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The True Definition of Green Tea B****
I rarely write reviews but I feel like I had to for this (please be advised this comes with major spoilers for the ending! Not sure how much space I need to give in order to hide the bottom)
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I get that people enjoyed watching Ireine (宋伊人) for the first time in a while. No offense, her last couple of dramas that came out haven’t been the best (that weird one with Zhang Yun Long and the other with Guo Jun Chen come to mind). Nevertheless, willing to give this a shot (and also at a loss for upcoming/currently airing dramas).
This formula/premise started off actually pretty cute - village bumpkin coming to big city university on a scholarship, making ends meet, and starts off not on the right foot with ML. Cool, I’m all for it at this point. Even the annoying roommate is not that bad, just a little too righteous.
Then the “Shi Jie” (senior) appears and things quickly turn downhill. For most of the drama I couldn’t even remember what her name was, but I sure wasn’t forgetting all the evil tricks she had in store for FL. Listen, I get that main characters need foils/ villains; and I don’t always turn my back to them. But she was just the worst of the worst. I could not understand how you let someone time and time again hurt you/cause as many misunderstandings. The good part was the little aunt/roommate was wise to her tricks from the start, and it was satisfying when she (the senior) got caught on the phone confessing she wasn’t sick. She leaves and you think, great - finally, this exhausting storyline is over. But nope, she returns and it’s worse the second time around (and dude, there’s only 4 more episodes left at this point). This time, she tries to fool FL and takes advantage again of our poor Shi Zi and his trust in her. Although it doesn’t last as long the second time around, it’s just so stupid how she thinks ML will come running to her just because of the recording (it was obvious it was her who manipulated). And then finally, how she confessed what really happened that day of the scuba diving. Ugh!!
I think this drama unfortunately fell flat for me due to incompetent screenwriting and insane plot holes that I just could not ignore. However, I will say the acting was actually quite good for the leads. The GTB was kind of bleh, but I guess that’s what makes you hate her more (I will clarify these comments are only towards the character, not the actress!) The main song was also pretty catchy. All in all, I would not recommend this show unless you can put up with insane female intervention.
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I get that people enjoyed watching Ireine (宋伊人) for the first time in a while. No offense, her last couple of dramas that came out haven’t been the best (that weird one with Zhang Yun Long and the other with Guo Jun Chen come to mind). Nevertheless, willing to give this a shot (and also at a loss for upcoming/currently airing dramas).
This formula/premise started off actually pretty cute - village bumpkin coming to big city university on a scholarship, making ends meet, and starts off not on the right foot with ML. Cool, I’m all for it at this point. Even the annoying roommate is not that bad, just a little too righteous.
Then the “Shi Jie” (senior) appears and things quickly turn downhill. For most of the drama I couldn’t even remember what her name was, but I sure wasn’t forgetting all the evil tricks she had in store for FL. Listen, I get that main characters need foils/ villains; and I don’t always turn my back to them. But she was just the worst of the worst. I could not understand how you let someone time and time again hurt you/cause as many misunderstandings. The good part was the little aunt/roommate was wise to her tricks from the start, and it was satisfying when she (the senior) got caught on the phone confessing she wasn’t sick. She leaves and you think, great - finally, this exhausting storyline is over. But nope, she returns and it’s worse the second time around (and dude, there’s only 4 more episodes left at this point). This time, she tries to fool FL and takes advantage again of our poor Shi Zi and his trust in her. Although it doesn’t last as long the second time around, it’s just so stupid how she thinks ML will come running to her just because of the recording (it was obvious it was her who manipulated). And then finally, how she confessed what really happened that day of the scuba diving. Ugh!!
I think this drama unfortunately fell flat for me due to incompetent screenwriting and insane plot holes that I just could not ignore. However, I will say the acting was actually quite good for the leads. The GTB was kind of bleh, but I guess that’s what makes you hate her more (I will clarify these comments are only towards the character, not the actress!) The main song was also pretty catchy. All in all, I would not recommend this show unless you can put up with insane female intervention.
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