My Boss

It's my 2nd time watching!! (so yall should too)

As an avid drama enjoyer, My Boss is definitely one of my favourites! If you're looking for a romance drama thats light hearted, this is IT for you. Of course, it has its own set of dramatic scenes but none of them were too heavy or the type that'll linger in your mind for episodes to come. This drama surrounds a set of lawyers and their journey but even so, there weren't any super hard jargons or court situations which confused me (a stranger to law). Thus, making it a non-law people friendly drama too!!

I absolutely LOVE the main couple! Qian Heng is your textbook definition of a domineering boss. He's cold, rich and oh so charismatic. Super smart too, which is always a plus! and the girl who tore down his walls and changed him for the better? oh i'm in love with Cheng Yao's character. I cannot stress enough how charming and witty she is especially in the beginning of the drama. The romance was a bit of a slow burn but that just adds on to the yearning and tension guys, i'm being so fr.

I watched this drama and finished it exactly as it aired but today i've just finished rewatching it again so the fact that i'm binge-watching it? explains how much i like this drama. It's so funny, fun, romantic!!! and just such a heartwarming drama. It's definitely a comfort drama for me. As such, EVERYONE should watch this and enjoy it as much, if not more, than i did!!! Now, where can I find my own Qian Heng?

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roller coaster

i love zhang ruo nan, i feel like she's so real with her facial expressions and cxx is a very good actor, very mature, and fits the character of a businessman, unlike dw for example. but i gotta say that i absolutely HATE what they did to cheng yao after he confessed, she was an extrovert, fun, and honest, which is why qian heng fell for her. but the closer they got, she was getting shyer and distant and indifferent, while qh was getting warmer and kinder, i hated that change. i know she values her job and he wasn't being reasonable, in fact, he was being a jackass at the end, but the changes are happening since ep 25 or 26, and rn i just feel like she transformed into a whole different person and i really don't like it.

anyway, after ep 36 things kinda get better, and i love how this drama is often speaking about inequality, and difficulties faced by divorced women and kinda focused on women's rights, not that this is anything new, but i noticed that cdramas are mostly focused on a hardworking FL who faces injustice and there's a savior ML whos always helping her.

although the drama isn't perfect, i found it mature (relationship and work), the actors look their character's age, are really kind to women and respectful. loved the FL maturing at the end, when she chose her career and demanded to be respected by her boyfriend, not only that, but she also broke up when felt like he crossed her lines, and also loved the ML and how he opened up to the world after seeing it through FL eyes and also being a fluffy ass boyfriend

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Dumb story with dumb characters

After 10 episodes I decided to drop this drama for reasons I'll address below:

ML is a typical CEO: cold, arrogant and demanding. FL is cute, nice and lovely. He is her boss so we got that dynamic where ML exploits and abuses of his power over FL, and she just goes on with it bc sHe neEdS The joB. I'm a little tired of these kinds of plots. But it was still quite enjoyable in the beginning. However, it felt like nothing was actually happening most of the time. The drama has a comedic tone so most of their scenes are supposed to be funny or even cute but not swoony or deeply romantic. At least in the first 10 episodes it's just him ordering her around and remembering her of how unnexperienced and dumb she is, while she just flatters him because of concern of being fired. It wasn't the right energy for me. Also, I don't think I understood the humor. I laughed sometimes but for the most part it was kinda boring.

The plot seemed a little dumb from the beginning. And like is gonna be really hard to get through 36 episodes without it falling apart. I mean, 6 eps in and nobody has any depth and everything is just played for laughs. There's no real plot. Surely this drama could be 15 episodes shorter.

I personally didn't like how FL acted like a child sometimes. The tone of her voice, the way she runs, how she behaves in general. It's all so silly and childlike that it bothered me. And it gets worse when she's put in contrast with ML's cold demeanor. He behaves more like an old man. And that made it difficult for me to feel their chemistry. Not to mention how he cannot let us forget the reasons she isn't made to be a lawyer. It's funny how in the office he insists that men and women are equals while at home he makes her cook and clean for him. Such a hypocrite!

