How would people summarise the "tone" of this show so far? I like to know what I'm getting into before I watch and I can't get quite get a feel based on the description + tags. Tense? Angsty ? Slow and slice of lifey? Dramatic and satisfying like a revenge drama?
I'm going to be bummed if this ends with them waking up in their old life -- with his friend having died + her family less successful etc!! Praying that if they need them to be in a coma to get around chinese cencorship that they just ... stay in the coma and live this new life or something.
In other news it's a shame it looks like the show will set her brother up with this awful awful ex best friend. Her brothers great, and that girl isn't just shady, she's actively plotting against our FL for no good reason!
This is how I understand it based on the novel. JQX has always been a loner. He’s part of the Qunshan group…
Hmm I get that but if YT is that important to him, he surely knows the other guys can pass on a message to her to say he's okay and he's sorry he can't be in touch? I think I just have to accept that as a plot hole though!
Also in that case I kind of wish the drama had done a better job of making him seem like the more stoic loner type at this new school and capturing the distance he feels towards all classmates. I feel like as a viewer it would have made him seem more mysterious / intriguing as a male lead? So far from the outside the show just makes him seem like any other basic guy, who gets along with that annoying girl and the other male friend just fine. I'm probably talking prematurely and when the show reveals his perspective he'll feel like a deeper character who we as the viewers misunderstood- but I wish the show established more intrigue around his personality now to keep the viewers who don't know the novel (like me) more hooked.
I'm enjoying this show but it's a shame it's slowed down on episodes a bit during a time the ML is awol and we're just getting petty bullying from the girl who likes him- dragging out the annoying parts of the drama!
I also feel little connection with the ML so far. I understand why he couldn't call her for years but why act like strangers to her friends when they moved to his school? Is it so hard to act like normal classmates with them, and then casually pass on a message in a hallway? And letting gossip about her run rampant once she arrives, is it so hard to tell your friends not to be assholes? Maybe in later episodes we'll get more from his perspective that justifies everything but at the moment the show is acting like they have an epic love + the MLFL have solved their issues and relationship is all fine but personally I don't feel it yet so it's hard to feel invested... In typical SML syndrome I currently like Yu Qiao better but that might be my personal bias towards the loyal bff character 😅
In general I don't mind not seeing kiss scenes in cdramas BUT a weird choice for THIS drama to have weird cut scene kisses because of the characterisation of the FL? She's not the shy conservative type, she's the flirt between the two of them, she's the one who was practically daring him to kiss her while he joked later that other couples usually go step by step in dating, she's the one who's trying to get him out of his clothes (lol). In plenty of other dramas the physical progress of the main couple is much more slow burn than this one, so she'd do fine in one of those dramas where they'd just have to stage a fake kiss in the last few episodes. Just a weird choice to cast an actress for *this* part who doesn't want to do kiss scenes?
I'm still enjoying the drama, hoping in the future they can be smarter about how they stage the intimate moments to make things feeel a bit more natural.
I literally waited for this one. As i dont find anything now a days which can fulfill my criteria. Any modern…
Sweet Teeth (2021) is a good hidden gem romcom- I feel like I never hear anyone talk about it so I watched it with no expectations and ended up really enjoying it.
Just started this- halfway through the first ep and while I've seen and enjoyed this actress before (she was great in Legally Romance) she's really outstanding in this. She captures so much meaning in a single expression.
Just binged this- looks like they're planning on packing a whole lotta plot in the last episode. I think I might prefer it if they don't end up together because I actually think MinJun is right, this level of difference in how they naturally process everyday interactions and communicate (between themselves and also others) probably does mean they're pretty incompatible-- I think it still makes an interesting little show to see two people unpack and process the breakdown of their first relationship from a more mature perspecive years later.
I know this is a quick, fairly low budget BL but I wonder if the audience would root for the couple more if we got more time to see them fall for eachothers' more authentic adult selves now-- Minjun says he would try to go along with Jinhwan to not rock the boat (the misunderstanding over Minjun wanting to hang out with Jinhwan's friends vs not actually wanting to) and held himself back to not seem clingy etc. We've seen them talk about those things, but more "showing" and less "telling" of them actually learning eachothers' true selves and falling for them would make for a more satisfying narrative if a happy ending is the end goal.
