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my forever sunshine
i enjoyed the series , atleast when I didn't permit the FL's bad dress style , atrocious hair , forever clinging backpack and childlike/childish mannerisms bother me .it was a good series , at least for the timeline it was made.
i loved the younger versions better.. both luo yunxi and janice wu did such a fabulous job. In comparison , I found the old versions pale in comparison. don't get me wrong. i love both wallace chung and tiffany tang. but it seems the younger and older versions seemed like totally different people , not in the way "they grew up , so they are different " way.... they felt different people..
if I ignore this part and try to enjoy younger and old versions as independent stories , I had a better time enjoying the series. I loved the story of younger version - I liked the exuberance and initiative taking personality of FL - the initial hesitency , but "all in " mode of ML when he accepted her. i felt sorry , somewhere life took away that naiveness and full of life personality of FL.. and reduced the ML to "if not her , then no one " stage , where mere indication of travel on her part could trigger PTSD in him and get him to attack her. i hated it , but it also made me think the intensity of his feelings for her. such love is rare. its nice to see it had a great ending .
talking of love, what is it with Cdramas , there is always some character who doesn't give up and keep pursuing unrequited love. i don't mind waiting when one is/was in an acknowledged relationship.. but , waiting for someone who though not confessed, knew about it , and clearly not acknowledging it or rejecting it or taking it forward. such love I feel is a mental issue . being in such constant delusion is what? ML's meimei is clearly always looking for a "seemingly valid reason" to keep pursing him and justifying it.
and I never understood this concept of "being worthy of loved" I keep hearing it in c dramas and k dramas .. as if there is a list of qualifications to be eligible to be loved or to love.. dear c/k drama writers.. there is no such qualification - anyone can love anyone - qualifications of any kind doesn't matter -- it happens , people fall in love - and who the hell is bystanders questioning it?
ok, enough ranting - its a nice series if u ignore few things , so don't mind my ranting
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Full On entertainment series ..... Time well spent
great story, very well executed , excellent cinematography , great acting by entire cast , well styled and sharp looking leads (kudos to makeup and styling team for doing an excellent job !) and casting team .... over all job well done by every single departmentOne of those rare dramas you will enjoy from start to end. every character shone. so many adorable characters - from the grand old ladies , to the younger lot. all shone brightly, even the villains ...
Li Landi and Ao Rui Peng- looked their best and acted phenomenally!
this is one drama I will revisit , though the cases are no longer a mystery - there is so much to love in this drama
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Light vs Darkness
No matter how fiercely the darkness prevails, light will always triumph in the end. - this quote sums up this dramaFinished watching Vendetta of An., finally This is one of the best dramas that has come out in 2025 year-end. I enjoyed watching every bit of it, craving for more episodes. I had so much to vent while watching, about humans acting worse than animals, and also wondered if living is so important that one would kill to live. . ML's side answered my question, they killed too , so that others lived , not for greed , not for power , but to bring peace to the realm. they killed only the garbage parading in human skin . .. they have mostly forgiven or protected innocents (even if they have done mistakes , unknowingly) . I loved and hated the deposed king. it took so much death and destruction for him to grow a pair! On the contrary though I started off being suspicious of his brother, i ended up admiring him in the end. He came out as being more compassionate , politically matured and more deserving of the throne , and i felt bad that he died in the end. Some of the moments felt so helpless, and i was worried ML's side wouldnt be able to succeed . and only a miracle would help them succeed - and that miracle is ML himself - the ending was so intense and he indeed strategised the win so brilliantly , and convinsingly!
I immensely enjoyed the series, no doubt about it! And I will follow the original author's works more closely. I think the author is immensely talented.
The drama captured the essence and presented it powerfully and convincingly. I loved the fast pace .my only grouse was, it needed more episodes to do justice to all that content (choppy editing didnt help) - in the later episodes i sometimes struggled with names /characters /context , when some references made by various character , more episodes would have given us more context , breathing space to catch up. the fast pacing though i loved was so fast that i found myself racing (albeight not as fast )playing catchup.... Otherwise good content , acting , direction ..... will revisit this series again.
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my forever sunshine (series) too
Where shall I start - it is a masterpiece in every sense.. How many times have I watched this - for its story , for main leads , for the side characters, the OST and so much more. This is my go-to everytime I miss watching a soulful series . I have spent many many hours discussing the story with friends and my pov on the happening in the story- esp who bore lions share of responsibility in the events that happened in 5th ep , which was a huge shock for me when I first watched it. i hated peang when I watched it 1st time. and every time I watched I understood her - and why events happened the way they did. and now I strongly believe she is the only other matured person in the entire series after athit's father. rest , everyone , had no character development from beginning to end. not even Mark. At one point I also held the view she should have gone back to sunshine farms , but should have never gotten together with athit . going back was important for her emotional wellbeing , as she was stuck in the past , and needed to move on -as said by uncle , which I agree. but given that she has everything now- beauty , maturity , money and good academic credentials , she should have moved on and married someone else. and not gotten herself entangled with athit and dwellers of sunshine farms again.nevertheless , I still immensely love the series - that's to Mark and Kao, esp Kao.
Mark and Kao are my forever favorites now , thanks to this series.
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