A Perfect man and a Perfect woman fell in love in a Perfect world.
Subjective Mood Rating: 8.25-8.5Objective Rating: 7.75-8.0
I intentionally seek out a drama like “Love Me, Love My Voice” because I wanted something easy, simple and sweet during the end of the year holiday season. With that in mind, my rating might not have reflected my usual criticisms and expectations. Objectively speaking, this drama is too perfect. And yes, that is a flaw. But I am going to overlook that, because I am expecting a perfect world. If you are not and are usually too rational, then I do NOT recommend this drama for you.
Romance:
As my title says, a perfect man and a perfect woman fell in love in a perfect world. There’s no drama, no misunderstanding and no evil parents or ex’s. The romance is mellow, sweet and shy, with a surprising amount of kisses towards the last third of the drama. ML is successful, handsome, sweet, caring, considerate, professional, has a beautiful voice and is a doctor! When does he have time to have a side gig? Moreover, he’s flirty and actually quite passive aggressive. A perfect man! (with too much white makeup). ML confessed early, established a relationship before the couple really started to get to know each other. The romance is slow-burn in a way and viewers have to be patient and wait for our female lead to get more and more comfortable with her man. You do see that progression from super shy, not holding hands and standing far apart, to slowly holding hands and hugging, to a lot of skinship. ML dotes on FL, is a perfect gentleman and can cook! I was smiling the whole time watching this drama. I wasn’t expecting Tan Jian Ci to be so good in giving us a hopelessly-in-love-yet-horny look. 😘 LOL
Dubbing/Voice Acting:
I am not sure how realistic the portrayal of the industry is, but I am very interested in this part of the drama. I’ve watched enough C-dramas to know this industry is huge. Having the behind-the-scenes look into a studio’s operation is very interesting. I didn’t know there were chat rooms, big offline/real life offline concerts and performances. I really enjoy watching the 10th anniversary celebration, more so than the festival itself. The voice acting of the period pieces was phenomenal. Big props to the voices behind the actors. Now, let’s get the real actors voice acting lessons.
Tourism promotion + Product Placement
There are two trips/vacations and they make me want to travel with them. Beautiful places, scenery and delicious food! I’ve heard so much about Guilin and its beauty that I actually have always wanted to visit there. Having said that, the last few episodes of the drama are wasted on their lakeside trip. Nothing really happened aside from lovey-dovey moments, eating and playing (repeat for 3 episodes of a 3-day trip). Our old friend, Cold Medicine 999 is back. Even doctors in a hospital need to rely on them. Our FL loves snacks! She not only eats her snacks all the time but has access to a supermarket whenever she wants.
Other romances
I am not a big fan of the secondary romance. I can’t believe we have a 30-year old man being so shy and indecisive in courting a girl almost 10 years younger. One shy couple is enough, I don’t really need more. The drama spent too much time on them going back-and-forth. When they finally became a couple, the drama showed us the result but not the confession scene. The other romance has so little screen time even though it’s been implied. I much rather watch them than the other couple.
Music/OST
Love the songs and the soundtrack has a variety of songs. Tan Jian Ci really does have a nice voice and I added a few songs to my Spotify playlist. However, the romantic songs/music are so overplayed. Each time we have a romantic scene with the leads, music/songs will be played. Sometimes, I just want silence and really experience the love in the air without the music manipulating me.
Pacing/Ending
The drama is just too long. 24 episodes will suffice and 33 is just too many. Once the lead couple gets more comfortable with each other and starts kissing/skinship, the pace slows down. Nothing much happened plot wise aside from the preparation of the concerts and performances. The last 5-7 episodes are filled with fillers and events that don’t move the plot (actually, this drama doesn’t have much of a plot). Like I said earlier, we don’t need 3 episodes dedicated to a 3-day trip, nor 2 episodes dedicated to the ending. For those that don’t like rushed endings, this drama is perfect for you. It even tells you it’s taking its sweet time in closing this out.
