Will enjoy it if you are a groundhog day fan
First things first , the drama won't be added to my rewatch list . So 8.5 is the highest score I give to the dramas of one time watch.The reason this drama doesn't become one of my favorite rewatch is I am tired of the repetitive scenes over the 15 episodes (even for the first time )& watching it another time while knowing the possible end result, sounds a bit boring to me .
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Let's move to the plot.
1.If you come for this certain type of genre ,you will find it does well & the plot is consistent.
While watching the movies, there are certain types of thrills for various genres.
1.Jump scare type of thrill.
2.Don't know what will happen next ( life threatening )type of thrill
3. Mysterious curious type of thrill
And what 'Reset' gives us the Curious type of who does it & how they will resolve 'The Bomb ' situation
It does not give ' Who will die next ' kind of story,so I am not worried for the protagonists' lives because I know when they die, the next loop will come immediately.
So apart from the mystery of how they will resolve the situation, nothing comes super interesting to me.
It may depend on my mood, but the story arc about each passenger doesn't connect well with me either.
May be part of the reason is I can guess all of them will be alive at the end of the drama.
Another reason is there are many people in worse condition than these bus passengers & they are around me in real life.
2. For the acting , the acting seems natural.
Because this is the thriller type genre and there are no dramatic scenes that characters need to show intense emotions in the story. So,this is the highest praise I can give to the acting , by the given scenes and the story.
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The suspend is awsome from Start to finish. It's about two strangers who get into time loop and has to experience the same circumstance over and over again with different scenario and it bring them closer.. They realistically show how human nature will react if this two people who know something bad will happen on the bus, and take certain action in those situation. The circumstance is too much repetitive and some people might be bored with repetitive plot. The main lead keep wearing the same ourfits and rarely take different clothes except in different circumstance. But the repetitive doesn't make me bored one bit. Watch it in weekend because the show is quite addicting. You can rewatch it to make different perspective of each character. The two main actor is awsome deliver the suspend and the depth or their character, and I would like to watch their other project!
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I could not stop watching
Firstly, I have to clarify why I did not give a full 10/10. It is simply because I wanted more :') I wish we had seen more about the normal lives of the main characters. We know who they are as people but I still craved that normal everyday lifeespecially SPOILERS-------> after everything was over and they had returned from the loop. I loved that they visited Meng Meng's grave and everything felt very conclusive. We saw a conclusion for all of the stories for the people on the bus and I loved that.
But still.. I just wished we had spent even a minute more on the couple and how they coped. Imagine how traumatizing all that was for them. XHY stapped that lady. Was she nuts? Yes. But still. He killed someone and that will be something that he has to live with. And also the fear of not waking up the next day. That must be scary. And I also just wanted more moments between XHY and LSQ after everything was over. They had amazing chemistry and they could have used that even more. Genuinely loved them together.
Overall the only thing I want to complain about is that I wanted more XD and for a c-drama that is very rare. Most 50ep dramas spent way too much time on filler while this one was full of plot since episode 1. In Reset there weren't any moments that felt useless. Everything was necessary for the story to process and for them to finally figure out how to break the loop.
Genuinely loved this drama.
Please go watch it. Or.. I mean I hope you did not read my comment before watching since these are spoilers but.. yeah
Let's all go rewatch Reset!! XD
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This Drama: The Anticipation on What Happens Next
This is definitely one to add to my favorites for 2022. What I like about this was the progression of this drama from start to finish. We go from the lead characters freaking out that they're stuck in a time loop and keep dying in a bus explosion, to our lead characters wanting change and starting to look for clues for motives and doing trial and error on potential suspects of the passengers. The goal was to save everyone, so it was very interesting to see how the death toll decrease in this drama as our leads continue to do trial and error. Even though there was a main culprit, at times throughout the early stages of this drama, it seemed like the cops were the bad guys (even though I know they weren't. They were just like that due to suspicions & clues that they followed). Though not all of the bus passengers' stories were told, the ones that were shown was presented so well that you somewhat connected with them, even though they're just side characters. That's just how great the writing was.Of course, I could only give story 4 stars though. There were plot holes in this drama but that's mainly due to Chinese censorship. Had this not been an issue, I'm sure the questions a lot of us had would've been shown in this drama like how the novel tells those extra details. Lead characters were great, but they were just missing a story. It would've been nice for them to have a story that connects to the main plot. The connection was missing for me other than knowing that they are the heroes of this drama.
