The First Frost

A Love Story to Remember ❤️✨

The First Frost feels like a warm hug on a cold day gentle, emotional, and full of heart-fluttering moments. Bai Jingting and Zhang Ruonan’s chemistry is just perfect, making every interaction between them feel so natural and touching. Their love story, from old classmates to unexpected roommates, is a mix of sweetness, nostalgia, and healing.

I absolutely loved the proposal scene it was so beautiful and heartfelt! And the sleepwalking scene? That moment when she hugged him was just too adorable! It made my heart melt. The cinematography is stunning, the OST is lovely, and the little details like the way he looks at her when she isn't watching make everything feel so real and magical.

Hidden Love will always be my favorite drama ever, but The First Frost has now made it into my top 5! If you love slow burn romance with emotional depth and heartwarming moments, this drama is a must-watch

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A story worth telling

I really enjoyed this drama. The main leads acting was really good, especially the female lead. While the pace of the drama and the romance was really slow, I did not mind it because the characters and their story were being developped. The slow pace actually kept me invested because we kept seeing small glimpse of the character's inner thoughts and their full past. However, I do wish that Sang Yan's character had been more developed and explored because there were a lot of questions for me like "why does he like her so much?". I also wish we had explored the impact of the FL trauma on their inimate life. However, this is me nitpicking really, because other than that the story was really good. Even the second couple, they were quite thoroughly explored (perhaps even too much which in turn took screen time away from the main leads). Another thing that I enjoyed was that since we're looking at adults, everyone was quite mature in their thinking and acting. The minsunderstandings that happened were cleared up pretty quickly and no unnecessary and immature grudges were held (which is somehing that happens too often in other dramas). I also appreciated the duality of the leads. Yi Fan looks reserved and like a "pushover" but is actually quite strong and speaks up when she has to. Sang Yan looks cocky but is actually quite sensitive, soft and at times insecure. Overall, this is a drama I would recommend if you're okay with a slow-burn story and exploring darker themes.

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Is there any point in saying anything about it? Just what

announced that this series was coming out, so I wanted to watch it (I was waiting for the whole thing to come out). I finally watched it with sis and I have to tell you that this is called a Chinese masterpiece. I haven't seen many cdramas, but this will 100% be one of my favorites. It's BEAUTIFUL. Really. The relationship between the main characters is BEAUTIFUL. The story is BEAUTIFUL. The overall production is BEAUTIFUL. I cried a few times - not because it was sad, but mainly because of how beautiful the drama is. What got me the most was probably that it's a spin-off of "hidden love" (which I still haven't reviewed (especially since I'm rewatching Imao)) and stay tuned!!! More spin-offs of hidden love are being prepared (some classmate or something). Anyways, in first frost one of the main characters is Sang Yan, whom we already know from "hidden love" as Sang Zhi's brother. Which seems really cool to me, because I really liked Yana in Hidden Love, and when you told me that it was actually a spin-off, I was even more shocked and excited.

I was super excited yesterday because, as I said, the drama was wonderful and I'm so sorry it ended (I would watch it again in a heartbeat). I also can't forget to mention the wonderful soundtrack, which is worth listening to (I'll throw my favorites in here) and I applaud the actors for their great work, and also the people who participated in the entire series, because this is called a masterpiece.

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comforting and nostalgicc

I have never seen such a beautiful drama. The characters, the story, the acting. I will forever stay in this universe even when im wrinkly and 80 in a wheelchair. The whole drama didn't make me as emotional as the last 2 eps did. I BAWLED OUT MY EYES. Yifan finding a family in sang yan's family, being freed from her past ghosts. The vile man getting behind bars forever, cutting off her selfish good for nothing mother and finally living for herself. thats my girl!! Legit so proud of her. And sang yan, oh the way that man YEARNEDDDDDDDD FOR HER. No man irl can ever measure as his equal. The pure love, the passion and the devotion he had towards her. Such a beautiful drama🥹

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A Levelled Up Cinderella Story

This is a Love Story drenched in Deep, Heavy Sadness.

