Twelve Letters

Splendid and exceptional!!!!

Usually,I would like to write a review in detail regarding a drama, but, Twelve letters, in my honest opinion, is a very brilliant, excellent MASTERPIECE💯👌👍
Everything about this drama makes it a MUST WATCH drama. The plot is intriguing adding a slice of suspense, through a cat and a mailbox.
As the story unfolds, it take us on an emotional rollercoaster ride. This drama made me cry, feel sad, disturbed and frustrated over the character of Ye Yibo, feel anxious, angst , mad and finally brought me a bit of relief and smile for the last episode.
Seriously, I cried bitterly in few situations of the drama.
I liked each and every character in this drama,Tang Yi Xun, Ye Hai Tang, Yu Nian, Shen Cheng, Zhang Quan, Cha, Rat, Zhen Zhu, Miao Miao, Tan Xin,Shen Xiao Jun,and the bookstore owner, except Bao and his gang and the sinisterous father, Ye Yibo.
All the actors did an outstanding and excellent job in portraying their roles.
The whole drama is fabulous and mind blowing😊👌
Any one, who are thinking over watching this drama, I would suggest, please WATCH THIS DRAMA, you will nit regret watching it, else you will definitely miss an EMOTIONAL MASTERPIECE OF LOVE!!
A TRUE LOVE STORY ,between two timelines connected by a cat and a red mailbox at midnight, only to face many hurdles and challenges , and finally unite as one, with help from the people from future and avoid disasters and alter their future, hatsoff to Tang Yi Xun, Ye Hai Tang,for staying strong and supporting each other and Yu Nian, Shen Cheng, Zhang Quan and Miao Miao, in helping Xun and Tang alter their fate.
Highly highly recommended drama!! 🤗

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practically perfect in every way

There is nothing I didn’t like about this drama. As someone who grew up in that era, yet not in China, the feels it gave of its era were spot on and totally nostalgic for me, which only added to the excellent writing, directing and all acting performances. The making of this felt as loved as the story itself and those actors gave everything to their roles.
Unlike others in the comments I don’t need to know anymore from the story, otherwise I think it would take away from the story. 12 episodes was just perfect, the writers did such a good job with what was a heavy story with heavy subjects, yet left you feeling heart warmed.
This drama is beautiful.

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Accurate depiction of real life with a twist

I loved this drama and it will hold a special place in my heart. I almost didnt watch it because i dont like sad shows and it seemed like it would be sad. This show is not your typical happy go lucky show and thats what makes it special. It really showed how life picks on some people and they can never catch a break. I really related to this show and the element of the mailbox gave me goosebumps several times it just felt like i was there experiencing it with them. I loved that they didnt focus on romance but just a beautiful bond between the two leads and i have always adored the male lead but this was his best role to date in my opinion. I was SO HAPPY that it ended happily for them. I thought they wouldnt get the happy ending but in the end they did. Its more than a lot of us get. Some never get that happy ending and continue to struggle through life. I will deff rewatch this in the future ❤️ dont debate it just watch, you wont regret it!

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beautifully written, painfully tragic, yet somewhat a happy ending.

Our main leads suffered so so much, and the universe gave them another chance—a very well-deserved chance. Many lives were altered, but if it were 1 life for the lives of many others, of course this was the better outcome. However, I am left somewhat empty. That's how you know it's a good story.
It was overall worth the watch but def a one-time watch.
I love love the character arcs of some characters; their growth and resilience were very touching.

I minused 0.5 stars just because it suddenly got confusing at episode 8? , and I felt like some characters' stories were left unfinished.

