Countdown of Love (2022)

This show was about a cold female CEO with a warm-bubbly male partner. It was a half-hearted attempt, at best.

The FL was cold, but didn't give me a "capable" sense -- she worked crazy hours, but I never felt like she was taking the world by storm. Her interactions with her uncle were particularly lame. The ML was not the warm-bubbly type, but just sort of there. They set him up with a weird disability that I've never heard of, but then we only hear about it perhaps twice again. The chemistry between FL+ML was good while negative/hate, but then suddenly shifted without much warning into CP. I had to blink and rewind... I hadn't seen any clues that either was falling for the other.

The 2ML and 2FL were a great couple. Laugh-out-loud funny.

The first few episodes were much more focussed on comedy. Despite story-line problems, I was really enjoying how silly it was. Best scene: when the ML's home becomes a "for-the-experience" restaurant. That faded in later episodes, and I was watching simply because the series was so short.

The last episode is a left turn out of nowhere. Neither necessary, nor explained. It was a head-spinner. At least it didn't destroy the rest of the show.

Pacing was strange. Sometimes strangely fast (e.g. switch to CP), sometimes strangely slow... like 10 minutes of music and people running around looking for something.

Acting was not memorable -- neither bad nor good. FL lead's crying was better than many other female actresses.

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Random but unique

This time the FL is a domineering CEO. Wait ,don't quit . Finish it . Typical rom-com where some fantasy elements interfere just to increase the number of episodes in typical cdramas . But look at the episode number . It's only 12 . So nothing to be draggy or unnecessary. In the end the story suddenly turns into a magic ball with some suspense. Chemistry, acting is ok. Romance is fluffy and second lead couple here tends to have good chemistry comparing those annoying second lead couple.

Whatever,after watching all the 12 episodes this dramas looks surprising to me . At first I thought it would be a typical Chinese fantasy rom com where one partner has a weird problem and the only the another partner is his or her cure . Hell ,if you also think like that then please watch these series till the end . Recommend. Morever,FL is not dump here . Day by days, I am liking strong FL more that those typical calm FL.

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