The First Frost

A slow-burning, healing romance about reconnection and second chances.

This is the story of Wen Yi Fan and Sang Yan, two first loves whose relationship ended tragically, by Wen Yi Fan’s own decision. Years later, they unexpectedly reunite and become roommates, and the story follows their journey of reconnecting.

I came into this series completely blind, knowing only that it’s loosely related to Hidden Love (which I haven’t watched yet). So, I went in without any real expectations.

That said, this series touches on themes of abuse that could be triggering, so proceed with caution. But beyond that, it carries a sense of healing.

The pacing is slow, with a lot of silence and subtle gestures in their relationship, which I found to be quite meaningful. Both characters have been scarred by life, with Wen Yi Fan hurting Sang Yan being a key element. Over time, we slowly uncover the reasons behind Wen Yi Fan’s decision to distance herself from Sang Yan.

It’s clear that they need to rediscover each other, to share their stories, and to forgive one another.

Their growth feels organic and, dare I say, realistic.

Despite the underlying melancholy, there’s really a healing energy, enhanced by beautiful cinematography and soundtracks that makes this series a rewarding experience for those who have the patience to appreciate it.

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Overhyped, boring, and no chemistry.

Where do I start?

The beginning of this drama I thought I was going to like it, but it was so boring.
Thinking is it just me or is this really that great?

It's not. (If you think it is. Good for you.)

ML follows fl left and right. He is so obsessed with her and you can't ask me why because I stopped paying attention everytime I started the drama.

The texting scenes between the leads was most annoying to me. He texts in circles and she doesn't know what he means and his attitude is irritating.

I watched a drama where the girl character was following this guy around, but everyone disliked her character so badly for it. But this ml does just this? *Crickets*
No dislike for him at all.

Anyways, I'm super picky and this drama just wasn't what I was looking for at the time.

Or maybe not even in the future.

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You won’t regret watching this!

This is one of the best modern dramas.
As a fan of novel, Bai Jing Ting and Zhang Ruo Nan are amazing to bring the characters alive. Their on screen chemistry is also fire.
Just because it’s Sang Yan’s story, you won’t get the same vibe of HL which is sunshine and fluffy, it’s more like the vibe of slowly healing from sad, gloomy trauma of fl and longing of ml.
As for fans of vibrant, strong willed Fl, you will be a little disappointed because this FL is timid and shy, a little detach, a little gloomy because she has fear of rejection, avoidant, thinks she is unworthy of love and doesn’t deserve good things due to abandonment from her mother, emotional abuse from her relatives, suffered SA every place she went/stay and malicious rumors from her school, work place. So you need a little patience to see her opening up to ml, trying herself to come out of shell to believe in love and to be with ml. (She was distancing herself from ml as he is the best thing ever happened to her and she didn’t believe she deserves ml.)
ML is greenest forest ever. He never forced FL to come to him. He tried to understand her and respected every decision she made even tho it breaks him. He is just waiting patiently and longing silently for her. He is the medicine for fl.
I am loving the story by far.
And the scenes are OMG…. The diary like story telling, episode titles, ml’s pov at the end of every episode are amazing.
The storytelling is superb. It’s so well executed.

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okay, just a few things im picky about

a good show, done well by the director so far (24 eps in, basically the hong kong scene) honestly i might js be picky about a fwe things. other than that, this show is a good show , i love the acting. visuals are there, i dont skip anything much and overall it's a good show.

i might js be picky but honestly it pissed me off when BJT, instead of waking Wen Yi Fan up when she's sleepwalking like Wen Yi Fan asked for he freaking kept getting in her way?? like ik you're trying to help her not get hurt and all that but like you can not make up fantasies about her kissing you n stuff after she asks you about what she did during her sleepwalking (first time she sleepwalked in front of him) when you're literally setting her up for it?? like you're literally in her way of course shes going to interact with you and do things she cant control? dont blame it on her like oh my gosh just wake her up or lock your door like she said??

also, it was cute that he followed her around but the more i looked into it the more it looked like an obession... like the amount of tickets he had to go to Yi He? honestly kind of scary like at high school it was cute but after high school it was lowk getting annoying..

overall a good show. BJT just pisses me off sometimes.

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a slow burn that lingers forever

I started this drama because it was written by the amazing Zhu Yi. As expected, she continues to raise the bar, crafting male leads so gentle and loving that it’s evident they were written by a woman. Much like "Hidden Love" and "When I Fly Towards You", the characters in this drama are beautifully written making them impossible not to adore.

Sang Yan’s unwavering love for Wen Yifan, his quiet, selfless nature, and his willingness to give without expecting anything in return are utterly captivating.