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the whole time i was watching this, i kept internally screaming "TALK ABOUT UNCONDIOTIONAL LOVE!!" tang yi xun's love for ye haitang is probably the best example of one. this story actually portrayed a whole different meaning of love. it makes you wonder what actual love is. there wasn't a single scene of them kissing, oh let alone that, they didn't even utter the word "love". but we all FELT their love for each other through the damn screen. not to mention, i was crying to almost every episode (i don't usually cry THAT much lol). i cried the most in that specific scene, where xun was writing to tang's future son, he asked "what's your father's name?" (he was obviously jealous and disappointed that tang's future son has a different surname than his 😭), then when he turned away from tang to write something privately, i thought he was gonna ask about himself specifically, but he asks "is he good to your mom?" tears immediately, IMMEDIATELY started flowing from my eyes cause, all xun really wants is tang to be happy, even if he's not in her life anyhow. i mean that's what we've been seeing already at that time of the drama but this scene specifically stood out to me. this ain't no cdrama, it's a c-trauma (in a good way). plus i also loved the miao miao and zhang guan (the security guard) characters so much. the way zhang guan did so much even if he actually doesn't even know yu nian or shen cheng personally 😭 i also loved that they emphasized the other characters' storylines too (i actually cried to cha and xin's last meeting too lol). another thing, i actually have only watched c-dramas starring zhou yiran, he's my fav c-actor (you can guess lol). he's been really delivering us some REAL GOOD dramas lately, not only his acting but the story lines!!?? i wasn't even over Reborn and this hit like a truck now 😭 his script selections are pure golddddd. now, finally, if anyone's reading this far of my review and haven't watched this show yet, PLEASE watch it. PLEASE. you'll have no regrets, not a single second of watching this masterpiece wasted. thank you.

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This drama will make you go through a heart break but it's worth it

Bittersweet is the only word that go through my mind when I think about this drama. So sad but so pure at the same time.
The plot could've been better that's true but the drama's a true masterpiece with the acting (Zhou Yiran and Wang Yinglu ate and left no crumbs), the OST, the cinematography. As I write this review I'm still blown up by this drama.

1. A'Tang & A'Xun

My babies, they lived such difficult lives across all the timelines but the fact that they found themselves and treated each other as the family they never had is so comforting, I think that's why ep 6 is my fav all the whole drama. Their love story is so subtle, so pure but so deep, I think it's one of the most beautiful romance I've ever seen. I'm even so emotional when I writing those words thinking about them. All of this makes ep 8 even more heartbreaking, to think fate is so cruel that it can separate two people so emotionally connected. But at last, they finally triumphed, win against fate and had their happy ending.

2. Yu Nian & Shen Cheng

I'm not gonna lie, they annoyed and stressed me on the first episodes because of their behaviour but I suppose they were acting like this out of love for their parents. They grew on me throughout the drama and honestly their ending makes the story so bittersweet. Although we didn't see much of Shen Cheng's childhood with Haitang, seeing Xun becoming Yu Nian's father, how their bond formed makes the ending so heartbreaking for her.
But I respect their decision to make their parents happy together for once in their life even if the result is sad.

3. small bad point

The plot was confusing sometimes I'm not gonna lie. I don't know if the writer wanted it to appear like that to let to the interpretation to the viewers or something like this. However I like it more when things are detailed don't let too much interpretation. How the mail box appeared ? How the old Xun understood there's something with the mail box ? I also thinks the multiple timelines should've been well more explained. But the theories I've read are fun, I'll pick the one I like the most and makes my heart less heartbroken .

Anyway it was great drama, tough, emotional because of what the characters goes through but it worth you're time, so I recommend it to everyone 🩷🥹.

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A Thrilling Yet Unique Story: Always Follow Your Heart, No Regrets!

Twelve Letters will having you questioning whether it's worth watching this drama until the very end, and let me tell you - YES it is. It's literally only 12 episodes, quite short for a cdrama, but every thing is all worth. It is set in both 1991 and 2026 where both leads in respective timelines are corresponding with one another through a very magical mailbox along with a special cat.
There is domestive violence involved as well as physical assault on underage children.
The drama follows two tragic senior high school students navigating through life without family and only have each other. We watch their love for one another grow from being just platonic, to being family, and then genuine romantic love. The thrill ride really had me on my seat because I was losing hope up until the final episode.

