A Romance of the Little Forest

Really love their chemistry.. watched it for Xinxin but fell for Zhuang Yu.. I SWEAR I THOUGHT HE WAS A RED ONE BUT TURNS OUT HE'S SO GREEN! Well, I mean, he's a botany professor, after all! What I don't like about this drama is that I feel like the main couple doesn't really feel like a main couple? yk what I mean? Like their chemistry is fire, but we need more screentime and moments for the main lead!!!! (tbh this kinda made me like the 2nd couple LESS)

but overall, it's cute, the main couple got me giggling and kicking my feet in the middle of the night!! i need to see them in a new romance, fluffy drama together!!! I often rewatch this drama on their scenes only hihihii, OH, AND, the ost they sang together is a banger hbfvefieufhue, it's on my repeated playlist song.

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aa typical sweet cheesy cdrama...but with improvements

is this your absolutely typical sweet cdrama featuring cold hero and bubbly heroine? yes. but Mary Jane she is not!!! she is beautiful, famous, and has a Ph.D?! hell yes. also lots of great commentary about beauty as a construct and makeup as a tool for empowerment not because of shame...like honestly mind blown a bit there for this being a chinese drama.

a lot of corny and unnecessary drama, particularly a whole couple episodes worth of the leads working undercover and a very annoying "villian" character that i think the show could have done without so plot wise sometimes felt clumsy towards the end, but overall a nice refreshing watch.

also 10/10 to the writer who kept making very self aware rom-com drama jokes and references

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Disappointed

I’m sorry to say this but I had to drop this show. I have never seen this many stalkers in one show before. The only one not being a stalker is FL’s best friend. I tried really hard to finish but I just couldn’t. I really like the actors but it just ruined it for me with all the stalking, lying, abandoning and lies happening. So watch with caution it’s fun but just too much for me. I’m normally not that critical as I like dark romance but this was not it for me. They tried to make it okay that stalking and ‘coincidences’ happen all the time. just over all a no from me.

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worth the watch, but beware of the 2nd couple

Before reading, the reason why I dropped the drama: the 2nd cp started to take up too much time and the plot kinda spiraled from there. I was also studying for exams at the time so I decided to drop because it wasn't keeping that grip on me anymore. That being said, the following are my rambly thoughts (90% positive) while I was actively watching!

its a VERY serviceable romance drama (really reminds me of it happened one summer with piper and brendan).
i think its actually sooooo good for multiple reasons
esther is sooo cute as yu meiren <3 she’s so adorable and not annoying.. she walks the thin wire between over the top dramatic and so true and genuine in her character !! like i LOVE her character cause she’s so pretty and can be a little airheaded and dumb BUT she also has a phd in ornithology and she’s a woman in stem!! and knows she can be smart and dumb !! someone who can do both i love her

you dont think esther and zbb can have any chemistry but you would be dead wrong.. the way they shot this drama and the details they show the ML and FL falling for each other (the FL getting slow-mos of the ML being attractive and hot, and the ML reaching out instinctively when he thought the FL fell.. and trying to play that off… man and then him waking up earlier than her and still holding her hand in the cave… and pretending to be asleep and continuing to hold her hand) THE DETAILS ARE WHAT GETS TO ME and like when meiren was pretending to be someone else with the bucket on her head and zbb’s like…. shy (?) smiles where hes like just SOOOOO in love with her quirkyness and even tho shes not wearing make up (one of her insecurities) he doesnt mind and his gaze is so 宠溺 its making me melt like his smiles are so…

zbb’s voice is so good. like its so deep and has the right amount of grain + rasp without it sounding like he needs to drink some water and it feels so comfortingly deep + cozy + safe -> 安全感max like

like its such a serviceable drama and i think its on par with you are my hero (for me its better but idt mom would like it) because i just love how yu meiren is smart but unapologetically dumb and a little brainless (exactly how i want to be) and is also at the same time so charming without being annoying !!!!!! so good

also looking at some of the kisses and behind the scenes videos…. about to be in for a spicy ride (also the kiss poses are so awkward poor zbb lmao)

but yeah you never wouldve thought that i would like a esther yu drama and with zbb like (i think wang hedi and ysx have more chemistry irl but zbb as zhuang yu is soooo charismatic and fits with yu meiren so well)

the actors make their characters feel real and the plot + writing makes the characters come alive and it feels so real…..

cons: there is a little bullying in the beginning (the guy thinking she’s stupid, standing her up, being a dick) but i think the redemption in the latter half is gonna make up for it so i think its okay rn (but that is also why i like it… but some ppl might not like the uh. asshole ML).

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The Side/Second Love Story Is Atrocious

I would give this show more stars except I find the side story for the second couple so horribly awful.
I find the kind of lies and manipulation going on there appalling, and not at all funny or cute. It doesn't make sense either. I find it kind of mind boggling that the writers and producers went forward with this. I think the couple could be quite cute together if it weren't for this messed up storyline.
I have an extension on my browser that lets me speed up videos, so I'm using it to speed through the scenes with the second leads. But this storyline is honestly making it hard for me to continue watching the rest of the series, as it's taking away from my enjoyment of the main storyline.

I don't love the "white lies" told in the main storyline, but at least they're not on quite the same level as the stupid, appalling, and horrible lies the CEO is telling in the side storyline, and the reasoning behind them does make some sort of sense. I find the chemistry between the main couple enjoyable. While I'm not a fan of the cutesy, babyish ways of the female lead I don't find it annoying either, and it makes sense for the storyline. When the ML assumes she's stupid because of the way she looks and behaves she decides to double down on that impression, hiding her true intelligence from him. Slowly the ML seems to realize there's more to her than his snap judgment initially led him to believe.

For me the best thing about this show though is the scenery. It's so absolutely beautiful. The way this has been filmed is really great too. Visually this series is very soothing and peaceful to watch.

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Light and refreshing!

I’ve been putting this drama on hold for sooo long, and I regret not watching it earlier *sigh*. It’s something light and refreshing to watch, not much villains, also funny especially at the forest and dinner with Wei Shan’s parents after Zhuang Yu just came back from overseas, that scenes cracked me up. I couldn’t think of any other actress to play Yu Wei Shan because this role was perfectly suited for Eshter Yu. Any funny, cute and quirky characters really suited Eshter Yu, just like in the LBFAD and Moonlight drama. Not to mention Zhang Vin character were he was initially upright but consistently sided with the FL's antiques lol.

However, I agree with other people saying the second lead couple screen time was too much to the point the story seemed dragging to me. The drama could have made it a 26-30 episodes. Anyway, the drama was decently good, funny, the FL was truly a drama queen, loved her for that.

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typical love story

Almost nothing special about the show. Typical FL have a crush on ML when she was in school then met ML again etc. etc.

Female lead character is meh.. nothing out of the box. ZBB acting is good and nice to look at.. but character is also meh. I am not sure if Yu Shuxin's role here is supposed to be exaggerating but it seems very "loud". their chemistry is much better off screens as compared to the drama. Both of them also shine better in other drama.

However, this show is still very light and fluffy and have abit of humour elements in it. Both them also have a fair bit of lovey moments and development is also ok. Would still recommend to watch to kill time.

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*Family-friendship-comedy-sentiment*

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No words to describe
All episodes are great
Especially 35 episode is hilarious
Some times ~Esther Yu~over acting irritates you
Tremendous job done by
Actor & actors are Taylor fit Acting
Director
Cameraman
Editor
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