Dropped after 3 episodes — Beautiful FL, but the incest story is disgusting
I started Love the Way You Are (2022) for the stunning female lead — she’s elegant, confident, and a genuine pleasure to watch on screen. But after just 3 episodes, I had to drop it. The step-sibling incest romance plot made me increasingly uncomfortable and frustrated.🌟 What I Liked:
The Female Lead (FL)
She’s absolutely beautiful, carries herself with grace, but the plot makes her a bit strange to agree on her brother tricks. Anyway she has screen presence and charisma.
The Visual Quality
The cinematography, color palette, and overall production are top-tier. Everything looks amazing… until the writing takes over.
🚫 What Made Me Drop It:
1. Romanticizing a Step-Sibling Dynamic
While they’re not biologically related, the male lead is her legal stepbrother. That should be a firm boundary. Their dynamic feels clingy, emotionally intrusive, and completely inappropriate.
→ Watching him pine for her with clear romantic intent was disturbing.
→ It’s not sweet. It’s obsessive. And the show shamelessly tries to frame it as “destined love.”
This is step-sibling romance disguised as wholesome affection — and it doesn’t sit right.
2. Unfairly Villainizing the Boyfriend
I genuinely don’t understand why the show paints her boyfriend as the bad guy.
He forgot her allergy once — not great, but hardly evil.
He encouraged her to quit a low-paying, degrading job and even offered her a position in his own company.
He wanted her to pursue dance or hobbies she enjoys, while he took care of the rest.
That’s not controlling. That’s supportive. It’s the dream for many working women stuck in toxic workplaces.
And let’s be honest — she didn’t even have a meaningful career to protect. Her pride was louder than her reality.
3. Toxic Double Standards
If a female lead offered to help her struggling boyfriend out of a bad job and support his dreams, it would be framed as empowering.
But here, because it’s a man with resources, he’s suddenly labeled “manipulative”?
This hypocrisy ruins what could’ve been a balanced relationship.
4. The Clingy Brother Is Just Unsettling
He constantly crosses boundaries and inserts himself into her emotional space.
His behavior feels less like love and more like unhealthy attachment — like a boy who never grew out of his childhood crush.
Romanticizing this incest is tone-deaf at best.
5. Normalizing Unethical Romance
It’s alarming how casually the drama tries to push step-sibling incest romance as a heartwarming love story.
There’s a difference between exploring taboos and normalizing uncomfortable dynamics without real reflection. This crosses that line.
🤦♀️ Overall Impression
This drama had potential — strong lead actress, great visuals, and promising setup — but the writing completely derails it by:
Forcing a romance that feels ethically questionable.
Ruining a mature male character to boost the brother’s image.
Mistaking obsession and emotional clinginess for love.
❌ Final Verdict:
1/10 — Only watch if you enjoy forced, uncomfortable romance and don’t mind watching a show casually erase moral boundaries for the sake of “drama.”
I came for a confident, beautiful female lead.
I left because the story around her made everything feel gross.
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I just can't...
I'm going to preface by saying that I'm a fan of older woman/younger man stories but right off the bat, I wasn't feeling this drama at all. Here are my initial thoughts and a few reasons why I couldn't watch more than 2 episodes...1. They're step siblings?! I'm sorry, but I'm just so weirded out by this - even if they are not blood-related and did not grow up together, I still count this as incest. It's especially creepy when the ML picks up a random lipstick in the airport scene and just assumes that it belongs to the FL, and instead of giving it back to her, keeps it in his pocket. So weird and creepy. He didn't even say anything when he found out her name and obviously pieced together the fact that she's his step-sister. Ugh.
2. ML's bad acting. I started this drama because I love Angelababy - I think she's an amazing actress and always acts effortlessly, making all of her roles very natural and HER. Despite this, I couldn't continue watching because of the deer-in-headlights look that is permanently plastered on the ML's face. I get that he's extremely young and a "rookie" actor, but bro, can't he give us more than 3 expressions? Being cute can only get you so far - someone give this kid some acting lessons.
