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Well when I found about this pairing i really happy & quite surprise, never expected to watch Xing Fei & Hu Yi Tian in 1 drama together....I've never laugh so much when I watch Hu Yi Tian drama, because u know with his still face usually he get rather serious drama with no much funny scene that can make me laugh. But here, as Shen Qing Yuan, he is just so naive, flirtatious & have acute level of love sick.... Hahaha.... Let's elaborate more...
What I like:
+ No love rival. I really glad when they decided to make Shi Xiao Ci (XC) only as friend in the club, not another Girl that fall for the idol in the club.
+ They show us the dirty part of spormanship in the sport world. Yeah not all human is pure & can compete with pure heart. Here we can see the athlete still human & sometimes they did dirty stuff to make sure themselves is getting the spot in the competition and even also mean they do anything to make secure the winning spot for themselves.
+ They once more emphasize the importance of mental health in someone heart. Like in here Shen Qing Yuan (QY), Tang Xin (TX) & Chen Hai.
+ Really like the performance of Hu Yi Tian here. QY is a naive young boy at first, he listen to all his friend suggestion about love & relationship & then he like any other man, he quite flirtatious when he tease TX after they're in relationship, he is also one of the winner of jealousy king, yet he is still so kind when he's treating TX....
+ Everyone keep making the other party better. Like XC & Du Ling Feng or how QY making his teammate better overcome in the sport.
+ They show us one of marriage problem, like Dr. Ding Fang & Zhou Zu Guang, & I really like the way Zhou Zu Guang make in the end, yeah sometimes we have to step back so we can go forward.
+ Not too much skinship. Even though QY quite clingy but the skinship not as much as other drama. Sometimes Xing Fei drama a little bit too much skinship...
What I don't too like:
- Yeah the duration is a little bit too long. 40 ep for this kind of story is a little bit much. They kinda stretch it until almost we reach our boring button.
- Once again, why they have to choose 20s almost reach 30s actor & actress to play university student. Although I really like they performance sometimes quite wonder can't they choose actor/ess more appropriate for their age....
- the return memory of QY feel like anticlimactic for me. It just like it happen already...
if you are the fans of Hu Yi Tian this drama you should watch... I really like how he is getting better at choosing the drama where he can act not only one particular role. Overall I really like this drama, this drama make me laugh until my stomach hurt, but I don't think I will re-watch this...
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Stockholm Syndrome drama
Long time heard about this drama and that's not about the good news this drama has. That's why long time weight it to watch this or not. Watch this of course for Chen Zhe Yuan. Just want to watch another work of him after Hidden Love. Yeah... Kind of big mistake....Story taken from Beauty & the Beast storyline. A girl kidnapped by the beast & eventually fall in love with him. Yeah Stockholm Syndrome all over the place, when the one being kidnap fall in love or get used to with the kidnapper. But that's being said out front, this drama can be still messed it up.
What i like:
A little touch of modern society, that's I've never seen in period drama. Like how they discuss travel to other countries.
What i don't like:
- Messed up plot
- The easy ending... The ending made me have to lower the score again. Everything that's happen in the drama feel useless in the end. Ugh!!!
- Little to no confusion from Qi Pa (QP) when she arrived at beast village for the first time. I mean people in the beast village obviously diff from her world, they have ears or nose like animal. How can she's not confuse....
This drama in my book just OK drama. Watch it if you want to see ur fav actor/ess. If not just skip this then...
I gonna wrote spoiler. Don't know big or small, but spoiler indeed. If you don't want to know just stop reading my review...
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In Disney version of Beauty & the Beast at least they still manage to make the Beauty fall in love with the Beast himself not the prince hidden inside it. But this drama did the reverse thing. The made the Beauty, Qi Pa (QP), fall in love with Li Xiong (LX) instead Kui Mu Lang (KML). KML over and over said he has to make QP fall in love with the real him, but how can she fall in love with KML while the more handsome man (LX) still in front of her... Or how can QP fall in love with KML when he rarely show his face or give any attention to QP. All the attention is giving by LX not KML... So tell me how can the beauty fall in love with the beast instead with the prince... Ugh!!!
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The difference
Ok as a fan of love 020 of course I need to watch this as a comparison. Thank God there was a kind hearted person who upload it with english sub.Ok. Let's do the comparison between this and love 020
What better:
1. The process of Onoda Asahi (OA) falling in love to Arisawa Ichika (AI) is better than Love 020. OA takes his time to know AI before deciding to be in a relationship with her. AI also more careful to OA, since of course he is stranger to her.
2. The friendships between AI and Ikemoto Umi (IU) is way better than the friendship between Bei Wei Wei & Er Xi in Love 020.
