Aside from the high ratings, I was curious if this will offer a different stance among the other popular youth Cdrama out there. Honestly, it didn't meet my expectations. I rarely watch youth dramas as I prefer mature and passionate romance genre. I just check out some popular once out of curiosity. And yes, I enjoyed Go Ahead, A Love So Beautiful and Put Your Head On My Shoulder which shares almost the same plot as this one. Sadly, this was too slowburn for me. Like the MC became offical at ep.24. WTH?!! This has only 30 eps. Very minimal room for the romance to grow even for the SC. Honestly, I prefer Song Cong's character for the FL. I prefer his quietness and I think he's more romantic just not given a chance to express it since he has been rejected by FL. Not a fan of QiQi's character who keeps on insisting her love for SongCong that has been forced from the beginning. And obviously, Song Cong really doesn't feel anything for her. I felt he just needed a rebound after being rejected by FL that he tried having a relationship with QiQi since she was very persistent. Storyplot is very predictable. The sick parents trope and one parent died trope was overly used I think as fillers. I'd prefer if the writer focused on the romance just like the above mentioned dramas which has a way better plot than this one. I've seen ML in some dramas like FIYS, TFF and Sweet Teeth. Still, not a fan of his. Btw, the finale gave me a TFF finale. It feels like the style was copied from there with that farewell video of each character.
Overall, not my cup of tea. I've forwarded lots of scenes, specially on the parents issues. It's a 7.0 for me.
One main reason I check out Taiwanese dramas is because of its realistic approach. In which this drama didn't fail to do so. But, honestly, the story premise failed it for me. Another reason for me to check this out is because of Jasper Liu. He's one of the rare Taiwanese actors I liked. Maybe, he just have this unique charm that you get hooked to watch him.
Both leads definitely have the chemistry. But, Netflix failed me this time for not being able to show skinships, passion and good intimacy where they are good at in other dramas that I've seen so far with Netflix. This is the most wholesome show I've ever watched in Netflix so far. I mean, given that a married couple who's trying to have a child, not even a single kiss was presented. Like, is this a romance drama?
Another thing that's so off for me is to have a female worker who has a son and joins a for the boys nightout and even let his son be exposed to men drinking and talking about married life. Like, what kind of a mother is that? She could've find an excuse not to join or not to bring her child instead.
I admire FL's resilience for fulfiiling her duties as a daughter in law. I might not be able to stand that even for at least a year. ML's character is very nice. But, I'm just not into "Mama's Boys". It's so suffocating to watch how the mother treats his son in front of his wife. Overall, I prefer for the leads to have a divorce. ML couldn't even stand on his own. They would never be able to settle down independently. Aside from the not so nice Mother in Law, ML spends a lot of his money on hobbies such as Lego. Like, he can't even buy a car after being married for 4 years without children? There's a giveaway on the ending that MIL might have started to give them independence thru that apartment leaflet. Still, I don't buy it given her personality. Didn't like the ending either. If the writer wanted a HE, he could've opted for a mistaken diagnosis for the ML and could've been blessed with a child towards the end would be a better ending for me.
Anyways, a divorce is still the best way to end this drama. FL will just continue to suffer with the MIL. I think the colleague director/shoolmate would have been a better candidte for FL to end up with. I liked that part that he realized how he lost her. And ML, would have been better with the co worker since there's an instant kid who recognizes him as a father.
I'd give this a 7.0 I can't give a higher rating for a no kiss/skinship drama.
Did watch this for the romance. I thought the fantasy element of time travel and being able to enter a dream would add more interest to this drama. Sadly, I was kinda disappointed. Romance is definitely lacking. It focused more on the historical aspect of politics. I was hoping ML would spend more time in the modern world as well as FL. But, it turned the other way around. Not really a satisfying ending. Gave this a 7.0
I thought it was kind of "off" because they are trying to build tension that leads to this incredible kiss...…
So agreed! I kept waiting as well and like, where's that "Burning Passion"? 😄 The kisses even look fish kisses to me. Thank God for LJL's abs that helped me stick through! 😅😍
I've always loved Cheng Yu Feng in his previous dramas. Kinda disappointed not seeing him here as he used to. I mean, the kisses execution here are so weak. CYF is a good kisser and could portray steamy kisses so well. Sadly, I couldn't see it here. And yeah, the romance is so slowburn.
