GIVE ME ANOTHER SEASON!!
THIS WAS SO GOOD!the story of a university nerd and a gangster falling in love with each other in the 1980’s lawless Hong Kong . pretty simple, but executed so beautifully.
the acting of both main leads was so good. and THE CHEMISTRY was INSANE! not to mention how incredibly good looking they both are🥹
i love how it breaks the sterotypes about the couple’s dynamics, and the cutie nerd is the one dominating the gangster here 😂
the cinematography was amazing! i loved seeing the 1980’s Hong Kong setting. and the color grading was so beautiful 🥹 the osts were so beautiful too. I fell in love with the drama from the opening song alone! and then i found out that the actor Yan Zhao sang jt himself?? that made me love him and the song even more🥹
the only thing I didn’t like was the dubbing. the super fake noises and out of sync dialogues was pretty off putting to me. but I understand that they had their limitations, and weren’t able to provide the best dubbing.
that ending though…THEY BETTER GIVE US A SEASON 2 😭😭
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Unexpectedly Hooked
It’s been a very long time since I last watched a Hong Kong BL series. Honestly, I don’t even remember what the last one was. 🤔It took me about two episodes to really get into this one, but once it pulled me in, it pulled me in hard. I ended up getting really invested in both characters and especially loved their interactions. There’s just something about the chemistry between them that kept me watching, even when I wasn’t completely sure where the story was going.
And let me talk about the soundtrack for a second. At the very beginning, I honestly hated it. I was like, “Why does this sound like this?” But then, I don’t even remember which episode it was, one of the songs suddenly got stuck in my head and would not leave. Next thing I knew, I was looking for it on Spotify and adding it to my playlist. So I guess the soundtrack won in the end. 😭
The one thing that kept me from giving this more stars, though, was the ending. I was actually prepared for a sad ending. Like, emotionally prepared. I could’ve accepted it. But the way they wrapped everything up just wasn’t really my cup of tea. It felt like they were trying to give us something satisfying, but for me, it didn’t completely land.
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Slow burn if i ever did see a slow burn
I hate slow burns as I am impatient but this one was easy to watch but now I am sitting here eagerly waiting for more sweating, anxious, screaming, crying, throwing up. At least they are now on the same page about liking each other. 9 episodes and they only kiss AGGHHH. I just finished 4minutes and kinnporshe so this is like a teen drama when you compare the romance between the main characters lol.I really like the story though so I'm glad that it does not just ride off of the relationship between the mcs it actually builds a world and other characters and a decent plot and I'm interested in it all. Please season 2 come soon T.T
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Love for chusan?liuyi?
Series was awesome, i love both main and support characters and also acting was good too but i am really disappointed with end of the series. i didn't get why you end it like this, ending was totally unclear it's actually was the start for both couples, i was expecting 2-3 more episodes which should have show more romance between them and also that case should have solved now i was hoping that you make season 2 which continue this story ahead end with more clarity.💜💜💜💜💜Was this review helpful to you?
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The chemistry is SO good, but the plot wasn't good enough
This could have been so much better if they gave us more episodes and developed the characters. But the last two eps ended up being too rushed and it felt so anti-climatic it was awful.BUT their chemistry is AMAZING and I need to see them in more stuff immediately!!
The side plot with the police officers were suddenly introduced and we didn't get much about them, I really wish we could've seen their characters flushed out to their full!
Overall a decent watch but always a first considering this is my first BL from Hongkong !!
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What Happened? (Warning spoiler)
Was that the end of part one?An episode ended as usual … yet it was the last episode … apparently that’s it, the end.
No outcome for the current gang wars, no (actual) couple development, and no resolution for the two unsolved police officers murders.
It’s strange. My imaginations vast, but I couldn’t fathom this.
And I was enjoying the series. The main couple are mesmerising.
So disappointed in this extra wide open ending.
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Química e potencial.
Eu posso facilmente dizer que esse drama tem um potencial a ser explorado.Essa série é cheia de tramas e subtramas, as histórias do casal principal e secundário poderiam facilmente ser dramas separados, porque são ambas bem complexas. Existe uma variedade de coisas possíveis para ser serem abordadas em uma possível segunda e terceira temporada.
Por ter tanta coisa, senti o casal secundário colocado de escanteio a temporada toda, o que é uma pena, eu gostei muito da dinâmica deles.
Acredito que algumas possam ter achado que o Qing Long ocupou muito tempo de tela, mas eu gostei bastante dele, achei um personagem bem interessante e gostaria de ter visto mais sobre ele (mais da perspectiva dele como líder e o que ele planejava para o Liu Yu), além disso, ele deixou um mistério em aberto relacionado a causa da sua morte. Além de tudo, acho que os sentimentos dele direcionado ao Liu Yi ficaram sem um objetivo.
O assassinato em série que foi apresentado pelo casal secundário foi adionado muito de repente, nos episódios anteriores não tiveram menções sobre casos semelhantes e o irmão do Guang Ming nunca tinha sido mencionado. Acredito que o que poderia ter sido uma conexão entre tudo isso seria se o Qing Long também tivesse sido morto por ele, o que até onde sabemos, não foi caso.
Ambos os casais tem uma quimica incrível, espero que façam uma segunda temporada.
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To Think I Started This Coz of Pursuit of Jade...
Tbh, when I heard the premise of this, I wasn't sure I'd tune in. From how the people on Twitter described it, it sounded really dark. I'd just gone through the roller coaster that was 'To My Shore'. I needed to put myself in timeout before I picked up another dark show.Then I watched 'Pursuit of Jade,' heard the drama that happened to He Chang Xi (he plays He Chu San in this), and decided to tune in out of pure spite. That was a brilliant decision on my part. Despite what the Twitter folks said, this drama isn't dark. In fact, I think it deserves a comedy tag on. The 1st couple is hilarious.