3. Sasahara Kengo (SK) is way better man than Cao Guang combine with Zhen Shao Xiang in Love 020. This year he is my second lead syndrome, he is way better for AI than OA.
4. At first i really afraid they make the story complicated by adding childhood friend for OA, but turn out Shibuya Satomi is really nice woman.
5. The story overall actually more make sense than Love 020, Love 020 sometimes quite too perfect, but however i'll always have prejudice about that drama.
Ok now the bad part or the one that really ruin the story for me:
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1. They break AI and OA apart!!! :( This one the one that make lower my score. I really hate this kind of break up. Break up just because he wants to protect her...!!! In their case no need for break up, he needs to stay by her side instead. I really love how Xiao Nai & his gang clean up the messed in the internet, they just clean the site, hahaha... Just like Bei Wei Wei friend said, that's how them as computer student take care of the problems. In here OA just like SK said, he can't protect his girl.
2. OA himself not so much a charm as Xiao Nai. I can't sense his charisma, i don't get what makes him so special.
3. The CGI in the game really bad & quite hurt my eyes :(. We can see they really have quite low budget.
Overall i really happy i can watch this adaptation drama. :)
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not like I expected
When I found out there was special episode about this drama I already so happy because I really hope they continue their story or at least give explanation about what happen with Shi Yi after he went abroad. But turn out this like almost any other special episode where only listed clip from director cut. It's just like scene that consider not important in the drama & when put it there will gonna be like too long or not important. So they cut it from original drama but don't want to delete it too & they put it all here.The scene still funny but yeah not important & not explaining anything. But yeah this just short clip you can watch to remembering the drama again
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Finally, Song Zu Er is off the restriction list and back on our screens! I’m so happy I can watch this drama.Story about Qiao Man (QM) and Wei Shao (WS). QM and WS come from two enemy families / countries—that are united through an arranged marriage set by WS’s grandmother, Lady Xu.
Originally, their families were friends. However, due to a conflict and a perceived betrayal by QM’s grandfather (the then-head of the Qiao family), they became enemies. The Wei family considers the Qiao family their enemy, while the Qiao family—especially QM’s grandfather—feels guilt over their past betrayal.
Believing it's time to bury the hatchet, Lady Xu arranges a marriage between WS and Qiao Fan (QF), QM’s cousin. But QF is already in love with someone else—Bi Zhi (BZ)—so she elopes with him, leaving QM to take her place as the bride.
At first, WS strongly opposed the marriage. However, when they meet, WS is impressed by QM’s intelligence and charm. QM helps him deal & navigate many troubles that arise, and over time, WS accepts this political marriage and prepares to bring QM back to his homeland.
Once there, QM faces a lot of opposition and prejudice from the Wei family because she's from the Qiao family. Fortunately, Lady Xu silently supports her, which makes things slightly easier for QM within the family. The biggest challenge for her right now is dealing with her mother-in-law, who clearly dislikes her.
A lot of trouble ahead is ready to tremble the relationship between QM & WS. However, the couple slowly begins to understand each other better. Trust starts to build between them, and feelings quietly begin to blossom.
That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. Now what I like and don't.
What I liked:
+ Song Zu Er & Liu Yu Ning have a great chemistry.
+ QM is a smart and capable woman. I really enjoyed watching her and WS relationship development—from mutual suspicion to trust and affection.
Not sure if I like this or not. There’s little to no character development for BZ. It’s a bit disappointing—he’s still just a strong, simple man who loves his wife, without any added depth till the end.
Overall this is quite a good drama. I’ve really enjoyed watching it.
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Just because of my Yang Yang
Ughhhh.... This is the 2nd time this year that I just feel so d*mn tired after watching drama. If not for my Yang Yang, I already drop this after a few ep in.... The 5⭐️ score really just grace because of my Yang Yang, if not I don't know how much I gonna give this drama score.This is also the 2nd time this year that I so d*mn tired with the characteristic of the FL. How much I wanna slap & shaking Xu Qin (XQ) for making such stupid decision. Yeah yeah I know that's how she raised by her evil mom her whole life. But I also wanna shake & punch Song Yan (SY) for let himself be degraded over and over by XQ mom. And SY did all that thing with the stupid reason, in the name of love.... OMG.... So tired with this kind of people sometimes.
The best thing that happen in this drama is SY's family. Oh one great family they are. But also a little bit too perfect actually. After all the thing that XQ's mom did to them, they just easily receive XQ with open heart & open arms to their family. The only one that kinda represent my feeling is Zhai Miao, especially after the incident with Meng Yan Chen.