I would only recommend this drama if you are a super fan of romance, OK with a drama without much of a plot and no conflict, perfect human beings living in a perfect world. If you are in the mood for such a drama like me right now, go for it!
Completed: 12/28/2023 - Review #388
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A super fluffy drama to watch
This drama is the epitome of first love, how someone that never dated before in their life found their true love.The awkwardness, the flow of getting to know each other, they potrayed them very well.
Every single episode got me giggling and kicking my feet cause its so easy going.
Just sweetness overload with no rival, no drama, just pure first love.
Even if we focus on the side character, all of them worked really well together.
EVERY CHARACTER in this drama is remarkable !!!
Some might find the storyline is too simple but that just what i love about them.
Am I gonna rewatch them? Yes absolutely!
For those that looking for more dynamic drama with tons of rivalry, drama and plot twist, this drama is not for you.
But for those who wanted a super chill, cute, sweet and fluffy drama that can make you giggle like a highschool girl, this drama is for you!
I wish everyone would give this drama a chance cause its really worth to try so that you can have the same experience as me watching them. Solid 10/10 !!
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Romance,Food,Music,Voice Acting and Beautiful Scenery
The show is just so relaxing and nice with such beautiful songs and scenery and moments and cooking recipes.All of this things are shown just too brilliantly.Before this show my fav show was hidden love and i thought i would not get any such shows for a long time but just by the end of the year i found another one .It is such a show that i believe even if u watch many a times you would feel relaxed and calm after watching it and fall more in love with it. I enjoyed this show so much that i signed up at mydramalist just to give it a 10 star rating.It has everything i want to see in a show -
It has no complicated relations
No Misunderstandings
No Rivalry
No love triangle
No hate shown by fans or other people towards ML AND FL
It feels like a breath of fresh air to watch when we are too stressed
It has such amazing voice acting that i tend to get immersed in listening to it
It show some detailed recipes and while watching ML cook i tend to start feeling hungry
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It's only about romance. The story is about the first love process between a famous voice actor (who keeps his face secret) and a musician/composer ( female college student). Very cute. It gave me heart flutters several times. You won't regret watching if you love romance dramas. Male lead Tan Jianci was swoon worthy. He can act very well, as seen in his other dramas. This laid back drama was almost a waste of his talents because there was no scandoulous heart wrenching misunderstandings. Just pure wholesome goodness here.
If you're interested, I suggest reading the novel as well. I love the drama folled the novel closely in the beginning, but then elaborated more towards the end were the novel seemed leave to the imagination. This is one of the few dramas that I would say I like better than the actual novel.
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Honest Review of - Love Me, Love My Voice
Here’s my honest review, with no sugar coating!Firstly, I went into this drama with zero expectations. It popped up as a recommendation when I was searching for something new to watch, mainly to kill some boredom… haha
Initial Impressions: The first 5 episodes were quite enjoyable. I loved the sweet interactions between (ML) and (FL). However, I was a bit confused by the (ML) being a voice actor and suddenly starting to talk about food recipes with the FL within the spam of the first episode. Some of you might find it charming, especially his voice, but for me, I felt indifferent.
The Romance: I can't remember exactly when the (ML) and (FL) officially got together ( probably somewhere around episodes 8 to 10), but those moments were super cute! HOWEVER, from that point on, the show focused wayyyy too much on the main couple. Normally, I’d enjoy that, but considering it's a 33 episode series, it just felt like the romance dragged on for longer than it should. They took things reallyyy slow…and I mean painfully slow. They didn’t share their first kiss until almost 10 episodes later…
I get that it was their first relationship and all, and that they wanted to take it slow, but it was slow to the point that I couldn’t handle it anymore. Each 45-minute episode felt repetitive, with the FL acting shy and innocent every time she was around her boyfriend. After a while, it wasn’t even cute or cringey anymore; it was just plain boring. I ended up skipping a lot of the scenes and even full episodes to find interactions with the other couples because I needed a break from the main pair.
