genuinely happy in seeing her succeed.The female lead on the other hand was a major disappointment. She was bright, spunky and charming in the beginning, but as her relationship with the ML deepened, her personality vanished. She seemed to only be a prop to showcase the ML's charm.
Every episode had at least scene where the FL would encounter an issue, dramatic music would begin to play in the background, and the ML would swoop in and save her using his wits. In one ep, a person cuts in front of the FL in the lunch line and I swear, the drama made it seem like the whole cafeteria's panties dropped when the ML stopped the person in their tracks and gave him a stern scolding.
Those moments were over-the-top but funny, but the consistent damsel-in-distress moments became tiresome when you realize that the FL's successes were only a result of the ML intervening. It became difficult to parse out the FL's personality, her interests and desires, beyond the ML.
The drama's early episodes fit the vibe of Because This Is My First Life, a kdrama of two pleasant, mature people who enter into a contract marriage and find themselves a perfect match, so I was thrilled when I began watching Perfect & Casual. But as each plot point wrapped up, I kept hoping the FL would find her personality again, but by the time I got to episode 17, I realized there was little chance the FL's personality would revive itself. I swear, at times, the age gap between the two characters felt like decades, rather than just a few years.
I would recommend this drama if you want an easy watch. The ML is one of the kindest male leads I've come across in my 13+ year drama-watching journey. But if you want a little more meat to your FL's, I'd pass.
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Went downhill little to early just after 9th episode out of 24
Mess start at after 9 episodes and story went downhill from the pointOur ML even after 9 episodes remain robot which drives away FL from his house like a Idiot a brainless robot pretending to be some genius professor
they marriage lasted just 2 episodes what loser of a professor.
when we reach 13th episode professor started claiming FL as his property which belong to him
at end of episode 15 he turn into a coward from robot
after that i give up on this
7/10 for episodes until 9 and -3.5 for after that.....
so 3.5/10 is final rating this show deserve.
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Don’t even know what to say
There is nothing I hate more than the bashing of FLs in C & K Dramas. It’s my biggest pet peeve. But this series pushed all the freaking wrong buttons for me. In my fight to support the actresses of C & K TV industry from the constant bashing from viewers and fans, I vehemently refuse to blame this actress, so I lay my blame and vitriol solely at the feet of the writers and directors of this snooze dumb fest. I have said this several times in some of my reviews, the writers and directors of C & K Dramas need to STOP portraying their female characters as weak, timid, useless and brainless. It’s beyond ridiculous and so damn insulting to women. The few episodes I watched the FL can’t do anything without d help of d ML or her friends. She acts like a literal child.We are know that movies and series are scripted and then acted but for movies and series to be great they need to not feel like acting but even if it does feel like acting let it atleast be good acting, well to say this one failed woefully in that aspect is such an understatement. It felt like acting and not even in a good way.
I tried to endure this and continue watching but the more I watched the more I felt like I was not only losing brain cells but also forcing myself to watch it. So I dropped this.
1/10 is being generous as there is no option for 0/10.
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FL has poor acting skills-maybe because of the role. She is not convincing to play the part.ML is annoying at the same time.
Maybe the story will have a different plot but so far negative impression for me and my friends
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Un drama sans prétention mais sympathique
Que voilà un petit drama sans prétention mais qui a le mérite d'être plutôt rafraichissant. Tous les clichés sont bel et bien présent. Le scénario en lui même n'est en rien original : une jolie héroïne, parfois maladroite, parfois naïve, possédant une nature chaleureuse. Et de l'autre côté, un professeur d'université, un matheux surdoué (ce n'est pas moi qui ira me mortifier de voir encore et encore le même stéréotype....) qui ne sait raisonner qu'à travers ses chiffres et ses statistiques. Un contrat de mariage en bonne et due forme afin de rendre heureux le grand-père, bref, du réchauffé, je ne vais pas le dénier à qui que ce soit.Et.
Pourtant, ce drama m'aura tout de même fait sourire presque tout le long. Ce que j'ai fortement aimé est la relation réellement sincère entre nos deux protagonistes. Il n'y a quasiment aucun malentendu, et les seuls quiproquos qui sont venus jeter un pavé dans la marre n'ont pas duré et très vite, nos deux tourtereaux ont pu avancer. Et c'est le point fort de ce drama. Si Nian et Yun Shu avancent naturellement. La progression de leur amour est adorable et simple. Il n'y a pas de crise de larme, de crise de jalousie ou de colère qui viennent entacher leur relation. Si Nian respecte Yun Shu dès le début et ne la forcera jamais en rien. Il lui laissera tout le temps le choix de sa vie, de ses envies, de ses refus. Sans jamais faire peser une quelconque angoisse sur ses épaules. Et c'est réciproque. Et cela fait du bien quand un couple commence leur amour dans un respect profond de l'un envers l'autre.
