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Attention, Love! — Soft Lessons, Flat Emotions, Mildly Worth It
⚠️ (WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I’m Not Saving You from Any Emotional Damage)
I started Attention, Love! because I was deep in an older Chinese/Taiwan rom-com mood, expecting something light, breezy, and emotionally low-risk. What I got instead was… feelings. Growth. Characters learning to love themselves before loving each other. Rude.
Yes, there are comedic moments, but this drama leans harder into coming-of-age than outright romance, which threw me at first. Once I adjusted my expectations (lowered them? reframed them?), it worked better.
Now, Wang Zi. I previously saw him in They Kiss Again as adult Arnold and let me be clear: I did not enjoy that experience. The laugh. The hair. The attitude. It was a lot, and not in a good way. Here, though? Vast improvement. His voice is still doing most of the heavy lifting (sultry, unmistakable), but the restrained, emotionally reserved role suited him better… even if it made Li Zheng feel a little flat at times.
And yes, that flatness made the show harder to get through in places. Emotional repression can only carry a narrative so far before I start begging a character to blink differently.
That said—despite its faults—I did enjoy this drama. There were moments that genuinely worked, moments that didn’t, and enough sincerity holding it together that I finished it without resentment. High praise, honestly.
Will I rewatch? Probably not.
Do I regret watching it? Also no.
That’s a very specific sweet spot.
💭 Final Mood
“Quietly fond, mildly frustrated, and emotionally older than when I started.”
I started Attention, Love! because I was deep in an older Chinese/Taiwan rom-com mood, expecting something light, breezy, and emotionally low-risk. What I got instead was… feelings. Growth. Characters learning to love themselves before loving each other. Rude.
Yes, there are comedic moments, but this drama leans harder into coming-of-age than outright romance, which threw me at first. Once I adjusted my expectations (lowered them? reframed them?), it worked better.
Now, Wang Zi. I previously saw him in They Kiss Again as adult Arnold and let me be clear: I did not enjoy that experience. The laugh. The hair. The attitude. It was a lot, and not in a good way. Here, though? Vast improvement. His voice is still doing most of the heavy lifting (sultry, unmistakable), but the restrained, emotionally reserved role suited him better… even if it made Li Zheng feel a little flat at times.
And yes, that flatness made the show harder to get through in places. Emotional repression can only carry a narrative so far before I start begging a character to blink differently.
That said—despite its faults—I did enjoy this drama. There were moments that genuinely worked, moments that didn’t, and enough sincerity holding it together that I finished it without resentment. High praise, honestly.
Will I rewatch? Probably not.
Do I regret watching it? Also no.
That’s a very specific sweet spot.
💭 Final Mood
“Quietly fond, mildly frustrated, and emotionally older than when I started.”
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