The female lead, Yi Fan, is Extremely Unlucky. She was born into a happy family, but after her father's death, her life took a hard turn from Joyful to full of Suffering. Still, in the middle of all her struggles, she's Deeply Loved by the male lead, Sang Yan, a guy who’s Incredebly patient, kind, and has a heart of gold. 😍

Bai Jing Ting (Sang Yan) and Zhang Ruo Nan (Yi Fan) totally nailed their roles. The chemistry between them? Off the charts. The emotional scenes hit hard, and yes, the kiss scenes are the real deal, no awkward lip-pressing here. ❤️

If you’re a hopeless romantic who watches with your Heart, this is a "Must Watch". You’ll fall hard for this series. Yi Fan, despite being kinda immature and selfish, is basically a Cinderella blessed with a perfect Prince Charming in Sang Yan. 👩‍❤️‍👨

I’m seriously impressed by the original writer, Zhu Yi. The script is full of poetic and touching lines. One moment that got me was in Episode 30, when Sang Yan piggybacks Yi Fan after she says goodbye to her toxic mom. She breaks down and says, “No one loves me anymore. Only you.” And he replies, “I only love you.”
WHEW!!! That hit me right in the feels. 💘

If you’re the rational type, you can give it a try, but no promises you’ll love it. There are a few things that just don’t make sense logically:
First: Sang Yan isn’t just a green flag guy, he’s a whole green forest. Guys like him don’t exist in real life. I mean, sure, kind and loving guys are out there. But one who sticks around and still loves you even after you’ve hurt him for no good reason? Yeah, not likely. 🤔
Second: After Yi Fan left Sang Yan before college, Sang Yan kept quietly visiting and watching Yi Fan from afar. If you look at it romantically, it’s sweet. But from a logical angle? Kinda stalker-ish, not gonna lie. 😅

Anyway, that’s my review. I’m not a big fan of Cinderella-style stories, but for me this one is REALLY SWEET! 🥰🥰🥰

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A Masterpiece.

This drama can be described beyond the meanings of beautiful, masterpiece, and perfect.

The first drama that I'll ever rewatch without getting tired of. A must-watch.


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Honestly, that's all that I want to write, but mydramalist doesn't accept this much length.

I'm not good in writing reviews, and I can't write things the way it is actually in my mind. But when I say this is a beautiful and must-watch drama, trust me, it is. I have been a long time drama and film lover. I've watched romance genre ever since, and believe me when I say that a certain drama is a good drama. I have high expectations when watching dramas, and I would immediately drop it if it's cliché. And this one isn't. It's a masterpiece. Noticing that the names of the characters are quite the same with Hidden Love, I searched it up. And to be honest, it's way way way way way better than Hidden Love. It doesn't convey "love" as any other cliché drama— where it all happens fast. Although the guy had a love at first sight, this drama still showed deep love all throughout. It showed what really love must be like. Though it's quite unrealistic to see a guy to be in love with the same person for years, and maybe forever.

I don't know why I was quite let down by the first episode's cinematography and production, but I'm glad I continued watching it all the way. I was not disappointed, but rather pulled in to witness such a heart touching love story.

Everything about this is just IT. The actors are perfect, the production, ost, and storyline. This is now my most favourite out of all.

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I thought I would binge it, yet savored it instead

It's been a while since I cried so much watching a drama. For me, it had the perfect balance between heartbreaking and heartwarming. There was such a juxtaposition between ML's life and FL's life, you would think that these two could never make a relationship work. ML is from a loving and happy home, and it seemed like life was just handing him everything he wanted without effort. On the flip side, FL's home life consisted of being foisted off on one relative after another. No one wanted her, and no one loved her. I think this made her emotionally stunted, always trying to protect herself from being abused/left again.

I loved the mix of high school and current times. The writer did a good job of slowly revealing more and more of the ML and FL history. When their high school breakup is initially shown, it didn't make much sense to me, and I thought the FL was unnecessarily cold. However, as the drama went on, we saw how she was trying to protect herself when she had no one else to protect her.

I absolutely loved discovering how he loved her, in the many ways he tried to protect her, and all the efforts he took to just see her in her world, a world that he was not a part of. I thought initially he was being awfully cocky toward her, making it sound like he thought she was chasing him, but I think he thought (and rightly so) that she was very skittish and he didn't want to scare her off by coming on too strong. He always seemed to be looking only at her, yet she had difficulty making eye contact with him. It felt like self-protection.

