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my comfort drama
My favorite drama. Since I was a child I liked romance but I never found a romance that fit my perfect and well-constructed romance from start to finish, but when I watched hidden love I had the feeling of finally having discovered the romance I always wanted to see, it became my comfort, now I lost count of how many times I watched it and my heart always warms when I watch it, everything in hidden love was what I always wanted in romances, Duan Jiaxu and Sang Zhi became my favorite couple. (just talking about it made me want to see it again)Was this review helpful to you?
Had me grinning like a fool for 25 eps!
"where ever you go...tripping on my soul" my favorit line from OST.There was just no way he was not gonna fall in love with her..my favorite thing was the anticipation they built up for the veiwers..waiting for him to notice her as a woman..and not a kid. Waiting for him to start going crazy for her little by little...so worth it.
What am amazingly sweet drama. Zao Lu Si..beautiful lady with so much talent in her craft. My first drama with the male lead..he is amazing too..great chemistry..like seriously!!! The story is well written, her relationship with her brother, so natural.
Absolutely worth every minute of time.
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Embrace each other
Sweet, charming, unhurriedly told (in a relaxed and calm way) story about growing up and finding what love means. The history has a second layer about come to terms with the past and accepting that sometimes we don't need to carry the guilt about something that has nothing to do with us directly to be exact.FL is someone much more than only a lover for our ML - she is his friend, companion, save haven and salvation - mayby now we can't see it but with the progress of the story we will see - I'm sure of it.
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Not too good
Well the story is really ordinary there are few interesting twists ,the starting was good but then it became boring for me and I skipped most of the drama from ep 8 till 17 and then only watched few important scene the revelation one was my favourite where she reveals her secret love other than that it was ok for me and nothing good ...plus the acting was fine for me ,the good looks of the main lead was great but I wish if it had more twists and turnsThis drama had a lot of hype but still it couldn't catch much attention to me because of the boring job of the main lead and also her friends were not that good or interesting as well
And the age gap was not too much I don't know why it was made such a deal
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If you like fluff and you can survive annoying baby voice - this drama is for you
POSITIVE:- If you want to watch warm and nice people loving and taking care of each other expecting nothing in return - this is right drama for you. Characters love each other, and I am not talking only about romantic love, I am talking about love itself: love between siblings, parents, friends, co-workers. So, love and care 11/10!
- No toxic triangles and relationships.
- No stupid misunderstandings and breakups.
- Child actress who plays young FL is wonderful actress, beside being so adorable.
NEGATIVE:
- The way first encounter between FL and ML was directed is ... yuck. When they meet for the first time she is 14 (actress is 10 or 11 at that point and it is so obvious that she is not 14) and ML is 19-20. It was made as you would make romantic encounter with two adults. It was cringeworthy, tbh. I don't understand why they didn't go with some cartoonish version, him as knight on white horse, or something like that. Something funny to tone the cringe down. Because, little girls do fall for older boys, but it is so different from adults.
- The way director decided to portray FL
So, young FL at the age of 14 is very smart, charming, playful and cute. Actress Zhao Lusi is smart, charming, playful, cute. Director could let her "just be herself", but, ah, no! They decided to make her "cute" by giving her the most annoying baby-voice ever and they dumbed down her behavior. We have 17 years old girl that sounds like 3yo, then 19, 22 years old young woman, university student, who sounds and acts as she is in kindergarten. And she stays like that till the very end. Even when she is doing or saying something smart, you don't believe her due to her baby voice and baby manners.
Acting(Cast): 5/10 (10 for acting and cast, ZERO for baby voice)
Dumb baby-voice + baby-pouting isn't "cute"! It's ANNOYING! And disturbing because you keep wondering: "Hey, is this FL mentally challenged, or what?"
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In this realistic slow burn romance, Sang Zhi carries the show with her playfulness paired with a fiery stubbornness. She is willing to defer and let Duan Ji Xu lead but only to a point - determined and opinionated she doesn't hesitate to push if necessary. The suspense and tension comes from a few different places - their age difference, Duan Ji Xu's complex family and financial situation. In terms of ethics, their relationship matures with Sang Zhi's age with plenty of time skips. The plot hints at the forbidden without crossing the line.
The plot is simple and it's really the acting and chemistry that sets this apart. You, the audience, can feel and know the longing and hesitation from both sides. As they get older, the awareness that they are physically attracted to each other builds due to excellent acting.
The music is fine, production values bit low. I ended up dropping this before the end as once the central tensions were resolved, I started losing interest.
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Overrated. I'm disappointed.