Oh and also the ending... OMG they really want to make a pretty ending. With everything good, pretty & beautiful in the end... They like make every grudge just disappear in the end. & everyone on board with SY & XQ relationship & their wedding plan. UGH!!!! OMG write about this drama alone already make me so tired....
At the end very disappointed with the drama overall, even the chemistry between Yang Yang & Wang Chu Ran not so much too... My suggestion just watch other drama...
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Inside out drama version
Long time want to watch this drama, especially cause of the cute cells. Finally this year decided to watch for my Alphabet Drama / Movie Challenge. Good drama, but unfortunately leave unpleasant feeling in our heart when they close the curtain. Fortunately at the time that I watch this, they already has 2nd season to continue the story. But I think I'll gonna watch this next year for another Alphabet Drama / Movie Challenge. Haha...The drama is really cute with all the cells involve, like watching inside out but more complicated feeling & emotion. Story about a woman named Kim Yu Mi (YM) & all the emotion that lives in her, and later on also we can see Ku Woong (KW) emotion. The really story quite close to the reality of our life, so we easily attach to it.
A little reality check:
+ Really make me smile when KM love cells infiltrate YM heart by very simple thing. By using frog... Yeah sometimes that simple thing that silently infiltrate our heart.
+ I don't know like or not about this, but sometimes KW is a little too perfect as man. He is man with rarely having relationship but he can read all the little gesture that YM give. Like when he decided to block YM knowledge about how close he is with Seo Sae Yi actually is, he can sense danger that if he said about it YM gonna be angry so yeah he block it instead. Sometimes man is so stupid reading woman gesture, so when I found man like this in the drama world it makes me a little bit happy.
+ As simple as love infiltrate our heart, sometimes a little things too that annoyed us. And when that little thing finally piling up, and sometimes without our knowledge too, that's when we think to end things up.
Overall this really good drama to watch
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one year after, interview & flashback
For you who lazy to scroll down to search for the answer.Just like IslandGirlIslandLife wrote in the comment section. She describe this special ep very precisely. And I quote it: 'The first 5 mins is them one year later married and pregnant, then her water breaks. You get to see where all the couples are at and apparently all of them are bffs now. The families are all friends now, including the dad. The rest of the special is just right after the proposal where they are doing an interview style of a recap of their lives and how they got together. So it's just flashbacks. Then it ends with a weird dance number and you remember that Kido was in fact a C-idol.'
Yeah I kinda feel the drama kinda lost something for closing the curtain. But this special ep kinda help close the curtain for me..... but unfortunately they so far has no eng sub for this on YT. Here the link for you who still want to watch it. https://youtu.be/ucLmESbVLxc
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Fill with BIG and SMALL SPOILER!!! Read it at your own risk!!!
This special episodes is the compilation of director cut you may say. Some ep is like the little continuing of the drama, but some other more like the alternate universe. Let me elaborate it...The first episode,
is like the alternate ending of Dong Jun (DJ) & Ye Ding Zhi (DZ) fight, where DZ decided not continue with the fight and go with DJ instead. This first ep make me happy, I really hope I can see the continuing of this alternate story, than this kind of special episodes....
The 2nd ep,
Where DJ bring DZ's son to the monk and pay respect to DZ. This episode tear down all my hope for the continuing of the alternate story version. And make me wonder what this special episodes about then...
The 3th ep,
DJ back to the school. I don't know this continue from what ep and lazy to re-watch just to find this one.
The 4th ep,
DJ meet White-haired deity and given the question: "Who is he...?" This question in the end make DJ question about his own existence. I don't know this continue from what ep and lazy to re-watch just to find this one. Prob still quite the beginning.
The 5th ep,
DZ back to Tian Qi City with Ji Ruo Feng & go to Bai Xiao Hall headquarter. I don't know this continue from what ep and lazy to re-watch just to find this one.
The 6th ep,
In the middle of 39th ep. After DZ fight with DJ & return to his house.
The 7th ep,
Sikong Chang Feng meet Jin Xuan & got spear lesson. I don't know this continue from what ep, but I think this more of alternate story then continue from any episode.
The 8th ep,
Before DJ & his uncle visit sword convention, where DJ got his sword.
The 9th ep,
The deeper though of Yue Yao, when she think about the fate of her country. After ep 6.
The 10th ep,
Li Chang Sheng (CS) meet with the woman in the tower. This before CS take off for his journey.
The 11th ep,
Mo Xiao Hei & Liu Yue meet & have conversation. I don't know this continue from what ep but I think this is before the test to enter the academy
The 12th ep,
Where DJ met his fairy in the restaurant. This when I feel the start of the ep kinda weird, cause the ep before where DJ should be met with his fairy, but the next ep just start the fairy already start her journey. And I really wonder which ep this is from...
