Lighter & Princess

Lighter and princess

“ If time could stop when we first meet ” . Greatest Green flag drama with best story line and setting high standards of love for both men and women.
Definitely watch. Li xun and zhu yun setting highstandrands of love . It doesnt feel like fictional drama the it almost felt real every seen in the drama felt real its just not a drama its a real life story. 36 episodes are just not enough my wishful thinking it that i hope that this drama can continue until i die but the fact is thats not possible but still cant stop loving this drama and this drama will definitely have special place in my entire life and no one replace it like #1 drama of my lifetime

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Incredible drama and perfect romance

This drama was a masterpiece from start to finish, the main characters were incredible and super well developed. It's easy to understand Zhu Yun and agree with everything she does. As for Li Xun, whose behavior is unpleasant at first, we end up adoring him in the end, understanding all the suffering he has accumulated by being alone all these years.
As for the plot twist, I really wasn't expecting it, I didn't think Lao Gao was going to end up betraying them, I really liked this trio, I really appreciated that it had a happy ending despite everything that happened, I think Lao Gao had every right to get nasty with what was going on even if it doesn't excuse everything he did, but you could really see his suffering through the screen despite the horrible actions he did.
The romance between Li Xun and Zhu Yun was, in my opinion, perfect, the directors developed their relationship superbly and didn't rush it, and I also liked that they had a happy ending with everything they'd been through, they deserved it.

I also loved the secondary characters, especially those we see in the second half of the drama when Li Xun gets out of prison, the "My Heart Flying" team were really funny and united against any obstacle.

For me, this drama was a masterpiece and everyone should watch it at least once in their life.

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HIGHLY SATISFYING, MUST-WATCH DRAMA!!

I first stumbled upon the trailers for 'Lighter and Princess' around a month or so before the drama's release, and I found the plot interesting, so I figured I would give it a watch when the drama started airing. What I found instead was one of the best dramas I've watched to date. The ending of the drama is SO SATISFYING, it is a 100% feel-good ending. Every person got what they deserved, it made sense, and it did not make me want to bang my head on my desk. So, if you want to watch a drama that is amazing from beginning to end, PLEASE WATCH THIS DRAMA!!!!

What makes this drama unique is that it spans several years, following Zhu Yun and Li Xun from their university days all the way to their work days years later. I love dramas like this because we get to see character development. Also, shoutout to the costume crew in 1) having the characters dress in good outfits throughout the drama and 2) having the characters look different throughout the drama. Obviously Li Xun changed the most with all his hair changes (blonde to long brown to a buzz cut -- but they all literally looked so good?? like how??), but even Zhu Yun looked way older (in a good way) in her university days. This allowed me to immerse myself in the drama and actually feel like I was accompanying the characters during the ride.

Zhu Yun is literally the best character of this whole drama. She is absolutely beautiful inside and out, and her heart for others, especially Li Xun, is so amazing to see. She obviously has her flaws and realistic problems (i.e., with her parents), but she is a main character that everyone can stand with. She is not annoying in any way, THANK GOODNESS. All of her actions were logical.

I also loved the characters who worked at Feiyang. They were literally all so funny but it was so heartwarming to see them stand behind ZY and LX despite all the difficulties their animosity with L&P brought them.

The OSTs in this drama are also SUPER good, I am actually listening to them rn while writing this review!

I literally cannot recommend this drama more to anyone. At the very end all I thought about was how satisfying and CONSISTENT this drama was -- everyone made logical choices (except GJH but even his choices were consistent with his character) consistent with who they were. There were points where I cried, points where I laughed, and many points where I was like omgggg during the scenes with ZY and LX. So go do yourself a favor and watch this drama :)) I promise you will not regret it!!! <33

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MY TOP CHINESE DRAMA

NOT CLICHÉ DRAMA, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. AFTER I WATCHED THE ANIMATION I JUST CAN’T GET OVER IT, WILL DEFINITELY RE WATCH A HUNDRED TIMES. SO IN LOVE WITH BOTH OF THE LEADS. ❤️

