I have watched many Chinese dramas that have more propaganda than this. But as with other smear attacks on Only…
if it bothers you so much and you're unable to detach art from politics, why are you watching cdramas in the first place? as I mentioned before. other cdramas do this too, why single out Only For Love? But of course, it's because that's what haters have been doing to this drama.
First and foremost, this drama is propaganda. 90% of the time it is about how incredibly future-oriented and committed…
I have watched many Chinese dramas that have more propaganda than this. But as with other smear attacks on Only For Love, flaws that other cdramas have are hurled at this drama as if it's the only cdrama that has this flaw.
Only For Love shows a few people (Shi Yan, Yu You, Guan Ji and business associates) who are future-oriented. They hardly represent the whole Chinese industry. In fact, Mr. Tian and other board members mostly disapprove of their decisions. Anyway, are you 100% sure the Chinese industry is not moving towards this push for state-of-the-art technology? After all, China is now the second largest economy in the world.
I'm trying to find a new drama just like this One, ML Loves FL more than she does and Head over heels for FL and…
Dylan has other excellent dramas where he portrays a fiercely faithful and devoted ML - Love Between Fairy and Devil, The Rational Life, Unchained Love
Which drama with Bai Lu were you talking about in the last point you made?
yup, Story of Kunning Palace. OFL aired on Nov 3 at MangoTV/HunanTV. Four days later, on Nov. 7, iQiyi suddenly dropped SOKP which was probably the most anticipated drama of 2023, garnering a record 7 million+ reservations. Before SOKP aired, OFL was topping all the charts; MangoTV, previously with 3% to 4% market share compared to iQiyi's 27% was suddenly ruling the market share.
I'm sure I've missed the discussion under all the muddy waters somewhere (I left the forum so I could watch in…
Yeah, the riding outfit, but i also think it might be the traditional red wedding dress,
As for the cake, this is what I gathered: in response to Xing Zhou's query about what she was doing, she started writing, "making love". But when she saw Shi Yan watching her texting, she instead texted "making cake". By the way, it seems even "making cake" has sexual connotation in China. I think some platforms don't have text translation that's why a lot of international viewers didn't get this scene.
When I read a book or watch a movie/drama, the first point I want to have a firm grip on is the relevance of the…
There were two reasons given for why Shu Yi decided to pursue Shi Yan - so she can use him for her dream project of upgrading the online newspaper and to show her ex-boyfriend Xing Zhou that she is worth more than his new gf's uncle's car that Xing Zhou dumped her for. Yet, when Xing Zhou asked her if the reason she went for Shi Yan was because of him, she got worried that Shi Yan might think so too. Meaning, it wasn't the reason. So, what is?
I think Shu Yi fell in love with Shi Yan the first time she saw him up close when he rolled down the car window that time she pretended to borrow his powerbank. Notice her reaction. That is the face of somebody in love. She had the same reaction when she saw Shi Yan outside his office after her work rival stole his interview from her. However, as self-centered as she was and being a compulsive liar, she lied to herself, not acknowledging she had fallen for a guy. Note, she never loved Xing Zhou. She merely accepted his pursuit after 5 years, most probably coz of her mom. But it was her pride. not her heart, that broke when he dumped her.
In ep 9, when she got jealous that Shi Yan showed interest in another girl, she realized she actually had fallen for him.
Thus, there was really only one reason Shu Yi went after Shi Yan - only for love.
When I read a book or watch a movie/drama, the first point I want to have a firm grip on is the relevance of the title. Accordingly, I've been wondering why this drama was entitled "Only For Love". I think its original title was "Love is Camp" or "Camp with Love" which I thought was appropriate, acknowledging its campy humor explicitly. Can anybody remember what the drama was initially called, at least in Twitter?
Anyway, so, from the time it became "Only For Love", I've been wondering why the title was chosen and below are my 2-cents.
Any other opinion on what the title may mean is most welcome.
when do they get together? when do they break up? and when do they get back together?
They first get together in ep 19, have a misunderstanding in ep 27 then get back together in ep 31. The process of going from one relationship status to another is as engaging as when they actually change status. That is, it's best to go with the whole flow, from the courtship to heart-break to healing, without skipping scenes because it is in the process that the viewers get to know the characters and what they feel.