I thought the writer making her leave him seemed out of place, but again, we saw the difference between her being in the sunlight with him and being in the dark alone.

Her entire family was a complete nightmare. It made sense that her character was emotionally withdrawn. She just wanted to keep her head down, remain unnoticed, and get through life the best way she could. Kudos to the writers for not putting in a redemption arc for her family, that would have made me mad.

I loved their scenes together, as teens and as adults. They made each other better versions of themselves. I thought their chemistry was on point. Some very good kisses.

For me, C-dramas tend to be too long and drawn out. My fast forward button got a complete rest while watching this. A lot of people might find this drama to be unrealistic in the romance department. But for the romantic in me, it ticked all the boxes.

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Precious and beloved

First of all, their acting is amazing. I don't know why, but when WYF cries or holds it in, I feel like I'm going through the same pain as her. It feels like my heart is about to pop anytime soon. And the story is so beautiful. Some dramas only have romance or war. But this one had everything so perfectly. San yan seemed like a tough guy and WYF seems like a soft girl. But their appearance is so different than their personalities. Directors did an amazing job of finding the perfect face for WYF's character. Sometimes I couldn't hold that heartbreak. So I just stopped watching it for a few minutes to calm down.
Once again their acting was superb. It's been so long since I last watched a drama like this. The last drama I watched and can compare to this one is I think Hidden Love. Both of these are amazing. Different stories. But the feelings and qualities are the same. So lucky to watch dramas like this. While I watch this, I always thought, someday my kids will not like our generation's dramas. But maybe they'll find hidden gems like this one day.

Once he told, we are the most precious gifts we have - WYF (My favourite line of this drama)

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MY MOST FAVORITE SERIES IN THE ENTIRE DRAMA LAND!

My absolute favorite series in the entire drama world! The cinematography (huge credit to the director for the brilliant use of lights and mirrors that enhanced the beauty of every shot!), the storyline—everything was just incredible! BAI JINGTING and ZHANG RUONAN absolutely deserve all the recognition for their outstanding performances.

Not to mention, the OST album is perfection—I love every track, no skips! (Special shoutout to SILENCE WANG's OST!!)

Honestly, my review can't even do justice to how amazing The First Frost is. Please watch it now!

And now that it's over, I don't know what to do with myself. Maybe I'll rewatch it and play the OST on repeat... or fall back into my drama slump.

This series is now THE STANDARD!

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supercifial & over-hyped

Let’s start with the fact that the male lead is one of the most flat characters I have watch so far.

Male character was created to be just marely a decoration or an objection of fantasy for it’s audience, like those male characters from games that females would have variety to choose from, a male character who’s sole purpose in the story was to cater to the female lead.

Hi dreams, his job, his every action all revolves around the female lead and lacks agency.

not to mention, the male character falls for female lead bec of her physical appearance, yes because she is beautiful, follows her around, and if he is not handsome, people would be calling him creepy, but hey he is gorgeous so it’s okay, but the same audience are annoyed when an intern on her job does the same, following her like a puppy.

female lead rejects him and what did he do? ahh yes he kept visiting and watching her without her knowledge, talk about romanticizing a stalker, but hey again he is gorgeous.

female lead at least has substance, she is someone who experience trauma and made bad decisions during her youth as she is powerless (which i appauld for making it realistic), but the writer made a creative decisions that doesn’t make sense in the context of the story or the character, a journalist who has a trauma, during first episode, her body initial reaction is to help someone, but when face with her own villian, she left everything and decided strangers are better to be around than her love ones (boyfriend & best friend), a journalist is someone who had a knowledge of how the law works (could have filed an harrasment as she has receipts of his threats) but hey blame it on trauma - okay, but then she got back with ml, talk about the traumatic past and slept with him the same night, very contradictory.

it’s like being diagnose with a condition of depression and you see some random dramatic ones who claim to be depressed just for being sad without really knowing the feeling of having one.

but hey most viewers could careless about logic and realistic characters and just want a fictional character they could fantasize for their own.

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