Missed Opportunities with Other Couples: **Spoiler Alert!** There were several episodes where the main couple and their friends went on a semi-long vacation together. I thought this would finally be the moment where we’d see the other couples develop, but I was wrong. Instead, we got 42 minutes of the main couple doing the same repetitive things, and only about 3 minutes of the other couples…. Like…seriously???? At times, it felt like scenes with other couples could have been expanded, but the show would cut them short and jump back to the main couple, dragging their scenes longer than necessary.
For example, there’s a scene where Juemei and XiaoXing are at a bookstore/date. We got at most 3 minutes of them there, then the scene cuts to them waiting for the bus to arrive to go back to the dormitory, and then it immediately switches back to the main couple. It felt so rushed, and frustratingly so. To make matters worse, all the other couples only officially got together in the very last episode of the show….
Character Issues: The characters themselves felt a bit unrealistic. The ML was literally good at everything: he’s a doctor, yet somehow finds the time to do dubbing, cook, and take care of the FL. Meanwhile, the FL was overly naive, like a teenager giddy with first love. I felt like she didn’t put as much effort into the relationship compared to the ML, and as a result, there was a lack of chemistry between them (IN my personal opinion…).
Overall Verdict: My biggest issue with the show is that it was unnecessarily stretched out to 33 episodes… (I’ve seen so many good shows do this, and it’s so disappointing…) If it had been condensed to around 15-20 episodes, I think I would’ve had far fewer complaints. That said, this is just my personal take. I’ve seen plenty of comments and reviews from others who enjoyed the simplicity, the no drama vibe (in addition to the cultural aspect of the drama, sharing knowledge of ancient Chinese music, costume, etc), and the kindhearted, sweet and loving male lead. If that’s your thing, you might find it more appealing than I did.
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Looks so beautiful it looks fake
Yes For Me -- Scenic - Beautiful Cast, Beautiful scenery, Good Food
No For Me -
- Monotonous Storyline. - There is no need for the show to add a third party to the show to make the relationship progression more flavourful, but the relationship progression is way too straight, way too fast.
The show is an attempt to master the romance drama, without any other genre factor into it. Everything else is just set up to compliment this fact. Good Food, Good Scenery to take screenshot of. Too much perfection makes the whole show feels too fantasy-like, which i dont think it is the intention.
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1Interesting premisce but oversweet, bland and repetitive.
** DISCLAIMER: my review may contain slight spoilers **The premise was genuinely engaging and the first 3–4 episodes were enjoyable.
Then, somehow, what began as a cute, quiet slice‑of‑life romance quickly turned into something oversweet, repetitive, and almost aggressively conflict‑free. Ironically, that’s exactly when the story lost whatever charm it had.
The leads are good actors and look nice together, but their interactions soon become too steady and too unrealistic to take seriously. Their conversations remain uniformly soft, their dynamic never shifts, and the romance settles into a loop of “overly cute moment + friends teasing.” It gets old very fast.
Even as someone who loves slow burns, the pacing felt stagnant. Both leads remain exactly the same from start to finish — perfectly calm, perfectly polite, perfectly predictable. Their relationship is essentially a long, smooth, unchallenged line.
The ML is the greenest flag imaginable: good at everything, always composed, never frustrated, never wrong, impeccably dressed, endlessly attentive and patient. At times, he feels more like a father figure than a partner.
The FL, despite being a smart and energetic university student, turns into the shyest, softest 13‑year‑old version of herself whenever he’s around. After a while, it stops being cute and becomes simply cringey.
I eventually resorted to fast‑forwarding (which says a lot, considering how sacrilegious that is for me) just to find scenes with other characters because I desperately needed a break from the main pair.
The story itself doesn’t help: no stakes, no disagreements, no character growth, no meaningful conversations. Mostly an endless sequence of looooong sweet moments between the two leads.
I was also hoping to learn more about the Chinese dubbing industry. The dubbing scenes were indeed interesting and the traditional songs were lovely, but there was no real narrative thread — just scattered projects here and there.
