I like the symbolism with the Red Spider Lily flower which is also often used in Japanese shows and there it means ''never to meet again or lost memory or abandonment''. So I was wondering if anyone knew what its meaning in this show is? I assume it might be different since it's Taiwanese. The flower is shown to wrap around the heart of the protaganist whenever someone is going to die.
I stumbled upon this movie-synopsis while searching for something else but from the trailers on Youtube it looks really sweet and wholesome. Wish I could watch it somewhere but it looks like it was generally overlooked, probably because it was so short.
I definitely recommend watching this show. You can watch the rich characters for the drama and the poor characters and hotel-people for the comedy. I honestly loved the poor family of Tian Yu so much but not because they are good people but because they are so centered on protecting the family. The way they handle a person they hit with a car and a victim of amnesia is hillarious (and a bit cruel) to be honest and made me finally empathise with the rich dude. The one character I disliked was Zi Qian because he is just such a ''nice guy'' for his current love-interests but he's generally pretty selfish in my opinion. Jun Hao is great to watch and you can definitely live with his selfishness and pride for a while after you see what he goes through during the amnesia. I never disliked Yun Xi as the love-rival, she is just very pitiful.
After being able to process the movie I have a slightly different opinion about it. I think the difference in acting-talent between the female lead (bad) and the male lead (good) really bring a wrong perspective on the situation in the movie. I would strongly advice against watching this movie for the romance, it's really a story about a strong girl who is willing to die for her country and an obsessive guy who likes her. I think too many watch this movie and get angry at the female for rejecting all the advances from the cute guy but I think it's honestly an admirable trait in her which was just not portrayed through the acting very well. Let's remember that the guy knew about her being in the rebel-group from the beginning and he just expected her to stop her whole life and only care for him. She cares for him (despite his flaws) but this movie just portrays the situation very realistically which could be frustrating for some romance-fans.
This movie just confused me but it had lots of potential. Like many others I also really disliked the female leads acting. No emotions shown in her expressions for the majority of the movie besides her looking like she's done with everything. Meanwhile the Japanese male lead was acting his heart out, making everyone feel sorry for him.
I'm also quite suprised that no one is mentioning that the Japanese guy character assaulted and r*ped her when he was drunk. It was kinda played off as a mistake in marriage but it was certainly horrible what he did. I get that war is a different time but I thought up to that point that he would not force her, guess my hopes for an innocent male lead were for nothing. So after that I just didn't see them working as a couple anymore.
I was there to see a relationship between two actors but got an intense story about sacrifice, trauma, dedication and suffering instead. I felt so sorry for Dieyi, his whole world was already small but it crashes and burns. I never knew I'd care this much about Chinese opera.
Unless they somehow manage to release it abroad this is never gonna come out. We are living in a post-ban world meaning that unless some BL-fans get into the Chinese government we'll never see such content from China again. Luckily there's still Taiwan.
In my opinion this is an underrated drama but I can also see why it is that way. I won't give any spoilers beyond what's in the summary. So the first episodes you have the male main lead (Tae Seong) just doing his prosecutor job. He thinks he is a good person while lying to people, being paranoid, endangering lives, prioritising his job over his marriage/romance, has no emotional attachments and he has some severe daddy-issues. He goes undercover alone as Nam Hae the bodybuilder at the mob-family intending to catch a criminal.
So then he loses all his memories and of course this does help since it takes away his job and dad-pleasing obsession but he's still a jerk to others and paranoid as this is his personality. His lies all come crashing in on him as the only people who know him are the lovely but weird mob-family and they allow him to stay thanks to the female lead. So as his family thinks he is dead, he takes up the role of Nam Hae while still trying to find his origins.
The next episodes are heartwarming and hilarious if you think about how far he's gone from his original mission. At first he still doubts the mob-family but he starts to realise that the label that's put on them doesn't make them bad people as he discovers more about himself. I think what kept me hooked was how he would react once he found out since he falls deeper and deeper into his role of the emotionally open Nam Hae.
There won't be a Part 3 now - ALL LGBT projects have been banned in China now. the only hope they have is to go…
Well, the situation since then has certainly changed but not in a way anyone wanted. Now we just all sit inside for a while/avoid contact until the gift from Wuhan has lost its grip on humanity. Also, yea I miss the glorydays of 2016 and 2017 when China was reaching new highs with LGBT only for them to ban it all soon after. Now Chinese people (especially the BL/danmei community) just get their stories from written novels and their dramas from Thailand/Taiwan.
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I'm also quite suprised that no one is mentioning that the Japanese guy character assaulted and r*ped her when he was drunk. It was kinda played off as a mistake in marriage but it was certainly horrible what he did. I get that war is a different time but I thought up to that point that he would not force her, guess my hopes for an innocent male lead were for nothing. So after that I just didn't see them working as a couple anymore.
So the first episodes you have the male main lead (Tae Seong) just doing his prosecutor job. He thinks he is a good person while lying to people, being paranoid, endangering lives, prioritising his job over his marriage/romance, has no emotional attachments and he has some severe daddy-issues. He goes undercover alone as Nam Hae the bodybuilder at the mob-family intending to catch a criminal.
So then he loses all his memories and of course this does help since it takes away his job and dad-pleasing obsession but he's still a jerk to others and paranoid as this is his personality. His lies all come crashing in on him as the only people who know him are the lovely but weird mob-family and they allow him to stay thanks to the female lead. So as his family thinks he is dead, he takes up the role of Nam Hae while still trying to find his origins.
The next episodes are heartwarming and hilarious if you think about how far he's gone from his original mission. At first he still doubts the mob-family but he starts to realise that the label that's put on them doesn't make them bad people as he discovers more about himself. I think what kept me hooked was how he would react once he found out since he falls deeper and deeper into his role of the emotionally open Nam Hae.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kHVG5GhsI