SML is such a cool guy. I like him. However, the way he crushes and pursues SFL is a little weird. It's an almost stalker-like behavior. And their relationship felt vague. Like, did they spend a night together or not? Why didn't he make things clear with her sooner? I was confused.

That was pretty much it. It wasn't one of the worst dramas I've ever watched. But it could've been waaay better.

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Drama for how to act like a imature "woman" thinking you ar a lawyer

FL behaving like a little girl, immature, dumb, people pleasing. Do people really find young adult women acting like a little girl, cute? Is this a Asia thing.

I saw this in so many dramas.... I wonder when they become women. Wonder this is really happens in real life???

the way she talks, acts and even walk sometimes is soooo cringe.... the first scene at the office acting like a girl leaving the job as she start crying that the boss was angry at her.... you do this in high school not as a lawyer, not at the office, not as a mature woman.

I don't understand why China and Korea treat women, encourage the FL character to behave like this. Men's like this? It is normal?

Young people learn what from a character like this?

How a man can like or have sex with a woman behaving like a child. She even look like a adolescent. Is like a pedophile consciousness. Cringe....

... she did not deserve him, the ML. In real life a grown man will never choose a girl... imagine you go with a "child" as your partner at a cocktail party with all the CEO from the company's you work for...disgusting...

The drama had potential... I would have liked it if it was a grown woman character. It would have been be so different and so catchy.

I remember Donna, from The Suits. It was amazing character. Intelligent, beautiful.

And how can a business CEO can work or hire a lawyer like her.... I would never give my case to a girl. In what fantasy the writer is living. Is that really the real life in China?

and I can also say that the screenwriter has few mental problems, I think he cant handle powerful, smart, ADULT intelligent WOMEN . ... all women except the main role are treated badly by men, and behave dumb.

What a waste of time and resources. It could have been a very good drama. I like the ML.
Even if is a drama.... I think this is made for people under 15 creating a immature future, inspiration, toxic point a view.

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What a Rom-Com should be!

I LOVED this drama! I think it's rating of 7.9 is far too low. It was a heart-warming, satisfying romance with plenty of amusement and very little of the things we hate about C-drama Rom-Coms. Here's my take on the characters:

ML - I absolutely loved him! He shot into my ML Hall of Fame, coming in at third place behind Min-Min of 'Strong Woman Bong Soon' and the Grand Tutor of 'Be My Princess'. He shares the spot with Gu Yanzhen of 'Arsenal Military Academy'. This is my favorite role that this particular actor has played (I wasn't crazy about him in 'Fall in Love' or 'The Starry Love'). He plays the bad-tempered, aloof/arrogant yet inwardly warm-hearted and emotionally bumbling ML to perfection. I think it's the best I've seen this actor look too - his hair style fit him perfectly. All he needed was glasses (which he got at the very, very end). He does an excellent job of switching from the aloof, scolding boss to the sweet, tender, smiling boyfriend. And gosh, what a boyfriend! He supports and believes in FL unconditionally and immediately gets justice for her when the obsessed chick frames her. Just an FYI - his heart has only and always belonged to FL. There's no ex-girlfriends, no childhood sweethearts, no fiancées. He's never been in love before until he meets FL so he clueless about what to do with his feelings. Once he finally confesses, his heart belongs 100% to FL - no wavering. He shows no mercy to the obsessed chick despite their past university acquaintance. Some might says he's controlling, but I see it as his desire to help FL achieve her dreams and potential.

FL - she's cute without being that annoyingly cutesy character that C-dramas tend to love (and I hate). A warning to the faint-hearted, FL goes through a lot of character development so if she seems far to apologetic and ditsy at first, hang in there! Remember that she's young and inexperienced and had a terrible boss prior to her coming to ML's law firm. She does mature as both a woman and a lawyer. Her influence in ML's life causes him to soften his hard-nose lawyer demeanor and philosophy. However, my goodwill toward her did cool when she sort of breaks up with ML following the obsessed chick's little framing trick. She has an inferiority complex throughout the drama - feeling that she's useless except as a sleep aid to ML, feeling she's not worthy of him loving her, etc. So, in the latter episodes, she's hell-bent to 'prove herself' and she's hypersensitive to everything ML says. I honestly don't know what her problem is. Should they work at different law firms? Yes, I think so, but she puts distance between them and ML doesn't have a clue why bc she doesn't really explain it. In my opinion, ML is wonderful and does everything he can to please her yet he's in the doghouse. It's like the writer suddenly decides their relationship is too perfect so she has to toss in some angst. What was all this angst about? Gaining ML's respect? I feel he already respected her - he's always praising her abilities. To change ML's view of marriage? I don't know how what she put him through did that, but his perspective did change. FL's behavior after the obsessed chick was sort of crazy and my warm feelings towards her cooled. My only other complaints about her was - 1) her hair when she had it down, it looked like she was wearing a fuzzy fur stole; and 2) sometimes she'd widen her eyes, making her look a little psycho.

