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It's quite good actually..
I'm not entirely happy with this show, The amount of ideology & social engineering in the drama is on a very high level compared to the average cdrama fare. Also the last -fairly fluffy- 10 episodes are not only largely filled with these, but also ML's fox-like personality is toned down to the usual male servant to the princess type, which is a shame, because I expected more comedy & fun bickering instead, but it's on the lifeless side, going through the motions.
So why is still an 8? Well, the biggest positive point is that the drama is low key very funny for the most part. There are so many Chinese so called romantic comedies that are not funny at all, the skits here worked for me. Also the flow of the story is somewhat sensible. Like sure the progress bar goes even slower here than in "You are My Lover Friend" but at least the roadblocks -mostly- make sense & don't feel arbitrarily manufactured. The setting is interesting enough too, like secret crushes, the novels with the two perspectives & mandatory plagiarism case aside despite the nigh insurmountable need for propaganda the writers did a very good job, at least for the first 2/3rds of the show that is certainly true. Like epi14 for example, in a Korean drama that plot would've happened in e11 of 12 & here they really made it more fun than usual, even with the resolution taking place in a village that is clearly some kind of product placement.
Miles Wei did well here, playing a character that is unusual for him & the FL is Pei Pei from You Are My Glory. Like that's a TRANSFORMATION..
I dislike love triangles a lot, but the 3rd wheel here is basically just a tool for gags, I think this much is tolerable & fairly well executed.
I recognize that my given score is too high objectively speaking, but in 2026 when the kdrama scene is near completely enshttified & cdrama writers have to fight an increasingly uphill battle against censorship & party guidelines, we can even consider You Are My Fateful Love a gem or a banger. Finding something new that I can still enjoy is getting harder year by year & this I did enjoy quite a bit..
So why is still an 8? Well, the biggest positive point is that the drama is low key very funny for the most part. There are so many Chinese so called romantic comedies that are not funny at all, the skits here worked for me. Also the flow of the story is somewhat sensible. Like sure the progress bar goes even slower here than in "You are My Lover Friend" but at least the roadblocks -mostly- make sense & don't feel arbitrarily manufactured. The setting is interesting enough too, like secret crushes, the novels with the two perspectives & mandatory plagiarism case aside despite the nigh insurmountable need for propaganda the writers did a very good job, at least for the first 2/3rds of the show that is certainly true. Like epi14 for example, in a Korean drama that plot would've happened in e11 of 12 & here they really made it more fun than usual, even with the resolution taking place in a village that is clearly some kind of product placement.
Miles Wei did well here, playing a character that is unusual for him & the FL is Pei Pei from You Are My Glory. Like that's a TRANSFORMATION..
I dislike love triangles a lot, but the 3rd wheel here is basically just a tool for gags, I think this much is tolerable & fairly well executed.
I recognize that my given score is too high objectively speaking, but in 2026 when the kdrama scene is near completely enshttified & cdrama writers have to fight an increasingly uphill battle against censorship & party guidelines, we can even consider You Are My Fateful Love a gem or a banger. Finding something new that I can still enjoy is getting harder year by year & this I did enjoy quite a bit..
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