Noctis

I am not exactly sure why this didn’t impress me more.. Maybe it was the blunt way they tore down the ML’s character or maybe it was just my disbelief at the direction the script chose to take.. Either way I just wish I could have loved this more.. I admit giving this a 7.5 might feel a bit unfair but that score reflects my personal distaste more than the drama’s quality.. By the end I couldn’t help but ask myself “Why did the writer choose to butcher the second half like that?”.. When I think about what this drama took away and how it treated the character Yin Zheng till the end, I honestly wonder what the point of it all was..

Her constant pushing him away just went on for far too long.. By ep 22, I honestly felt like skipping through it.. He worked too hard to win her affection.. Well she already loved him, yet his reassurances were never enough for her.. At first it was fine, but after a while it felt like they should just divorce and let her go back like she wanted.. Forty eps were just too many, with a lot of unnecessary subplots that didn’t really add much.. The first half was okay.. There was comedy, story development and it all flowed well.. But then it dragged and I got tired of the repetitive plot..

If you notice, almost all the male characters in this drama were problematic.. Power hungry, sex obsessed, spineless or just plain pathetic.. That’s pretty much what most of them were like.. On the other hand, the female characters were all good.. There wasn’t a single one you could really criticize and I liked that.. It felt different from other dramas.. But turning the flaws and pain of the male characters into comedy felt a bit hypocritical..

Especially with how the ML was treated.. I really felt his character deserved more.. After all he went through it always seemed like he was the one putting in all the effort, while she never truly matched it.. Even His father in law belittle him.. Till the end of the drama it felt more like he made all the efforts in the relationship.. In the finale, while everyone else stayed with family she chose to go for business, even though it was his birthday and she still hadn’t told him she was pregnant.. She arrived late with noodles for him and somehow that was supposed to be enough?? I really don’t understand why the writer ended it that way.. And I also hated the jealousy part.. Seriously, the crown prince jealous of a chef?? A nobody?? What was the writer even thinking..

Overall it was insanely forgettable even though it had some solid performances.. By the end I was very disappointed.. The second half was a rather underwhelming snore.. If you are watching for the romance, just skip to the last 10–12 episodes.. But if you are here for the sisterhood, then you will probably enjoy it a lot more..