FL's three co-workers - Absolutely loved them! Finally, Chinese supporting characters that are just as memorable and loveable as the Koreans! They were had good chemistry together and they didn't take over the scene. They were great supporting characters that added humor. I loved the glasses guy (Brother Bao) - he was amusing with his belief that ML's favored him and his constant chatter and drama. He was my favorite supporting character along with ML's mom. The other two coworkers formed the 'third couple' of this drama, and seriously, I liked them better than Wu Jun & FL's sister. Their romance was there without taking attention away from ML/FL (just like a Korean drama). Loved how the group protected FL from ML's scolding. So refreshing after watching so many drams with workplace bullying.

Parents - LOVED ML's mom! So glad that his parents weren't demanding he marry some rich girl or some childhood sweetheart. Mom was just happy that he liked someone, and she tried to help their romance along...although it backfired on her. We didn't see as much as FL's parents as ML's mom, but they were likeable as well. They only disapproved when FL made up lies about ML's profession, etc. So that tyrannical parent factor was not part of this drama. The writers/director used the parents to add humor instead of angst. Bravo! These are the type of parents I like!

Wu Jun & FL's sister - I liked Wu Jun's personality (and that adorable dimple & cool sunglasses), but he was kind of dumb. He recruited the scheming chick into their firm bc he thought ML liked her. Really? As far as I could tell, ML hadn't had any contact with this woman since university and SML thinks he likes her???? For someone who supposedly had people skills, he was pretty dumb when it came to discerning who ML liked. He thought the 'friend' ML talked about was this chick while most people know that when someone refers to a 'friend's problem', they're usually referring to themselves. If Wu Jun hadn't been such a dope and ML so clueless, we wouldn't have had to watch the scheming chick in the final half of this drama. That entire story arc was all Wu Jun's fault yet ML suffered the consequences. As for the sister, I liked her hair style, but as for her character, my reaction is - blah. I fast forwarded through Wu Jun & her scenes as well as her scenes with the ex.

Finally, the scheming chick. She wasn't able to interest ML all those years ago in university yet somehow she thinks he's hers and destroying FL will secure him. Because of her arrival, the pleasant workplace became toxic with a head b** and her gang of little b**. Didn't anyone notice that their formerly harmonious workplace was suddenly filled with nasty rumors and was directly related to this woman's arrival? Wu Jun knew what was going on and did nothing to prevent what happened except give the skank a weak warning. Fortunately, ML returned and obliterated the b**. He only relented from annihilating her completely bc of SML's pleading. I can't understand C-drama obsessed chick logic - just because you're stupid enough to like a guy for years, he's supposedly yours? And they always ask - why her and not me? Maybe because you're a vindictive, delusional, self-centered b**? Could that be the reason?

This drama was a great watch, and I highly recommend it. The angst is at the minimum and the romance at the maximum. It's took Asian dramas a while to understand that principle. Rom-Com stands to Romance | Comedy, and so few Asian drama focus on the comedy aspect. instead they fill it with angst. This drama, however, is what a Rom-Com should be!

P.S. the OST was good too, especially their love theme 'Loving You'. I liked the lullaby about the lazy cat too. It reminded me of Sheldon's Soft Kitty song.

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Charming Series!

