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BEST OF CDRAMA FIRST 2025
CITY OF ROMANCE presents itself as a university romance like "Lighter And Princess" with many similar ingredients:
1) the nonchalent lead (at the beginning)
2) The bunch of super friends
3) Strong and fluid alchemy
So you say to yourself, yes ok, well we're going to fall back into the usual good old clichés... AND WELL NO, not as you think! No, the girl doesn't fall in love with the bad boy, no, he doesn't have one anyway, and no, love doesn't come at first sight either. It is built. He hates lies and his family has always rocked him into them as well as his ppl. SHE, she only lies to hide a past pain. So obviously when the two meet there is absolutely no chance that it can work and yet little by little he discovers his pain, and she understands his principles....
XIAO DUO student, fan of comics and in particular of BLACK his favorite illustrator whose identity is secret. Xiao was not always pretty and thin in his childhood and lies often protected him from the worst things. She is very smiling and playful. She may seem superficial at first, but very quickly you understand that she has great strength of character and sensitivity. It reveals itself from episode to episode!
YAN CHENG psychology student and illustrator in his spare time, he has a very calm and serious temperament, he smiles little but he is very altruistic observer and protective. He suffers the absence of his parents, despite his friends, he is quite alone. He reminded me of the character of Honey Lemon Soda. He is very kind and introverted, an endearing character who doesn't need to make tons of them.
XIAO YANG the best friend of our lead Yan Cheng who has a playful personality close to our female lead. He is very fun, always the word to laugh, he contrasts a lot with the personality of the lead since he is extroverted. We loved it in Stay With me. So a pleasure to find him here.
What struck me in it and conquered me was really the "art/drawing" part indeed, for the role, they literally created a whole comic fiction with characters, derivative products, complete books, crazy decorations! I was impressed how carefully every detail was built around the secret illustrator "BLACK". I even thought that if it was on sale, I will definitely buy the illustrations!
The more we advance, the more pain appears and tongues untie. I loved seeing the fragility of the leads without false appearances and the communication he had. We learn that sometimes lying is not bad, it can protect, serve as a shield.
A scene particularly impressed me, is that of the father of the lead and the hero when the former accompanies him by car to the station. He shows her things, talks to her about his daughter, he evokes the loss of his wife... A conversation essential to the script and that triggers strong emotions for the lead.
In short, it's a real favorite! I was in total immersion with the universe of comics, the benevolence of the drama without cliché, the endearing characters. The solar romance, the pains of each character, the cinematography, the music... in short EVERYTHING! For me it is and will be too underside while this drama is a masterpiece! You have to realize it, it makes no noise, but what it contains is a treasure! I recommend it of course! 20/2O !!!!
1) the nonchalent lead (at the beginning)
2) The bunch of super friends
3) Strong and fluid alchemy
So you say to yourself, yes ok, well we're going to fall back into the usual good old clichés... AND WELL NO, not as you think! No, the girl doesn't fall in love with the bad boy, no, he doesn't have one anyway, and no, love doesn't come at first sight either. It is built. He hates lies and his family has always rocked him into them as well as his ppl. SHE, she only lies to hide a past pain. So obviously when the two meet there is absolutely no chance that it can work and yet little by little he discovers his pain, and she understands his principles....
XIAO DUO student, fan of comics and in particular of BLACK his favorite illustrator whose identity is secret. Xiao was not always pretty and thin in his childhood and lies often protected him from the worst things. She is very smiling and playful. She may seem superficial at first, but very quickly you understand that she has great strength of character and sensitivity. It reveals itself from episode to episode!
YAN CHENG psychology student and illustrator in his spare time, he has a very calm and serious temperament, he smiles little but he is very altruistic observer and protective. He suffers the absence of his parents, despite his friends, he is quite alone. He reminded me of the character of Honey Lemon Soda. He is very kind and introverted, an endearing character who doesn't need to make tons of them.
XIAO YANG the best friend of our lead Yan Cheng who has a playful personality close to our female lead. He is very fun, always the word to laugh, he contrasts a lot with the personality of the lead since he is extroverted. We loved it in Stay With me. So a pleasure to find him here.
What struck me in it and conquered me was really the "art/drawing" part indeed, for the role, they literally created a whole comic fiction with characters, derivative products, complete books, crazy decorations! I was impressed how carefully every detail was built around the secret illustrator "BLACK". I even thought that if it was on sale, I will definitely buy the illustrations!
The more we advance, the more pain appears and tongues untie. I loved seeing the fragility of the leads without false appearances and the communication he had. We learn that sometimes lying is not bad, it can protect, serve as a shield.
A scene particularly impressed me, is that of the father of the lead and the hero when the former accompanies him by car to the station. He shows her things, talks to her about his daughter, he evokes the loss of his wife... A conversation essential to the script and that triggers strong emotions for the lead.
In short, it's a real favorite! I was in total immersion with the universe of comics, the benevolence of the drama without cliché, the endearing characters. The solar romance, the pains of each character, the cinematography, the music... in short EVERYTHING! For me it is and will be too underside while this drama is a masterpiece! You have to realize it, it makes no noise, but what it contains is a treasure! I recommend it of course! 20/2O !!!!
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