The acting was phenomenal. Our leads were on point with their emotions and expressions and even the side characters did really well with their roles, from the cops to the bus passengers. Again, I would've liked to see more stories from the other passengers and the leads of course, just in a way to understand their character better, but this still was good overall.
Music wise, I think I only heard like 2 OSTs from this drama but those two songs ended up being my favorite and added to my music playlist. I enjoyed it everytime the OSTs played in the background.
Would I rewatch this? Most likely, though probably would start at where the lead characters start investigating instead of the beginning. I could do without the panic moments.
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I WISH I COULD LOSE MY MEMORY JUST TO WATCH THIS DRAMA AGAIN!
First of all, I barely write reviews, meaning that this drama is not like any other drama. I was recommended this drama when it first came out but I was never really interested after hearing about the 'time loop' plot thinking it would boring. However a year later when finally gave in to watch it, I was so shocked. All the roles and background stories of each character were incredible, to the fact that I suspected everyone. the background music and OST were also on point, making the scenes seem 10 times more suspenseful and tense. The drama showed different problems in life that affects children, adults, students, and couples... The story was short yet flushed us with soo many emotions, you will definitely feel how much each and every actor, actress, director, and screenwriter... put work into this spectacular show. I would 1000% recommend this show to anyone.Was this review helpful to you?
It's brilliant
Practically everything about this drama - plot, pacing, production, acting - has so much care and scrutiny put into it and it shows. This is the kind of drama that sets the bar really high and makes it hard to go back to mediocre dramas. It's quite addicting, episodes fly by and its one of these just-one-more-episodes type dramas. I can even say it's a drama that may even get one out of a drama slump.The writing has a lot of detail and logic to satisfy the mystery elements but the pace is also fast to complement the action/thriller elements of the story. While the main characters are quite smart, the deductions they have make sense and they are not unrealistic geniuses. I really, really liked our male and female leads. The dilemmas they face and they have and evoke with all the other characters are also quite reasonable. In fact, the way the writing fleshed out almost all of the characters was wonderful. Time-looping can be a very tricky subjects but the flow of story was very smooth.
The acting matches the quality of the writing and it is extremely well done, especially all the micro expressions needed by actors at certain scenes. Our leads had a very good chemistry as well. The production quality was also excellent and again, so much attention paid to quality and detail.
The only, only gripes quite minor. Being an action/mystery set-up, our leads did go through some character development but on whole generally static characters as the norm with these genres. However, there was a little bit about the male lead's background and resulting character that was introduced and mostly but not entirely followed up on. Also, there is a specific point towards the end that spends quite some time at one points, story wise. It's very well-done but in consequence the wrap-up of the resulting scene was a little quicker than I would have liked. But these are very nit-picky and do not detract from the over all story.
This would be an interesting re-watch to try to spot the clues in advance and how everything break down. In conclusion, this is the kind of drama that is really hard to find. No matter the genre of preference, this is one most people should enjoy.