Although My Boss is an understated RC, it is a solid series in its genre just the same. In my view, it is better for example than the current Our Interpreter or the recent Only For Love. Neither series are without appeal..but they are missing some element that would make them a stand out. This series by contrast has consistently delivered. It has a been a pleasure to watch for multiple reasons. There are thrills but without extreme angst. A fun and enjoyable watch ...but absent the frivolous fluff. The release schedule for this series has also added to the fun. Slow releases often negatively impact a drama...yet on this one...they chose to air one new episode almost every day. What is not to love about that? ❤️
Some have complained that it took too long for them to become a couple. I respectfully disagree. Half the fun of any trip is the planning and anticipation, right? So why the rush? Savoring suits an adult palate. Lol. Although the build up is relaxed...it has made this romance feel all the more legit. As if we have a window into a love affair from its conception to its maturity. Besides as viewers, we already know they love each other....even before they appear to know it themselves.

Things I Loved:
The ML, Chen Xing Xu:
The camera loves this guy, I swear he does not have a bad angle. His stylist played up his good looks with clothing that was interesting yet totally fit his quieter persona. And his hair...well, it is really, really nice. Lol.
But more importantly, I really liked his character in this series. He gave a much used stereotype a fresh new take, how that is possible given the many RC's out there I dunno......but he did it. And he did it in such an understated way that it felt authentic. And ummm...can we just take a detour to talk about his chest? Hey!! Don't laugh...his muscles are serious business. Don't believe me? Research it. Lol. But since I am a serious reviewer, you can take it from me darling...his chest muscles are for real. How do we know? Well, dang it...he has the pics to prove it...can you believe? And those pics have dealt a blow to his harshest critics who said that he wore chest pads. Grrr...the very idea! So life in China as a celebrity is tough business....evidently you gotta prove those abs are for real.

The FL, Zhang Ruo Nan:
She is adorable...and I am taking nothing away from her by saying that. She just is. She is not a bombshell, but the more you look at her.....she is gorgeous. She is also very adept at playing her role..it has never been plain vanilla or perky/silly...or one of those pushy females pursuing and being rejected, instead her role feels uncontrived and unusually fresh. She holds her own with a much more dynamic ML without losing a step. She is easily as interesting to watch as he is. I especially love it that despite his strong personality ...she has an equal confidence in herself. She is not led around by her emotions or by his moods. She appears to value her own life independent from his opinion of her. I liked that. I do love strong FL's.

The Setting: The Law Firm
Cheng Yao (Zhang Ruo Nan) is a young and talented lawyer who has bigger ambitions than she has connections. Her biggest problem? She has never tried a case before. So she is in desperate need of a quality mentor. She gets an unexpected chance to join an exceptional law firm, blissfully unaware that her new Boss, Qian Heng (Chen Xing Xu) accepts no one less excellent than himself. He is infuriated with his partner who has hired Cheng Yao. Qian Heng is one very determined guy. He has made a name for his law firm by sheer talent and hard work. His strong desire to succeed means that he will only hire the best, those who don't meet the grade...are fired on the spot. He has carefully built his reputation...as a top notch lawyer who never loses a case. So when he sees that his partner has hired Cheng Yao because he is in love with her sister...he dislikes her on principal. Things escalate further when they discover they will end up sharing an apartment. Both are wary, yet living together has unexpected side benefits. He finds that she is surprisingly good for his mental and physical well being and she benefits from having him to mentor her. So the law firm adds a cool element to the story, the cases and coworkers are interesting and the writers have sketched a mentor/mentee relationship that is turning into a toe-curling romance. For now it is a 10. I will be back to update you.

@20 This series is a gem and if romance is your thing, you will love this one.
@23 I have smiled my way through this series. If you've experienced the excitement of a love affair where all your senses are engaged...you will relate to this one. Watching them feeding each other pizza was such a legit moment that I felt the joy. This relationship has come full circle. He is now the vulnerable one and she appears to be the more mature one. She may not be experienced in love, but she has self-respect (I love that!) so she is no pushover. She is making him work for it and you gotta love that! Update at Final.

Happy Watching!

