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Rose and Gun chinese drama review
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Rose and Gun
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by ASTER
Jul 14, 2025
34 of 34 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Grace in Duty, Gap in Thrill, Beauty in Emotion

๐ŸŽฌโœจ ๐“œ๐”‚ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ โ€˜๐“Ÿ๐“ต๐“ช๐”‚โ€™ ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ž๐“ท๐“ฎโœจ๐ŸŽฌ

I like military-themed dramas especially when they involve love stories centered around military personnel. That alone was a simple yet strong enough reason for me to give this one a try.

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“˜ ๐“›๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐““๐“ป๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ช๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’š

I absolutely love military dramas, and this one included several of my favorite elements:

โŸก๐Ÿช– Military life and training
โŸก๐Ÿ… Military competitions
โŸก๐Ÿค Bonds of friendship among soldiers
โŸก๐Ÿ˜„ Light-hearted teasing and camaraderie
โŸก๐Ÿ’˜ Romantic relationships involving military personnel
โŸก ๐Ÿง‘โ€โœˆ๏ธ Senior-junior dynamics
โŸก๐Ÿ“ Military discipline, hierarchy, and lifestyle
โŸก๐Ÿ‘ฌ Not only are military personnel and their teams like a family, but their actual families also share the same deep bond. Just as soldiers support one another, their families, too, stand by and support each other like one united family.
๐“‚ƒ I appreciate when a profession is portrayed with realism and dignity not only the professional aspects, but their emotional and personal lives too.
๐“‚ƒ ๐‘จ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’†๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’”.
๐“‚ƒ The story was engaging at the beginning the characters were well-woven, and their arcs thoughtfully developed.

๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿง ๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐““๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ฆ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ด ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐Ÿง๐Ÿšซ

While the drama began with promise, there were several things that disappointed me:

๐Ÿ“‰ After the pirates hostage situation:

๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธThe story began to lose momentum.
๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ The pacing and direction shifted, weakening the original intensity.

โŒ The character "Han Yu Hang" :

โจฏ Felt completely unnecessary and overly frustrating.
โจฏ ๐Ÿšซ FL (Female Lead) had already made it clear that she wasnโ€™t interested, yet he kept following her and interfering in her life.
โจฏHeโ€™s not her brother, cousin, ex, friend, family, or enemy. In short, he has no role in her life or in the main story.
โจฏHis screen time felt like a total waste. I honestly wondered, what was the writer even thinking?
โจฏ His presence doesn't even qualify as that of a typical "extra" he was just there, adding nothing.

โจฏAnd whatโ€™s wrong with Han Yu Hang? Has he completely lost his sense of reality? Heโ€™s asking FL, โ€œYou know Iโ€™ve been pursuing you, right? You only come to me when you need something. What do I even mean to you?โ€

โจฏSeriously? She has clearly told you there's nothing possible between you two. You're the one forcing yourself into her life, offering help she never asked for. You're the one pushing this so-called friendship or "convenient relationship" not her.

โจฏShe never initiated it, so what right or logic do you have to ask her such questions now?

โจฏ๐Ÿคกโœ๏ธBravo, writer. What a bafflingly tone-deaf character youโ€™ve written.

๐Ÿ’ฆ The "FL jumps into the water" scene:

๐Ÿงป๐Ÿ’ง Practically and logically, it made no sense.
๐Ÿงป๐Ÿ’งWomen are generally not as physically strong , here to compare to trained male soldiers that even more impossible . If you put a weak link between two strong ones in a chain, the chain will still break.
๐Ÿงป๐Ÿ’งSoldiers were forming a human chain to stop the water. There was no need for FL to jump in the middle.
๐Ÿงป๐Ÿ’งWas she trying to prove she was stronger than the soldiers?
๐Ÿงป๐Ÿ’ง It didnโ€™t feel empowering it felt reckless.
๐Ÿ‘‰ It looked like the writer just wanted to force importance on the FL through an illogical and unrealistic act.
๐Ÿ‘‰ As a viewer, I already knew she was the main lead there was no need to add a foolish scene to emphasize it.
๐Ÿ’ญ Honestly, that scene just made both the FL and the writer look silly.

โš ๏ธ Irresponsible Writing at Its Peak:

๐Ÿฉบโš ๏ธ2ML should not be allowed near 2FL until a doctor has given full clearance.

๐Ÿฉบโš ๏ธIf someone had told me there was even a possibility of HIV, I would have locked myself in a room for the safety of others. No matter how educated you are, whether you're a soldier or a doctor, you cannot prevent every accident.

๐Ÿฉบโš ๏ธIt doesnโ€™t take much for HIV to spread even a small cut or exposure to blood can be enough. In daily life, people get cuts in the kitchen all the time. And no one is fully alert every second of the day.

๐Ÿฉบโš ๏ธWhat was the writer even thinking while writing something so careless and foolish? ๐Ÿคกโœ๏ธ

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Failed Thrilling Track:

The story started with a suspenseful tone a mysterious informer emailing a reporter, and the reporter beginning an investigation. That part felt exciting and promising.

Butโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ˜žThe informer was kidnapped too easily.
๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ˜žSuddenly he wanted to cooperate with the police then why involve the reporter in the first place?
๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ˜ž That whole storyline was dismissed with a simple, lazy excuse:
โ€œReporter FL should stay away; itโ€™s dangerous.โ€
๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ˜žโš ๏ธ All the thrill, danger, and suspense justโ€ฆ vanished.

๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ Underwhelming Villain:

๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ‘ŽThe so-called โ€œvillainโ€ a businessman and his team didnโ€™t seem like villains at all.
๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ‘ŽThey lacked presence, threat, or impact.
๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ‘ŽThey felt more like extras with random dialogue than actual antagonists.
๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ‘ŽPoorly written and ineffective in adding any thrill or tension.

๐Ÿ“ ๐“ž๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต ๐“˜๐“ถ๐“น๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท

Despite its flaws, I still consider this a good drama. Maybe it's because Iโ€™m a little biased toward this theme but I genuinely enjoyed the military setting and emotional undertones.

Yes, it lost its direction midway, but the early episodes, the characters, and the military lifestyle won me over.

๐Ÿ’ญ If you enjoy military romance and donโ€™t mind a few bumps along the way, this drama is still worth watching.
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