The First Frost

Wen Yi Fan's story : Freeing herself from her past and embracing her light.

After leaving for more than 6 years, Wen Yi Fan decides to go back to Nanwu. After some events, she becomes roommates with her first love Sang Yan. This new proximity brings back painful memories, regrets and a loved buried for years…


What I like
- WYF and her growth. This story is about her freeing herself from past trauma. The journey to feel worthy of love again is not easy and WYF learned it. As a viewer, we saw all this growth and can only be proud about it. Big up to Zhang Ruo Nan who did such a good job interpreting WYF!

- Friendship of WYF and ZSQ. Loved their friendship.

- Main leads romance : Chemistry wise, they were cute but also so hot. This second chance romance was well done. Flashbacks and present scenes complements well. So, we can see the difference between the past and present slowly. Learning from their past mistakes and becoming each other's light again. Also loved WYF's declaration to SY about pursuing him. She was so cute!

- The mother and daughter relationship. Sharing the same blood isn't enough to build a family. WYF and her mother is the perfect example. They shared the same blood but it didn't stop WYF's mother to choose a new family without her. And at the end of the drama, it won't stop WYF to choose her new family. I also want to add that it's quite refreshing to see they didn't patch up at the end of the drama. Their relationship has reached the point of no return and it was just not believable for them to reconcile.

- The villains. I loved the actors' performance because I hated their character so much.

- Really good OST.

- Actors' styling. I have to say it their best styling till now.


What I didn't like
- The number of sexual harassment she went through was a bit too much. I saw somewhere she went through two sexual harassments in the novel which is quite a lot already. It didn't need more to make us understand her trauma.

- The lack of characterization for SY. He is WYF's light and the person she loves the most. And vice-versa, WYF is his whole world. All his thoughts, his life is centered on WYF and her happiness. While as a lover, he is the best match for WYF. However as a character, he is uninteresting. Except for his devoted love, the character is blank. He has no life, no hobbies, no dreams and it so unrealistic! This lack of characterization can be seen in his interactions with his friends for example. There isn't a lot but when they are hanging out together, it's awkward and you can see they have nothing to talk about.

- Some irrelevant characters. The intern and Xiang Lang. Their scenes wasn't necessary and didn't bring much for the plot. They could cut out his scenes and everything would still be the same.

- The grandpa story as catalysis for the second leads story. The whole grandpa story was quite cute at first but they dragged it out too long. This plot could have been a good idea to make the second lead closer and see the good in each other. However, it wasn't done right so it impacted the second leads' love line. And when the grandpa story was over I wasn't invested in them anymore. It's quite unfortunate because the start was so promising.


Overall
This drama is a good watch. WYF's story and her growth is really touching. Unfortunately, it didn't need 32 eps. You can see the production team wanted to fill 32 worth of eps by extending some irrelevant stories.

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Drama Review: First Frost (2025)

This drama completely stole my heart! 💕 The main leads had absolutely amazing chemistry—their acting was so impressive that I could truly feel their emotions in every scene. Their connection felt natural and deeply moving, making their love story all the more compelling.

While the side couple was okay, they didn’t capture my interest as much as the main pair did. The storyline involving the grandpa also didn’t really hold my attention, but that didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment of the drama.

The male lead? Total green flag! 🏳️💚 He was always there for the female lead, making her feel safe, loved, and cherished. His character was a dream, and I loved how their relationship developed so beautifully.

From start to finish, I was completely hooked! I honestly hope to see these two actors together again in another drama because their on-screen dynamic was just that good.

If you enjoyed Hidden Love, this drama is definitely for you! It’s easily one of my favorite dramas, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a heartfelt and beautifully executed romance. 💖✨

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Nothing to discriminate this show. It is in my all-time 10 best liked Chinese dramas!
I mostly favor costumed dramas for its high production cost. I don't watch too many contemporary dramas ,only a few, including this one so I was not expecting that I would like it, rather love it very much
What I did not expect was the "unforgiving" stance of yifan towards her mother which is quite a novelty since most dramas would have them reconciling. I totally agree with her because mothers should be the children's protector and guardian. Lack of care and love would be giving them insecurities and lack of faith in themselves. Luckily for yifan, she has sanyang doing that which the mother had deliberately withold from her. Saying sorry to her at the end still does not erase her being an irresponsible mother.
So not condoning her mother's action is a warning to other mothers out there to not ignore your child from another marriage just because you have a new family now.

