Isabella Snow

the second sister is already married to her man. or maybe they'll have an almost divorce arc. for sure it will still end up with a happy ending. they have daughter in the trailer already.

the main leads will become the supportive leads. HAHAHHA

me too. but upon ep 9, i knew it. Kangning and Chai An will be like that first couple from Bridgerton. there are still 3 or 4 stories? to go. and as they are the main leads, it's quite interesting how they'll be "supportive" leads throughout the rest of the episodes. pun intended.

and I love that they have established the background story of the adoptive daughter somehow. the actress is not an unknown face in cdramas. so i was really expecting her story to have depth somehow and they delivered it.
turns out, she was rescued by the family as a young girl with nothing. i thought she was a cousin who grew up with them. maybe she gets a good match too by the end? or she's bound to accompany the Li matriach, whatever works. but not a snakey sister i hope.

one thing for sure with period chinese dramas, if there's a maiden, there's a maid.

i'm an austen fan so this show is for me. and I watched it. i was not expecting it to be Austen like, and since I have Austen knowledge, hahaha it feels like i'm getting easter eggs as I am watching Perfect Match. like my two favorite things in the world Cdramas and Pride and Pejudice just fell in love and made a baby = Perfect Match.

it feels like the first episode was written by a different writer. good thing i had speed up on my playing options i try not to skip the first episode as much.
but i'm enjoying the following episodes now. so far so good.

did you notice that one time he stood on his toes just to take one last peek of her as she was closing the gate ? after sending her home i think.
the camera knows focus. *details*

oh right. the golden mahoraga.
her baobei.

please toxic masculinity, misogyny, those terms are modern but at the same time really happened in the past unfortunately. What, do they want a bridgerton type of show? where equality existed in the past? that's fantasy. The show is called Perfect Match because these 5 couples from one maternal family were perfect matches for their time. This is not a heavy drama, or wuxia, or fusion or xianxia.
I felt like im reading a storybook based on the olden times, 5 different love stories that have minimal connections. the first story just concluded, we still have 4 to go. All about marriages in imperial china and amongst common folk, not much royalty/politics involved. But about merchants, scholars and simple maidens. This is a folk story.
I just can't with those people exerting modern values to real customs in the past. maybe they try with a time period closer to 2025, or a time travel show.

yes he is!

https://x.com/soonsetra/status/1883115182362398744/photo/1
relationships chart

i'm quite surprised, the 4th and 5th sister's men have more complex connections than the main leads (or 3rd lady's and her man),

the details between the main couple's love story is just so fine.
the donkey
the jade comb
the plum blossom branch
what else?

Omygosh. i could count 3 times already Chai An shed tears because of Kangning.
girl, this man weeps for you. if that's not true love.
phew. he's such a talented actor.

i guess the sunrise scene happened already (they sort of mixed up the order of events ), it's the after the kidnapping scene. when she confronted him upon receiving the first marriage proposal.
the "conditions" scene...?

and don't you just love that they have their own place to talk with each other. That doorway. hahaha. for me it's deep. during that time, men and women cant be seen alone together, but they have this loophole. she's technically inside her gate and he's outside the gate, but they are talking to and facing each other. it's just so romantic and novel-like

she has been through so much.
the other sisters amazed me when they act so united and even if they have their own personalities and opinions, by the end of the day, they follow their mother and listen to the eldest. it's because they know what the family has been through.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife - Austen

damn right, it is universal. i just kept imagining before that the events that happened in Pride and Prejudice could have so happened to a family somewhere in historical China. This plot is universal and Austen is a genius. slow clap.

and if i may add.. maybe not really a chinese version. this is a series, obviously they'll introduce more to the plot. but nobody can deny that if not P&P what else could inspire this work.
and it's not like they are just copying, this show just needs to happen inevitably because Imperial china has so much similarities to the social norms of Regency.

i'm happy i'm not the only one seeing this! as much as my happiness that they've finally created a chinese version of Austen's greatest novel.
Enemies to Lovers -check
5 daughter in a family seeking good marriages - check
ML and FL are both pride and prejudice - check
Rich guy, lower social status girl - check
Wise and calm eldest sister -check
2 younger sisters who just play around - check
mother who has focused on marrying off her daughters - check check check
and so on and so forth.
i don't understand why i still see some comments saying it's not like P&P

yes. the ending was just a extension hook for possible sequels but they pretty much wrapped up everything before the open ending.