Wasn't sure I'd like this in the first ep because I was worried the FL would be kind of annoying- by episode 2 I realised I'd like the series and now by ep 4 I've realised I really love this FL! Love a main character with a unique personality instead of the usual cookie cutter dynamics we see in so many romance dramas.
I'm waiting to binge this after I reach an upcoming deadline but I can't help my curiosity- if you guys had to relate this to any other cdrama (or kdrama) based on ~vibes~, what is it similair to? Just so I know what to expect!
Could actually see his mind moving a mile a minute trying to work out what to do in the short meeting with her parents- him literally pulling the door back open to start a conversation to basically introduce himself was funny!
Love our latest episode. I honestly really appreciate that we've seen Yi Fan decide to "court Sang Yan". I mean obviously he's the one who actively put himself back into her life and tried to look after her slowly and steadily so as not to scare her off- but he's clearly done exactly what she's needed to feel safe enough to put down her defenses and grow from feeling like she doesn't deserve his love to feeling like she can choose to run towards happiness and try to hold on to it. His mom last episode was like "what are you waiting for, if you like her she's right there", but it feels right that he waited until she was ready to choose this for herself. We've seen Yifen withstand so much so she's clearly a strong person, but this feels like one more way we get to see her grow.
I also think it speaks volumes that not only she feels safe enough to actively try to court him, but she's so excited about it she's opened up about it not only Si Qiao but also her work friend who she previously wouldn't open to. I said this in an earlier comment but I love that their relationship (even in this courting stage) lets YiFan slowly act like a "normal" young woman when she has had to grow up so fast and build so many defenses. I think it's great storytelling when they weave character development into the romance in such a natural way.
In other news it's a shame it looks like the show will set her brother up with this awful awful ex best friend. Her brothers great, and that girl isn't just shady, she's actively plotting against our FL for no good reason!
Also in that case I kind of wish the drama had done a better job of making him seem like the more stoic loner type at this new school and capturing the distance he feels towards all classmates. I feel like as a viewer it would have made him seem more mysterious / intriguing as a male lead? So far from the outside the show just makes him seem like any other basic guy, who gets along with that annoying girl and the other male friend just fine. I'm probably talking prematurely and when the show reveals his perspective he'll feel like a deeper character who we as the viewers misunderstood- but I wish the show established more intrigue around his personality now to keep the viewers who don't know the novel (like me) more hooked.
I also feel little connection with the ML so far. I understand why he couldn't call her for years but why act like strangers to her friends when they moved to his school? Is it so hard to act like normal classmates with them, and then casually pass on a message in a hallway? And letting gossip about her run rampant once she arrives, is it so hard to tell your friends not to be assholes? Maybe in later episodes we'll get more from his perspective that justifies everything but at the moment the show is acting like they have an epic love + the MLFL have solved their issues and relationship is all fine but personally I don't feel it yet so it's hard to feel invested... In typical SML syndrome I currently like Yu Qiao better but that might be my personal bias towards the loyal bff character 😅
I'm still enjoying the drama, hoping in the future they can be smarter about how they stage the intimate moments to make things feeel a bit more natural.
I know this is a quick, fairly low budget BL but I wonder if the audience would root for the couple more if we got more time to see them fall for eachothers' more authentic adult selves now-- Minjun says he would try to go along with Jinhwan to not rock the boat (the misunderstanding over Minjun wanting to hang out with Jinhwan's friends vs not actually wanting to) and held himself back to not seem clingy etc. We've seen them talk about those things, but more "showing" and less "telling" of them actually learning eachothers' true selves and falling for them would make for a more satisfying narrative if a happy ending is the end goal.
I also think it speaks volumes that not only she feels safe enough to actively try to court him, but she's so excited about it she's opened up about it not only Si Qiao but also her work friend who she previously wouldn't open to. I said this in an earlier comment but I love that their relationship (even in this courting stage) lets YiFan slowly act like a "normal" young woman when she has had to grow up so fast and build so many defenses. I think it's great storytelling when they weave character development into the romance in such a natural way.