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Just one word: AMAZING
Now I started watching this after seeing the gripping trailer and had pretty high expectations, and I can't believe the actual drama exceeded that and so much more! The suspense was unbelievable and each episode has something new to bring to the table. And it wasn't even just the suspense, but the heart that goes with the storyline.Things I liked:
- The mystery. What really is happening? Why are things happening? What do they need to do now? Where do they go from here? Every episode I am left with many questions and while we learn something new at each step of the way, the thrill is so intense that we are still left wanting more. I watched this while it was airing and really, the 1 episode per week is not enough lol
- The characters and their personal storylines. If you happen to see my other reviews, you'll know that I am a huge fan of good characterizations, and this drama did just THAT. And you know what's even better than a well-written character? It's well-written characterS. I really liked how each episode focuses on different characters which teaches us a lot of things on how we should view and treat the people around us. Special shout-out to my precious cutie pie Lu Di <3
- The subtle romance. The main point of this drama is the mystery, and while the love line between the main characters could have been easily, well, "exploited", I'm so glad that didn't happen. The development of their relationship just happens in the background and didn't take away from the story. Granted I'm good even if there's no romance at all, but it still makes sense given the grand scheme of things and seeing what the leads went through together.
Tbh if this was shown on Netflix, it would definitely be a huge hit. Nonetheless I am so glad I watched this and even if we're already halfway through 2022, this is still the best drama of the year for me. Huge kudos to the whole team and the actors.
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I miss it already
The best show Ever. I hesitated for so long before watching this drama. I first thought it was another overhyped drama like so many others out there. Boy was I wrong. Not only are the main characters well-written, but so are all the show's characters. Everyone did a fantastic job. The show does a great job showing us the character's background story which teaches us so many lessons in life. Out of the 100 dramas I watched out there this is the first time I wrote a review of more than one sentence. I love this show with all my heart.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Was this review helpful to you?
Amazing Action Adventure and Mystery Drama
This is a fantastic work of writing and acting that keeps viewers interested in a time loop over 15 episodes. All characters have immense depth and are brilliantly portrayed. Even the villains are redeemable. The action scenes are well done, and the production is not lacking. The character development and growing chemistry between the two main characters Zhao Jin Mai (Li Shi Qing) and Bai Jing Ting (Xiao He Yun) is expertly done. This is not a drama that leaves you wondering if the budget ran out. It is highly recommended and will keep you on the edge of your seat!Was this review helpful to you?
A great thriller til the end
Wow. I admit, I dove into this because of Bai Jingting but I stayed for an unexpectedly skilled cast, intriguing plot, and wondering just how they were going to explain the time loop. (I'm going with "injustice can rip a hole in time and space" lmao). The episodes giving passengers' backstories gave a very human element to the people in the show - no one was just a victim. I was a little unsettled by how much copaganda the early episodes had but was absolutely satisfied by the end. And the light romance! It felt like Just Enough for this plot. The leads were so sweet together, such chemistry! And the drama was the perfect length for once, not dragged out but enough to largely flesh out the plot.Was this review helpful to you?
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This is a literal masterpiece
this drama gave me the chills and suspense. I don’t have the words to describe how great this cdrama is.The acting
The plot
OST
IS LITERALLY ALL SO GOOD
you should go watch it NOW ❤️
As I was scrolling in the last episode in YouTube, I came across a theory that seems legitimately true
(I think that mengmeng spirit was responsible for Li shiqing getting trapped in the time loop. Mengmeng didn’t want her parents to kill all the people in the bus + the parents themselves, and all she was able to do was to create the time loop and give someone the power to remember between each iteration. Li shiqing was chosen because of how similar she was to mengmeng when she died. They go to the same college, teacher and they are both 20) - credit to that person who commented this.
And I also noticed that Li shiqing was sitting in the same spot as the girl who took the photo! maybe li shiqing was going to be the hero that the girl who took the picture of the lecher was supposed to be but never got the chance to because she was scared. AHHH THE DRAMA IS SO BINGE WORTHY. BEST CDRAMA OF 2022 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Amazing drama
Honestly one of the best Cdramas ive ever watched.Long story short its a time loop drama but very well written, directed and edited. Acting was excellent and the chemistry was amazing between the lead.
Even supporting characters had depth to their story.
I usually watch Rom Coms and they r usually filled with gringy momnets and unnecessary misunderstandings. And horrible acting. BUT this one surprised me. (Yes i know its not a romcom)
Usually u know who the culprit is in these dramas but this one held the secret out well until it was time
I would definitely watch it again.
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