The acting was amazing! I think this is Zhou Yi Ran's best acting project to date, because there was one scene that stood out for me, yes he gets mad often but I could feel the desperation in his voice and expression! He wants to protect the one person he holds dear to his heart! The leads did not hit it off on the right foot, however, what surprised me is Tang Yi Xun (Zhou Yi Ran) is nothing as we initially thought he was. He's very empathetic, and protective towards Ye Hai Tang(Wang Yinglu, he understands how much she has suffered through hands of her horrendous father. Since that day forward, he swore that he will try his very best to protect his girl from hardship and give her the happiness she deserves. And he did not lie about that.

Ye Hai Tang's life is just tragic. Prepare your tissues because this girls deserves all the love in the world. Granted, there are times when I wish her teacher would put two and two together and see there is something wrong AT HOME. How does the teacher turn a blind eye when she sees Hai Tang outside of class - all happy especially with Yixun- but then with her father she goes BERSERK? The neighbors also turns a blind eye and knowing Chinese communities and their love for gossip, surely someone should've said something about the father going gambling and what not? What aboout the loan sharks that's always going to their house? It's just these situations that makes this drama a bit flawed in my opinion. Back to the acting, Wang Yinglu did a great in this role, I have seen the BTS on RedNote and she nearly injured herself badly just fighting with the dad. She put in a lot of effort into this role! Wang's portrayal of Haitang is very strong, and confrontation. However, she doesn't know her limits at all. She acts with her feelings a lot of the times, granted there are times when she doesn't. I honestly can't imagine her life without Yi Xun, because Yi Xun is usually there in the nick of time whenever she's in deep trouble with her father. I am just glad that she managed to live the life she wanted regardless of the ending.

The 2026 leads were a bit irritating to watch at times especially the future son, Shen Cheng (Ren You Lun). The way he kept talking to Yu Nian (Zheng He Hui Zi) was quite rude, and very entitled as if he's the smarter guy and he knows what's right and logical, etc. Bro couldn't let loose for one second and listen to the poor lady. And honestly, I feel like he wasn't even one of the 1991 leads' son because he might've been a step son. The final episode kind of confirmed my suspicions anyways.

Both timeline leads corresponded with one another, one needed answers to the puzzle of their missing parents while the other is just curous about the future. Without spoiling much, I would say this drama ended on a good note. I honestly wish there was more like an epilogue - well we got it, but I wanted more. LOL


Happy ending? Yes!
Would I recommend this drama?Definitely recommend if you enjoy watching thriller, suspense, and mysterious genres. There's romance but tthat is not the focus, it's just a very natural love story where the leads are always there for one another and protective of each other. But if you're looking for romance focused story, this is not for you.

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Hope will find its way as long as you live

A very touching story of hardship and hoping to have apeaceful life.

A Tang and a Xun life was never easy. Even the people surrounding them have difficult lives. They have different struggles in life, but at the same time, they have dreams of what the future holds.

I applauded all the characters, especially the leads. Ahhhh... A Tang's acting was wonderful and stunning; I got goosebumps. Such a wonderful actress.

I love all the characters in the past and future. One of my favorites is Zhang Guan, the guard. I love that they added focus on other characters like him that contribute to the outcome of the story. Love when I see Cha Dong in a boat and Xhang Hao with his lovely wife... Even the manager of the bookstore had a moment where he stood up for the others.

I must admit, I rarely engage with this genre due to its unpredictable nature. And definitely, this is a HIT! will watch this again in the future. It is a comfort drama. Reflecting on our life, we must be grateful to be able to experience a little blissful life compared to others. that almost don't have a chance to experience that.

Wonderful drama. Deserve an applause...

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Douze, un nombre sublime…

Saisissant de bout en bout, Twelve Letters m'a époustouflé, en particulier grâce aux performances de Wang Ying Lu et Zhou Yi Ran. Peu m'importe d'en ressortir avec le cœur lourd et la vue brouillée par les larmes parce qu'il est, sans l'ombre d'un doute, l'un des plus beaux drames de cette année. C'est une histoire d'amitié, d'amour, d'espoir, de douleur et de sacrifices. Une déclaration à l'aspiration au bonheur.