Alors, oui cela manque un peu de passion bien que les bisous deviennent un peu plus passionnés vers la fin.
Oui, le drama n'est pas intense mais d'une sérénité reposante(et on en a tous besoin un jour ou l'autre).
Oui, tout parait facile pour ce couple, mais lorsqu'on est fatigué des dramas à complots, des dramas prise de tête, c'est reposant, nous n'allons pas nous mentir.
L'autre défaut que j'ai pu relever, sont les romances secondaires qui comme d'habitude ne sont pas vraiment nécessaires, ne sont pas intéressantes et qui m'ont "obligé" à zapper ces parties là.
Je dois tout de même préciser que j'ai beaucoup aimé l'avocat Meng qui m'aura bien fait sourire bêtement. Et surtout le grand-père qui est adorable.
Les fins d'épisode étaient rondement menés et avaient la particularité de nous obliger à vouloir voir la suite.
L'OST est sympathique et apporte un petit plus à la dynamique de certaines scènes. J'ai beaucoup aimé (en tant qu'artiste héhé) les dessins de Yun Shu. Et une artiste en couple avec un matheux, c'est un peu l'histoire de ma vie, je ne pouvais qu'aimer.
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Rafraîchissant et touchant
Voilà un petit drama qui se laisse bien regarder, et qui est touchant et rafraîchissant! Plutôt court pour un drama chinois (24 épisodes) j’avais juste envie de trouver un drama simple mais sympathique.Et ce fut le cas, aucun regret!
Certes, tous les clichés y sont, on sait déjà ce qui va se passer, mais malgré tout j’ai été embarquée, et j’ai aimé !
Tout les couples sont touchants et ont leurs propres histoires qui sont bien développées.
L’alchimie du couple principal est bien présente, et on adore les voir évoluer, chacun en restant bien dans leur rôle. J’ai adoré le respect qu’ils avaient l’un pour l’autre, et l’épanouissement de leur histoire.
C’est simple mais efficace, mignon mais pas dégoulinant, et rafraîchissant à souhait.
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Muito fofo!
🇧🇷 A história é fofa! Adorei ver o Si Nian se apaixonando pela Yun Shu e gostei da atuação do Zhe Ming! Gostei também do arco da Zhi Yi com o Lin Nuo! Eu não sou muito fã das atrizea com baby voice, por isso me incomodou um pouco a atriz Xu Ruohan, mas quando ela fazia uma voz mais séria, achava ótima a atuação. Um clichê gostoso para assistir e se distrair.🇺🇸The story is so cute! I loved seeing Si Nian falling in love with Yun Shu, and I liked Zhe Ming's performance! I also enjoyed the arc of Zhi Yi with Lin Nuo! I'm not a big fan of actresses with a baby voice, so I was a bit bothered by Xu Ruohan's performance, but when she used a more serious tone, I thought her acting was great. It's a sweet cliché to watch and get distracted by.
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Faltou dinamismo e conflitos plausíveis
Do começo até a metade a série até que segue bem e te prende, mas depois que algumas questões vão se resolvendo o drama fica arrastado e algumas tramas cansam. Honestamente, dois casais secundários eu achei demais. Pulei as cenas dos casais secundários sem peso na consciência, pois realmente não me prenderam. O casal principal é que tinha o enredo mais carismático e eram meu foco de interesse.A protagonista é muito fofa, é bem fácil se encantar por ela. O protagonista é o típico nerd com QI alto, mas inteligência emocional praticamente nula, o qual vemos em muitos dramas. Porém neste drama esse detalhe chega a ser um tanto além do suportável. Fica cansativo ver o quanto ele não se toca em muitas questões e acha que tá fazendo algo correto. A gente entende e compra a boa intensão dele, mas isso se repete e começa a ficar chato. Honestamente dizendo, se eu conhecesse um cara assim na vida real, eu o acharia muito chato a ponto de revirar os olhos cada vez que ele começasse a fazer uma palestrinha explicando alguma coisa. Há algumas cenas em que ele aparece como o herói da palestra pra salvar a mocinha de alguma situação com seu discurso impecável. Toca uma musiquinha e ele surge argumentando. E bom, isso não ficou algo incrível de ver, mas sim um pouco engraçado pra não dizer meio ridículo kkkkkk.
E estaria tudo bem se tirassem um pouco o foco dessas características tão marcantes e focassem em algum conflitos reais, mas isso não acontece. Os conflitos são bem clichês e previsíveis. Não sei se sou eu que estou muito acostumada a ver enredos assim, mas eu previ até coisas que poderiam ser um pouco difíceis, mas pra mim eram óbvias.
