Stolen Love (2025)

How to make a drama 42 episode of pain

Man, watching that show felt like a chore halfway through. It’s like they grabbed three random storylines and mashed them together like, "Yeah, this'll work." Spoiler: it didn’t. I didn’t even hate the ML, dude's just straight-up unhinged. But honestly, he’s the only one bringing any heat to the series. The FL though? Pure dumb. I get it, revenge for the fam and all, but girl’s out here causing him more pain than the actual villains. And to top it off, she’s out here targeting the wrong dude. Like, c’mon. And ZYY’s final moments? Comedy gold. That man was a walking L, thinking he’s the mastermind but looking pathetic the whole time. The fact that he was the “real” enemy? Yeah, I ain’t buying it.
Then there’s Daisy Li with that half-smirk in the last episode… like, what was that even supposed to mean? Trying to act all deep and mysterious when the whole plot is already in shambles.
Honestly, the story was trash. Made zero sense, confusing as hell, and don’t even get me started on the non-existent character development.

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Won't say its perfect but....

I also won't say this is the worst drama I've ever watched either or that its the worst one out there. I was interested in the story to the very end. Granted there a lot of things they really could of done better. Number 1 thing being not making the fl the most hated character ever. No one liked her decisions all the way through this drama, but even through that the actress did great playing this character. Also really enjoyed the male lead here to hope to see him in more dramas.

I really enjoyed this drama and have stopped letting the whole "I am going to hurt you with my words to get you to move on" thing to bother me. There are so many dramas that do this it is one thing that they love to do. I really wanted to watch this and with each episode it made me want to watch the next to see what will happen. Is this a happy love story no it is not it is more of a revenge story. You have a little bit of love in some of the episodes but the characters will not stop until they have succeeded in their revenge and that is made clear by even hurting people you love to make it happen. The chemistry between the two leads was also something to watch. Yes the fl hurts the ml most of the time but their scenes together at least kept me watching.

The one thing that I think actually annoyed me with this show was them trying to redeem the 2ml at the end, and actually having the fl feel bad for him. Why do they keep trying to do that with evil second male leads, and not being able to make up their minds if they want to do a sad ending or not. This I guess technically doesn't have a sad ending depending on how you want to interpret it. The leads are still alive at the end. Any more with dramas if one can keep me invested all the way through it without me getting bored that is what I look for, and this one succeeded.

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Story Dragged

This show was way too long. The story lost me around episode 20 but I held on until about episode 30 and couldn’t continue. The plot isn’t anything new but it’s a mini drama and fast paced so I assumed it wouldn’t be a drag. I was very wrong.

There were so many redundant repeated scenes and it got very old and tiresome. They dragged the main misunderstanding for far too long into the story so it became boring to watch. The overall acting wasn’t that great but not necessarily the worse. I felt that mostly everyone was overacting and didn’t come off natural.

I would say the main couple were passionate kissers and that was the only natural, decent thing about the show. Outside of that, the characters weren’t written that well. The decisions they were making were unnecessary and cliche. Too many tropes.

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Steamy kisses

You need to know some important things in order to enjoy this drama, or it may trigger your emotional responses so you cannot perceive the love story of this ill-fated couple.

The male lead survives miraculously by the sheer willpower of his love and determination to get back to her. If you have watched fantasy historicals, you know that heroes can survive unimaginable wounds, sometimes by taking a magic pill. The magic pill is love in this drama. I could visualize him climbing out of a pile of dead bodies by the force of his love. His miraculous survival continues right to the end, and it's like nothing can kill this man! This is a testament to the undying power of love.

I have never watched a man who would do anything, endure anything for his wife like this hero! And I've watched over 1688 Asian shows since 2002. He is almost superhuman, but his heart is all human, vulnerable, and affectionate. He is a hotblooded lover, and the steam-bath is both amusing and entertaining!

The female lead has loved only one man in her entire life. I watched the version where 42 episodes were put into 20 episodes, and you need to watch half the episodes to understand who that man always was and always will be! Meanwhile, this production may fool you. It certainly will evoke opposite reactions in viewers.

The little boy is great. The princess is one tough cookie. Prince Su is a good friend. Besides the main couple and these characters, no one else stood out for me. This is a drama that is not readily understandable unless you watch it from good translation editors. AI subs just don't cut it, and much meaning is lost without the written text being explained. The main couple sang the Closing OST, and if you watch with the lyrics, that is a special bonus. I, for one, like the fully-edited product.

Dramas like to play on the viewers' emotions so be forewarned about the ending episode. All is not what it seems until the very end! The screenwriter likes plot twists and turns. However, love wins the day!

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ML Xiao Chu Yi died in the end but the filming team make him alive

What I can't go over is how you grieve over Chu Yi's death in the end of the drama only to watch episode till the end where after the scene of Chu Yi's death the old man tells this story to audience abd another middle aged man come and tells that he did not die abd we see it actually be true and I'm like I grieved an alive person wow but luckily I did not really shed my tears for him because I smelled that the drama quality is not worth emotions other than surprise and shocks like when you get overly surprised on how the hell he ended up alive in the end when he actually died that's already a shock but could Cdrama screenwriters and filming team please stop making a stupid forced endings??? Especially when it's as stupid as this one...this one ending is the worse st ending ever and really stupid and miserable and wack and all the single stupid things it's just terrible that I really pity the team and screenwriter and quality but a story wasn't bad over all it's just that when you waste your emotions on something like this it feels wrong like you are really wasting your beauty crying and wrinkling your face for sadness and pity of ML who end up dying and is not dead in the end like he isn't even immortal or demon but a mere mortal and still die and devi e like immortal/demon...completely pointless

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