Aujourd'hui, on aime répéter que le positif attire le positif. Tout comme on sous-entend que si des malheurs arrivent, c'est que nous n'étions pas assez positifs. Twelve Letters ne s'encombre pas de cette maxime et replace la réalité en son cœur. Ainsi, on découvre des personnages aux vies brisées qui sont forcées d'affronter la dure réalité, seuls. Ce n'est pas la pensée positive qui leur permet de tenir et d'avancer, mais l'espoir d'un avenir meilleur, quelque part, et l'amour (sous toutes ses formes).

Ye Hai Tang (Wang Ying Lu) est une jeune fille brillante et studieuse, mais également le défouloir d'un père accro aux jeux. Chaque centime passe dans des parties de mahjong, tandis que les usuriers frappent à la porte tous les trois matins. Elle mène une ville douloureusement cruelle, parce qu'elle est un dommage collatéral des choix merdiques d'un géniteur inutile et égoïste. Wang Ying Li a été comme une lame tranchante dans mon cœur. Chaque mot et chaque geste ont eu un impact sur moi, y laissant une empreinte vive. Son timbre de voix, grave, profond et authentique, a donné du poids à son personnage, renforçant sa réalité.

Tang Yi Xun (Zhou Yi Ran) est un orphelin. Il aspire à une vie de famille avec l'idée de pouvoir compter sur quelqu'un. C'est plus ou moins ce qu'il découvre avec Zang Hao et Li Cha Dong. Pourtant, l'entrée de Ye Hai Tang dans sa vie va davantage nourrir ce désir. Zhou Yi Ran est l'un des acteurs les plus talentueux de sa génération. Il me fait penser à Chen Zhe Yuan, parce qu'il ne cesse d'évoluer dans chacun de ses rôles. Il n'amène pas seulement un beau visage, il apporte aussi le talent à travers des interprétations sincères et brutes, il donne une réelle dimension à ses personnages. Lui aussi a été une lame aiguisée douloureusement réalité et intense.

L'ensemble du casting a été formidable. Yu Nian (Zheng He Hui Zi) et Shen Cheng (Ren You Lun) ont toujours été forts. Pas autant que le duo principal, mais pas loin. Leur implication pour découvrir la vérité, leur interprétation des personnages, tout y était. J'avais énormément d'affection pour eux, notamment sur l'amour familial qu'ils avaient en eux. Quant à Ye Yi Bo (Li Yi Xiang), un homme tout simplement détestable. Rien que de le voir à l'écran me donnait envie d'aller lui mettre la rouste du siècle. Méprisable jusqu'au bout.

C'est une histoire à la fois touchante, dramatique, révoltante et magnifique. Bien construite, elle possède une temporalité précise qui s'étend sur trente-cinq ans. L'intrigue n'est pas incohérente avec des énigmes tortueuses. C'est suffisamment complexe pour susciter de l'intérêt, et parfaitement fluide pour suivre aisément chaque piste, afin d'obtenir les indices et les réponses. Le mystère ne s'éternise pas, les choses sont révélées au bon moment, gardant ainsi une narration dynamique et entraînante.

Comme un fragment fugace, chaque rire, sourire ou moment de calme est une invitation au partage. Les personnages sont malmenés, le spectateur aussi. Chaque fois qu'ils s'échangent un regard ou un sourire, mieux encore, lorsqu'ils rient en toute insouciance, on rit avec eux. Et lorsqu'ils pleurent, qu'ils hurlent d'une rage trop longtemps contenue, notre cœur se fracasse et les larmes rejoignent les leurs. Quant à la romance, il est inutile d'en parler. Vous devez la voir par vous-même, très sincèrement.

L'ajout des lettres manuscrites apportent une intimité particulière. Peu importe la beauté des mots saisis sur un clavier, ceux griffonnaient sur du papier amènent une authenticité unique. Si les mots ne sont pas moins importants, ils ont ce charme que le numérique ne peut avoir.

En bref, Twelve Letters est un drame profondément inspirant qui met en lumière le courage de personnes qui n'étaient rien pour quiconque, mais qui sont devenus le tout de l'autre. Ce n’est pas une histoire que vous regardez simplement, vous la vivez avec les personnages, et c'est magnifique.

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