Only For Love has gone through a lot: - a producer who was accused of embezzling funds (I understand the producer went behind bars). This was supposedly a high-budget drama, yet Dylan shot a shower scene in freezing water to avoid fogging up the lenses because there wasn't any anti-fog spray around - a smear campaign that invented flaws ("no plot", "no chemistry") and blew up flaws a lot of cdramas have (bad camera angles, bad filters, fillers, slow pace, propaganda, etc) as if it's the only cdrama afflicted with these flaws - another cdrama shown at the same time starring Bai Lu and her rumored bf or ex-bf that drew away most of her fans from OFL thus leaving only a few to counter attacks against her controversial character in OFL
Despite these, OFL keeps serving one triumph after another, the latest of which is that it made the list of cdramas with the highest Yunhe V30 Hot Broadcast Average for 2023. (https://twitter.com/Natapori/status/1738816689402531994)
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Only For Love! 🥰🥰🥰
comparing this to other cdramas, this deserves at least an 8.2
You can check my list for some Asian dramas I've watched, though it's not complete yet as I joined MDL only last year and I can't remember some dramas I watched before and some Jdramas are not in mdl, e.g. Forest of Piano. I've also watched more non-Asian dramas. I have deleted dramas I dropped. I tend to watch one drama at a time to focus on it. Most of the comments I've read here mention skipping scenes which is a no-no for me. Once I get the urge to skip scenes, I just drop the drama quietly with no fanfare, e.g. no bad-mouthing the drama, being mindful of how different people's tastes are.
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Only For Love shows a few people (Shi Yan, Yu You, Guan Ji and business associates) who are future-oriented. They hardly represent the whole Chinese industry. In fact, Mr. Tian and other board members mostly disapprove of their decisions. Anyway, are you 100% sure the Chinese industry is not moving towards this push for state-of-the-art technology? After all, China is now the second largest economy in the world.
As for the cake, this is what I gathered: in response to Xing Zhou's query about what she was doing, she started writing, "making love". But when she saw Shi Yan watching her texting, she instead texted "making cake". By the way, it seems even "making cake" has sexual connotation in China. I think some platforms don't have text translation that's why a lot of international viewers didn't get this scene.
I think Shu Yi fell in love with Shi Yan the first time she saw him up close when he rolled down the car window that time she pretended to borrow his powerbank. Notice her reaction. That is the face of somebody in love. She had the same reaction when she saw Shi Yan outside his office after her work rival stole his interview from her. However, as self-centered as she was and being a compulsive liar, she lied to herself, not acknowledging she had fallen for a guy. Note, she never loved Xing Zhou. She merely accepted his pursuit after 5 years, most probably coz of her mom. But it was her pride. not her heart, that broke when he dumped her.
In ep 9, when she got jealous that Shi Yan showed interest in another girl, she realized she actually had fallen for him.
Thus, there was really only one reason Shu Yi went after Shi Yan - only for love.
Anyway, so, from the time it became "Only For Love", I've been wondering why the title was chosen and below are my 2-cents.
Any other opinion on what the title may mean is most welcome.
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- a producer who was accused of embezzling funds (I understand the producer went behind bars). This was supposedly a high-budget drama, yet Dylan shot a shower scene in freezing water to avoid fogging up the lenses because there wasn't any anti-fog spray around
- a smear campaign that invented flaws ("no plot", "no chemistry") and blew up flaws a lot of cdramas have (bad camera angles, bad filters, fillers, slow pace, propaganda, etc) as if it's the only cdrama afflicted with these flaws
- another cdrama shown at the same time starring Bai Lu and her rumored bf or ex-bf that drew away most of her fans from OFL thus leaving only a few to counter attacks against her controversial character in OFL
Despite these, OFL keeps serving one triumph after another, the latest of which is that it made the list of cdramas with the highest Yunhe V30 Hot Broadcast Average for 2023. (https://twitter.com/Natapori/status/1738816689402531994)
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Only For Love! 🥰🥰🥰