Como se não bastasse a falta de tato um pouco hilária da parte do mocinho, a mocinha também não fica tão atrás. Apesar de muito fofa, linda e carismática, ela é muito imatura. Ela tem 21 anos e ele tem 28. Eu acho que já não é mais fofo ver maiores de idade agindo como pré adolescentes. É perfeitamente possível deixar o casal fofo e maduro ao mesmo tempo, então não entendo porque forçam esse contexto.
Enfim, o drama poderia ser bem melhor se tivesse fluído com mais dinamismo e as personagens com um maior desenvolvimento. É fato que houve alguma evolução e desenvolvimento, mas isso acontece de um modo tão sutil e arrastado que parece que não aconteceu. Há tramas que achei desnecessárias e cenas também, meio arrastadas ao ponto de eu acabar pulando pra um próximo quadro onde alguma coisa realmente acontecesse. E fiz isso muitas vezes na segunda metade do drama.
E não, o drama não é tão ruim. Poderia ser mais curto, talvez. Poderia ter apenas um casal secundário, o protagonista poderia ser um pouquinho menos chatão, apesar de realmente amar muito a protagonista, ao menos isso fica evidente. E também há várias cenas que são bem fofas e você se derrete. Portanto se estiver muito na dúvida faça que nem eu: veja o drama pulando as cenas arrastadas sem medo de ser feliz, porque não se perde nada de importante mesmo. E então você pode se divertir com cenas fofas entre o casal e ainda terminar o drama mais rápido.
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Super me cativou, eu amei!
Eu odeio quando dou ouvidos às opiniões alheias e deixo de assistir algo que quero de imediato, porque acabo perdendo coisas muito boas. Sempre penso: “ah, se todo mundo tá falando que é ruim, então não vou assistir”. Mas descobri que esse drama é exatamente o tipo que eu amo: um romance mamão com açúcar, água com mel, bem docinho.O que mais me conquistou foi o casal principal. Eles não terminam por qualquer besteira, pelo contrário: se respeitam, se apoiam, confiam um no outro e crescem juntos. Isso, pra mim, é surreal de lindo!
O protagonista é simplesmente maravilhoso. Ele se impõe quando precisa, mas sempre com respeito. Ele valoriza a mulher, respeita a carreira dela, entende o jeito dela e dá espaço pra que ela seja quem realmente é. O tempo inteiro ele mostra carinho, apoio e segurança. É surreal de tão perfeito! Não sei se existe um homem assim na vida real, mas no drama ele foi impecável.
Uma das cenas que mais me marcaram foi quando aparece uma personagem tentando competir com a protagonista através da matemática. E ele, usando a mesma matemática, mostra o quanto ama a protagonista. Eu achei isso incrível! Fora a cena em que ela pede um abraço e ele, ao invés de abraçar, segura a mão dela. Pode parecer simples, mas pra mim foi fantástico, porque mostra um nível de respeito e cuidado que transmite segurança e eu acredito que todo relacionamento precisa disso.
Claro que tem uns ciúminhos aqui e ali, mas nada exagerado. O que fica é a confiança que os dois têm um no outro.
E sobre a protagonista: eu amei o jeito dela! Algumas pessoas podem achar ingênua demais, mas eu acho que existem muitas pessoas assim na vida real, e fez todo sentido que ele se apaixonasse justamente por esse lado dela.
No geral, eu amei esse drama do começo ao fim. Não achei arrastado, não achei a protagonista chata. Pelo contrário, achei cativante e doce em todos os sentidos. Depois que o casal finalmente fica junto, é só beleza. Foi uma experiência linda, e eu super recomendo pra quem gosta de romances leves, doces e cheios de carinho!!!!
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It's ok
To be honest, i don't know what i was expecting, but i didn't feel hooked with this one.I really like the main actors, and i enjoyed their previous dramas - at least the ones i watched -, but i don't think that the history was strong enough to to sustain their chemistry.
It is not the convinients and the clichés, those things don't bother me - actually i love them - i think it was the excessive slow burn that, in the end at the day, didn't burned anything. lol.
at one point things were just... boring? even the side couples were boring. poor FL's male best friend, he's really sweet and her best friend were just so childish all the time and never knew what she wanted.
the sister, omg, what a annoying character... and, yes, the ML's best friend is also annoying lol.
in general, i think there was a lack of content in everything. from the characters' personalities, through the plots to the end.
everything was just so superficial that the one thing i really enjoyed was the health and natural relationship with the mc's, even though i caught myself missing more spontaneity in acting of both of them
still better than "sweet cold" though, lol
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