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Hneď na začiatku si ujasnime jednu vec. KOMÉDIA? Áno, áno, áno... Tak schuti som sa už veľmi dlho nepobavila. A prispela k tomu hlavne postava Bao Rui ktorého stvárnil herec He Wen Jun. A to bola zároveň aj najvýraznejšia a najlepšia postava z celej drámy. Klobúk dole pred Wen Junom s akou ľahkosťou sa zhostil tejto úlohy. Priam by som povedala, že bola písaná priamo pre neho. Gestá, mimika, proste dokonale stvárnená postava. ROMANTIKA? Nie, nie, nie... Tu naozaj moc romantiky nehľadajte. Prvého ,,bozku,, ak sa to tak dá nazvať sa dočkáme v 22 alebo 23 epizóde. A prečo je ten bozk v úvodzovkách? Pretože tých pár bozkov ktoré tu uvidíte, letmo spočítané asi celkovo tri, sú tie najhoršie, aké so kedy videla. To už ich tam nemuseli dávať vôbec a pôsobilo by to vierohodnejšie.

Do 23 epizódy, kým ešte Cheng Yao a Qian Heng netvoria pár, a je to zatiaľ len zmes trápnych situácií a letmých náznakov je dráma My Boss v pohode. Bavila som sa, dej rýchlo ubieha, správanie postáv aj keď bolo miestami nelogické a naivné mi vôbec nevadilo. No potom prišla zlomová udalosť, kedy sa to celé začalo kaziť. Dali sa dokopy a to bol koniec pohodového deja a príbehu. Postava Qian Henga sa zrazu zmenila z rozumného, rezervovaného, dospelého muža na akéhosi pribrzdeného, podlízavého ,,mimoňa,,. A čo ho zmenilo? Že vraj láska. Pardon, ale ak má láska urobiť z človeka takúto ,,kreatúrku,, tak radšej na ňu kašľať. To scenáristi naozaj nevideli, čo spôsobili? Chen Xing Xu mám ako herca veľmi rada. Jeho tvári pristanú úlohy, kde hrá odmeraných, nedostupných mužov. Zamračený pohľad dodáva jeho osobnosti neskutočné čaro. Ale na druhej strane keď sa usmeje, tak to tiež stojí za to... Úsmev mu taktiež veľmi pristane. No čo mu absolútne nesedí, je úloha láskou zblbnutého ,,mimoňa,,. Prepáčte, ale to som sa len chytala za hlavu, čo sa to porobilo a mala som sto chutí prestať pozerať. No potom si vravím, že už to nejak dobojujem.

A teraz k postave Cheng Yao, ktorú stvárnila herečka Zhang Ruo Nan. Ach jaj, ďalšia obrovská scenáristická tragédia. Hlavne od tej 23 epizódy. Vzťah medzi týmito dvoma ľudmi, ktorí boli, obrazne povedané, každý z inej planéty je smiešny, nereálny, trápny. Intimita týchto dvoch ľudí je na bode mrazu, spoločné scény pôsobia veľmi silene, nie je tam vôbec žiadny náznak romantiky alebo nebodaj vzájomná chémia. Cheng Yao je prerastené dieťa na duševnej úrovni okolo 14 rokov. Čo mi nevadilo, kým sa nedala do kopy s uvedomelým, vyspelým mužom. To bola katastrofa. Jej postava je naivná, detská, urážlivá a neschopná vidieť svet v reálnom svetle. Nahnevala sa naňho, keď si myslela, že jej naznačuje, že nieje taká dobrá právnička ako on, a zdalo sa jej že za ňu chce všetko rozhodovať? No mne prišlo, že sa jej len snaží pomôcť, aby si nespôsobila ďalšie komplikácie, ako mnoho krát predtým. Pretože pozerať na svet v ružových okuliaroch, ako to stále robila a myslieť si, že všetko sa dá vyriešiť v miery, láske a pohode je naozaj veľmi nezrelé a trápne. Svet takto proste nefunguje a hlavne nie v právnických kruhoch. Byť na jeho mieste tak sa za ňou ani neobzriem a nájdem si normálnu dospelú ženu, ktorá nemá problém priznať si na verejnosti, že s niekým chodí. Ale to sa nestalo, keďže náš chudák Qian Heng v 23epizóde prišiel o rozum a svojprávnosť. No proste smer ktorým sa to začalo uberať bol celý zle. Maximálne sklamanie, po počiatočnom nadšení. Ale tá komediálna stránka tam ostala, aspoň tá trošku kompenzovala túto ,,romantickú,, katastrofu.

