Daytimel

✨️ Good parts:

• the concept and core idea had strong potential and a solid foundation
• not boring in terms of pacing choices
• parts of the OST and background music were beautiful
• the cinematography and costumes were pretty and they really tried
• the casting choices suited the roles and the actors fit their characters

❌️ Bad parts:

• no layered writing regarding the plot
• lots of one-dimensional characters
• boring storyline with no meaningful stakes
• story is 99% focused on the male lead, leaving everyone else underdeveloped
• male lead is omnipotent, flat, and has no real development
• inconsistent male lead (emotionally unstable then suddenly enlightened)
• the only fully fleshed out character was the main lead everyone else got forgotten for some reason
• weak female characters overall (female characters reduced to cooking, serving roles or just falling in love)
• plot holes throughout the story
• main conflict relies on childish miscommunication tropes
• random side characters become more important than the actual main group
• everyone loves the male lead, even the villains
• basically male lead x everyone
• weak villains
• main villain introduced too late
• important scenes lose all tension
• bad or pointless reveals
• incomplete character arcs
• new characters added without proper introduction
• existing characters get forgotten and dropped
• ending rewinds time and makes everything that happened feel pointless

Overall, this drama looks and sounds nice, but its wasted potential, weak male and female characters, and overpowered male lead make it a frustrating watch.
Expected more from Teng Ping but it is what it is.