I remember enjoying this drama quite bit and decided to re-watch it right after finishing ''The Double''. Biiiig mistake, it felt really boring and flat this time 😭😭😭
To date the best short drama I have ever watched. If you have recommendation please let me know. Thanks.
If you haven't already, you can check out these dramas:
- Butterflied Lover (same director as ''A familiar stranger'', great cinematography and characters) - Fortune Writer - Secrets of the Shadow Sect - Provoke - The Rebel Empress - Thousands of Years of Love - Mysterious Love
These are all I can remember at the moment lol, but each of them is amazing with awesome chemistry between the leads 😍
I am enjoying this drama. Both leads are pretty likeable characters and the epilogues after each episode are pretty…
Ok, just skipped through the last episodes leads scenes, because it was super dragged out and a boring already, but Rao Jing and Zhao Fang made this drama better for me, I liked them the best! I liked the FL's bestie at first, but then her story became meh....
I am enjoying this drama. Both leads are pretty likeable characters and the epilogues after each episode are pretty cute.😍 The ML is a green flag and adorable with his 10 years old crush on our FL, I really liked his character, both professional and personal. But I still don't understand why he didn't tell her she was his high school crush, I mean, when you know it's impossible to have a future together, then ok, BUT they are already TOGETHER and he still lets her misunderstand and feel insecure....smdh at the silliness 🤦♀️ As for the FL - I saw many viewers commenting that she acts and sounds like a 5 years old (Viki's timed comments are very fun, but brutal to 99% of the FL in cdramas), I'll have to disagree, perhaps those commenters have not seen the trademark childish & clumsy FLs that are predominant in c-dramas because this FL is clearly mature and emotionally intelligent and supportive. I like that she had her insecurities and eventually opened up about them and focused on her career without the involvement of the ML. Did she have her dumb moments? Of course! But the ML is no saint either....and that's ok, nobody is perfect. The evolution of the leads relationship was pretty realistic and wholesome to me, like they were all awkward and tippy toe-ing around each other being all silly and insecure, and eventually they found their pacing and it was beautiful to see. Also, the FL's parents have got to be the best ones I've seen recently. What I enjoy most is the banter and sass between the second couple Rao Jing and Zhao Fang, bruh, they were so fun to watch, I loved the dynamic 😂 Although I'm still at ep.24 and have not watched the series till the end, I feel like this could've been wrapped in 20 eps, no idea what are they going to come up till ep 32, because I'm a little tired of the dragging that started around ep.18, but overall I like it!
I agree, I like the FL, but I dropped this drama for this very reason, because portraying abuse and obsession…
Yes, I agree. Even though I liked the chemistry more in Enslaved by love, the dynamic was very messed up. In this one, apart from the ML's behaviour, I found the story/interraction of the leads quite bland to be honest.
lol, I have the impression I'm watching like 3 dramas cramped into one...it's entertaining, but logic and reason definitely left the chat here 🤦♀️curious how will this end haha
I’m on episode 18 and this is a warning for people sensitive.. The first episodes with flashbacks was worst…
I agree, I like the FL, but I dropped this drama for this very reason, because portraying abuse and obsession as love is sure as hell not healthy. Recently watched ''Enslaved by Love'', which is basically the same theme, only much better chemistry, and while I enjoyed the chemistry there, I am still alarmed at how often this kind of dynamic is romanticised and we see the leads living happily ever after (rarely) and somehow overlooking the obsessive and sadistic tendencies they displayed for a good portion of the show 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I definitely have complaints for DY tho I really enjoy watching it throughout! Loved the bromance but wished they…
Yeah, I started TBOY a few days ago and now I understand the complaints😊 Even if I found DY pretty enjoyable, TBOY has a whole different aura already (I'm at ep.13), I hope it will stick that way, because the second part of DY is just heartbreak after heartbreak, the world really let YDZ down ( including the amount of screentime for my boy 😢) . I also watched in on Viki, but finished it on another platform . There are also 13 extra bonus snippets (they are short, some a little over a minute, some around 5 minutes) and some help weave the plot into TBOY events, but I don't think they will be available on Viki, since extra clips are never available there, must be a license issue perhaps...
