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One of the best in 2025 so far!
ADWAD doesn’t disappoint! It’s sooooo much fun!
Starting with the actors/actresses themselves: Liu Yu Ning and Li Yi Tong should get awards for this. They gave top performances and the characters feel like real people (well…as real as can be). Also, The fact that they acted several versions of the same scene but were able to convey their different characters , just deserves applause.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Li Yi Tong being able to change her voice and expressions as naive Song Yi Meng from the OG script vs Song Xiao Yu trapped playing Song Yi Meng is amazing. Liu Yu Ning is very authentic displaying his sorrow, anger, hurt, and his love as protagonist, Nan Heng. The man is a beautiful crier and really shines in the drama’s saddest scenes.
As for the characters:
ML, Nan Heng, is one of the best ML in a Cdrama! He doesn’t start off that way but he steals the show and wins over everyone’s heart before the drama is halfway through. If you like tortured heroes, he’s THE ONE! A 10/10 character for me.
FL, Song Yi Meng, started off very promising but kinda fell off during the middle of the story. Her character development became stagnant and, as a viewer, it was frustrating…..but she finds her way again in the last 2/3 of the drama and becomes the strong, heroic FL we knew all along was inside her. 8/10 character for me
The Support characters were very good. Most had backstories or were going through things independent from the main couple to make them feel real. The villains were villaining…if their only purpose is to incite hate in the audience, then they get 10/10. Character Chu Guihong definitely takes the cake, played wonderfully by
Wang You Shao.
Ending:
There are some loose threads but overall, the ending is a TRUE and one of the better happy endings. The drama took its time to wrap up everyone’s storyline in a satisfactory way and your heart will be happy. Definitely worth watching at least once if anyone is one the fence.
I’ll likely be watching it several times.
Starting with the actors/actresses themselves: Liu Yu Ning and Li Yi Tong should get awards for this. They gave top performances and the characters feel like real people (well…as real as can be). Also, The fact that they acted several versions of the same scene but were able to convey their different characters , just deserves applause.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Li Yi Tong being able to change her voice and expressions as naive Song Yi Meng from the OG script vs Song Xiao Yu trapped playing Song Yi Meng is amazing. Liu Yu Ning is very authentic displaying his sorrow, anger, hurt, and his love as protagonist, Nan Heng. The man is a beautiful crier and really shines in the drama’s saddest scenes.
As for the characters:
ML, Nan Heng, is one of the best ML in a Cdrama! He doesn’t start off that way but he steals the show and wins over everyone’s heart before the drama is halfway through. If you like tortured heroes, he’s THE ONE! A 10/10 character for me.
FL, Song Yi Meng, started off very promising but kinda fell off during the middle of the story. Her character development became stagnant and, as a viewer, it was frustrating…..but she finds her way again in the last 2/3 of the drama and becomes the strong, heroic FL we knew all along was inside her. 8/10 character for me
The Support characters were very good. Most had backstories or were going through things independent from the main couple to make them feel real. The villains were villaining…if their only purpose is to incite hate in the audience, then they get 10/10. Character Chu Guihong definitely takes the cake, played wonderfully by
Wang You Shao.
Ending:
There are some loose threads but overall, the ending is a TRUE and one of the better happy endings. The drama took its time to wrap up everyone’s storyline in a satisfactory way and your heart will be happy. Definitely worth watching at least once if anyone is one the fence.
I’ll likely be watching it several times.
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