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What a mess
Umm... what? It starts well with the whole tumor thing and him going back to his hometown; so far so good, but then the girl shows up, acts like a bi*** says horrible things about the secondary couple basically almost ruining the doctor's career and the student getting bullied left and right but of course all is immediately forgiven and we see this in the form of group dinner... okay.Then the ex-friend shows up, tells the ML that he likes him, only to immediately disappear, like we don't see him ever again, fell off the face of the planet... okay.
Then, when they could've started much earlier with the whole let's actually treat this tumor and the father showing up... no, they had to waste time with a nonsensical storyline with some gang trying to demolish stores, which culminates with a scarfaced guy covered in tattoos showing up at the school pool, and guess what? We never see him again either... okay.
And then for the grand, horrific, nonsensical, let's throw every single idea we had but didn't have the time to execute cause we wasted time with storylines that did not matter at all, FINALE. The father, after DECADES in complete denial and after beating one of his sons half to death, suddenly, after only 1 conversation with said son, does a complete 180 and is suddenly all for their gay relationships. Also, there is a comet? That will apparently have the same impact as a nuclear bomb? But only that little town is asked to evacuate and not the entire country?
Like I said, WHAT A MESS
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A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hills' Dream
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Beautiful poetry
The majority of this series is pure art, like beautifully captivating poetry. I already know I will be rewatching this many times.There are just a couple of things that, for me, dragged the story down to an 8.5
- Secondary couple? Absolutely unnecessary. Their pairing/plot contributed nothing to the overall story of the series; I basically skipped almost every single one of their scenes.
- Qianliang's past pairing? Too much power. They presented him as an actor with no longer any significant fame and no future, so how is it that he seemed to have so much power for practically the entirety of the series? Even in his death at the end, I mean, we kinda see it coming, which is fine, but then why all the implied hate towards Qianliang at a point where it no longer brings any weight or meaning to the plot?
- Too many tragedies. I understand that the first death was necessary for the individual development of all the other characters. But Qiantian's? That felt unnecessarily cruel towards his pain-filled character, who seems to finally be finding peace, and even asks for time to grieve a bit before starting his new story. Also, the way he died felt very muddy; I don't really understand the mystery surrounding it. And then the third death... it felt unnecessary and meaningless. I understand why his character would have done that earlier in the series: he had no fame left, no genuine people left, and even realised he was truly in love with Qianliang when he himself saw it was waaaaay too late; but to do it after everything has passed? After his redemption arc, plus 5 years into the future, where he even seems to be on good terms with Qianliang and is even mentioned to have retired? Make it make sense.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this series, and I do plan to rewatch it multiple times in the future, but I will be skipping over what seems to be about a quarter of the series.
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I cried
This is an absolute MASTERPIECE.The acting is amazing! The music is on point! The story, although already done before, is so well told and produced that I just... don't even have the words.
Episode 5 wrecked me, and episode 6 put me back together and sweetly lulled me into a safe and warm embrace.
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MESSY
Super cringe. Awful script. An already overused concept that was made worse by the unnecessary problems that kept popping up once the couple was finally together.Boss and Neul can act; they have already proven that to us, but they can do so better than what is going on here, which I entirely blame on the lackluster script. It feels like the director/writers did a half-assed job, counting on the fact that these two actors are very good at selling intimacy.
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