The many cooking scenes, while appetizing, added nothing to the plot or the characters. Just another area in which the ML excels. And the combination of these two themes felt random at best.
There were several missed opportunities:
– the supporting cast and other couples barely develop
– the second couple is cute but essentially a copy‑paste of the main one
– the third couple — the only truly interesting one — is rushed into the last two episodes
– the vacation arc focuses almost entirely on the main pair (and the stunning scenery)
– the ML and the FL’s grandfather (both doctors) never have a meaningful exchange
and yes… nobody in this drama seems to get enough sleep.
Overall, I understand why many viewers enjoyed how gentle and unproblematic this show is. But for me, the lack of nuance, the absence of character development, the overly sanitized tone (borderline propaganda‑like), and the never‑ending loop of sweetness made it a genuine struggle to finish.
In the end, the sweetest thing about this drama was the relief I felt when it ended.
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So sweet that it'll get boring
Dropped on episode 25 when it was airing (2023) because it was just boring. Fast forward to now (2026)I don't know why I decided to go back and complete it this year, but still feel the same way I did about it years ago lol.
FL and ML scenes are so sweet it gets to a point of "yeah, ok whatever that's enough."
Skipped when they're being too sweet together.
Skipped when everyone was teasing them.
Skipped even side characters storylines.
So basically 33 episodes of just this.
Talking. Eating. Napping. & Cooking.
It was boring! Don't get me wrong I like storylines that can be this calm, but why so long?
This one definitely could've ended around episode 20.. or even earlier then that.
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From strangers to...acquaintances
I appreciate a fluffy, drama-free romance show as much as the next person, but I just didn't really feel any spark between the main leads, despite the way they actually meet being quite promising.They are cute at certain moments, but the biggest issue for me is just that they're always so POLITE, and it never got better. Even in the penultimate episode, their conversations felt very robotic ("Would you like some [food]?" "Yes, thank you. Wow, that is spicy!" "Here, have some water.") I know this type of relationship probably does exist and works for some people, but as someone who likes a bit of casualness and banter in their everyday dialogue, their conversations just felt like ones I'd have with a coworker who I'd just met at a networking event. Ultimately it made their relationship feel pretty flat and repetitive; they do something cute, everyone teases them about it, repeat.
The second couple were also cute at times, but ultimately very similar to the first. It seems like there's some light-hearted banter when each character is with their friends, but they completely shut down when they're with each other. It would've been interesting to see this dynamic open up over time, but sadly we barely got any of it and we jumped to them just being together in the ending. I think some of the writing just feels very generic and not quite tailored to the actual character arcs. Zhou Zheng and Geng Xiao Xing are given the iconic line: "If we break up, then we can't even be friends" — but their storyline was never friends-to-lovers anyways and I didn't feel like the "friendship" had become that vital because the progress was very minimal.
Instead, that line should've been reserved for the third couple, which turned out to be my favorite despite having the least screentime of them all; that's Dou Dou and Feng Ya Song, a couple that you could tell really felt comfortable around each other, with a really good "we like each other but can't say anything" dynamic. I wish they'd gotten more scenes paced throughout the show instead of having all of it in one episode near the end.
I'm also just not sure about the mix of themes: dubbing industry and cooking. Part of it is personal preference (I don't care much for cooking or for the dubbing industry), but I think individually it's also just...fine. The cooking doesn't really add any character depth and it feels kind of random the way it flits in and out. The dubbing industry part had some interesting moments; the songs are great and the voice acting is actually really satisfying with all the historical drama scenes, but there's actually no clear through-plot for it. There are events and projects here and there but you don't really get to follow the characters towards a specific goal, and it's definitely not one of those "follow your dreams" dramas because the tone stays pretty monotonous throughout. I think the part I liked least about the dubbing industry plot were all the fangirls fawning over the main boys — I know this is a common drama trope, but it was way too reminiscent of the idolization we saw in old dramas like Meteor Garden that it made me cringe a little. Plus, one can only take so much of the side characters comparing themselves to the male leads and calling themselves "little nobodies."
