The First Frost

LOVE-SWEET-WONDERFUL

I only watched this series because of the ML (watched Mobius which he was in and liked him from that series). This is the 2nd Chinese series I’ve seen. (I watch K-dramas)! I so loved this series, although a little long for me, I prefer shorter series.
I loved both the ML & FL, they were awesome I thought (as well as all the supporting actors). It had a lot of sad moments and issues, but this series I think is truly about true love and to see how much he truly loved her was amazing, just melted my heart.
And of all the K-dramas I’ve watched, I have to say this had the best ending (yeah it made me cry) but a happy cry. The ending was just amazing, so sweet, so full of love, so everything. I LOVED IT! MADE THE WHOLE SERIES!

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This is my 15th C-Drama and it's the first time I give a 10 in a review...

(Spoilers are at the end with a warning.)

I'm not sure what to say other than you have to watch it to form your own opinion; it may or may not resonate with you. But from the outstanding worldwide ranking this drama received, it speaks for itself.

As I was watching it for the first time, I was completely drawn in by the story and the people within it. I caught myself smiling the whole way through, falling in love with the characters as the story unfolded, and wishing I had met this special someone in my life. It made me discover new actors, and Bai JingTing is now part of my Top 3 favorite actors.

Rarely does an OST feel like a heartbeat running through a story. This one does.
It's the first time I love all the songs of an OST except one. I usually enjoy 1 to 3 songs at the most and discard the rest. This OST has now become part of my regular favorite songs playlist.





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I'll point out 2 things I found questionable in the story. It's minor, but since I gave a 10 and there is no such thing as perfection, I need to rant a little bit!

1- In the real world, when someone stalks someone else, it usually never ends well.
Sang Yan's behavior was a little obsessive in the wrong way during the years Wen Yifan was in Yihe. I do get that he was deeply hurt while suspecting something was off, so in a way, he was "investigating". But going there once a month over the 2 years she was working after graduation is not a healthy behavior.


2- In episode 31, we finally see the complete “Day 1” scene—their very first meeting.
It’s the first day of school, and both are running late. Sang Yan spots Wen Yifan, and in a sudden impulse, he dashes up the stairs to position himself, pretending to play basketball, hoping she’ll notice him.

It’s meant to be a cute moment, but it just doesn’t land: why would someone fall for a girl he’s seen for less than 30 seconds? Why go out of his way to get her attention, especially when he has no idea where she’s headed? The campus is vast, with several paths, and her actual destination turns out to be nowhere near those stairs. She might as well never have gone up there at all.

It would have been more plausible if he had just been goofing around, and she bumped into him by sheer chance.

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A 99% unique chinese romance drama

Oh my! After seeing about 10 episodes, I got to know that this drama is a sequal of Hidden Love. Then, everything clicked for me!! A very very VERY good plotline which can be 100% relatable for us girls, soothing visual, background music which sounded like lullaby to me, beautiful acting, specially, a big shoutout to jingting bai, for his VERY MUCH DETAILED ACTING as sang yan [the little trembling while kissing-having passionate moments-proposing!!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭]- these things got me in tears-shock-awe-butterflies many times while watching this drama. Also, who doesn't want a bestie like siqiao?! 😭💘 A very beautiful chinese drama I got to watch after many many many days. Thanks to the whole team for this.

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A masterpiece

This drama was intense, emotional, and deeply moving-it takes you on a rollercoaster of feelings. Every moment felt raw and heartfelt, making it impossible to look away.

The beginning might feel slow for some, but trust me, it's worth it in the end. The long episodes allow you to fully immerse yourself in the lives of the characters, making their joys and struggles feel personal.

The character development is beautifully done, and the emotional depth keeps you engaged until the very last scene. If you're looking for a drama that tugs at your heartstrings and makes you feel every emotion possible, this is it.

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Not what they said

Okay first I want to say this drama I am really looking forward to. Because my favorite actor This is my honest opinion and does not follow what is currently popular or hot. Honestly, if this drama wasn't Bai Jing Ting, then I think the plot and story of this drama would be very boring. If this wasn't a spin-off of Hidden Love, I'm sure it wouldn't be as popular. Honestly very honestly this drama is even very grey, and awkward if it wasn't for the actors Maybe I wouldn't watch this drama Other actors are not suitable, songs that do not fit the scene and actually make the atmosphere confusing. The epilogue scenes that I think are ambiguous, we should have known that because they were already there. But I persisted because it was said to be good, many people said it was good, secondly because of the visuals of Bai Jing Ting and Zhang Ruonan. Moreover, this drama did not meet my expectations. Sorry but Honest opinion and not fixated on any popularity.

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Watch this for Bai Jing Ting.

To start: Do not compare this with Hidden Love even though they are in same universe. Because I started the drama that way and ended up finding too many faults. On its own its a good drama, worth the time and tears you are about to shed.

Now, this could have been 10 stars for me had it been shorter and had better side characters. Before I rant about the cons lets talk about pros.

BJT- He carried the show for me. I have loved him in all his dramas and this was no different. He is absolutely incredible as an actor and when he feels emotions, its right there on his face and in his eyes. We are right there feeling it with him. Sang Yan played by him was beautiful and the way I cried for him was unreal. If someone loved me like Sang Yan loved Yifan, I would not ask for anything else in life.

The emotional aspect and the how well Rou Nan pulled off the whole Yifan character. Her dead inside eye look was incredible. She cried so naturally that made me tear up. I would say she needs a little opening up in romantic scenes, but other then that she was great.

The ending, I was sooo happy the mother didn't get forgiveness because she didn't deserve that. The wedding proposal was beautiful and the way Sang Yan recreated same home because Yifan sleep walks, I bawled like a baby.

Now for why I rated it 8 and not 10:

The side characters. Most annoying part of the show and absolutely uninteresting for me. I didn't like anyone of them and didn't end up connecting with them either. I mostly skipped for some portions especially that intern and other unnecessary drama. Hidden love was so on point and focused which made me realise if we focused just on Sang Yan and Yifan it would have been so much better.

The pacing got slow sometimes and that bothered me a bit.

On her own I absolutely loved Yifan and how strong she is as a person. But the way I wanted both couples on equal levels like Sang Yan loved her wayyyyy more than she loved him, even through actions. They could have shown more actions on her part of loving Sang Yan. We didn't get to see much from Yifan's end. In her heart Sang Yan is her only one but as a audience I was hoping to see more of that come to screen. Which made me feel that BJT was carrying the show strongly.

Over all, its worth a watch, wonderful drama that will make you cry so much.
But for Hidden love remains a jewel in my heart I will rewatch multiple times. First Frost might not make my rewatch list and hence doesn't get a 10.

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