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Go Back Lover chinese drama review
Dropped 12/24
Go Back Lover
4 people found this review helpful
by Shin
Jul 1, 2025
12 of 24 episodes seen
Dropped 4
Overall 5.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 2.5

I think I’ve seen enough.

The majority of the weight of this drama lies in its plot and characters, while the acting and aesthetics play only a minor part.
We have six high school friends here (three couples):

1. Lead Couple – Dated for years, broke up on an ugly note, and are now back again as contestants on the show. 🤥


2. Couple 2 – High school sweethearts who got married and later divorced after years together.😩


3. Couple 3 – Shared a spark in the past but never confessed. Now, the girl is a divorcee and they’re giving themselves a real chance.🤫



Even though the plot is ridiculous (for me, since I don’t enjoy dating variety shows), I gave it a chance because the premise seemed promising. But 12 episodes later, I’m concluding that this crap is just the same thing going in loops.🥱🥱🥱

Characters:

Male Lead – Good-looking, loyal, not very smart but not dumb either. His priorities are set in stone, and he never compromises on them. He holds a high moral stance and never lies. He’s quite hyperactive and sometimes childish, but nothing in his character is unworkable. I’d give him a solid 9/10.🙃🙂

Female Lead – She felt very relatable to me in the first few episodes. I’ve had the same experience of watching my parents fight since childhood, and it’s led to various complexities in my relationships too. But what she did to him was straight-up manipulation followed by gaslighting.😔😔
When you’re broken, you seek someone who can heal you and help you out of your agony—but she wounded him and dragged him into the same hell she was living in. A hell full of self-doubt and rejection. I genuinely felt bad for that poor boy.😓😓

I’m not against a woman who wants to stay single. I’m not against a woman who prioritizes her career over love. I’m not against a woman who chooses herself first—because I’m pretty much the same.
But I am against a woman who plays a man like a Ken doll.
I’m against a woman who starts something emotionally consuming with a man while knowing she can’t live up to the promise.
She just kept him wound around her pinky finger.
Even after 12 episodes and sleeping with him, she said the same thing again. He is clearly the weaker one in this relationship, but that doesn’t mean he deserves this kind of emotional torture. In real life, emotionally unavailable individuals like her cause serious psychological damage to their partners.😩😩

Couple 2 – Male Partner: Childish, jealous, hyperactive, but loyal.
Who Female Partner: Honestly, she’s just the same. They say opposites attract, yet these two are quite similar. Still, they fell in love, got married, divorced, and now they’re re-experiencing the spark.💀💀

Couple 3 – The Mute Couple: Again, both partners are extremely introverted.🤐🤐🤐

And yeah, there’s also a low-budget vamp who keeps causing trouble, but no one ever holds her accountable. Why? Because the writer said so.😤😤

Then we have a man who could be considered either a side male lead or some sort of antihero. He’s after the FL, but she keeps rejecting him in her own savage style.
Like, come on—she doesn’t even give two Fs about the ML, who’s completely devoted to her, and we’re supposed to believe this guy stands a chance? Be serious.🙄🙄

That pretty much sums up the drama—plot and characters.🫡

Cast:

The cast is decent. The ML is a good actor; we’ve seen him in supporting roles before. His performance here was solid.✨✨
The FL is even more talented—I remember seeing her in a period drama, and honestly, she shines more in that genre.💕

As for their chemistry... sorry, I found it too flat. Whether it’s the plot or poor character development, their chemistry felt like a homework assignment nobody wanted to do.👎

The BGM is decent for a modern-themed drama. The wardrobe could’ve been better, but anyway.

I might give it a second shot after a few days, but as of now, it’s just not matching my vibe. So yeah, dropping it for now. 😮‍💨
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