Overall, I can understand why so many people enjoyed this drama, and I do love how unproblematic it is. It's heart-warming for me too, but was really missing the spark for me, especially as the show went on.
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It’s All About The Voice
Giving another sub heading: God-like Perfect Man found love.Let’s begin by saying I only watched this because of Tan JianCi and Zhou Ye. I like both their previous works and since this is TJC’s first time in a sweet Rom-Com, I am more forgiving of the plot and endure till the end.
TJC’s ML character is just God-like perfect, smart, intelligent, workaholic, cardiac surgeon who is a brilliant voice actor (and started his voice acting company with a group of friends and got famous), and he is a great chef! You literally see him sleeps everywhere or don’t sleep at all, have energy to voice act and now date.
I strongly believe such character design only exists in novel or drama world. FL (Zhuo Ye) is a sheltered, protected and love by everybody girl who behave like she is 10 yrs younger than her actual age. Her talents include her love for food, eats a lot and not be fat; plus she composes GuFeng song with an aspiring band and sing. ZY has a unique cute pretty outlook and is suitable for this role, but I feel she needs to put on more flesh, a little too skinny for a lady who eats so much and love food.
Storyline
Simple and sweet: ML falls for FL’s singing voice many years ago and he accidentally found her chat room and set out to pursue her. They connect via ML reading food recipe to her as she loves to eat. FL happens to be also a fan of ML’s voice acting too. So they met, fall in love and all is well. If you are looking for drama in this story, there is none. The couple literally do the most cliche troupe of all couple in love, first trip (tourism ad on Guilin/YunShuo), see the first sunrise, first kiss, sweet talk, It feels like two teenagers’ journey of falling in love but just that the CP are mature adults. It’s because it’s TJC acting as ML, so it make it all okay and less cringy for me to watch.
Pros
All sweetness of TJC and ZY. The showcase of voice acting profession that now I have full admiration for them. TJC holds the cord for the whole drama. He is such a versatile actor that sings most of the OST, dome a great job in showcasing the complexity of voice acting and he cooks! He has a one-take fried rice scene, he really can cook. The Gu Feng songs were quite nicely composed for this drama and of course the showcase of beautiful Guilin that urge me to want to go there. I personally feel this is a tan service drama for TJC’s fans. lol.
Cons
Lack of realism in the characters’ design. The storyline is flat.
ML is God-like perfect, such charisma and handsome, yet he said he never dated at age 29, but his moves are so smooth to FL. He has to be living in the mountain somewhere for such a character to exist or he has an extreme detached or narcissistic personality to be real! FL in the novel is even more shy and introvert, ZY’s portrayal here is more vocal, she acts well, but my only complaint is that wish she doesn’t need to behave so baby like in her response to ML. For a modern girl, at her age and exposed to social media, it’s just hard to imagine she is still so ‘baby’?
Many fillers plots but just anti-climatic with no element of growth or doesn’t serve any pivotal turn for the plot. It just feels like a lot of little happening around the CP and a group of people, but not much purposes to drive any growth in characters.
There are other side couples, but feels insignificant to mention them, as not much of a storyline for them too.
The final ending has yet to reveal but I will update it again after I finish the drama, also read the novel. The novel ending has the main CP engaged and ML retiring from his voice acting. Not sure how this drama will end, but will update again.
Final note after completing this drama: So the last 10 ep as mentioned is his retirement, their more sweet scenes flood the screen. There are plots on FL’s graduation, FL found out ML was her tan, ML’s proposal, their wedding shots. And the other two CPs also progresses in their relationship. The end.
I won’t re-watched, but maybe someone just compiled the main CP sweet scenes with the fantastic OST, and watching those may be good enough if you want some simple sugars in your life.