Definitely here for Li Jiu Lin. This drama had a great potential, but, I was looking for that burning passion as the title conveys, sadly, I didn't find it up until down to the second to last episode. The kisses and skinships are very much lacking for a short mini series. Comparing to Love In The Edge Of Divorce, that drama was surely on fire.
I'm just on ep15 and enjoying this so far. I like ZWY's character here. Way better to his previous dramas. I like him being bolder and not too reserved. Storywise, this is way much interesting than The Glory. It has almost the same presentation of violence but the injected humor and development of romance is much better in this drama. Romance is quite fast paced too, which is good. Hope the good plot will be sustained till the finale.
This is another drama that is foreshadowing 'bad ending' for both leads. It's so far away from the novel that…
That was kinda hilarious on Hot Fuzz.
Yes, that fall on top kiss was our hope for the romance to blossom. And as I look at it, I think it was more of intentional by ML and not merely an accident kiss. hehehe Such a wasted potential if that's all we can get for the romance.
Sadly, this was too slowburn for me. Like the MC became offical at ep.24. WTH?!! This has only 30 eps. Very minimal room for the romance to grow even for the SC. Honestly, I prefer Song Cong's character for the FL. I prefer his quietness and I think he's more romantic just not given a chance to express it since he has been rejected by FL. Not a fan of QiQi's character who keeps on insisting her love for SongCong that has been forced from the beginning. And obviously, Song Cong really doesn't feel anything for her. I felt he just needed a rebound after being rejected by FL that he tried having a relationship with QiQi since she was very persistent.
Storyplot is very predictable. The sick parents trope and one parent died trope was overly used I think as fillers. I'd prefer if the writer focused on the romance just like the above mentioned dramas which has a way better plot than this one. I've seen ML in some dramas like FIYS, TFF and Sweet Teeth. Still, not a fan of his. Btw, the finale gave me a TFF finale. It feels like the style was copied from there with that farewell video of each character.
Overall, not my cup of tea. I've forwarded lots of scenes, specially on the parents issues. It's a 7.0 for me.
Both leads definitely have the chemistry. But, Netflix failed me this time for not being able to show skinships, passion and good intimacy where they are good at in other dramas that I've seen so far with Netflix. This is the most wholesome show I've ever watched in Netflix so far. I mean, given that a married couple who's trying to have a child, not even a single kiss was presented. Like, is this a romance drama?
Another thing that's so off for me is to have a female worker who has a son and joins a for the boys nightout and even let his son be exposed to men drinking and talking about married life. Like, what kind of a mother is that? She could've find an excuse not to join or not to bring her child instead.
I admire FL's resilience for fulfiiling her duties as a daughter in law. I might not be able to stand that even for at least a year. ML's character is very nice. But, I'm just not into "Mama's Boys". It's so suffocating to watch how the mother treats his son in front of his wife. Overall, I prefer for the leads to have a divorce. ML couldn't even stand on his own. They would never be able to settle down independently. Aside from the not so nice Mother in Law, ML spends a lot of his money on hobbies such as Lego. Like, he can't even buy a car after being married for 4 years without children?
There's a giveaway on the ending that MIL might have started to give them independence thru that apartment leaflet. Still, I don't buy it given her personality. Didn't like the ending either. If the writer wanted a HE, he could've opted for a mistaken diagnosis for the ML and could've been blessed with a child towards the end would be a better ending for me.
Anyways, a divorce is still the best way to end this drama. FL will just continue to suffer with the MIL. I think the colleague director/shoolmate would have been a better candidte for FL to end up with. I liked that part that he realized how he lost her. And ML, would have been better with the co worker since there's an instant kid who recognizes him as a father.
I'd give this a 7.0 I can't give a higher rating for a no kiss/skinship drama.
Not really a satisfying ending. Gave this a 7.0
Have completed at this point. Ending was just okay. But, I really liked the intimacy of the MC.
https://youtu.be/ITbz3HP8FVw?si=2_sdXSTCMionQp-R
Still, LJL is so hot though. 😍
Yes, that fall on top kiss was our hope for the romance to blossom. And as I look at it, I think it was more of intentional by ML and not merely an accident kiss. hehehe Such a wasted potential if that's all we can get for the romance.