ATHUR IS NOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHINESE ACTOR OF ALL TIME. LOVED IT FROM THE START, SOME SCENES WERE DIFFERENT FROM THE ANIMATION BUT IM NOT COMPLAINING, I JUST WISH THE LAST EPISODE SHOWED US A BIT MORE OF THEIR LIVES AFTER MARRIAGE. 😬 PLUS THEM HAVING A BABY, I WAS TOO EXCITED AND GOT DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THEM TO FAST FORWARD NEAR THE END. 😂 OVERALL A VERY GOOD DRAMA FOR ME.

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Something Special

I don't typically write reviews, but I want to write this so that I can remember how much I truly enjoyed this show. I completely fell in love with the characters and the story. Each character has so many dimensions and these small details are given to each character.

Li Xun- In the beginning of the show, he always turns his head towards the sun. He closes his eyes and just feels the sunlight. Later on, we find out that when his mother was in the hospital for cancer, she loved to stand by the window. She loved to feel the sun on her face and because of that Li Xun's goal was to let his mother just at least one more day so that she could feel the sun on her face even one more time. After she passed, Lin Xun feels the sun in place of his mother. Instead of his character simply going through a huge incident and moving on, he continues to feel the weight of her death and simply feels the sun in place of his mother. I also loved the fact that his lighter was not a purposeful gift. His father died when he was still a child and one day he randomly found the lighter. He uses the lighter throughout the entire show, because it's like an extension of him, it never truly leaves him. I love when there will be low audio of the lighter cap coming on and off even when it doesn't show him messing with the lighter.

Zhu Yun- The huge incident of seeing Li Xun almost murder someone and being unable to move or doing anything about it, didn't just go away. The shock of seeing him doing that and them him leaving her, made her begin to have depression. I do wish that would've been explored a bit more, but I love that they didn't have her character go through such a huge event and be totally fine.

Other little character details I enjoyed
Gao-his love of oranges. You can see him eating them all throughout the show, even in the background. At the end, those oranges are a sign of hope for him to live after his surgery. I also loved how it showed step by step how he turned into someone so twisted.
Li Lan-Buying a doll for her barely mentioned child.

How each period of our lives are spent surrounded by others. There will be people that change and people that stay the same. There will people that leave you out of choice and those that stay by you. With each period, you can start friendships and relationships, but not all of them will continue and that's not necessarily bad. You can have close classmates, lose them, then have good coworkers, then eventually lose them. Throughout it all, life changes and people change. You can become warmer or colder and that's up to you.

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Slice of life + hot chemistry between bickering main leads

The drama tells the love story between a genius computer programmer male lead and a hard-working programmer female lead who face many challenges together throughout their university and adult lives. Last year, I dropped this at episode 6 but now decided to give this drama a second chance.

The drama is split into two parts. Part one is their university life and how they fell in love. Part two is their adult lives and how they deal with the aftermath of what had happened during their university years. Many people in the comments say that their adult life story is better and I agree. The second part of the drama was more exciting to watch but at the same time I might have not appreciated it enough if I hadn’t seen their university life first.

The best thing about this drama is hands down the fire chemistry between the leads. They are the reason that I decided to give the drama a second chance and also what kept me going. I loved that the main leads were often rivals/bickering with each other but at the same time always supported each other even for the little things. One of the highlights for me was the villains. They made my blood boil but in a good way. They were exciting characters to watch and so horrible that I was constantly rooting for the main leads to destroy them.

The worst thing about this drama is the extremely lengthy computer dialogue at university and later at the job. I actually know many of the things they were saying but that doesn’t mean they were interesting. I found myself ff/skipping tons of things. Also some of the side characters had too much screen time and were boring to watch. In general, I would have enjoyed the drama more if it was shorter.