This drama warms your heart and keeps you up at night with a strange yet lovely feeling. It’s incredibly comforting—just like the other two dramas I mentioned. This kind of chemistry is exactly what I look for in a drama.

If you liked any of Zhu Yi's other works, then this is definitely for you!

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Almost as good as Hidden Love!

I dropped many CDramas for lack of patience (as I prefer the 10 or 16 format episodes) but this one caught my attention as I got hooked from the first episode. I knew I had to to sustain the long run!
The sob story of the FL is unfortunately quite relatable by many women in the world and I thought it was a great idea to see how she was going to overcome the trauma. The persistance (and borderline stalking) of Sang Yang throughout the years apart is out of this world and frankly unrealistic but who cares! He is cute and caring and the prototype of the Green Flag boyfriend.
I have to admit I bypassed the second couple as I was too eager to pick up the main couple story.
So I overall enjoyed it and had my reward at the last episode !

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Amazing drama with quite heavy angst

Well I don't know and care what other people think of First forst I personally can't stop giggling while watching the drama and then suddenly crying help when I'm busy simping over the leads suddenly we get random flashback of what happened 8 year ago and help it is heartbreaking i just need to remove the whole highschool part from the drama it's heartbreaking and specially by bay wen yifan deserve so much

I never read the book so idgaf I'm watching this drama as drama with a normal story I've watched like till 10 eps now and hell I'm gonna continue watching all this drama is boring leads can't act miss my hidden love leads can shoo away I LOVE Zhang ruonan acting like bro can act i can see the pain and helpless she feels and bai jingting did a amazing job aswell it's litreally i came to this drama for Bai jingting and stayed for Zhang ruonan(MY NEXT WALLPAPER COVER I'M SO CRUSHING OVER HER I NEED HER)

My only problem with the drama is that my aren't getting closure of what happened why it's happened maybe we did ane i didn't notice it enough like it's super duper obvious that sang yan is head over heels fallen for wen yifan but the seperation was too hurtful that's why he's acting like this but still can't stop loving her I so so get his character but I actually don't understand wen yifan feeling for him I don't again maybe i didn't focus well on some epsiode scene so correct me but if seems even after all these she's confused about her feeling maybe it's just me who feel like this but the way she act towards sang yan make me wonder did she ever liked him she's seem super confused and awkward around I mean yeh she rejected and had pretty valid reason but the love or even just the attraction from her side seems lacking maybe this is the way she protect herself from getting hurt but it's make me mad cause why sang yan he was there for her everytime like litreally but seems like something is stopping her i actually don't understand her character so well so someone might make me understand

Other than zhang miaoyi character is such a cutie patootie i love her but zhai xiaowen character is super annoying and irrating (the irony is I love him in always home) AND THE MOST HATEFUL CHARACTER OF THE DRAMA IS THE MOM fight me

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Wasted potential with the highlight being a complex FL

The best part of this series is the complex FL. We watch her deal with trauma and the repercussions of her trauma with PTSD, touch aversion, sleepwalking, and very low self-esteem. We get to watch as she deals with the horrors of a terrible family and how she remains strong and unafraid to stand up for herself, but still face the long-term effects of her past. Her trauma isn't just a empty plot that the writers put in without consideration of how terrible it can truly be. The FL is the highlight and honestly, I would've loved to see more time spent on her working through her personal issues. She is a complex, multi-dimensional character that we get to watch grow and learn to love herself. I enjoyed her character more than the romance of the whole show.

The romance was perfect, warm, but empty and quite lackluster. The ML is a really flat character who's only character trait is being in love with the FL. In the Hidden Love his character was full of life, humor, warmth, and love for everyone around him. In First Frost he has a best friend who is super friendly and caring and many other friends as well, but yet he constantly ignores them, is rude to them, and doesn't show his care for them at all. His best friend even begs him at one point saying that he really needed to talk to him, but he shoved him off because he wanted to be with his girlfriend. This ML was just empty outside of the romance.

The romance was the main genre, so of course, it's one of the most important relationships in the show. But..what about the FL's best friend? She is always there for her, forgives her when she leaves her/dumps her and is always there for her even when the FL doesn't have the emotional/mental energy to be there for her. Yet the FL mentions multiple times that the ML is the only one that loves her and that he's the only family she has.

The secondary couple was cute, but they didn't fit the tone of the series at all. I would've watched them if they had their own show because they had more natural chemistry than the leads, but I skipped during First Frost.

So all in all, the FL was the best part. The romance was warm, but empty.

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