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snowboarding content, with camaraderie, athletic fun factor, and ambition - First fun to watch.
First Impression and Story Idea:It was nice to find a story that isn't always about the rich CEO and the poor Cinderella, but takes place in a real setting.
The entire snowboarding content, with its inherent camaraderie, athletic fun factor, and ambition, was well presented overall, even if it was simplified for the series. I understand that, though. Music and scenery make this series fun to watch.
The people portrayed in their professional environments and circles of friends seem most authentic and it was fun to watch how a romance would develop. Also at first (up to episode 17) the characters seemed to be communicating properly, not like in the usual C-Dramas where nobody talks to anyone and creates misunderstandings that provide the content for the story.
But... then...
After you had happily gotten involved with the series because of the above-mentioned content, the downsides unfortunately followed.
Esther Yu once again portrays a character as if the woman were an overexcited naive teenage girl - again. Don't get me wrong, Esther Yu is a very sweet person, but if she plays every role like that of the Fairy, it gets boring. Especially when it's a young woman from the current era.
Unfortunately, the story writers didn't seem to be satisfied with the story surrounding snowboarding, the struggle of ShanChong and the relationship between the main characters.
As is often the case in C-Dramas, more and more plot lines were added (comic contest, law suit, spurned love of an old friend, Love and hate beween the second couple, helping a sister, parental interference).
In my opinion, the story goes downhill starting with episode 17. The main couple is separated due to a lack of communication, and they're now trying to fill more episodes with content.
But it gets really embarrassing when they put Fei Qi Ming in a fat suit for the flashbacks (or maybe CGI) and quickly cut off the story about the necessary prosthetics for her sister by having her go to the doctor for a short time and then suddenly get prosthetics and be able to walk.
The entire cast of actors (except for my mention above) does a really great job, but they have to deal with the inferior story development
Would I watch it again? No.
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