Skôr sa mi páčil párik Yu Fei a Tan Ying. Bol to vzťah dvoch dospelých ľudí, ktorý vedia používať rozum a vyrástli z detskej urážlivosti. Veľmi rada by som napísala, že som bola spokojná aj s párikom Wu Jun a Cheng Xi, ale nemôžem, pretože tu som bola spokojná len s Wu Junom. Ten bol vtipný a okúzľujúci, taký chlap do života ako sa vraví. Li Jun Xian túto postavu stvárnil s obsolútnou ľahkosťou, tak ako He We Jun postavu Bao Ruia. Tento pár skazila postava Cheng Xi, ktorá bola sestra Cheng Yao a to príbuzenstvo sa podpísalo na jej správaní a charaktere. Nemôžem si pomôcť, ale nemám rada tieto typy žien. Príliš láskavá, príliš nevinná a naivá. Bŕŕŕŕ, naskakujú mi z nich zimomriavky. Záverečná časť drámy bola úplne o ničom, a úplný záver, kde naša premúdrelá, urážlivá hrdinka konečne po rokoch súhlasí so svadbou a svadbu naplánuje tak, že vybehne z auta v rifliach, dá si na hlavu len závoj a idú sa brať, je úplne mimo.

Keď sme už pri tom oblečení, vysvetlí mi niekto, prečo v skoro každej c-drame obliekajú ženy ako staré tety? Kostýmy, košieľky s vestičkami, nohavice deformujúce postavu a absolútnym vrcholom týchto módnych kreácií sú ponožky ku sukni, a k tomu ešte nejaké tie nevkusné topánočky na nizučkom podpätku. Prečo? Why? Warum? Por que? A presne takto nevkusne doobliekaná chodila celý čas Cheng Yao. Príťažlivosť pre mužské pokolenie nula bodov. Ja nemám nič proti formálnemu dress code, ale aj ten môže byť vkusný a štýlový.

A týmto moju kritiku asi ukončím, nemá zmysel sa ďalej rozčuľovať. Dumám nad počtom hviezdičiek... Dávam tri v celkovom hodnotení ale s privretými očami a zaťatými zubami. Jedna hviezda pre hercov, pretože svoje úlohy zahrali naozaj veľmi dobre, špeciálne He Wen Jun. Druhá za kopec zábavy a smiechu, ktoré mi dráma priniesla. A tá tretia za prvých 23 epizód. Viac krát sa k My Boss isto nevrátim, a dúfam, že čoskoro ma prejde frustrácia, ktorú mi navodil vzťah Qian Henga a Cheng Yao :)

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Un romance dulce y con gran química

Si estás buscando una historia simple pero con personajes entrañables esta es la series que deberías ver.

Al principio es la historia típica de de romance de oficina de jefe y empleada, pero a a medida que avanza la historia te va enganchando.
El personaje femenino al principio comete errores como abogada ya que es aprendiz pero luego madura mucho.
Pareja con gran química, y que se apoya mutuamente,
Personajes secundarios muy graciosos.
Un drama para relajarte y y enamorarte de las escenas entre los protagonistas
El novio perfecto(Qian Heng al principio es más serio y pero cuando comienza el romance con la protagonista es lo más dulce del mundo ,su sonrisa me da mil años de vida.
La madre de Qian Heng ,la mejor suegra del mundo ( su personaje es tan gracioso)

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Dramma carino un po' lento!

Nonostante non sia originale come storia visto che c'è sempre il solito capo e la ragazza di turno e la convivenza obbligata con i soliti cliché e poi ovviamente il innamoramento con alti e bassi, non si può dire che non è un dramma carino. Piacevole da vedere merito anche di qualche buffo personaggio che fa da contorno ma che rende il tutto più simpatico.
I protagonisti sono carini e c'è anche una bella chimica tra gli attori ma diciamo che se c'era di più non sarebbe stato male e forse sarebbe stata un po' meno lento come dramma.
Consiglio la visione senza avere molte pretese!

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