🔪Watching Chu San grow from a nervous (but very horny) kidnapped student/scriptwriter to a devoted, slightly manipulative, yet still very horny grown-up was a delight. I love how Liu Yi doesn't fit in the typical 'BL bottom' mold. He's neither dainty nor pale, naive, nor scared of everything.
While we don't see much of his mafia life, we know from the bits that the story shows us that he is indeed a very capable mob boss. He might be a little dumb in his relationship with Chu San, which honestly makes for some hilarious interactions, but outside of that, he stands well on his own.
The actors also have fantastic chemistry. And I don't just mean this because of that beautifully shot, legendary kiss scene in ep 5. Idk how best to explain it, but they play off each other really well on screen. Watching these two slowly fall in love was an amazing experience
Truly, I think the best-selling point for this show is their love story. Everything else takes secondary position
👮🏻♂️The 2nd couple with their morally upright cop and conniving investigator (honestly, idk what position Lu Guang Ming held) is an interesting dynamic. However, their story didn't grab me with the same intensity as the 1st couple. They are simply dropped in, in the middle of the story, with little to no background info given about them. The pieces of their story kept moving, but I remained confused till the last episode when the reveal happens...and then the drama ended😭
💬The story being dubbed in Cantonese was a nuisance - like a pesky mosquito-, but not enough to keep me from watching. I grew up watching Spanish shows dubbed in English. I simply needed to dust off the ability to ignore the fact that the mouth movements didn't match what I was hearing, and I was good to go. I will say, though, that
1. Training my ear to work with Cantonese was a bit of a challenge. But in the same way that it was a challenge to train my ear to hear and work with Thai and Mandarin. I quickly learned to hear Korean and Japanese. But Thai, Mandarin, and now Cantonese required a bit of work
2. Cantonese sounds very 'sing-songy' to me. It is so interesting to me. None of the languages I speak nor the ones I've encountered (but cannot speak or understand) come close to this.
3. I don't think the people who dubbed this did the best job. They didn't portray the emotions well, which unfortunately made some scenes, especially the emotional ones, fall flat
🎭The acting was not the best tbh, especially with many of the side characters. But since they aren't the main event. it can be ignored
Like many here, I would love a 2nd season. The streets say that the director and two main actors may have alluded to a new season. While I would love to trust the streets, they are not to be trusted. I do, however, hope that the universe gives us that 2nd season.
There were so many things left unexplained, unsaid, and unexplored.
. I wanna see Chu SanxLiu Yi's couple era so bad.
. I wanna see how Xie Jia Hua and Lu Guang Ming's relationship will progress
. I am curious about the big bad boss behind all the murders and the mafia stuff
. I think the wto couples may eventually become friends. I kinda wanna see how that will happen
. Will Chu San manage to get Liu Yi out of the walled city and into legitimate business? If so, how?
Sigh... so many questions, so little hope of answers. I am tempted to read the novel, but lowkey I feel like holding off.
All this yapping to say, while, yes, the story does end in a cliffhanger, I still think it's a worthy watch. Especially to witness the hilarity and growth of the relationship between HCS and XLY
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Skip the last episode
I was basically a little angry at myself because I’m making an effort not to watch shows that are currently airing, because they tend to be short, and I sort of lose track of the story when I’m not binging it. That all being said I was drawn into this show early. These two guys are ridiculously beautiful and they really do have a ton of chemistry together. There’s a lot of things to love about this show. The ending is not one of them. Watch the show up to episode eight, get a very warm feeling inside for these two characters, and only watch the last episode if there’s a season two. This might’ve been the worst ending of any show that I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I had no idea what was going on with the cop and the other guy. I had no idea what would happen between the two main characters. I’m not even sure if these guys become a couple at the end. Like I said, this was one of my favorite shows which made the ending, probably the biggest letdown ever. I want to say rise of Skywalker had a worst ending, but I would’ve even taking that ending as opposed to the ending that this show got. Hopefully my stars on this review give it a pretty good rating, because there were a ton of those that I intended to be 10 stars, but my finger just wouldn’t make that happen for some reason.Was this review helpful to you?
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I really couldn’t get used to was the dubbing
A bromance heavy drama with just a tiny hint of romance.The first half of the show was honestly great. It had that gang/gangster world vibe that made everything feel intense and exciting. But somewhere in the later episodes, it suddenly shifted into more of a crime investigation story with police cases, corruption, and political drama. The change wasn’t necessarily bad, but it did make the overall feel of the show a bit inconsistent.
It’s a short watch, so it’s easy to binge, but personally, I don’t think it’s the kind of drama that gets you deeply invested in.
One thing I really couldn’t get used to was the dubbing. The mismatch between the lip movements and the audio was super obvious and honestly pretty distracting at times. I genuinely don’t understand why they chose to dub it instead of using the original language.
If there’s a season 2, I really hope they keep the original language and voices, move the story into a more modern setting, and of course give us more romance or at least stronger chemistry between the leads, Inspector Xie, Officer Lu, and Dong Dong.
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I DON’T WANT THIS SERIES TO BE OVER 😭
I need a Season 2 right now. Like… immediately.
I liked it — no, that’s the wrong word.
I loved this series.
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Has potential if there is going to be a second season...
I liked the premise, and the main couple was compelling, but unless there are plans for a second season I gotta admit this was disappointing. The second couple added nothing to the story, if anything it felt like they took screentime from what could have been spent to the main couple. The last episode felt very rushed, and new information that had no place being there unless there is going to be continuation for this series, was added last minute. Virtually nothing got resolved either. As a standalone I would not say this was a good series, but with so many lose ends I am very hopeful that the story will continue, and if that happens I will update my review and rating for this season.Was this review helpful to you?