I did not expect I'd enjoy this drama so much. The story is interesting, the fighting scenes are very awesome and fun to watch and the friendships are heartwarming. Although the amount of characters made me dizzy cause I'm really bad at remembering them, the amount of eye candy more than made up for it lol. The fact that the majority of the characters were pretty likeable and interesting made this drama so much better...I have a lot of favorites in this one The romance is light and not the focal point of the story, that's why I don't even mind the lack of chemistry in some instances (cough cough Baili Dong Jun &. Yue Yao ) I gotta say though, for me the highlight of the series was the friendship/brotherly bond between BDJ and YDZ, also the bond between BDJ and SCF. It was a precious thing to watch. Neo Hou is charming as always, and He Yu is just yum.....I noticed him before in The Legend of Shen Li, and I really liked him there. Really hope to see these two reunite in another drama. Next on my watchlist is definitely TBOY, since I hear people say it's much better than DY, so I'm really excited, because this one is really good!!
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''Fortune writer'' many people either hate it or love it, no matter the case, has an interesting plot 😜
- Butterflied Lover (same director as ''A familiar stranger'', great cinematography and characters)
- Fortune Writer
- Secrets of the Shadow Sect
- Provoke
- The Rebel Empress
- Thousands of Years of Love
- Mysterious Love
These are all I can remember at the moment lol, but each of them is amazing with awesome chemistry between the leads 😍
The ML is a green flag and adorable with his 10 years old crush on our FL, I really liked his character, both professional and personal. But I still don't understand why he didn't tell her she was his high school crush, I mean, when you know it's impossible to have a future together, then ok, BUT they are already TOGETHER and he still lets her misunderstand and feel insecure....smdh at the silliness 🤦♀️
As for the FL - I saw many viewers commenting that she acts and sounds like a 5 years old (Viki's timed comments are very fun, but brutal to 99% of the FL in cdramas), I'll have to disagree, perhaps those commenters have not seen the trademark childish & clumsy FLs that are predominant in c-dramas because this FL is clearly mature and emotionally intelligent and supportive. I like that she had her insecurities and eventually opened up about them and focused on her career without the involvement of the ML. Did she have her dumb moments? Of course! But the ML is no saint either....and that's ok, nobody is perfect.
The evolution of the leads relationship was pretty realistic and wholesome to me, like they were all awkward and tippy toe-ing around each other being all silly and insecure, and eventually they found their pacing and it was beautiful to see. Also, the FL's parents have got to be the best ones I've seen recently.
What I enjoy most is the banter and sass between the second couple Rao Jing and Zhao Fang, bruh, they were so fun to watch, I loved the dynamic 😂
Although I'm still at ep.24 and have not watched the series till the end, I feel like this could've been wrapped in 20 eps, no idea what are they going to come up till ep 32, because I'm a little tired of the dragging that started around ep.18, but overall I like it!
In this one, apart from the ML's behaviour, I found the story/interraction of the leads quite bland to be honest.
https://kisskh.co/Drama/Embrace-in-the-Dark-Night/Episode-1?id=9360&ep=159414&page=0&pageSize=100
Recently watched ''Enslaved by Love'', which is basically the same theme, only much better chemistry, and while I enjoyed the chemistry there, I am still alarmed at how often this kind of dynamic is romanticised and we see the leads living happily ever after (rarely) and somehow overlooking the obsessive and sadistic tendencies they displayed for a good portion of the show 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Even if I found DY pretty enjoyable, TBOY has a whole different aura already (I'm at ep.13), I hope it will stick that way, because the second part of DY is just heartbreak after heartbreak, the world really let YDZ down ( including the amount of screentime for my boy 😢) .
I also watched in on Viki, but finished it on another platform . There are also 13 extra bonus snippets (they are short, some a little over a minute, some around 5 minutes) and some help weave the plot into TBOY events, but I don't think they will be available on Viki, since extra clips are never available there, must be a license issue perhaps...
The story is interesting, the fighting scenes are very awesome and fun to watch and the friendships are heartwarming.
Although the amount of characters made me dizzy cause I'm really bad at remembering them, the amount of eye candy more than made up for it lol.
The fact that the majority of the characters were pretty likeable and interesting made this drama so much better...I have a lot of favorites in this one
The romance is light and not the focal point of the story, that's why I don't even mind the lack of chemistry in some instances (cough cough Baili Dong Jun &. Yue Yao )
I gotta say though, for me the highlight of the series was the friendship/brotherly bond between BDJ and YDZ, also the bond between BDJ and SCF. It was a precious thing to watch.
Neo Hou is charming as always, and He Yu is just yum.....I noticed him before in The Legend of Shen Li, and I really liked him there. Really hope to see these two reunite in another drama.
Next on my watchlist is definitely TBOY, since I hear people say it's much better than DY, so I'm really excited, because this one is really good!!