3. Lack of chemistry. Yes, I only watched 2 episodes, but I don't sense any chemistry and I also don't understand HOW the ML started liking the FL. At no point in time did the FL do anything to make the ML fall in love with her besides maybe....drop her lipstick???
I want to close out by saying if you want to watch an older woman/younger man done right, I highly highlyyyy recommend "Rational Life" - it's one of my all-time favorites in the category. A strong female lead who couldn't find love, and a young man who is just starting out in his career but is very mature and smart and finds his way into the FL's heart. Their story gradually develops and takes the audience in for a ride with laughter, so many emotions surrounding the taboo of dating a younger male in China, and many sweet and funny moments. The romantic scenes don't seem forced and the ending is *chef's kiss*.
Sorry for going off on this drama, but seriously, the difference between the two dramas is wayy too tangible. Maybe my expectations were too high because of Angelababy but even she couldn't save the wet napkin that is the ML.
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também é da direção). O romance dos protagonistas é fofo, não tem idas e vindas e um amontoado de mal entendidos, isso é bastante agradável. A parte cômica dos coadjuvantes é bastante satisfatória.
Os erros de edição são muitos, não houve atenção em relação aos figurinos usados na hora de montar o drama, algumas cenas estão, visivelmente, deslocadas no contexto e a finalização tirou todo o brilho do trabalho duro do elenco.
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Love The Way You Are
Achei Love The Way You Are incrível! Ele me tirou de uma ressaca de dramas asiáticos e me trouxe aquele conforto que só um bom romance consegue fazer. O casal é maduro e ambos ficam muito fofos juntos. Como lidam com os desafios é prazeroso de se ver, sem enrolações ou joguinhos emocionais. Os secundários também são ótimos.Tive receio no começo que ele seguisse os passos do sul-coreano Something In The Rain (que eu amo, mas carrego algumas frustrações com o desenrolar da história), mas achei ele muito melhor. Só o ritmo que poderia ser melhor, pois a reta final da trama sofreu com a pressa, alguns tropeços + os saltos temporais confusos — pelo menos pra mim. Mesmo assim, eu amei!Was this review helpful to you?
Uma Doce Jornada que Deixa uma Sensação Ternamente Encantadora no Coração
Um drama verdadeiramente encantador, "Amo o Jeitinho Que Você É" merece, sem dúvida, uma nota 9 em minha lista de avaliações. Ele simplesmente conquista o coração com sua doçura e uma história excepcionalmente bonita.
O que mais me encantou nesse drama foi a forma como o casal protagonista enfrentou juntos as dificuldades que a vida lhes reservou. Suas interações e conexão genuína criaram um casal apaixonante, e é uma alegria ver o amor florescer em meio aos obstáculos.
Embora houvesse um detalhe que se repetia um pouco demais - as referências à Coca-Cola -, isso não conseguiu diminuir o brilho dessa história adorável. Ainda assim, as relações familiares retratadas pareciam autênticas e profundas, adicionando uma camada de realismo emocionante.
Assistir a esse drama foi uma experiência verdadeiramente agradável. Cada episódio envolvente me fez sorrir, rir e até derramar algumas lágrimas de felicidade. "Amo o Jeitinho Que Você É" me tocou de uma maneira especial.
No entanto, à medida que a história se aproximava dos episódios finais, senti que algo estava faltando. Infelizmente, o drama perdeu um pouco de sua emoção e intensidade na reta final. Essa leve queda no ritmo e na emoção tirou um pouco do brilho da experiência geral.
Apesar disso, "Amo o Jeitinho Que Você É" ainda é um drama memorável, com personagens carismáticos e uma trama que toca o coração. Se você está em busca de uma história cativante sobre amor e superação, este drama certamente vale a pena assistir. É uma pena que tenha perdido um pouco de sua força nos momentos finais, mas o encanto e a doçura da maior parte da jornada ainda são inegáveis.
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