CHARACTERS:
I had issues with the male lead at the beginning. He appeared to be an arrogant jerk but with each episode you realise that he is quite misunderstood. He always has a different perspective from the mindset of everyone else. He is a genius and I felt his personality was realistically flawed. Genius people in real life can be insensitive and not able to fully sympathise with people because their brains are more focused on the logical than the emotional. Even though at times I definitely didn’t like his behaviour towards the female lead and he showed quite a few red flags, he was an interesting character to watch. He is cold towards people and pushes them away but later you realise that he has gone through a lot of emotional trauma that has made him closed off to others.

The female lead is a friendly, outspoken, hard-working and brave girl. As the title suggests, she is a princess in a sense that she has had good upbringing and never felt any lack of her life in a material sense. She goes through a lot of emotional turmoil because of the male lead that makes her stronger. She is one of the most devoted female leads I’ve seen in a drama.

POSITIVE:
- Hot chemistry between the leads. The tension between them was always on point. They didn’t even need to speak, their eye contact was enough to light the room on fire.
- Hot kiss scenes between the leads.
- Villains made my blood boil but in a good way. They were interesting to watch and elevated the story.
- No stupid love triangles.
- Opposite attracts. I love that even though the main leads often had the opposite perspective of life, they were learning from each other and their personalities seemed to click as the story progressed.
- When characters had arguments, the drama did well in helping you understand both perspectives.
- Meaningful storyline. The plot and dialogue always had a deeper purpose and didn’t feel cliche.
- Campus setting vibe was done right as I started to reminisce about my own university years.
- Second part of the drama (adult life) was done very well with many parallels with the first, and in general it helped me to appreciate the university part more.

NEGATIVE:
- All the computer/programmer dialogue was extremely lengthy (during university and later at the job) which made the drama very boring to watch at times.
- Some side characters were boring in the first half of the drama (university life).
- University life (first half) felt quite lacklustre compared to their adult life (second half).
- Lots of ff/skipping. In general I feel the drama was too long. The core of the story is the relationship between the leads which I loved, however the rest was easy to skip.
- Not enough cute romance. The main leads were always together but not together as a couple. Sometimes I wish we would have seen more cute scenes between them but at the same time I can see that the way the plot was set up didn't allow that.

OVERALL:
This drama is perfect for people who want to watch a slice of life drama with bickering main leads and many emotional/meaningful life moments.

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Worth watching or not?

I started watching this drama after seeing some insta reels... Thinking its going to be very intresting...but i watched 20 episodes like ok something intresting will happen in nxt ep & i will like the next ep i should not skip the drama like this...Episodes are passing nothing intresting happened...it was totally totally BORING for me ,nothing funny & dead romance

People are talking about their chemistry, Am i blind? Why i cant see any chemistry between them? FL has no expressions at all i really dont think she fits the role at all. Anyone can smile ,only smile is not expression!also the story is too much dragged it should be finished in 24 eps only but omg 36 too much waste of time dont watch the drama if you dont like first few episodes its going to be same till end! its overrated not at all worth watching.. its my opinion i write what i feel about it.

There are so many best dramas i would recommend also its very intresting
1: My Unicorn Girl (my SUPER fav) its very funny ,intresting ,enimies to lover
2: Love btw fairy & devil (fav) their chemistry and eternal love touched my heart
3:poisioned love (fav) enimies to lover

Dont watch Lighter and princess drama if you watched so many modern dramas there are chances you may not like it
Watch only if you are intrested in seeing and enjoying ML handsomeness or FL beauty...or in computers

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THE BEST CDRAMA EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Lighter & princess is one of the dramas that I recommend watching the most because the story is very good and exciting. Chen feiyu & zhang jingyi (li xun & zhu yun) at lighter & princess can convey a message to the audience so well that the audience is carried away by the feelings they have built.
Sometimes when watching lighter & princess it's hard to tell the difference between CFY & ZJY playing or really LX & ZY playing because their chemistry is in real life and in the drama it just seems to flow and I as a viewer highly recommend this drama for you to watch too. MUST WATCH THIS DRAMA!!!!!!!!!!!

