It could have been so good
I am not one to finish dramas I'm not enjoying. I only persevered through this one because I'm a bit of a Lin Yi simp and through the course of this drama I fell for Xu Lu. They are the only reason I made it to the end.
I think teenage me would have adored this drama. That is the only reason I can denote for why this drama has such a high score. Without the rose colored glasses of teenagehood, this drama is lackluster. Unfortunately, it's been a long time since I was a teenager and I only pulled through by fast forwarding through nearly all scenes about the side characters. All I cared about was the main couple and at some points I was skipping some of their more predictable scenes too. I digress.
The writing of this drama is lackluster. The characters are so flat. Even the main two. I think the actors should be commended for portraying as much emotion as they did with the script they had. Especially Xu Lu. Having to deal with the immature dialogue and actions they've given her after such a stand out first episode is hard. She was such a bad B for that one (1) episode before they infantilized her.
The side characters were not only flat, but down right annoying. Most of their scenes had me rolling my eyes. Character motivations made no sense. Some things were being held on to for so long and their lasting impact duration was too long considering the transgression. I skipped in 10 second chunks so I could get the gist of the plot for the side characters and even just the little bits of it I was seeing made me so annoyed.
I did have a truly silly good time in the first 10 episodes or so. They weren't well written but they were fun! I can take fun even if it's not the best writing. I cannot abide the drama getting boring and that's what this one did. It got so boring! They should have cut it 20 episodes. It would have helped it so much. Some plot points where so clearly thrown in to pad time and then completely forgotten about within 2 episodes!!!
I'm getting wordy and I could probably spend another 5 paragraphs waxing poetic on what I didn't like so I'll wrap it up here. Especially since I don't want to get spoiler-y. If you're under the age of 20, you'll probably like this. Give it a try. If you're older, (or cough ancient by drama watcher standards like me), go in expecting it to be rather immature considering the ages and don't take it too seriously, you might have a good time. It was a good drama to have in while I did other things since I didn't want to be paying super close attention.
I think teenage me would have adored this drama. That is the only reason I can denote for why this drama has such a high score. Without the rose colored glasses of teenagehood, this drama is lackluster. Unfortunately, it's been a long time since I was a teenager and I only pulled through by fast forwarding through nearly all scenes about the side characters. All I cared about was the main couple and at some points I was skipping some of their more predictable scenes too. I digress.
The writing of this drama is lackluster. The characters are so flat. Even the main two. I think the actors should be commended for portraying as much emotion as they did with the script they had. Especially Xu Lu. Having to deal with the immature dialogue and actions they've given her after such a stand out first episode is hard. She was such a bad B for that one (1) episode before they infantilized her.
The side characters were not only flat, but down right annoying. Most of their scenes had me rolling my eyes. Character motivations made no sense. Some things were being held on to for so long and their lasting impact duration was too long considering the transgression. I skipped in 10 second chunks so I could get the gist of the plot for the side characters and even just the little bits of it I was seeing made me so annoyed.
I did have a truly silly good time in the first 10 episodes or so. They weren't well written but they were fun! I can take fun even if it's not the best writing. I cannot abide the drama getting boring and that's what this one did. It got so boring! They should have cut it 20 episodes. It would have helped it so much. Some plot points where so clearly thrown in to pad time and then completely forgotten about within 2 episodes!!!
I'm getting wordy and I could probably spend another 5 paragraphs waxing poetic on what I didn't like so I'll wrap it up here. Especially since I don't want to get spoiler-y. If you're under the age of 20, you'll probably like this. Give it a try. If you're older, (or cough ancient by drama watcher standards like me), go in expecting it to be rather immature considering the ages and don't take it too seriously, you might have a good time. It was a good drama to have in while I did other things since I didn't want to be paying super close attention.
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