The 13th ep,
The monk visit DZ after Yi Wen Jun come to his house.
So yeah that's pretty much the overall story of this special ep. For you still watch the drama maybe can have more closer with this little special episodes. But for us who finished watch then watch this special ep, it can quite headache watch this...
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Tik Tok Star
Quite surprise to find Jiang Shi Qi here in MDL. Haha... Used to watch her in my FB short video, usually with unfinished story, or just bit of the complete part. This time quite happy to find it in MDL & can watch complete story in YT.The story nothing new, acting also nothing new, song also take from many many other drama. But always pleasant to watch Jiang Shi Qi
This is a story of a girl that unknowingly fall in love with his boss & get the love in return. Both party unknowingly fall in love with each other, until as usual, they are forced to knowingly admit their feeling for each other. How? Usual stuff, with distance & jealousy. Because this short drama, not long after they admit their love for each other, they begin their relationship. And of course there are romance stuff & also trouble come. But finally when all the problem solved they eventually become the husband and wife. Haha...
Overall this story nothing new, but always we have room for this kind of cheesy romance. Haha...
For you who want to watch with eng sub: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSPECgfTqkwgS97XuXVmJD1tHJg3zpATR
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many plot holes
Zhang Zhe Han of course the reason I've watch this drama. But many plot holes this drama has make me have to lower their star...the plot holes:
1. One thing almost every director never really consider when making drama. VISAAAAA. Luo Xi (LX) want to go to America, where one of the hardest country to get visa, only plan in 2 days period.... Hello is that easy to get that visa...? For Tao Lun (TL) maybe he is America citizen still makes sense to go there just in 2 days. But LX no way that easy. And Zhang Min (ZM) also... He wants to catch LX by suddenly buy ticket at the airport. Hey where is your passport....??? Can you buy abroad ticket without passport...? I don't think so...
2. No bodyguards that stupid. When Wen Na (WN) go to America she is protected by bodyguard, but that bodyguard that easily get distracted by Tao Lun. No actual professional bodyguards that stupid to be that easily get distracted.
3. The announcement at the fashion show. I don't know where the messed up. Maybe this is the work of really one bad cut-edit. I think when they shoot the scene supposed to be longer where they explain about the fact that ZM is Zhang Jing Zhong's (JZ) son. But the one come out just the recording of ZM's mom scream histerically about she is the ZM's mom & that JZ wants to harm them (mother & son) nothing about JZ being ZM's dad so how everyone in the end still know the fact that ZM is JZ's son....
The bad:
- The rush ending again I guess... The very last few episode is so weird & fast going. Like they want to wrap the drama and in the end make Wu Tian Wei (TW) so easy to regret what his wrong doing in the end.
- The way they put the role of TW feel like half baked. Like is he the bad guy...? Everything he did just feel half-hearted. He want to harm ZM but he is still the uncle. He want to do harm to TL but he is also afraid of him... Hah.... Don't know what to say... Maybe the writer just too focus on ZM-LX-TL story until they forget to build persona for TW as the bad guy.
- Wu Tian Hua never wake up... :(. Will gonna be much better if in the end the mom wake up from her comma & see TL.
What I like:
+ WN is very berry strong girl. She never really depressed or plan to revenge after every heart break. She always get back on her feet. Even I also kinda pitty her for falling again into the same pit but with diff man (ZM & TL). I really like how the writer not put her into one crazy love rival mode.
+ The acting of Tu Ling Aka Shen Xiu Zhi or ZM's mom is very good. We can really feel she is one troubled woman.
I don't know to put it in the good or bad:
The relationship between ZM & LX is mature but some aspect really weird. Like lack of romance maybe... There were some scene where if that another drama I think they'll gonna put kissing or hugging but this drama not. I don't too like too much show off love but the way they do make it feel empty in some sort of way... I don't know how to describe it. The chemistry between Zhang Zhe Han & Zhang Ruo Nan quite ok.
Overall this just another drama to spend ur time...
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heh...?!
I don't understand why people like this... Majority people really like this drama. For me this drama is really boring and has many plot holes. The more toward the ending the more messed up this drama is.I have to agree with most people that give the same score as me, like baeehand and Lisa Veavea. The beginning was so good, the conflict and story in the beginning was reliable. But the middle and ending it's so sucks. For me this drama began to sucks after they became a couple. The conflict wasn't reliable again. Maybe like Lisa Veavea wrote: "How even after the heartbreak and heartache, they act like kids afterwards, playing the push and pull game without confronting the issues that caused the breakup".
