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I don't think it's generic at all. The fact this is a parody changes everything. The cliches are here but the parody factor make them funnier. But some people could think "they are making fun of my favorite dramas!" and don't like it. Like A dream within a dream (which I loved).

This is a parody of rom-coms so far (I have watched six episodes). So all the tropes are here, but it's very funny because they are making fun of the tropes. I like this kind of series because they express my feelings about some things that annoy me in other dramas.
It's totally different from LBL (that series had the tropes but taking them seriously).

Swords into plowshares has just started. I want to watch it.

But ADWAD got higher rating on Douban (7.1 now). So some people appreciated the comic side.

Lol. That makes a lot of sense.

Not so many people appreciates good comedies. Imo A dream within a dream has a much better script than Prisoner of Beauty, but their ratings are 8.4 and 8.9 here 🤷🏻‍♀️

The rating on MDL doesn't mean a show is better than the other, only which shows were more crowd-pleasers.

It's good. I would give it a high rating but I always rate once I have finished a series. Probably some poeple who dropped it are rating it low. But the series is good.

I found it very entertaining, and it had some very well-done suspenseful scenes. Hyun Bin gave what I consider his best performance. I didn't watch it when it aired; I binged it a few years later and enjoyed it, although the ending did leave me somewhat disappointed.

I largely prefer MOA, though (even with that end 🫣).

It's funny, I never felt like they became friends. It seemed to me that they fell in love very quickly, but due to circumstances, they didn't confess their feelings right away. I definitely wouldn't call this a "friends to lovers" story, like in series such as the Korean drama My Unfamiliar Family or the recent Chinese series Why Is He Still Single? (highly recommend both).

I like your theories! Both would be interesting to watch in the series, but I think I slightly prefer it to be the first one.
I have enjoyed the first episode. I hope to like the next ones too!

Thank you! I have not watched Love is sweet.
I watched Dai Xu in the excellent series Rise of Phoenixes 😊

I know what you mean 🥲

The SML is the star of the show. His acting was great. He falls in love immediately with the FL, but she is in love with the ML, so SML has nothing to do, even if he tried.

Forget the VR part, because if you like science fiction, it'll create false expectations, like it did for me. The VR is a simulation game set in the Republican era that appears very briefly in the series. Basically, it's a romance between a renowned architect and a young woman who starts working at his firm (and also rents him a room in her house for a while). It's all very romantic, with a touch of family drama, revenge and thriller towards the end. Overall it's a romance set in our days in Shanghái.

The first episode was my favorite one.

I enjoyed Why is he still single? It's a good comedy, imo :)
And it never drags.

I thought Love between lines took place mostly in the VR game. I guess the synopsis misleaded me. I finished it but didn't really like it so much as in the first episodes.

Not always. The excellent Twelve Letters got high ratings without kisses.