I will get to the point. I felt that the ML felt so ingenuine in the beginning. How did he go from "yea, you are my sister" to "I like you" in less than an episode like who what where when how why, I was so confused? Also, it felt like he wasn't taking the relationship serious most of the time (except for the ending) but for the sake of spoiler, I won't include specifics. He was super cocky but I guess that was his character as well.The sibling relationship and family dynamic of the Sang family was TOP TIER.
I also wished we got to see a little of the friends' relationships and how they were doing. This drama was super centered on just the main couple and I was getting bored of them lol.
THERE IS ALSO A SPECIFIC SCENE WHERE BOTH THE ML AND FL WERE PISSING ME OFF (hint; involved the brother Sang Yan)
I found myself dragging to finish the show and skipping through the parts with the ML and the FL. You might wonder, well why did you even finish the show? ALL FOR ONE CHARACTER. SANG FREAKING YAN.
PLZ PLZ PLZ DIRECTOR PULL A GO GO SQUID AND DO A CONTINUATION OF THIS SERIES FOLLOWING THE LIFE OF SANG YAN AND HIS ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. In the show he was such a good brother, friend, and son. Like he would always annoy his sister and act mad at her but he was always there for her.
I feel like he would spoil and care for his girl so much but would be protective. UGH GIVE THE MAN A SHOW ASAP. IT WOULD BE SO FUNNY AND SWEET TO SEE HIS RELATIONSHIP.
I was also thinking like a cute, sweet girl for him would be cute to watch but an outgoing girl would be so funny paired with him.
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This review may contain spoilers
That's the first drama that i loved after reading the manhua first. Normally i tend to dislike the little changes and inputs that drama adaptations tend to do.I primarily began to watch it for Zhao Lusi like everyone i think, but fell in love for the ML instead.
But here the changes are for the best, since in the manhua we spend half of the story watching her when she's 14. All the interactions between them when she's 17 in the drama never occured in the manhua she's 15 when he graduates and she never sees him again for like 5 years, they have a 7-8 year age gap if i remember correctly. When she sees him again she's a sophomore not a freshman, the first time they interact again he doesn't recognize her since last time he saw her she was really young, but when he knows that it's been almost a year and a half she's in the same town and she didn't go to see him he's really hurt. Oh and the drama with his debtor is really more heavy in the manhua, she's really stalking him nonstop and end up in prison for that.
So i really liked that all the heavy drama was changed and the phase of her 14 yo self shortened because that was really long in the manhua. I also liked that they changed her age to 17 when she falls in love with him it gives another feeling than a little girl crush but more of a first love.
Now onto the drama itself. The cast is wonderful, i loved every one of the actors, the actress who plays her mom played her mom in Love like a Galaxy and i hated her in it, but here she's beautiful and such a good mom. Her brother, i loved him in the manhua but here it's another level, he's awesome !
I have to say it ! I fell in love with the ML, like i fell in love with the ML of Lovely Runner two days ago. I was surprised to see that they found an actor who looks exactly like the ML is drawn in the manhua and embodies perfectly the character. I watched a lot of Zhao Lusi's dramas and i thought her couple with Yang Yang in Who rules the world was the best i've seen of her but no i was wrong, she has here sooo muuuch chemistry with the ML (i'm sorry i don't know his name). He's so charismatic when he was on screen i couldn't look away. I paused too many times to calm my heart (it's rare for me to feel that way). I was mindblown by this actor's performance here.
Now that i have finished watching it all i can wish for myself is that kind of lover to find me.
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she fell first but he fell harder
This is the reason I love chinese dramasThese type of romance dramas with slow burn cute and healthy relationships are just so soothing and healing..... like this could be something you watch multiple times and never get bored, something that's just running in your background but still prominent, something that you will watch again and again jus cuz why not, something to watch when the day's been hard and all u want is to smile...
Coming to the story.... it's nothing extraordinary but it's beautiful and true.... it doesn't have a thick plot but amazing script and direction.....it won't keep you on the edge of ur seat but has something to keep you smiling throughout and being unable to stop.
The chemistry between our leads is obviously amazing and theyre both soo pretty and i especially love how rosy can go from a cute little student to a mature lady by just changing her facial expressions like that's just wow
This drama here tells the story about the first love all little girls have and the beauty of it and maybe it will all work out in the end
would totally recommend this to anyone and just keep coming back here
big thanks to all the cast and crew!!!
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Thin, shallow, empty, waste of time COUNTERFEIT
I fast forwarded through 20 episodes bc it was unbearably EMPTYit is so fake!!!! it tries to copy Western look - that big house and car and affluence - and it tries to copy kdramas -
but this is clearly a counterfeit
it lacks the deep warm feeling of kdramas
and it lacks good acting
and honestly, lacks a good story too.
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