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One of the best drama that i have seen

This is the best drama that i saw. Omggg chen feiyu was awesomee!!! I love his acting the most and i dont think that could be no one better than him. I really recommend it as a drama and also for the fans of chen feiyu's. His best drama for real. The acting was the best for all the characters, because they suited them. I like the music also and the plot was actually meaningful. For sure i would see it again!!! The story has a good continuing and i was fully completed until the end! Also, combines university and adult life which i liked the most! This is the first drama that i cried the most and i wonder because it is really hard to cry.
Please vote good for this drama it is worth it!!!❤️

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L&P - Life and Pursuit of Love

It’s an odd title for a love story Lighter & Princess and it naturally makes you wonder: is there more beneath the surface? The answer is an emphatic yes.

I’ve never been particularly drawn to Arthur Chen in his action roles, but here, he proves he’s far more effective in a character-driven drama. There’s a quiet intensity in his performance that works beautifully opposite Zhang Jingyi. Their chemistry isn’t loud or exaggerated, it’s in the glances, the pauses, the unspoken tension. Those small moments carry the story just as much as the plot itself, and they’re difficult to replicate.

What makes the series compelling is its central character, Li Xun, a male lead riddled with contradictions and emotional blind spots. He’s far from ideal, and that’s precisely the point. His flaws aren’t just narrative devices; they generate the tension and momentum of the story. In many ways, the writing leans into these imperfections, allowing the audience to constantly question him, understand him, and occasionally feel frustrated by him. That complexity is what keeps the story alive.

Yes, there’s a touch of hyperbole, this is still very much a Chinese drama, but surprisingly, it doesn’t derail the narrative. My usual frustration with 30+ episode series is the unnecessary padding, yet here, the story remains relatively focused. Side plots exist but rarely distract, and the emotional arc stays intact. It takes its time, sometimes slower than necessary, but not indulgently so.

The relationship at the heart of the series feels almost like opposing ions, naturally drawn together, yet constantly at risk of being pulled apart. There’s a push and pull that feels inevitable, almost fated, and that tension gives the romance its weight. It may start slow, but I found myself fully invested, never tempted to skip ahead. The performances and the writing demand your attention and reward it.

Lately, I’ve found myself drifting away from Chinese dramas, leaning more toward Korean and Western series for tighter storytelling. But every so often, a show like Lighter & Princess reminds me why I started watching them in the first place. It doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it refines what works: strong chemistry, flawed characters, and a romance that feels earned rather than manufactured.

I’m glad I gave this one a chance.

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The power of love!!

wanted to convey my thoughts...I went through a whole rollercoaster of emotions with this one..there were moments I was giggling away like a child, swooning at my screen then there were moments where I was bawling my eyes out..there were episodes where I was at the edge of my seat and characters whom I literally wanted to get into the screen and smack..but what made this show extra special for me was d FL..yes the ML is all hot and prideful and genius and everything but Zhu Yun stole the show for me...the determination she had for a girl who who looked timid and innocent and was not to forget privileged... the way she was ready to bear and sacrifice anything for the love she had for a man whom she mentally considered her King is the kind of unconditional love I wish to have for someone one day...Li Xun wouldn't have been himself or wouldn't have achieved what he deserved if it weren't for this woman standing by him ready to go through any lengths for him..in the process she nearly destroyed herself ( which I don't condone) but I tried understanding from her perspective and then I could see why she was ready to do anything for this man who basically changed her whole life and made her into a far more independent and capable person than she herself thought she was !!
Like others I don't hate Gao's character because he was not an evil person intrinsically but he had such an inferiority complex that he let everything good about him get ruined just to prove to this one man who had unintentionally made him feel inferior that he too could be as capable as him !!
A beautiful and epic love story with very rich and complex characters and a soul stirring OST!! 10/10

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