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I wouldn’t say this drama was bad—it was fine, but in my opinion, not much more than that. I didn’t feel like I was watching something exciting that truly captured my heart.
The supporting relationships definitely deserve recognition. They were interesting, and Jiang Zhi Shan completely stole my heart. The main couple was fine as well—especially the female lead, who supported him with all her strength—but I still feel that the whole enemies-to-lovers storyline between them could have been handled much better.
What I disliked the most was that at one point, the female lead’s IQ seemed to drop to the level of a starfish. She knew the male lead was afraid of swimming, and yet she still thought it was a good idea to play videos from his swimming days—despite the fact that this advice came from a girl who had already lied to her once out of jealousy. The female lead even discussed this with her friend beforehand.
Another issue was the breakup, or more specifically, their reconciliation afterward. I genuinely understand that he felt like a burden, but downplaying how terribly he acted made me really angry. It’s not as if she should have immediately run back into his arms, as if feeling like a burden excused his behavior—because it DIDN’T. They should have at least had a much longer and deeper conversation about it.
Other than that, like I said, the drama felt very average to me and didn’t move me, though it wasn’t among the worst either.
As for En Tong, her character was so irritating that for the first time in a long while, I found myself wishing nothing but bad experiences for a female character—karma. And honestly, I was glad we didn’t see her getting a happy ending with anyone. Credit where it’s due though: the actress played the role very well.
The supporting relationships definitely deserve recognition. They were interesting, and Jiang Zhi Shan completely stole my heart. The main couple was fine as well—especially the female lead, who supported him with all her strength—but I still feel that the whole enemies-to-lovers storyline between them could have been handled much better.
What I disliked the most was that at one point, the female lead’s IQ seemed to drop to the level of a starfish. She knew the male lead was afraid of swimming, and yet she still thought it was a good idea to play videos from his swimming days—despite the fact that this advice came from a girl who had already lied to her once out of jealousy. The female lead even discussed this with her friend beforehand.
Another issue was the breakup, or more specifically, their reconciliation afterward. I genuinely understand that he felt like a burden, but downplaying how terribly he acted made me really angry. It’s not as if she should have immediately run back into his arms, as if feeling like a burden excused his behavior—because it DIDN’T. They should have at least had a much longer and deeper conversation about it.
Other than that, like I said, the drama felt very average to me and didn’t move me, though it wasn’t among the worst either.
As for En Tong, her character was so irritating that for the first time in a long while, I found myself wishing nothing but bad experiences for a female character—karma. And honestly, I was glad we didn’t see her getting a happy ending with anyone. Credit where it’s due though: the actress played the role very well.
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