And the reason for break up is more proof they are so childish. It's only about their communication. The ending is just like they push the fwd button, everything happened so fast.
Plot holes / fast fwd scene:
- the wedding of Wei Hao & Xu Qian
- the love rival. They want to make Nie Xi become the crazy woman who is secretly in love with Su Nian Qin (NQ), but it just suddenly stops without even starting.
- Isn't the relationship between NQ and his dad already better when his dad was sick. Why at the end we can still see the relationship become sucked again...
- What actually the problem with NQ and his family has never really been explained.
Maybe there are more the plot holes but I think I'll stop here.
Overall: this is just one drama to spend your days. What I like best from this drama is actually the soundtrack. For me this drama maybe better if they have longer eps or maybe just erased unimportant stuff and add more make sense stuff...
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Watched this because of Rachel Mao. See her in Love 020 think she quite cute & adorable. This drama turns out quite good.In this drama we can see the world is so small. Turn out everybody connection is really closer than you can imagine. Yes some of it I already guess from the beginning, but some of it also a surprise for me. This drama also about love can make people do stupid things, one mistake from the past can't haunt you down in the future and a snake in the grass is the most dangerous ^_^
This drama is one complicated drama that i've ever watched. One problem after another, seems not gonna be done. So much pain for Yu Zhe (YZ) and Jia Ming (JM). But love the ending scene where YZ & JM get merried & everyone relationship are good with each other
YZ love for JM also one of the sweetest thing. If only anyone can fall in love so easily like YZ fall with JM. But i think at one point it's too much sacrifice from YZ side. Until at one point he became stupid man too. Like why he has to bear the responsible for YL accident...?
Seeing the relationship between JM papa and aunt Wu, Yu Xi and Yi Xuan are also so cute & adorable. Seeing old couple dating or trying to date is sometimes really funny & adorable.
I don't think ever hate more character than Yi Lan (YL). She's a selfish and egocentric woman. But she's like that also because she so pampered from childhood, everything she want she must get. She also supported by her crazy grandma & YZ ambitious dad. That's why she insist her love to YZ until it's not love anymore but more just obsession for owning what you can't get.
Sometimes seeing Zhao Han (ZH) is feeling a little bit pitiful. Unreturned feeling is so tiring. A little funny thing when Zh become a snake in the grass for YL, but actually he is really good for YL if only she want to stop being stupid girl faster.
Yan Su played as thai person accent is quite good. And you know what funny from the cast. Mike Angelo who play as Yu Zhe is thai nationality, but Yan Su who play as Kun Jin is Chinese nationality.... ^_^
Overall: A very good drama with problem you can relate with your life. But to re-watch i don't think so. I don't know why... It's a good drama but unfortunately still not intrigue my interest to re-watch
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So happy to watch this drama... Fluffy rom-com with a lot of maturity...Story about a girl named Sang Zhi (SZ) that falling in love with her brother's friend, Duan Jia Xu (JX). First they know each other when SZ still in junior school. Capture by the handsome & kindness that JX give her, the feeling start growing in SZ heart. After SZ start her university day, their love story begin their journey.
What I like:
+ Zhao Lu Si & Chen Zhe Yuan chemistry quite good. Zhao Lu Si with her usual cute & funny character. & what I really like is how Zhao Lu Si can make we sense the growing/maturity in SZ.
+ How JX really respect SZ. A few times he ask for permission when he want their relationship step further. Like how he ask for holding hands, kissing or even when they finally sleeping together.
+ How mature SZ is. Like how she handle JX's dad problem with the past. Although she sometimes quite childish, she's like a little princess in her home, but she show some maturity in other aspect.
+ How they keep communicating & have openness in their relationship. Like JX just telling SZ about his family problem, even when they just start the relationship, nothing JX feel the need to hide from SZ. So there is no such thing silly misunderstanding.
+ And I kinda happy to see Zeng Li played as SZ's mom, that give her love. It's kinda redemption for how she treated Zhao Lu Si in Love Like Galaxy. Haha...
Overall this really one good rom-com that I think I'll gonna keep re-watching... ^^
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Sometimes I wonder, if I myself got this illness what will I do...? Will I got frustrated like Lu Yao (LY) or I'll be chill and life my live normally like Lucy Whitmore in 50 first date. And if that happen to me will I find the love just like those 2...?
Love is really magical, it can make you remember little thing about the one you love, like LY always remember Xing Yue (XY) deep down his memories.
The only problem I have with this movie is why they have to continue the last 30 min of this movie. Why don't they stop when LY & XY together. Yeah that last 30 minute is the one make this movie more memorable, so I don't know is that bad or good thing about this movie. But overall I really happy I found this movie...
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