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where do I find love like this?

I love how Yifan’s trauma was portrayed and handled. I am glad she is in a better place now. I have cried in many of the episodes because it just hurt my heart to see her go through this. I have gone through some things too and I could understand all of her decisions. Sang Yan is also my ideal type because I want to be taken care of and loved unconditionally like that. I did find the stalking thing weird even though he did not have ill intentions. Humans are flawed and I like seeing that portrayed because no one is considered a perfect being. I just wish we got more of the second couple. But I will def be watching again when my mental health is better because I will just be crying throughout the show again. <3

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absolutely incredible

la romance la plus douce et sincère que j'ai vu 🙏🏻

ce que j'adore c'est que c'est pas juste une romance basique qu'on voit tous dans beaucoup de dramas, il y a les problèmes des deux personnes à côté qui sont présent et qui apporte vraiment quelque chose comme dans la réalité, on ressent vrm les émotions à fond
www
"wen shuangjiang" 😭💗🤚🏻

"après toutes ces années, je n'aime toujours que toi"

- "mon père t'envoie pour prendre soin de moi ?"
- "non, je me suis porté volontaire "

peut on être aimé comme sang yan aime wen yifan pls 🙏🏻

mes critères sont : sang yan 😽☝🏻

wen yifan est mon personnage préféré et qui m'a le plus réconforter de tout les séries/drama que j'ai pu voir, ma femme finalement 🤭
sorry je te la pique sang yan

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First Frost set my standards when it comes to modern drama

First Frost is actually a cdrama not ment to entertain but to inspire as well.

The character of Sang Yan might be considered as rare species but there's a lot of Wen Yifan in our world.

I really love how they make the fl attitude like that, since all of us need to realized that fl is not always bubbles and sunshine, that makes Wen Yifan unique. And Sangyan is so well written that his small action always captivated me.

Rounan and Bai jinting acting is just so awesome that majority of their scenes feels so genuine, their sweet sides, emotional scenes, hugs etc look so real, such an amazing actors. Rounan as Wen Yifan is absolutely awesome, you can really feel the pain of Yifan's trauma.

The production is so good its like straight out of the novel and manhua. The ost are magnificent, especially Silence Wang ost in The First Frost.

Definitely a REWATCH quality drama, hoping more depth characters and stories like this

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sang yan & wen yifan may you be in love forever ❄️?

I just want to say sang yan is the universe’s apology to wen yifan

first off, this drama is absolutely perfect. the acting and chemistry is the main leads is phenomenal. the pacing and plot is well done, I was never once confused or bored.

i’ve never seen a man so absolutely out of the park. sang yan is THE standard. there never will be another yearner like him. the best part of this drama is that it’s not one-sided wen yifan loves sang yan just as much as he loves her.

wei yifan is such a strong independent well written character. I sobbed every episode and my heart broke and healed right along with her. I love her so much. watching her journey of survival and eventually healing really struck a cord w me. it was refreshing to have a heroine who has flaws, who transforms from a guarded survivor into someone confident enough to finally express her true feelings and take that huge step to healing, to sang yan

sang yan oh my god. the best way I can describe him to you is he’s the exact portrayal of unwavering love. every time he did something just simply wonderful I thought to myself okay, it can’t get any better than that and then he proved me completely wrong. his unconditional, steadfast love and quiet protection is what makes him stand out.

I would recommend this drama is everyone I know and i’ll even use it as a conversation starter. absolutely worth your time. do yourself a favor and watch the first frost, experience the heartbreaking emotional journey of wen yifan and the soul healing, beautiful, unconditional love between sang yan and wen yifan.

ps if you made it this far into this review i’ll go ahead and let you know, yes it does have a happy ending.