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drama with no drama
this was a very feel-good drama. there was literally no conflicts or like any hardship throughout it all LOL. i started watching it for zhou ye cuz i loooovwed her in back from the brink. but her character in this really didn’t have much dimension. same with the main relationship and just all of the characters… there was no personality lol. mo qingcheng was lowkey cute tho… i liked how slow their pace was and it seemed like he REALLY loved sheng sheng like REALLy loved her. cute. but like no plot at all LOL same things happening: they cook together, they have their faces rly close togehter and he says something swoon worthy, friends see them and ruin their moment. there was nothing bad happening in the drama so it was lowkey calming esp during college app season 🥲🥲😞😞gonna fina another zhou ye drama with more character to her cuz she’s just so pretty . this drama didn’t do her justice thoWas this review helpful to you?
way too long & this relationship gives me indigestion
Sheng Sheng Man is a senior college student who composes Chinoiserie music & participates in a chat group with celebrity voice actor Qiang Qing Ci. They connect through chatting about food & cooking, but don't formally meet face to face. QQC also happens to be a doctor working in a hospital across the street from SSM's family convenience store where she works part time. QQC & SSM are attracted to each other's voices, & QQC begins obvious pursuit online. When they finally meet, they discover that they'd actually run across each other many times.It was great to see Zhou Ye get a grown up lead role in the highly enjoyable Back From the Brink, so it's disheartening to see her take on this rather brainless role. In too many scenes she is either hyperventilating or looking stunned, or both. Likewise Tan Jian Ci, who was absolutely electric in Lost You Forever, has now wasted his time in this vacuum of a show. The writing ("What do you want to do? I don't know, what do you want to do? How is this dish? Mmm, it's tasty!") is excruciatingly mundane throughout the entire show, & ZY's & TJC's talents can't make it any better.
The show feels like an infomercial, where all everyone talks about is voice acting & Chinoiserie music, with a sprinkling of recipes & food shots. SSM & her college friends seem to talk only about QQC & nothing else. Where the heck is the story? As the episodes drag along, it becomes apparent that the only thing anyone talks about is shipping SSM + QQC. The dialogue is juvenile & only serves as a bridge between music or food scenes. The leads don't know what to do when they're together, and other characters exist only to enthusiastically cheer them on. When SSM's mother meets QQC for the first time, within minutes she's giggling while highlighting SSM's talents to him like she's trying to sell a cow. Their relationship status is discussed almost every single scene. This one dimension barely lasts 2 eps, nevermind a mind-numbing 33.
There's a certain creepiness in a man who's almost 30 years old, never been in a relationship, suddenly developing an obession with a young college student just by hearing her baby voice online. What's even creepier is how everyone around them encourages it, inspite of QQC's own warnings about falling in love with a random voice on the internet. SSM repeatedly points out the fact they don't know one another that well, but is thrilled when he unexpectedly shows up at her classroom because he "knows her schedule". Is this not stalker vibes? QQC ends up driving the relationship every step of the way, including buying a house for them & planning a wedding without her knowledge or consent. She only follows along brainless & submissive. Even when the 2nd couple arc starts, it involves QQC's colleague, who's even older, pursuing SSM's schoolmate. What is wrong with this show?
Not until around Ep24-26 does the focus finally change, with QQC making a big career decision. He asks SSM if she loves him only for his voice. She denies it, but acts like his voice actually is the only thing that matters, "as a fan". She isn't mature enough to separate being a fan vs being a girlfriend. Tell me again how this relationship is supposed to work?
When the age gap is with an older female, there are scenes of the female being ridiculed for her age by the younger male's group of friends (Nothing But You, Find Yourself). However in LMLMV, the older males are idolized by the younger group as heros. This double standard is frustrating.
Is it really a college girl's fantasy to be pursued by an older man with her family's blind support? This drama is so unrealistic that not even the gourmet food shots can make it digestible. This show might have worked if it actually left out the romance arc & just focused on the performing arts scene, which did start to get interesting, & the show should've ended with the big music festival. The final 6 eps are a complete waste of time. So unless you just enjoy watching music videos sprinkled with too much mindless PDA this show will not offer anything else.
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