I just got into Chinese dramas so I don’t mind it so much yet. 😆
Thanks so much and glad you agree! It's like endless deja vu with these same old plots. There is too many copies around, but at least these short ones get to their destination sooner as you stated. I don't tend to finish the longer ones as much anymore especially once the writing goes downhill. Life is too short!
Zhang Ke turned out to be a 🐍 🐍 … It was already weird when he did that grand confession when they didn’t…
Exactly! He doesn't respect boundaries at all! I would've re-written him and I didn't like how twisted and obsessed they wrote him to be and it came across cartoony. He was very one-note after about episode 17/18 or so and they didn't need another villain when the debt squad were enough.
There was no kiss! Just hugs, hand holding and foreheads touching😂NONE of the main couples kissed, actually…
The most risqué it got was RJ taking about bedroom things he wanted to do with BY! This was pretty tame for a web series. This is why I prefer the shorter length dramas nowadays, as they at least tend to have steamy kisses and take a shorter time to get there! 😂
Zhang Ke turned out to be a 🐍 🐍 … It was already weird when he did that grand confession when they didn’t…
Very true! And C-dramas are not short of immature women.
I think she thought she would try to taint his perfect image of YY to convince him to choose her instead but all it did was strengthen his desire to chase his crush by destroying YY's relationship (granted, it was toxic) and career, so he could exploit his way into her good graces by 'comforting' her at her lowest and emotionally venerable. Seriously, what a scumbag! He deserved more than a slap. He's not looking for a girlfriend but someone who he can control and live out his fantasy with. Little does that former barista woman know that she's his newest target and consolation prize since he couldn't get YY. He's seen that she won't stand up for herself, doesn't hold him accountable to let him back in too easily, so he can be as creepy and throw as many tantrums around her as he likes. He likes the power he can have around her without any threat to his ego.
Zhang Ke turned out to be a 🐍 🐍 … It was already weird when he did that grand confession when they didn’t…
He's pretty much what some MLs come across as when they're not romanticised. Shame they tried to redeem him with a coffee near the end by having him reconcile with the girl who had a crush on him🤦♀️. I bet he's manipulating her but she's oblivious because she's attracted to him ...
There didn't seem to be much progress in the episodes released today. Actually for the first time, I fast forwarded…
Typical, really! These longer C-dramas are usually full of filler and repetition, causing frustration. At least the shorter ones don't take as long😂 The scenes with Yuan Yuan and Mr Liu are a highlight, but I do wish she had later actually tried to read his beloved Murakami novels at the very least to see for herself why he's such an ardent fan of them. There's a reoccurring theme with some female characters being portrayed as not wanting to read and just focusing on money (through snagging rich men) which irks me. It's very shallow and limiting. Her character arch could've been richer than what it is.
The main couple doesn't do it for me either and looks fundamentally mismatched, but HH's family (besides her precocious, spoilt and classist son) is likeable, she just needs to stop lying to them and tell the truth more ...
Here's to hoping that these short length web dramas stop recycling the same plots over and over! Revenge, face swapping and tokens on the body are exhausted now! It was mediocre overall, with writing on the level of a teen fanfic. At least the ending wasn't ambiguous unlike some dramas that I've seen ...
Zhang Ke went from clingy and obsessed third wheel to a full on manipulative villain!
Wonder why they resorted to this when they could've had him move on from his unreciprocated infatuation gradually,? 💩 will hit the fan when Yuan Yuan finds out he was responsible for spreading the video. Telling how it's juxtaposed with the phone girl who's crushing on him but is being chased by a man she rebuffed. Sounds familiar?
There is too many copies around, but at least these short ones get to their destination sooner as you stated.
I don't tend to finish the longer ones as much anymore especially once the writing goes downhill. Life is too short!
I would've re-written him and I didn't like how twisted and obsessed they wrote him to be and it came across cartoony.
He was very one-note after about episode 17/18 or so and they didn't need another villain when the debt squad were enough.
This is why I prefer the shorter length dramas nowadays, as they at least tend to have steamy kisses and take a shorter time to get there! 😂
And C-dramas are not short of immature women.
I think she thought she would try to taint his perfect image of YY to convince him to choose her instead but all it did was strengthen his desire to chase his crush by destroying YY's relationship (granted, it was toxic) and career, so he could exploit his way into her good graces by 'comforting' her at her lowest and emotionally venerable.
Seriously, what a scumbag! He deserved more than a slap. He's not looking for a girlfriend but someone who he can control and live out his fantasy with.
Little does that former barista woman know that she's his newest target and consolation prize since he couldn't get YY. He's seen that she won't stand up for herself, doesn't hold him accountable to let him back in too easily, so he can be as creepy and throw as many tantrums around her as he likes. He likes the power he can have around her without any threat to his ego.
Shame they tried to redeem him with a coffee near the end by having him reconcile with the girl who had a crush on him🤦♀️. I bet he's manipulating her but she's oblivious because she's attracted to him ...
NONE of the main couples kissed, actually IIRC ... odd.
When you watch more and notice it being ubiquitous, it'll start to become like grating deja vu.
Hope this C-drama doesn't follow suit!
Do you understand Mandarin, btw?
And why did they translate it incorrectly?
The scenes with Yuan Yuan and Mr Liu are a highlight, but I do wish she had later actually tried to read his beloved Murakami novels at the very least to see for herself why he's such an ardent fan of them.
There's a reoccurring theme with some female characters being portrayed as not wanting to read and just focusing on money (through snagging rich men) which irks me. It's very shallow and limiting. Her character arch could've been richer than what it is.
The main couple doesn't do it for me either and looks fundamentally mismatched, but HH's family (besides her precocious, spoilt and classist son) is likeable, she just needs to stop lying to them and tell the truth more ...
They're similar (some actresses in it have since gone on to bigger dramas) and both series share the same main actress.
Interesting that a man witnesses this sexism as well! 👏
It was mediocre overall, with writing on the level of a teen fanfic.
At least the ending wasn't ambiguous unlike some dramas that I've seen ...
Wonder why they resorted to this when they could've had him move on from his unreciprocated infatuation gradually,? 💩 will hit the fan when Yuan Yuan finds out he was responsible for spreading the video.
Telling how it's juxtaposed with the phone girl who's crushing on him but is being chased by a man she rebuffed. Sounds familiar?