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Wow

I find myself having a hard time putting this drama into words, so for now I'll just use: Beautiful!!! One of the best C-dramas I've seen this year.
I have to say that I did compare it a lot to Hidden Love and found a few differences, like Sang Zhi eating dairy. Also, it felt like The First Frost's Sang Yan had the personality of Hidden Love's Duan Jiaxu, while Duan Jiaxu had Sang Yan's. I decided to ignore those after a while because they are, in fact, two different shows with different actors.
I loved the plot, and the actors did a wonderful job. I didn't expect so much drama, but I feel like it pulled the story together in the end. I almost cried when the MFL talked about her past.
Oh, which reminds me. The main couple is so fricking cute!! I wish I had someone look at me the way Sang Yan looks at Wen Yifan...
The First Frost is a must-watch!

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One of the Few Dramas That Truly Deserved My 10/10✨❤️

The First Frost is genuinely one of those dramas where I don't even know how to explain why it hit me this hard. This wasn't some cute, fluffy romance for me at all. It was brutally realistic, painfully quiet and deeply human. The pace, the silence, the pauses, the things left unsaid, the glances that say more than dialogue, the desperation and the raw connection between Sang Yan and Wen Yifan all felt incredibly real. I became completely emotionally invested in these two people, especially Wen Yifan and everything she had been silently carrying for years. Her past was genuinely painful to watch, and Sang Yan's love for her, his patience, his understanding and the way he kept loving her without forcing her to become someone else... that agape for Wen Yifan absolutely destroyed me. The drama understands that sometimes love isn't about grand words; sometimes it's simply staying, understanding and quietly giving someone a reason to believe they can be loved.

The storytelling became even more powerful as the layers of Wen Yifan's past were revealed. Episodes 24–26 were the turning point for me. That entire stretch was so unexpected and emotionally brutal that I genuinely almost cried out of desperation and empathy for her. I was no longer just watching her story, I was feeling her helplessness. And what I loved most is that the drama didn't try to make everything cute or romanticize pain. It showed how deeply past trauma can affect someone's ability to trust, communicate, accept love and even understand their own feelings. Sang Yan and Wen Yifan's relationship therefore felt earned rather than manufactured. Their connection lives in the silence, the hesitation, the tiny gestures and all those conversations they couldn't have at the right time. The dual perspectives also made their misunderstandings and longing hit much harder because we could see what neither of them was saying.

And the production itself is beautiful. The cinematography, lighting, atmosphere and OST are top tier, and they aren't merely there to make the drama look pretty. They actually carry the emotional tone of the story. There were so many moments where the music, silence and framing together said more than an entire conversation could. By the end, I wasn't just thinking "this was a great romance." I was genuinely sitting there feeling empty, emotional and grateful that I watched it. For me, The First Frost is a 10/10 masterpiece. Not because it's literally flawless in every technical detail, but because it reached that rare level where the acting, writing, atmosphere, characters, music and emotional impact all came together and made the drama feel irreplaceable to me. After watching around a hundred East Asian dramas, only a very few have earned my perfect rating, and The First Frost absolutely deserves to stand beside My Mister and Twenty-Five Twenty-One. Beautiful, painful, realistic, unforgettable. 10/10. ✨❄️
Agape love for Wan Yifan by Sang Yan is pure ✨🤧

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A good love story. That’s it.

The first credit I would like to give to this story, is that it relatively feels real. Usually dramas are too fictional to relate to (ceo/yn, rich/poor), obviously this had a few aspects like that, but they didn’t take over the plot. The story is real, that’s what it was that attracted me to it. I actually felt the character growth in a way (a bit lacking) but still the ml especially deserved an honorable mention. By the end, the ml didn’t blame her, or anybody else, he knew that he saw some signs and he ignored them, and that he shouldn’t have done that. For the fl, the steps she had taken, are inspiring. Having gone through such traumatic events, she managed to slowly find herself and even got to her own conclusion by herself, that running away won’t get her anywhere. HOWEVER, one thing that bothered me till the end, is their relationship with their best friends. I know that this is a romance story, I know that the result is supposed to be « Now they can be together happily ever after forever », but at the end it felt like the fl genuinely did not care about anybody but the ml, she created a dependency which in real life would be too frightening. And even putting that aside, they were both bad friends, not once did they value their best friends enough to prioritize them. The ml outright skimmed through the dog passing away part and the fl never cared about her best friend’s feelings when she disappeared or even just when it’s obvious that she’s upset. Keeping in mind that their best friends both respectively prioritized them at so many other occasions.
So overall, if we’re just focusing on the romance, it was a nice story, but the best friends aspect was genuinely disappointing.

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